Baltimore Mystery Death Draws Clues Across Two Cities
A man found dead in a Lord Baltimore hotel room appears to be a puzzling case with conflicting claims of identity. An autopsy cites barbiturate influence, but no pills were found. Telegrams and a dinner cancellation hoax complicate the scene as investigators seek a true account of the deceased, Edward James Phillips.
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Baltimore
New York
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Edward James Phillips
West 12Th St
New York City
Phillips
Army Medical Corps
Ft. Jay
New York Harbor
Pentagon
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf
Russell H. Fisher
Erna Gutenstein
Robert Ritter
Western Union
Gutenstein
George Klemmick
Democrats select Chicago for 1956 presidential nominating convention
Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul M. Butler announced Chicago as the site for the 1956 presidential nominating convention opening Aug. 13. The selection awaits national committee approval via a mail poll, with the tentative date previously disclosed.
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Washington
National Committee
Chicago
Paul M. Butler
Love Finds An Air Way to Yankee I Do
Airman 1/C Robert Blum of Davis Monthan AFB travels to New York to wed Mildred Keel a 16 year old Briton who prefers flight to ships. She plans to fly from London to marry Blum after repeatedly declining sea travel aboard the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Blum left his duties with the 803rd ABG to pursue the marriage.
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U. S
Robert Blum
Davis-Monthan Afb
New York
Mildred Keel
United States
Blum
St. Albans
N. Y
Associated Press
Mildred
Southampton
Miss Keel
England
Cable
London
Love
803Rd Air Base Group
Air Force Charts Summer Uniform Test
The Air Force tentatively approves a summer uniform with shorts open neck bush coats and sun helmets tested at MacDill Field. Officials remain discreet on details and timing with no photos released. Observers compare the look to British Indian Army attire and consider possible whistles from aides.
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Washington
Air Force
MacDill Base
Tampa
Fla
Record cold grips Arizona with new Feb fourth low
The state shivered as Tucson hit 21 degrees at 6 30 am for a new Feb 4 cold record, Phoenix reached 28 tying 1922, Flagstaff logged minus 14 and Maverick reported minus 20 as the cold snap extends with more freezing nights and a gradual warming trend expected next week.
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Tucson
Old
Pueblo
Phoenix
Alaska
DeMille to Design Air Academy Student Uniforms
Cecil B. De Mille will design the new Air Academy uniforms for cadets near Colorado Springs, as announced by Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon. The superintendent pledged top‑tier appearance at the ceremony, with no payment to DeMille. A preview date for the uniform has not been set.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Hollywood
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Hubert R. Harmon
Harmon
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Air Academy
DeMille
Fuel Failure Disrupts Electricity in Tucson
Residents in northeast and south sections lost power for 10 minutes to half an hour as a gas regulator froze at the DeMoss Petrie plant of Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co. Service began to return by 6 53 a.m. with most areas restored within ten minutes, according to executive C. E. Hockings.
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DeMoss-Petrie
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
C. E. Hockings
Midwest Storm Dumps Heavy Snow Across Central U S
The Associated Press reports a major winter storm dumping up to 14 inches of snow in northeastern Kansas with a vast belt from Iowa to the Rockies and north to the Dakotas. Freezing rain sleet and snow hit the Texas panhandle and parts of Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Iowa
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Missouri
U S General Says Red China Could Start War
Gen Earle Partridge, commander of Far East Air Forces, warned Red China could start a war and said the US must remain ready to fight. He noted about 8 000 Communist and Soviet planes in the region, and that the 18th fighter-bomber wing was operationally ready on Formosa with a temporary assignment.
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Spencer Moosa Taipeh
Formosa
U. S
Far East
Red China
Earle E. Partridge
Partridge
U.S. Far East
Okinawa
Philippines
Tachen Islands
Seventh Fleet
FEAF
Japan
Korea
Eden warns Red China attack would threaten world peace
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that any PRC attempt to seize the Tachens Matsu and Quemoy coastal islands would endanger peace and security. He said these islands form part of China's territory and urged caution amid UN cease fire talks.
