Tycoon Gets Kidnap Threat in Chicago
Philip D Armour Jr banker and meat packing heir reported threat calls to kidnap him and his three children from his Lake Shore Drive apartment. He met police at the door with a pistol as officers, detectives, FBI men, and Pinkerton guards surrounded the building. no arrests were made.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour Jr
Aid Polee
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Armour
Guid Coast
FBI
Pinkerton
Death by own action shocks Springfield
In Springfield Illinois Thomas A Lewis head of the United Mine Workers was found shot to death in his home. Deputy Coroner Catherine Rutherford said he shot himself due to ill health following a severe heart attack yesterday. This is the second death in six weeks in the Lewis family with Mrs Ann Louisa Lewis passing January 12 at 53.
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Springfield
Ill
Thomas ‘A. Lewis
John Lewis
United’ Mine Workers
Catherine Rutherford
Hart
Lewis
Ann Louisa‘ Lewis
UMW Teader
Worley Named Judge for U S Court of Customs
President Truman nominated Rep. Eugene Worley of Texas to be an associate judge on the U S court of customs and patent appeals to succeed Judge Charles S. Hatta. The move comes as Worley is named to the federal bench.
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Washington
Truman Inday
Rep
Eugene Worley
Texas
U. S. Court of Customg and Patent Appeals
Rhe Ile
Charles S. Hatta
Classified Sections and Market Notes Overview
A fragmented OCR snippet appears from a historical newspaper page listing sections such as Classifieds, Markets, Radio and TV Log, Society, Sports, and notices. The readable bits indicate column headers and page labels rather than a cohesive news item or event.
Labor Hold Narrow Edge in British Election Race
London reports 92 percent district returns show Labor at 295 seats with Conservatives and allies at 274 and Liberals at 6. Move toward a workable majority remains doubtful as counts continue, risks of a new election loom if no party gains clear control.
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London
Labor
Leven
Attlee
Living Cost Drops as GM Cuts Prices and Pay
Washington Feb 24 AP The government reports consumer prices fell 0.4 percent from mid-December to mid-January lifting the cost of living index to 66.9 percent above the prewar 1935-39 average while GM cuts pay and trims prices on all autos and trucks effective immediately. GM hourly workers gain 3 cent per hour CLOA adjustment for three months and salaried staff receive a $15 quarterly allowance. revisions follow recent downward moves in the BLS index.
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Washington
Labor Department
General Motors
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General ‘Motacs
Bureau of Jahor Statistics
Weather report from Texas coast to Panhandle area
Fragmentary weather notes indicate warmer conditions in Texas on Friday with highs up to 71 at Laredo and 70 at Brownsville. Mentions Panhandle region and Lower Rio Grande Valley with unclear values and references highway 78 at Childress.
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Rio Grande Valley
Childress
Laredo
Brownsville
Victoria
Slum Clearance Funds Granted for Waco Project
Slum clearance grants announced today by the Housing and Home Finance Agency include Waco Texas. The package totals $467,180 aimed at urban renewal efforts in the city.
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Waco
Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Texas
Railroads propose big freight cuts to meet truck competition
Eastern railroads on February 24 proposed significant freight rate reductions for iron and steel to better compete with trucking. The plan aims to lower costs amid mounting pressure from road transport and could impact pricing across steel shipments and related industries.
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New York
Eastern
Paris Trip Drives Divorce Case For Writer’s Wife
Mrs Barbara Paul testified a novelist left for France in December 1948 to write a Paris sequel and has not seen him since. She charged cruelty and said he was seen at a station with his secretary, prompting a divorce bid. She won custody of Leslie, 3, and $500 monthly support.
