Jack Wilson Seeks Lawyer Over Ouster Charges
Jack Wilson, superintendent of the Fort Grant Industrial School for Boys, will consult an attorney after the board of State Institutions for Juveniles filed six charges against him. A hearing is tentatively set for Sunday at 10 30 a m in Safford. Becker said Wilson, who joined a board meeting in Tucson, acknowledged receipt in writing. The board also seeks a financial audit covering July 1 1944 to present.
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Fort Grant
Jack Wilson
Ona Industrial School For
Wilson
Safford
William H. Becker
Phoenix
Tucson
Becker
Eisenhower Named Penn State President Proxy Pick
Milton S Eisenhower, long time government official and former Kansas State College president, was named president of Pennsylvania State College by the Penn State Board of Trustees. The 51 year old is a cousin of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and takes the post on or about July 1 after acting president James Milholland.
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Harrisburg
Milton Stover Eisenhower
Kansastate College
Pennsylvania State Colege
Dwight D. Eisenower
Supreme Allieds
Europe
Penn State
Board of Trustee
Eisenhower
Ralph Dorn Hetzelied
James Milholland
Pittsburgh
Penn State Board of Trustees
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York City
Manhattan
Kan
Gordon Gray Chosen North Carolina Head
Gordon Gray, 41, publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, was chosen by a nominating committee to be president of the Greater University of North Carolina. Gray is a university alumnus.
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Raleigh
N. C
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Gray
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
$60 Stolen From Cafe During Early Morning Rush
Maude Driscoll, manager of Ethel's Cafe at 914 West Jefferson Street, reported a money bag containing $60 stolen during an early morning rush. She had placed the bag on a ledge above the cash drawer before attending customers, then found it missing upon returning.
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Ethel
West Jefferson Street
Maude Driscoll
Ore Shipping Probed in Wartime Uranium Trade
Washington AP reports that House spy probers reopened their investigation into alleged wartime shipments of uranium ore to Russia, aiming to verify the stories amid ongoing inquiries and official scrutiny.
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Washington
House
Russia
Burglars Take Safe From Garvey Market
Burglars broke through Beach's Market roof in Garvey early today and removed a 70 pound safe carrying 4600 dollars. Police searched for suspects as the loss was reported by the California town's residents.
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Garvey
Calif
Beach
Mantz Sets Transcontinental Flight Record Claim
Paul Mantz, 47, a speed pilot and stunt flier, claimed a new West-East Coast record for gasoline engine planes. He flew from Burbank to La Guardia in 4 hours 52 minutes 58 seconds in a converted P 51 with a 2000 hp engine, averaging over 500 mph and topping 580 mph between Omaha and Chicago. The National Aeronautics Association will verify the record.
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New York
Paul Mantz
Army
Joe de Bona
Jimmy Stewart
Mantz
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
la Guardia Field
National Aeronautics Association
Washington
Fred H. Wilkinson
Association
la Guardia
Omaha
Chicago
Navy jet pilot shatters coast-to-coast hop record
In an unofficial mark, Lt. Comdr. John L. Butts flew 330 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 34 minutes and 54 seconds in a Grumman F9F Panther. The flight was timed by the CAA from a standing start and based on the carrier Valley Forge. The record tops previous efforts by Harold Green and Bob De Haven and awaits official NAA registration.
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Los Angeles
Navy
San Francisco
John L. Butts
Miami
Fla
Grumman
CAA
Valley Forge
National Aeronautic Association
Harold Green
Maj
Bob de Haven
Green
Oakland
Burbank
de Haven
National Guard
Ellen Mitchell Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for 81 year old Ellen L. Mitchell of Laveen, who died yesterday in a Phoenix rest home, will be held at 4 30 p m tomorrow in Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with Dr George Hunter Hall officiating. Cremation will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. The family requests no flowers. Mrs Mitchell is the mother of Mrs Milton K Rasbury and wife of W E Mitchell. Surviving also are another daughter Mrs Morgan L Morris of Cedar Rapids Iowa. She was born in Alma Wisconsin and came to Laveen from Des Moines Iowa.
