Labraton Man Confesses To Two Bank Robberies
A 26 year old Labraton man, Roy Mann, admitted night participation in two Baltimore bank robberies. He said two Latrobe brothers in law, James Burnett and Carl Close, aided him. Baltimore robberies netted $2,961 and $30,068 respectively, links to a Follansbee heist were disputed.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Labraton
Baltimore
R. W. Boyles
Roy Mann
Boyles
Mann
James Burnett
Carl Close
Latrobe
Occident Federal Savings and Loan Association
Walborook
Union Trust Company
Occident Association
Bank of Follansbee
Ross Dye
Follansbee
Weirton
Ohio
Adams
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Andrew J. Hudock
Hudock
Burnett
James A. Davis
U S seeks release of American relief worker in Prague
The United States embassy demanded the release of Vlasta Vraz, an American relief worker detained in Prague. Officials provided no comment from the Czechoslovak foreign office as the embassy pressed for her early release and details of charges, if any.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Vlasta Vraz
Foreign Office
Miss Vraz
Berwyn
Ill
American Relief For
Washington
Czechslovak
Giant XC-99 Flies With 100000-Pound Load
Convair's XC-99 transport, touted as the world's largest plane, lifted off from Carswell air base with a 100000 pound cargo. Officials say the flight is part of normal testing, not a stunt, ahead of a potential air force purchase.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Convair
Carswell Air Base
Air Force
Pulaski Forest Fire Expands Amid High Winds
A forest fire on Peak Knob near Pulaski Virginia raged out of control with 20 to 40 mph winds. It destroyed three homes and disrupted telephone service between Pulaski Wytheville Galax and Hillsville as 100 volunteers battled the flames.
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Pulaski
Peak Knob
Wytheville
Galax
Hillsville
WPUV
Pulaski County
Jesse King
Farlier
Dick Page
Ed Hummell
Chan Wysor
Virginia Forest Service
Richlands
Raven
Waite
Harlan County
Kentucky
Lee County
Virginia
Grasshopper Mailmen May Get Star Routes
Ex GI pilots with light planes may carry mail if Congress approves Postmaster General Donaldson plan. Senator Johnston expects a bill to authorize grasshopper pilots as contract mail carriers for star routes up to 200 miles at 20 cents per airplane mile. two routes already operate in the Great Lakes region.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
J. M. Donaldson
Johnston
Senate Post Office Committee
Alaska
Post Office Department
Great Lakes
Winds Sweep Across Section Area Braces for More Gales
Area residents face continued high winds and plunging temperatures with a frost forecast for tonight. Sun and warmer weather expected Sunday. Yesterday’s gusts damaged a Beckley awning truck on Lovell avenue and shattered two large plate glass windows on Mercer Street. milk bottles were blown from porches and breakfast supplies disrupted. The Appalachian Electric Company reported no power-line damage.
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Beckley
Epp Asbury
Lovell Avenue
Princeton
Mercer Street
Appalachian Electric Company
Chilly Easter Weekend Forecast For West Virginia
West Virginians face a cold Easter weekend with a Sunday morning low around 32 in Huntington and the Ohio Valley. A cold wave from the west lowers temperatures below normal for this time of year while rain or snow is not expected Sunday.
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West
Soviet Envoy Quits Amid Iran Tensions Over Border Incidents
In Tehran envoy Ivan Sadchikov left for Russia amid strained ties after border clashes near the Caspian and the Shah’s shooting. Russia expands consulate closures. Iran refuses visas for deportees and scrutinizes foreign nationals amid broader Russia Iran frictions.
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Iran
Tehran
Ivan Sadchikov
Russia
Sadchikov
Moscow
Chutes From Golden Gate Lands In Jail
Robert L. Niles, 22, Oakland stunt jumper, parachuted from the Golden Gate bridge and was rescued by a power cruiser. He was arrested for disturbing the peace and public nuisance and jailed pending bail. He said the chute opened at 200 feet and he hit the water in 12 seconds.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Robert L. Niles
Oakland
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
City
Niles J
N and W names J P Jackson new western division chief
J P Jackson will succeed O M Dawson as general superintendent of the Norfolk and Western Railway western general division with headquarters in Bluefield. The appointment takes effect April 16. Jackson, previously eastern general division superintendent, becomes Roanoke based alongside C P Blair and W T Ross who receive new posts.
