Civil War Looms as Ultimatum Expires in Nanking
Amid looming Chinese Civil War tensions vast forces on both Yangtze banks prepare for action as a Communist ultimatum nears expiry. Nationalists brace for a possible capitulation while Li Tsung Jen’s government seeks delays and possible peace talks under Mao Tze Tung’s hinted flexibility.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
AR Oo
Li Tsung-Jen
Yangtze
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Ho Ying-Chin
Tungxuan-Hsien
Legislative Yuan
Tune
Mao Tze-Tung
Huang Shao-Hsiung
Huang
Peiping
Clarksburg Voters Choose Administration in Municipal Election
Clarksburg voters selected a two year city administration amid a council race covering all nine seats, one water board post, and one park board seat. Incumbent Republicans faced a Democratic challenger in key races as the city keeps a council ward system under a city manager government.
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Clarksburg
Clarksburg Water Board
Board of Park Commissioners
Robert Morris
James F. Allen
The
Water Board Post
Charles v
Senator Flanders Predicts Defeat of Housing Curb
Senator Flanders predicts defeat of a proposed housing and slum clearance plan. He says the Bricker Cain amendment to require both appropriations committees’ approval is impractical. The bill envisions federal housing aid up to 308 million annually for 40 years and 500 million grants plus 1 billion loans for slum clearance over five years.
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Washington
Flanders
Trent
House
Senate
Appropriations
Bricker
Cain
Senator Page
Woman And Two Sons Admit Lonely Hearts Slayings
In Dover Delaware a 45 year old woman Inez Gertrude Brennan and her two sons confessed after 26 hours of questioning to the shotgun murders of two elderly men Wade N Wooldridge 70 of Bedford Virginia and Hugo Schultz in a lonely hearts encounter arranged by the victims. Colonel Herbert F Barnes of the state police reported the admission.
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Dover
Del
Herbert F. Barnes
State Police
Inez Gertrude Brennan
Wade
N. Wooldridge
Bedford Va
Hugo Schultz
Lonely Hearts murder linked to Brennans in New Hampshire
Robert Brennan 66 of Epson New Hampshire detained after further questioning as confessions surface. His wife and one son face murder charges, another son Raymond 23 held as accessory. Wooldridge slaying earlier tied to the Brennans with another slaying suspected from lonely hearts club letters. Police described a shotgun death and a body burned and reburied at a Dover dump. A bushel basket of letters from lonely men is cited as evidence.
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Robert
Wooldridge
Schultz
Barnes
Brennans
Lonely Hearts Club
Brennan
Thomas Stretch
Canton
N. J
Archbishop Silences Jesuit Feeney Over Salvation Clash
In Boston Archbishop Cushing formal decree silences Fr. James Feeney a 52 year old Jesuit educator amid a dispute at Boston College over salvation outside the Catholic Church Three instructors including Walsh Maluf and Ewaskio were dismissed after accusing the Jesuit school of teaching heresy The archbishop upheld their dismissal and placed Feeney under penalties forbidding Mass preaching and reception of sacraments pending submission to superiors The case centers on whether non Catholics can be saved and contrasts with the Baltimore Catechism which says salvation requires church membership The Cambridge St Benedicts Center near Harvard is also restricted under the decree
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Boston
Owald Feeney
S. J
Boston College
Richard J. Cushing
Cambridge
Harvard College
Feeney
Bucharest
James R
James R. ‘Walsh, Philosophy Teacher, Fakhri Maluf
Assisant
Charles Ewaskio
Baltimore
Embargo on Rail Shipments Lifted Nationwide
The embargo on all rail express shipments between New York City and Grafton, imposed since March 9 due to a slowdown strike, is lifted and express service returns to normal. Agent H B Brenan says quick deliveries from congested New York terminals made the nationwide lift possible, pleasing local businesses with on time spring gear shipments now resuming.
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New York City
Grafton
H. B. Brenan
New York
Metropolis
Greene named secretary to state soil committee
Carroll Greene of Kenna in Jackson County will assist 14 soil conservation districts planning programs as secretary to the state committee. Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin announced the appointment.
