Jury Orders Death Penalty For Click
Franklin Click a 30 year old celery farm worker was found guilty of the rape slaying of 17 year old Phyllis Conine in 1944 and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The jury of nine men and three women deliberated 10 hours before finding him guilty of first degree murder with the verdict recommending the supreme penalty.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
U.P
Franklin Click
Click
Phyllis Conine
William H. Schannen
Indiana
Esterday
Dputy
C. A. Lincoln
Anna Kuzeff
Wilhelmina Haaga
Ralph W. Lobaugh
Dorothea Howard
Lobaugh
Henry Schricker
Robert Christen
Denver
Colo
Howard
Christen
United States asks North Korea to free two Americans
The United States widens its diplomatic push to free Albert Willis of Brooklyn and Alfred T. Meschter of Kinderhook, held in North Korea after a ship mutiny. Washington coordinates through Moscow with twelve Western powers to protest their detention and that of two other U.S. flyers.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
North Korea
Albert Willis
Brooklyn
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook
N.Y
State Department
Wesgrn
Moscow
Krignin
Willis
Meschter
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Kimball R. Smith
Far East
China
Angus Ward
Mukden
Manchuria
U.S. Naval
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Chicago
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Egypt
France
India
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Great Britain
Philippines
Dean Acheson
Russia
Eloy Votes on Incorporation December 6
Eloy residents will vote December 6 to decide if the town becomes an incorporated city. A seven member city council and a local police force are proposed, backed by the Eloy Chamber of Commerce. A house-to-house canvass will aim for a heavy turnout amid Gov. Garvey’s announced cleanup drive.
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Eloy
Isors
Dan E. Garvey
Lowell Thomas Finds Russian Charge Absurd
Moscow dispatch notes New Times accuses American commentator Lowell Thomas of being sent to Tibet by the U. S. to destabilize the region and turn it into an Anglo American colony. Thomas, recovering from a hip injury, said the trip was personal travel and not government sponsored.
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Moscow
New Times
Lowell Thomas
Tibet
U. S
China
Thomas
Himalaya
Pawling
N. Y
The
Coffee Leads Tea Despite Cost
New York report shows coffee prices rising but tea remains far cheaper for households. Americans drink about 14 cups of coffee per cup of tea, with coffee costing roughly nine tenths of a cent more per cup. Tea demand rose during wartime rationing and stayed higher, while coffee per capita usage fell in 1943.
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New York
United States
Department of Agriculture
Dun & Bradstreet
Crippled children clinics planned in Bisbee and Douglas
Bisbee and Douglas host crippled children clinics on December 15. Tucson and Phoenix specialists with a physiotherapist will lead sessions, arranged by the Cochise County Society for Crippled Children. Willcox invited to host next meeting.
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Bisbee
Douglas
Tucson
Phoenix
Cochise County
Club La Jolla Reopens With Remodel and New Food Dept
Club La Jolla will reopen at 5 p m Friday after a complete remodel with a new food department. Nick Abosketes, ex Palomino Club manager, heads the venue at 1000 S Sixth Ave, assisted by co-owners Bob Lloyd and Mrs Abosketes. The club offers floor shows seven nights weekly, with the bar open daily 8 a m to 1 a m and meals served 11 a m to 1 a m.
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Club la Jolla
Palomino Club
Mgr
Nick Abosketes
Bob Lloyd
Abosketes
S. Sixth Ave
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Eve
Auto Electric Company
N. Stone
Park Ave
W. Congress
Broadway Auto Park
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Cottage Shop
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