High Court Rules on Out-of-State Divorces Across States
Supreme Court rules 7 to 2 that full faith and credit requires states to honor divorces from competent state courts even when they differ in policy. Justice Vinson says due process in the issuing state suffices, while Frankfurter dissents. The decision also affects alimony tied to Nevada decrees and prior New York separation orders.
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Vinson
Massachusetts Court
Margaret, Sherrer
Florida
Katherine C. Coe
Reno
Supreme Court
Nevada
Massachusetts
Jocompetent
Sherrer
Edward C. Sherrer
Theeninsula
Coe
Justice Frankfurter
Murphy
Frankfurter
Frew York
Hatsuyuki Rumor: Imperial Horse Not for Sale
In Tokyo on June 8 the imperial household denied any bid from Fort Wayne Indiana for Hatsuyuki first snow. They clarified Hatsushima first frost shown in the United States was not the emperor's horse and that First Frost was put to death last week from cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Imperial Household
Fort Wayne
Ind
Emperor Hirohito
Hatsuyuki
Hatsushima
United States
Paul Hobrock
Charles McKinley
U. S
Dick Ryan
Prince Ri
Korea
Japan
Indiana Town Devastated as Tornado Kills Child and Hurts Four
A June twister in Henryville Clark County Indiana killed 10 year old Gayle Mullins and injured four others including her parents and Mrs Emma Applegate. The storm wrecked more than 20 houses and barns and cut all utilities. Red Cross provided cots and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Effersonville
Ind
Henryville
Clark County
Gayle Mullins
Thomas Mullins
Emma Applegate
George Smallwood
Mullins
Smallwood
The
Red Cross
Special Bed Flown to Injured Veteran
A specially equipped hospital bed was flown to Reno for a 24-year-old veteran with a severed spine from an automobile crash near Quincy California. Troopers patrolled to prevent looting as a corn crib was blown a half mile by wind and tree branches damaged two churches. Earlier hailstorms and electrical storms affected wide areas while a Chicago weather update noted a storm moving southeast across Lake Huron.
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San Francisco
Reno
Roy
Quincy
Calif
Reno Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Lake Huron
Michigan
Lower Lakes Region
Appalachians
North Atlantic States
Alberta Seeks Rain to Save 1948 Grain Crop
Alberta Pacific Grain Company reports large portions of the 1948 grain crop delayed by a wet spring now need rain to prevent losses. The province faces one of its latest and wettest springs in memory as growers await rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Safeway
Japs Face Trial for Mass Slaying
Tokyo reports two lieutenant generals and 11 other Japanese officers will be tried for the Palawan massacre of 139 American prisoners of war in December 1944. The massacre occurred on Palawan island after POW huts were fired and occupants were machine gunned while fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Palawan
Philippines
Seiichi Terada
Dizo Mikami
Fourth Air Division
Corregidor
Bataan
Pala War
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Paul 3
Yost
Hirohito
Theift
Bank of America
National France Association
Colifornie’s
U.S
Independent Bureau
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