Governor Grants Sixth Stay for Lepke Buchalter and Two Henchmen
Governor Thomas E. Dewey granted a sixth stay of execution for Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and two Murder, Inc. figures, Louis Capone and Emanuel Weiss, delaying their electric chair deaths at Sing Sing while they pursue a U. S. Supreme Court writ of certiorari. The stay follows a court ruling upholding a lower court denial of habeas corpus, and comes as counsel planned an appeal with the Supreme Court.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
United States Supreme Court
Louis Capone
Emanuel Weiss
Sing Sing
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Dewey
Charles D Breitel
John A. Lyons
Buchalter
Weiss
Capone
Breitels
Lepke
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Asks Test Case on Work or Fight Law
In Gaithersburg 500 members urged enforcement of Maryland’s work or fight law and to seek a test case if needed. Willard Harv ey of Brookeville presented the resolution directing officials to press enforcement and obtain a constitutional test. The group has previously supported the law and seeks a formal test via a convicted defendant appealing while under penalty, a method the court has allowed only after a conviction is already recorded.
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Maryland
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Association
Gaithersburg
Willard Harvey
Brookeville
Ulysses Griffith
Baltimore
Montgomery Man Charged With Assault After Brawl
Richard Arnold, 52, of Shady Grove Rd near Gaithersburg, jailed in Rockville on charges of assault with intent to kill and robbery. Daniel Duvall, 45, from Washington and Clinton, Md, is reported improving at Walter Reed Hospital after a February 23 attack at Arnold’s brother Herbert Arnold’s home. Duvall, recently returned from overseas and honorably discharged, was critically injured with knife wounds to ribs face and lungs. Police say Arnold seized $99 from Duvall.
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Richard Arnold
Shady Grove Road
Gaithersburg
Rockville
Thomas O Duvall
Washington
Clinton
Walter Reed Hospital
Montgomery County
Arnold
Duvall
Herbert Arnold
Richard
Future Oaths To Be Given At Meade
Baltimore March 2 Inductees will be sworn in at Fort George G Meade instead of the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore The transfer follows abolition of the old procedure where men were sworn in on the day of physical examinations Final exams remain at the Armory Induction station is now at Meade Capt Hiawatha Yates and Lt Charles A Quinlan lead the station The change affects Maryland draftees awaiting induction and the move is announced by the Third Service Command.
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Baltimore
Fort George G. Meade
Fifth Regiment
Fort Meade
Hiawatha Yates
Altoona
Charles A. Quinlan
Minister To Leave Here From St Barnabas And St Timothy
Rev Henry Powers announces resignation effective May 1 from St Barnabas and St Timothy Episcopal chapels. He will serve at St Margarets Westminster Parish near Annapolis starting first Sunday in May. Bishop of Maryland will appoint successor soon. Powers has served Frederick parish since July 1942 after Virginia Theological Seminary studies. He was ordained June 3, 1943 and married Phoebe Jenkins Longfellow. Powers and wife will miss Frederick friends. He is Baltimore native and attended St James School and University of Virginia.
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St. Barnabas
St. Timothy's
Henry Powers
All Saints Parish
St. Margarets Westminster
Annapolis
Mr Powers
Maryland
Virginia Theological Seminary
All Saints Church
Phoebe Jenkins Longfellow
Ho Longfellow
Baltimore
Powers
Frederick
Roy
St. James School
Washington County
University of Virginia
Speakers Urge Tolerance at Lions Club Meeting
Lions Club members heard leaders from Christian and Jewish faiths urge unity and the practice of real religion over rhetoric. Rabbi Israel I. Halpern Rev. Fr. Arthur C. Slade and Rev. William C. Royal spoke on freedom of worship, war’s shared fight against fascism, and keeping the nation from dissension as Roger B. Wolfe welcomed John Landis and guests gathered at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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William C. Royal
Arthur C. Slade
Israel I. Halpern
The
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Rabil Halpern
America
Slade
Mr Royal
Royal
Mr. Royal
Rabbi Halpern
Father Slade
Roger B. Wolfe
John Landis
G. Raymond Shipley
Sleeve
New York
George Beck
Baltimore
Charles Brunner
W. Jerome Offutt
Frederick
Baltimore Race Problems Coped With 1943 Tally
The Urban League in Baltimore announced that the city successfully coped with serious race problems in 1943 and nearly faced outbreaks. The report cites employment, housing, and recreation issues while noting 20 percent negro population and improved race relations through union-management conferences. Hoover Not Interested in Elections Hoover said he is not interested in forthcoming elections and focuses on finishing the war after a Bahamas fishing trip.
