Letter on Father Divine and petty theft in Cosmopolitan piece
A confused fragment cites a letter attributed to a follower of Father Divine printed in Cosmopolitan. It lists small thefts including watermelons, baby chicks, milk and cream, a movie house admission, and a $30 37 money order, claiming such acts are stepwise restitutions to prevent larger crimes.
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U. S. Treasury
Father Divine
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Pastal
Chicago
Martinsburg Airport Head Injured in Plane Crash
Martinsburg airport manager E. C. Parkinson was seriously injured yesterday when a motorless sail plane crashed on the runway during approach for landing. The accident occurred near the Martinsburg field as the craft failed to touch down safely.
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Martinsburg Airport
Martinsburg
E. C. Parkinson
Explosion injures Victor Moore and son at Greenport dock
Victor Moore and his son Robert Emmet Moore were injured when the actor's cabin cruiser named Vic Moore exploded at a Greenport dock. The elder Moore, treated for superficial head burns, was released. the son, Robert, remained in serious condition with extensive second degree burns.
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Greenport
Victor Moore
Robert Emmet Moore
Moore
Eastern Long Island Hospital
Robert
Vic Moore
Merrick
Ben
Supreme Court grants stay of execution for Willie Francis
Justice Hugo Black ordered a stay of execution for Willie Francis, 18, who survived a prior electric chair attempt in Louisiana. Francis was convicted of killing a man during a robbery in St Martinville. The pardon board had refused to commute the sentence to life. The case now awaits the high court’s action on a petition to review all proceedings.
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Washington
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Willie Francis
Lousiana
Francis
St. Martinville
Louisiana Pardon Board
Frahers
Justice Black
High Court
Sight Restored For Philadelphia Housewife After 17 Blind Years
Mrs Helen Davis a 35 year old Philadelphia housewife regained about 10 percent of normal vision after artificial pupils were implanted by Dr Louis Lehrfeld at Will Hospital. The operation freed iris adhesions caused by a prior eye infection, allowing her to see her husband for the first time since their marriage in 1934 and to enjoy movies and self selecting clothes for the first time. Her husband Walter persisted in seeking treatment and the surgeon noted future improvement may follow.
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Philadelphia
Helen da
Walter
Davis
Melvin A. Sutley
Wills Hospital
Louis Lehrfeld
Molded Tantalum Plates Replace Bones in New Accident Surgery
The Mayo Clinic reports on using molded tantalum plates to replace missing bone in head and facial injuries. Surgeons mold the metal to fit the defect from an impression taken with clay, then cover with living skin via plastic surgery. X rays are avoided where plates exist due to heating.
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Tantalus
Zeus
Mayo
Racial Segregation on Buses Endorsed by Court Shake
Inter state bus travel segregation was banned by a Supreme Court decision, yet Southern riders kept to rear seats. Officials reported awaiting counsel review and many states signaled plans to maintain intrastate segregation. Georgia officials said state laws would still apply to intrastate traffic.
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Georgia
Louisiiana
Arkansas
Matt L. McWhorter
Georgia Public Service Commission
Atlanta
Supreme Court
South
Mississipi
Thomas Bailey
Farlier
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Alexandria
Washington
Carolinas
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Charleston
L. A
Greyhound Lines
Richmond
Germans Ordered to Kill All U S Negro Troops
At Dachau a Nazi sergeant testified in the Malmedy trial that German soldiers were ordered to kill American Negro troops rather than take prisoners. He recalled directives stating that black troops would be killed and that prisoners would be handed over to others, reflecting the alleged intent to destroy captured U S soldiers.
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U. S
Dachau
Malmedy
Paul Zwigart
T4y
Battle of the Bulge
British uncover Nazi secret underground in Germany
In LUENEBURG on June 4 authorities arraigned 35 former Hitler Youth leaders described as members of a new Nazi secret underground movement called Radical Nationalists. They face charges of subversive activity aimed at sparking resistance to the occupation.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Hitsee
Two Nazis Surrendered to Philadelphia FBI
An unidentified Philadelphia resident turned over former crewmen Hans Haska aged 21 and Eugene Schall aged 20 from the German cruiser Prin Eugen to the FBI in Philadelphia. The pair, among Eugen crew who returned to Germany, had stowed away on an unnamed American ship at Bremerhaven May 15. They said they wished to return to Philadelphia for job prospects and security.
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Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investion
FBI
Hans Haska
Eugene Schall
Bremershaven
Eugen
Key
Cary
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