Justice LaPrade Captures 180-Pound Thief After Chase
In Phoenix on December 10 Chief Justice Arthur T. LaPrade pursued and overpowered a 180 pound transient oil field worker Oscar Stanford caught rifling a purse in the state capitol. After multiple escapes and a fist fight LaPrade subdued the man with a jacket hold as police arrived. the suspect had dollars and change on him and his clothing was torn. LaPrade sustained facial and hand injuries in the chase.
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Phoenix
Arthur T. LaPrade
Arizona Supreme Court
Oscar Stanford
R. C. Stanford
la Prade
Capitol
LaPrade
Stormy Tucson Weather Delays Charity Golf Event
A violent rain and hail storm hit Tucson early today with gusts up to 50 mph. After a night of downpours, precipitation totals reached .61 inch at the municipal airport and brought snow to Mt. Lemmon. A charity golf exhibition at El Rio Golf & Country Club was postponed to December 26 due to the weather.
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Tucson
New York City
Santa Cruz
Cheesescdaua Pond
el Rio Golf & Country Club
U. S. Weather Bureau
University of Arizona Weather Station
Magnetic Observatory
Tanque Verde Road
Mt. Lemmon
Cicero Attorney Slain By Gunmen With Nine Bullets
Chicago Dec 10 Frank J Christenson 44 a former Cook county assistant states attorney was shot nine times by two gunmen as he walked from a car toward his Cicero home He died at Loretto hospital His wife Madeline and sister in law Mrs Clare Mack found the body The motive is unclear and police suspect mistaken identity Christenson long fought gambling in the suburb with Leo Kasper ski and helped lead a reform drive with John Stoffel
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Chicago
Frank J. Christenson
Cook County
Cicero
Christenson
Caieppyera
Loretto Hospital
Madeline
Clare Mack
Chris Rooney
Mack
John Stoffel
Hummel Leaves County Post for KTKT Radio Manager
Gail T. Hummel resigns as county purchasing agent to become commercial manager of KTKT radio, effective December 24. He notes the department saved Pima County 50 000 to 75 000 since its start and offers six recommendations to improve purchasing, including a warehouse, central receiving, and higher bid thresholds.
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Hummel
Gail T. Hummel
KTKT
Purchasing Department
Board of Supervisors
Drug saves girl from scorpion sting in operating room
A 9 year old Glendale girl Mildred Sico was stung three times by a scorpion and treated at St Monica's hospital with a new use of dirne. Sodium pentothal was injected and within hours her condition improved to good. Her sister Myra 5 was bitten but unaffected. Parents are Mr and Mrs Tast Sico. St Monica's had used antiscorpion serum previously.
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Phoenix
Glendale
Une Cares
Aeue
Mildred Sico
St. Monica's Hospital
Mildred
Myra
St. Monica’s Hospital
Tast Sico
Gollum Held For Auto Theft Charge In Greenville
George Gollum 23 was jailed in Greenville on auto theft charges after attempting to sell a stolen car. He had been acquitted of planning a yacht murder two years earlier with Beulah Overell. He faces federal trial in February.
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Greenville
S. C
George Gollum
Beulah Overell
California
Pierce Sminsh
Gollum
Savannah
U.S
Harry Hingdon
Los Angeles
Don
Florida
Hingdon
Beulah
United Nations close its 1949 session on Jerusalem plan
The UN General Assembly adjourned after voting 38 to 14 with 7 abstentions to internationalize Jerusalem under UN control. The plan drew praise from Arab nations and Vatican blocs and criticism from the United States and Britain, Israel and Jordan opposed. Officials warned costs could rise and questioned enforcement.
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Flushing
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
General Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
United States
Britain
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Malik
Moshe Shertok
U.N
Shertok
Romulo
National Association of Manufacturers’ Congress of American Industry
Big Four
Americans Escape as China Coup Seizes Kunming
Hong Kong reports a nationalist to Communist coup in Kunming and Yunnan province. Twelve Americans and three planes escape on three flights led by Weldon Bigony with Lutkins among the evacuees. Planes refueled in Haiphong before Hong Kong, while other aircraft were seized or held by the new regime.
