Two Men Face Theft Led Arson At Marion Hotel
City police describe a theft at the Marion Hotel triggering arson by Robert Atlee Lynn and Basil Franklin Mace. Lynn, 24, is free on a 1000 bond awaiting arson charges. Mace, 28, is jailed on probation violations and grand larceny. Lynn claimed the watch found on Mace belonged to his wife. Mace admitted stealing the watch from Lynn’s wife and was nabbed while trying to retrieve valuables.
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Dallas Bias
Robert Atlee Lynn
Garrison Av
Basil Franklin Mace
Summers
St. Lynn
Liberty
Mace
Lynn
Marion Hotel
Virginia St. ER
Ias
Body found in Ohio River near Shadyside details clash
Belmont County coroner says a man about 30, beaten before entering the Ohio River at Dilles Bottom was found by fishermen. The victim wore red brown cowboy boots and a wide western belt, suggesting a horseman. Investigators widen hunt toward Waterford Park in Chester West Virginia.
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Shadyside
Ohio River
Dilles Bottom
Belmont County
John A. Brown
W. H. Irwin
Irwin
Waterford Park
Chester
W. Va
Day Thefts Net $31,000 In Two New York Robberies
In daylight raids on Riverside Drive and a Staples Construction payroll office in Queens, four thieves escaped with more than $31,000 in valuables. They used disguises and staged entrances, binding a family at the Riverside residence and seizing payroll envelopes and cash from Epstein and an employee in Queens.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Queens
William Bloom
Manhattan Brush Company
Bessie
Florence Salzberg
Epstein
Absent at Trial Higginbotham Convicted in Drunken Driving
Paul D. Higginbotham of Riverdell Acres near St. Albans was found guilty of drunken driving by an Inter mediate Court jury in his absence. He was fined 50 dollars, costs, and had his license revoked for six months. a capias was issued for his arrest.
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Paul D. Higginbotham
Riverdell Acres
St. Albans
Higginbotham
W. T. Brotherton
Eight NATO Nations Set War Games Across Europe
London June 19 Eight Western nations will stage large scale exercises in September to test defenses along Europe’s northern flank. United States Britain France Portugal the Netherlands Canada Denmark and Norway will participate with more than 150 warships hundreds of planes and tens of thousands of soldiers. The drills run September 3 to 13 and mark NATO’s first full scale Atlantic force exercise.
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London
Europe
NATO
British Defense Ministry
United States
Britain
France
Portugal
Netherlands
Canada
Denmark
Norway
Russia
Sit-Down Strike By Negro Women Protests Remain Tense
In Capetown on June 19 hundreds of Negro women gathered outside the Oden daalsrus courtroom to plead for arrests after a violent clash with police the previous night. The protest followed a Town Council ultimatum forcing Negroes to register or leave the reserve amid overcrowding from 1500 to about 8000 workers in nearby gold fields. The Orange Free State minister ordered workers to stay in reserves and barred mining firms from building housing for miners and families.
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Capetown
South Africa
Odendaalsrus
Orange Free State
Odendaalsius
Cold Wave Kills Six in Southern Brazil
A cold wave in Southern Brazil claimed six lives on June 19 as temperatures fell to 39 degrees Fahrenheit. Two victims died in a city jail.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Lobotomy Backfires as Pittsburgh Criminal Returns to Jail
Pittsburgh man Millard F. Wright, who underwent a prefrontal lobotomy in 1847, returned to custody on burglary charges after police uncovered thousands of dollars in loot in his four room apartment. Dr. Yale Koskoff defended the operation as insufficient to alter his acquisitive urges. Wright described the procedure as a failure and said the urge to steal returned after parole.
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Pittsburgh
Millard F. Wright
Yale David Koskoff
Wright
Pittsburg
Urglar
Koskoff
Lstter
Western Penitentiary
Mercy Hospital
Regis Splane
Jim Saa Wathing Arenne
Charleston Hopes For Strong Baseball Attendance This Year
Charleston recreation official Biddy Beers and a fellow director say residents are hungry for baseball and would attend if the club improves. He cites Toledo as an example of colorful teams that could draw Charleston fans and support good baseball with crowd turnout.
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C. A
Biddy) Beers
The
Charleston Recreation Department
Charleston
Toledo
Escaped Convict Captured Near Renick in Greenbrier County
State police report the arrest of Patrick Henry Phillips 20 an escapee from Hopemont state prison who fled a work detail on June 10. He was seized at his mother's home near Renick by Sgt Yoak Greenbrier Deputy Powers and two White Sulphur Springs and Lewisburg officers. He is being returned to Moundsville to resume the burglary sentence.
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Lewisburg
Set M. C. Yeale
Patrick Henry Phillips
Hopemont State Prison
Renick
Greenbrier
Phillips
Pocahontas County
Sgt. Yoak
Greenbrier County
K G. Powers
L. C. Stacy
White Sulphur Springs
Francis Hinkle
Moundsville
Cpl Howard Brooks Honored as Soldier of the Week
Cpl Howard C Brooks of South Charleston West Virginia named Soldier of the Week at Rhine Military Post in Germany His wife Evangeline lives at 335 1 2 Fifth Ave South Charleston He serves as a radio operator in the 162d field artillery group at Haumholder Brooks worked for New York Central Railway in Charleston before enlisting in September 1950 His parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Brooks reside at 924 Fourth Ave South Charleston.
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
Cpl
Howard .C. Brooks
South Charleston
W. Va
Rhine
Cpl. Brooks
Evangeline
162D Field
Haumholder
Army
New York Central Railway
Charleston
Thomas Brooks
Fourth Av
Wills Probate Names Two Widows Sole Beneficiaries
County Court probates two wills naming widows as sole beneficiaries. John B. Holden owner of Holden Fence and Steel Co. and Adam McCown Charleston police chief are deceased. Mrs. Tressie G. Holden is executrix of her husband’s will, and Mrs. Margarete Cecelia McCown is named for her husband’s will.
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John B. Holden
Holden Fence and Steel Co
Adam, McCown
Charleston
Tressie G. Holden
Margarete Cecelia McCown
Ford cancels four day week plan amid steel shortage
DETROIT June 19 Ford Motor Company cancelled its plans to run a four day week due to a steel shortage. D S Harder vice president in charge of manufacturing said production would close Friday to conserve steel.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
D. S. Harder
Ford
Ford Plant schedule shift amid government control review
Ford Motor Company and its Ford division assembly plants faced a five day week in June with Friday closures for the upcoming days. production would depend on steel quotas and quarterly results. Harder announced the reconsideration after government control reviews and an examination of practices.
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Harder
Ford Motor Ford Division
Forder
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Carl Colcord
Paris
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Gingham Sport
McGregor
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Ae Parr
Proplus
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Coton
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Pingham Sport
Gabedier Boxer
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