Cambridge Fire Kills Six In Family Tragedy
A fast moving blaze engulfed a three story wooden house in Cambridge Mass fatally trapping six family members. Police named the victims as Alan Gregg 40 his wife 39 and their four children aged 9 8 4 and 10 months. The family maid Edna Roper 29 survived with critical injuries after being hurled through a second story window while trying to escape. Firefighters and the fire chaplain were overcome during rescue attempts as the interior burned.
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Thomas Tierney
Henry Kilfoyle
Brothers burn tragedy and Fairbanks brother dies
New York fire claims two young brothers Harold Mayer six and Michael five after parents and baby sister are badly burned in their apartment fire. Police and emergency crew spent hours treating them with inhalators but they died. In Hollywood Robert P. Fairbanks, brother of Douglas Fairbanks Sr., dies at home after long illness.
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Tony
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Michael
Vatrbanks
Hollywood
Robert P. Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Baby Betty Horrell dies at 39 after hospital stay
In New Orleans on February 23 Baby Betty Horrell a 750 pound sideshow performer died at Foundation hospital after a weeks long undisclosed illness. It took six men to bring her into the hospital and two beds were bolted together for her treatment. Her home was Tampa Florida.
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Baby Betty" Horrell
Foundation Hospital
Betty
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Pope denounces Marxist materialism to Rome workers
Pope Pius declared Christian truth cannot be reconciled with communism in a sharp denunciation of Marxist materialism delivered to 1800 Rome transportation workers in Vatican City on February 23.
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President Truman Calls for 10 Million Urban Homes in 10 Years
President Truman urged Congress to enact a housing program to build 10,000,000 urban homes in the coming decade, aiming for a decent home for every American family. He proposed long and short range plans to produce over 1,000,000 new dwellings annually, plus rural homes, with five objectives including continued rent control, boosted homebuilding, lower costs, low rent housing, and urban modernization. He noted 4,000,000 homes below minimum standards and 2,500,000 married couples living with others.
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Frat Under Quiz On Missing Puppy
University of California Los Angeles officials investigate deaths during Beta Theta Pi initiation. Dean Milton Iiatin directs questioning as John Hallock, a 24 year old pledge, claims pledges were ordered to obtain a freshly killed puppy for initiation week. City animal regulation cites Hallock and pledges about a cocker spaniel killed. fraternity leaders say the dog ran away. SPCA offers a $100 reward for information on recovery.
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Beta Theta Pi
Milton E. Iiatin
John G. Hallock
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City Department of Animal Reulation
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Fraternit- Wet
Santa Monica
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Doleful Tale Of Rain In San Antonio Weather
San Antonio forecaster Jarboe reversed his Monday forecast, predicting more rain and northerly winds Tuesday after a foggy, chilly spell. Highs near 62, 50 overnight, and a Sunday average of 40 degrees, 17 below normal.
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Mercury
Texas Panhandle Braces for Freeze As Cold Front Drops In
A cold front sweeping from New Mexico moved into Texas and the Panhandle Monday, with forecasts of below freezing temperatures across West Texas. The Panhandle could see at least 22 degrees, North Texas near freezing, and the Dallas Fort Worth area expecting chilly air. Rain and fog linger except in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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Like Father Like Son George Washington Jr Born
A son named George Washington Jr was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. George Washington in Los Angeles. The father, an attorney for Standard Qi, shares his birthday with the newborn.
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Los Angeles
George Washington
George Washington Jr
Standard Qi
Washington
Minneapolis School Board Fights Impending Teacher Strike
The Minneapolis board of education moved to avert a threatened teachers strike. Superintendent Willard E Goslin expressed optimism that wage disputes could be settled. Charles E Boyer warned a strike would be ordered for Tuesday morning if demands remain unmet.
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Charles E. Boyer
Men's Teacher Federation
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Gales Batter Southern California from the North
Strong winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour lashed southern California with a peak 80 mph recorded at Newhall as a weather bureau report described heavy gusts sweeping from the north through the morning.
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Newhall
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Weather forecast shows showers and cooler temps ahead
Forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy conditions Monday afternoon and night and Tuesday with occasional showers. Moderate easterly to southeasterly winds shifting to northerly by Tuesday. Highs 62 on Monday and Tuesday, 46 Sunday. lows around 42 Monday morning and 50 Tuesday morning. (Details on Page 2-A).
Explosion paralyses Jerusalem as tensions rise
Jerusalem faced renewed violence after a weekend bombing killed at least 52. Rescue workers pulled nine more bodies from two hotels and surrounding blocks, with 85 injured. Arab leaders blamed Britain. Jewish underground warned British personnel to stay out of Jewish areas. The U.S. and UN evaluate an international force for Palestine and arms embargo relief.
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Arabia
Truman Urged Civil Rights Push Faces Dixie Split
Southern revolt leaders denounce Truman civil rights plans while Dixie governors and vice governors plan protest meetings. Byrd’s name surfaced as a potential Democratic nominee rivaling Truman. In Virgin Islands, Truman urged renewal of the charter to boost economy, touring St. Croix and St. Thomas ahead of a nine day Key West vacation.
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Daniel charges smokescreen in tidal lands fight
Special to the Life Daniel Price Daniel testifies before a joint house senate committee in favor of state ownership of tidelands. He accuses the interior and justice departments of using a smokescreen to push centralized federal control, arguing private oil interests would be favored under proposed leases while states seek equal treatment and equity.
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House-Senate
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Jose
California
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Port Neches High Students on Strike
Port Neches Fort Neches February 23 students walked out at Port Neches High School protesting the dismissal of the school superintendent.
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Fort Neches
Rockefeller Bride Seeks Normal Life After Fairytale Match
Mrs Barbara Sears Rockefeller, wife of Winthrop Rockefeller, says she wants obscurity and a normal life after a lavish honeymoon. In a New York Journal American interview she and Rockefeller arrived from Palm Beach to their Park Avenue duplex and plan a quiet return to work at Society Vacuum Oil Co.
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Barbara Sears Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York Journal-American
Rockefeller
Palm Beach
Journal- American
F Rockefeller
Sasnemshle Park Avenue
Florida
Society-Vacuum Oil Co
America
Communists seize Czech government buildings in Prague
In Prague, police seized key government offices and embassies as Communists pressed for control. Forces arrested several non Communist leaders, with guards deployed around Parliament and foreign embassies. President Benes faced pressure over whether to resist or resign amid the crisis.
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Ministry of Justice
Vladimir Krajina
National Socialist Party
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Medical Students Union
Jiri Ptak
Engineers’ Union
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Slovakia
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Petru Groza
Romania
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Russian Foreign Ininistry
Zorin
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Benes
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