Fire damages Michaels Decorating Co. on State Street
Fire at Michaels Decorating Company on N State Street caused up to 20000 pounds in damage. Four injured firefighters from Engine 12 were treated at the scene after a backdraft blew oil drums in the cellar. The blaze started around 515 AM and spread to the first floor showroom while the second floor Rubicon Club suffered smoke and water damage.
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Michaels Decorating Company
N. State St
Michael V. Cazzato
Hume
William Lougheed
John Boltus
Frank Burke
Joseph Colwell
Engine Company 12
John Sloan
Sloan
Vazzato
Rubicon Clrb
William Fitzgerald
Robert Cramer
Victim Linked to Red Spies in Potomac Mystery
Washington police report a man named Morten E. Kent of Chevy Chase died by his own hand last week. Kent, a Harvard graduate and former State Department aide, was tied to Soviet espionage through FBI records read at the Judith Coplon trial. His body was found in the Potomac River after a boat rental and a nearby discarded kitchen knife.
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Washington (P
Polize
Judith Coplon
Morten E
Kent
Chevy Chase
Potomac River
MacDonald
State Department
FBI
Copton
Harvard
State
Board of Economic Warfare
Isters
EBI
George Dimitrov Sotirov
United Nations ‘Secretariat
Sotirov Hent
Emily Condon
Edward “U. Condon
National Bureau’ of Standards
Wif
Inj
Laurence Duggan
New York
Representative Mundt
R-S.d
Lucy Spurns Radio Cash for Old Love in Nevada Marriage
Luscious Lucy, architeque of Los Angeles, rejected a Chamber of Commerce match and radio funded honeymoon. She accepted Jay Kinzer of Wenatchee Washington after a telegraphed proposal. The couple announced their engagement in Albuquerque New Mexico on February 2. Art Linkletter lamented the change saying they were robbed of a honeymoon.
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Colo
Luscious
Lucy
Lucille
Architeque
Los Angeles
U.s.chamber of Commerce
Nevada
Kinzer
Albuquerque
Art Linkleiter
Red hot topics in capital weigh on lawmakers
In Frederick Othman's editorial, hot tempers rise as lawmakers wrestle with urgent national issues. The page mentions features across pages 14 to 45 including comics, horoscopes, letters, bridge, radio, and a death notice, with today's pictures on page 16.
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Frederick
Othman
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dean
Mary Haworth
Auto Stolen Suspect Flees as Deputy Fires During Chase
Deputy Sgt. Arthur Willis fired three shots at a fleeing car described as stolen. The vehicle, driven by Leo Redeye, 25, of 221 West Fayette Street, was forced to the curb at Genesee and Cherry after a pursuit from DeWitt. Redeye was handed over to Syracuse police after the arrest.
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Arthur Willis
Sheriffs Department
Willis
Genesee and
Cherry Sis
DeWitt
Leo Redeye
W. Fayette St
Syracuse Police
Erie Blvd
E. Genesee St
de Vitt
William .Kowelski
Willis Gorman
McBride St
Bridges May Escape Trial For Conspiracy Perjury
Longshore union leader Harry Bridges may avoid trial on federal charges of conspiracy and perjury tied to his 1945 naturalization. Co-defendants J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt face similar conspiracy counts. The statute of limitations could bar action, a point raised by both sides and Judge Michael J. Roche.
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Francisco UP
C.so
Harry Bridges
Bridges
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Michael J. Roche
Truman faces 1952 bid at WWI reunion
At Little Rock Arkansas a Truman for 1952 movement gains traction as President Truman speaks at a World War I Battery D reunion. J Monroe Johnson urges support while Truman cautions about Congress and European recovery. Breakfast with veterans precedes the 4:30 p.m. address.
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MR. Truman
Russia
Congress
Syracuse
J. Monroe Johnson
Battery
Truman
Johnson
Washington
Woman 89 Weds Seventh Time in Harlan County
Mrs Lucy Jane Johnson aged 89 wed her seventh husband Isaac 75 a laborer in a ceremony at County Judge Howard's chambers near the Bell Haran county line. Court records recall her prior marriages including John Blevins who was 95 at his September 1945 wedding.
Rain Forecast Ends City Drought With Scattered Showers
The Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers and a second thunderstorm today or tonight ending Syracuse 17 day dry spell. Rain may arrive this afternoon or tonight with some areas missing until tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures range from 60s to mid 80s with high humidity.