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Kunming
Yunnan
China
Indochina
Burma
India
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Larue Lutkins
Weldon Bigony
Big Spring
Tex
Lutkins
Haiphong
Bigony
James Dexheimer
Somerset
James Stone
Nashville
Tenn
Hugh Marsh
St. Louis
Dexheimer
Birkman
Arizona policeman killed in Washington collision
George Giragi, 22, newly appointed member of the capitol police, was killed in an automobile crash in Washington, D C. A second person also died and two others were injured. Giragi was from an Arizona family and a relative here confirms the tragedy.
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Phoenix
George Giragi
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Giragi
Capitol
Joko Gerwitz
Holbrook
Columbus Giragi
Imix
Ohio State freshman ordered to Lima hospital for observation
James D. Herr a 20 year old Ohio State University freshman accused of first degree murder in a fraternity party slaying was ordered sent to Lima state hospital for observation. In Arkansas a 200 man posse hunted for a black man named Shorty after he killed Mrs. Joe McDaniels and wounded two officers.
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Columbus
Ohio
James D. Herr
Ohio State University
Lima State Hospital
Luxora
Ark
Horace Lindsey
Shorty
Joe McDaniels
Hailstorm Strikes Phoenix With High Winds
A hail shower at 11 a.m. in downtown Phoenix accompanied by winds up to 35 mph swept the Salt River valley. A house lost its roof on the south side and several trees were blown down.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Arkansas censured by Southwest for rough play vs TCU
The Southwest conference censured the University of Arkansas for rough play in last fall's football game against Texas Christian University.
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Dallas
Southwest Conference
University of Arkansas
Texas Christian University
Weather Bureau flags large midwest cold wave and blizzard
The weather bureau issued warnings for a wide area from Oklahoma to eastern Montana. The cold wave will begin in northern states tonight and reach the entire region by Sunday.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Montana
Plane crash kills rancher William McClellan near Spearman
Spearman Texas, William McClellan a 49 year old prominent businessman and rancher was killed when his new four place plane crashed in a pasture one mile west of Spearman in the Panhandle.
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Spearman, Tex
William McClellan
Spearman
Panhandle
Recess in $50,000 Martin suit over deadly county car
The case against Sheriff Jerome P. Martin, his son Thomas, and the Great American Indemnity Co. is recessed until Tuesday. Teresa Mendibles, 12, died February when struck by a county car driven by young Martin. Witnesses testified the elder Martin was not driving at the moment, while coroner's inquest named the son as the driver. Jury of seven women and five men heard testimony in Judge J. Mercer Johnson's Superior Court.
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Jerome P. Martin
Thomas C. Martin
Great American Indemnity Co
Martins
Bonding Company
Teresa Mendibles
Martin
Oracle Road
Oro
Plata
Oro Street
John T. Murphy
S. Sixth Ave
Marvin Reed
E. Presidford
Big Hat
Murphy
Reed
Fickett & Tullar
Marvin Clemens
Robert L. Ashly
Oraclerd
J. Mercer Johnson
Mayors Plan Crime Parley in Nogales Border Conference
Tucson officials led by Mayor E T Houston travel with City Council members and police officers to Nogales Sonora for an all day meeting with Mexican mayors and police. The aim is mutual law enforcement cooperation including cross border information on stolen property and felons. A dinner and fiesta are planned after the talks.
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Tucson
Nogales
Sonora
E. T. Houston
Loveless Gardner
Joseph Weinzapfel
Pima County Sheriff's Office
Jesus Siqueros
Siqueros
Houston
Mexico
Magdalena
Hermosillo
Santa Ana
Guaymas
Cananea
Naco
Old Pueblo
Joseph Corral
South Tucson
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