California cabin deaths puzzle doctors amid arsenic clues
In San Bernardino County a Santa Barbara physician and his family faced a mystery after four died in a Big Bear Lake cabin. A surviving boy, Jerry, and Mrs Mary Schnedorf were critically ill. Arsenic traces found in the stomach of Jerry. Autopsy did not reveal cause. Authorities consider poison, not carbon monoxide, as a possibility while tests on cabin food proceed.
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Mary Schnedorf
San Bernardino
Jerry
Fred Greusel
C. S. Small
Loma Linda Sanitarium
Eddie Doyle
Tommy
Judy
Josephine Schnedorf
San Bernardino County
Santa Claus
Big Bear Lake
Mild Weather Forecast For Pocatello Monday
The weatherman projected partly cloudy conditions in Pocatello with above freezing but chilly temperatures. High Monday around 20 degrees, Monday night about five above, and a low around 4 below Saturday night. Sunday's high reached 18.
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Weatherman
Pocatello
Saipan Struggles in North Atlantic Rescue Mission
The carrier Saipan, racing to rescue 13 U S airmen marooned atop an icecap in Greenland, faced a damaging gale that slowed the ship for over 12 hours. Officials said damage was extensive but not unusual for a vessel of Saipan’s size. Aerial rescue attempts were hindered by poor visibility over the icecap. The voyage, from Norfolk, Va, may miss its targeted Greenland arrival time as Captain Joseph L. Kane led the ship through heavy seas.
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Saipan
North Atlantic
Greenland
Air Force
Washington
Norfolk
Joseph L
Paddy” Kane
Richard Hemphill Hurt in Filling Station Blast
Richard Hemphill of 1209 North Harrison street was taken to St Anthony's hospital with cuts and bruises after a water heater explosion at the Idaho Chief filling station at Greeley and North Main. Firemen from Pocatello quickly controlled the scene. Hemphill was not seriously hurt.
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Richard Hemphill
North Harrison Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Idaho Chief
Greeley
North Main Streets
Hemphill
Pocatello
Unemployment Surge in Idaho Sets Two-Week Claims Record
Boise reports a sharp rise in unemployment with two weeks ending December 18 showing more new jobless claims than any prior two-week period since the 1936 passage of the unemployment security act. The surge reflects widespread layoffs and impact on Idaho workers.
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Boise
Idaho
Plane Disappears While Trying to Land in Fog
A private Cessna 195 owned and piloted by Jack Palmer of Ottawa Kan disappeared near Kansas City after obtaining clearance to land at Municipal Air Terminal. Palmer had radioed in early Sunday and a ground search found no trace as heavy fog cloaked the area. Fairfax Airport watchers saw the craft begin its landing approach before it vanished, with a river crossing suggested as a possible crash site.
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Kansas City
Municipal Air Terminal
Jack Palmer
Ottawa
Kan
Palmer
Municipal Terminal
Municipal
Fairfax Airport
Missouri River
Fire destroys warehouse in Idaho Falls with heavy losses
A large warehouse on the Snake River west bank in Idaho Falls burned Sunday afternoon. Firemen estimated losses would be much more than 100000, with machinery and farm equipment from Westergards Transfer and Storage and Eastern Idaho Equipment lost. Five carloads of Western Potato Company potatoes were consumed. The building, formerly the C W and M storage warehouse, was a total loss. The cause was suspected to be an overheated stove pending final investigation.
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Westergard
Eastern Idaho Equipment Company
Western Potato Company
C. W. and M. Storage Warehouse
Snake River
Idaho Falls
Westergard C One
Sumner Welles Stricken in Freezing Field Near Home
Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, 56, was found unconscious in a field near his Oxon Hill Maryland estate after an overnight exposure in temperatures as low as 15 degrees. He suffered a heart attack and remains in serious but resting condition. hands and feet were frostbitten but improving, with no indication of foul play.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Oxon Hill
Welles
Roosevelt
Tremor Registered in South America On Seismographs
An earthquake of fair intensity was recorded on Sunday on seismographs at observatories in Buenos Aires and La Plata, likely originating in northern Chile.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Buenoos Aires
la Plata
Mother and two youths held in bizarre Connecticut case
In Bristol Connecticut a 39 year old woman and her two teen sons were arrested on charges of aiding two men in a plan to dispose of a raped and strangled woman’s body. The two men Joseph Therrien and George St James were sought nationwide. The woman Rose Lombardi Carmen 17 and Everett Krischmer 16 were charged as accessories after a crime with bonds set at 10000 and 5000 respectively.
