Three GIs Accused of Murdering Two Germans Win Separate Trials
MERNBERG Germany May 13 AP Three young American soldiers accused of murdering two Germans won separate trials today in a court martial in the same room where Nazi leaders were tried. Pvt John F Vigneault 19 of Goffs Falls NH pleaded innocent as German witnesses testified he and another soldier were seen in a car with two Germans shot to death on a highway near Neustadt. The case could hinge on which man fired the fatal shots while Mierzwik 20 of Belton Texas was ruled an accessory and faced the same charge. The double killing amid West German alliance efforts drew German demands for stern punishment.
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Mernberg
Germany
U. S
U. S. Army
John F. Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N. H. Ee
Vigneault
Richard A. Hagelberger
Chula Vista
Calif
Robert T. Mierzwik
Belton
Tex
Paul Eckart
Lothar Schlosser
Neustadt
Army
Mierzwik
United States
Europe
Wasp Skipper Details Unacknowledged Order Change
Bayonne New Jersey May 13 AP The sun bronzed skipper of the carrier Wasp admitted a last minute course change he ordered was never acknowledged by the ill fated destroyer minesweeper Hobson. Under cross examination Hobson's captain Capt B C McCaffree said I did not receive a receipt or acknowledgement of that message. Earlier testimony showed Hobson started left across the Wasp bow and was sliced in half, with 175 men lost.
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Bayonne
N. J
Wasp
Hobson
Cmdr
William J. Tierney
B. C. McCaffree
Navy Board of Inquiry
Navy
Boy Balked in Trip to Pentagon Puts on Military Show
A 13 year old New York boy named John Arzoomian ran away to Washington to meet generals and parade in field gear. He wore a rifle, bayonet, dagger, canteen, mess kit, knapsack and uniform, but was intercepted at 4:30 am by cops and detained. He carried $141 and hoped to visit Pentagon brass, but remains in juvenile authorities custody after his march to police HQ.
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Pentagon
Washington
New York
Pardon
A.W.O.L
John Arzoomian
John
Arzoomian
Potomac River
Virginia
Khosroy Arzoomian
Pentagon Brass
J. J. McDermott
Police H.Q. Pvt
McDermott
Quick trial sought for slayer of four in Cleveland
Authorities moved with unusual speed to try Lawrence Goldsby 20 for first degree murder in the slaying of Patrolman Eugene D. Stinchcomb 55 and three bus passengers on Euclid avenue. The grand jury was set to hear the case the next day after his arraignment. Goldsby claimed drunkenness should excuse him.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Goldsby
Frank Cullitan
Goldsby
Eugene D. Stinchcomb
Euclid Avenue
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