Ex-Officer Casts Doubt on Malmedy Case Evidence
Former Army colonel and Pennsylvania judge testified that 12 Germans sentenced for the Malmedy Massacre were convicted on unreliable evidence. He described conflicting survivor accounts and suggested escape attempts and trigger-happy nervousness may have influenced killings.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Malmedy
Edward van Roden
Delaware County
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Belgium
van Roden
Fifth Armored
Army Royall
Lucius Clay
Germany
Senate Committee
It's The Same Song But Different Purse
Dallas liquor store clerk reports two robberies in two weeks by the same pair. Tuesday night they demanded money, took $103 versus $220 earlier, forced him to lie down, emptied the drawer, and ripped out the telephone as they fled.
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Dallas
Marble Tables Yield $857.13 in County Gambling Raids
Thirty seven confiscated marble tables yielded 17 140 nickels and three pennies totaling 857 13. The wooden parts went to the Austin School for the Blind and the electrical parts to the University of Texas. George Pope counted the money for the Travis County raids to fund further gambling investigations.
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Perry Jones
Austin School For the Blind
University of Texas
George Pope
Travis County Grand Jury
Pope
Retail Price Rise Reported for March
The National Industrial Conference Board said consumer prices rose in March. The index for March stood at 161.3, up from 161.1 in February and 160.3 in March 1948, ending a prior downward trend. San Francisco-Oakland showed an 8 percent decline and Spokane 0.6 percent.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Spokane
Wash
Dog Lovers Cemetery for Man’s Best Friend in Illinois
Freeport resident Roy Spitler runs a private dog cemetery named Pets' Heaven beside his tourist cabins. The graveyard began with his dog Peg and grew to host 15 more dogs including others’ pets and strays. Spitler, custodian of Grace Episcopal Church, kept a simple, noncommercial burial site with a charted layout and modest fees.
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Freeport, Ill
Roy Spitler
Spitler
Spiller
Grace Episcopal Church
Freeport
Highway 20
Peg
Spider
Four People Rescued From San Antonio Fire
In San Antonio on May 4 two men received praise for saving four people from a fiery blaze. Ralph De La Garza entered a rear house and rescued three children, while Patrolman F A Toudouze pulled out the father, Joe Gonzales, after a kerosene stove exploded and ignited the fire. The house was destroyed by the blaze.
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San Antonio
Ralph de la Garza
F. A. Toudouze
Joe Gonzales
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Dener
Sue
Pinafores
Lacey
Shorty
Luanas
Chambrays
Jersey
Loafer
Rayon
Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y
William Lilley, Jr
Los Angeles
Lilley
Dept
Lely Nytima
Misty
Congress
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