Woman Marine veteran charged with first degree manslaughter
Donna H. Robinson a 27 year old wartime gunsmith in the Marine Corps was charged with first degree manslaughter for shooting Richard N Bard 27 a butler chauffeur in Albany. Arraigned in Police Court she was released on 2500 bail pending examination Wednesday. The district attorney said Bard grabbed Robinsons sister Ruth Hathaway 26 and she fired six shots from a revolver kept in her purse. Bard was struck by two bullets. Hathaway was released as a material witness.
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Donna H. Robinson
Otego
Deedee
Richard Bard
Titon
Marine ‘Corps
Robinson
Richard N. Bard
Mion
Bard
Child's Hospital
Julian B. Erway
Erway
Ruth Hathaway
Pony Express Revival Rides Across Nebraska
SCOTTSBLUFF Neb The Nebraska Horse Clubs Association sponsors a commemorative pony express ride moving horses to points along the Lincoln Highway to carry mail pouches across the state reflecting a revived chapter in westward expansion.
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Scottsbluff
Pony Express
Nebraska Plains
America
Nebraska Horse Clubs Association
Lincoln Highway
Today’s Features on Editorial Page Include Hiss Coplon Trials
The Nation Today column notes the ongoing excitement over Communism with Alger Hiss Judith Coplon and 71 top officials, while features on pages 14 and 15 include comics Ida Jean Kain Dr Dean Crossword Horoscope Amusements Letters Social News and more with Today’s Pictures on page 16.
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Alger Hiss
Judith Coplon
James Marlow
the Nation Today
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dean
Army officers wearing underpants sparks uniform inquiry
A congressional subcommittee investigates Army uniform procurement alleging Army officers wear only underpants while some 68 000 officers may be missing standard uniforms. Secretary Gray says the service provides about 10 percent of needed outfits for 80 000 officers. private makers report drastic cutbacks with 150 manufacturers down to four percent of output. Chairman Hebert questions the discrepancy and the possibility officers are without proper attire.
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Washington DP
Congressional
Army
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Gray
Stanley J. Cummings
Hebert
D-La
Cummings
Red De Gaulle Clash Feared In Paris Contingent
In Paris twenty thousand police moved to block a feared clash between Communists and Gaullist followers near a Leclerc tribute ceremony. The government cancelled leaves and deployed the largest force since prior strikes. Communists called the Gaullist event provocative and scheduled a competing rally before 2 PM.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Philppe Leclerc
Leclerc
Amie Awar
Four Killed in Army Plane Crash on Cumberland Mountain
An Army Air Force training plane crashed into Cumberland Mountain near New Cumberland Pennsylvania, killing four occupants. Public relations officer Arthur Lloyd from Middletown Air Force Base said the victims were reserve officers from the Cleveland area and withheld their identities until next of kin are notified.
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New Cumberland
Cumberland Mountain
Arthur Lloyd
Middletown Air Force Base
Cleveland
Seven Hurt as Garage Blast Flares Into Fire
An explosion and subsequent blaze at a two story garage on West 50th Street injures seven people, six of them firefighters. The blast followed a car fire that spread to the gas tank, hurling victims from the building and burning them as flames climbed to the second floor.
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New York
W. S.sthst
Truman housing plan faces GOP lobbying push
President Truman accuses a ruthless real estate lobby of misleading Congress as House Republicans defend opposition to his housing bill. Speaker Rayburn receives a sharp letter alleging a persistent lobby seeking to block the measure amid claims of prudent government spending.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
G.O.P
Truman
Martin
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Two Shot in Strike Melee Near Fairmount City
Two men were shot and two rival union members beaten during a melee among about 300 strikers and their families at a Zinc Company plant in Fairmount City. The injured included Joe Petroski of Local 82 CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Colmars Rodriguez, a strike committee member. Angelo and Joe Verd u led a revolt of Midwest locals in 1947 and aligned with the Smelter Workers Union after backing the CIO and Progressive Metals Workers Council in a recent NLRB election loss by 34 votes.
