Two Janitors Held in Suzanne Degnan Case
CHICAGO Jan 8 Two apartment building janitors Hector Verburgh 65 and Desere Smet 35 were held for questioning as investigators press the hunt for Suzanne Degnan’s kidnap killer. Police plan lie detector tests and say no charges yet despite evidence from a basement murder room with bones flesh and blood. Rewards total 1100000 offered.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Hector Verburgh
Degnan
Suzanne
Desere Smet
Verburgh
Walter Storms
Dorothy
Spt
Dack Hanrahan
Murger
Hanrahan
Ali
St. Charles
Belgium
Henrkchan
Serzarine
James E. Degnan
OPA
Juvenile Control Theories Criticized at Houston Talk
Homer Garrison Jr director of public safety sharply criticized prejudices and pet theories in juvenile delinquency control at a Women's Club talk in Houston. He urged a better staffed and paid police force with authority and equipment to make quick apprehension and certain swift prosecution to deter crime.
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Houston
Homer Garrison Jr
Public Safety Department
Ten Injured In Eastbound Greyhound Bus Crash
An eastbound Greyhound bus crashed through a traffic circle on Highway 60 west of Fort Worth early today injuring ten people. The bus failed to make the turn, plowed through guard posts and a steel rail, climbed a four foot embankment, and vaulted about 40 feet before landing upright and stopping. I S Short of Abilene, the bus driver, sustained a mechanical injury.
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Ort Worth
Jan
Um — Pr
Greyhound
I. S. Short
Flood Toll Rising Across South After Severe Rains
Reports show at least 22 deaths across the region with Tennessee 8, Kentucky 6, Arkansas 6, and Georgia 2. In Little Rock six truckers died as a taxi fell into Rock Creek floodwaters. Thousands homeless. Kentucky total about 5000. Etowah River reached record heights in north Georgia as rains subside per weather bureau.
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South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Little Rock
Ark
Rock Creek
North
Etowah
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Air Mail Rate Cut Urged by Industry Leaders
Washington January 9 UPI The air transport industry urged cutting air mail rates to five cents per ounce from eight cents with a planned rise to six cents after wartime ends. Rabe Ramspeck Air Transport Association executive vice president told Post Office officials and industry reps of hopes to shift all first class mail and parcel post to lower rates eventually.
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Washington
UPI
Asia Transport Industry Today
Rabe Ramspeck
Air Transpost Association
Post Office Department
Another Yank Wounded in Berlin
An American sergeant was shot in the thigh last night while walking with another soldier on a main Berlin street. The provost marshal's office said the wound is not serious, amid a string of shootings involving Americans.
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Berlin
Jin
Family of Four Die in Fire at Manhattan Beach
A Manhattan Beach California fire killed four members of the Keeney family early today. Mr and Mrs Fred Keeney both 34 years old perished along with their children Fred J 10 and Judith 8 found in the ruins of their home.
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Manhattan Beach
Calli
Jay
Here
Fred Keeney
Fred J
Judith
Clean Up of A Corrals Imminent
San Antonio authorities plan action on West Side corrals after a city health survey of 175 structures housing 7867 people. Findings show widespread code violations including hydrants sinks toilets showers window area floor clearance and general repairs. Dr Hobbins to notify owners of violations under city ordinance.
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San Antonio
West Side Corrals
Lewis CG
Robbins
City Health Department
City Health Board
Hobbins
Weather forecast for midweek from Forecaster Farber
Forecaster J H Farber predicts sun and clouds for Wednesday with gentle southward breeze. Warmer temperatures anticipated for Thursday with a low near 40 degrees and a high around 62 degrees.
Fire-setting case targets Memphis victims in suburb
A manhunt began for an unidentified arsonist after a fire at a suburban Memphis home killed three year old Freddie Goss and left his mother Mrs. I T Goss and younger brother seriously injured. The boy’s father said the assailant was described as Black.
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Mumrhis
Memphis
Freddie Goss
I.T. Goss
Sanijmic
My Goss
General Brereton Granted Divorce in Florida
Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton was granted a divorce from Mrs. Ivy Larkin Brereton in St. Petersburg Florida. The decree follows Brereton filing the suit on October 34, 1945, with Mrs. Brereton listing her residence as Houston.
