Woman Tells Of Spy Letter At Hamilton Field
Los Angeles housewife Georgia Watters testified that Sergeant Hirt once handed her a letter mailed to a South American address tied to a Nazi espionage network. The letter to Alfred Ney of Copacabana Brazil bore Dear Friend and was reportedly part of coded transmissions used by a German spy Ring. Bahr, former German agent, described similar letters and fake signatures used in the operation.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
INS
Los Angeles
Stati Set
Char
Georgia Watters
Air Force
Neel
Watters
Jetter
Hirt
California
Stanley C. Walters
Navy
Mate
Alfred Ney
Copacabana
Brazil
Herbert Karl Fredrich Bahr
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Waby
Munster
Germany
United States
Bahr
Wallers
Jiyt
John P. Meduillen
Advocase
Flick
Weekend Weather Forecast by Jarboe
A weekend forecast from Weatherman J E Jarboe predicts mild conditions with partly cloudy skies. Saturday’s low near 62 degrees, then Sunday will be about 18 degrees cooler than that Saturday low.
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J. E. Jarboe
Sunhday
McVay Guilty Navy Says
The navy announced Capt. Charles B. McVay III was negligent in the sinking of the Indianapolis but the sentence was remitted and he was restored to duty. Four officers received severe reprimands for delays when the cruiser went overdue, potentially affecting their promotions. Bud Geary, 47, veteran Western film actor known for villain roles, died after his car overturned in Buuquer Canyon, Newhall, California.
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McVay
Navy
Washington
Indianapolis
Requilu Navy
Tadkinapolis
Isda
Newhall
Calif
Bud Geary
Buuquer Canyon
Fire wipes out five buildings in Muskegon blaze
Muskegon February 23. A devastating fire ripped through the heart of the city’s business district destroying five buildings and leaving a loss of 1,900,000 dollars. Two thirds of a city block lay in ruins as firemen battled the blaze. no one was insured.
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Muskegon, Mich
Pep
Army unity substitute plan urged by retired general
Brig. Gen. H. C. Holdridge urged a national security council to replace armed forces unification. The council would include lawmakers and leaders from science industry labor and religion to oversee total war policy. He opposed compulsory peacetime training and called for civilian control to curb military dictatorship. Holdridge, retiring last February for service-related disability, is Veterans League of America legislative chairman.
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Washington
National Security Council
H. C. Holdridge
West Point
Army
Molifield
Calif
House
Holdridge
Senate
Navy
Air Forces
State Department
Jeaders
House Military Committee
Hollibridge
Veterans’ Leaue of America
Australian unions push for higher basic wage and standard week
The Australasian Council of Trades Unions, speaking for trade unions, urged Prime Minister Chifley to raise the basic wage from 19.60 to 25 pounds weekly. The council also moved to seek arbitration for adopting a maximum working week for unskilled workers and related protections.
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Syongly
Australasian Council of Trades Unions
Chifley
Truman and Anderson Receive Silent 2000 Chicks
Two thousand baby chicks were sent to President Truman and Secretary Anderson in Washington from Indiana, with no White House delivery attempt or comment. One thousand were sent to Governor Ralph Gates, who ordered they be added to the state farm flock. An unhappy hatchery owner claimed miscalculation, while the express company outlined standard unclaimed shipment options.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
William Ithrop
Richmond
Ind
Lathrop
White House
Express Company
Ralph P. Gates
Indiana
State Farm
Hive Therm
Delaware
Maryland
Wii
Hippo Bebe Expected Baby at Brookfield Zoo
At Brookfield Zoo in Chicago on February 23 a hippopotamus named Bebe was expected to give birth between 3:30 and 4:00 pm. Keeper Clifford Jones predicted the delivery, drawing curious crowds to Bebe's 30 by 40 foot tank as watchers waited for the new arrival that did not occur yesterday.
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Chicago
Bebe
Brookfield Zoo
Clifford Jones
Tougher Red Policy Urged
Diplomatic observers in Washington said Canada's disclosure of the Soviet spy ring could push the U S and Britain toward an unprecedented alliance. Senator Bridges urged a tougher policy toward Russia and a congressional probe into state department policy on espionage.
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AY Rives
Washington
Canada
Capitol Hall
Bridges
R-N H
State Department
Russia
Earliey
Wherry
Ro Nebr.dia
Sn Nver
Department
Seme Cette
Jap Tells of Killing Yanks in War Crimes Trial
Shanghal February 23 seventeen Japanese defendants in a war crimes trial described the cremation of three American filers after a parade through Hankow. Maj Shoza Masui testified he and others held the filers face up bound their arms with cords and strangled them to death. Chinese witnesses for the prosecution said the victims were not dead when cremated.
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Shanghal
Harkow
Hankow
Shoza Masui
Boiler Blast Kills Woman at Washington Banquet
A boiler explosion at Flyst Ciristan church in Washington Pennsylvania killed 37 year old Martha Knestick Mottenaver, a church pianist, and injured 44 others, five seriously, during a father and son banquet. Timbers and stones flew into a crowded hall as the boiler exploded.
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Washington
Flyst Ciristan Church
Martha Knestick Mottenaver
Weather forecast for weekend at a glance
Partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday. Saturday night frost. Maximum Saturday around 78 degrees. Minimum Sunday about 62 degrees. Saturday maximum 76 listed in the forecast.
