Siam Proclaims New King After Brother's Death
Prince Phumiphon Adulet aged 18 named king of Siam after King Ananda Mahidol, 20, found dead with a bullet between the eyes. Legislature, in session 12 hours after the death, named a three member regency council. Police call Ananda's death accidental. Phumiphon born in Boston and educated in Switzerland. The death shocks Bangkok as crowds gather outside the palace.
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Alex MacDonald
Bangkok
Phumsophon Adulet
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Ananda
Phumiphon Adulet
Boston
Mass
Prince Mahidol of
Songkhla
Harvard
Phumiphon Adu- Jet
Switzerland
Rid Phanomying
Barompinan
United States
Phraratananihsri Sangwan
Army silent on jewel robbery case and arrests
Washington reports the Army declined to discuss updates on the renowned jewel theft of Hessian crown jewels valued at 1.5 million dollars from a Rhineland castle. Mayor David F. Watson of Burlingame, California, remains in German custody as investigators pursue a discharged GI corporal tied to the thriller. Col Durant and WAC Captain Kathren Nash Durant are held in military detention.
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Washington
Rhineland
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Germany
W. Durant
WAC
Kathren B. Nash Durant
Col Durant
ARMY
United States
Kronberg Castle
Chicago
Kathleen B. Nash
Hudson, Wise
Col
J. W. Durant
Falls Church
FBI
LaSalle
John S. Myers
New York City
A.C. Miller
Allentown
Provost Marshal General's Office
International
Theatre invites Mrs Gill to tonight's Strand and Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Elizabeth Gill of 318 Barrett street to attend tonight's presentations. The Strand Theatre shows The Spanish Main starring Paul Henreid and Maureen O'Hara, while the Dixie Theatre presents Tars and Spars starring Alfred Drake Janet Blair and Marc Platt.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Elizabeth Gill
Barrett Street
Congress to push congressional settlement of maritime strike
Washington June 10 Chairman Augustine B Kelley of the house labor committee said he will push a congressional solution to the maritime dispute as federal mediation stalls He noted seven CMU affiliated unions set a strike for midnight Friday seeking an overall 56 hour work week and hearings will feature CIO and CTO leaders Cur ran Bridges and Selly as witnesses See CONGRESS page 6
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Max Hall
Washington
Augustine B. Kelley
House Labor Committee
Kelley
Subcommittee On Labor Management
Labor Department
Kel+ Jey
Committee For Maritime Unity
CMU
Joseph Curran
CTO National Maritime, Union
Harry Bridges
CIO Iternational Longshoreme’s and
Joseph Selly
CIO American Communications
Congress
Thunder Brinas Back Sainan So Boy Ends Life
In Pittsburgh, 20-year-old ex Marine corporal Roy E. Delaplaine Jr. paused during a thunderstorm and, crying “I can’t stand it,” shot himself after an episode linked to wartime fear. His girlfriend Eve Shivers and her mother witnessed the moments before the fatal pistol shot.
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Pittsburgh
Saipan
Pittsburg
Roy E. Delaplaine, Jr
Wilkinsburg
Eve Shivers
Miss Shivers
Ex-Corp
Delaplaine
Soldiers testify of prison beatings in Lichfield trials
BaD Nauheim Germany June 10 A soldier prisoner breaking a witness stand strike in the Lichfield trials asserted they have concentration camps right in the U S Army. Mile Koblinsky of Saginaw Michigan testified in the trial of Lt Granville Cubage Oklahoma City one of sixteen soldiers accusing brutality at the U S Army guard house at Lichfield England. He said he was beaten unconscious and kicked by guards and described a office threat to beat him back to prevent return. Five other witnesses recalled in Cubage and Lt Leonard W Ennis cases testified they were struck in the presence of Cubage and a blanket was thrown over a head before beating.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
U. S
Mile Koblinsky
Saginaw
Mich
Koblinsky
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
U. S. Army Guard House
Eng
Military Court
Dubage
Cubage
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
Huntington Proposes To Build Disposal Unit
Huntington officials announce plans for a sewage disposal plant amid a federal notice expected on Ohio river pollution. Mayor Paul Fiedler says no one wants to drink treated sewage. City engineer Frank Whitney estimates $8 million in city costs plus potential federal funding shortfall.