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LT. Petersburg
Fla
UPI
Lewis H. Breeton
Ivy ¥. Larkin Brereton
Breeton
Brereton
Houston
Mexico to Oust Governor Hidalgo Over Guanjalo Clash
A permanent congressional committee ordered the removal of Ernesto Hidalgo, governor of Guanajalo state, after troops fired on a crowd of political demonstrators Wednesday, killing 30 and wounding many others. The incident intensified calls for political reform and raised questions about military involvement in civil protests.
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Mexico City
Ernesto Hidalgo
Guanajalo
Well-Fed Beauty Best Says Expert
Harry Conover head of a national model agency in Memphis accuses fashion designers of pushing a generation of flat-chested emaciated ill-tempered women. He urges eat as much as you like and praises Anita Colby Ingrid Bergman Maureen O Hara as top figures. He cites interviews with 75 girls for jobs. He names Cleveland Dallas Atlanta as feminine beauty capitals. Conover leads judges who pick Miss Gwin Darnwell of New York as 1940 Maid of Cotton.
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Memphis
Gan
uFi
Harry Conover
America
Aero-Icemen
Byrd la
J . Conover
Anita Colby
Gebulitas
Ingrid Bergman
Maureen O'Hara
Conovey
Cleveland
Dallas
Atlanta
Conover
Miss. Gwin Darnwell
New York
Unneeded Vets To Return Home From Pacific Demobilization
General Eisenhower issued orders to discharge all unnecessary personnel regardless of service length. Pacific occupation forces will shrink from 840000 to 875000 by May. About 180000 qualified for discharge will be home by month end. Plans target all ten years of service thresholds by April and two-year personnel home by June end. Congress debates demobilization amid claims of efficiency and fairness. Senator Wherry plans a January 14 resolution to end war emergency within six months, excluding regular troops.
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Washington, Dan, S
INS
Eisenhower
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
Congress
No Action on GI Protests in Japan era report
Eisenhower told the President there was no need for disciplinary action against troops who demonstrated at Manila in protest of demobilization. He released a memo from Eisenhower citing Lt Gen. Styer in the Philippines attributing discontent to homesickness and end of hostilities. MacArthur praised the protesting soldiers as good men who performed magnificently under campaign conditions.
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Wasitington
Jay
Eisenhdwer
Tuman
Manila
Truman
Eisenhower
William D. Styer
Philippines
MacArthur
Canmaign Condi
Siver
Workers in S A To Join Strike
About 1000 Southwestern Bell Telephone workers will join a nationwide strike led by Western Electric staff and A A French as general chairman for seven locals in San Antonio. An ACW affiliate with 50 members already walked out at 7 am Wednesday and plans a picket line at the telephone building Friday morning. No Southwestern Telephone Workers union member will cross the picket line.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone
Western Electric
A. A. French
Weu
Association of Communications Equipment
ACW
French
Southwestern Telephone Worker's Union
Telephone workers walkout disrupts Texas Bell services
Texas faced a wave of walkouts as the Nuepend ent Communications Equipment union members failed to report to work on Wednesday. About 20 workers in Waco and Dallas joined the stoppage, with Fort Worth telephone service slated to disrupt Friday at 5 30 a m. Westar Electric lines will be cut around Southwestern Bell properties. Corpus Christi and lower Rio Grande Valley technicians expressed support for Western Electric strikers, while Wichita Falls Bell employees backed union action. Corsicana district workers and 59 to 100 Victoria Bell workers stood by the union pending actions from the Western Electric group.
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Texas
Nuependent Communications Equipment Union
Dallas
Waco
Austin
Nolan Mays
Ray Hackney
Pleast Workers’ Unions
ACEW
Fort Worth
Westar
Southwestern Bell Telepong Company
Corpus Christi
Western Electric
Valcey
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Corsicana
Bell Company
Electie Group
Corsicana Alsoo
Mexia
Enns
Waxahachie
Tyler
Tervel
Mineola
Teague
Bell Loral
Victoria
Supply Waste Probe Asked
Washington January 9 11 The War Department was asked by Representative Worley to check on a GI's cat and to review millions of dollars of serviceable army supplies in the Pacific being destroyed. The reform says lumber tents and clothing are among items being burned on Okinawa. The soldier’s name was withheld.
