Youth burglar probes hush around courthouse thefts
Investigators traced a burglary at the district attorney’s offices to a youth suspect after a watch was stolen from Asst. Dist. Ally. Joe Brown and money from desks of several women employees. Officials dispute who was apprehended and describe conflicting accounts of the youths questioned and the open transom entry at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist. Atty. William
Hensley
Wick Nicholson
Southton
James Davis
Asst. Dist
Harvey L. Hardy
Tiensley
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Earthquake Felt Near Calcutta Area
Calcutta area records a strong earthquake shock centered 345 miles from the city. The tremor was noted around 1 4 a m local time, 10 p m Tuesday CsT, with intensity described as great. Authorities began surveys for damage and aftershocks.
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Calcutta
Inday
Weather forecast: mostly cloudy with moderate southeast winds
Forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions and brief clearings. Temperatures show Wednesday highs around 56 degrees with a low near 50 and Thursday high near 62. Tuesday high around 4 degrees is incorrect in context but listed.
Klan Holds Swainsboro Cross Burning March in Georgia
A 10 foot cross burned on the Swainsboro courthouse lawn as the Ku Klux Klan staged a march and rally amid reactions to President Truman’s civil rights proposals. The event marked their first public appearance since Georgia revoked their charter. speakers pledged segregation and lampooned critics while the crowd sang America.
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Weuawepung, Ua, Pty
LUMSI
Emmanuel County
White Sige Court House
Ke Klux Klan
Truman
F of
Swainsboro
Court House Square
Walter Winchell
Drew Pearson
Kleagle
Weather and fuel shortages shadow the nation
Chicago reports bitter cold with 35 below and 30 below readings in Minnesota Wisconsin and northern New England while fuel shortages persist in some communities. California faces rain and snow with Miami hitting 72 as San Antonio records historic rainfall totals and forecasts mild temps later in the week.
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Chicago
Dakotas
New England
North
Minnesota
Wisconsin
California
Miami
Meat Rationing Plan Defeated In Senate Fight
Washington reports indicate backers of standby meat rationing conceded defeat of the plan as it faced a last-ditch Senate Banking Committee battle. The proposal, sponsored by Senator Flanders, had already been rejected by a three-to-none banking subcommittee vote. Tobey, chairman of the full committee, said the measure would be folded into broader anti-inflation proposals under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pln
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Flanders
SOS Signals May Tie To Star Tiger Plane Loss
Faint SOS signals ending with a fragment suggestive of figer were traced to possibly the missing British airliner Star Tiger with 29 aboard. Signals originated north of the Leeward Islands and were detected across the Atlantic by military civilian centers. Coast guard stations along the coast standby as Antigua Coolidge Field traced a bearing while a sighted raft 700 miles south of Bermuda was deemed merchant ship equipment.
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Miami
Hla
Leeward Islands
Caribbean Sea
Ohio
Athintic Seaboard
Star Tiger
J S. Army
Coolidge Field
Antigua Island
Atlantic
Cold Front Dims Texas Temperatures Across Panhandle and South Plains
A weak cold front moved into Texas Tuesday night cooling the Panhandle and South Plains while little change was expected elsewhere. Forecasted colder weather for the Panhandle and South Plains holds through Thursday with rainfall figures showing Texarkana at 0.10 inches, Austin 0.24, Dallas 0.15, Lufkin 0.12, Galveston 0.18 and Victoria 0.16 inches.
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Texas
Associated Press
Panhandle
South Plains
Texarkana
Austin
Dallas
Slluston
Lutkin
Galveston
Victoria
Kuter to Head Unified Military Air Transport Command
Secretary Forrestal announced the consolidation of the Air Transport command and the Naval Air Transport service under Major General Laurence 5 Kuter as chief. Rear Admiral John P. Whitney will be deputy commander, creating the Military Air Transport Service under the U.S. Air Force.
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Washington, Red
Air Transport Command
Naval Arc
Transport Service
Laurence 5
Kuter
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
John P. Whitney
Kutter
Airy Force
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate
Military Alby Transport Service
United States Aly Force
Truman May Pick Southerner as Running Mate
Washington officials debated if Dixie Democrats outraged by civil rights moves could push President Truman to select a southern running mate. Rival ideas cited Rayburn of Texas or a Missourian like Truman himself, with officials noting such talk is speculative and that Wallace’s third party bid looms large.
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Pita
Mary Wallace
Truman
House
Rayburn
Texas
Raclal
Charles Ross
Ross
McGrath
Democratic National
Viainman
Troy
Dermageralie Party
Wallace
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Jack Sonday
Lightning strikes referee whistle in English soccer game
In Wolverhampton England lightning struck the whistle of Referee Stanley Cockayne as he prepared to call a penalty. He escaped harm and proposed advising plastic whistles after the incident. In Budapest Hungary communist officials banned films starring Clark Gable Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stanwyck, effective February 12.
