Four Victims Shot as Essery Faces Murder Charge
Essery reportedly faces first degree murder charges for a farmhouse shooting that killed William Shockley and three relatives, with six children present. Sheriff Cunningham said a .22 cal rifle was used and bloodhounds were summoned as authorities searched the area overnight.
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Hosmer
Shockleys
William Shockley
Clara
Helen
Shockley
Gus Shockley
Mary Ellen Stockley
E.S. Cunningham
Luke O'Connor
O’connor
O’connors
Conway
Jefferson City
Cunningham
Significance of Union Officials Revolt against Truman Mobilization
A mass circulation column discusses alleged propagandist unions and a document urging President Truman to end a terror regime. It outlines the mobilization program aims to boost production, curb inflation, and enforce longer hours with skilled labor, warning inflation threatens freedom and national welfare.
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Washington
British Socialist Labor Party
Joe Martin
Truman
81St
Congress
Clay
Wilson
Six Mexicans Held for Illegal Entry
New Orleans - Six Mexicans who entered the United States illegally were apprehended in West Baton Rouge Parish yesterday. The men admitted illegal entry and said they entered on March 30. They were turned over to border patrol for proceedings to return them to Mexico.
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Border Patrol
West Baton Rouge Parish
Mexico
Monroena School Board Awards Timber Bid and Reconfigures Names
The board approved the highest bid of 16 879 dollars for the Drew School site and accepted bids of 500 dollars from B L Fletcher and 750 dollars from S John Williams Saw Mill Co. The ward eight school and several others were renamed, repairs to Logtown School were approved, a bid solicitation planned for May, and a site purchase of ten acres from the Williams estate near Seventh Street for a West Monroe Negro High School was recommended by residents.
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S. John Williams Saw Mill Co
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Woodlawn
Sterlington Colored High School
Miles School
Mineral Springs
Central School
Logtown
Lenwis
James Trousdale
West Monroe
Canton rally targets nuns amid mass mobilization claims
Chinese observers report 1,700 representatives from diverse groups accused nuns at a Canton meeting on March 30. The nuns were handed to a people's court for punishment, with demands for life sentences and public degradation. Hong Kong sources note the nuns ran a receiving center for Canton's dead and dying abandoned children after the city failed to address the issue.
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People's Court
Hong Kong
Iraq to raise oil royalties amid pressure on foreign firms
Baghdad reports Iraq will lift oil royalties toward rates seen in neighboring Arab nations. Premier Nuri Pasha Al Said warned foreign controlled oil firms risk losing concessions if they resist higher payments. Negotiations to formalize the increase begin this week with no figures yet disclosed.
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Iraq
Iraq’ Petroleum Company
Nuri Pasha al Said
Iran
Iraq Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
New Jer
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Flood hearings to start April 16 with government dept reps
The committee will begin hearings on April 16 with delegates from other areas. Until then government department representatives will be heard. Hearings are not open to the press or public.
Iran to block foreign press cables over security concerns
Tehran announced it would refuse to transmit foreign press cables deemed dangerous to state security or decency, signaling possible censorship while denying plans to curb reporting. Ahmad Zanganeh cited lies and false statements about Iran’s martial law and oil regions, with AP not involved.
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Iran
Ahmed Zanganeh
Foreign Press Association
Atlantic City
Zanageh
Clarifi
Cation
New Order
Associated Press
Bleeding Boy Now Feels Pretty Good
Houston reporters say seven year old Wayne Gideon is feeling better after four more injections of anti hemophiliac globulin. He has received 35 pints of blood since his March 19 fall that injured his throat with a stick. The new drug aims to counteract his rare blood clotting disorder and stop the throat bleeding.
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Houston
Wayne Gideon
Wayne
Senator Collapses During Debate on Europe Troop Issue
Senator Watkins of Utah collapsed on the Senate floor during a debate over sending more than four divisions of U S troops to Europe. He strained upright, said he was temporarily distressed, and was assisted to the Republican cloakroom.
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Watkins
Utah
Senate
Europe
Congress
Truman
U.S
Rutledge to Serve 70 Years for Slaying Wife’s Suitor
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the 70 year sentence of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge of St. Louis for fatally knifing Byron C. Hattman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room. The defense portrayed Hattman as a seductive threat to Rutledge’s wife Sydney Goodrich Rutledge, daughter of a Hannibal surgeon. Rutledge claimed self defense after following Hattman to the hotel and fighting when attacked.
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Town” Supreme Court
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
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Byron C. Hattman
Cedar Rapids
Hattman
Sydney Goodrich Rutledge
Hannibal, Mo
Rutledge
Harttman
Mrs Rutledge
Hartman
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