Five Decomposed Bodies Found in Closed Funeral Home
In northeast Philadelphia police found five decomposed male bodies in a shuttered former funeral home. Owner William H. Beard, whose license was revoked, faced arrest for maintaining a health menace and public nuisance. Coroner ruled all deaths natural and due to indigence. most bodies claimed, one unclaimed.
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Philadelphia
William H. Beard
Pennsylvania State Board of Undertakers
Beard
Americo V. Cortese
Cortese
Board of Undertakers
X Ray Sofa Searcher and the Sofa Mystery
A satirical mock ad notes how households accumulate junk in sofas and urges manufacturers to add built in X Ray searchers as standard equipment. It mocks Snap Crackle and Pop, car keys in pockets, and references Chrysler Mo tors and historic inventors with comic flair.
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Mama
Papa
Messrs
Chrysler Corp
Gens. Motors
George Westinghouse
Robert Fulton
Amos Hoople
Northwest seeks power train and barge for Pacific Northwest
Representative Mitchell of Washington urged Interior Secretary Chapman to send a World War II power train and a power barge to the Pacific Northwest to relieve critical energy shortages. The Navy units, idle at Mare Island, could add about 40,000 kilowatts, with the train at 10,000 kilowatts and ready for transfer to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.
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Washington
Mitchell
Wash
Interior
Chapman
Pacific Northwest
Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
California Yard
Fuel Burning Electric Plants Sought In Bill
Rep. Henry M. Jackson urges immediate construction of eight fuel burning electric plants in the Pacific Northwest as a solution to power shortages. The plan, to be reviewed before the House Public Works Committee, would be funded by the Bonneville Power Administration at an estimated cost of 60 million dollars and would recover expenses over 30 years.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Jackson
House Public Works Committee
Bonneville Power Administration
Oscar L. Chapman
Oregon
Charles E. Wilson
Ava Gardner Cancels Crosby Appearance
Ava Gardner canceled a guest spot with Bing Crosby on Bob Hope's radio show due to illness and low blood pressure while hospitalized at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica. The appearance, taped last night, was scrubbed as she recovers.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Ava Gardner
St John’s Hospital
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
King George VI Has Lung Operation In Fairlop
In Fairlop England on Sunday surgeon Clement Price Thomas performed a lung operation on King George VI, following a similar removal of part of Jill Stebbings's lung fifteen months earlier. Eight year old Jill earlier wrote the king a letter saying not to worry and praising the surgeon for saving her life.
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Fairlop
England
Clement Price Thomas
Jill Stebbings
George VI
Jill
King
Mr. Price Thomas
Dean Witter expands in Arizona with Benton M. Lee firm
Brokers from a Pacific Coast security and commodity firm join Dean Witter & Co to establish Arizona offices in Phoenix and Mesa with Benton M. Lee as resident manager. Albert Ficks and Eugene F. Tompane take municipal and sales leadership roles. Local reps include William Lambuth John B. Ellis Emil Pinchak James G. Henson William Harvey Frank A. Stewart.
Man Charged in Old White Slave Case Involving Tennessee Girl
DETROIT Sept 27 A 42 year old Hamtramck peddler Ellis Sims was indicted under the federal white slave law for allegedly buying a 77 year old Tennessee girl for 40 eight years ago. The government says Sims and his wife met in Centerville Tenn and procured the girl then, who is now in her teens and described as ill and from a poverty struck family.
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Detroit
Hamtramck
Mich
Tennessee
Ellis Sims
Sims
Centerville
Tenn
Lane Bryant founder dies at 72 in New York
Mrs Lane Bryant Malsin founder of the Lane Bryant ladies ready to wear chain died at her home in New York after a heart attack. She was 72.
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New York
Lane Bryant Malsin
Lane Bryant
Allied Planes Pound Dug-In Red Artillery
Allied air and naval forces battered dug-in Communist artillery on eastern Korea’s Heartbreak Ridge with napalm and high explosives. In a three day air battle, F-86 Sabres and MiG-15s clashed, with 26 reds shot down and 1 allied jet destroyed. US and French infantry faced heavy shelling while South Korean troops attacked near Kansong and Kumchon, targeting rail points and many red vehicles.
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U. N. Command
Korea
Navy
Air Force
Heartbreak Ridge
Far East
Red
U. S
Yanggu
U. N
Heartbreak
Kansong
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Kumchon
Kaesong
U.N. Commander Proposes Truce Talks Near Songh yon
General Ridgway offers a compromise plan for resuming cease-fire discussions near Songh yon eight miles southeast of Kaesong. It urges both sides to keep troops away from the meeting area and refrain from hostilities, with initial talks on security arrangements before tackling the cease-fire line and buffer zone.
