California cabin deaths mystify police at Big Bear
In Big Bear California a Santa Barbara doctor Dr Jerome Schnedorf 36 and his three relatives were found dead by a Christmas tree in a mountain cabin. His wife Mary 34 survived in serious condition with a poisoned child Jerry 10 also ill. Arsenic traces found in the stomach of Jerry. Autopsy inconclusive pending chemical analyses. Authorities weigh poisoning versus carbon monoxide as the cause while the scene is probed for other clues.
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Big Bear
Cal
Jerome J. Schnedorf
Mary Schnedorf
San Bernardino
Jerry
Fred Greusel
C. S. Small
Loma Linda Sanitarium
Eddie Doyle
Judy
Big Bear Lake
Milder Weather for Pocatello Forecast
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies for Pocatello with milder temperatures. Monday will reach around 20 degrees, with a low near five above. Saturday night’s low was four below, and Sunday’s high reached 18.
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the Weatherman
Pocatello
Saipan Battles Gale in Greenland Rescue Run
The aircraft carrier Saipan, racing from Norfolk to aid 13 American airmen trapped on Greenland’s icecap, faced a damaging gale. Visibility hindered aerial rescue attempts and the ship slowed to manage the heavy seas, threatening an adjusted arrival time off Greenland. Captain Joseph L. Kane led the operation amidst rough conditions.
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Greenland
Saipan
North Atlantic
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 after a Sunday night blast at the Idaho Chief filling station at Greeley and North Main streets. He suffered cuts and bruises but was not seriously hurt as firemen quickly controlled the explosion and windows were shattered.
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Richard Hemphill
North Harrison Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Idaho Chief
Greeley
North Main Streets
Hemphill
Pocatello
Unemployment Up in Idaho Surges in December Claims
Boise reports unemployment claims in the two weeks ending December 18 rose to record levels since the 1936 employment security act. The surge marks the highest two week total for December in that period.
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Boise
Idaho
Private Cessna 195 Missing After Landing Attempt
A Cessna 195 owned and piloted by Jack Palmer of Ottawa Kansas disappeared after obtaining clearance to land at Kansas City Municipal Air Terminal. Fog shrouded the field and ground teams searched the area without success. Fairfax Airport control saw the craft begin its approach before vanishing.
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Kansas City
Municipal Air Terminal
Jack Palmer
Ottawa
Kan
Palmer
Municipal Terminal
Municipal
Fairfax Airport
Missouri River
Large Idaho Falls Warehouse Fire Destroys Storage Building
A Sunday afternoon blaze in Idaho Falls engulfed the C. W. and M. storage warehouse on the Snake River bank. Fire officials estimated losses beyond $100,000 due to farm equipment, trucks, trailers, and five carloads of Western Potato Company produce inside the Westergard Transfer and Storage facility.
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Westergard
Eastern Idaho Equipment Company
Western Potato Company
C. W. and M. Storage
Snake River
Idaho Falls
Westergard Compan
Sumner Welles Suffered Heart Attack Lying Outdoors
Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles was found unconscious in a Maryland field near his Oxon Hill estate after an apparent heart attack and long exposure to freezing night temperatures. Doctors say he is conscious and rational but in serious condition. hands and feet badly frostbitten, yet no amputation likely.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Oxon Hill
Welles
Roosevelt
Wen
Jeep O
Wellies
Tremor Reported Across Buenos Aires Seismic Watches
A quake measuring fair intensity was recorded Sunday on seismographs in Buenos Aires and La Plata, likely originating in northern Chile. Authorities say the tremor’s effects were felt in the region and no injuries were reported.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Observatory Beg
Three held in bizarre Bristol murder case
A 39 year old mother Rose Lombardi and her two teenage sons Carmen 17 Everett Krischmer 16 were arrested in Bristol Connecticut accused of aiding two men Joseph W Therrien 22 and George St James 18 in disposing of the body of Lillian Rich Brackett who was raped and strangled. The suspects held on breach of the peace as accessories after a crime with bonds set at 10000 for Lombardi and 5000 each for the youths.
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Bristol, Conn
Joseph W. Therrien
George St. James
Bristol
Connecticut
Rose Lombardi
Carmen
Everett Krischmer
Therrien
Mrs. Brackett
Therrien and St. James
Mrs. Lombardi
Therrien and
St. James
Holiday Deaths Rise Across Nation From Cold Wave Fires
A sweeping cold spell triggered home fires and accidents nationwide during Christmas travel. The toll includes 414 deaths since Christmas Eve, with 66 from fires and 92 from other incidents. Texas leads with 55 fire or traffic deaths, California 47, New York and Ohio 26 each, and New Jersey seven children among the fatalities.
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Aden
National Safety Council
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Union
Texas Safety Council
Four die in Blue River Bottoms shanty fire
A early morning blaze in a one room shanty in Kansas City's Blue River Bottoms killed four people including three children and left a fifth in critical condition at General Hospital. Fred Andrew Green reported to hospital attendants that the fire started when the incident occurred.
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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 the prospect of a negotiated peace between China's warring factions is discussed by diplomats though observers deem peace unlikely. A new policy would strengthen defenses south of the Yangtze to push communists toward a political settlement. Sun Fo calls the move a war for peace.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze River
Sun Fo
Prominent Publisher Dies in Fire in Scarsdale
Allen E. Norman, 46, head of Fawcett Publications, died after a blaze swept the first floor of his Scarsdale home. His wife Elsie and 10 year old Allen Jr. escaped by leaping from a second floor window. Mrs Norman injured, boy aided her to a neighbor. Firemen doused the fire in 36 minutes. Norman buried in Van Buren after services in White Plains.
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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
Broofen
Minn
Allen Orman
Fawcett Publications
Scarsdale
N. Y
Savannah
Columbia
Barre
Mass
Otis Grace
St. Louis
Kansas City
Municipal Air Terminal
Norman L. White
Missouri River
Allen E. Norman
Fawcett Publications, Inc
Elsie
Allen, Jr
Norman
Eats
van Buren
White Plains
McCall Mayor Opposes Slot Machine Ban
McCall Mayor Glenn Howell denounces outlawing slot machines as a blow to Idaho towns. He notes the city budget at 33,000 with 13,000 expected from slot machine revenue and warns any tax increase would be limited. Governor Robins is cited as supporting the ban.
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McCall
Idaho
Glenn Howell
C. A. Robins
Six Die When Home Burns in Barre Mass
A wooden cottage in Barre Mass burned in near zero cold killing six occupants including Francis Wales 34 and his wife Lydia 32. Their children Belle 3 George 7 and Francis Jr 10 and Lydia’s father Ralph Smith of Boston also perished. Firemen fought wind driven flames with pond water as hydrants were absent and cold hampered rescue attempts.
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Barre
Mass
Francis G. Wales
Lydia
Belle
George
Francis Jr
Wales
Ralph Smith
Boston
Courthouse Closes In Honor Of Bishop Reddish
The courthouse will be closed all day to honor Arnold Reddish killed in a Thursday night car accident. County Commissioner W H Jensen announced the action. Reddish had served in the county treasurer’s office for 15 years and was a bishop in the Latter-day Saints church.
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Arnold Reddish
W. H. Jensen
Reddish
Latter-day Saints Church
No Inquest Planned Into Bishop Reddish Death
The Reddish family asked there be no inquest into the death of Bishop Arnold E. Reddish, 40, killed in a Thursday evening automobile accident near Fort Hall. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at the LDS Sixth Ward chapel with Elder Evan Jones officiating and burial in Mountainview cemetery. The incident falls under Bing ham county coroner H. R. Boice’s jurisdiction.
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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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