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Charleston
Carroll Greene
Kenna
Jackson County
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Charleston boat case ends with acquittal for Williams
Federal Judge Ben Moore acquitted Charles R. Williams 25 of Charleston of operating a motor boat in a reckless and negligent manner after Bennie Martin drowned in the Kanawha river. Witnesses said Martin upset the boat following Williams zigzagging on views from a third passenger.
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Charleston
Ben Moore
Charles R. Williams
Bennie Martin
Kanawha
Martin
Williams
Miller named northern rep for West Virginia Beer Retailers Assn
Charleston reports Jake Miller, famed former coach and athletic official, will serve as northern representative for the West Virginia Beer Retailers Association. Miller has recently worked as a sanitarian with the State Health Department, per President S. W. Neal.
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Charleston
Jake Miller
West Virginia Beer Retailers Association
S. W. Neal
Miller
State Health Department
First Degree Murder Conviction Sought In Gaines Trial
The State presses for a first degree murder verdict against Charles B. Gaines in Flemington for the June 4 shooting of James Richard Brunson at a Berry Run strip mine. Ballistics could not positively tie the bullets to Gaines's pistol, while defense argues self defense amid claims Brunson had pursued Gaines over personal entanglements. Jurors hear witnesses detailing the pistol purchase, the taxi ride, and the moments at the strip mine as the trial proceeds.
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Charles’ B. Gaines
Ody
Tate
Jordan
Charles B. Gaines
Flemington
James Richard Brunson
Richard B. Bord
Gaines
Berry Run Road
Brunson
W. P. Samples
Samples
Norma Lee
Branson
Decatur
Illinois
Grafton
Boinack
W. Merle Watkins
Mr. Gaines
Walls
Robert
Bob” Stempke
Bryan Newhouse
Roy Nose
Nose
John Adams
Barbettr County
Adams
Harry Batson
L Bush
Marty E. Cathell
Budd N. Milon
Samuel ¢. Lundy
James P. Carruthers
Leo
Harry K. Davis
Charles ©. Marshall, Jr
Clarence F. Lake
Russell M. Reese
Bayard Knight
Paul W. Reed
Roscoe Cooper
Walkersville
Trial report hints at possible appeal and jury verdict
The article describes Robert Cooper testifying that Gaines shot Brunson in a garage after a collision near Walkersville West Virginia. Attorney Samples questions witnesses to set up an appeal potential while noting the defense may introduce Gaines daughter in a dramatic scene. The piece previews further testimony and cross examination dynamics.
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Robert Cooper
Walkersville
W. Va
Gaines
Samples
Cooper
Brunson
Jed. Robinson
Francis Warder
Liquor Profits Case Reaches Supreme Court Opening Day
On opening day of baseball season the liquor profits case is before the Supreme Court. Old Doc Stork assisted at City hospital with two future baseball nine members. A boy born to James A Newton weighed seven pounds twelve ounces at 4:09 a.m. and another son born to Fred Moran at 9:50 a.m. weighed eight pounds thirteen ounces at 1416 West Railroad. Alpha Zeta announces the initiation of 24 West Virginia University students.
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Old Dock Stork
Some Baseball Nine
City Hospital
James A Newton
Fred Moran
West Railroad Street
West Virginia Supreme Court Armed Over Liquor Profits Distribution
The West Virginia Supreme Court discussed a petition to compel State Auditor Edgar B. Sims to approve a quarterly $150,000 distribution of state liquor profits to municipalities. The funds fund law enforcement and local revenue, but Sims previously refused, citing constitutional issues and a coalition ban on state credit to subdivisions. Attorney General Bee 82 led the filing.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Ira J. Partlow
Partlow
Edgar B. Sims
West Virgin
W. T. Loving
Sims
Bee
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Timatum
Bricker-Cain Amendment
Lonely
Robert Brennan
Epson
N. H
Thous
Raymond Brennan
St. Benedict's Center
M. E. Macleod
MORGAN/TOWN (P
Alpha Zeta
National Agriculture Honorary Society
West Virginia University
High Court
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