Three Escaped Convicts Still at Large in WV Prison Break
Thirteen of fourteen escapees were recaptured after a pre-dawn break from West Virginia State Penitentiary. Three men Gerald Nolan Eddie Starcher and Denver Vannest remained at large as police from WV PA and OH chased leads. One lifer among the recaptured was wounded in Ohio pursuit.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Gerald Nolan
Eddie Starcher
Denver Vannest
Life Terrers
James Bailey
Chalmers E. Tate
Cadiz
Marshal Bailey
Life
Bailey
Otto Neff
Tate
Stanley Sheffie
John Valykeo
Neff
Wheeling
Sheftie
Valykeo
Orell. Skeen
Mike Ables
Dennis Taylor
Donald Wurster
Charles P. Ross
Everett Leroy Ruble
Jack Heeney
Elmer Tichnell
Holly Starcher
Skeen
Plucky Farm Lad Donnie Woodward Dies After Burns
Donnie Woodward a 10 year old farm boy who survived severe burns for weeks died today at Vernon Texas. He had been burned around 70 percent of his body May 10 and showed brief signs of recovery including talking to parents yesterday. He asked about his pet cow Old Jersey and his dog, while letters and gifts poured in praising his courage.
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Vernon
Tex
Donnie Woodward
Pope Receives Truman Envoy in Private Audience
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius II held a private audience with Myron C. Taylor, President Truman's envoy to the Holy See. It was Taylor's third private meeting with the Pope since his return two weeks ago after an extended absence.
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Vatican City
Pius II
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
Holy See
Taylor
Grandmother sacrifices self to save four children on bridge
In Malone Washington a 51 year old grandmother Ruth Merryman died after pushing four children off a railroad trestle to safety as a Northern Pacific freight train approached. Her grandsons Larry Harvey 12 Ronny Hake 6 and Pete Merryman 8 and his brother John 4 were saved with minor injuries.
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Malone
Wash
Knute Weinberg
Ruth Merryman
Larry Harvey
Oakville
Ronny Hake
Pete Merryman
John
Northern Pacific
Woman Named U S Treasurer
President Truman nominated Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas as the first woman treasurer of the United States. The 49 year old divorcee was backed by Mrs India Edwards head of the Democratic national committee women’s division and flew into Washington after a quick call.
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Washington
Truman
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland, Kas
United States
Political purge in Russia reportedly underway
The New York Times reports a political purge in Russia with evidence of at least 300,000 expelled from the Communist Party and Komsomol membership decline. Disappearing leaders include N. A. Voznesensky A. A. Kuznetzov P. S. Popkov Yuri A. Zhdanov I. T. Golyakov and others linked to the Shdanov faction.
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New York
The
New York Times
Russia
Paris
C. L. Sulzberger
Communist Party
Komsomol
Communist Youth League
the Times
N. A. Voznesensky
Politbro
A. A. Kuznetzov
P. S. Popkov
Supreme Soviet
Suspended worker tied to top secret atom reports
Senator Hickenlooper told lawmakers the AEC suspended a top security cleared employee after an FBI check found derogatory information in 1948. The employee faced a May hearing before AEC officials, with 24 people named in the FBI report contributing to the case.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Rtown
Congress
FBI
Senate House
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E Lilienthal
Iowa
Lilienthal
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Marshall Honored as Nations Thank Marshall Plan Aid
President Truman and General George C. Marshall spoke at a Carlton hotel dinner in Washington praising Marshall as a soldier and patriot. Spokespersons for 16 Marshall Plan countries expressed gratitude for American aid as the two leaders urged prompt approval of the North Atlantic Pact.
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Washington
United States
Western Europe
Truman
George C. Marshall
Carlton Hotel
Marshall
Harvard University
Secret talks with Big Four on Berlin compromise
Western Powers await Moscow’s reaction after Dean Acheson dined with Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky at the U S embassy in Paris. Informants say the, American secretary signaled how far Washington would concede, while pressing firm on main propositions at the Foreign Ministers conference.
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Paris
Moscow
Dean Acheson
Russia
Berlin
Acheson
U.S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
East European diplomat cites Molotov in charge of Russia policy in Asia
An AP report from Paris states a responsible East European diplomat says Soviet Deputy Prime Minister V. M. Molotov has been placed in charge of Russia's policies in China and other parts of the Orient. The informant predicts an early shift from diplomatic aloofness toward the Chinese Communists, though no official confirmation has been received from Russian sources in Paris.
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Paris
Lyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
China
Orient
Berlin and Kremlin seek new proposals for settlement
Berlin and Germany discussed Russia’s possible proposals as the Big Four council held a secret session. Sources said a day and a half between the dinner and today’s session allowed Vishinsky to contact Moscow for potential compromises. Schuman warned of several weeks of hard work to reach a settlement.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Big Four Council
Vishinsky
Moscow
Kremlin
Robert Schuman
Two seriously burned in blast at Cincinnati home
Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, 49, daughter-in-law of former Governor Myers Y. Cooper, and her son Myers Y. Cooper II, 22, were seriously burned when a bottle of cleaning fluid exploded at their Cincinnati home. They were taken to Holmes Hospital. Mrs. Cooper is married to Raymond K. Cooper, president of Myers Y. Cooper Realty Company.