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Huntington
Ohio River
State Water Commission
Paul Fiedler
Ohio Valley
Frank Whitney
Whitney
Brace Hotel Walls in Order To Go In To Search For Bodies
Workmen braced the blackened Canfield hotel walls in Dubuque to resume searches for bodies after fire tore through the 55 year old structure. Fifteen people died, 23 remained unaccounted for, and 21 were injured, most being permanent guests registered at the hotel. Deputy State Fire Marshal Zach Cook ordered the precarious search halted as Red Cross officials urged registered guests to report.
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Dwight McCormack
Dubuque
Canfield Hotel
American Red Cross
Zach Cook
Red Cross
Perry Kirch
Nome
Truman expected to veto Case labor bill tomorrow
Washington dispatch reports President Truman told congressional leaders he would send a message to Congress, with observers predicting a veto on the Case labor disputes bill. Rayburn said the outcome remains unclear as administration aides privately favored a veto and reportable action.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
D. ‘Tex
White House
Capitol Hill
Reds Battle On After Truce Made In China
June 10 dispatches report fierce fighting resumes in Manchuria and north central China within hours of Chiang Kai shek ordering a 15 day truce. Government and Communist leaders prepare to meet separately with General Marshall to discuss terms for permanent peace as civil strife continues.
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Nanking
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
U. S
Marshall
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Peiping
Masterson
Parkersburg Teen Kesterson Killed When Car Burns
June 10 report from Parkersburg states 19 year old John Kesterson, a recent high school graduate, died in a fire after a crash caused a parked car to ignite its gasoline fuel tank. Seven other Parkersburg youths were injured in the crash on State Route 2 near the city.
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Parkersburg
John Kesterson
Here
Kesterson
Call for grain samples from West Virginia farmers
Entomologists at West Virginia University urged farmers in Preston Taylor Barbour Marion and Monongalia counties to donate portions of their small grains for trial demonstrations to identify the highest yielding varieties.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Preston
Taylor, Barbour
Marion
Monongalia
Wanted Applicants for Two Sentinel Carrier Routes
Wanted applicants for two Sentinel carrier routes in West Wilford and Westashington Street and one lower Fetterman route. Apply at Sentinel Office.
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Sentinel
West Wilford
Westashington Street
Fetterman
Sentinel Office
Stassen backs Griswold in Nebraska Senate primary
Washington June 10 Harold E Stassen bets prestige on Griswold in the Nebraska Republican primary aimed at unseating one term incumbent Hugh Butler As in 1944 Willkie influence and foreign affairs loom large as Stassen rallies support for Griswold in a contest that could affect his own 1948 presidential hopes See STASSEN page 6
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Jack Bell Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Minnesota
Griswold
Hugh Butler
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Willkie
Stassen
OPA Bill Reaches Jump Off Position
Francis J. Kelly reports the OPA price control extension bill faces a tough Senate path with anticipated drastic changes. Senator George of Georgia warns the bill may be battered. Senator Pepper, a loyalist to the current law, says passage could revive a mood of isolation and reaction from the last war.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
OPA
Senate
Banking Committee
George
D.-Ga
Péppr
D.-Fia
Drowning of Henderson Youth in Kanawha River
James Jimmy Whitt fourteen son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Whitt of Henderson drowned while swimming with a companion in the Kanawha river near Point Pleasant.
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PT. Pleasant
James Jimmy Whitt
Isaac Whitt
Henderson
Kanawha River
Man Held After Fatal Beating In Connersville
Connersville reports Howard York of Welch West Virginia was detained after the death of 27 year old Thomas Lewis Jr. Police say York confessed to striking Lewis with a kitchen skillet at the home of Yorks ex wife Marie York 27. Mrs York was held as a material witness.
