Royall Opposes Weakened Armed Services Unification
Secretary of the Army Royall condemned the 1947 unification law as weak and costly. He urged stronger single command under the secretary of defense, including possible abolition of the Marine Corps, and criticized current joint chiefs of staff as an absurd setup.
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Washington
Royall
Armed Services
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate Armed Services Committee
Royal
Defense
Marine Corps
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Six Free Scott County Jail Escape Shocks Gate City
Six prisoners escaped from the Scott county jail this morning in Gate City Virginia. Two were recaptured by Sheriff Pendleton and deputies after bloodhound tracking. One turned himself in, while Parks and Tipton of Hill's Station hid until capture. Three more escapees Franklin Hammond Robert Brown and Wayne Myers remained at large.
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Gate City
Scott County
B. J. Pendleton
Pendleton
Joe Frazier
Paul Tipton
Hill
Thames Parks, Jr
Nicklesville
Bill Harris
Harris
Parks
Sheriff's Office
Franklin Hammond
Alley Valley
Robert Brown
Kingsport
Tenn
Wayne Myers
Smallpox Scars Saned Away by Sandpaper Method
Atlanta plastic surgeon Dr. John R. Lewis described removing smallpox scars with No 5 sandpaper. He said the skin heals between sandings and the procedure has smooth results with little after effects, noting a patient attended a ballgame the day after a session.
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Atlanta
John R. Lewis
Wise County Teachers Protest Over Levy Cut
About 5,000 Wise County students missed school as teachers protested a proposed levy reduction at a county supervisors meeting. The board recessed early to revisit the budget next Wednesday, with officials noting possible salary and bonus impacts if funds drop.
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Wise
Wise County
R. C. Hamblen
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Hamblen
J. Hart Pate
Osaka
Lawrence Field
Arno
Homer Johnson
Roda
Wise Elementary Principles’ Association
Ray Flanary
Big Stone Gap
Myrtle the heifer trapped in cistern endears herself to family
In Chilworth England Myrtle a heavy cow fell into a cistern while being led to a truck for market. Fire brigade teams freed her after pumping water and tearing a wall. Myrtle remained calm and the Ashworths joked they may not sell her now.
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Chilworth
England
Myrtle
Norman Ashworth
Ashworth
Surrey Fire Brigade
Mrs. Ashworth
Jersey Teachers Must Take Loyalty Oath
Five anti subversion bills requiring loyalty oaths for future public employees, school teachers, and office candidates were signed into law by Governor Alfred E. Driscoll. The act would mark on ballots those who refuse to take the oath, and asks but does not require oaths from 1949 election candidates.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
United States
UN votes to air Mindszenty trial at UN assembly
United Nations Assembly approved full airing of the Mindszenty trial and trials of 15 Bulgarian Protestant clergy. The vote was 30 to 7 with 28 to 20 abstentions. Some delegations may have been swayed by Scandinavian calls to address Hungary and Bulgaria before UN action.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.N
Shirley Temple Named America's Sweetest Mother
Chicago April 12 Actress Shirley Temple, wife of John Agar, was named America s Sweetest Mother by the Childcraft Advisory service. She is mother to 15 month old Linda Susan and resides with Agar in River Forest Illinois.
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Chicago
Shirley Temple
America
Childcraft Advisory Service
John Agar
River Forest
Linda Susan
Childcraft
Triple Murder Traced to Self Inflicted Death in Hillsville
The body of Troy Nester was found near the burned twin cabin after a fire killed his wife Juanita and his father Jim Nester and mother. Sheriff Jackson said Troy, 38, shot himself with a 16 gauge shotgun and the weapon lay across his body. Coroners labeled the case death by own action and murder, noting the father was shot prior to the blaze while the mother's and wife’s deaths could not be clearly determined. Relatives report Troy had poor health. a neighbor recalled Jim Nester being carried into Hillsville and speaking of sending his son to a mental institution.
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Hillsville
Troy Nester
Carroll County Sheriff Co. TI. Jackson
Nester
Claudie Sutphin
G. Goad
W. A. Porter
Jackson
Jim Nester
Juanita
Physician offers 519 acre farm to Dutch emigrants
Dr. J A Fox a retired Hinton physician 80 offers a 519 acre farm near Hinton West Virginia to a Dutch family headed by Peter Branderhost who arrived in New York. The property includes 294 acres of the Barger Spring tract once a health resort and Fox has owned the rest for 35 years He would modernize the farm and move the family in to start anew.
