14 year old held in rape murder at Langhorne home
In Bristol Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy Aaron Shelton Jr. was held on charges of raping and murdering 48 year old Mrs. Peggy Shetland, whose burning Langhorne home basement body was found by her husband. The youth allegedly attacked, strangled, and set the house ablaze to cover up the crime. He will be arraigned.
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Bristol
Peggy Shetland
Langhoerne
Aaron Shelton
Philadelphia
Shetland
Trenton
N. J
Russo
Stelton
Wirtz Attacks Price Moves in Congressional Plan
Washington January IS W. Willard Wirtz chairman of the National Wage Stabilization Board warned that about 40000 reconversion wage settlements can be reopened within months if Congress enacts price amendments he called Jack In the Box. He said wages cannot be controlled if the price changes proposed are adopted and urged price controls not be abandoned until a wage side plan is found.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
National Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Wirtz
NWSB
How They Voted on Last Week's Legislation In Congress
New York State delegation votes broken by house and senate tallies. Overridden veto of Case Labor Bill failed 255 to 135 with 41 not voting. Names listed for override and sustain votes, plus not voting. Senate actions include LaFoullette Monroney Bill passage, price control amendments, and OMA extension.
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Washington
New York State
House
Bennet
Buck
Cole
Elsaesser
Fuller
Gamble
Gwinn
Leonard W. Hall
Hancock
Kearney
Kilburn
Latham
Lefevre
Reed
Sharp
Taber
Tayior
Wadsworth
Baldwin
Barry
Bloom
Buck Jew
Butler
Byrne
Cetler
James J. Delaney
John J. Delaney
Kerwin Arthur
Heffernan
Keogh
Klein
Landh
Marcantonio
Wagner
Mead
Wagner Om
OMA
Trio Hunted After Troy Jail Break
A statewide police manhunt was under way for three men who escaped the Rennselaer County jail in Troy in broad daylight. William Perkins 19 Albany, first degree robbery. Thomas Daley 18 Schenectady, grill holdup, awaiting Dannemora transfer. Richard Aurelius 19 Troy, auto theft. State Police issued a 12 state alarm with highway patrols north to Warren and south to Columbia. Absent jailers found a sawn door bar. Perkins previously fled Westchester after a robbery, companion Reilly slain in a gun battle.
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Troy
Warren County
Columbia County
Rensselaer County
Harry Nugent
Perkins
Westchester County
West Sand Lake
Sidney Gallant
John F. Reilly
Jewel case turmoil grips officers' honeymoon cache
Jewel Case From Page One said Saturday he demanded copies of charges or release from custody. The couple admitted nothing criminal in a Bosworth issued statement. Army officials said missing jewelry and relics were recovered, with items found in Hudson Wisconsin, a Chicago customs stash, and a Chicago railway locker. Col. Durant provided the key. Capt. Nash Durant, former mess officer, had related duties at Kronberg Castle. An army War Department account stated the treasure was hidden in the royal home basement by German workers. Also traveling with the couple were Lt. Col. R. W. Pierce, Col. Miller's assistant, and WAC Staff Elizabeth De Yong of Grand Rapids.
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Bosworth
Hudson
Wis
Chicago
Col. Durant
Nash-Durant
Kronberg Castle
War Department
Royal Home
R. W. Pierce
Col. Miller
Wac
Elizabeth de Yong
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bishop Urges Control of Power at Commencement
MEADVILLE PA Bishop G Bromley Oxnam president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America declares power must be brought under democratic control to ensure international peace He criticizes domestic industrial confusion and tells Allegheny College graduates that idle machines unemployed men and unused materials in one place at one time make no sense He says there is intelligence enough in the United States to align people and resources.
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Meadville
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Oxnam
New York City
Allegheny College
United States
Truman merger plan faces Navy opposition and one man rule worry
Senator Robertson warns the merger proposal still risks one man control as three cabinet posts would be subordinate to a Secretary of National Defense. The Navy opposes a single department while retaining joint chiefs. Eisenhower and Forrestal back the plan, with Marines a contested point. Senate delays and open hearings loom as the bill sits for floor action.
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Secretary of National ‘Defense
Robertson
Senate Naval Committee
Wyoming
Truman
Army
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Congress
Naval Committee
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate
House Military and Naval
Trenton Hotel Double Shooting Leaves Child Witness
Gilbert A. Thomas a 43 year old Baltimore toolmaker was killed and his estranged wife Helen wounded in a ninth floor Stacy Trent Hotel room in Trenton New Jersey. Police say a note named J W Thomas of Baltimore was found and the child age three witnessed the attack crying that someone shot his mommy. The wife was in fair condition at Mercer Hospital with a bullet near her left ear and Thomas lay dead with a bullet hole over his right eye. Investigators expected no verdict until the investigation concludes.
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Trenton
N. J
Gilbert A. Thomas
Baltimore
Helen
Bernard
Stacy-Trent
Frank Naples
Mercer County Prosecutors
Thomas
Rose Faces Spy Sentence In Canada Espionage Case
MONTREAL Rose Fred Rose the lone Communist in Canada's Parliament is to be sentenced Thursday after a Saturday conviction for conspiracy to transmit war secrets to Russia. He faces up to seven years with further trials in September on four Official Secrets Act charges. Rose was among 14 arrested in a Soviet directed espionage crackdown and accused of acting as a recruiting agent for Moscow. The Commons may expel him soon following his 1943 by election and re election last year.
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Montreal
Fred Rose
Canada
Russia
Rose
Moscow
House ‘of Commons
Brotherly Love Sermon Ends in Tragic Death
VAN DYKE Mich. UP Reverend Waller L. Pate 58 pastor of the Church of God died of a heart attack during a sermon while demonstrating brotherly love by embracing a member in the audience. He had just kissed and sat beside the man before collapsing.
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van Dyke
Mich
Waller L. Pate
Church of God
Phelan Seeks Ship Accord at Maritime Conference
SEATTLE Irish-born E. J. Phelan acting director of the ILO plans to mediate at the world maritime conference to settle disputes over an international seamen wage minimum and working conditions. Delegates expect him to calm US and UK clashes over ratifying a wage convention and ease doubts of smaller nations before progress on June 6. Indian delegates seek equal pay promises for seamen on British ships.
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Seattle
E. J. Phelan
International Labor Organization
World Maritime Conference
Phelan
ILO
United States
Richard Snedden
British Shipping Federation
Conference of Nations
Azerbaijan Premier Quits London Replacement Named
A Tehran Reuters dispatch said Jafar Pishevari resigned as Azerbaijan province premier and was replaced by Dr. Salamullah Javid, former interior minister in the Azerbaijan autonomous government, as the province plans to return to the Iranian central government.
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Azerbaijan
London
Reuters
Tehran
Jafar Pishevari
Salamullah Javid
Azerbaijan ‘Autonomous
Urges Labor Bill Veto
Ira Mosher, chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, urged President Truman to withdraw demands for emergency labor legislation or veto the bill. He condemned the proposed powers to seize plants and set wages as fascist and urged a permanent national labor policy before Congress adjourns.
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New York
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
Congress
Mosher
King George VI backs atomic research at Empire Science Conference
In London, King George VI defended atomic research and urged Britons to reject evil and choose good. He spoke at the Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference opening at London University, framing the scientific age as a tool for good.
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London
George VI
Royal Society
London University
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