Weather Fogs Hunt For Two Missing Men
Sheriff’s deputies, blocked by bad weather, continued a county wide search for two missing Pocatellans, Joe Ayers Sr. and William Wells, who have not been seen for weeks. Deputy Norman Fordyce planned to drag the Portneuf river for clues but weather halted the effort from Pocatello to American Falls. Relatives report no word on the men’s whereabouts.
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Joe Ayers Sr
William Wells
Alma Marley
Marley
Norman Fordyce
Fordyce
Portneuf
Pocatello
American Falls
Black Market Cache Probed By Uncle Sam
Treasurys experts from Chicago were to probe a $200000 cache of jewelry and antiques found in the Walters home in Colorado Springs. Master Sgt. Wiley Walters and his wife Miriam were jailed after police recovered narcotics and a trove of valuables. Walters claimed profits from selling European cigarettes funded furniture and other purchases.
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Uncle Sam
Colorado Springs
Colo
Treasury Department
Chicago
Wiley Clyde Walters
Miriam
Air Force
I. B. Bruce
Walters
Vienna
New York
United States
Austria
Alabama electors battle over Thurmond and Truman votes
A second court suit was filed in Mobile to move Alabama's 11 electoral votes from Thurmond to Truman, challenging the states rights candidate's claim and seeking a presidential outcome in Alabama.
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Alabama
Truman
Mobile
Ala
J. Strom Thurmond
Tokyo Rose Wins Another Delay
Tokyo Rose, Iva Toguri D Aquino, won another two week postponement in entering her treason plea. Federal Judge Michael Roche granted the delay to let defense attorneys prepare. Government lawyers said further delays are inevitable as U S attorneys plan to move to dismiss the treason charges arising from her wartime Japanese radio disc jockey activities.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Michael Roche
Iva Toguri D’aquino
U. S
Thomas de Wolfe
D’aquino
Ex-Convict Arrested in Burglary Ring Targeting Obituary Homes
Monday police arrested Frederick Spillman 36, an ex convict, on burglary charges. Investigators say Spillman surveilled obituaries and funeral notices in newspapers and robbed homes of families expecting to attend funerals.
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Frederick Spillman
Spillman
Secces sion Impasse Over County Road Equipment
Seccession talks faltered as Grace and Bancroft delegates returned home with the dispute unresolved. Residents of New Caribou claim Bannock county road equipment housed there belongs to them after county realignment, while Bannock insists the assets were bought with its funds and must stay.
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Grace
Bancroft
Bannock County
Caribou County
New Caribou County
Slayer of Ghandi Asks To Be Hanged
Nathuram Vinayak Godse fainted in the dock after stating no one conspired with him in Gandhi's assassination last January 30. He admitted killing Gandhi and said he should be hanged as the trial proceeded. The prosecution wrapped its case against Godse and eight co defendants on conspiracy and illegal arm charges.
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New Desh
India
Nathuram Vinayak Godse
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Godse
Recall Denied Truman Says Marshall Not Recalled
White House spokesman denied reports that President Truman recalled Secretary of State George C. Marshall from the United Nations meeting in Paris.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Truman
George C. Marshall
United Nations
Paris
Socialite plans secret remarriage to ex convict
In Carson City Nevada a 44 year old Chicago socialite Frances Taft Pollock tears with joy as parole board frees William Witkowski a 40 year old former deputy sheriff jailed for bigamy. Pollock intends a quiet wedding once he leaves prison and has waited a year to remarry him after their earlier union and his arrest.
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Carson City
Nev
Chicago
William Witkowski
Nevada Slave Parole Board
Frances. Taft Pollock
William Harris
Parole Board
Witkowski
Phoenix
Ariz
Elaine Witkowski
General Meyers loses appeal and remains jailed
The U S Court of Appeals upheld Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers perjury conviction and 20 months to five years in prison for inducing a wartime associate to lie to a Senate committee. Meyers, stripped of rank, has been in DC jail since March and may seek Supreme Court review.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Meyers
Federal District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Air Force
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate War Investigating Committee
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Co
Vandalia
Army
Truman
Aviation Electric
Idaho Drivers Urged to Cut Road Deaths This Winter
James J. Newman of B F Goodrich cites 156000 passenger cars in Idaho and a projected 11.4 percent rise this winter. He links unsafe brakes lights steering and tires to 16 percent of 1947 fatalities and warns war era wear plus older cars heighten risk. He stresses highway courtesy and warns one in five fatalities occur on wet or snowy roads.
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Akron
Idaho
James J. Newman
B. F. Goodrich Co
Newman
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
William House seeks license for Bethnal Green pub
William House applied for a license to operate a pub in Bethnal Green. The court asked for qualifications and House replied he had been a regular customer at a nearby cafe for 24 years. the judge granted the application.
