Public Enemy No 1 Arrested After Louisville Shootings
Earl D. Bircham, 45, identified as Public Enemy No 1 by the FBI, was arrested in Louisville after a fatal police shooting and a second officer wounded. Bircham, linked to multiple Tennessee and Nashville robberies, faced murder and malicious shooting charges. his wife June Bircham, 26, was held without charge.
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Louisville
FBI
Carl Heustis
Earl D. Bircham
Houstis
Bircham
June Bircham
Kansas
Tennessee
Speeder
John H. Tennyson
General Hospital
John A. Ross
Kenton County
Luther Illiams
Fred Hallford
Hallford
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Nashville
Nashville Gas and Heating Co
State Department Rejects Mexican Peace Congress Plan
Washington August 15 The U S state department snubbed the proposed Congress for Peace to be held in Mexico City September 5 10 The American Continental Press for Peace backed by educators artists writers and unionists is Moscow directed according to remarks by Dr W E B Dubois The committee includes Paul Robeson Linus Pauling Charlie Chaplin and others who oppose war and armament races across the Americas.
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Washington
Congress For Peace
Mexico City
U. S. State Department
New York
Continental Press For Peace
Amer
State Department
Moscow
W. E. B. Dubois
U. S. Committee For the Congress
Dubois
Paul Robeson
Linus Pauling
Chares Chaplin
O. John Rogge
U. S
Conares
Enrique Gonzales Martinez
Americas
Chicago Police Escort Gasoline Tank Truckers
Chicago police were ordered to convoy gasoline tank trucks through the Englewood district during a five day strike by gas truck drivers. Lieut. Patrick J. Condon said protection was provided after driver Thomas Bowman reported being halted and threatened, with union placards torn from his truck. Bowman's employers had signed a new contract with the AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patrick J. Condon
Englewood
Thomas Bowman
Bowman
K. Friend and O Truckers
AFL International Teamsters’ Union
Airliner Crashes in Atlantic off Ireland. many saved
An American four-engine airliner ran low on fuel and crashed into the Atlantic off Ireland while en route Rome to New York. Of 58 aboard, 55 were rescued by surface ships and a British fishing trawler with the Stalberg delivering survivors to Galway. Nine died, including crew and four American employees. Ruth Nichols among the survivors.
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Galway
Ireland
Atlantic
Western
Ruth Nichols
Rome
New York
Venczela
Shannon
Irish
Boston
Rome-to-Shannon
Transocean Airlines
Stalberg
Venezuela
Miss Nichols
Confidence Man Nabbed By G Men
Birmingham authorities report Dustean A. Youngs known as Bill Watkins arrested by the FBI on mail fraud charges. Listed among the nations ten most wanted fugitives, he and partner Herbert B. Silversmith allegedly swindled banks and sold fake city directory ads in multiple states. They used a private plane and lived wealthily, with prior prison terms for fraud.
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Birmingham
Ala
FBI
George D. King
G-men
Dustean A. Youngs
Bill Watkins
U. S
Atlanta
John Bills
Youngs
Bills
Partner
Farnsworth-Silversmith & Associates
Atlanta Constitution
Winston-Salem
N. C
Oklahoma
Bob Youngs
Roy Farnsworth
Herbert B. Silversmith
Margaret Mitchell Improves Slightly After Auto Injury
In Atlanta on November 15, 43 year old author Margaret Mitchell showed signs of improvement though remains in critical condition after being struck by a car Thursday night. A family spokesman said she received a blood transfusion and is being fed via a tube with improved color and X rays confirming a fractured skull and pelvis.
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Atlanta
Aus
Margaret Mitchell
Syrian Chiefs Slain During Uprising
In Damascus a swift military coup toppled President Zayim and Premier Berazi. Col. Sami Hennawi led the strike force that killed the rulers after four and half months in power. Hennawi announced the shootings and labeled the men traitors and tyrants.
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Damascus
Syria
Middle East
Sami Hennawi
Husni Zayim
Great Mazza
Zayim
Muhsen Bey Berazi
Col
Hennawi
Buncombe Solicitor Recovering From Assault
Asheville solicitor Will J. Hampton recovering after an early Sunday beating at an Asheville nightclub. Vaughan J. Cannon, labeled by Hampton as a gambling kingpin, was arrested for assault and released on bond. Warrants for assault with a deadly weapon issued. Cannon reportedly left for Georgia as the case proceeds.
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Asheville
Vaughan J. Cannon
King Bee
Cannon
Will J. Hampton
Georgia
Hampton
Tiger
Solons Preserve Items In Appendix Of Congressional Record
James Marlow explains how the Congressional Record appendix carries added material from lawmakers. He notes unanimous consent is required for appendix entries, why members seek print, and gives examples such as Senator Humphrey printing a July 1 1949 Bennington College address.
