Judge Refuses to Direct Coplin Acquittal Move
Defense fails to force acquittal as Coplin faces eighth week of trial. Palmer seeks dismissal over entrapment claims and demands FBI top secret report disclosure. Congress debates DOJ handling as Hoover and Clark clash over revealing confidential FBI material in the Coplin case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Coplin
FBI
Archibald Palmer
Palmer
King
House
Representative Nixon
R-Calif
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
Reeves
Copion
Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
Coplan
Hoover
Bulgaria Communists Expel Ex-Executive
The Bulgarian Communist Central Committee announced that former Vice Premier Traicho Kostov has been expelled from the party. Earlier reports said Kostov was relieved of both his vice premiership and chairmanship of the Commission on Economic and Financial Affairs. Western observers labeled Rostov as guilty of Titoism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgarian Communist Central Committee
Traicho Kostov
Kostov
Commission On Economic and Financial Affairs
Rostov
Moscow
Dallas Ends Rent Controls in Landmark City Vote
The Dallas City Council voted unanimously to lift rent ceilings on 60 000 dwellings making Dallas the first large U S city to end controls. A three member committee will probe unfair rent hikes and pursue enforcement with potential $200 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
National Housing
Tighe Woods
Wallace Savage
Texas
Savage
America
Avery Mays
Dallas Home Builders Association
Roy Eastus
Dallas Real Estate Board
W. A. McKinley
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association
Senate panel seeks review of 23 German death sentences
Senator Hoey said a Senate committee asked the Army to review 23 Germans sentenced to death after war crimes trials. Six are tied to the Malmedy massacre. Executions were requested to be delayed until a new inspector general review could complete each case due to confusion over confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoey
D-Nc
Senate
Army
Malmedy Crossroads
Gray
Senate Expenditures Committee
Texan Fiance of Princess Led Hunt for Jewels
The Texas ex soldier Clyde Harris who will wed Hohenzollern Princess Cecilie helped trace jewels lost by Princess Sophia of Hesse. The jewels were recovered from Colonel Jack Durant and Kathleen Nash Durant in the United States after wartime burial in Kron castle. Durant and Nash Durant were court martialed. Durant jailed 14 years, wife five, later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde Harris
Amarillo
Texas
Cecilie
Prussia
Jack Durant
Falls Church
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durrant
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Sophia of Hesse
Krong Castle
Germany
Nash
Durant
Capt
Sophia
Harris
Fine Arts and Monuments
Frankfurt
Chicago
Fight at Shamrock Cork Club Ends With Accusations
Houston oilman Glenn H. McCarthy and 26 year old Hollywood producer William Kent were involved in a confrontation at Shamrock Hotel's Cork Club. Kent, who visited with a date, says McCarthy struck him and Kent wrestled McCarthy to the floor before escaping with aides pursuing him. Kent went to a hospital for X rays. McCarthy had no comment. Kent, from the West Coast, is a guest of J. Robert Neal Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Shamrock
Mil
Glenn H. McCarthy
Hollywood
William Kent
McCarthy
Kent
Hind
Cork Club
Shamrock Hotel
Young Kent
West Coast
J. Robert
Bob) Neal Jr
Diana Lynn
Women Win Battle To Close Refuse Dump
In Uniontown Pennsylvania angry wives and mothers blockaded the garbage disposal plant gate for three days over a foul odor from burning trash. City officials agreed to level the dump with a bulldozer and halt future dumping while a rat extermination campaign is planned. Charles Keighley Jr. represented the women and accepted terms from A E Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Charles Keighley Jr
A. E. Francis
Department of Health and Safety
San Angelo Reports 12 New Polio Cases
Polio cases in San Angelo rose to 71 with 12 new infections reported on Tuesday. three cases were from outside the city. Six dismissals occurred as fogging machines operated citywide and Stanford specialists met local doctors to review wards and confer with pediatricians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Stanford University
Seven Year Old Drowns In Wichita Falls Stock Tank
Ralph Eugene Nichols seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Nichols drowned Tuesday while wading with children in a stock tank on his father's farm on the northwest edge of Wichita Falls outside city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Ralph Eugene Nichols
