Warrants Issued for 13 Reds After Court Refuses Hearing
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman revoked bail and issued warrants for 13 second string Communist leaders who were convicted under the Smith Act for conspiracy to overthrow the U S government by force and violence. Warrant amounts ranged up to 25 000 each as the Supreme Court refused to review the case. Names include Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Pettis Perry Alexander Bittelama Alexander Trachtenberg Victor J Jerome Louis Weinstock Arnold Johnson Albert Lannon Betty Gannett Jacob Mindel William W Weinstone George Chapman? No. Claudia Jones
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New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Kaufman
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist Party
National Committee
Pettis Perry
Negro Commission
Alexander Bittelama
National Education Commission
Alexander Trachtenberg
Victor J. Jerome
Cultural Commission
Louis Weinstock
National Review Commission
Arnold §. Johnson
Albert Lannon
Betty Gannett
Jacob Mindel
William W. Weinstone
National Education Commision
George Blake Chairney
Claudia Jones
Women's Commission
Region 4 subcommittee appointment for mortgage aid
Philip H. Hill of Charleston has been named to the Region 4 subcommittee of the National Voluntary Mortgage Credit Extension Committee to expand GI and FHA loan access in hard to reach areas. He will join Albert M. Cole in Washington for an upcoming meeting.
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Philip H. Hill
Charleston
West Virginia
National Voluntary Mortgage Credit Extension Committee
Thomas and Hill Inc
Empire Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Albert M. Cole
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Marilyn Monroe Faces No Pictures Till 1958 If She Forms Own Company
Hollywood insiders say Marilyn Monroe cannot release personal projects while under 20th Century Fox contract which runs through 1958. Publisher Billy Wilkerson dismisses the plan as misguided while noting publicity could influence studio relations with Zanuck if Monroe proceeds.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
20Th Century-Fox
Marilyn
Billy Wilkerson
Hollywood Reporter
Wilkerson
Sheppard Returns To Observation Cell After Rites
Dr Samuel H Sheppard 31, under constant watch in the county jail observation cell after the funeral of his mother Ethel Niles Sheppard 64 who killed herself last Friday. He Wept at the service for his mother and beside his brothers at the casket. The brothers say the mother was despondent after his life sentence for the July 4 murder of his wife Marilyn. Police note the suicide letter read I can't manage alone without father.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Ethel Niles Sheppard
Marilyn
Census Hiring Ups Civilian Employment
Senate House committee reported civilian employment in the executive branch rose in November mainly due to temporary Census Bureau hiring. The payroll reached 2,343,707 versus 2,322,997 in October, but was 23,623 below November 1953 totals, Byrd said.
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Washington
Senate House
Census Bureau
Byrd
D-Va
Joint Committee On
Royalty Reconciled in Paris Divorce Case
Ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra declared reconciliation to the French court handling their divorce. Living apart since 1953, they met at a Gstaad Christmas party and chose to resume their marriage. Peter, 31, and Alexandra wed in 1944, filed for divorce in 1953, she once injured her wrist. he lives at Varennes-Sur-Seine and she with their son in Switzerland.
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Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Gstaad
London
Italy
Varennes-Sur-Seine
Lausanne
Switzerland
Denial of a Turnpike Slate Disputed by Bowman
Okey Patteson denies involvement in Raleigh County polit ics over Young Democratic Club leadership as Bowman disputes the Turnpike Commission slate. The piece notes Parker and Ballard ties, Be ckl ey figures, and Governor Marland era politics amid a $33 million expressway dispute.
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Bowman
Okey L. Patteson
State Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Commission
Raleigh County
Young Democratic Club
Charleston Gazette
the Gazette
Patteson
Commission
Turnpike Authority
Young Democrats
Beckley
Frank Bowman
John Boley
Charles Honaker
West Virginia Probation and Parole Board of
Bradley
Boley
Harry Anderson
Honaker
J. A. Blackburn
George Ballard
Pinecrest Sanitarium
R. H. Doane
James Lemon
Ballard
Marland
Women Healthier Than American Men
A nationwide survey by the AMA Bureau of Medical Economic Research finds men outnumber women in hospital patients by 77 720 in 1953-64 to 1 56436. Women are healthier across all age groups, with male excess in under 14 and 45-64 ranges. veterans' hospitals skew male, while nongovernmental hospitals show more women. The AMA Journal notes factors include child bearing and federal hospital practices.