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J. P. Jackson
O. M. Dawson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Jackson
C. P. Blair
W. T. Ross
Blair
Roanoke
Railway
Radford
Lynchburg
Shenandoah
Scioto
Pocahontas
VPI
Motive Power
Norfolk
University of Virginia School of Engineering
Jaeger
Chinese Aid Row Breaks Over Acheson
Senator Bridges calls for a full congressional inquiry into U S policy toward China accusing Secretary Acheson of sabotaging the nationalist effort to keep part of China free He opposes Senator McCarrans 1 5 billion loan plan and says Achesons letter shows a weaker China policy The State Department declined to comment The proposal would fund military aid civilian relief and currency stabilization for China
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Washington
Bridges
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
U. S
Morse
Adkerson
Congress
State Department
McCarran
Truman
Pope Pius XII urges international rule for Jerusalem
Pope Pius XII called for internationalization of the Jerusalem area and a true peace in Palestine. In a Good Friday letter, Roman Catholic bishops worldwide were urged to work for peace and Catholic rights in the Holy Land as the UN 1947 partition plan faltered amid ongoing conflict. Trans- Jordan holds the old city while Israel controls the new city and asserts sovereignty over all Jerusalem.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Trans- Jordan
Israel
Crying statue phenomenon shocks Syracuse diocese
In Syracuse on April 15 the diocesan chancellor called the liquid drops on a broken St. Ann statue a phenomenon amid multiple witnesses after 11 year old Shirley Anne Martin kissed it. No miracle was claimed and authorities offered no explanation while a shrine plan emerged from her grandfather.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Catholic
St. Ann
Shirley Anne Martin
Robert E. Dillon
James Secrets
Secrets
Shirley Anne
Martin
Laura Allen
Mercer Medical Group Attacks AMA Over Truman Health Plan
Mercer County Medical Society officials rebut Dr. Channing Frothingham and AMA critics backing President Truman’s proposed compulsory health and hospital insurance funded by payroll tax. The group accuses AMA of lobbying for socialized medicine and notes extensive growth in voluntary prepaid plans across states.
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Mercer Medical Group
AMA
Truman Health Plan
County Society
Frothingham
Washington
Truman
William Green
White House
Green
Congress
AFL
Committee On
Channing Frothingham
Massachusetts State Medical Society
James B. Carey
CIO
Harvey Brown
International Association of Machinists
State of the Union
United States
American Medical Association
Senate
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
Donnell
Carey
Mercer County Medical Society
Chanening Frothingham
Massachuset‘s State Medical Society
Committee On the Nation's Health
Mercer County
Three Die In Mine Blast In Southwest
In Tyrone New Mexico three men died in a Burro Chief Flourspar mine explosion 500 feet underground. The dead were Carol E. Roberts Ted Joe Morgan and Joe Medrano with shift foreman Roberts killed instantly. Morgan and Medrano died later in Silver City hospital. Marcus Cardena escaped injury.
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Silver City
N. M
Burro Chief
Tyrone
Phelps Dodge Corp
Marcos Cardena
Carol E. Roberts
Ted Joe Morgan
Alma
Joe Mao
Gila
Morgan
Medrano
McDonald
Reds Brand Pope Pius Truman Aggressors
Bucharest April 15 Cominform bulletin declares that President Truman Pope Pius XII British Foreign Secretary Bevin Winston Churchill and Generalissimo Franco are potential aggressors. It says these men will not unleash war amid rising peace movement and freedom. The bulletin outlines a new propaganda line portraying the Soviet Union and world Communists as striving to maintain world peace.
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Bucharest
Romania
Cominform Bulletin
Truman
Pope Pius XII
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Generalissimo Franco
Spain
Communist International Information Bureau
Soviet Union
Navy Gunners Die in Hollister Explosion at Sea
Pearl Harbor April 15 three Navy men died and 11 were injured when an explosion tore a gun mount aboard the destroyer Hollister during anti aircraft practice forty miles at sea from Pearl Harbor. The gun crew captain killed outright was gunner’s mate Max M. Archibeque a Navy Cross recipient known for firefighting on the cruiser San Francisco. His sister lives in Salt Lake City. Cause of the accident is under investigation.
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Pearl Harbor
Hollister
Max M. Archibeque
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Actress Says She'll Wed Mickey Rooney in Las Vegas
Actress Martha Vickers 23 says she is in Las Vegas to obtain a divorce so she can marry Mickey Rooney in June. Rooney 28 is in town. he and Vickers toured night spots while Rooney’s divorce from Betty Jane is to be finalized May 28.
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Las Vegas
Martha Vickers
Mickey Rooney
Miss Vickers
A. C. Lyles
California
Rooney
Betty Jane
Base Lias Trial On Tax Charges
William G. Lias Wheeling race track owner faces trial on income tax evasion charges for 1942 to 1946. The case centers on where the indictment was drawn and allows use of taxes owed figures from Wheeling in Fairmont proceedings. Lias previously pleaded guilty to one count in a related indictment. three counts were dropped and he received a five year sentence with fine.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Wheeling
William G. Lias
Harry E. Watkins
U. S
C. Lee Spillers
Spillers
David O. Goldberg
Wheeling Public Accountant
Carl Watson
Internal Revenue Department
Lias
William E. Baker
Baker
Ison
AEP Purchase In McDowell Approved
The Appalachian Electric Power Company received Public Service Commission authority to buy an electrical distribution system from Jones and Laughlin Steel for 4257.18 dollars at Twin Branch camp in McDowell County.
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Charleston
W. Va
The
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Public Service Commission
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Twin Branch Camp
McDowel County
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