Mercy Killing Trial Opens For Harold Mohr In Allentown
Harold Mohr faces murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in Lehigh county for the mercy killing of his 55 year old cancer stricken brother Walter. Mohr pleaded not guilty as jury selection began and prosecutors consider a voluntary manslaughter verdict. Mohr describes Walter’s request to end his suffering and says he complied with a rifle shot to the head after a prior failing health journey.
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Allentown
Harold Mohr
Lehigh County
Mohr
James F
L Cneakeer
Morro Mohr
Walter
George S. Lehieh
Duetriet
Kenneth H. Koch
Army Medical Corm
Mar
Jessup Denies Taking Red Funds
Washington April 3 Am bevador at Large Phillip C Jessup defends himself against charges of misstatement by Senator McCarthy. He responds to a telegram from State Acheson regarding the Bet Ordey McCarthys demand that peace in 1942 and 1943 be penalized. McCarthy claims the funds came from Frederick Vanderbilt Feild whom he labeled Communist. Jessup asserts the contribution originated from Feeld and challenges the charges.
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Washington
Phillip C. Jes- Jessup
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Acheson
Bet Ordey McCarthys
Peece
American Council
Sald
Frederick Vanderbilt Feeld
98th Damage Suit In Fatal Donora Smog Filed
The 1948 Donora smog case grows with a federal filing by Mr and Mrs John Ryaby Jr and their minor daughter Barbara of Belle Vernon R D 1 seeking damages from American Wire and Iron company totaling 3 5 50 550 dollars The suit was entered in district court on April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potaburgh
John Ryaby, Jr
Barbara
Belle Vernon
Juveniles Arrested In Huntington Sex Party
Juveniles and two 21 year olds were arrested in Huntington during a police raid on a party described as a sex party. The man and woman were held for further investigation. Police did not provide full details of the venue or charges.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charleston Youth Admits Killing Father in Drunken Night
Fifteen year old James Emerson Basham of Hansford Charleston area confessed to murder after shooting his father Charles Ted Basham 45 a coal miner with a .22 rifle three times as he slept the youth had just returned from drinking at neighborhood taverns The warrant was issued by Magistrate H G Thayer He was taken to the Kanawha county child shelter Funeral services for Basham will be held at East Bank Wednesday
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Charleston Area
Charleston
W. Va
Hansford
James Emerson Basham
S. E. Tribett
H. G. Thayer
Kanawha County
Charles Ted Basham
Basham
Ruth
Tribett
James
East Bank High School
East Bank
Chapu
Hangchow Bay
Shanghai
Indicted in Roanoke abortion case adds charge against Fulton
In Roanoke a grand jury indicted Dartha Louise Fulton on abortion charges involving an 18 year old. Her Bedford murder case tied to the death of 24 year old Alice Marie Taylor proceeds with trial set for April 21. Fulton faces multiple indictments. Roanoke case likely to be resolved first amid May Bedford grand jury.
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Roanoke
Hustings Court
Dartha Louise Fulton
Bedford
Mrs. Fulton
Doris Milton
Alice Marie Taylor
Taylor
Brush Mountain
Blacksburg
Navy Aims More Destroyers and Patrol Planes
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman announced that boosting destroyers and patrol planes is the Navy’s top priority. He cited reduced active destroyers from 170 to 140 and patrol planes from 30 to 20 as unsatisfactory and aligned with Eisenhower’s defense buildup goals.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sherman
Eisenhower
German Born Bride Of GI Wins Battle To Enter U S
Ellen Knauff, born in Germany and married to American GI Kurt Knauff, won a subcommittee endorsement to enter the United States after Ellis Island detainment since 1948. She claimed a titled rival and gossip fueled the case, denying espionage or political motives and noting her RAF WAF service.
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U. S
Washington
Ellen Knauff
United States
U. S. Immigration Service
Oman
House Judiciary
Immigration Service
Knauff
Lodge Blasts Senate Red Probe Methods
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr condemned the McCarthy era inquiry as damaging to the United States and urged a bipartisan commission to uncover the truth. He argued current hearings smear innocents, miss real communists, and threaten foreign relations. He supported a nonpartisan confidential study and warned of grave consequences if the approach continues.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Senate
State Department
United States
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
Truman
FBI
Dream Of New World Circling Aviation Mark Ends For Flying Bixbys In India
Calcutta India April 3 The dream of Dianna and Bob Bixby to circle the globe ended when one engine cooled and failed forcing a return to Calcutta after a 11 836 mile leg of a 20735 mile journey from San Francisco toward Tokyo They had been 40 hours into the flight and well over halfway their plan to beat the 1947 Odom record.
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Mark
India
Calcutta
Dianna
Bob Bixby
Tokyo
Bill Odom
Bixbys
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Dumdum
Cairo
Odom
California
Red China
WVU Mining Students Tour Southern West Virginia Coal Fields
A group of 43 West Virginia University mining seniors travels through southern coal country. They arrived in Huntington after visiting the Tranx-Tracr plant at Ceredo, and will tour Island Creek Coal in Logan County Welch area, then inspect the New River field.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia University
College of Mines
West Virginia
Ceredo
Island Creek Coal Co
Logan County
Welch
New River
Man Disappearance at Sea Baffles California Officers
A German-born Detroit man, Theodore Donay, 51, missing at sea after a wartime treason conviction, puzzled California authorities. A note found in his Avalon hotel room indicates despair. naval search north of Santa Barbara found no sub activity.
