Los Angeles Sees New Slaying Linked to Black Dahlia Case
In Los Angeles police report another brutal sex murder follows the Black Dahlia case. A 28 year old hairdresser and mother, Louise Coulter Springer, was found garroted and mutilated in her husband's sports convertible on a near south side street. Coroner says strangulation likely. Husband Laurence Springer says she vanished Monday after he left her in the car for glasses.
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Louise Coulter Springer
Black Dahlia
Ben Brown
Laurence G. Springer
Widow Disappears in Chicago After Brief Romance Bait
Mrs Reseda Corrigan a 39 year old widow and mother of three vanished prompting police to probe a possible foul play in a case tied to a rumored $5000 swindle. Capt Daniel A Gilbert states belief of foul play as daughter Reseda 19 describes a wealthy Hollywood producer type who courted her mother last month.
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Chicago
Reseda Corrigan
Daniel A. Gilbert
The
States’ Attorney
Reseda
Gilbert
Hollywood
Case Against Hiss Heads Toward Trial Dates
The government pursues perjury and espionage charges against Alger Hiss, a former State Department official. The only morning witness, Benjamin Firsheim, testified he misread Whittaker Chambers testimony before HUAC on August 25, 1948. Chambers, key prosecution witness, was once a communist courier and the pivotal figure in the case. Firsheim was the government’s so called surprise witness and the 33rd to testify.
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New York
Government
Alger Hiss
State Department
Benjamin H. Firsheim
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Firsheim
Withholds Decision On Cities Request
Governor Patteson did not decide today on the cities request for a special legislative session to aid finances. The West Virginia League of Municipalities presented its petition with bill drafts, while a joint legislative committee studies if a special session is needed. The league seeks immediate extensions of taxing and revenue powers and a constitutional amendment to let funds flow to cities. it says cities should not rely on state help and urges broader powers to self fund.
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Charleston
Patteson
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Jnow
League
Uint
Tunnelton Woman Killed by Train In Yard Tragedy
Martha Spiker Purnell a 49 year old Tunnelton resident died instantly when a Baltimore and Ohio yard engine bumped a line of about 65 parked coal cars while she attempted to crawl through. Witnesses heard her screams and neighbors found her dead. Survived by husband Alonzo deceased two? children and several siblings. funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Kerr officiating at Mt View cemetery under Knotts Funeral Home.
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Tunnelton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
M & K Junction
Earl Strawser
Rowlesburg
R. G. Nagle
Ireman
Purnell
Tunnéiton
Pete Sniker
Lottie Stewart Spiker
Alonzo Purnell
Methodist Church
Mt.View Cemetery
Knotts Funeral Home
Start Monday On Lake Bathhouse Construction
Lake Bathhouse at Tygart Lake State Park to begin Monday morning under Kenhill Construction of Charleston. R M Wilson to supervise with a $36363 bid and 180 day deadline. the lime stone concrete block structure will run about 150 feet and serve 800 bathers. Board of Trade efforts aim to speed start after three bid rounds.
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Tygart Lake State Park
Jack Nuzum
Taylor Board of Trade
Nuzum
R. M. Wilson
Kenhill Construction Company
Charlestomlow
Obligation of Big Steel Questioned
In Pittsburgh the U S Steel and United Steelworkers confer again over pensions in bargaining. US Steel holds labor contracts set terms, reopenable only on pay and insurance, not pension demands, while CIO and Steelworkers president Philip Murray counters morally and legally for pension talks.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
Cto-United Steelworkers
Philip Mur Murray
CIO
Steelworker
State liquor stores stay open Monday for West Virginia Day
The Liquor Control Commission announced that state liquor stores will remain open on Monday West Virginia Day. Most state offices will close except the Motor License Bureau which will keep regular hours to handle the rush of license applications.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Liquor Control Commission
Motor License Bureau
Fred D. Robinson West Grafton Principal Dies
Fred D. Robinson, 62, principal of West Grafton elementary and long‑time Taylor County teacher, died early today at Grafton City Hospital after illness. Survived by wife Mary Archer Robinson, daughter Mrs Edwin Wilson of Pittsburgh, and son Dr Clay Robinson. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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West Grafton
Robinson
Grafton City
Robison
Maple Avenue
Mary Archer Robinson
Edwin Wilson
Pittsburgh
Clay Robinson
U. S. Navy
Wo Dima
Barnett Buperal
Contracts Awarded for State School for Deaf and Blind
Four heating equipment contracts were awarded by the Board of Education for the State School for the Deaf and Blind to Hazelwood Company George Hazelwood of Cumberland Md for boiler plant building and piping and conduits, Rust Engineering Pittsburgh for chimney, and Fairfield Engineering Marion Ohio for coal handling. The board also faced overrun bids for Glenville State College farmhouse and administration building alterations, while Paul C. Davis was named assistant coach of all athletics at Fairmont State College and will direct recreational work.