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Washington
War Department
Worley D.tex
Pacific
Okinawa
Pasture Cost High For Mrs Barre In Hartendale
Mrs Charles Barre of Fast Pyron Road paid her second fine of 822 for permitting cows to run loose in Mission Burial Park. She had first been fined 2 for letting five cows into the burial park on December 31. On Saturday three cows were found in the burial park and she was brought before Justice of the Peace T Tasheet in Hartendale on Wednesday for violation of Steck Law.
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Charles Barre
Freak Infant Born After Caesarean at Norton General
Norton Va January 17 A severely deformed male infant was delivered by Caesarean operation at Norton General Hospital to Mrs Viola May Matthews Brickey 25 wife of coal miner Ernest Bricker. Physicians described a rudimentary spine and two chests with four limbs and normal heads. The mother’s condition was serious. she had five healthy previous children.
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Norton
Norton General Hospital
Viola May Matthews Brickey
Coal Minde
Chile
GL. Warshbarger
Ernest Bricker
Taspla
Adkins
Brickey
Senate Opens Solo Session in Texas Legislature
In Austin on January 9 the state's first solo senate session began with a quorum sought by Sergeant at Arms and Lieutenant Governor Smith naming a committee to verify the governor. Senator J Franklin Spears led the group to the governor's office as efforts continued to register a quorum and finalize nominations.
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Austin
Jat
Cor Noy
Stevenson
Smith
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Spears
Senate
Atanns
R. C
Lanning
Jamshore
Jweslient Pro
Navy Reveals 1942 Sea Tragedy of SS Carolyn
The Navy disclosed that 142 officers and men aboard the 3200 ton SS Carolyn disappeared 300 miles east of Norfolk in March 1942 after the vessel vanished without a trace. The wreck and fate of those aboard were confirmed in a naval release.
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Wash Volo
Navy
Carolyn
Norlols
Rep Fisher Hurt In Car Accident
SAN ANGELO Jan 95 1 Congressman C C Fisher D Texas of Sk Angelo improved but still in critical condition today from injuries received in an automobile accident near Ballinger yesterday Churchill sails London Jan 9 Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill left Southampton for the United States today aboard the SS Queen Elizabeth
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San Angelo
C. C. Fisher
Texas
Sk Angelo
Ballinger
Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Southampton
United States
Queen Elizabeth
Arabs balk at further Jewish immigration to Palestine
In Jerusalem on January 8 Arab leaders announced to inform the British government they cannot agree to any additional Jewish immigration for a four month period. The move signals intensified opposition to Zionist settlement policies amid ongoing tensions in the Mandate era.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
San Antonio Weather Forecast Brief
A San Antonio forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Wednesday afternoon and night and Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to reach 65 degrees on Wednesday with Thursday's high at 62 and a low of 40. Weather details continue on page 2 4.
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San Antonio
Nationwide strike by telephone installation workers disrupts service
A wage dispute with Western Electric triggers a nationwide walkout by Independent Equipment Workers in states from Ohio to California. About 700 Western Union workers in New York stay off the job, risking major telegraph disruption as talks continue. Authorities monitor steel and meat industries as wartime labor tensions rise.
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Hector Vergurgil
J. H. Farber
Gen. Brereton
Mexico
Association of Communications Equipment Workers Center
Yolanda Diogttardi
Ernest Weaver
Weaver
Association
W. DB. Sarry
New-York
J. Mr. Massey
Nas
G. C. Thornton
Detroit
To Ale
Chungking
Anl
Inchina
S. A
Fisher
Associated Press
Independent Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Ohio
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California
Oklahoma
Delaware
Ilinois
District of Columbia
Bell ‘Yomphone
Wumieng
New Yourke
Western Union
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ANN
Strohvorte
Respect
Independent
National Federation of “Telephone Workers
Western Electric Employes Association
Clyses
Umson
Chizare
San Franecisco
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Albany
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Newark
Southern
D. C
Philadelphia
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War Labor Board
Dawlyate
International Table Communications
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Thesday
Pnvierniment
Becausa
Shington
Truined
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