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Weather Bureau
Syracuse
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Reds Agree To New Talks On Berlin Trade
Berlin talks resume with four powers as Western officials press for progress before a Paris deadline. Lawrence Wilkinson confirms renewed discussions while Berlin railway strike actions persist with 14 000 West Berlin railway workers demanding full wages in west marks.
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Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Lawrence Wilkinson
Germany
West Berlin
Loyalty records kept secret by Senate atomic committee action
Congress will review loyalty records of key Atomic Energy Commission employees in closed sessions, a 3 to vote by the Senate House Atomic Committee pulled public hearings on the mismanagement case. Senator Hickenlooper opposed the move while Senator McMahon pushed for secrecy and promised a final report after the inquiry ends.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Jaguar Killed After Two Day Terror On Belgian Ship
A jaguar, escaped from its cage on the Belgian steamer Christiani Sheid en route to Brussels, terrorized passengers for almost two days in Las Palmas. Sailors armed with submachine guns boarded the ship, chased it through passages, and killed the animal after it was wounded and cornered on the poop deck. The incident disrupted crew and passenger quarters as the ship reached port.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Christian iSheid
Bazil
Brussels
Las Palmas N Naval Base
Fifteen Japanese War Criminals Hanged at Sugamo Prison
General MacArthur announced the execution of fifteen Japanese war criminals at Sugamo Prison. Among them two officers tied to the Bataan death march Maj. Gen. Yoshitake Kawane and Col. Kurataro Hirano were executed for their roles as transportation officers in the deaths of about 10,000 Americans and Filipinos in 1942. The remaining thirteen were tried in Japan and the Philippines.
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Tokyo
Bataan
Sugamo
MacArthur
Yoshitake Kawane
Kurataro Hirano
Falien J Bataan
Japan
Philippines
Man Declares Right to Jail Sits in Erie County Jail
George F. McDonnell 24 of Niagara Falls faced disorderly conduct charges after insisting he had a constitutional right to be jailed. He appeared intoxicated at the Erie County Jail visitors desk, demanded arrest, and was taken to a cell.
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Buffalo
George F. McDonnell
Niagara Falls
U.S. Citizen
Cat Rescued From Drain Pipe With Smelling Haddock Lure
New York police nearly abandoned a rescue when Mrs. Sally Cohen provided a herring on a string. The cat clamped the bait and was pulled to the surface, ending the soggy ordeal.
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New York
Sally Cohen
Indiana Conservation Speaks On Weekend Fishing Outlook
Indianapolis report quotes an Indiana Conservation Department spokesman declaring that fishing conditions this weekend will be lousy. The remark highlights blunt honesty as officials set expectations for anglers statewide.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Conservation Department
Indiana
Double-Date Precaution After Campus Killings At CU
Colorado officials and University of Colorado President Robert Stearns urged students to double date to deter a campus killer who bludgeoned Roy G. Spore Jr. to death and injured his date Doris Weaver on Thursday night. Spore’s body was found in Boulder Creek. seven months earlier Theresa Foster was raped and slain on a remote road. Joe Sam Walker was convicted of second degree murder and awaits sentencing.
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Boulder
Cole
University of Colorado
Robert Stearns
Roy G. Spore, Jr
Boulder Creek
Spore
Doris Ann Weaver
Theresa Foster
Lonely Mountain
Joe Sam Walker
TV to Present Opera as Star Says
Lawrence Tibbett says a television network will disclose plans to put grand opera on the video lanes. Initial broadcasts will be one hour condensed operas, with later full works split into two one hour programs on successive weeks.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Tibbett
Tidbett
Union Leaders Call Off Sunday Strikes in Britain
London reports union officials yielded to government pressure and urged British locomotive crews to suspend Sunday actions. The National Union of Railways sent 21,500 keep working telegrams to locals, but warnings say the strike may still go ahead tomorrow.
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London
National Union of Railways
Fault to Shun Burt Lancaster Remark at Los Angeles Supper
An LA supper party recounts a remark attributed to Burt Lancaster about vanity as a fault to avoid. An old aunt’s saying about the pernicious self-flattery is quoted, warning against the praise one gives oneself.
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Burt Lancaster
Los Angeles
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