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Hinton
W. Va
New York
J. A. Fox
Peter Branderhost
New York Harbor
Wheeling
Catholic Church
Chinese Reds Press Attacks Near Nanking and Taivang
Chinese Communists stepped up pressure on the government near Nanking by landing about 1,000 veterans on Taivang island 70 miles southwest of Nanking under artillery cover. The assault began Monday night with contact soon lost, and reinforcements moved to the south bank aiming to use Taivang as a springboard into south China.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze
Taivang Island
South China
Freeman Ex Glames Toughy Freeman Ex Glames Toughy
Ray L Gibson of Freeman faced a drawn 410 gauge double barrel shotgun and, after a wild road chase and struggle on East River mountain, escorted the gunman Claude Belton to jail. Belton had side swiped a car carrying Ray and his brother Harold, leading to the confrontation.
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Ray L. Gibson
Freeman
East River Mountain
Claude Belton
Bluefield
Ray Gibson
Harold
Belton
Ray
Gibson Boys
Gibson
Final Homage Today For Kathy
San Marino California April 12 final homage will be paid to three year old Kathy Fiscus who fell into an 14 inch shaft in an Alhambra well Rescue efforts by 50 to 60 volunteers exceeded 50 hours as Donald T Metz led the first responders Family friends served as honorary pallbearers and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce organizes donations and considers Carnegie medals for heroism through the engineer and sandhog workers involved in the attempt to save her.
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San Marino
Calif
Bertrand R. Crist
David H. Fiscus
Donald T. Metz
Kathy
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Kathy Fiscus
Robert McCulloch
NEA Telephoto
Pravda Calls Ark Expedition Spy Mission
A Pravda commentator labeled a joint British American Dutch search for Noahs Ark as a spy expedition. The article claimed archeologists were intelligence officers, naming Egerton Sykes and others as involved. Sykes dismissed the charge, saying the team only aims to locate the ark with Turkish approval backing the project.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Mt. Ararat
Turkey
Porier
Egerton Sykes
Warsaw
Tehran
Iran
Moscow Radio
Armenia
London
Sykes
Hans Roozen
E. Aaron Smith
Greensboro
N. C
Royal Geological Society
Radford Arsenal to resume smokeless powder production
Radford Virginia April 12 AP Radford arsenal will resume powder manufacture in April after the War Department cancelled its ammonium nitrate solution contract effective April 14. Plant Manager W L Helter and Major John W Wray say operations will be scaled and staffed to avoid layoffs with about 150 workers currently employed.
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Radford
Radford Arsenal
Hercules Powder Company
Here
War Department
W. L. Helter
John W. Wray
Arsenal
Helter
Montgomery County
Pearl Harbor
Kidnapping Hoax Suspect Arrested in Beverly Hills
Five year old Joey Goodman was found unharmed after a reported $32 000 kidnapping. Police Chief Cr Anderson questioned the case noting doubt about the abduction and the money while Joseph Goodman his father was booked on grand theft in a separate matter.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Joey Goodman
Cr. H. Anderson
Joseph Goodman
Chief Anderson
Goodman
Mary Goodman
Los Angeles
Anderson
Norfolk
Be Grateful For Noise Says Army Engineers
Fort Monmouth New Jersey reports military scientists have developed a silent chamber to measure noise from generators and reduce it. Tests show 30 minutes of silence is nearly unbearable, prompting use of quieting methods to avoid revealing operator positions in the field.
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Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
House OKs five point three billion for European aid
The House passed a 5.33 billion dollar bill to extend Marshall Plan aid through July 1, 1950 after 13 hours of debate, with 354 voting for and 48 against. Senate approval followed earlier, with 70 to 7, sending the measure to conference for reconciliation.
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Washington
House
Senate
U. S
Nion
Convict 14 Nazis Of War Crimes
In Nuernberg on April 13 a U S war crimes court convicted 14 former Nazi officials of crimes against humanity for the murder of six million Jews. Judges split two to one with the majority saying those who signed death warrants are as guilty as those who killed. Two defendants were acquitted of mass murder. two were acquitted entirely and released. Otto Meissner and Otto von Erdmannsdorf were freed of all charges.
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Bremen
Germany
Bodo Fries
Fries
Ernst Sprenger
Wolfgang Windraat
Wolfgang
Nuernberg
U. S
Hitler
Otto Meissner
Otto von Erdmannsdorf
Foreign Office
Wrongfully Imprisoned Swede Receives Restitution
Stockholm reports restitution for Nils Andersson 71 who served 15 years after a 1933 murder conviction. The Swedish Supreme Court found the sentence wrongful and the government granted 148 484 crowns in compensation for time served.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nils Andersson
Supreme Court
Andersson
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