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Fairmount City
American Zinc Company
Joe Petroski
CLO, Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union
Colmars Rodriguez
East St. Louis
Angelo
Joe Verdu
Smelters Workers’ 'Union
Verdus
CIO
Progressive Metals Workers Council
National Labor Relations Board
Smelter Workers Union
Yugoslav Leaders Warn Italy Over Trieste Ties
Yugoslav leaders in Capodistria warned Italy to respect the peace treaty and lay off Trieste. The counter-rally accompanied Sindar’s municipal election turnout where pro-Italy factions won 46 of 69 council seats in the Yugoslav occupied free territory.
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CPI
Astra
Yugo Slav
Italy
Trieste
Capodistria
Sindar
Free Territory
Weatherman Sees Dry Spell Enduring as Drought Record Looms
Forecasters predict no rain today or tomorrow, risking a 41 year drought record. The current streak stands at 25 days with minimal sprinkles elsewhere and high pressure diverting rain into Canada. Temperatures climb into the 80s as a brief shower touched Eagle Park yesterday.
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Drouth
Buffalo
Binghamton
Utica
Syracuse
Eacle Park
Oneida Lake
Bridgeport
Keller
Atlantic
Canada
Mercury
Man Shot In Quarrel Over Friend's Ex
Robert E. Mc Call 41 is hospitalized with a bullet wound after a drinking bout. Business executive Carl Alpert Moore 31, Moore's home in Chicago, signed a statement admitting the shooting but calling it accidental. Moore, in jail, quarreled with Mc Call over Moore's former wife Florence 39, who won a 1948 divorce. Mc Call declined to press charges.
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Chicago
Robert E. McCall
McCall
Barbara Morse
Col. R. H. Morse
Carl Alpert Moore
John Long
Turner
Moore
Florence
U S Protest Fails On Trade Pact
Argentina and Britain announce a five year bilateral economic agreement after a four hour meeting of negotiators, despite objections from the United States. Ministers say U S State Department concerns were considered in final terms.
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Buenos Aires
ONS
Britain
Argentina
United States
U. S. State Department
Provinces Rebel against Nationalist Government in China
A foreign source reports provinces slipping from Nationalist control. A western province refused to hand over tax revenue, a southern province seized government minting machinery, and northwest provinces maintain only a tenuous link with the central government.
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Ganton
Probers Deny Censorship of Textbooks
The House Un-American Activities Committee assures educators it will not censor textbooks or curb academic freedom. A letter says the committee only aims to check serious allegations by the National Sons of the American Revolution that Communist propaganda may appear in some books. The inquiry asked boards and colleges for lists of textbooks and supplementary readings by authors in sociology geography economics government philosophy history political science and American literature.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Jetter
Pissis
National Sons of the American Revolution
Western four press for Austrian independence treaty
Western power diplomats, led by the American, British, French, and Russian ministers, push to overcome obstacles with Russia on an Austrian independence pact. A secret four week conference resumes to resolve terms including assets Russia would claim, with talks on a code of fair play to ease German trade. An emergency Vienna meeting with the Yugoslav legation discusses Slovene assertions in the same dispute.
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Paris
Russia
Germany
Austria
Pro- Tito
Slovene Liberation Front
Yugoslavia
Vienna
Legation
Liner Saturnia Held by Italian Maritime Strike
A maritime union strike in Genoa prevented the Saturnia from sailing to New York today while cargo ships were allowed to depart.