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Bristol, Conn
Joseph W. Therrien
George St. James
Bristol
Connecticut
Rose Lombardi
Carmen
Everett Krischmer
Therrien
St. James
Lillian Rich Brackett
Plainville
Conn
Mrs. Lombardi
Holiday Dead Nears 450 66 Perish in Various Fires
A nationwide white Christmas left the death toll climbing toward 450 as slick roads and a cold wave spurred a spate of fires and accidents. Texas led with 55 deaths from accidents, fires and violence, while California, New York, and Ohio also reported large totals.
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Chicago
Advaree
National Safety Council
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Union
Texas Safety Council
Four Die in Blues River Bottoms Shanty Fire
In Kansas City a blaze destroyed a one room shanty in the Blue River Bottoms killing four people including three children. A fifth person was critically injured at General Hospital, with details pending from Fred Andrew Green to hospital attendants as the fire began under unclear circumstances.
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Kansas City
Blue River Bottoms
General Hospital
Fred Andrew Green
Hospital Attedanta
Peace Rumors In China War Peace Rumors In China
In Nanking officials discuss a possible negotiated peace between China's rival factions. Diplo mats say talks are unlikely to succeed but a new policy aims to bolster defenses south of the Yangtze or pressure the communists toward settlement. Sun Fo calls the plan a war for peace.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze
Sun Fo
Prominent Publisher Dies in Fire in Scarsdale
Al len E. Norman, 46, secretary of Fawcett Publications, perishes when flames consume the first floor of his Scarsdale home. His wife Elsie and their 10 year old son Allen Jr. escape from a second floor window. Mrs Norman injures ankle and back, the boy leaps into a snowbank. Police say he woke to investigate around 3 am and was found on the kitchen floor. Firemen extinguish in 30 minutes as the first floor is demolished. Norman will be buried in Van Buren after a White Plains service.
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Texas
California
New York
Ohio
Great Plains
Atlantic Coast
Joan
Judy
Jean
Raymond le Course
Berlin
New Jersey
Michigan
Spokane
Wyoming
Ala
Big Piney
Wyo
Missoula
Mont
Land O’ Lakes
Wis
Brooten
Minn
Columbia
Barre
Mass
Otis Grace
St. Louis
Kansas City
Norman L. White
Missouri
Flagstaff
Ariz
Sara Kandt
Portland
Ore
Harry E. Mathews
Chicago
Vance White
Harry E. Matthews
White
Kaadt
Peter S. Kaadt
Matthews
Wilson Ave
Chicago Engravers Union
Telecam
Scarsdale
Allen E. Norman
Fawcett Publications, Inc
Elsie
Allen, Jr
Norman
van Buren
White Plains
McCall Mayor Fights Slot Machine Ban
McCall Mayor Glenn Howell argues against outlawing slot machines calling it a vicious blow to Idaho towns. He notes the city budget of 33,000 relies on 13,000 from slot revenue, urging alternative funding before tax hikes. Governor Robins is the sole major Idaho official supporting the ban.
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McCall
Idaho
Glenn Howell
C. A. Robins
Six Die When Home Burns in Barre Mass
In Barre Massachusetts a seven room wooden cottage burned in near zero cold as a stiff north wind drove the fire. Six people died including Francis G Wales 34 a grocery clerk Lydia 32 and their children Belle 3 George 7 and Francis Jr 10 plus Mrs Wales father Ralph Smith of Boston. Firemen hauled water from a pond a half mile away as hydrants were absent and rescue efforts were hampered by the cold.
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Barre
Mass
Francis G. Wales
Lydia
Belle
George
Francis Jr
Wales
Ralph Smith
Boston
Courthouse Closes In Respect For Bishop Reddish
The courthouse will close all day to honor Arnold Reddish killed in a Thursday night car accident. Reddish was a county treasurer's office employee for 15 years and a bishop in the Latter-day Saints church, widely known in the community.
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Arnold Reddish
W. H. Jensen
Reddish
Latter-day Saints Church
No Inquest Planned Into Bishop Reddish Death
Family refuses inquest into Bishop Arnold E. Reddish who died in a Thursday automobile crash near Fort Hall. Funeral set for 2 p.m. at the LDS Sixth Ward chapel with Elder Evan Jones officiating. burial in Mountainview Cemetery under Hall Mortuary. The coroner will not order an inquest absent a formal family request.
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Arnold E. Reddish
Reddish
Fort Hall
LDS Sixth Ward
Evan Jones
Sixth Ward
Mountainview Cemetery
Hall Mortuary
Bingham County
H. R. Boice
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Sacramento
Calif
Caribbean Sea
Blasts Insurance
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
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