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Wolverhampton
England
Stanley Cockayne
Hungary
Budapest
Laszlo Raji
Clark Geble
Ginger Rogers
Barbara Stanwyck
Coffee Before Confession in Indianapolis Murder Charge
In Indianapolis on February 4 a woman, Mrs. Jeanne Weiver Oder, invited police into her home and offered coffee before allegedly recounting how she fed her former husband Harvey Broglin, a 35 year old bartender, leading to her being held on a murder charge as investigators probe his death.
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Indianapolis
Jeanne Weiver Oder
Harvey, Broglin
Strike of Pilots Grounds Line's Ships
A strike by 145 pilots grounded planes across National Airlines system in Miami. The Air Line Pilots Association called the walkout inevitable after years of poor relations with management and cited air safety concerns as a motive.
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Miami
Pie
National Airlines
APL Air Line
Ayet Air Safety
Son sought for fatal shooting of Montgomery father
Montgomery Alabama February 4. Seventeen year old William Edward Callahan is sought on a charge of fatally shooting his father Travis Callahan a 47 year old civil engineer in their Montgomery home last night. Police said Callahan disapproved of his father's shrinking.
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Montgomery
Ala
INS
William Edward Callahan
Faldlly
Travis Callahan
Young Callahan
Wheat Dives 10c on Mart
CRICAGY February 4 Wheat led a broad selling wave on the board of trade today, dropping 10 cents. Corn and soybeans fell several cents while oats slipped six. The decline began yesterday amid cash market weakness with some observers attributing corn selling to eastern participants.
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Cricagy
Board of Trade
Kuhn Flees Dachau Prison
Munich reports Fritz Kuhn former leader of the German American Bund escapes from Dachau internment camp as denazification authorities weigh possible German trial. He was deprived of citizenship in 1943 and deported to Germany in 1945 while awaiting potential trial as a war crimes witness.
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Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
United States
Dacha
Kuhn
Texas Slayer Pays Chair Penalty
The state closed its case against Nolan Edwin West minutes after midnight. West confessed to killing Walter Zaboroski, a Houston juke box repairman, and died in the electric chair at the state prison at 12 14 a m. Pale but composed he entered the death house at 12 02 a m.
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Huntsville
Web
Nolan Edwin West
West
Walter Zaboroski
Houston
Kidnaping Mystery Grips Hollywood Child Vanishes From Bed
A three year old daughter of film writer Mer Horwitz disappeared from her bed in Hollywood. Neighbors woke to her cries as police investigated a possible kidnaping. The child was found unharmed near a neighbor’s house shortly before dawn. Horwitz said the man who took her may have been her father, and a window screen and a small stand were found near the bedroom. The infant in the same room was not disturbed.
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Hollywood
Barrie
Jil Horwits
Mer
Howard Horwitz
Denuties
F Holmes
Wy B. Nisner
Nelghbor
Tidmes
Horwitz
Holmes
Jolmies
San Antonio Attorney Herman Nami Indicted for Theft and Embezzlement
Prominent San Antonio attorney and American Legion official Herman G Nami was indicted by the Bexar County grand jury on charges of embezzlement amounting to 1475 60 from Charles Seelbach while acting as attorney and agent. Bond set at 200 by Judge W W McCrory. Nami declined comment and said he would seek a speedy trial. Several friends signed the bond including Fred A Semaan Thurman Barrett Ed Schaefer Martian J Arnold and Harry Nass Seeman. Arnold denied guilt and framed the matter as a civil controversy. Willam N Hensley Dist Atty unavailable for comment. Nami has long been active in Legion affairs and previously served as Texas department commander.
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Herman G. Nami
San Antonio
American Legion
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Charles 4
Seelbach
W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
Nami
Fred A. Semaan
Thurman Barrett
Ed Schaefer
Martian J. Arnold
Harry Nass
Seeman
Narol
Annyona
Arnold
Nam
Behal
Vonvier
Willam N. Hensle
Texas Department of the American Legion
United States
Cuero
Texas
American Legion National Defense Committee
Alamo Post No. 2
University of Texas
Lilz
812Th
Britain Moves to Curb Wage Inflation in New White Paper
London reports the Labour government, led by Prime Minister Attlee, called for a halt on increased wages and profits. The white paper warns against a wage price race and argues real gains require matching increases in productivity, stating personal incomes should not rise without corresponding output gains.
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Britain
London
Cnect
Attlee
Alysis
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Strike of Pilots Grounds Line’s Ships
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