Texas slay suspect held on murder charge in Amarillo case
Ewald Johnson, 32, a Texas murder suspect in the W. A Tex Thornton tourist camp killing, was arrested in Munising Michigan after Texas authorities tipped off local police. He slept during arrest, was held for extradition, and Amarillo charges name him and a young wife in a June 22 Tex Thornton murder.
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Munising
Mich
Ewald Johnson
Texas
Johnson
T’. J. Dowling
W. A. “Tex” Thornton
Amarillo
Washington
Diana Heaney Johnson
Ewald A. Johnson
Haming Johnson
Thornton
New Mexico
Dodge City
General Strike Threat in Japan Shocks Tokyo
Tokyo reports government workers threaten a general strike from Feb 9 to 14 after government refusal to grant wage increases. Officials warn of possible labor disruption across ministries and public services.
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Japan
Tokyo
Sirie
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers in Opening Paragraph
Forecast calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers and thundershowers through noontime Thursday. Temperatures reach 64 Thursday afternoon, 70 Friday afternoon, with a cool Thursday night and a milder Friday. Winds shift from north to moderate as skies clear late Thursday into Friday.
Slick Airways to Stay at San Antonio Airport
San Antonio announces a one year contract with Slick Airways to keep the airfreight headquarters at the municipal airport. Walter Gunstream says the airline plans to stay and will occupy a new prefabricated building estimated at 45000 with rent around 8000 per year.
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Slick Airways
Walter Gunstream
San Antonio
Gunstream
Stick Willl
Alamo Field
Gunstream Said. ‘the Announcement Ended Speculation As Towhether
St. Joseph
Burbank
Calli. S
Gun
East Germany Moves Toward Gestapo Style State Security
East Germany’s volkskammer passed two laws creating a state security ministry with a secret police outside the interior ministry and compelling about 3 million youths to join the Free German Youth. The measures grant broad power to arrest and imprison alleged enemies, agents, spies, and saboteurs, echoing 1930s tactics.
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Germany
Berlin
East Germany
Inj
Hitler
Volkskammer
People's Chamber
Bhi
Nen
Ministry of State Security
Ministry of Interior
FDJ
Nip in Cold Front Brings Cooler Glad Temps to San Antonio
A mild cold front from the northwest lowers San Antonio temperatures toward normal with a Friday low near 40 degrees. The city saw 0.5 inches of rain overnight as showers move out, with 64 degree high Thursday and 70 expected Friday. Wednesday reached 77 while a front and additional showers bring partly cloudy skies into the weekend. In national news, Thomas E. Dunnam Jr. of WN is named first secretary of the North Atlantic Military Production and Supply board.
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San Antonio
Orca Edrington
Military Post
Washington
Thomas E. Dunnam Jr
North Atlantic Military Production and Supply Board
Cinderella 9 Fights for Custody in Courthouse Clash
Lora Lee Michel, a 9 year old child star, clashed with foster mother Lena Brunson in a Los Angeles courtroom over custody with Wanda Hendrix among observers. Michel had been in Texas adopted by Mrs. Corraine Michel, while Mrs. Brunson seeks custody and the fight prompts a possible return to Texas.
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Los Angeles
Lora Lee Michel
Wanda Iendrix
Ilesss
Lena Brunson
Ervine
Michela
Texas
Michel
Lova Lee
Fond
One Wargin
Effie Forrest
Miss Hendrix
Hendrix
Two Railway Unions Vote Strike in 40-Hour Push
In Chicago members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors voted to strike for a 40 hour week. About 200000 members are represented with 95.5 percent approval. No date has been set.
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Chicago
Fen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railway Conductors
Shanghai Hit Again in Night Bombardment Attacks
Nationalist warned of more air raids as three straight days of bombing hit Shanghai. The strike targeted the Kiangran dockyards and an American owned power plant amid ongoing hostilities.
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Taipel
Ren
Kiangran
Hedq
Safes, Knob Knockers Fail at John A Power Station
A burglary at the John A Power filling station on South Alamost street left a lone silver dollar behind in a safe opened with a chisel. Detectives say two men spent hours trying to crack the safe using a sledge hammer and failed to haul it away. They abandoned tools and left a blanket and wristband near the door.
