Newberry Murder Case Seeks Fresh Trial In Bland County
Virginia Supreme Court reverses Bland county circuit court verdict against Ralph A. Newberry 38 of Bland and orders a new trial for murder after his wife Mary Katheryn Newberry 37 was found decapitated on a Bland county mountain. The court limits the potential conviction to second degree murder and allows admission of a written confession by Ralphs brother Samuel along with testimony from two other witnesses. Judge Sexton orders a Washington county venire for a fifth attempt to try Samuel Newberry while Ralph denies responsibility for the slaying. The ruling cites multiple evidentiary errors including refusing to accept the second degree verdict.
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Ralph A. Newberry
Bland County
Big Walker Perenete
Virginia Supreme Court
Richmond
Herbert B. Gregory
Supreme Court
Newberry
Ralph
Samuel
Newberry Brothers
Mary Katheryn Newberry
Ralph Newberry
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Washington County
Samuel Newberry
Sexton
Commonwealth
Hattie Price
Edith Combs
Court Eyes Voter Registration Row
In Charleston West Virginia the supreme court hears a challenge to a 1947 law that bars nonvoters from rejoining the rolls after three years. Petitioners John Alderson Simms and W R Gillespie claim restoration of 5400 Kanawha county names is required to preserve voters rights for the November 7 1950 election.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Supreme Court
John Alderson Simms
Kanawha
W. R. Gillespie
Gillespie
Army Calls For 40 000 Extra Draftees In December
The army requests 40 000 additional draftees for December to be chosen by local draft boards from ages 19 to 25 inclusive. The aim is to draft 300 000 over six months starting Oct 1, with total draftees called since Sept 1 reaching 210 000. The plan supports Truman’s goal to bolster all armed forces toward about 3 million.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service Headquarters
Defense Department
Truman
National Guard
Navy
Air Force
Selective Service
Atomic Rays Prolong Freshness Of Bread For Months
Schenectady October report to the national academy describes a loaf treated with atomic rays staying fresh for months. Bread is wrapped in cellophane, then exposed to a nearly million volt electron beam, sterilizing with minimal heat and no refrigeration.
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Schenectady
N. Y
National Academy of Sciences
General Electric Research Laboratory
2Lieté J. Lawton
Laboratory
President Truman to Meet MacArthur in Pacific Talks
President Truman plans a secret weekend rendezvous with General Douglas MacArthur in the central Pacific to discuss the Korean War final phase. A large advisory group will accompany him, with a return trip to San Francisco for a nonpartisan foreign policy speech on October 17.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
White House
San Francisco
MacArthur
Far Pacific
Charles G. Ross
United States
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. Averell Harriman
Philip C. Jessup
Dean Rusk
Army
Pace
Hawaii
Mr. Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
Reds Wipe Out French Troops Near Indochina Frontier
The French high command announced a major defeat in Indochina as about 3,500 troops were wiped out by the Vietminh in a five day battle near the Chinese frontier. Several hundred escaped the trap, while others surrendered after heavy losses.
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Saigon
Indochina
China
Paris
Jean Detourneau
Morocco
Alphonse Juin
Red China
Moscow
Ho Chin Minh
Vietnam
Foreign
Diana Barrymore to Wed Robert Wilcox
Actress Diana Barrymore sought a marriage license in Newark with actor Robert W Wilcox. Barrymore, 29, of New York, is the daughter of the late John Barrymore and previously wed Bramwell Fletcher and John Poe Howard Wilcox, 39, of Rochester, N Y, has prior marriage and says he has performed on stage with Barrymore for four years.
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Newark
N. J
Diana Barrymore
Robert W. Wilcox
Miss Barrymore
John Barrymore
New York City
Bramwell Fletcher
John Poe
Howard
Se Wilcox
Rochester
N. Y
Moses Seeks Coal Trade Accord With United Mine Workers
Harry M. Moses new top negotiator for a large portion of the soft coal industry visited United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis at headquarters. Moses described the call as an ambassadorial cre dentials moment and said he and Lewis discussed only his job. Moses heads a coalition of northern and midwest commercial coal operators and steel companies with coal mines, producing about 150 million tons annually. The current contract runs until next April.