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Ellen L. Mitchell
Laveen
Phoenix Rest
A. L. Moore and Sons
George Hunter Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mitchell
Milton K. Rasbury
Phoenix Union High
W.E. Mitchell
Morgan L. Morris
Cedar Rapids
Alma
Wis
Des Moines
Nations Plan Atomic Energy Talks January Thirty
London reports that America Britain and Belgium will begin talks in Washington on January 30 about atomic energy. The discussions likely focus on Belgian Congo uranium destined for the United States. Britain’s request for Congo shares remained unconfirmed as Canada declines to participate.
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London
America
Britain
Belgium
Washington
Foregin
Belgian Congo
United States
Foreign Office
Congo
Canada
Tax Plan Endorsed by President Seeks Estate Tax Reforms
President Truman outlined tax reform aims focusing on estate and gift taxes to raise revenue and reduce loopholes. He criticized excessive exemptions and favored adjustments to close loopholes benefiting educational and charitable groups and life insurance firms while preserving essential policy. He warned against excise tax cuts without revenue replacement and stressed strengthening the tax structure.
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Treasury
Truman
Highway search for fugitive after assault near St. David
Police widen hunt for Bob Smith wanted in the assault of Arizona State Highway Patrolman R G Michelena near St. David. Two companions, Santini and Chastain, held in Cochise County Jail after being captured in the Whetstone Mountains area. Bloodhounds traced Smith to a mine shaft but湿 trail lost. investigators believe he fled by car with five license plates found in the pursued vehicle near Tombstone.
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Bisbee
St. David
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Whetstone Mountain
Bob Smith
Oxnard
Calif
Nicholas James Santini
Richard Howard Chastain
Fresno
Smith
Florence
Santini
Chastain
Arizona
R. G. Michelena
Nogales
Ariz
Michelena
Tombstone
Legislature plans urgent special session dates set
The Arizona Legislature faces funding gaps for the State Hospital for the Insane the State Department of Public Welfare and the Arizona Racing Commission with funds exhausted by June 30. The Governor weighs supplemental budgets and aims for a concise call perhaps six items. The session starts February 20 and may run into late March with capped per diem pay. leaders fear completing by March 11 and discuss possibly a second session for the uniform traffic code. Public Welfare to convene county board secretaries to draft needs estimates.
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State Hospital For Insane
State Department of Public Welfare
Arizona Racing Commission
Florida Jailbreak Collapses With Success
Four prisoners almost escaped Dade County's jail with a plan led by George Bertrand. They knocked out guards, opened cell doors, and urged about 150 inmates to join, but failed on the final key before the elevator to freedom. Jimmy Sullivan reported the 8 p.m. attempt and noted unnamed accomplices, with Deputy Russell Simms and James Gilchrist attacked during the ascent.
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Miami
Fila
Dade County
Bedlam
George Bertrand
Jimmy Sullivan
Sullivan
Clyde Milton Johnson
Russell Simms
James Gilchrist
Simms
Gilchrist
Bertrand
Freedom
Prisoners Run Free Briefly In Jail Break
Seven inmates escaped the jail for about 20 minutes before surrendering. Simms and Gilchrist were said to be badly beaten about the skull, though the extent of their injuries could not be learned immediately.
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Simms
Gilchrist
Defense Advisors To See President
President Truman calls an extraordinary meeting of top defense advisors at 3 30 p m. The group includes Lt General John E Hull head of the Weapons Evaluation Board and the secretary of defense plus the secretaries of the three defense departments and the service chiefs and Gen Omar Bradley.
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Washington
INS
Truman
John E. Hull
Weapons Evaluation Board
White House
Secretary of Defense
Defense Departments
Omar Bradley
Texas Gang Gets $5,000
Four state officers hunted three armed masked men who robbed Jefferson service station owner A. B. Miller of $5,000. Miller said he was forced to accompany the men on a 40 mile ride and was dumped from their car in the Sulphur River bottoms.
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Jefferson
Tex
Joe Riggs
A. B. Miller
Maud
Riggs
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