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Baltimore
Urban League
League
Detroit
Bette
Hoover
Miami
Fla
Herbert Hoover
Pan American Dhpper
Bahamas
New York
Reinforcements at Momote Airfield Advance Island Occupation
Allied Headquarters reports dismounted American cavalrymen reinforced at Momote airfield on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands. The airfield, captured Tuesday, is being prepared for Allied use as reinforcements arrive and occupation of the island continues.
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Southwest Pacific
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Momote
Cape St. George
Borpop
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Liberator
Hollandia
New Guinea
Blood test ordered in custody fight over actress' daughter
John Langan agreed to blood tests to determine paternity of his 11 year old daughter amid a transcontinental custody dispute with Joan Manners. Justice T Alan Goldsborough ordered tests for Langan and the child to be conducted by next Monday. Miss Manners testified she sought to keep paternity out of court while Langan disputed her account of two marriage ceremonies.
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Washington
John Langan
Joan Manners
T Alan Goldsborough
Langan
Joan Langan
Miss Manners
Hollywood
Maryland rules allow specific tax deductions
Baltimore March 2 Officials clarify Maryland income tax rules noting that federal income tax payments are not deductible on state returns while victory tax payments are allowed as a deduction. Chief Deputy Joseph O C McCusker of the State Comptroller's office emphasized that claiming federal payments would be poor state policy.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Joseph O'C McCusker
Comptroller's
Federal ballot bill approved by joint conference committee
A sharply circumscribed federal ballot bill to provide absentee voting for armed forces members was approved by a joint conference committee. Overseas ballots require prior state ballots by Sept 1 and non receipt by Oct 1, with governors certifying authorization under state law. A final clause allows free discussion of political issues or candidates.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Green
D-Rd
Senate
Rep. Worley
D-Tex
Lard Freed From Rationing By OPA Plans March Supplies
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration frees lard from rationing in March and the War Food Administration allocates 50 million pounds for soap making due to rising hog slaughter. Civilians’ March lard allotment rises to 206 million pounds from 156 million. production through January and February totals about 514 million pounds, with 3 billion expected this year.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
OPA
WFA
Argentine acting president pledges cooperation with American nations
Buenos Aires March 2 Acting President Gen Edelmiro Farrell told AP today that the Argentine Government under his leadership would adhere to a policy of close cooperation with other American nations and guide the country toward a restoration of constitutional normalcy.
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Buenos Aires
Edelmiro Farrell
Soldier Vote Bill Outlined in Baltimore Meeting
Baltimore March 2 The Administration outlines a soldier vote bill to aid servicemen and civilians abroad and with Federal employers. The plan covers the November election and any special Congressional elections, with hearings urged to speed passage.
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Baltimore
William C. Walsh
Legislative Council
Walsh
Armed Services
Merchant Marine
United States
Red Cross
Society of Friends
WASPS
USO
Voting law proposal on ballots to military and nonregistered voters
A bill would allow ballots to be sent to all applicants including nonregistered voters who later join rolls upon return. It requires oath filings for those not registered, sets timing for printing and mailing ballots, and prioritizes state ballots over federal ones in dual-ballot cases. New York drove war loan subscriptions, surpassing the goal by 2.7 billion.
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Secretary of State
Elections Boards
New York
Morgenthau
Treasury
Blue
Five Die In Collision Of Two Freight Trains
Five crewmen died when a northbound Chesapeake and Ohio freight struck a stopped train near Sideburn Virginia. The dead, all from Charlottesville, were identified as Henry Morris R Wright Emmett C Jameson E Howell and William R Turner. The crash halted traffic on the Southern Railway main line as rescuers freed others from wreckage.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sideburn
Groff Funeral Home
Fairfax
Henry Morris
Wright
Emmett C. Jameson
E. Howell
William R. Turner
Charlottesville
Southern Railway
C. and
Southern
February marriage licenses in Rockville. 184 issued
Rockville license clerk Mrs. Lucille Fennnington reports 184 marriage licenses granted in February. The figure sits below the two year monthly average but above prior midwinter records. A large share of the grooms are in the armed forces as Rockville ministers performed most ceremonies.
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Rockville
Lucille Fennnington
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