Lonely Hearts killers die in Sing Sing chair
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez died in Sing Sing’s electric chair the night of March 8 1950. Fernandez went first followed by Beck in the quad execution, after appeals failed. The couple murdered Albany widow Janet Fay in 1949 and targeted other women through lonely hearts clubs.
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Suave Raymond Fernandez
Martha Beck
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Raymond Fernandez
Fernandez
King
New York
Lonely Hearts
Albany
Janet Fay
Mrs. Beck
Higeait
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S. Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Washington
So Cervandes
Valley Stream
Long Island
Deliphone Downing
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rainelle
Beck
Michigan
Mney
K P Wer
William Hope
Queens
Powder Puff Triggers Smoke Alarm At Local Home
Firemen from the city investigated a smouldering powder puff found atop a lamp in Mrs. Carrie Salco s residence at 2334 Walton Ave The puff contacted the light bulb and heat caused it to smoulder filling the house with smoke prompting a fire department response led by Fire Chief E L McClure.
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E. L. McClure
Carrie Salco
Walton Ave
Resiner McClure
Gas Expert Probes Bluefield State Blast Scene
Gas expert T Moore chief engineer for Godfrey L Cabot Co reports after investigation at Conley Hall Bluefield State College damaged by a blast. State officials led by Parker Wilson deputy fire marshal say explosion likely due to gas accumulation though type unknown. Two injured workers treated at St Marys Hospital reported doing fine. others released after treatment. East wing and stairway suffered heavy damage with shattered windows.
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T. Moore
Godfrey L. Cabot Co
Conley Hall
Bluefield State College
Parker Wilson
Princeton
Moore
Bluefield
Hinton
Bluefield Gas Co
H. L. Dickason
St. Mary's Hospital
Sidney Rowland
Sussex St
Foster E. Antony
Trooper Mercer Injured After Fugitive Capture in Virginia Hills
Trooper Luther Mercer of the Virginia state police was injured during a pursuit of an AWOL soldier in Tazewell county. He was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium and released after overexertion. The chase ended near Springton with the fugitive captured and Mercer later sent home to rest.
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Luther Mercer
Virginia State Police
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tazewell County
Virginia
Mercer
Springton
Virginia Side
W. L. Kelly
Battles Near Seoul and Pangnim Mark Major Day of Offense
Allied forces push through snow covered Korea front with up to 2.5 miles gain as 11,400 enemy losses on opening day set a record. Canadian Princess Patricia's Own and British units support US 8th Army in steep hill assaults near Yangpyong Yonada and Honechon, while Marines clear hill positions along the Hoengsong Honechon road.
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Tokyo
Poe
35Th
Seoul
U. S. Seventh Division
Pangnim
United Nations
Canada
Princess Patricia's Own
First Cavalry Division
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Yangpyong
Han River
U. S. First Cavalry
Yongdu
Honechon
66Th Army
Princess Pats
Yonada
U. S
Hoengsong- Honechon
Honachon
North
South Korea
I Hoengsong
Hongchon
Wage Hikes Okayed By Johnston Amid Cotton Price Clash
Washington reports patent friction over mobilization wage controls as Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston issues a three part order expanding cost of living raises for potentially hundreds of thousands of unorganized workers. DiSalle defends cotton price controls amid congressional hearings and AFL leaders press for broader mobilization changes.
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Eric Johnston
Johnston
Dunham Says He Was Chosen as Fall Guy in RFC Inquiry
Senate Banking subcommittee hearings reveal Walter L. Dunham testified a fellow RFC director asked him to resign and act as the fall guy in the probe into political influence on RFC lending. Dunham linked C Edward Rowe to pressuring him to sign memos with his resignation.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance
Truman
Boston
Mass
RFC
Walter L. Dunham
John R. Steelman
Dunham
Boston Common
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Fulbright
C. Edward Rowe
N. Dunham
Rowe
Asre
Department of Justice
William E. Willett
Pulbright
Capehart
R-Ind
Four Navy Men Die In Crash Off Chesapeake Bay
Four navy crewmen were killed when a twin engine bomber, a P-4M, crashed in the Chesapeake bay near the mouth of the Rappahannock River. No survivors were found. Comdr A O Morris said salvage efforts continued at daybreak and that identity of the airmen would be released after next of kin notification.
