Fire Sweeps Brooklyn Tenement Killing Four Residents
A four story Brooklyn tenement fire in the early morning killed four people including a young mother Eileen Best and her two daughters Ruth and Joyce. The blaze started from ashtray contents with Christmas wrappings and spread through a shaft trapping residents on the upper floors. Firefighters carried down ten people. Julia Hynes, 13, fought flames with her hands during rescue while 82 year old Margaret Murphy died on the third floor.
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New York
Brooklyn
Eileen Best
Ruth
Joyce
Margaret Murphy
Julia Hynes
Ford Deal Breaks Last Of Old Ties
A look at Ford Motor Co under Henry II shows a shift from the founder era. New executives push modern management, while plans call for widespread public stock ownership, expansion, and a modest dividend as the company seeks growth without debt.
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Ford
New York
Motor Company
Henry Ford
Henry Ford II
Henry I
Henry II
Henry
Henny
Ford Foundation
Grandpa
Impostor Legend Grows as Prison Guard Flees Texas
In Huntsville Texas an inmate reported a prison guard Benjamin W Jones bore a striking likeness to Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr the famed impostor known for posing as a doctor monk sailor deputy sheriff and Royal Canadian Navy surgeon. Jones fled after the alert and has not been seen since.
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Huntsville
Tex
Texas
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr
Demara
Benjamin W. Jones
O. B. Bilis
Texas Prison System
Ellis
Jones
Wynne Farm
Joseph Cyr
Grand Falls
New Brunswick
Royal Canadian Navy
Dr. Cyr
Out of Court Settlement Sought in United Fruit Monopoly Case
The Justice Department seeks a consent decree with United Fruit Co to end alleged monopolization and price fixing. Negotiations, led by Asst. Atty. Gen. Stanley N. Barnes, may require selling part of holdings to boost competition, with the deal kept in close contact with State Department and National Security Council due to international impact.
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Washington
Justice Department
United Fruit Co
United Fruit
U.S
Central America
Asst
Stanley N. Barnes
State Department
National Security Council
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University of Arizona
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Ochoa
Carrillo
MLE En SS
Speedway
By Sam Dawson
E. R. Breech
L. D. Crusoe
D. S. Harder
Jacome
Pennington
Tucson
Stanley
Yankee Handiman
Distributors, Inc
Tyndall
Tvesen Women's Club
Netivity
Scone County Courthouse Patio
the Herald Angels
Sachs Parker
Lee
Sachs-Parker
Motorola
Motorola Steacin
Victrolas
PHONO
E&s
Phonograph
Jcc
Oricea
Radio & Phono
Motorola Comb
B.C. A. Twitsaetae Spelite Const
Stromberg-Carlson Coe
Motorola, G.E. and
RCA
RADIO
Bik
Safeway
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