Prieve Fails as Beatty Is Executed in Pennsylvania
Joshua Elwood Beatty, 47, of Harrisburg, was electrocuted at Rockview for the murder of his estranged wife Carrie. Gov Duff did not grant a reprieve. The article notes scheduled executions for other offenders, including Byron, Moyer, Bubna, Chavis, and Brown, with dates and cases.
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Bellefonte
Joshua Elwood Beatty
Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Beatty
Rockview Penitentiary
Baking soda as a cleaner for china and pottery
A brief note describes using baking soda to scour china pottery and cooking utensils. It emphasizes its effectiveness as a gentle abrasive and cleaning agent for delicate dishware and kitchenware.
Veterans Administration budget ranks near armed forces spending
Washington reports that since 1946 General Omar Bradley has steered the Veterans Administration, spending about 12 billion dollars. The agency now manages the nation’s largest insurance and education programs and a vast medical system, with decentralization efforts aiming to speed decisions at field offices. Critics praise education and medical programs but question the NSLI handling and overall value of the vast administration.
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Washington
U. S. Veterans Administration
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. Treasury
Armed Services
U. S
Congress
Bradley
Eay
America
Veterans Administration
Channela
Europe
Reat
Florida
Army
Col
C. B. Hansen
U. S&s
Veterans Bureau
Veterans Agency
Gen. Bradley
Legion
John Stelle
National Service
Finish is near in Overell trial
Santa Ana Calif Sept 29 AP The state began summation in the 19 week trial of 18 year old heiress Louise Overell and her lover George Gollum 21 on charges of murdering her parents The prosecution’s case outlines witnesses including Drs Montanus and Mathes who autopsied Mr and Mrs Walter E Overell killed aboard the Mary E yacht in Newport Harbor on March 15 The murder plot sought control of a 550000 estate and the defense argues for acquittal The trial proceeds with defense arguments tomorrow and Wednesday and closing by Prosecutor Williams on Thursday The death penalty is not certain given Miss Overell was a minor at the time of the killings
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Santa Ana
Calif
State Today
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Henry Dietz
John J. Montanus
Larry J. Mathes
Walter E. Overell
Newport Harbor
Overells
Flintridge
Pasadena
Mary E
Gellum
Louise
Eugene D. Williams
Dietz
Gollum
Williams
Holy Name Convention to Open in Boston
Boston will host a major Holy Name society convention starting Wednesday with a day-long parade Sunday expected to draw 100000 members and a crowd of about two million downtown. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing will lead the march along with national headquarters officers and Boston unions. A candlelight half hour is planned at Braves Field Friday evening.
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Boston
Monster Holy Name Society
Richard J. Cushing
National
Prayers for Stalin and Russian leaders held in Boston
More than 1,000 persons attended prayers at Mt Vernon Congregational church in Boston for the conversion of Stalin Molotov and other Russian leaders led by Dr Frank C Lau bach missionary at large of the American Board of Foreign Missions. A Nashua fire probe began into a major blaze that gutted the Park theater building causing an estimated 350000 in losses. Four injuries and ten firefighters overcome as the four hour blaze threatened the business district and forced evacuations.
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Boston
Stalin
Molotov
Mt Vernon Congregational Church
Frank C. Laubach
American Board of Foreign Missions
Nashua
N. H
State
Park Theater
Detained American Soldiers Return After Five Days in Yugoslav Custody
Lt William Van Atten of East Orange New Jersey and two U S soldiers were seized during a patrol at the Free Territory Trieste frontier. They were held for five days, kept under guard, and questioned mainly about politics. They described the treatment as fair and said captors cited Tito Stalin and Lenin while claiming orders from Belgrade. They remained uninjured and returned to the Free Territory with their weapons intact except for some carried away by Yugoslavs at Goriano.
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Trieste
William van Atten
Free Zone
Yugoslav
U.S
Russia
Tito
Stalin
Lenin
van Atten
Gorlano Ts
East Orange
N. J
Free Territory
Yugoslavia
Glen C. Meyer
Edgeley
N. D
Bar! Hendricks, Jr
Arlington
Leutenant
van Etten
Outpost Five
Belgrade
Gortano
Vipaco
Rotarians to Hear Dr. David D Vaughan Talk
Dr. David D Vaughan a Boston radio commentator and educator will speak on Old American Ideals for New American Problems at the Rotary Club meeting tomorrow in the Strat field hotel. He heads Boston University Graduate School of Social Ethics and directs the New England office of the Institute for American Democracy Inc.
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David D. Vaughan
Boston
Rotary Club
Stratfield Hotel
Vaughan
Boston University Graduate School
New England
The
Institute For American Democracy, Inc
Fire department uses inhalator to revive man in Windsor
Windsor reports the Wilson fire department used an inhalator donated six months ago by Veterans of Foreign Wars to revive Alexander Zimkiewicz who had collapsed from smoke inhalation during a mattress fire.
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Bradley
Gen. Bradley
Windsor
Wilson Fire Department
Veterans Oforeign Wars
Alexander Zimkiewicz
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Folsom
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Robert Fish
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U. S Supreme Court
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Fender
Douglas Larsen
MEA Stak
Berger Custom Shirt CO
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport
Conn
Snemess
Bemtr
Walton
Butter Business School
Court Exchange Bidg
City Hall
Overell
Holy Name
Baldwin Lester Hamilton
Verrilli
Hunting ST
St. Vincent's Hospital
Laomnavyn Vdss
Junior
Howland
Jash
People's Hardware Store
Wood Ave
Utah
G. E
General Electric
Simmons
Howland & Blankets
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