Norwalk Murder Case Goes to Jury
A jury of six women and men will decide if Eugene Bentley Southack 80 is guilty of first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of Ellsworth O Donnell 26 on his Southack lawn. State and defense pleas were presented as jurors receive instructions and begin deliberations with potential death as maximum penalty.
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Josales
Eugene Bentley Southack
Norwalk
State
Defense
Southack
Ellsworth O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Warns Against Inflation Perils
The President urged nationwide action to extend price controls and warned Congress that ending controls on June 30 would trigger runaway inflation. He said inflation has already raised defense costs by 7 billion dollars and that a broader military production effort is about to expand.
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Ile
Congress
Russia
Truman
Features Index Amusements Classified Comics Drew Pearson Radio
The page presents a compact index of features including amusements and classifieds alongside columns by Drew Pearson and Ray Tucker, with a note on radio and television coverage and a town meeting item.
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Amusements
Classified Comics
Drew Pearson
Ray Tucker
Dividend Tax Withholding Sparks Investor Debate
Owners of stocks and interest bearing securities worry over a proposed 20 percent withholding on dividends and tax payments. The house ways and means committee has passed the measure, signaling a future tax burden. Many remain alarmed, though the article notes it may not require higher payment for everyone. Continued on Page 22.
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House
Ways and Means
Funds Authorized For Bellflower School District
The state allocations board authorized a transfer of 252 920 dollars to Bellflower School District to fund a new Ramona School. Costs rose 53 percent since May 1950, with a total project cost of 112 727 dollars for 15 classrooms a kindergarten an administration and health facilities, toilets, a multipurpose area kitchen sheltered walkways and special classrooms.
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Sacraswento
Bellflower Schonal
Ramona
McCarthy Attacks Marshall Over Stalin War Policy
Senator McCarthy alleges Marshall backed Stalin era policy and misrepresented quotes from prominent Americans and Chinese in the Wedemeyer report. He accuses Marshall of fabricating excuses and lying about Pearl Harbor whereabouts, citing prior testimony and a meeting with the Russian ambassador.
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Marshall
Stalin
Wisconsin
Dehearse
Hed
McCarthy
Vandenberg
R-Abidh
Wedemeyer
Pearl Harbor
Fort, Moyer
Anthur Upham
Mov
Washington
Sen Marshall
Reds Counterattack Regains Peaks in Korea Front Firefight
United Press reports a fierce daytime battle along the Kumbwa Kum song corridor as Reds counterattacked after a brief Allied advance. Both sides held and lost two strategic peaks as they clash over hill by hill fighting with pack animals and light artillery moving into the battle zone. Allied patrols pushed westward over five miles, but center and east sectors saw only limited gains.
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Tokyo
Humhwaves
Kumbwa
Kumsong
Barnly
United Press
Willam Chapman
Eighth Army
Kumsang
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