Byrd Seeks Clarification On Atlantic Pact Arms Obligation
Senator Byrd asks Secretary Acheson if ratification commits the United States to supply military arms to NATO allies. He inquires about any communications creating a moral obligation and whether such commitments exist, as Senate hearings on the pact begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
R.-Va
Acheson
Congress
State Department
United States
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Housing Program Seems Assured
A key House opponent suggests the vast housing program may pass, with the Senate approved measure enabling 810,000 public housing units and a $275 million farm housing plan over six years. The plan would rely on rents and local contributions, backed by federal loans and grants, and a five year slum clearance program. The House Banking Committee resumes hearings after a ten day Easter recess with hopes of rapid passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking
Senate
Truman
House Banking Committee
Spence ‘D-Ky
Convict Held in Slaying of EightYearOld in Bronx Park
In New York City a 36 year old ex convict released less than three weeks ago is charged with strangling eight year old Jackie Goldsmith during a fishing trip near Starlight Park in the Bronx. Assistant District Attorney Edward Breslin says John Sain admitted the murder after being cleared of prior slave charges. The body was found garroted behind a pool tank. medical exam indicates a sex attack occurred, though Sain denies sexual motivation and claims the death followed an argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jackie Goldsmith
Bronx
Edward Breslin
John Sain
Jackie
Starlight Park
Sai
Trial Set Today For Accused Spy
Judith Coplon, a 27 year old Justice Department worker, faces charges of copying and removing confidential documents to aid a foreign nation. She is scheduled for trial in Washington and is under New York indictment with Valentine Gubitchev for conspiring to obtain secret data. The FBI said she carried intelligence reports in her purse during a March 4 arrest on Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
Petite Brunet
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
United States
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Third Avenue
FBI
Fairmont Divided Over Change In Time
Fairmont West Virginia faced a split on time tonight as about half the city shifted to daylight saving while the other half stayed on standard time. The city board had voted for DST but a preliminary injunction blocked it. Most churches kept to fast time with downtown stores planning DST tomorrow. Public schools and city offices stayed on standard time awaiting court outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Showdown On Truman Bills Opens In Congress
Washington reports two major Truman aims face key votes this week in Congress. The House meets after Easter for a test on repealing Taft Hartley with a Wood substitute shaping the line up. The Senate will consider education aid proposing 300 million dollars yearly to assist state schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
GOP
Labor Committee
Market Robbery Netted 2500 Amid Daring Break-In
Suspects busted into Acme Super Market at 928 Bluefield Avenue by using a coal chute to reach the basement then pried open a safe on the ground floor. They left two twenty-dollar bills visible and scattered change as they fled through a side door. Police link the crime to a prior National Biscuit Company theft last weekend that netted 623.88 cash. Authorities, including Police Chief Arnold G Porter field and state trooper Bazzie, gathered clues and fingerprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme
Bluefield Avenue
National Biscuit Company
Jimmy Marks
Arnold G. Porterfield
E. D. Bazzie
Princeton
L. H. Cook
R. O. Bond
Bluefield
Bazzie
L. B. French
R. W. Smith
Super Market
Sidney Peery
North Tazewell
Biscuit Company
New Orleans Couple Bring Blind Twins to New Jersey for Sight Hope
A New Orleans couple arrived with infant twin sons Kenny and Denny Hoffman both blind since birth hoping medical science can restore sight. The twins were flown to Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, from New Orleans and brought to a hotel in New York.
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New York
New Orleans
Kenny
Denny Hoffman
Teterboro
Airport
N. J
British Aitle Chooses Reds Over England Moscow
Archibald R Johnston, editor of Britanski Soyuznik, claims Labour government warms Britain to the United States. He says he will stay in the Soviet Union to work for peace and denounces Western democracies, criticizing embassy prodded power projection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Attlee
Britain
United States
Archibald R. Johnston
Soviet Union
Johnston
Britanski Soyuznik
British Foreign Office
Russia
Britansky Soyuznik
America
Bunche Considered for State Department Post
Dr. Ralph Bunche the United Nations Palestine mediator was reported under consideration for nomination as assistant secretary of state. Inform officials said he is likely one of four new aides to Secretary of State Acheson as Congress weighs authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Officaals
State Acheson
Congress
Lonely Hearts Case Stirring Dover Murder Probe
Police hunt missing men tied to Mrs Inez Brennan a jailed murder suspect in the slayings of two elderly men. Brennan and her sons faced charges amid a web of lonely hearts letters and suspected robberies with enquiries extending nationally. George Brennan 17 described her persuasive powers while his father prepares to testify as investigators pursue more missing people linked to the case.