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Washington
Harry M. Moses
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Moses
Lewis
North
Midwest
H.C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Water Pistol Desperadoes Terrorize Driver
A Lebanon street resident, Cc. A. Clybourne, reports two youths in a green Pontiac sprayed his car with a water pistol on Bland street. Police note the WV license number and warn of consequences. No further incidents reported by the WO.
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Cc. A. Clybourne
Lebanon Street
Clybourne
Bland Street
Clybourne, Fur
West Virginia
The
Wifey's Relatives Missed Knock Punch Case in Toronto
Leo Keleher was attacked at his door by a stranger who apologized after being arrested. Police say William Bray, 27, meant to find his wife’s relatives two doors away and knocked on the wrong door.
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Toronto
Leo Keleher
William Bray
Bray
Fifty Thousand Vets Parade Through Los Angeles Streets
A crowd of about 50,000 Veterans from the American Legion marched down Broadway in Los Angeles as delegations from every state and many foreign countries participated. Major units included the 13th Armored Division and California National Guard troops with 155 mm howitzers. Louis Johnson, former national commander and ex Secretary of Defense, received cheers from an open car along the parade route.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
Broadway
Perry Brown
LeRoy H. Watson
13Th Armored Division
California National Guard
Santa Claus
Ind
Keystone Cops
Lynwood
Cailif
R. L. McIntosh
Legion
McIntosh
Louis Johnson
the Legion
Defense
Jailing Taylor Likely Not Pursued By Alabama
Birmingham oct 10 chances for Sen Glen Taylor to serve his 180 day sentence in the Birmingham jail dropped to near zero. Gov James E Folsom refused to ask his return. Taylor had said he would stay away from the Birmingham chain gang after being convicted in May 1948 for disorderly conduct while trying to address a Negro youth rally. Folsom called him a political prisoner and defended Alabama prison conditions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
James E. Folsom
Taylor
Folsom
Montgomery
Alabama
Non-Defense Spending Cut Promises Limited Impact Across Agencies
The Truman administration approved a 580 million dollar reduction in non-defense spending for fiscal 1951, spread across 31 departments. While major hospital construction, rural electrification, and other programs face cuts, farmers’ payments for 1950 are not expected to fall, and some agencies may still access unspent prior funds or seek supplemental financing.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Truman
Appropriations
Frederick J. Lawton
Federal Security Agency
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Corps of Army Engineers
Blind Man Victim Of Thief He Befriended
In Columbia South Carolina on October 10 a blind man H M Varnadore told police a stranger he befriended spent the night at his home and stole a watch shoes a cigaret lighter and some cash. Varnadore could not describe the thief.
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Columbia
S. C
H. M. Varnadore
Varnadore
Red troops ordered to fight to the death in Korea
North Korea rejected United Nations surrender demands and ordered Communist forces to fight to the death. South Korean and U S forces advanced toward Pyongyang with Won san captured, while North Korean divisions defended a 30 mile front near the First Cavalry area. The Pyongyang radio announced the death order 36 hours after MacArthur’s surrender demand.
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North Korea
Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Wonsan
Pyongyang
U. S
Calvary
Douglas MacArthur
Red
Kim Il Sung
Communist China Says It Will Not Stand Idle Over Korea
Peiping declared it could not stand idly by regarding the advance of United Nations forces into North Korea. The statement offered no hint of possible action by the Chinese Communists to intervene directly in the Korean conflict.
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Sonday
China
United Nations
North Korea
Peiping
Nationalist China vows to regain mainland from Reds
On independence day in Taipei Chiang Kai Shek denounced the Chinese Communist government as a puppet regime under Russian influence. He warned of a 5,000,000 strong army and alleged 60,000,000 peasant conscripts while accusing Russia of using China as a base to threaten Asia and the world.
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Kim Il Sung
Red Army
Peoples Army
Kim
Russia
Taipei
Formosa
China
Sun Yat-Seng
China Republic
Chiang Kai- Shek
K. C. Wu
Chiang
Asia
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U. S. First Cavalry Division
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Anchorage
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