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Charleston
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Board of Education
Bunlding
George
Hazelwood Company
Cumperland
Rust Engineering Company
Pittsburgh
Fairfield Engineering Company
Marion
Glenville State College
H. K. Boer
Baer
Paul C
Pj) Davis
Fairmont East High School
Fairmont State College
Waitkus calls shooting a bad dream in hospital visit
Eddie Waitkus, recovering in hospital after a 22 caliber rifle wound from Ruth Ann Steinhagen, described the incident as “all like a bad dream” while joking with reporters and receiving fan letters. Steinhagen, 19, lured him to a hotel room and harmed him.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Nationals
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Senate Debates Injunctions or Seizure Over Strikes
The Senate faces a major choice in round two of arguments on how to handle strikes that threaten health or safety. Debates center on Taft Hartley injunction powers versus seizure authority, with two main proposals from Taft and from Douglas and Aiken, reflecting Republican and Democratic lines. The fight pits injunctions against seizure, with Labor leaders wary of broad injunctive power. The outcome hinges on whether Congress endorses court injunctions, broad seizure, or a narrow seizure option supported by Senate Leader James L. Lucas.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Douglas
DTI
Aiken
Lugas
Illinois
Industrial School Sells Brown Swiss Bull
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Grafton sold the brown Swiss bull Royal Prince John Ethan No. 94403 to Philip F. Jones of Farmington Route 1. The sale was reported by Fred E. Titee, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Readers' Association in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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West Virginia
Operators Try To Break Deadlock In Coal Talks
BLUEFIELD, four Southern operators resumed talks with United Mine Workers to end a three week deadlock over a new contract. Operators accuse John L. Lewis team of stalling while UMW cites five operator demands as non negotiable. Moody of Southern Cost Producers Association outlines changes sought, including ending $100 monthly pensions, cutting miners lunch, and requiring 12 months work for vacation pay, with strike looming as contract nears expiration.
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Bluefield
Southern
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Cost Producers Association
John Owens
SCPA
Moody
Lee Bennett Paint Firm Is Purchased
Negotiations ending today confirm Jay Harter of this city bought the remaining stock of wallpaper and paint, store fixtures, and rights to the Bennett name and goodwill of the Grafton business that has operated since 1923. Lewis Bennett will relocate to Clarksburg after July 1 to join Casto Taxidermy Service. until then he remains to finish payments and closeouts.
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Lewis Bennett
Lee Bennett and Son Paint Store
Jay Harter
Harter
Bennett Paint Company
Grafton
Lee E. Bennett
Bennett
Claims Pipeline Project To Oak Ridge Draws Heat
Senator Hickenlooper assailed the Atomic Energy Commission for funding a $10 million natural gas pipeline to its Oak Ridge Tennessee plant saying the project is needless and wasteful. AEC commissioner Summer Pike defended the switch from coal to gas, claiming annual government savings of about $1.25 million at current prices and noting coal industry stoppages. Lilienthal faced calls for firing amid charges of mismanagement as the Senate committee revisited AEC affairs following a side discussion on an article about atomic security in Nation’s Business. The AEC planned to have the FBI review potential security violations in the magazine piece.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Lowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Summer Pike
AEC
Oak Ridge
Pike
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
FBI
Lillenthal
Regatta Planned at Tygart Lake July Fourth
The Tygart Lake Development Corporation announced a boat regatta for Monday July 4 at 2 PM with a larger entry list than the May 29 event. Charles Casner president of the boatsmen's club says the same schedule officials and committees will be used and suggests a fireworks display and a sandwich counter as added features with local organization help requested.
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Tygart Lake
Charles Casner
Boatsmen’s Club
Casner
Development Corporation
Merle Haddox
Flemington Sailor Tours Naples on Navy Liberty
Grant L. Browning fireman apprentice USN son of Roy Browning of Flemington Route 2 spent ten days in Naples Italy as a crew member of the destroyer USS Brownson on liberty after intensive Mediterranean training with the Sixth Task Fleet visits included Rome Pompeii and Capri tours on the schedule.
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Grant L. Browning
USN
Roy Browning
Route 2
Flemington
Naples
Italy
Brownson
Sixth
Mediterranean
Rome
Pompeii
Isle of
Capri
Coplon Testifies Loyalty to U S as Star Witness in Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon swore she has always been loyal to the United States while testifying as her own star witness in a defense against espionage charges. The case touched on her ties to Valentin Gubitchev and an Amtorg decoy report found in her purse.
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Judith Coplon
U.S
Star Witness
Washington
United States
Justice Department
Archibald Imer
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Maron
Justice Departments
Gubitchev
Dickey
Palmer
Foreign Agents Registration
Amtorg
Claims Lias Owed Taxes for Two Decades
In Fairmont William A Lias faces charges of evading over 1 million dollars in income taxes for a five year period starting 1943. Government witness Lewis G Stanley testified that Lias underpaid taxes from 1931 to 1941 and paid extra assessments late. It was noted that some taxes, including 1937, were paid in installments or settled late, with payments completing in 1942 and 1941 for related notices.
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Fairmont
William A. Lias
Wheeling
Lies
Lins
Lewis G. Stanley
Fidéme
Intertnal Revenue Department
Parthersburg
Stanley
Liss
Tag
Corres
Auto wreck injures two near Grafton on Route 119
Two youths Harley ant 2 of 455 West Wilford and Hacyid Gillispie 20 of Pees Prop ped s trest suffered minor injuries when their car was demolished in a wreck on Route 119 north of Grafton about 10 30 o clock last night. Both were treated at City hospital.
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Route 119
Grafton
Harley Ant 2
Wilford
Hacyid Gillispie
Gillispie
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