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Dover
Del
Inez Brennan
Lonely Hearts Letters
Barnes
George
Edna
San Antonio
Dether
Virginia
Robert
C. B. Scull, Jr
Brennan
Scull
Wade N. Wooldridge
Bedford
Hugo Schulz
Concord
N. H
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Horsepond Road
Harvey Drumheller
Laurel Springs
N. J
Fred W. Schub
Salisbury
Charles L. Heppard
Andrewsville
Brennan Farm
UMW Policy Group Plans Contract Battle in April Session
The United Mine Workers prepare for contract talks with soft coal mine owners led by John L. Lewis. The 200-member policy committee will shape demands ahead of a June 30 contract expiry, with aims including a seven to 30 hour work week shifts, higher health fund royalties, and wage terms amid a coal slump. District 2 proposes a seven hour day at eight hour pay.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW Health and Welfare Fund
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Kennedy
International Labor Organization
Pittsburgh
Health and Welfare Fund
District 2
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Southern Coal Producers Association
Reds Trap Nationalists as Shanghai–Hangchow Rail Seen Cut
Chinese Communist forces swept into Nanking and captured Kashing a key rail junction 53 miles southwest of Shanghai severing the main retreat route for 300 000 nationalist troops. Reds claimed 600 000 in the drive toward Hangchow with Taiyuan fall and Nanking airfield strafing adding to the momentum.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Red
Yangtze
Shanzhai
Kashing
Gashing
Kunshan
Associated Press
Seymour Top- Ping
Topping
Taiyuan
Seymour Topping
Changshan Road
Executive Yuan
Kunshan Village
Communist Radio
Pittsburgh
China
Packard Plant Strike Ordered in Detroit Jubilee
CIO United Auto Workers Local 190 ordered a midnight strike at Packard Motor Car in Detroit affecting nine thousand workers after a mass meeting of about one thousand members. The walkout followed a 2000 dealer celebration and cited grievances including discharge, seniority violations, shop access, health hazards, and paint concerns ahead of the Jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Local
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
Ralph Urban
International Union
International Executive Board
Urban
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Lincoln
Five accused bandits face grand jury today in Baltimore
In Baltimore on April 24 five men accused of two bank holdups will be presented to the grand jury. Robberies at Union Trust Walbrook on February 15 and Occident Federal Savings and Loan on January 28 yielded over 34000 dollars. Roy L. Mann 27 of Labration West Virginia pleaded guilty to a three man armed robbery conspiracy. Mann holds 73000 bail for a hearing May 4. Carl Close and James Bennett are jailed in Tennessee on conspiracy charges tied to the Folllowsbee WV holdup. Joseph W Morgan 24 of Pittsburgh and Audrey Fay Lynn 22 of Hickman County Tennessee arrested with Close face transfer to West Virginia for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. Bernard Wells
Union Trust Company
Walbrook
Occident Federal Savings and Loan
Roy L. Mann
Mann
Labration
W. Va
Carl Close
James Bennett
FBT
Tennessee
Follawsbee
U. S
Tom Clark
FBI
Maryland
Don Hostetter
Memphis
Close
West Virginia
Joseph W Morgan
Pittsburgh
Audrey Fay Lynn
Hickman County
Three Groups Seek Leadership In Union In Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on April 24 the AFL joins the CIO Electrical Workers Union at Sylvania Electric Products Co as a three way leadership struggle widens. The CIO factory has two rival factions with a recently ousted group accusing the ruling wing of left wing leadership while the AFL campaign under Frank Smith of Cleveland mounts an organizing drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Sylvania Electric Products Co
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Warborn Naval Contract
CIO Electrical Workers Union
CIO
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Frank Smith
Cleveland
Nine Die as Train Strikes Truck in Tennessee
Nine persons killed when a Tennessee Central freight train rammed a truck at a crossing near Gordonsville. Identified victims include Mr and Mrs Jess Bennett and their three sons from Hogans Creek, Mr and Mrs Paul Dickens and baby, and Cooney Bennett. Two others were injured, one seriously. The crash occurred two miles east of Gordonsville at the Duke Preston crossing.
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Carthage
Tenn
Tennessee Central
Gordonsville
Andy Reed
The
Carthage Courier
Jess Bennett
Hogans Creek
Paul Dickens
Baby
Cooney Bennett
Jess Bennet
Reed
Dude Preston
Solving Murder May Involve Outside Crime Expert
Riverside: Authorities say an external crime expert may assist the investigation into the slaying of 68 year old John E. Owen president of the National Association of Apartment House Owners. His 53 year old secretary Agnes E. Garnier is in custody accused of murder after a disputed incident tied to Miss Irene Rich and a set of cocktail glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Owen
National Apartment House Owners Association
Jurupa Ranch
Riverside
Calif
Sheriff's
Agnes E. Garnier
Owen
Garnier
Irene Rich
National Association of
Riverside Ranch
Dist
Atty
William Mackey
Virginia Electric Wage Dispute Settled
Richmond April 24 The Tri State strike threat by Virginia Electric and Power company union workers ended at 3 15 p m when an accord granting an eight percent wage increase was read Federal conciliator S P Brewer and state labor commissioner Edmond M Boggs announced after a four day session ending the four day negotiation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tri-State
Virginia Electric and Power Company
S. P. Brewer
Edmond M. Boggs
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Robert Hoelzle
Okinawa
Painters Union
New Brunswick
Hitler
London
Bunche
Bny
Virginia Electric
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