Bridegroom confesses slaying of younger sister-in-law
Milton Babich 19 confessed to killing 16 year old Patricia Birmingham after planning to elope with her sister Kathleen 17 who was betrothed to him. He told District Attorney William McCauley he killed Patricia to keep Kathleen’s pregnancy secret. The body was recovered from the Milwaukee River after Babich faced police questioning and a habeas corpus hearing.
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Milton Babich
Kathleen Birmingham Babich
Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
William McCauley
Milwaukee River
Babich
Pat
Kathleen
Taft Seeks Cut in European Recovery Fund Budget
Senator Taft proposed capping Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe at 4.28 billion dollars for the coming 12 or 15 months and allowing President Truman to decide the timing. He floated a 10 percent cut to the 5.58 billion ceiling and noted debate resumes next week as Foreign Relations favors 4.28 billion for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Europe
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Conys
Missing Brothers Rescue From Norfolk Harbor
Four young fishermen from Wanchese North Carolina were found safe in Norfolk harbor after going missing Friday afternoon in the Cape Hatteras area. The Scarborough brothers Charles Edwin Bill and Cy telephoned home after being listed missing and turned back for the inland waterway as fog hampered the search by the coast guard.
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Norfolk
Wanchese
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk Harbor
Elizabeth River
Safe and Sound
Coast Guard
R. E. Scarborough
Charles
Edwin
Bill
Cy Scarborough
Roanoke Cruiser Commissioning Set for April at Philadelphia
The navy will commission the cruiser Roanoke on April 4 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. It is the first of two Worcester class large light cruisers, displacing 114,700 tons with 12 six inch guns in six turrets and equipped with new automatic dual-use weapons for surface and air targets.
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Washington
Navy
Roanoke
Philadelphia Navy Yard
President Truman urges world relief drive across 76,000 churches
President Truman called Americans to join a worldwide relief effort to fight distrust and propaganda. The appeal supported an interdenominational fund drive to aid overseas relief groups, aired on a coast to coast program from Hollywood with Gregory Peck Ida Lupino and Robert Montgomery. He urged worship tomorrow and emphasized aid to hungry and needy abroad as a duty of faith and community.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Ida Lupino
Robert Montgomery
America
Paycice
Carmichael Heads UNC Committee
Frank Porter Graham's resignation as president of the University of North Carolina is accepted with regret but not effective until he is sworn in as a U S senator. An executive committee sets a nine member interim panel and a search plan as Graham departs for the Senate.
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Raleigh
Frank Porter Graham
University of North Carolina
Greater
Graham
U. S
Scott
Senate
J. Melville Broughton
Oak Ridge Institute For Nuclear Studies
The
Greater University
Institute For Nuclear Studies
Bricker
Ohio
Atomic Security Review Board
Full
Atomic Energy Commission
Hoey
D-Nc
Morse
R-Ore
Board of University Trustees
W. C. Jackson
Woman's College At
Greensboro
Jackson
W. de Carmichael
Senate Bill Targets Poisonous Snakes and Wine Controls
A Senate bill would ban handling venomous snakes by religious cults and prohibit inducing others to handle them. Another measure tightens wine control by cutting possession to one gallon, restricting sales to ABC stores, and allowing boards to revoke licenses for law or regulation violations or unfit permittees or premises.
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Raleigh
Senate
C. A. Peterson
Mitchell
Julian R. Allsbrook
ABC Boards
ABC
Truman Stalin Conference Sought At World Peace Meet
At the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace in New York on March 26, Demands for a top level Truman Stalin talk surfaced. New York Post editor T. O. Thackrey urged a meeting of Truman and Premier Stalin to end the cold war.