Earl Nichols
Chinese Reds Slow Southward Push Amid Flood Disruptions
Flooding in Changsha and Kan River areas disrupts rail service as Red Army regrouping slows the southward drive. Nationalists report veterans from Shanghai joining southbound troops with Nanchang as a key consolidation point. Civilians urged to stay at posts as preparatory notices bearing Canton and Hong Kong postmarks circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Red Army
American Oil Company
Changsha
Kan
Central China
Hong Kong
Solon Divorce Action Dropped
US Senator Harry P. Cain and his wife Mrs. Cain had their divorce action dismissed by Superior Judge Hugh J. Roselini on Mrs. Cain’s request. The suit, filed February 9, involved a cross-complaint from Sen. Cain, denying original allegations while seeking the decree. Charles D. Hunter signed the dismissal for Cain, with Rush Stouffer representing Mrs. Cain and declining comment. Hunter expected Mrs. Cain to arrive next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Harry P. Cain
Hugh J. Rosellini
Cain
Mrs. Cain
Sen. Cain
Woman Too Neat With Her Car Tires
Oklahoma City report details Mrs Sylvia Edmondson a 42 year old switchboard operator cited for disorderly conduct after removing chalk marks police placed on her tires and arguing she preferred a clean car. Police Judge James Demopolis imposed a $3 fine suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Sylvia Edmondson
C. O. Williams
Officer Williams
Geological process forms mountain blisters and lava flows
Atomic energy works slowly over millions of years shaping mountain systems by lifting crust into blister like bulges that later collapse releasing magma from beneath. This natural mechanism contrasts with the rapid man made atomic bomb release.
Union Chiefs' Non-Red Oaths Probed by Justice Dept Officials
The Justice Department reviews non Communist oaths filed by three CIO United Furniture Workers Union officers led by Max Perlow Morris Pizer and Ernest Marsh. They pledged not to be Communists though one claimed continued belief in the party. Violations carry up to 16000 fine and 16 years jail. Denham warned false statements end union status with NLRB. This marks first check of such oaths by the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Department
CIO United Furniture Workers Union
Max Perlow
Morris Pizer
Ernest Marsh
NLRB
Steeee
Affivaciuts
United States
Criminal Division
Denham
Third GI Seeks To Be German
Walter Dawson a 30 year old former GI from New Orleans appeared in civil court in Wiesbaden facing charges of kidnapping a three week old Wiesbaden girl’s baby and attempted assault while illegally in the US Zone. District Attorney William F Johnson said the charge would be filed Wednesday and Dawson said the baby was his and that he had taken it to a Mainz hospital for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dawson
New Orleans
Wiesbaden
William F. Johnson
St. Louis
Dawson
Germany
Mainz
Appeal Court Reverses Wichita Falls Police Chief Firing Ban
The Second Court of Civil Appeals reversed and dissolved a temporary injunction that would have prevented Wichita Falls from firing Police Chief Chris Jensen. The court found the lower order vague and unenforceable, lacking a concrete remedy under statute. The city argued the injunction kept Jensen employed, while Jensen's lawyers claimed the Civil Service Act does not apply to his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Frank Ikard
Wichita Falls
Chris Jensen
Second Court of Civil Appeals
Earl Hall
Jenson
Ex-Catholic Priest Schedules Wedding in Phoenix
Emmett McLoughlin, 41, former priest and hospital superintendent at St. Monica's, will wed Mary Davis, 34, a medical record librarian at the same hospital. The ceremony will be conducted by Superior Court Judge Charles Bernstein on August 13. Davis is the daughter of Mrs. Tully Lobb of Bayard, New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Emmett McLoughlin
St. Monica’s Hospital
Mary Davis
McLoughlin
Superior Court
Charles Bernstein
Franciscan Order
Miss Davis
Tully Lobb
Bayard, N. M
University of Arizona
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Crosby to Become Maryland Gentleman Farmer
Radio commentator Ray Henle said Bing Crosby plans to move to a farm near Rockville Maryland just outside Washington. Crosby will reportedly enroll his sons at Georgetown Preparatory School and quit Hollywood for life as a country gentleman farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Henle
Bing Crosby
Henle
Crosby
Rockville
Georgetown Preparatory
Hollywood
Marriage Goes Ahead Despite Gale Blackout
