Transient Valenzuela Confesses to Slaying Patrolman Bechtelheimer
Daniel A. Valenzuela, 21, a transient carnival follower, confessed to killing Colorado Springs Patrolman Harold Bechtelheimer after a confrontation during a car theft from Denver. He admitted robbing a Castle Rock liquor store of about $200 and pistol whipping its proprietor. A 16-year-old youth, claimed as Valenzuela’s companion, was taken into custody as investigators prepared formal murder charges. Bechtelheimer died after signaling a radio call, having been shot in the back as the suspect fled.
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Olorado
Colorado Springs
Colo
Daniel A. Valenzuela
Harold Bechtelheimer
Valenzuela
Bechtelheimer
Denver
Highway Patrol
James H. Cole
S. H. Close
E. J. Pond
Fourth Judicial District
Close
Pond
Cole
Castle Rock
Henry A. Enderud
Enderud
David Ortez
Los Angeles
D. J. Geick
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Gilbert Mixes In Dog Fight With ONeill
The Legislative Interim Committee probed the Arizona Industrial Commission over a $152000 deficit in the Workers Compensation Fund seeking recommendations to avert insolvency. Commissioner Ray Gilbert clashed with J J ONeill as others blamed administration, while ONeill resisted a cap on awards. Representative Morris called for clearer answers amid a running dog fight.
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Arizona Industrial Commission
Workmen’s Compensation Fund
Ray Gilbert
J. J. O'Neill
Fred Edwards
O'Neill
Edwards
Dan E. Garvey
Carl Morris
Cochise County
Gilbert
Commission
Blast Wrecks Power Plant In Rushville
A diesel engine explosion at the Southeastern Indiana Power Company plant in Rushville wrecked the building. One man, John Wood, 33, is believed dead and Albert Cross, 34, is missing. The blast cut power to 11 counties as authorities feared others were trapped.
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Rushville
Ind
Indiana
Southeastern Indiana Power Company
John Wood
Albert Cross
Public Service Company of Indiana, Incorporated
Southeastern
California Cotton Strike Set
The AFL National Farm Labor Union called a general strike in Karn County cotton fields for next Monday to back wage demands. About 25,000 pickers could be affected, with 7,000 already in the fields. In Tulare County early picking was stalled by a three day old strike of about 800. Weather around Maricopa limited observation. Prices sought were $3 per hundredweight versus $2.50 offered.
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Bakersfield
Calif
INS
American Federation of Labor National Farm Labor Union
Karn County
California
Tulare County
Maricopa County
Cleveland Triumphs In Low-Scoring Baseball Tilt
Cleveland edged New York 10 to 5 in an American League game. Lemon Benton and Hegan contributed for Cleveland while Reynolds Pillette and Berra pitched for New York.
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Cleveland
New York
Lemon
Benton
Hegan
Reynolds
Pillette
Berra
Grapefruit Size Hail Strikes Rome Hospitals Braced
A brief but violent hailstorm in Rome on September 15 sent about six people to hospitals and clinics for treatment while thousands of residents fled indoors. The hailstones were reported as large as grapefruits.
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Rome
Italy
Paratroopers Find Two Dead In Plane
Five Air Force paratroopers found a burned light civilian plane seven miles southwest of Waynoka Oklahoma with two occupants dead. The victims were J. W. McBrayer of White Deer Texas and William B. Cline of Amarillo Texas, who were en route from Cleveland Ohio to Amarillo when they crashed in murky weather. The rugged Cimarron River country required ambulances to reach the crash site as paratroopers from Lowry Field Colorado descended to recover the remains.
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Waynoka
Okla
Air Force
Cimarron River
J. W. McBrayer
White Deer
Tex
William B. Cline
Amarillo
Cleveland
Ohio
Oklahoma
Freedom
Lowry Field
Colorado
J. F. Ryan
A. W
GOP Victory Laughed Off By President
President Truman dismissed a Pennsylvania GOP victory as not a reliable barometer of future elections. He recalled 1947 barometers that failed, offering no further comment at a news conference.
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
Robert L. Coffey
26Th
Water scarcity threatens Tucson growth, experts warn
Two forestry and water specialists warn Tucson Arizona faces a dire water shortage. They say without radical steps urban growth may vanish and distant sources must be sought. The piece notes competition with irrigated farmland and potential San Pedro river dam plans, but warns against unguaranteed supply without land-use reform.
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Washington
Tucson
Ariz
Bernard Frank
Division of Forest Influences
U. S. Forest Service
Anthony Netboy
Forest Service
Azine New Republic
Los Angeles
San Diego
Newark
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
San Pedro
Frank
Netboy
Columbia River
Arizona Railroads Seek 8 Percent Intrastate Freight Increase
Arizona railroads led by Southern Pacific Santa Fe Magma Arizona and Apache petition the Arizona Corporation Commission for an 8 percent intrastate freight rise. The move follows ICC approval of an 8 percent national increase and would lift total boosts since 1945 to 56 percent. A 20 percent rise on fat cattle shipments is also sought to offset interstate-intrastate disparities. A hearing date has not been set.
