Jury Clears Dr Sander in Mercy Death Murder Trial
Candia New Hampshire March 10 Dr Hermann N Sander acquitted quickly of murder in the mercy death of a cancer patient. He returns home amid cheering crowds with his wife at his side. Defense counsel Louis E Wyman calls the verdict justified. Relatives and Harvard pathologist praise the decision as justice and restraint in weighing evidence.
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N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Hillsboro
Yesay
Herm
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Here
Piney
Sanders
Louis E. Wyman
Dr Sander
Eginald Borroto
Jo Borroto
Dr. Sander
Borreto
Ro Borroto
Harvard
Borroto
Richard F. Ford
Harvard Medical School Department of Legal Medicine
Elizabeth Rose
Sander
Meec
Acheson Urges Total Diplomacy To Halt Soviet Expansion
Secretary of State Acheson proclaimed a new cold war doctrine of total diplomacy. He called for a voluntary national campaign across government and society to curb Soviet world domination through unity, economic aid, and coordinated action with free nations. He warned unilateral talks risk false hopes and dangerous concessions.
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State Acheson
Acheson
Congress
Business
Agriculture
Europe
United States
One Of Slickest Artists In Stickup Game Evading Law
New York dated March 10 reports Willie the actor known as Willie Sutton sought for a $63,000 branch bank robbery in Queens and tied to other famous heists. Police note his disguises and escape record including Sing Sing and Philadelphia tunnels.
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New York
Willie
Toot
Boston
U. S
Havana
Cuba
William Sutton
Julian Loring
George Holland
Richard Courtney
Richard Loring
Queens Boulevard
Manufacturers Trust Co
Hudson
Eastern State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Holmesburg
Philadelphia
Redistricting Stakes Lie Ahead for 1950 Legislature
North Carolina faces a pivotal 1950 election as lawmakers will redraw state senate districts to near equal population after the census. Disparities show Guilford and Mecklenburg underrepresented compared to the 19th district, likely prompting reforms that could shift power toward central counties. The session could also test longtime party convening efforts and reapportionment pressures.
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Forsyth
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Cabarrus
Cumberland
Durham
Gaston
Johnston Pitt
Robeson
Rowan
Georgia sheriff and deputy found guilty in civil rights case
A Georgia jury convicted Dade County Sheriff John W. Lynch and Deputy William Hartline of depriving seven African Americans of civil rights by turning them over to Ku Klux Klan members who flogged them. Eight other white defendants were freed. Lynch and Hartline face up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
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Rome
Georgia
Dade County
John W. Lynch
William Hartline
Mamie Clay
Clay
Hooker
Lynch and
Hartline
Empire Hovers Over Bechuanaland Chief Khama and London Wife
Bechuanaland ruler Chief Seretse Khama, Oxford educated, married Ruth Williams of London. The marriage drew imperial scrutiny as South Africa’s segregation issue loomed. Britain withheld recognition citing disruption risks, angering Khama who sought to return to his people and wife. Churchill questioned government handling in Commons.
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London
Seretse Khama
Bechuanaland
Ruth Williams
South Africa
Seretse
Africa
Winston Churchill
Patrick Gordon - Walker
Commonwealth Affairs
Sereise
Extension Of Rent Controls In Debt Turbulent Year
Washington lawmakers wrestle with extending rent controls beyond June while shaping a broad tax bill. Senate action funds Housing Expediter Woods and contemplates a 758.7 million dollar bill to sustain agencies, with debates over economy moves and new revenue sources.
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Senate
Tighe Woods
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
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McKellar
D-Tenn
Douglas
D-Ill
Whittle
Senate House
Billy Rose recovers loot from mansion theft case
New York showman Billy Rose identifies one of four suspects in the January 26 Rose mansion jewelry theft. Vitulano, the gang driver, turns himself in after Rose brings him to police with attorney Arthur Garfield Hays. Two other suspects already in custody, Willie Lalamio remains at large.
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Billy Rose
Nightcclub
Rose
Ziegfield Theater
Sixth Avenue
54Th Street
Eleanor Holm
Vitulano
Hays
Willie
Blackie) Lalamio
Dim View Taken of New Report on Flying Saucer
Los Angeles reports on flying saucers present two angles. Ray L. Dimmick describes a 46 foot diameter craft with a 23 inch pilot after a crash in Mexico City, while the U S air materiel command finds no evidence of interplanetary machines. The Denver lecturer and university professor add skepticism as authorities seek corroboration.
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Los Angeles
Dimmick
Ray L. Dimmick
Mexico
Mexico City
Francis F. Broman
George T. Koehler
Broman
U. S. Air Materiel Command
Welfare and TV Sets Don't Jibe
MINEOLA New York March 10 Edwin W Wallace Nassau county welfare commissioner ordered four relief families to return television sets and cut the relief allotment of a woman who refused. Wallace said as commissioner they are receiving too much from relief just about as much as they pay for their television set.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Mineola
N. Y
Edwin W. Wallace
Nassau County
Helso
Wallace
Cache of Obscene Materials Found in Tobacco Barn
Smithfield officers uncover a large cache of obscene literature pictures and altered prophylactics in a tobacco barn near Four Oaks. The cache was moved from Charles L Beasleys Smithfield warehouse and linked to his earlier seizure by federal and state agents. Beasley 45 is free on $5,000 bond on illegal marijuana transfer charges. two alleged henchmen were released on bonds of $5,000 and $1,000 respectively.
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Francis Russell
State Department
Acheson
United States
Soviet Union
Greece
Turkey
Indonesia
Smithfield
Four Oaks
C. L. Denning
Charles L. Beasley
Beasley
Denning
Johnston County
George Dodd
Alton Horton
Raleigh
Ship Alawal Returns to Wilmington After War Build
The steamship Alawal formerly New Hanover, built in Wilmington during the war, docks this morning with a cargo of canned pineapple from Hawaii for a through North Carolina. Launched Oct 31, 1944, it is reportedly the first of its kind to return to Wilmington since the war.
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Wilmington
New Hanover
Hawaii
North Carolna
Brooklyn Beauty Shows Effects of Hunger Strike
In Frankfurt on March 10 Yvette Madsen a 22 year old Brooklyn mother of two collapsed in court during her murder trial. She has been on a no solid food hunger strike for three days and appeared composed after a brief recess. Prosecution cites a 45 caliber bullet from a quarrel at a friend’s home as the murder weapon.
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Germany
Yvette Madsen
Elmo Gower
Cumberland
Brooklyn
Air Force
97Th General Hospital
Buschlag
Rein-Main
Emily Swindel
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