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Cincinnati
Dorothy Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper II
Holmes Hospital
Death ruled suicide in Coshocton County case
Coroner William Pfadt ruled 28 year old Fred Minor of Conesville died by own action after shooting himself in the head Saturday night. The Coshocton County coroner reported no foul play and upheld the finding of suicide.
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Coshocton, D
William Pfadt
Coshocton County
Fred Minor Conesville
Pfadt
Minor
Executive Succumbs Cleveland
Ben Haber age 69 president of Erie Dyeing and Processing Company died yesterday after a several month illness.
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Cleveland (Ap
Ben Haber
Erie Dyeing and Processing Company
Fifth Anniversary of D-Day Observed
Omaha Beach France AP reports on D-Day anniversary five years after the invasion. Grass and cattle mark fox holes while villages show war scars. Veterans lie on the bluff overlooking the landing place as two Americans Brig. Gen. Joseph O'Hare and Capt. Smith Hutton attend the ceremony amid reflection on unity and sacrifice.
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Omaha Beach
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Brooklyn
Belsen
Hitler
United States
Joseph O’hare
Paris
Smith Hutton
Five Die In Ohio Traffic Mishaps And Two In Flight
Weekend toll from Ohio road crashes includes five deaths from traffic incidents and two killed in a plane crash near Vermilion. Additional fatalities include a drowning at Indian Lake and several local victims across Warren Rockhaven Jacksontown Mt. Blanchard Batavia and nearby areas.
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Lillian Fisher
Warren
Vervien
James Johnson, Jr
Rockhaven
Toboso
Newark
Mazie FE. Thompson
Jacksontown
Licking County
Wheeling
W. Va
St. Clairsville
O. Alva H. Cole
Mt. Blanchard
Marion County
Marion
Dias Ash
New Richmond
Batavia
Thomas Potts
The
Torch
O. Midget Auto Speedway
Gallipoli
Pt. Pleasant
Harry Hull
Bellefontaine High School
Indian Lake
Logan County
Russell B. Tallentire
Mansfield
Jack W. Hemmerly
Shelby, C
Vermilion
Former Convict Sought in Triple Slaying in Chicago
In Chicago a birthday party ended in a fatal shooting that killed Lillian Holden and Ray Griffin and John Archer Jr., with Elva Griffin wounded. Police seek Thomas Holden, 52, a former Alcatraz prisoner, for questioning after neighbors reported gunshots.
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Daniel Ahern
Alcatraz
Thomas Holden
Lillian
Ray Griffin
John Archer, Jr
Board of Trade
Griffin
Elva
Holden
Archer
Ahern
Joseph Grady
Holdens
Leavenworth
Kas
Evergreen Park
Warren student nurse dies after two car crash
Lillian Fisher, 19, a student nurse from Warren, died last night from injuries sustained in a two car collision four miles north of town. She suffered a skull fracture and other injuries in the crash.
Officer Slain One Kidnaped Trio Sought in Mandan
Mandan North Dakota AP reports police hunted three St Paul men Arthur Bistrom Carl Bistrom and Allen Hartman for robbery and kidnapping after patrolman Ralph Senn 24 was abducted from his squad car while investigating the slaying of Minneapolis officer Fred Babcock Jr Babcock was killed during an attempted burglary in Richfield Minnesota as authorities feared for Senn’s safety with 24 hours elapsed.
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N. D
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Ralph Senn
C. J. Schauss
Morton County
St. Paul
Arthur E. Bistrom
Carl H. Bistrom
Allen C. Hartman
Schauss
Senn
Fred Babcock, Jr
Babcock
Richfield
Senate panel approves first civil rights bill of session
Washington AP reporting that the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an anti lynching bill introduced by Senator Ferguson from Michigan. Chairman McCarran of New York said no roll call vote was taken after a closed committee meeting.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
McCarran
D-New
UMW Leader and Union Fined for Contempt in Strike
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld contempt convictions against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers for failing to halt a pension strike last year. They were fined 4200000 total, Lewis 20000 and the union 1400000, under Taft Hartley. The court said the ruling concerns obeying court orders to maintain conditions pending authority.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Appeals
Union
Three Given Life Terms For Columbus Hold Up
Three former convicts Edward Mischler 42 of Cincinnati Frank J Czernewski 40 of Ripley and Walter R Maley 46 of Dayton Ky were sentenced to life terms by Judge Cecil J Randall in Franklin County common pleas court for their roles in the Hub Savings and Loan heist in Columbus. The trio, captured by State Highway Patrolmen at Wilmington after a March 7 traffic violation, had obtained 99003 in the February 16 robbery.
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Columbus, O
Hub Savings and Loan Company
Columbus
Cecil J. Randall
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Edward Mischler
Cincinnati
Frank J. Czernewski
Ripley
Walter R. Maley
Dayton
Wilmington
Five Brothers Die In Fire At Hazelton Home
Five Gaizick brothers aged from six months to 11 years died from asphyxiation and burns when a West Hazelton house burned. Garrick Gaizick, wife, and son Robert were injured. three siblings fled unharmed or were away. The blaze started in the kitchen. neighbor alerted the family as fire swept the second floor.
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Trio
Hazelton, Pa
West Hazelton
Steven Gaizick
Joseph
Richard
Leo
Thomas
Donald
Gaizick
Garrick
Robert
Aloysius
Joanne
Eleanor
Edward
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