Motive Sought in Slaying of Dana Marie Weaver
Virginia authorities seek motive in the Dana Marie Weaver slaying as 16 year old suspect Tae Scutt is charged with murder. Dana Marie was found suffocated at Christ Episcopal Church after a church group picnic. Police report fragmentary admissions from Scutt and forensic clues include a coffee urn sack and broken bottle evidence. Funeral services drew hundreds from Jefferson High School in Raleigh Court.
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Oanokee
Mey
Dana Marie Weaver
Sit
Suearali Tae Scutt
Dana Marie
Rolling Evergreen Cemetery
Raleigh Court Methodist Church
William P. Watkins
Jefferson High School
Jenior High School
Dana
Gifor
Scott
Jefferson High
Schoalani
Churen
Christ Episcopal Church
Witnesses Place Fields in N Y C Show in 1928 30
Los Angeles May 12 The late W C Fields featured in Earl Carroll Vanities in New York from 1928 to 1930 two witnesses testified while his widow claims he lived in California Fields performed weekly July 1924 to mid 1930 as Vivian Wilson witnesses Allen Wood and Mrs Vivian Earl told court during estate dispute Fields died 1928 and chief beneficiaries include Fields and sister Adel Smith witnesses described changes in his will and codicils photographs of Fields were shown by counsel Ernest Tolin and Morris Preston criticized the widow for quiet years after his death and sought to shift expenses to her estate.
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Los Angeles
W. C. Fields
Earl Carroll
New York
California
Allen Wood
Vivian Earl
Iteecamedian
Fields
Vivian Wilson
Lém Schaumer
Fields Isales
Adel Smith
Michael
Fale
Ernest
Tolin
Morris
Jetn Preston
Buspand
Preston
New Fork
Noted Painter Dies In Massachusetts
Mass. obituary notes painter Sibert Tucker Margeson, renowned for marine works, died yesterday in Getty. He planned to found a colony of artists and had active ties with local circles.
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Mass
Sibert Tucker Margeson
Esterday
Ambassador Submits to Eye Surgery in London
London May 12 Ambassador Lewis undergoes minor optic surgery to remove a foreign object causing eye injury. The operation, performed at a London clinic, aims to restore vision with a general treatment plan.
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London
Lewis
Sian
iLondon
Allies Ponder Possible End of Occupation
Washington May 12 AP State Department officials leaving for Paris discuss plans for meeting Russia’s proposal to withdraw occupation troops from Germany. The plan would concentrate forces in rotated garrison cities with regional removal to ports like Stettin Hamburg Bremen and a French port while keeping troops in Germany. Western Allies may conditionally accept the Soviet proposal to limit duration and territory of occupation, aligning with Marshall Plan completion and European rearmament under the Atlantic Treaty.
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Washington
State Department
Paris
Russia
Germany
Stettin
Hamburg
Bremen
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Cash Register Co., Dayton layoffs cut 1,500 to 2,000
The National Cash Register Company announced a layoff of about 1,500 to 2,000 employees in Dayton. The total reduction is roughly 15 percent of the workforce with production realignment cited as the reason. The cuts were said to take effect Friday.
Police Probe Robed Gang's Blackjacking at Church
In Hattanooga Tennessee on May 12 police investigated a robed gang assault at a Dolly Pond church. Six white men and boys, including Ed Allison and his son L E Allison, said masked assailants equipped with blackjacks beat them during services. The incident follows a string of flogging reports in the Chattanooga area linked to hooded groups.
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Hattanooga
Tenn
Here
Frank Burns
Dolly Pond
Rober
Ed Allison
L. E
Allison
Charles Beaver
Tom
Leon
Fan
Henry Blair
Blair
Ferguson Brothers
Tly
Ancons
Beaver
Tae Throm
Love and Poison Put Woman Behind Bars
Marilyn Stevenson of Axron Ohio was sentenced to two to 35 years for poisoning attempts on Dr Charles Jones a veterinarian. Testimony described an obsession with the doctor and anonymous messages urging his wife to divorce. Dr Jones tasted the milk but suffered no serious effects. The case ended at Marraville re ternatory for women.
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Axron
Ohio
Marilyn Stevenson
Marraville
Charles . Jones
Miss Stevenson
Teooptimista
Akron Veterinary Hospel
Heifers Auctioned in Hotel Ballroom
May 12 banquet of Ayrshire Breeders Association in Indianapolis featured twenty prize heifers sold in the Antiers Hotel ballroom. Calves entered via elevator and were paraded on a platform before auction after dinner. Top bid reached 11111 for Neshaminy Headline. Mindrow Dorathy II sold for Lore. A heifer donated by the Wilkyns benefited the Damon Ruben Cancer Fund bringing 430.
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Indianapolis
Antiers
Ayrshire Breeders Association
Byron Fisher
Meade
Neshaminy Headline
L. 3
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Edward E Wilson
Oxford
Els
Wily
Damon Rubyen
Four Men Out on This Home Run
Plymouth Mass May 12 1942 four men were out on a home run drive as a Nome tin label appears in the report detailing the escape from a local incident.