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Solons
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Humphrey
Minnesota Democrat
Bennington College
Bennington
Resignation of North Carolina conservation board member
Alexander, a Waynesville resident and appointee of Gov. Scott, resigns from the state board of conservation and development after a dispute over the state advertising program. He told friends the political implications left him unable to contribute constructively while remaining on the board.
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Alexander
Conservation Board
Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Scott
Thomas W. Alexander
Waynesville
Morehead City
Charles J. Parker
Charlotte
Ayer and Gillett
German Voters Elect Right Wing Lead For Four Years
In West Germany more than 24 million voters chose a right wing majority in the first free election since 1933. Christian Democrats led with 7.36 million, Social Democrats 6.93 million, Free Democrats 2.83 million, while Communists dropped to about 6 percent. Max Reimann faced rejection in his district but may join parliament through proportional representation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hitler
Europe
France
Italy
West Berlin
Western Germany
Elbe
Red Army
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Britain
Labor Party
Free Democrats
Max Reimann
Communist Party
West Germany
Reimann
North Rhine-Westphalia
Prices Barely Moved On Stock Market Today
NEW YORK August 15 There was little activity in the stock market with prices barely moving. Some gains appeared for Chesapeake & Ohio Texas Co Paramount old Twentieth Century Fox North American Co Kennecott Copper Dow Chemical International Paper Lockheed and National Distillers. Declines showed in Southern Pacific Eastern Air Lines U S Gypsum Republic Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward J I Case American Woolen Westinghouse Air Reduction Phelps Dodge American Smelting and United Gas corp.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio, Texas Co
Paramount
Twentieth Century-Fox
North American Co
Kennecott Copper
Dow Chemical
International Paper
Lockheed
National Distillers
Southern Pacific
Eastern Air Lines
U. S, Gypsum
Republic Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
J. I. Case
American Woolen
Westinghouse
Air Reduction
Phelps Dodge
American Smelting
United Gas Corp
Barkley Crowns Granddaughter Queen Amid Port Ceremony
In Paducah on Barkley Field crowds gathered for Operation Jeep. Vice President Alben Barkley crowned his granddaughter Dorothy Ann Barkley as Queen of Queens and joked about crowning a queen of his own one day. The event drew about 10,000 attendees.
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Paducah
Paducah-MacCracken County
Barkley Field
Alben Barkley
Cagleton Hadley
St. Louis
Dorothy Ann Barkley
Barkley
the Culpepper
Hadley
Hoover Receives Warm Welcome at Grand Central Terminal
Former President Hoover at age 75 drew applause at Grand Central Terminal after arriving from Chicago on the Twentieth Century Limited. He went to the Waldorf Astoria suite and dismissed a train bladder disturbance as overblown.
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New York
Hoover
Grand Central Terminal
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Waldorf- Astoria
California
Private enterprise fights state debt for road machinery
Contractors petition Gov and Council to deny the highway and public works commission five million dollars in rural road bond funding for machinery. They cite prior state projects, claim force account costs more, warn of wasteful duplication, and note high private equipment value and stiff competition lowering contract estimates. The issue frames a broader battle over state versus private enterprise in public works.
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Council of State
Highway and Public Works Commission
WPA
Commission
Testimony Postponed For While
Senator McCarthy says an employee linked to deep freezers sent to Mrs. Truman and others engaged in alleged smuggling acts but finds no evidence of improper conduct by Mrs. Truman. The hearing investigates possible improper influence in government contracting.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harry S. Truman
Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Albert Verley
Chicago
Vaughan
Verley Company
White House
Independence
Henpecked Male Bird Gets Stuck
Detroit zoo reports Mr. Rhea a male bird under heavy brood care as four Mrs Rheas lay eggs. He has hatched 40 chicks already, must cover a crowded nest, and remains tasked for six weeks of the laying season with occasional incubator help from curator Arthur Greenhall.
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Detroit
Rhea
Detroit Zoo
Zoo
Arthur Greenhall
Mr. Rhea
Greenhall
Robbers Hit Salem Crossroads General Store
A $41,500 robbery at a country general store in Salem Crossroads S C Saturday night prompted a cross state search. Sheriff E K Babb of Fairfield County said two gunmen bound Wash Ladd and took money from pockets a register and a tin box in his upstairs bedroom. one robber wore a mask. A woman was detained in Charlotte for questioning.
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Charlotte
Salem Crossroads
Frank Littlejohn
N. C
E. K. Babb
Fairfield County
Wash Ladd
Ladd
Babb
SaJem Crossroads
Columbia
S. C
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Oon
Story
Enterprise Staff
Buncombe Solicitor
Paul Houdeille
Houdeille
Ralph Overton
Chez Paul
Fred
Pepper
Florida
Stock Mart
New York Terminal
Capitol Square
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Mrs. Truman
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