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Songhyon
Kaesong
Seoul
Korea
Ridgway
U.N
Lawton Motorist Fined 125 In Globe Reckless Driving
Hobart C. Taylor of Lawton Oklahoma paid a 125 fine in Globe Precinct Justice Court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. His car left U S 70 five miles east of Coolidge Dam injuring him and three other occupants with minor injuries. Patrolman Edward J. Maher filed the citation.
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GLOBE
Hobart C. Taylor
Lawton
Okla
Globe Precinct Justice Court
Taylor
U. S. 70
Coolidge Dam
Edward J. Maher
Globe Master Lands In Japan After Korea Lift
The second largest U S Air Force transport plane the C 124 Globemaster landed at Tachikawa Air Base Japan after its maiden Korea airlift. It carried 29000 pounds of aircraft gear and 7000 pounds of mail to a forward base and returned with 40000 pounds of battle worn aircraft engines for overhaul.
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FAR East Air Forces Headquarters
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Tachikawa Air Base
Forrestal Diaries on Manchuria and Pacific Command
Forrestal warned that Russia could push 30 divisions into Manchuria within six months and seek a Chinese mainland campaign to boost Stalin’s prestige. He discussed MacArthur and Nimitz, favoring a joint plan with Navy control of the fleet and Army operations on land. He urged bringing the 21st Bomber Command into the Pacific pattern and noted a cryptic memo on presidential candidate specifications.
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China
Stalin
Asia
Forrestal
Washington
William D.) Leahy
Pacific Command
MacArthur
Nimitz
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Marianas
Army Air Force
Pacific
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Former Arizona star athlete Gove L. Allen dies at 44
Gove L. Allen, 44, renowned in Arizona as a former basketball and football star and coach, died after a lengthy illness in Salt Lake City. A Mesa resident and Phoenix Technical School shop instructor, he coached at St Johns Thatcher and Eastern Arizona Junior College, earned a master's from Colorado State, and survived by his wife Mary and eight children among a large family.
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Gove L. Allen
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Utah
Allen
Phoenix
Colorado State College
Greeley
Mesa
St. Johns and
Thatcher
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Gilbert High School
Chicago
Sentencing Set For Lutfy On Narcotics Conviction
Fredric P. Lutfy, 31, of 1716 E Almeria, will be sentenced October 8 in U S District Court after a jury found him guilty of selling 97 grains of heroin for 190 dollars in a East Mc Dowell bar last November 11. The case ties him to a dope ring with co‑defendants Francisco Moreno, Robert Lama, Marvin Duke Ponce, and Ernest Romero Hayworth, the latter already serving a five year federal term.
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Fredric P. Lutfy
E. Almeria
United States District Court
Lutfy
Dave W. Ling
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
East McDowell
Francisco Moreno
Madison
Robert Lama
W. Minnetowa
Marvin Duke Ponce
Washington
Ernest Romero Hayworth
Globe Clerk Returns from Vacation to Globe City Hall
Globe city clerk Cyril Kennedy resumes duties at city hall after a month away. Creed Troutman handled clerical tasks during Kennedy’s absence as the Kennedys toured the Grand Canyon and other Northern Arizona sites.
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GLOBE
Cyril Kennedy
City Hall
Kennedys
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Kennedy
Creed Troutman
Buckeye Resident Since 1938 Dies
Mrs. Gina Wilson aged 65 a Buckeye resident for 23 years died at her home northeast of Buckeye after a long illness. Born in Minnesota she came to Buckeye with husband Ralph a local rancher. Surviving are daughter Mrs Catherine Corkill of Landover Hills Maryland and sons Hubert and John Kieffer both of Buckeye. Funeral services will be arranged at Buckeye Funeral Home.
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Buckeye
Gina Wilson
Here
Editors Vote To Protest Censorship
In San Francisco editors gathered for the AP Managing Editors Association meeting. About 250 editors voted to draft a formal protest against President Truman's expanded news blackout and urged action to secure the release of AP correspondent William N. Oatis from Czechoslovakia. J R Wiggins of The Washington Post called the order a major censorship issue, noting lack of penalties and the need to circumvent the ban where possible.
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San Francisco
America
Truman
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
J. R. Wiggins
The
Washington Post
Wiggins
Driver Chooses Bad Spot Triggers Police Court Fine
Norberto Leal of Miami was fined 25 for reckless driving 5 for driving without a license and 5 for auto repairs after an accident in front of Globe police station. Turley’s car sustained damage as police arrived and arrested Leal Tuesday evening.
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Globe
Norberto Leal
Miami
Milton Turley
Leal
Turley
Eichelberger Receives 33rd Degree Masonry Honor
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, retired U.S. Army, was among 154 candidates awarded the 33rd degree in Scottish Rite Masonry at a ceremony in Boston last night. The event marked the highest level in the rite and highlighted distinguished service by military figures and other leaders.
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Boston
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Army
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