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Connersville
Welch
W. Va
Thomas Lewis, Jr
City
Patromen Leo Hughes
Harry
Gordon
Howard ‘York
Lewis
York
Marie York
John Petro
Petro
West Virginia
Eligibility question raised for Martinsburg mayoral candidate
The Democratic administration group questioned the eligibility of GOP mayoral nominee Paul Buxton Martin. City Attorney C Ralph Beall citing the state attorney general’s opinion prepared for tomorrow’s election.
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Martinsburg
C. Ralph Beall
Paul Buxton Martin
GOP
Supreme Goat Refuges Seek Reopen of West Virginia Stores
Charleston June 10 The Supreme Court refused to grant a writ sought by L. J. Callinan former Republican House of Delegates member and AFL labor weekly newspaper state manager to compel the liquor control commission to reopen West Virginia liquor stores. Callinan asked that all stores be reopened and that new ration permits be valid at any outlet. The stores were closed as part of a ration system limiting card holders to the outlet issuing their permit.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
West Virginia
L. J. Callinan
House of Delegates
AFL Labor Union Weekly
Liquor Control Commission
Callinan
Postpone Amvets Convention in Fairmont
FAIRMONT June 10. The West Virginia convention of American Veterans of World War II scheduled for June 13 to 15 has been postponed. An organizational session will be held in Fairmont on June 23. Leaders from the Fairmont post and national representative Regis Cole of Washington announced the delay after a conference. Eleven chapters are operating, including units at Fairmont, Rowlesburg, St. Albans, Newell, Grafton, Mt. Clare, Wheeling, Wellsburg, Moundsville, Simpson, and Elkins.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Fairmont Post
Regis Cole
Washington
National Representaiive
Amyers
Rowlesburg
St. Albans
Newell
Grafton
Mt. Clare
Wheeling
Wellsburg
Moundsville
Simpson
Elkins
Fire at La Salle hotel claims multiple lives
A La Salle hotel fire last Wednesday resulted in 61 deaths, including Lane CHICAS 16, Terry Tyler 45 of Niles Michigan, his wife Mary 40, and their son Michael 12. Luke's Hospital reports burns and injuries to others from the blaze.
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Chicas
Lane
la Salle
Terry Tyler
Niles
Mich
Luke's Hospital
Mary
Michael
St. Luke's
Laotel
Trial opens for Mihailovic and 33 others in Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic Chetnik leader appears in Belgrade court facing life sentence and 33 co defendants. Trial begins amid claims of treasonable relations with Germany as Marshall Tito's government prosecutes.
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William B
King Belgrae
Gris
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
Mihailovic
Belgrade
Draja Hihailovic
Jugoslavia Resistance Movement
Supreme Court upholds fines on tobacco firms for Sherman Act
The Sixth Circuit affirmed convictions of three major tobacco companies for conspiring to monopolize and restrain trade. The firms, American Tobacco, Olds Tobacco, and Myers Tobacco, were fined a total of 286000 in U.S. District Court, Tarlington, Ky. Justice Burton stated the offense and Justices Frankfurter Ruth B. concurred on related points about jury selection and monopolization principles.
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Washington, Gibe
Tabadeco
Sherman Ant+Trust
Thet. J. Olds Tobacco
Tiseett and Myers Tobacco Company
American Tobacco
U. S. District Court
Tarington
Federal Aircult Court
Burton
Reed
Reson
Justice Frankfurter
Upe Teme
Smumerdpa
Ruthledge
Fragmented police report on dog attack and injury
A stray dog bit Patrolman Mercury Messenger early this morning. The animal attacked another man before biting the officer on the left hand. Fire department responders arrived as the incident unfolded.
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Merence Messenger
Mt Fire Department
Ths Costin Scale at 219 West Wilford
A brief notice states Costin Scale at 219 West Wilford plans to attend tennis events. The fragment confirms location and attendance but lacks full details of dates or participants.
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West Wilford
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Young King
Kenova
Norfolk & Western Railway
Grace Lorane Peatro
Dayton
Congress MA
Brinas
Sainan
Butler
Kanawha
Supreme Goat
Edness
Poligenaan
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