Senate weighs Malmedy trials and death sentences
Secretary of the Army Royall urged the Senate Armed Services Committee to consider restoring the death penalty for Malmedy massacre Nazis or freeing them if prosecutors used improper methods. He warned public judgment would be divided either way and said final decision awaits Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Royall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Malmedy
Belgium
Congress
Roya
Senate
Lucius Clay
McCarthy
R-Wis
Antwerp
Peiper
Joachim Peiper
Legal Moves Ahead in Lias Tax Trial
Fairmont West Virginia April 18 more legal moves surfaced as federal court prepared for the Lias tax trial. William G. Lias Wheeling night club and race track owner faces charges of underpaying income taxes from 1942 to 1946. Attorneys Frank OBrien Sr stated plans to attend court while challenging the indictment on grounds of grand jury procedure and the involvement of an internal revenue agent.
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Fairmont
W. Va
William G. Lias
Lias
Wheeling
Frank O’brien
Harry E. Watkins
Internal Revenue
French Coal Men To Visit Mines In State
Eleven representatives of the French coal industry arrived by plane from Paris and will proceed to Pittsburgh for an International Labor Organization conference. The party includes the French government, coal miners, and labor unions with delegates planning coal mine tours in Pennsylvania and West Virginia after the conference.
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New York
Paris
Pittsburgh
International Labor Organization
Capital Airlines
Andre Lavila
Ministry of Commerce
Cosal
Pennsylvania
West
Mother Admits Kidnapping Hoax In Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills police say Mrs. Joe Goodman admitted staging a hoax kidnapping of her five year old son Joey to hide gambling losses at the race track. Friends of Goodman were booked on conspiracy to commit grand theft but released as the case is treated as civil.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Aes
Osse € S
C. H. Anderson
Joe Goodman
Anderson
George Kemp
Goodman
Norfolk, Va
Joey
Drum Corps Drill Practice Set For Wednesday Evening
The Bluefield American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle corps holds an important drill practice tomorrow at 6 30 PM at Municipal Stadium. Corps officials urge every member to be present.
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Bluefield American Legion
Municipal Stadium
Not An Ordinary Night At The Hotel Vancouver
Vancouver police officer Nick Alonzo confronted two men climbing the 235 foot chimney at midnight. They descended with bedsheets and one man announced at the bottom that a baby had been born, carrying a message for the town. The incident centered on a hospital visit and a stunt that drew constable’s ire.
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Vancouver
B. C
Nick Alonzo
Berlin Peace Feelers Hinted Amid Berlin Blockade
Washington reports indicate American officials expect a secret Soviet proposal to lift the Berlin blockade soon. Diplomats note rumors of peace feelers from Berlin while stressing any talks must favor western terms and access to Ruhr industry.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
Berlin
Soviet Bloc
West
Moscow
Germany
Acheson
United States
Britain
France
Ruhr
West Virginia Highway Deaths Reach 84 This Year
Three weekend fatalities brought West Virginia road deaths for the year to 84. Victims include Truman F. Knight 58 struck on State Route 20 in Harrison County Paul Lewis Melott 22 killed in State Route 2 crash Wetzel County and Sam Skaff 68 knocked down in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State
Trial By Smoke Begins In Donora Smog Experiment
Donora Pennsylvania April 18 a four day trial by smoke began to recreate industrial conditions blamed for 22 deaths last fall U S Public Health Service technicians aim to duplicate a dense fog like the deadly smog as zinc works Beherst Webster Donora Steel and Wire Co operate to vent smoke across the river toward Webster officials insist the test carries no danger and will end at first sign of replication of last year s conditions
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Donora
U. S. Public Health Service
Monongahela River
Webster
Webster Society For Better Living
Opera- Steel & Wire Company
Zinc Works
Witness Tells Of Plans For Revolt In Georgia
A Georgia Negro, William O'Dell Nowell, federal employee, testified in a conspiracy trial that a Negro nation would emerge from violent revolution in the South. He described Moscow training and lectures on overthrow of capitalism to spread communism from Virginia to the Mississippi Delta, warning the segregation strategy would use Negroes as tools for a northern and national uprising. Nowell, an INS employee, spoke in a long federal court session before Judge Harold R. Medina.
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New York
Georgia
Howell
United States
Virginia
Mississippi
Nowell
South
Federal Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington, D. C
First Atomic Age Carrier Keel Layed at Newport News
The keel of the United States atomic age aircraft carrier, a 65 000 ton ship, was laid at Newport News on April 18. The $186 million vessel will feature a 1 090 foot flight deck, flush design, no island, and is slated for completion in 1952 amid debate over its cost and strategic value.
