Air Liner Crashes Into Potomac Near National Airport
A DC-3 flying from Memphis to Washington with a stop in Norfolk crashed in the Potomac after veering off a radar path in dense fog. Four of 23 aboard died, 19 survived, largely servicemen headed home for Christmas. Bodies recovered hours later. rescue credited to luck and calm survivors.
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Washington
U.P
National Airport
Potomac View
Bolling Air Force Base
William Chertow
Brooklyn
N. Y
Neville Lassiter
Arlington
J. Davis
Lloyd L. Porter
Alexandria
Davis
Porter
Navy
Air Force
New York
Chicago
National Broadcasting Co
Memphis
Tenn
Norfolk
Capital
Bolling
Robert J. Wilson
Capital Air
Leesburg
Potomac
Missing Scout Ruth Aberle Tracked in Washington Woods
Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Girl Scout vanished after leaving two companions to join her brother during a Scout outing near Kelso Washington. About 500 searchers scoured rain slick brush and beaver dam habitats six miles northeast of Kelso to locate her after tracks four to six hours old were found near the disappearance site.
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Kelso
Wash
Ruth Aberle
Costa Watts
Here
C. W. Reynolds
Watts
Washington City
William Aberle
Wat
Ruth
Bill
Roosevelt Letter Emerges in Bridges Perjury Case
In San Francisco a purported letter from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt centered new controversy in the Bridges perjury trial. Defense lawyers sought to introduce it though government attorneys objected. The letter allegedly condemned Bridges aide statements, while Mrs. Roosevelt denied writing it.
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San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
West Coast
CIO
Bridges
Union
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
Kermit C. Krolek
Long Beach
James MacInnis
United States
MacInnis
Krolek
FBI
Mervin Rathborne
Longshore Union
Joseph Donohoe
George Harris
Donohue
Mrs. Roosevelt
FBI Crackdown Targets Million Dollar Counterfeit Ring
The FBI arrested former convict George G. Gillette, brother in law of Brooklyn rackets boss Joe Adonis, in a national counterfeit operation. Authorities expect more arrests nationwide as the probe expands.
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New York
FBI
George G. Gillette
Brooklyn
Joe Adonis
Hays Defiant of Board Charges Amid Reward Probe
Police Chief Don J. Hays told the pension board he had done no wrong over a $250 reward check tied to recovered property. He claimed innocence and questioned why the matter concerns the board, while a three member committee was formed to seek legal advice as the session ended.
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Don J. Hays
Police Pension Board
Pension Board
Hays
Seymour Ryan
Railway Passengers Assurance Co
Montreal
Canada
Ryan
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
L. E. White
General Adjustment Bureau
Tucson
White
Insurance Company
Ben T. Cheek
Santa Claus Accused of Bias in Santa Fe Letter
In Santa Fe New Mexican a young girl named Julia, age eight, writes that Santa Claus is discriminatory and should go blow back to the north pole. She laments being snubbed in favor of younger siblings and others, noting she and her sister received no gum during visits.
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Santa
Santa FE
N. M
Julia
Santa Claus
North Pole
Jolly Gent
Santa Fe New Mexican
Bullet Stops Girl Speedster In High Speed Chase
In Darien Connecticut on December 13 a speeding car driven by Dionysia C Skouras 23 daughter of Spyros Skouras president of 20th Century Fox was stopped by a police bullet. She suffered a superficial wound and was taken to Holbrook sanitarium for observation. Police pursued from Greenwich to Stamford and Darien firing at tires. one bullet grazed her hand. License charges and reckless driving were filed.
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Darien
Conn
Frank Standing
Dionysia C. Skouras
Shore Rd
Rve
N. Y
Spyros Skouras
20Th Century Fox Film Corp
Standing
Miss Skouras
Holbrook Sanitarium
Allan Ross
Boston Post Road
Greenwich
Leonard Niles
Gerald Allen
Stamford
Skouras
Chauncey Dance
Post Road
le Roy Avenue
Dance
Witnesses Hear Testimony in Sheriff Damages Suit
Five witnesses testified as the case against Pima County Sheriff and his son proceeded over damages from Teresa Mendibles’s death on Oracle road. The estate seeks 50 000 from Martin, Thomas C. and the bonding company. alcohol on the sheriff’s breath was alleged by Fred Turner.
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Pima
Teresa Mendibles
Oracle Road
Martin
Thomas C
Sheriff's Bonding
Robert S. Tullar
Fred W. Fickett
William S. Dunipace
Fred Turner
W. King
Turner
Charles McCarty
Bonding Company
Clark H. Johnson
Walden W. Burr
Highway Patrol
Blair
Gavin T. Blair
10Th Ave
Oro Street
James Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Prescott Holds Ground in Air Academy Fight
Arizona Governor Garvey said the state will not back Tucson’s bid for a $171 million air force academy, as Prescott withholds support. Tucson officials plan site inspections with five locations under consideration near Marana, Ryan Field, Oracle Junction, Sahuarita, and near Davis-Monthan. Senator McFarland emphasized evaluating facilities over site choice. final decision rests with Congress.
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Tucson
Air Force Academy
Old Pueblo
Prescott
Garvey
Air Force
West Point
Army
Annapolis
Navy
Associated Press
Arizona
Washington
William G. Hall
Marana Air Base
Ryan Field
Oracle Junction
Sahuarita
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
Ernest W. McFarland
Carl Spaatz
Congress
It Will Warm Up After The Cold Snap
A Tucson report notes temperatures rising soon after a severe cold spell. The weather bureau recorded 47 degrees as the high yesterday and 26 degrees as the low, with this morning's low at 28. Forecasters expect gradually warmer conditions with clear skies and scattered high clouds tomorrow.
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Tucson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Miss America In Rose Bowl Parade 1949
Jacque Mercer Miss America of 1949 from Litchfield Park plans to appear in the Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena. The Miss America pageant committee moved her engagement from the Phoenix Salad Bowl event, officials were told.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Jacque Mercer
Litchfield Park
Jacque
Pasadena
Disinherited Wife Secures Share in Los Angeles Estate
A Lebanese-born widow, Mrs. Monera Haddad Baddour, received 60000 of the 167543 estate of Joseph S. Baddour who died Jan 2 1948 at 78. The will left the bulk to charities and a sister, though the marriage was adjudged valid to satisfy other heirs. She argued the Nevada divorce was invalid due to lack of summons service.
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Los Angeles
Lebanon
Monera Haddad Baddour
Joseph S. Baddour
Baddour
Nevada
Woman Slain in Phoenix as Husband Is Detained
Mrs. Lena Eisenstein, 55, estranged wife of a retired furniture dealer, was shot to death in her Phoenix home. Max Eisenstein, about 55, was jailed for investigation. Their son Eugene, 18, witnessed the slaying and disarmed his father in the 315 East Palm Lane residence.
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Phoenix
Lena Eisenstein
Max
Norman Norris
Eugene
Arizona State College
Tempe
E. Palm Lane
Eisenstein
Norris
Six Months Of Phone Listening Is Enough
FALLS CITY Oregon December 13 A western Oregon couple Mr and Mrs Wallace Kendall hear incoming calls from Walsetz on their radio drowning out normal broadcasts After six months they tire of the intrusion and call the telephone company A repair man to attempt a fix is to visit soon.
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Falls City
Ore
Oregon
Wallace Kendall
Walsetz
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Communist Party
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Graham County Welfare Department
Zelpha Fuller
Merit System
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