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Arizona
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
William T. Brooks
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Magma-Arizona
Apache
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brooks
Superior
Magma
Holbrook
McNary
Southern Arizona
The
Corporation Commission
ICC
Murray accuses steel giants of forcing a strike
Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations charged that United States Steel Corporation and other steel companies are deliberately seeking to force a strike upon the union and the American people. The Navy announced Capt. John G. Crommelin is being relieved of duties after an attack on the Army and Air Force.
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Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United States Steel Corporation
Navy
John G. Crommelin
Crommelin
Army
Air Force
New York Stocks Mixed as Strikes Pressure Market
Market brief notes lower shares amid strike threats and sector selling in select rails while cotton and wheat show firm and mixed moves. Prices for oats slip on September contracts. corn moves after early wheat activity with temperate readings and interest in rails highlighted by cautious traders.
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Chicago
Paule
Sherman Minton named to Supreme Court
President Truman, in his fourth Supreme Court pick, named Sherman Minton of Indiana a federal judge and former Senate colleague to replace the late Wiley Rutledge. Minton, 58, a Protestant from Georgetown Indiana, thanked the president and spoke of honoring the trust.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Supreme Court
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Senate Democratic
Wiley Rutledge
White House
Rutledge
McGrath
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Frank Murphy
Clark
Minton
Georgetown
Ind
New Albany
MR. Truman
Walter Lindley
United States
Illinois
Circuit Court of Appeals
Caspar Platt
Fifth Judicial Circuit
January Special Session Sighting in Arizona Legislature
A possible January special session to consider Welfare Department reorganization and other agency issues emerged after talks between Governor Garvey and the Legislative Interim Committee. Leaders favored a governor-called session but would consider the Legislature summoning itself if needed, with Griffenhagen and Associates hired to survey state government at a cost of $12,000.
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Arizona
State Department of Public Welfare
Dan E. Garvey
Legislative Interim Committee
Garvey
Senate
Fred J. Fritz
House
Raymond J. Langham
Langham
Griffenhagen and Associates
Los Angeles
Chicago
Ann Frohmiller
Welfare Department
Griffenhagen
Cominform pamphlets urge Tito overthrow in Belgrade
In Belgrade on Sept 15, Cominform underground leaflets and a Moscow printed paper urged revolt against Marshal Tito. Authorities saw no public disturbance as residents ignored the propaganda, which appeared in two formats including a tabloid poster and a ninth issue mastheaded in Moscow.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Russians Protected In War Probers Told
Former FBI spy hunter Larry E. Kerley testified to a Senate subcommittee that the State Department blocked arrests of several hundred Soviet espionage agents in the U S during World War II. He said prior approval was needed for arrests of foreigners and Americans and that Adams remained free to avoid fleeing Russia.
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Washington
INS
FBI
Senate
State Department
U. S
Larry E. Kerley
Edi
Torial
Iorrk Journal-American
Kerley
Senate Judiciary
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
RED
Nelson
United States
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
Arthur Adams
House
Adams
Russia
Noted Figures Comment on Politics and Labor
International News Service reports Governor Dewey declares intolerance for racist or communist groups in New York. Benjamin F. Fairless cautions against pension cost shifts harming labor. Walter Winchell notes he listens intently despite talking rapidly.
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International News Service
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
County Board Rejects Pension Act Plan in Mari copa County
The Mari copa County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal to place all eligible county workers under the Public Employer Retirement Act. Supervisor Lecky’s resolution failed against Frye and Kimball who opposed for lack of pension funding and pending state Supreme Court action. The state auditor dispute and timing leave counties optional until January 1951.
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Maricopa County
Frye
Supreme Court
Kimball
Attorney General
Board of Trustees
A. O. Jones
Manicurist Is Clipped of $14,000 in Romance Scam
Los Angeles police arrested 28 year old Leland Dann on a Chicago fugitive warrant for grand theft after allegedly sweet talking Chicago manicurist Lorraine Mackay out of 14000. Dann admitted taking the money saying he signed a five year note and left Chicago to Los Angeles where he married a waitress in March.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Leland Dann
Chanco
Dann
Lorraine Mackay
Union Depot
Miss Mackay
John E. Erickson
Erickson
Tug Crew Abandons Leaking Vessel Near Cordova
Air searchers reported six crew members rode the leaking tug Afognak ashore safely on rocks about 50 miles southeast of Cordova Alaska. The Coast Guard had received an at sea distress call at 228 a m confirming the crew abandoning ship.
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Cordova
Alaska
Here
Coast Guard
Afognak
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B. R. Nuckels
GOP
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University of Arizona
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Reclamation Bureau
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State Board
Associated Press
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South Africa
International Monetary Fund
Dean Acheson
France
Robert Schuman
Britain
Dorothy Dix
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Turnbow Woman
Tito
Probers
O’conor
Stalin
Gregori M. Kheifets
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
Walter Winchell
Pension Act
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Pride OF Navy
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