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Patuxent
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Rappahannock River
A. O. Morris
Naval Air Station
Coast Guard
Piney Point
Morris
Price Director Signs Order Cutting Soap Costs
Washington March 8 Price Director Michael V DiSalle announced a lower price for household soap set to save about one cent per bar. The OPS will require manufacturers to revert to December price levels, affecting brands like Colgate and Procter Gamble while Lever Brothers may escape a rollback. Retailer adjustments depend on whether past increases were passed to customers.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
Georgetown University Law School
Manu
Colgate
Procter & Gamble
Lever Brothers
Mines Chief Cleared in West Virginia Probe
A Charleston house committee cleared Mines Chief Arch J. Alexander and department employees of charges of financial interest in state coal mines. It found no direct or indirect mining ties at the time and said leasing coal land in Putnam county was not a legal violation. A dissent argued laws are being evaded and inspectors often have family coal interests.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
West Virginia
Putnam County
Mines Department
del. Stidham
D-Logan
Stidham
Police Nab 19 In Welch Raid
Nineteen men including Harold Staton Smith and Chester Calloway were arrested in Welch West Virginia in a 4 am raid on a basement room for participating in a game of chance. The group faces grand jury action after arraignment and bonds were set at 500 dollars each. The arrests followed the McDowell County non Partisan League for Better Government formation aimed at ending the numbers racket gambling and crime.
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Welch
W. Va
Harold Staton
Bo” Smith
Eckman
Chester Calloway
Northfork
Franklin Calloway
Numbers King
Smith
Calloway
James Building
McDowell Street
L. E. Hampton
F. W. Line
Vance Spangler
Buster Dotson
John Goins
Criminal Court
Grand
Justice of the Peace
E. Lonnie Mitchell
Antonio Pasquariello
Tony James
Carmen Pasquale Mingo
Bluefield
Glen Hatfield
John Arvel
Kyle
Jack Adams
Lex
Rex Brooks
Angelo Nicosia
Leonard Blankenship
Frank Lessone
Ben Rosenzweig
George Logans
Joe Vera
Keystone
Ralph Cincioni
Crumpler
Ralph Stone
Jaeger
Edgar Moore
Buford McCoy Mitchell
Charleston
Emmitt Solheim
Joe Anello
Coalwi
McDowell County
League For Better Government
Press Censorship Draws Heavy Fire
Washington March 8 two cabinet members condemn compulsory censorship for American newspapers in the current emergency Attorney General McGrath vows the administration will not curb freedom of expression Secretary of Commerce Sawyer favors voluntary restraint and a security code to stop vital defense information from reaching enemies He spoke in Boston before the Boston Press club and in Columbus to the Ohio Newspaper association on press freedom business
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Washington
McGrath
Commerce Sawyer
Boston
Boston Press Club
Sawyer
Columbus
Ohio Newspaper Association
February Totals Reveal 346 Licenses Revoked in West Virginia
Charleston WV March 8 A state motor vehicles report shows 346 drivers licenses revoked or suspended in February. Drunken driving caused 149 revocations while 33 came from out of state drunken driving convictions. Insurance nonrenewal suspended 76 licenses and 15 licenses were revoked for ten years for multiple O W I violations, raising 1951 totals to 681.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Wav
Senate committees approve resolutions on troop deployment to Europe
Two major senate committees approve resolutions urging US troop dispatch to Europe while seeking presidential and congressional endorsement. Senator Smith's provision limits the action to future moves, fixing that four divisions already promised by Truman remain unaffected. The measures, combining Republican and southern Democrat support, call for congressional approval within the North Atlantic Treaty framework, but remain nonbinding.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Truman
H. Alexander Smith
Smith
Tion
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Connally
Russell
United States
North Atlantic
Army To Relax Mental Standards For Induction
Fort Meade Md March 8 A Second Army spokesman said under new army regulations a man who has not completed the ninth grade and does not pass mental tests would not be inducted. A liberalizing change was expected within 24 hours. Previously inductees could qualify if they had not passed mental tests but had reached the ninth grade or were recommended by an interviewing officer despite failing the tests.
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Fort Meade
Second Army
Carl H. Schofield
Army
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AFL
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AFT
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R. R. Kiernan
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