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London
William House
Bethnall Green
House
Store Owner Attacked In Robbery At Atlas Grocery
Mrs. Gust Travis, 50, co owner of Atlas Grocery at 502 North Fourth Ave, lay seriously wounded after two white men aged about 45 in gray suits struck her with a hammer and a pistol demanding money. She regained consciousness and was taken to the hospital by a taxi driver, with police noting the driver likely saved her life.
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Mary Ruth DeVor
Cleveland
Mary Ruth
Walter F. DeVor
Gust Travis
Atlas Grocery
North Fourth Ave
Charles Crump
South Second Ave
Travis
Convict Becomes Free But Love Triangle Ends
Beulah Brimbery, former fiancée of Cecil Wright known as the Lawyer of the Rock, says she does not want to see Wright now that he is free and is engaged to someone else. Wright, freed after 18 years in Joliet Leavenworth and Alcatraz for stealing stamps, hoped to see her this week after a phone call but Brimbery announced she is engaged again and declined comment.
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Charleston
Ill
Beulah Brimbery
Alcatraz
Cecil Wright
Wright
Joliet
Leavenworth
Los Angeles
Miss Brimbery
Kidnaping Report Shrouded By Police In Berkeley
Mrs. Brutus Hamilton, 48, wife of UC athletic director, was kidnapped from her Kensington Park home last Friday night and released unharmed a short time later. Kensington Park police confirmed the incident on Monday but offered few details and would not explain the three day secrecy.
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Berkeley
Calif
Brutus Hamilton
University of California
Kensington Park
Roosevelt Jr Says He Is A Roosevelt In Answer To Aspiration Question
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr departing by plane for a business trip to Europe answered a question about political plans by saying he is a Roosevelt, indicating no immediate ambition beyond family name.
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M A Roosevelt
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Europe
Roosevelt
Police Identify Slain Worker in Portneuf River Murder
Police confirmed the victim as Carlos Peru also called Blue Beard after a body was found near the Portneuf River on Nov 1. A knife found days earlier was turned in by Jim Manos and linked to the case as investigators sent blood and clothing samples to the FBI for analysis.
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Pocatello
Carlos “Bluebeard
Peru
Preston
Delmar Hulls
Jim Manos
South Tenth Ave
Manos
Portneuf
Warner Farm
ISC
Francisco Encinas
Bluebeard
Encinas
Tony Montana
Domingo Lopez Rangel
Alma Marley
Rangel
FBI
Washington
Montana
Guy Nelson
Hell On Earth Plea Wins Freedom
In Salisbury Maryland Mary Ellen Truitt 19 was acquitted of murder charges after testifying her married life was a living hell and she could not endure it any longer.
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Hell On
Salisbury, Md
Mary Ellen Truitt
Great Foe Of Reds Faces 32 Year Criminal Trial
Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey, longtime head of the House Un American Activities Committee, is indicted on salary kickback and fraud charges carrying up to 32 years in prison. Co defendant Miss Helen Campbell, his former secretary, is charged in one count. Arraignment tentatively set for November 16 with trial likely in January.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
N.J
Helen Campbell
Miss Campbell
Thomas
Drew Pearson
Allendale
N. J
House UN- American Activities Committee
Congressional
Jacqueline B. Hill
Un-American Activities Committee
Myra Midkiff
Annette Minor
Miss Midkiff
Miss Minor
House
Pearson
Grand Jury
Justice Department
FBI
New Jersey
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Democrats
Bride Regains Nose After Honeymoon Crash
Mrs Florence Griffin 25 of Los Angeles lost her nose in a canyon crash while returning from her honeymoon. Dr E C Ennis traced the severed organ to the scene and reattached it an hour later. Doctors will judge success in a week.
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Newhall
Calif
Los Angeles
Florence Griffin
Edward
E. C. Ennis
Chest Drive Not Quite Over Quota
Pocatello's community chest drive fell short of its $45 000 goal by about 3800 dollars on what was to be the final day. Contributions totaled 4515 with strongest support from merchants and local industries at 26222. Employee gifts reached 12145 75 with railroad workers listed separately. Flandro Day and Ory lead a 50 member team in a campaign hailed as the most successful since prewar days.
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Pocatello
C. Ed Flandro
Flandro
Stan Day
Harold Ory
Love's Labor Lost As Long Time Prisoner Picks Wrong Spot To Try For Freedom
Harry D. Holland, a lifetime prisoner at Indiana State Prison, attempted a dramatic escape from Dormitory E by crawling through an 18 inch hole in the dorm wall. He wedged behind a drain pipe discovered when the general alarm finally rang, ending the bid. Officials report the escape attempt failed.
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Michigan City
Ind
Harry D. Holland
Indiana State Prison
Aurora
Holland
Idaho Spud Ban Relaxed By U.S.
The federal government relaxed its ban on purchasing U S No 1 Idaho potatoes in hardship cases where potatoes might freeze due to storage shortages. Officials said the action allows buying in exceptional circumstances under the price support program.
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Idaho Falls
U. S
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Tokyo Rose
Ghandi
Gen. Meyers
Reds
U.S
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