Petain Life Term Reduced To Hospital Confinement
Paris based report says President Vincent Auriol commuted Marshal Henri Philippe Petain s life imprisonment to permanent confinement in a hospital at Île d Yeux Tel a Yeu but he may remain in the fortress prison awaiting transfer if possible doctors say he is bed ridden at 93 the action alters administration to a medical service and Petain likely dies in hospital under guard he was previously condemned for collaboration and had received a life sentence after his 1945 trial with De Gaulle commuting the original death penalty.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Tel a'Yeu
France
Verdun
Auriol
Charles de Gaulle
Family Tiff Ends In Wife's Slaying
In Charleston West Virginia a quarrel after an evening church visit ended in a gun battle in Wevaco. Thelma Foster 29 died from neck and chest wounds. Her husband Samuel Foster was seriously wounded in the abdomen and hospitalized. Police offered no motive.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. B. Burner
B. F. White
Thelma Foster
Samuel
Early Trend Favors U S Bond Plan in Treasury Move
Washington reports show public response to the E bond program remains favorable as only 13.6 million of 210 million matured bonds were cashed in May, with June data hinting the trend continues. The plan lets holders keep bonds past 10 years, earning 2 percent interest for seven plus years and up to 2.9 percent after a total of 17 years, with taxes deferred until interest is received.
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Washington W
Treasury
Brooklyn Church Plans Mixed Race Lutheran Membership
The St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brooklyn plans to admit a mixed white and Negro membership, aiming to become the first in Augus tana Lutheran Church history to do so. Acting pastor Kenneth W. Dugan cited dwindling white membership and the church's location in a predominantly Negro neighborhood.
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New York
Brooklyn
Augustana Lutheran Church
St. Paul Evangelical
Truman Says U S Will Keep Peace
President Truman told the Independent Order of Brith Abraham convention that the United States will preserve peace and the free way of life with patience and determination and God’s help. He warned against Communist imperialism and stressed collective security with the United Nations as the path to a stable world.
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Truman
United States
Independent Order of Brith Abraham
United Nations
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