Two American Soldiers Sentenced in Prague Espionage Case
George R. Jones, 22, of Owensboro Kentucky, received 10 years at hard labor while Clarence R. Hil, 31, of Jackson Mississippi, got 12 years at hard labor after a secret Czech state court trial. The Czech News Agency reported the Senate condemned them for espionage as they wandered into Czechoslovakia while AWOL in Germany.
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Aw.o.l
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Czechoslovakia
Senate of the State Court
George R. Jones
Owensboro
Clarence R. Hil
Jackson
Miss
Margin rule raises cash down to fifty percent on new trading
Wall Street reacted to the Federal Reserve Board move allowing securities to be bought for 50 percent in cash instead of 15 percent. The change goes into effect tomorrow and may shift accounts from 75 percent margins. Traders noted rapid demand and a fast market with the tape lagging by minutes as prices rose on issues like U S Steel and General Motors.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Financial District
Ontgomery Ward
Loew’s
Allied Chemical
International Paper
Santa Fe
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Chesa
Weather outlook promises warmer, cloudy with sun
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Tonight's low around 42 and tomorrow's high near 65 with light winds. In Syracuse the early temperature rose from 33 at 5 30 AM to 42 at 9 AM and 54 at noon.
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Syracuse
Mercury
Running a Railroad in Alaska
Alaskan railroad work proves tough as section hands quit for higher pay in salmon fishing private mines or other jobs. Frederick C. Othman examines the tribulations of the railroad’s general manager in today’s editorial.
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Alaska
Alaskan Railroad
Frederick C. Othman
Car Collision Victim Suffers 15 Fractures Near Nedrow
Judson Reed, 45, of Tully, was injured in a head on crash on Route 11 two miles south of Nedrow. Reed suffered fractures of the knee, kneecap, lower leg, and numerous foot fractures. Hayes, 140 Hastings Place, had a broken nose and was treated and discharged. Deputies said Reed swerved into Hayes’s car. both vehicles were demolished. Reed’s condition listed as serious at Onondaga General Hospital.
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Tully
Onondaga General Hospital
Theodore Rosen
Reed
Sherifes
William, Beehan
Robert Rawlings
Donald Hayes
Hastings
Nedrow
Hayes
Syracuse
Two Sellout Churchill Events in Boston
Winston Churchill fills Boston Garden Thursday and Friday with all seats allotted. He speaks at MIT mid century convocation Thursday night. The event will be televised nationwide. Friday he is named honorary lecturer during exercises where Harold E. Stassen will speak.
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Boston CP
Winston Churchill
Boston Garden
Britain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harold E. Stassen
Premiers to Meet in London on April 21
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons that British Commonwealth premiers will gather in London on April 21 for talks.
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London
Clementi Attlee
House of Commons
Army Denies Prague Espionage Link to Two GIs
The U S Army in Frankfurt says two American soldiers convicted in Prague of espionage were not spies. They were not on a mission and were AWOL when they entered Czechoslovakia.
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Frankfort
Germany
Tv. S. Army
Prague
Czzechoslovakia
Two U.S. Soldiers Held in Czechoslovakia Espionage Case
The report says recruits Hunter and Hill, soldiers in Germany, crossed into Czechoslovakia in December 1948 intending espionage. They were captured by Czech security, held since Dec. 9, and described by a prison censor letter to the U S Embassy. Czech authorities later announced the men face a serious offense under espionage security rules.
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Germany
Fon
U. S
Thm
Graham Sworn In as U S Senator from North Carolina
Dr. Frank P. Graham, college president and former War Labor Board member, was sworn in today as U S senator from North Carolina.
Swoose B 17 Heads To Smithsonian After Final Flight
The Air Forces move the battered B 17 Swoose to Washington for display at the Smithsonian after a final mission. Five original crew members aboard Operations 30 will be honored by the Chamber of Commerce at the municipal airport. The aircraft will later reach Chicago.
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Omaha CP
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
U.S
Hamilton Field
Canif
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Siwooisie Kurtz
Col Frank Kurtz
Sweepsie
Lairport
Flier Pursues Third Record Attempt From Teekneer
Joe Di Bona in a P-51 fighter, piloted from Teekneer air terminal at 6 28 am, aims to break the six hour record for reciprocating engine planes to New York. He follows actor Jimmy Stewart in the historic bid.
