Bar To Study Judges Right To Testify
The American Bar Association questioned if judges may testify at trials. A committee will be appointed to study the issue, with no names or cases given. Delegates recalled the Alger Hiss perjury trial and noted Frankfurter and Reed served as witnesses for Hiss.
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ST. Louis
American Bar Association
Bar Association
Alger Hiss
U. S. Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley Reed
Hiss
Whittaker
Washington
Association
Hoover Commission
Prank Ghosted as Threat to U S Envoy in Turin Talk
Milan dispatch says Rome police dismissed a letter alleging a planned assassination of United States Ambassador James C. Dunn as a vindictive prank. The would be attack was to occur in Turin during a Saturday trade fair speech.
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Milan
Italy
United States
James C. Dunn
Rome
Turin
Dunn
Windsors Leave Portofino for Montecatini Spa Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor depart Portofino by car early today en route to Montecatini, an Italian spa town near Florence, for a brief visit. The royal couple’s stop underscores ongoing duties during their European itinerary.
Slayer Of 13 Moved After Death Threat
Howard B. Unruh, 28, accused of slaying 13 people, was moved from Cooper Hospital to the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton. A relative of a victim threatened Unruh, prompting the transfer deemed in the prosecutor’s view the fairest for all. Detectives noted a relative of 10-year-old John H. Wilson, killed in River Road massacre, confronted Unruh at the hospital. Unruh remained under treatment for a hip wound. investigators declined comment on any link to the transfer. Prosecutor Mitchell Cohen said Unruh has not been declared insane and the shift follows recommendations by four psychiatrists. Cohen also noted Unruh sought further study and observation. A two-week hospitalization for the hip wound had been advised after police exchanges. an operation failed. Cohen’s office prepared 13 murder complaints against Unruh after Wilson’s death.
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Camden
N. J
Howard B. Unruh
iCooper Hospital
New Jersey State Hospital For the
Trenton
Mitchell Cohen
Camden County
John H. Wilson
River Road
Unruh
Wilson
Cohen
Farlier
Paul Macray
Cooper Hospital
Wilson Boy
Voting Machines Ordered By County
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of 200 voting machines at a total cost of 300000 dollars after a two hour session. The 3 to 2 vote rejected delaying the purchase for rival manufacturers review and turned down a rental plan at 150 dollars per machine.
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Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors
Missing Chinese crew after Hong Kong ship blast
The Jardine Matheson Line confirmed 14 Chinese crew members are missing from the British ship Chasang, which sank after a blast in Hong Kong Harbor. The vessel had 66 crew and 10 passengers, with most missing believed to be engine room staff.
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Hong Kong
Jardine Matheson Line
North China
Shell to Drill Deep Near Rolleston in December
Shell Oil informed Prime Minister Joseph Chifley it plans deep exploratory drilling to 10,000 feet if needed near Rolleston in central Queensland starting in December. The announcement comes amid an intensive oil search in the region. Cockroaches have existed on Earth for about 280 million years.
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Canberra
Australia
Shell Oil Company
Joseph B. Chifley
Rolleston
Queensland
Soviet Flier’s Diary Shows He Feared Death On Return
Excerpts from Anatole Barsov’s diary published in Life magazine describe his fear of death or labor camps after returning to the Soviet Union. Barsov, 38, deserted with Piotr Pirogov, 29, and later faced scrutiny by Soviet agents while in the United States.
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New York
Anatole Barsov
Workers of
Russia
Life
Barsov
United States Department
Piotr Pirogov
Pirogov
U. S
Soviet Union
Virginia
Barsow
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Barsey
Plate costs soar for Nebraska license plates
The cost of manufacturing Nebraska motor vehicle license plates has risen from 6 percent of prewar levels to about 16 percent per set, reflecting wartime price pressures on production.
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Nebraska
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EUM Company
North First Ave
Newberry
D’orsay
BRENT
Model Radio
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YU Ae Yan
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Sayd
Madras
Ave
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Gabardines
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W. Adams
Shell
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Bulgaria
Athens Radio
Greece
Athens
Buy-Rite Drug CO
First Avenue
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