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San Antonio
John A. Power
S. Alamost
Det
A. C. Sandavel
Burgary
Charter Vote Sets May 9 Amid Stormy City Hall Session
The city council passed an ordinance to call a charter election for May 9 after a tense session. Mayor White declined to vote and sparred with commissioners over the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, bond issues, and a December election.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
San Antonio
Davis
Xhar
Tiny
Namcal
Raymond South Tose
South
State Highway Department
Issac
Windsor
Hig
Broadway
People's Committee
Ile
Miesta Week Trial for Lymm Miesta Week Trial for Lymm A Fiesta week trial
The murder case against Lynn Stephens, a prohibition era bootlegger, is set tentatively for April 17 in Judge H D Barrow's Floresville Texas court. William N. Hensley said the date awaits Barrow's approval after a Wilson County conference with Dist. Atty. John H. May. The trial would be the earliest possible in Floresville.
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Lynn Stephens
H. D. Barrow
Eighty-First District Court
Floresville
Vist
William N. Hensley
Dist. Atty
John H. May
Wilson Co
Barrow, Hongley
Stephens
Charles Stevens
Harrow's
W. W. McCrory
Wilson County
Suit Names Drug Firms
The justice department charged two leading drugmakers with tying to monopolize the sale of hard gelatin capsules used for vitamins and medicines. Attorney General McGrath announced a civil antitrust action filed in Detroit against Parke-Davis and Co. of Detroit and E R Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis.
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Wasmeuin
Fen
Justice Department
Lug-Makling
Atty
Luckman Denies AEC Post Offer
Beverly Hills California Charles Luckman denies being offered the top post at the Atomic Energy Commission after resigning as president of Lever Brothers soap makers last month.
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Luckman
AEC Post
Beverly Hills
Calif
Charles Luckman
Atomic Energy. Commission
Lever Ey'os
Soap Makers
Port lease signals expanding NKorea-Russia links
A Korean government spokesman said Russia has leased port areas on North Korea's east coast. The remark underscores growing postwar ties between Pyongyang and Moscow as regional interests shift.
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Red Korea
Russia
Seoul
North Korea
Red Flag Parking Ruling Reverses Fine in Texas Court
Judge McColum Burnett voided a parking fine in County Court at Law No 1 San Antonio reversing Emmett J Rahm decision. The case involved red meter tags and green indicators on meters indicating allowable parking. Leo Tynar recommended amending the ordinance to remove meter descriptions.
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San Antonio
McColum Burnett
Emmett J. Rahm
Ally
James
Kennedy
Leo Tynar
Rose Robbery Suspects Held
Two men arrested in a $25,000 gem and fir robbery at the home of showman Billy Rose. Police say the suspects admitted participation in the daring incident.
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New York
Billy Rose
Duke Wome in England Denied
Mexico City reports the Duke of Windsor and his American wife Misia will not settle permanently in England after Misia’s acceptance by the royal family. INS inquiry to the Maurettis couple on Rancho Acuna yielded the Duke’s denial of any truth to the London Evening Standard story.
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Mexico City
Duke of Windsor
London
Misia
Heitain
London Evening Standard
England
INS
Clint
Bank Bandit Net Tightened After Douglas Heist
Police launched a statewide dragnet in Arizona after two armed men robbed the Bank of Douglas of 116000 with small bills only. They forced the janitor and vault keeper at gunpoint and escaped in an old black sedan, with officers tracing a light-skinned man between 50 and 80 and a second accomplice.
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Arizona
Douglas
Angeyteay
James Wise
Clinton Wade
Wise
Voor
Briep Stakyt
Befordé Polien
Governor appoints John Ben Shepperd as secretary of state
Governor Shivers announced the appointment of John Ben Shepperd a Gladewater attorney as secretary of state effective tomorrow pending senate confirmation. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ron Ramsey in Austin Texas.
Nap Hearty Breakfast In Locked Boxcar Story
Passersby in Los Angeles heard noises from a sealed Ford Motor Co boxcar. Officials opened the door and John Lee Ford, 49, stepped out claiming he had been locked inside while napping during a Detroit trip eight days earlier. He appeared tired but not seriously harmed.
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Ford Motor ‘Co
John Lee Ford
Detroit
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