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GENOS
Itali
Saturnia
New York
British Housewife Brings Underwear Issue to Light
Mrs. Dorothy Rockcliffe, 36, of Mitcham, wrote to ECA administrator Pauli Hoffman about lingerie. She says British women face shortages of cotton undies and that her own underwear is outdated, noting her letter was read at a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
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London
Hioffman
Senate
Hoffman
Mrs. Garnier Convicted of Manslaughter in Jealousy Case
An all female jury convicted Agnes E Garnier of manslaughter in the slaying of her wealthy employer and lover John E Owen at the Jurupa Hills Rancho on April 22. She testified self defense as Owen a 68 year old president of the National Apartment House Owners Association was shot. Sentencing set for 10 AM Wednesday with attorney Sam Houston Allen seeking a new trial.
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Riverside
Calif
Agnes E. Garnier
John E. Owen
Owen
National Apartment House Owners Association
Jurupa -Hills Rancho
Garnier
Irene Rich
Reds Search Bishop’s Home
Prague reports police searched Archbishop Josef Beran’s palace and confiscated a duplicating machine as officials prepare a statement. Beran, a central figure in church state tensions, is expected to deliver a Corpus Christi sermon while rumors of house arrest continue to be addressed.
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Prague
INS
Josef Beran
Ministry of Information
Czechoslovakia
Strachov
Twins Born 47 Hours Apart In Naivan Ont
A seven pound son arrived last night to Mrs. Lucien Cleroux, two days after the birth of his six-pound twin sister, in Naivan Ontario.
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Naivan
Ont
Lucien Cleroux
Great Expectations and a Hollywood marriage warning
Walter Huston warns of marriage as a young bride withdraws after a morning quarrel and a dream of kissing Sue Wilkins drives her to return home to mother. The anecdote ends with the line Every silver lining has its cloud.
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Walter Huston
Hollywood
Gnalir
Joe Brown
Sue Wilkins
Boy and Mom Schedule Wheelbarrow Journey to Detroit
Mrs. Julia St. Clair and her seven year old son Adolphius will travel 1870 miles by wheelbarrow from Jacksonville to Detroit. Adolphius will ride while his mother pushes the burden to visit his 2 year old grandmother Eva Roka. St. Clair, once Miss Hungary in 1915, says Dolphie was born crippled after a separation from her husband and has pursued his recovery.
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Jacksonville
Fia
Julia Roka St. Clair
Adolphius
Detroit
St. Clair
Hungary
Eva Roka
Dolphie
Boy 13 swal lows coins and metal items for love
A 13 year old boy Brian Mitchell swallowed two halfpennies to prove love to a girl in Chesterfield England. He later swallowed ten buttons coins a chain and 24 empty cartridge cases. He ate Irish stew and treacle tart before parents took him to a hospital for X rays and possible surgery.
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Chesterfield
Enz
Brian Mitchell
Brian
Floods Fallout Hits Virginia West Virginia Maryland
Flash floods from heavy rains swept through Bridgewater Virginia Petersburg Moorefield and Romney West Virginia and parts of Maryland. The disaster left at least seven missing in Bridgewater as the town of 1000 faced near hysteria with 10 foot floodwaters and a 15 foot crest overnight. Residents reported loss of electricity phone service and drinking water while authorities spoke of possible fatalities in lowlands and around Moorefield. Police tallied missing people as crests moved northeast toward Romney and forced mass evacuations along the Potomac rivers banks.
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West Virginia
Maryland
Bridgewater
Petersburg-Moorefield
W. Va
Potomac
Alen Harvey, Sr
Harvey
Dry River
Shenardoah River
Basil E. ‘Wright
Elkins
States
A. M. Hurst
Romney
Petersburg-Moorfield
Moorefield
Petersburg
South Branch
Shenandoah
Allegheny Mountains
Gore
Cardinal Mindszenty Speaks Series Highlights Fight Against Communism
A book condensed from Mindszenty's smuggled papers recounts his arrest by Hungary's Communist regime and his life sentence. The Herald-Journal and Herald-American will run a series starting tomorrow detailing the Cardinal's anti-Communist struggle and opposition strategy behind the Iron Curtain.
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Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Herald-Journal
Herald- American
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