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New York
T. O. Thackrey
New York Post Home News
Truman
Pemier Stalin
O. John Rogge
Rogge
U. S
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Waldorf-Astoria
Park Avenue
Canada
Immigration Service
John Goss
Chicago
George S. Counts
Counts
Americans For Intellectual Freedom
ALF
Teachers College
Columbia University
Thackray
United States
Man
Stalin
North Carolina Restaurants Urged to Clean Up Ahead of Busy Summer
Raleigh report says public eating places should begin improvements now to handle a likely increase in tourists. Health officer Dr. J. W. R. Norton notes last year's infantile paralysis outbreak and urges readiness for a larger summer crowd in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. W. R. Norton
Norton
Five Nations Sliced Western Germany In Border Plan
Western powers approve transferring 52 square miles to the Netherlands France the Saar Belgium and Luxembourg affecting 31 localities with 13 500 people as part of a provisional realignment to aid waterways highways rail and customs The move sparks bitter German protests and prompts a US British French meeting of foreign ministers within 10 days to resolve issues delaying German unification and economic development
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Germany
Netherlands
France
Saar
Belgium
Luxembourg
United States
Britain
Benelux
North Rhine- Westphalia
Washington
State Department
U. S
Bevin
Schuman
Tehran
Mecklenburg Textile Leader Arrested on Yarn Theft Charge
A prominent Mecklenburg County textile executive, Guy Williams of Frank II and Sons Textile Mill in Cornelius, was jailed on a larceny charge for nearly 100000 worth of yarns. Investigators found shortages at the mill. FBI handed the case to local police after finding no interstate link.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Guy ©. Williams
Frank II and Sons
Cornelius
Williams
FBI
Alexander F. Ix
Inglewood
N. J
Charotte
Tornadoes, Windstorms Kill Dozens Across Five States
The Associated Press reports at least 70 dead and scores injured as tornadoes and windstorms swept Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Louisiana and Mississippi. Casualties include 17 in Arkansas six in Greenville Miss one at El Paso Tex two at Crowder Okla and numerous injuries and structural damage across multiple towns. News notes heavy rain fog and unseasonably warm temperatures accompany the storms.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
el Paso
Tex
Crowder
Oklo
Whelen Springs
England
Hazen
Beetleville
Springtown
Tey
Desdemona
Alvord
Seymour
Benjamin
Dallas
Ohio
Colorado
Army Testing Synthetic Chloromycetin In Malaya
The army announces tests in Malaya of a man made version of chloromycetin to treat rickettsial diseases including scrub typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The project, by Pace Davis and Co, aims to assess safety and effectiveness for typhoid fever and other infections.
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Malaya
Washington
Pace, Davis and Company
Detroit
Army
South Pacific
Seven U.S. airmen safe after Barrow Strait crash in Far North
Seven U.S. air force fliers marooned on Barrow Strait ice are unharmed and in excellent condition, the RCAF says. Canadian rescue planes search despite bad weather, with Air Commodore Costello leading from Resolute Bay.
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Edmonton
Alta
U. S. Air Force
Barrow Strait
RCAF
Magnetic Pole
Northwest Air Command
Resolute Bay
Cornwallis Island
Churchill
Man
Frobisher Bay
Martin Costello
Truman
St John’s
Neld
Alaskan Air Command
Control Law To Expire This Week
Angry Senate and House conferees end seven hours of debate on rent control. They reach a 15 month extension to June 30 1950 with disputes over how to handle possible rent increases. Sparksman says both sides near a compromise. House and Senate still differ on percentage increases.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate
House
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Alabama
Joint Committee
Joint
Senate House
Rep
Spence
R-Ky
Flanders
Senate Maybank
D-Sc
Wheat Control Referendum May Be Held
Washington reports the government plans for a probable nationwide vote within 120 days on wheat production controls for the 1950 crop. A two thirds majority would be required to approve planting allotments and marketing quotas. Brannan will decide after weather prospects, with plans to wait until late June for a final call if conditions justify.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Crowers
Europe
U. S
AAA
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By Jack Bell
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UNC
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Suar l
Conference For World Peace
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Denver
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Cape Cod
Ohio River
Fort, Worth
Pacific Northwest
North Dakota
Eult
Isms
Army Medical Research and Graduate School
Italy
Far North
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