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Plymouth
Mass
Beer Man Bitten by Baboon in Bar
In Defiance Ohio May 12 Frank drives a beer truck and meets many locals in a tavern. A half grown baboon reportedly bit his leg badly requiring medical treatment. Frank says the animal was near its owner Carl Fogt and a customer. He questions the report.
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Defiance
Ohio
Frank
Tota
Carl Fogt
College Man Faces Manslaughter Trial at Plymouth
A Dartmouth College junior Thomas A. Coxsee of Fayetteville New Jersey was indicted for first degree manslaughter by a grand jury in Grafton County. Coxsee has been free on $80 bond after pleading not guilty to the death of Tage mond J. Cirrotta 23 of Linden New Jersey, who died from injuries in a dormitory brawl at Dartmouth College in Massachusetts on March 1.
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Plymouth
WN. H
Dassmouth College
Grafton County Prand
Thomas A. Coxsee
Fayetteville
N. J
Boxsee
Tagemond J. Cirrotta
Lineden
Art Mouth
Massachussetts
Republicans vow to press economy after Senate bill defeat
Washington May 1 AP Republican leaders said they would press to cut federal spending after the Senate approved a Treasury and Post Office budget of 113,665,502 for the coming fiscal year. The measure surpassed the House total by 40,250,600 and faces possible House rejection, with conferees to seek a compromise. Senator Bridges of New Hampshire warned of continued economy fights, while Senator Taft of Ohio noted gains for trimming advocates on other bills. The proposal forecasts a 409,000,000 operating deficit for the year and follows a prior vote directing further cuts in labor and security programs.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Post Office
Yolen Vate
House
Sen. Bridges
R-N. H
Orters
Post Office Treasury
Treasury-Post Office
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
Labor-Federal Securiy Thaney Oil
Duration Fliers Forced to Land
Endurance fliers Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward were forced down near Yuma County airport after their second attempt to set a record this month. The ex Navy pilots flew a light plane for about 15 hours and 41 minutes, following a prior failure caused by a clogged gas line. Both men, noted as Fullerton, California businessmen, remained undeterred about a third try.
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Yuma
Bob Woodhouse
Woody Jongeward
Tam
Fullerton
Yuma County
Woodhouse
Jongeward
U.N. Accepts Israel as Member Amid Debates
Israel gained admission as the 59th UN member after a 37-12 vote with nine abstentions. Arab walkout followed, some representatives returned later as the General Assembly faced action on freedom of information and other issues before Saturday's adjournment. Discussions also covered postponement of the Dutch-Indonesian dispute, Spain relations with Franco, and Italy’s prewar colonies.
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General Assembly
Lake Success
En Committee
Indonesia
Moshe Sharett
Israel
Sharett
Tarnel
Spain
Assembly
Witherdrawal
Madrid
Italy
Lake Sucreas
Britain
Red Chief's View on War Reported by FBI Informant
New York May 12 Witness William Cummings of Toledo Ohio an FBI informant testified that William Foster the Communist chief told a Cleveland Ohio convention on July 10 1948 that if America faced war with Russia Russia would occupy Europe and Asia The testimony tied the remarks to the then pending indictment of Foster and other top Communist leaders The witness also named Gus Hall as a speaker at the convention noting reductions in Ohio state committee members and the drive to organize Youth for Wallace Clubs The testimony covered party security concerns and actions from 1948 including membership cuts and ideological shifts
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New York
Wiliam Z. Foster
Ohio
America
Russia
Europe
Asis
William Cummings
Toledo
Ole
FBI
Foster
Cleveland
Tlal
Cummings
Gus Hall
Alen
Hall
Germany
Ohio State
Trail
Henry A.) Wallace
Clues Surface Near Luzon Island About Missing C47 Transport
A map from a missing C47 transport and the license of the capitol Maximo Montes washed ashore on Alabat Island off Luzon as authorities search for the plane. The C47, carrying 15 aboard, vanished after taking off from Dnet for Manila, with reports of the crew attempting a sea landing northeast of Perez on Alabat Island.
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Manila
Maximo Montes
Alabet Tsland
Luzon
Dnet
Tve
Perez
Alabat Island
Planes for Hong Kong Stop in Philippines
Fourteen British aircraft arrived in the Philippines en route to Reno Kong to bolster defenses of the crown colony. The group included nine Spitfires, two Mosquito bombers, two Dakota transports and a Sunderland flying boat. First Philippine landing was on Palawan. The two Dakotas continued to Hong Kong. remaining planes to complete the trip tomorrow.
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Manila
Philippines
Reno Kong
Singapore
Hornet
Palawan
Hong Kong
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Jackie
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Associated Press
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Charles Ho Robbing
Robert Moodward
Patricia Shelvin Lof
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