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Los Angeles
Paul
France
Paris
Barbara
Gonthys
Honda
Sen
Lesiie
Pauls
Sander on trial in New Hampshire murder case
Miss Josephine Connor testified that Dr Hermann N Sander admitted breaking the law in the mercy killing of Mrs Abbie Burvote a 59 year old Manchester housewife at Hillsbury county hospital The medical referee Dr Robert E Biron pressed Sander about changing the law and the doctor said he realized he had broken laws before but this was murder The defense argued Sander believed the patient already expired before any air injections and that he felt no wrongdoing while the prosecution contends the act was murder under the law
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Manchester
N.H
Hermann N. Sander
Josephine Connor
Ainshero County Hospital
Sander
Abbie Burvote
Miss Connor
Huxem
Robert. E. Biron
Te. Biron
Sandery
de. Santer
Albert Snay
Snay
Louis E. Wyman
Atty
William K. Phinney
Stal. Sander
Abbie Barrety
Wyman
Truman Sets Up Board To Delay Railroad Strike
President Truman established an emergency fact finding board to investigate a dispute between the Railway Conductors and all railway workers. The move halted the nationwide railroad strike for 60 days, with the executive order creating the board signed to pursue settlement.
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Washington
Truman
Trokerhoods al Railway
Allroad Tratninen
Murder claim circles in Alpine tunnel death of Naval Attache Karpe
Austrian police say the mutilated body found in a Salzburg tunnel is that of Captain Eugene Karpe naval attache in Bucharest. The case centers on possible murder during a daytime Orient Express crossing with links to intelligence and hidden papers. Vogeler, an imprisoned American businessman, had connections to Karpe who visited Vienna hours before his death. Pope Pius continues improving health with more audiences in Vatican City.
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Vienna
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U.S. Naval
Robert A.vogeler
Eugene 5
Karpe
U. S
Annapolis
Orient Express
Cant
AL V. Wallis
Karnée
Carpe
Romania
Russia
Black Sea
Alberg
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U.S
US S.arty
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Weather Forecast: Mild Weekend With Warm Friday Delights
The forecast calls for generally pleasant conditions into Friday afternoon and night and Saturday with continued mild weather. Expect southerly to westerly winds and a high near 92 Friday, a low around 52 Saturday, and a maximum near 90 another time.
San Antonio Livestock Exposition Weather Outlook
The forecast for Friday and Saturday at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition calls for fair and balmy conditions with gentle breezes. Friday may reach around Ad degrees and Saturday starts near 52 with a warm afternoon rise. a morning change added about 10 degrees to the forecast. The lowest Friday temperature expected is 44 degrees.
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Wember
Churches Seek New Peace Effort Against Hydrogen Bomb
Geneva February 24 The World Council of Churches urged a renewed effort for peace to counter the threat of world death from hydrogen weaponry The council representing 155 churches called on nations to resume negotiations to break the deadlock over international control of atomic energy
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Geneva
World Council of Churches
Council
Prisoners Flee as Fire Destroys Old Manistee County Court
In Manistee Mith February 24 a spectalustr fire destroyed the 80 year old Manistee county courthouse. Eight prisoners who helped fight the flames were sent home pending new jail quarters.
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Manister
Mith
Manistee County
Fwe
Texas Sex Crime Bills Move Through Legislature
Austin February 24 five bills to strengthen Texas sex crime laws moved to the house and senate for debate. The measures won favorable committee action after approval by the house judiciary committee and the senate committee on criminal jurisprudence with recommendations for passage.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Marly Legislature
North Entry Champ Dairy Bull at San Antonio Show
North Entry from Houston was grand champion bull in the Guernsey division at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, also junior champion of the Guernsey show. Senior champion bull entered by Tom Cooper Farm of Atamore. Roland Teese of Waco won junior dairy herd bull honors. Fred Hornsby of Falfurrias entered reserve champion heifer in the hay show. Friday featured Guernsey and Holstein cattle in the main arena with planned parades and a rodeo performance by Autry Colborn. Attendance reached about 9,000 for the rodeo, with 19 record crowds expected for the weekend judging of quarter horses. San Antonio claims Texas Jersey heritage.
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North
Houston
Guernsey
San Antonio
Caliseuga
fAutry-Colborn' Roller
BUDA
Heeman
Heep
Evans Reese
Knotle Jersey Farm
Sandia
Colborn
Bexar County
L. W. Fox
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