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Man
California
Los Angeles
Theodore Donay
Detroit
Hans Peter Krug
Max Stephen
Avalon
Catalina Island
Donay
United States
Navy
Santa Barbara
Jase
Enaleen
Jobless Ranks Show Decrease Washington April 3
The March unemployment figure shows a drop in jobless ranks as the labor force expands. The total employed rose to 37 million with a gain in non-farm employment, while those not seeking work increased. Insight into farm sector shifts and labor-force participation appears in the report.
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Washington
Imerrase
Sus Bureen
No Progress In Search For Baby
New York police reported no progress in the kidnapping case of a two pound 11 ounce premature girl Chaneta Holden and her mother Anna Holden. Investigators traced a witness sighting of the woman with the infant near White Plains before boarding a bus toward Washington DC. FBI agents joined the hunt as detectives searched White Plains Md White Plains Va and the Bronx East River area where a male infant body was found on a rocky ledge but it was not the Holden child.
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New York
Washington, D. C
White Plains
Lincoln Hospital
Chaneta Holden
Washington
FBI
Chaneta
Clifford Holden
Wfe
Anna
Bronx
East River
Holden
Seventeen Trucks Overloaded Near Shady Springs Intersection
Beckley West Virginia April 3 Local state police checked trucks on Route 19 21 near Shady Springs intersection and found seventeen overloaded. Ezra Zirkle promised more road checks on overloading in the near future.
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Beckley
W. Va
Shady Springs
Ezra Zirkle
Taft Calls Congress to Strike Down NLRB Reorganization
Senator Taft of Ohio introduced a resolution to reject President Truman's plan to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board. He will testify before the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee to explain his opposition.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Key Club District Honors Won by Four Area Groups
Four area Key clubs earned top honors at the District Poor convention in Logan. Beaver High's Jim Lonquest won the state oratorical contest. Princeton High’s Swanson Pendleton elected lieutenant governor. Beckley High won the talent contest and Matoaka High the achievement report contest. Lonquest will compete nationally in Columbus.
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Logan
Beaver High School
Jim Longuest
Princeton High School
Swanson Pendleton
Buddy Ogg
Beckley
Lonquest
West Virginia
Columbus
United States
Canada
George Curry
Logan High School
Bob Nixon
Huntington East High School
Bob Hesson
Williamson High
Bob Chapman
Huntington East
J. Burns Havett
Charlies Town
Kiwanis International
Key Club
State High Schawls
Principe
Pax McDade
Logan High Schoo
Merrill Atkinson
Logan Kiwenian
Ome
Appalachian Electric P Wer
Jack Egnor
East High S
Logen Kiwanis Club
Mesonic Temple
Woodrow Wilson
Hoe
Kev Clute
Baby Tornado Destroys Plane at Harvey Young Airport
A small tornado at Harvey Young airport southeast of Tulsa demolished a single engine airplane late this afternoon. The loss is estimated at 2000 dollars while nine other tied down planes suffered no damage. No injuries were reported.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harvey Young
Bluefield Man Hit By Train Near Norfolk and Western Tracks
John Henry Veneil of Bluefield was struck by a train near the Norfolk and Western line around 8 PM leaving him with a deep head gash and other injuries. He was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium in critical condition. several witnesses and a Virginia police investigation followed as doctors assessed his injuries.
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John Henry Veneil
Bluefield
Ast
Norfolk and Western
Bluefiews
Varad
Graham High
Santttano
Craryr Batley
Springville
Rerwigent
Gg. A
Deoi Vigginia
Bluefield Sanitarium
Iipetins
Virginia Hospital Construction May Face Delays
Lawmakers debate funding for a Virginia hospital project as the appropriations panel trims the current year budget by substantial sums. Representative Gary and committee members argue for restoring funds to cover projects and added federal sources, noting the impact on the Johnson Memorial and Giles Memorial facilities and a revised sewer program.
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Comade
Howe
Aries
Scouse
Gary
D-Ve
Amneten Johnson
Giles
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Unistory
Harold
D. A
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Wilbur H. Russel
Springfield
Cincinnati
Russel
Ann
Naval Hospital
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Kremlin
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
South Korea
Atlantic Monthly
Subcommittee
Tydings
D-Md
Federal Bureau of Investigation
WVU Mining
Welch Area
Pts
Red
Taipei
Formosa
First Air
Suchow
Nanking
Shanghai-Hanacaon
Princeton
Pewee
Harvey
Gore
Luther Mowery
Boa
Lee Patrice
Fei. Va
Vieitec
Hesepita
John Henry Veo Eilease
McDowell Law
A. M
T. Clair
Coumtty
Cole Imate
Punee Alhaers
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