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Cail
Pistot
Joe _Di Bona
Jimmy Stewart
Teekneer Air Terminal
New York
Brewery Workers Strike Vote Underway in New York
About 700 brewery workers in New York begin a strike vote over a ware dispute with 14 major local breweries. Seven locals tied to the C.T.Q. International Brewery Workers Joint Executive Board of Greater New York participate in the process.
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New York
Befon
C.T.Q. International Brewery Workers Joint Executive Board
Greater New York
King Holds Privy Council At Buckingh am Palace
King George VI chaired a privy council at Buckingham Palace today his first official act since his operation on March 12.
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London CP
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Two Gambling House Operators Fined Eight Hundred Dollars
In Police Court Judge William H. Bamerick suspended 30 days jail for Joseph J. Cardene and Dominick Cardene proprietors of the East Side Social Club. Each man paid fines totaling 3800 and 100 additional for punchboards. Nonstriking sentence and raid details noted.
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Burnet al
William H. Bamerick
Joseph J. Cardene
Dominick
Oak Sti
Joseph
Bamerick
Senator complains as lake name misspelled in bill
State Senator Joseph Gibney criticized a state printer for misspelling Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggmanchaubugoggchaubunagungamaugg on a bill repealing a fishing law. The Senate sent the bill to a third reading without correcting the name.
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Boston
Joseph Gibney
Lake
Gibney
Senate
One-Legged Prisoner Walter Reed Escapes St Augustine Stockade
St Augustine County police hunt for Walter Reed who escaped from the county stockade. The prisoner is described as single legged and remains at large near St Augustine Florida. Authorities warn residents to report sightings promptly.
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ST_ AUGUSTINE
Fla
St. Augustine County
Walter Reed
Student minister’s sermons stolen at Grier School
Joseph H Brady Jr a junior at Juniata College in Altoona reports 120 sermons were stolen from the Grier School for Girls near Tyrone Pa A dollar was also taken from his roommate Jack F Padgett The incident occurred in Henton gdon Pa NL
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Joseph H. Brady
Brady
Altoona
Juniata College
Grier School For Girls
Tyrone
Jack F. Padgett
Haddonfield
Three Sentenced In Park Ave Gambling Case
New York reports William F. Buckner and Stephen S. Tolk were sentenced to one year each and Charles Chic Farmer six months in the city penitentiary for a Park Avenue gambling party last summer.
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New York
Willam F. Buckner
Stephen S. Tolk
Charles
Chic) Farmer
City
Strike Suspension Halts Pullman Conductors Action
CHICAGO UP A strike of Pullman car conductors set for Thursday has been suspended until further notice an official of the Order of Pullman Conductors said today.
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Chicago
Pullman
Legislature opposes decontrol as rent laws extend
In Albany AP Dewey opposes decontrol while the Assembly rushes to approve bills extending state standby residential rent controls to June 30 1950 and NYC emergency rent laws to July 1 1950. Federal action nears a final vote on loosening controls with governors stance and NYC commission status under review.
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Assembly
New York City
Congress
Dewer
New York State
New York
D. Mallory Stephens
Assembly Ways and Means
State Commission
New York City Rent Commission
Bricker urges defeat of rent control compromise
Senator Bricker of Ohio urged the Senate to reject a 15 month rent control extension and send the bill back to a House Senate committee to write a new compromise. Administration leaders expected Bricker’s move to fail and for the bill to win quick approval once sent to the White House. The current law expires at midnight Thursday and Democratic leaders expect President Truman to sign the extension despite it not meeting his preferred tight standards.
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Bricker
Ohio
Senate
House
Congress
Senate Frouse
Oil Administration
Mr. Truman
White House
City Housing Cost Share Reported at 133000
Councilman Albert G Deisseroth announced the city's cost share for the proposed easing public housing project would be about 133000. Earlier estimates put city costs at 250000 before changes in a contract between the Syracuse Housing Authority and Leroy. Fire destroyed a public two story plant of Union Steel, causing over 500000 in losses, as a state city development hearing is set for next Monday on a 2413000 Chest Corp project.
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Common Council
Syracuse Housing Authority
LEROY
Rheythe State
Union Steel
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