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London
Churchill
United Nations
China
Commonwealth
Britain
Anthony Eden
Red China
House of Commons
Tachens
Matsu
Quemoy
People’s Republic of China
Red China Boycott Puts UN Talks in Jeopardy
UN diplomats weighed steps after Red China boycotted proposed security council ceasefire talks. Options included pressing Chou En Lai to send a representative, debating Formosan issues without Communists, or holding a Geneva style conference outside the UN to discuss China’s status.
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Chou En-lai
U. N
Geneva
China
Chou
Security Council
Peiping
Subcommittee Subpoenas Harvey Matusow for Testimony
The Senate internal security subcommittee subpoenaed Harvey Matusow to testify next Tuesday about recent remarks asserting he lied in earlier sworn testimony. In Waltham Massachusetts an army doctor Pfc Marvin F Belsky was discharged under honorable conditions from Murphy Army Hospital after McCarthy labeled him a Fifth Amendment Communist.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Harvey Matusow
Waltham, Mass
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pfc
Marvin F. Belsky
Murphy Army Hospital
Tucson Fun Guide Preview Highlights Local Activities
Tucson becomes lively with museums art galleries baseball bullfights rodeos skiing and Old Mexico trips. The Citizen will publish a multiweek series detailing where and how to go for winter visitors and residents with illustrated handbook style previews and random images.
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Tucson
Old Mexico
Padre Kino
Chiang Kai-shek weighs U S demand on Tachen pullout
U S officials press Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw troops from the Tachen islands near Formosa as Red China’s stance draws mixed views in Washington. Senate leaders debate the Chinese response while the State Department voices regret over Beijing’s UN defiance and seeks consultative talks.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Tachen Islands
United States backs Formosa ceasefire talks outside UN
A State Department spokesman said Washington would view with favor any Formosa cease fire conference held outside the United Nations. He warned such a parley could expose the U N to repetition of harsh language and stressed skepticism about outsiders' approach.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
United Nations
State Department
Geneva
Indochina
Henry Suydam
Moscow talks as Moloev meets Hayter in Moscow
In Moscow the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov held a meeting today with British Ambassador Sir William Hayter and the acting charge d affaires of India in Moscow.
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London
Moscow Radio
Vyacheslav M. Moloetov
William Hayter
India
Moscow
Nehru proposed cease fire talk discussed at United Nations and London
At the United Nations in New York and in London talk circulated about Prime Minister Nehru seeking a cease fire conference outside the U N White House Secretary Hagerty declined to comment while State Department officials indicated no such proposals were received Ambassador Aldrich met Nehru for a general East Asia discussion Suydam noted Dulles is on vacation but kept informed Knowland opposed mediation outside U N jurisdiction and questioned Chiang Kai shek’s willingness to risk lives for talks with Nehru
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United Nations
New York
London
India
Nehru
U. N
White House
James C. Hagerty
State Department
Suydam
U. S
Winthrop Aldrich
Far East
U.N
United States
Dulles
Bahamas
Washington
Capitol
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Knowland
Mao Tze-tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Rise At Peak Levels
Markets at a glance show higher stock prices in New York with prices at peak levels. Bonds remain steady as governments hold firm. grains like wheat and corn show small changes while oats trading is light. Hogs fall 25 to 50 cents to a top of 17.75, cattle steady with top 25.00 on choice.
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New York
Tucson Weekend Drama Sport and Music Highlights
Tonight at 8 Elks Minstrel show in UA auditorium and Papago mineral rights meeting by Association for Papago Affairs. Alianza Hispano Americana hosts 8 PM event at 133 W. Congress. High school basketballTN THS ASD teams. Sabrina Fair at El Conquistador. Tomorrow organ concert for children at Unitarian church and bridge at Tucson Bridge Club. Amphitheater plays Phoenix Tech at THS gym and Eriks Minstrel show slide in.
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Elks Minstrel
UA Auditorium
Association For Papago Affairs
Alianza Hispano Americana
W. Congress St
Tucson
Yuma
THS
ASD
Benson
TLT
Unitarian Church
22Nd St
Tucson Bridge Club
Phoenix Tech
Index Proof of Little Engine authorship sought
Page 3 lists an index item seeking authorship proof for the Little Engine. The note is a brief library or literary reference item indicating ongoing scholarly or archival interest in establishing authorship.
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Thornburgs
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