Midland Bomber Crash Kills Five Crewmembers
Five Air Force crewmen died when a B 26 bomber from Biggs Air Force Base crashed in brushy ranch country near Midland Texas. The pilots were Lt Col Charles J Lutz Capt Thomas Hillman Capt James R Butler and Capt Billy H Miller with Sg t Robert E Lee. The aircraft was en route from Biggs to Barksdale Air Force Base when it plunged at 1 15 p m overcast skies. Identification fragments found in the wreckage indicated there were no survivors. Local police and Biggs Field officials said engines quit suddenly and the plane nosed into the ground.
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Tex
Air Force
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Charles J. Lutz
Thomas Hillman
Shreveport
James R. Butler
Billy H. Miller
Fort Worth
Robert E. Lee
Biloxi
Miss
Biggs
Barksdale Air Force Base
Jack Ellington
West Texas
Biggs Field
Two Missourians Die In Idaho Plane Crash
In Idaho near Twin Falls two Missouri men died when a rented small plane piloted by 21 year old Lawrence R. Long from Pottersville crashed into a butte seven miles south of Twin Falls. The second victim was Edward A. Watts, 21, of Rolla. Investigating authorities reported the tragedy occurred yesterday and are examining the crash site and circumstances.
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Twin Falls
Ida
INS
Lawrence R. Long
Pottersville
Edward A. Watts
Rolla
Small Plane Crashes In Flames Near Homes
In San Jose California a small training plane struck two houses and burst into flames against a third, killing 24 year old pilot Ray D Saunders one block from his home. Witnesses described a light single seat aircraft flying low over the neighborhood late yesterday.
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San Jose
Calif
Ray D. Saunders
Three Coast Hunters Die In Flaming Crash
A flaming plane crash near Wil lows cost the lives of three hunters returning from a trip. The crash eight miles southeast of Wil lows occurred in a rice field after the plane exploded. Writings found on the scene were tentatively identified by Coroner Jank Sweet as George Raylott, Harold Doughty, and Wilder Mills.
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Willows
Glenn County
Jank Sweet
George Raylott
Harold Doughty
Napa
Wilder Mills
Hornbrook
Siskiyou County
The Baffling Gift Dilemma Of Holiday Giving
The author laments the constant demand to buy presents every other day and condemns the yearly Hallowe en as a waste of materials. They criticize the social pressure to shower tokens of love on others while seldom receiving items that please oneself.
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Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Tatum fugi tive dies after jail break shootout
Police hunted Tatum after a dramatic escape from a Phoenix jail led to a fierce pursuit across Buckeye Road tourist court Papago Park and a downtown hotel. Police described the dramatic end as Tatum being cornered and riddled with bullets when he refused to surrender. Federal agents warned strict penalties for aiding the fugitive.
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Buckeye Road
Papago Park
Ford
Second Avenue
Washington Street
Tatum
Arizona
W. A. Murphy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bullet Wound Proves Fatal in Tempe Incident
Louis D. Nelson, 73, died at Mesa Southside Hospital after a gunshot wound suffered Saturday evening. He had loaded a .22 rifle in fear that escaped inmate Jack Tatum könnten be near his Tempe home, and it discharged. Nelson, born November 11, 1875 in Kendalville Indiana, was a retired machinist and Spanish American War veteran with survivors including his wife Florence, a son Lloyd, two daughters Norene and Helen, a stepson Robert L. Boes, and another daughter in Sturgis Michigan.
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Nelson
Tempe
Florence
Lloyd
Norene Nelson
Sturgis
Mich
Helen Morley
Ft. Wayne
Robert L. Boes
Week End Auto Mishaps Injure Eleven in Phoenix Area
Traffic crashes in Phoenix injure at least 11 people. Five hurt in a two car collision at 16th Street and Thomas Road include Jose Perez and Lillian Perez with daughter Lilly. Others from Tolleson Buckeye Mesa and Tempe sustain injuries. causes range from a rut in the road to a car striking a tree.
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Phoenix
Arizona Highway Patrol
St. Monica’s Hospital
16Th Street
Thomas Road
Jose Perez
Route 12
Lillian
Lilly
James Adams
North 12Th Street
Bob Medley
East Elwood Street
Henry M. Lee
Ruth Peterson
South 28Th Avenue
A. C. Tuton
Tempe
Charles Peterson, Jr
Dennis Mundt
West Apache Street
Montezuma
Yuma
Mundt
Hidden vice network uncovered in Phoenix report
Investigators describe a widespread illicit system across hotels bars and cab routes with a big fixer coordinating payoffs. Prostitution rings operate as two story brothels using hotels or rooming houses and bellboys or drivers rumored to steer clients to the joints while officers and soldiers discuss discretion during elections.
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Phoenix
Three Prisoners Escape From Mount Lemmon Camp
Three inmates escaped from the Federal Prison Camp on Mount Lemmon in the Catalina Mountains and remained at large. The FBI offers a $50 reward for information leading to each capture. Suspects are Natividad Rubacalba Gutierrez 35 Octivano Carrera Chiares 27 and Salvador Gonzales Agrendano 29. The note about TV appears as a language insertion.
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Tucson
Mount Lemmon
Catalina Mountains
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Natividad Rubacalba Gutierrez
Octivano Carrera Chiares
Salvador Gonzales Agrendano
Lane decision looms on land post offer to engineer
Governor Dan E. Garvey awaits the decision of W. W. Lane Phoenix civil engineer on whether to accept the state land commissioner role. If Lane takes the job Senate confirmation unlikely. Garvey faces pressure to release Attorney General Wilsons report on lands chief O. C. Williams and hints at a broader probe into the Land Department. Williams angered by publication of parts of the report and plans action on a statehouse leak. Williams has not resigned while awaiting formal successor approval.
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W. W. Lane
Phoenix
Lane
Dan E. Garvey
Senate
Garvey
Fred O. Wilson
O. C. Williams
Mr. Garvey
Land Department
Attorney General
Williams
Wilson
Statehouse
Paradise Valley
Laugh Stirs Wife To Kill at German Hearing
At a preliminary hearing in Frankfurt an American housewife testified that Yvette Madsen, 22, Brooklyn, claimed she killed her husband after he laughed at her insult at a party. Mrs. Madsen, mother of two, was ordered held for trial on first degree murder under German law.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Yvette Madsen
Brooklyn
Marie Agnes Hinman
St. Louis
American High Commission
Recall Vote Costs Sheriff At Portland
Multnomah County Sheriff Marion Elliott, age 27, faced recall after newspapers led the campaign. Unofficial tallies from all 511 precincts show recall at 58,969 to 46,237. Elliott admitted falsifying age education and Marine service to win last November and will be removed after official canvass. commissioners to appoint interim successor until the November 1950 election.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah
Marion Elliott
Elliott
U. S. Marine Service
Air Force Finalizes Williams Base Housing Project
Air Force Headquarters approved a 3.5 million Williams Air Force Base housing project for 500 on base units. Phoenix firm Hyman Rubenstein Construction will build, with occupancy expected by January 1. Tenants include officers, airmen, and civilians, with rents from 40 to 80 dollars monthly and 150 officer units planned.
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Williams Air Force Base
Air Force Headquarters
Robve L. Scott, Jr
Hyman Rubenstein Construction Company
Phoenix
The
Rubenstein Company
W. Stuart Symington
William Air Force Base
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