Couple Injured Second Time In Auto Crashes
A man and a woman were injured in a two car collision at 20th and Roosevelt, marking their second crash in two months. Seven others were taken to St. Monica's Hospital, while other injuries involved residents of Phoenix and surrounding areas, including a pedestrian-vehicle collision. A separate Tucson car-train crash left Hogan Mitchell hospitalized with serious injuries. driver W. E. Hardin escaped serious harm after waiting for a train to pass at a grade crossing.
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Audrey H. Moser
East Whitton Avenue
James Burkett
East Portland Street
20Th
Roosevelt Streets
Charlene Jones
East Glenrosa Avenue
Juanita R. Baldner
James S. Burkett
North 20Th Street
Miss Moser
Burkett
20Th Street
McDowell Road
Leonard Wolnitak
Goodyear
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Louise Martin
Litchfield Park
Wigwam
Wolniak
West McDowell Road
Shirley Jones
West Watkins Road
Ninth Avenue
Buckeye Road
D. L. Martin
LeRoy Trotter
South Ninth Avenue
Gladys Chance
North Ninth Street
Third Street
Indian School Road
Howard Taylor
Tucson
Hogan Mitchell
Little Rock
Ark
St. Mary’s Hospital
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
W. E. Hardin
Hardin
Californians Visit Los Angeles Then Arizona in Winter
In a brisk hometown anecdote the writer contrasts ex Phoenicians visiting California and Phoenix residents moving north. Californians bring cheer and dinner invites, while locals complain of daily chores and rural grind as visitors tour Fishers Forks and nearby towns.
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Los Angeles
Phoenix
Iowa
Fishers Forks
First 1950 Ballots Counted by Three States
United Press reports the opening 1950 political returns from Louisiana Massachusetts and New Jersey. Morrison of New Orleans leads the Democratic field in Louisiana while Bates wins the Republican nomination in Massachusetts and Widnall defeats the Bergen County party favorite in New Jersey. Russell edges Coddaire for the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts, with Zatarian ousted and Thomas jailed in New Jersey. The Cascade Mountains are noted for their crest heights.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Delesseps S. Morrison
New Orleans
Earl Long
William H. Bates
Richard M. Russell
William B. Widnall
J. Parnell Thomas
George T. English
Morrison
Charles Zatarian
Long
Zatarian
New
Bates
C. F. Nelson Pratt
Massachusett
Russell
John W. Coddaire
Widnall
Bergen County
N. J
Harry C. Harper
Smithwick Final Pleas Set Today
In Belton Texas attorneys planned closing arguments in the Sam Smithwick murder trial. Defense contends self defense after he says Mason grabbed his gun in Alice last July. DA seeks the death penalty. Trial began January 16 with jury selection and testimony since Monday. deputy sheriffs guarded doors after two gunshots.
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Belton
Tex
Sam Smithwick
Jim Wells County
W. H. Mason
Alice
James K. Evetts
Smithwick
Mason
Wesley Dice
Evetts
Dice
Southeast Warm Winter Day Records Set Across South
Weather concluded from page one describes a warm spell with St Louis at 75 yesterday and 69 today. The Weather Bureau forecast one of the Southeast's warmest winter days with 15 to 18 degrees above normal. Temperatures hit 81 in four Southern cities including Jackson, Vicksburg, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. New Orleans saw 80. Chattanooga and Knoxville marked their warmest days on record with highs of 75 and 74 respectively.
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Vicksburg
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
New Orleans
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Coast Gales Forecast With Low Temperature
The Weather Bureau warned of gales 50 to 60 mph in mountain areas with snow flurries, while coastal winds reach up to 25 mph. Temperatures in the mid 30s this morning were headed below freezing in citrus regions, renewing orchard firing. Winds cleared fog and smog from Los Angeles but stirred a dust storm at the airport.
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Weather Bureau
Burbank
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Plane Skid Lands 26 Aboard Safe
A non scheduled airliner with 26 aboard belly landed at Midway Airport after its wheel mechanism failed. The ship skid nearly 1,000 feet on muddy ground but all 23 passengers and three crew escaped injury. The Arrow Lines flight was from New York City to California.
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Midway Airport
Arrow Lines
New York City
California
Fire Devastates Thornhill Hotel Block
Fire starting in the Thornhill Hotel destroyed a block of business buildings in Thornhill Ontario early today before crews brought it under control. There were no casualties.
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Thornhill
Ont
Search Turns To Benson Slugging Suspect in Benson Area
The hunt for Robert Smith, 27, of Oxnard, Calif., intensified near Benson after fresh tracks were found on the 16 Ranch. Sheriff Pruitt directed a 20 man posse that traced the trail for over a day in Fort Huachuca country before learning it followed a Kansas student. Smith and two Fresno men, Nicholas Santini and Richard Chastain, were named as the trio that slugged Highway Patrolman R. G. Michelena. Santini and Chastain were captured and jailed locally.
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University of Kansas
Smith
Nicholas James Santini
Richard Howard Chastain
Fresno
Calif
R. G. Michelena
Santini
Chastain
Detroiters hunted in big holdup by Purple Gang
Cleveland detective raid on an east side house near the central station uncovered gray twill uniforms rolls of green tape and burglar tools linked to a Detroit based gang. Sam Norbert and Edgar Heald were sought for questioning in connection with the Boston Brink's robbery. Police kept silent on press reports that plans for Brink's offices ground floor were found during the raid.
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Ohio
Detroit
Purple Gang
Brink
Boston
Central Police Station
Sam Norbert
Edgar Heald
Tragic Lincoln Park Crash Reveals Note From Boy
CHICAGO January 25 The crushed body of a schoolboy was rushed to Columbus Hospital and pronounced dead. A pocket note to his father read I was a bad boy in school today signed Your son Terry The father Albert Moore later identified the victim and said Terry had not shown him the note Police reported Moore asked secrecy about his son's death due to his wife's illness
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Columbus Hospital
Terry
Mr. Moore
Albert Moore
Austin
Moore
Safford Chamber Plans Membership and Fund Campaign
The Safford Chamber of Commerce will run a membership and fund drive from January 31 to February 9 with the motto Lets Go Lets Grow led by Sid Price and J C Maccracken. Civic Sabbath observances are set for the county with pastors asked to mention the drive in services.
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Safford
Safford Chamber of Commerce
Graham County
Sid Price
J. C. Maccracken
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Temperature at cigarette burn end ranges 1200 to 1325 F
Report notes the burning tip of a cigarette reaches between 1200 and 1325 degrees Fahrenheit. This detail appears in a study or safety bulletin describing combustion temperatures and potential risks from smoking materials. The figure highlights extreme heat concentration at the point of ignition.
Heart Atack Kills Babcock Berlin Deputy
Col William T Babcock United States Berlin deputy commandant died of a heart attack in Berlin yesterday at age 52 He collapsed after leaving the world premiere of Francis his wife Jeanne at bedside his son Richard 3 survives His career included New London police captain WWI service National Guard 1942 and work with Allied HQ in London 1944 and Berlin public safety chief before becoming deputy commandant in May 1946.
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Berlin
INS
William T. Babcock
United States
Babcock
Francis
Jeanne
Richard
New London
Peasants Sack Village South of Mexico City
Armed peasants from a village 25 miles south of Mexico City marched on a neighboring settlement and sacked 15 houses. Troops patrol the area to restore order and monitor the scene.
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Mexico City
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