Teen confesses to bludgeon slayings of parents in Columbus
Nine teen Robert J. Miller, released from a federal reformatory, confessed to murdering his mother Gomer Thomas, 50, and stepfather Betty, 39, in their Columbus bedroom. He said he acted in anger after a girl issue and used two hammers and two butcher knives. He fled to Cambridge before being held for charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert J. Miller
Franklin County
Samuel L. Devine
Miller
Cambridge
Gomer Thomas
Betty
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
State Highway Patrol
Formosa Urges Red Coast Ports Mining Plan
Formosa paper urges mining of Chinese mainland ports to deter British ships from trading with Red China. The English language China News argues such action would deter British shippers, noting risk if Nationalist port closures remain in place. It highlights Foochow Amoy and Swatow opposite Formosa.
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Formosa
Taipei
China News
Independent
China
Foochow
Amoy
Swatow
Farmosa
Weeks Defies House Group's Order
Secretary of Commerce Weeks and the Business Advisory Council refuse a House Antitrust Subcommittee subpoena to produce BAC records. Walter White of the BAC challenges the committee’s authority while Weeks asserts files remain immune as executive records. Contempt potentially referred to all committee members.
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Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Business Advisory Council
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BAC
Walter S. White
Council
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Weeks
White
Commerce Department
Committees of Congress
Coller
D-Ny
Congress
Celler
Subcommittee
Department
Secretary Weeks
WOC
Commerce ‘Department
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