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Chicago
Bureau of Medical Economic Research
The
American Medical Assn
Frank G. Dickinson
Bureau
Veterans Administration
AMA Journal
Luck and pluck fend off currency exchange robbery
Mrs Gladys Hunt, 52, thwarted two robbers who held her husband Leslie, 56, and daughter Ruth, 30, at the Hunt home for 30 minutes. She’s said to have locked the currency exchange door by phone and signaled police, while one robber entered the exchange in a cap. The pair fled after a window was broken. The husband and daughter were unharmed. Miss Hunt surrendered $13.50.
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Chicago
Currency Exchange
Gladys Hunt
Leslie
Ruth
Hunt
Miss Hunt
Heavy Feathers! Feathers Trucker Arrested for Overweight Load
Harrington Delaware driver Edward D Layton was arrested on Wilbur Cross Parkway after state notice charged with driving an overweight truck carrying 31 000 pounds of feathers in a single load on the route.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Edward D. Layton
Harrington
Del
Wilbur Cross Parkway
Millionaire builder from Dog Patch to Spokane’s peak
Gus J. Cozza rose from a Gonzaga student living in a ramshackle room to a Spokane housing magnate. He built, sold, and reinvested in lots, growing Cozza Construction Co. into a 100-employee operation with over 1,200 homes. His lavish six-bedroom home symbolizes his success, and he dismisses romance in favor of work.
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Spokane
Wash.a
Gus J. Cozza
Gonzaga University
Cozza
Gus
Gonzaga
Bill
Chordettes Ride High In TV Radio Phonograph Fame
New York reports the Chordettes top record polls with Mr. Sandman selling nearly 800,000 copies in 12 weeks. Archie Bleyer, ex Godfrey associate, produced for Cadence Records and aligned the quartet led by Janet Ertel and Carol Bushman. Original Sheboygan group earned fame on Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts and long Godfrey appearances.
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New York
Chordettes
Phonograph Records
Arthur Godfrey
Mr. Sandman
Bleyer
la Rosa
Cadence
Hernando
Miss Ertel
Carol Bushman
Sheboygan
Wis
Godfrey
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Charleston
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market shows steady to firm prices for broilers and fryers with good demand, turkeys barely steady. Farm prices end Friday include broilers under 3 lbs at 23-24 cents, 3 lbs plus at 24-25, heavy hens 17-18, small turkey fryers 26-27. South Branch area reports steady demand with 2.85 lb broilers at 24-25 cents. South Branch Poultry Auction about 1 cent lower with 24-25 cents for broilers and 103 head sold from 132,050 offered.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Charleston
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Inherit St Louis Firm From Baare Heirs
Five long time employees of the E H Baare Manufacturing Co gain full ownership of the 1.4 million dollar concern under wills of Edward H Baare and his wife. Vernon J Ambach becomes president after Baare's death and receives 51 percent of the stock while Charles James Jr Otto F N Groose Robert Renkel and George Hoch inherit remaining shares. The firm produces wire and sheet metal parts. The Boston Tea Party link and Amoy island note are also mentioned in court records.
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Charles James Jr
Otto F. N. Groose
Robert Renkel
George Hoch
The Shaving Mug and the Mysterious Metcalf
In a West Virginia mountains story Charles Gratton investigates reports of an eagle seen in violation of local game laws and encounters Anson Metcalf and sister Dana at a decaying mansion. A barber recounts Metcalf’s lineage and hints at old town memory, while Gratton probes the Metcalfs’ past as a hotel fire and vanished driver loom in the background. The scene blends intrigue with local color as Gratton prepares for further discovery.
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West Virginia
Charles Gratton
Anson Metcalf
Dana
Grattan
Gratton
Nosuh
Anson
Mr. Anson
Trading Year Opens With Mixed Signals In 1955
Business activity in early 1955 showed auto production at highs not seen since 1950 and a robust factory output, while the stock market briefly slipped on a go slow move by the Federal Reserve, then recovered. Retail drivers remained hopeful as department stores forecast better first-half earnings and Sears Roebuck reported a December sales record.
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New York
Wall Street
U. S
McGraw Hill
U.S. Steel Corp
Homestead
International Harvester Co
Louisville, Ky
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
National Retail Dry Goods Assn
Dun & Bradstreet
Sears Roebuck & Co
Cabbies Demand Police Protection Strike Hits Bogota
In Bogota nearly 4,000 taxi drivers walk off the job asking for more police protection after reports of four drivers killed by passengers in recent months and many others beaten or robbed.
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Bogota
Colombia
State Centenarian Dies in West Virginia
Mrs Lucinda Albert who marked her 100th birthday two months ago in Hamlin West Virginia died yesterday at Midkiff. She is survived by one daughter eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Hamlin
W. Va
Lucinda Albert
Midkiff
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