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Feooler
Bombay Riot Death Toll Reaches 210
Bombay on February 23 reports show a mutiny in the Royal Indian Navy both ashore and afloat as civil disorders spread. British communique notes some improvement as strikes grow in Bombay and Calcutta. hospital counts place fatalities at about 210 and injuries over 1,200, with 75 civilians dead and 250 injured. Police and troops clash with mobs as seamen mutiny near 12,000 strong.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Navy
Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gandal
New Delhi
Hombay
Breures
Egyptian students boycott classes in Cairo mourning riots
About 25 000 students from Tuad and Azhar universities began a three day boycott of classes in Cairo. Leaders called it an expression of mourning for Egyptians killed in anti British riots on Thursday.
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Egypt
Cairo
Tuad
Azhar
Two British Indian Soldiers Die in Indonesian Fighting
In Batavia on February 23 two British Indian troops were killed and five wounded across two days of clashes around Soera Baja after attacks by Indonesian nationalists. The British community reported the losses on listening posts and patrols.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
Jewish terrorists attack Savona police station
London Evening Standard reports from Tel Aviv that Jewish terrorists used machine gun and mortar fire in a night assault on the Savona police station, resulting in four fatalities in the clash.
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London
Insi
London Evening Standard
Savona
Prayer Day Declared for Hungry Children by Pope
Bernard Cardinal Griffin archbishop of Westminster announced that Pope Pius XII has named Sunday March 3 as a day of prayer for the starving children in Europe. The declaration calls for Catholics to observe prayer and charity on the set date.
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Bernard Cardinal Griffin
Arch-Bishon
Westminister
Ten Poles and a German sentenced to death for wartime collaboration
In Warsaw, 10 men and a woman were sentenced to death by special courts for collaboration with Nazis during the occupation of Poland. The group, convicted yesterday, included former German Police Sergeant Heinrich Kostlér, who admitted killing 800 people during the destruction of the Gheuo Interstochows.
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Warsaw
Tech
Poland
Heinrich Kostlér
Gheuo Interstochows
GM Strike End Remote Negotiations Continue Amid Unsettled Wages
In Detroit on Saturday CIO leaders said a settlement of General Motors extensive strike is not imminent as UAW and company officials resume talks. An International executive board telegram to locals stated basic demands and wage issues remain unsettled, though maintenance of membership and other terms are reportedly agreed. The wage dispute centers on a 1912 cent hourly increase, with other items like seniority and vacations under review. Japan prints money to counter inflation as ten million yen are burned daily to support government fiscal moves.
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Workstapr
General Motors
CIO
Detroit
United Auto Workers International Executive Board
James F. Dewey
UAW
Wien
Japan
Tokyo
Fes
Beating Death Suspect Held In Los Angeles Case
A discharged soldier, Robert L. Dierwirth, 31, is detained as a suspect in the murder of Mrs. Raee Krohn, 32, whose bludgeoned body was found in a closet at her home. Dierwirth had been visiting Krohn for two weeks and was driving her car when police issued a pickup order. The hammer used in the killing was found near the body.
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Los
Angeles
Raee. Krohn
C. E. Ream
Robert L. Dierwirth
Krohn
Ream
Baer
Jackson Granted Audience With Pope
Pope Pius XII received Robert H. Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trial, in a 20 minute private audience in Rome. The session followed Jackson’s trip to discuss postwar prosecutions and Allied victory plans.
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Jackson
Rome
INS
Pope Plus Iic
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
Nuernberz
Stalin Calls for Strengthened Red Army on 28th Birthday
Stalin warned the Red Army must not rest on laurels and should strengthen military might to guard peaceful labor of the Soviet people and deter enemies. Zhukov said its diverse experience will shape military science for years. Antonov received a congratulatory message from Eisenhower as MacArthur attended a ceremony at the Soviet embassy in Tokyo.
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Moscow
Fev
StaIn
Zhukovaday
Red Army
Stalin
Zhukov
A. I. Antonov
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Tokyo
Five-held inmates stage escape bid from Bexar jail
A group of three federal prisoners and one state prisoner attempted a ground floor escape from Bexar County Jail on Saturday as a guard was slugged and a matron ushered into the elevator. Police, aided by trusties, halted the breakout on the fifth floor. guards were unarmed and one officer treated for a head laceration.
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Trinity Finance Company
Tta
Bexar County
Wyse
Charles E. Townsend
Pontleec
Mich
Michgan
Sandusky
Fred Rehmer
Taft Avenue
San Antonio
Arnold Foreman
Isadoré Schmidt
Mason Sirent
W. H. Long
Baylor Street
Long
Henry Mays
Ross DiArc
Alata
Louis Arnold
F. P. Lituepage
Robert Andrews
Johnny Gonzales
Nond Vyse
Townsend
Finance Company
Michigan
Texas
U.S
Paul Lockehart
Schmidt
Leng
Stock peddlers top list of high paid workers
A Labor Department survey shows stock and bond peddlers earning the most on average, with brokerage workers averaging over 71 dollars weekly in December. Locomotive builders follow, then anthracite miners, refinery workers, and tool makers, among others, with figures reflecting gross pay before taxes and deductions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Rooney
Gnys
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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C. J. Vyse
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