A Dallas couple wed Monday night despite a gale and blackout. Justice of Peace W. E. Richburg married them by flashlight in a darkened drugstore as wind and rain raged outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of Peace
W. E. Richburg
Obituary notices from Taylor area funeral services
The obituary column lists services held for Samuel Crockett Cooper Louis W Mann MRS MARGARET E DeHAY MRS C P Webb H P Alexander William Fred Darity Clarence J Jones SR L R Bartosh Sr and Mrs E G Brazil Taylor The items note funeral home rites burial locations and surviving relatives in Austin Georgetown Granger and Taylor with dates and officiating clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Crockett Cooper
Cook Funeral Home
L. J. Raney
Granger
J. N. McKey
Kyle
Hutto
Louis W. Mann
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Joseph McAllister
CSC
C. E. Reeves
Johnnie Brydson
Robert Brydson
Charles Russell
Frances Russell
Ralph Payne
Memorial Park
Margaret E. Dehay
John K. Berry
O. C. Crow
Dewey Riley
George Stanley
Torres E. Wood
Harvey Weaver
Rowe Caldwell
Robert Lindsey
Joe Ainsworth
J. E. Coffey
Oakwood Cemetery
William Fred Darity
Fitzhugh Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
O. G. Barrow
Jake Johnson
Billy Ayers
John H. McGee
Carl Raymond Lawrence
Stanley Roberts
Albert Allen
Clarence J. Jones SR
Georgetown
M-K-T
St. Helen's Church
Thomas Curren
Shriever
Clarence J. Jones Jr
William McElroy
Corpus Christi
Clayton Jones
San Antonio
Lester Jones
League
L. R. Bartosh SR
L. R
Bob) Bartosh Sr
Sts. Cyril and Methodious Church
John Vanicek
George Tydlacka
Holy Cross Cemetery
Man Pleads Self Defense in Chicken Theft Case
In Tyler on June 14 a 50 year old African American man faced a district court for stealing a chicken. He claimed self defense saying the chicken flew into his lap while waiting in the yard for a friend. The judge sentenced him to two years suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Two Drowned As Bridge Collapses In Colorado River
Loveland Colorado June 14 two men died when a bridge collapsed sending their car into the Big Thompson River as they left a motel at Idlewild The driver Harold Hudson 25 was recovered three miles downstream and a companion John Lesser 45 was later believed drowned volunteers hunted downstream while a winch moved toward the river to free the car the highway US 34 remained open
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson
Idlewild
Here
Harold Hudson
Hudson
John Lesser
Lesser
Wreckage of Crashed Navy Transport Found
Wreckage of a Navy transport plane that crashed on a flight from Moffett Field to Santa Monica was sighted in the Santa Monica Mountains. A tail section remained undamaged and clearly visible amid smoke as aerial searchers observed the scene. Aboard were Lieut. Garner P. Strickland Jr. and six other naval reserve officers from Memphis, listed as pilot co pilot and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Navy
Moffett Field
Armed Forces Public Information Office
Garner P. Strickland Jr
Memphis
Robert
Prehistoric Meat Put In Modern Deep Freezer
A home-type deep-freeze unit in New York displays fossilized mammal remains from Alaska ages ranging from 15,000 to 400,000 years. The exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History includes a baby mammoth, horse and musk ox parts, a mammoth section, and a giant bison relative washed from Yukon tundra near Fairbanks. Specimens were found during gold mining operations last fall and transported here by refrigerated cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nature
Alaska
American Museum of Natural History
Yukon Valley
Fairbanks
Bee settlers introduced bees to America with European settlers
The Britannica notes that bees were not native to the Americas and were brought by settlers. It explains early introductions by Europeans and the spread of beekeeping as colonies formed in new lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se A
Aniales
Encyclopedia Britannice
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Ism
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Miss Copson
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Cork
Wichita Falls Tank
Solon
Bing
Maryland
C. P. Webb
Webberville Road
Irs
Ima Wright
Austin
C. B. Nation
Walter Prescott Webb
Carlyle Marney
First Baptist Church
Weatherford
H. P. Alexander
Ruby Alexander
Annette Alexander
Miami
Florida
Ray Wirick
Edward G. Alexander
Atlanta
Georgia
E. G. Brazil Taylor
E. G. Brazil
Charles Brazil
Taylor
Roscoe
Brazil
BEE
Colorado
Thurlow
Jack Corley
Lavaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Featuring
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