Eleven Czech defendants face death in Prague trial
The Prague tribunal sentenced 11 defendants to death and others to life terms in a week long trial blaming treason and espionage to topple President Clement Gottwald. Rudolph Slansky and Vladimir Clementis were named to die. Arthur London Navro Hadju Evzen Loebl and others received life or long terms. The broadcast said the defendants admitted charges and noted they followed orders rather than acting independently.
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Navro Hadju
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Jansky
Klement Gottwald
Radio Plague
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Giementis
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Otto Fischl
Karel Svab
Bedrich Reicin
Svab
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Compan
Purge Hearings Allegations Shake East Europe
Reported statements claimed Zionist influence and Western plots to topple the Red regime and collapse Czechoslovakia. The trial's violent anti Zionist rhetoric triggered fear across East European Communist states where Jews hold high positions.
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Israel
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Britain
Czechoslovakia
Britain Plans War Memorial For U S Men
The next of kin of Americans who died serving with U S forces in Britain are asked to aid a memorial project. The London Times and the Dulverton Trust publish a volume Britain’s Homage to 28 000 American Dead prefaced by Churchill. Requests for copies, with deceased name unit and kinship, should be sent to Colonel J J Astor.
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Aherne Named KC Chamber Public Relations Chief
TOPEKA Phil Aherne is named public relations director of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce effective December He succeeds J R Halliday who resigned to become secretary manager of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association Aherne has been a reporter for the Topeka Daily Capital since 1950 and formerly worked for the Wellington Daily News Wichita Eagle and Wichita Beacon
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Topeka
Phil Aherne
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Aherne
J. R. Hallalday
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Topeka Daily Capital
Wellington Daily News
Wichita Eagle
Wichita Beacon
Chinese seek Latin American visas from Hong Kong surge
More than 10 000 Chinese in Hong Kong applied in three months for admission to six Latin American nations. Reports say many were granted permits by Brazil and Venezuela, while Argentina Mexico Cuba and Chile offered fewer entries. Applicants are mainly dependents abroad who can no longer receive remittances.
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Brazil
Venezuela
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
Student flies to college daily across 260 miles
Bozeman Montana report notes Montana State College student Maurice Holliday makes a 260 mile round trip by flying his own plane each day from the family ranch about 130 miles away. Professors say he has always been on time for his 8 a.m. class.
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Memorial Park Cemetery Dedication in Washington D C
The National Memorial Park Cemetery near Washington is dedicated with a 125000 dollar fountain and 38 bronze nude statues by Carl Milles. A cocktail party follows amid debates on wearing black and etiquette. Prominent attendees include Mrs Franklin Roosevelt Gen and Mrs Bradley Frank Lloyd Wright and Pearl Krock.
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National Memorial Park Cemetery
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Robert Marlowe
Carl Milles
Marlowe
Franklin Roosevelt
Bradley
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wil of John L Chapman to Benefit Two Kansas Children
Probate reveals the late John L Chapman left twenty thousand dollars to be shared between the Lutheran Children's Friend Society of Winfield and the Kansas Methodist Home for Children at Newton. The 91 year old farmer and former Johnson County sheriff died last Friday, with the will filed Wednesday setting aside the estate for the two agencies.
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John L. Chapman
Johnson County
Lutheran Children’s Friend Society
Winfield
Kansas Methodist Home For
Newton
Practical rust prevention for tin can covers
A reader notes that tied down galvanized steel can covers prevent disease and fire by preventing removal. The suggestion is to attach covers to a nearby structure with a strong rope to keep them from being blown away.
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