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Newport News
United States
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Louis Johnson
Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
U. S. Navy
Republic
James River
Senate Debates Housing Bill Amid Rural and City Needs
Rural areas bear some of the worst housing conditions, Senator Frear says as parliament considers a multi billion housing bill. Senator Flanders notes urban need, with session paused for opening AL game. The plan includes 81,000 public housing units and a 1.5 billion five year slum clearance program.
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Washington
Frear
D-De
Senate
Flanders
R-Vi
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
Wash
America
Reds Poised For Attack In China
AP dispatch from Nanking reports Communist forces about one million strong ready to cross the Yangtze tomorrow as the government surrender deadline expires. Nationalist leaders admit failure to stop a Red victory and contemplate a coalition government as Chiang Kai-Shek's line wavers.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Li Tsung-Jen
Chikow
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Shanghai-Nanking
Tang En-Po
Speedy Jet Plane Crashes On Takeoff At Municipal Airport
A North American F86 Sabre jet crashed during takeoff at a municipal airport in Los Angeles and immediately exploded into flames. Fire crews rushed nineteen pieces of equipment toward nearby gas and oil tanks as the craft plummeted after lifting clear.
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Los Angles
Dover mothers and sons linked to second lonely hearts killings
Delaware state police tied a twice married mother Inez Brennan and her two sons to a second lonely hearts murder. The confessions describe the shotgun slayings of Hugo Schultz and Wade Wooldridge, with bodies burned and discarded after thefts on Brennan farm.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Herbert Barnes
Hugo Schultz
Epson
N. H
Wade N. Wooldridge
Barnes
Schultz
Brennan
New Hampshire
Grennan
Wooldridge
Bedford
Communists Said Target Paris Peace Conference to Spur Disobedience
The committee charged Communists engineered the Paris peace conference to mobilize scientists for civil disobedience against the United States. It linked the New York World Peace conference to anti Marshall plan activity and urged disclosure of atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
the House
American Activities Committee
Paris
New York
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Richard Boyer
United States
Raymond Boyer
Allan Nunn May
Frederick Joliot-Curie
No Accord Yet In Giles Bus Row
A lengthy conference in Richmond at the State Labor Commissioner’s office aimed to resolve disputes between Celco Bus Lines of Parisburg and United Construction Workers. The union claims a lockout after stalled negotiations. about 20 drivers affected. Celco serves Radford area and transports a third of Celanese plant workers near Narrows.
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Richmond
State Commisioner of
Celco
Parisburg
United Construction Workers
E. M. Boggs
T. H. Price
United Mine Workers
Radford
Celanese
Narrows
Nevada Divorces Overturned Across State Lines
The Supreme Court, by five to four, ruled that Nevada quickie divorces can be overturned by other states under certain conditions. Justice Jackson dissented, warning the decision adds confusion to divorce laws. Connecticut set aside a Reno divorce for Herbert N. Rice and denied his widow’s claim, affecting Hermanine P. Rice's rights.
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Washington
Nevada
Justice Jackson
Connecticut
Reno
Herbert N. Rice
New Haven
Lallian P. Rice
Woodbridge
Irish President Urges Restore of Ancient Language
President Sean T. O Kelly urged Irish people to abolish English usage and revive Zaelec in a radio address as Ireland became independent after 780 years of British rule. Premier Costello proposed Ulster self rule end to partition with an all Ireland regime handling defense.
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Dublin
Ireland
Sean T. O'Kelly
Republic of Ireland
O'Kelly
Republic
van Dmihlin
Britain
Republi
Isle
Ulster
Great Britain
John A. Costello
All Ireland
Tee
Commonwealth
Eisler Loses Round In Jail Sentence Appeal
German academic Eisler, 53, lost another appeal in his bid to avoid two jail terms in the United States. The federal appeals court refused to overturn his conviction for hiding Communist links while seeking a permit to depart. He faces one to three years plus a separate contempt sentence of one year and a $1,000 fine and has appealed to the Supreme Court. He remains free on bond as he pursues deportation hearings and sought UN help to leave voluntarily.
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Washington
Gearhart Eisler
Germany
Federal Court of Appeals
House
Supreme Court
Eisler
United Nations Assembly
Trygve Lie
Bond
Heroic Mother Saves Children From Flames
Mrs Dorothy Plum of Newell West Virginia rescued two children from a burning home then returned to save a third as flames swept the house from an overheated coal stove. Fire Chief Harry Lytton said the Newell volunteer department responded to the blaze.
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Newell
W. Va
Dorothy Plum
Hancock County
Harry Lytton
Newell Volunteer Department
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