Supreme Court Orders Indiana To Hear Lifer
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Indiana improperly denied a youthful lifer the right to appeal his 1931 murder conviction. Lawrence E. Cook, convicted at 21 in Jennings County, faced decades of barriers before a federal court ordered potential release and an extended review. The decision foreshadows possible appellate relief if Indiana provides proper review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
High Tribunal
Justice Black
Lawrence E. Cook
Jennings County
Ind
Cook
Indiana Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
South Bend
U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Black
J. Emmett McManamon
Supreme Court rules non signers barred from fixed prices illegal
The Justice Department urges striking an expanded reading of the Miller Tydings Act as it asks the Supreme Court to void a Louisiana fair trade law’s non signer clause. Calvert and Seagram claim Schwegmann sold below state minimums though not signing contracts, while the court’s unanimous ruling finds such non signer enforcement illegal.
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Justice Department
Supreme Court
Federal Court For
Eastern Louisiana
Louisiana
Calvert Distillers Corp
Seagram Distillers Corp
Schwegmann Brothers
Ne Orleans
John Schwegmann Jr
U. S. District Court
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Officers Warn Against Apathy and Discrimination of Reservists
Local Lt. Maurice Tomkins and Lt. W. Kenneth Reeves addressed Lions Club. urged immediate preparedness and condemned unfair treatment of servicemen by employers and lenders. They cited discrimination in credit, housing, and jobs, urging enforcement of the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act and planning a legal advisory committee.
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Canton
Maurice Tomkins
W. Kenneth Reeves
Naval Reserve Training Center
Lions Club
St. Francis Hotel
Lt. Tomkins
Marine Corps
Lt. Reeves
Reeves
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act
Ohio prisoners donate skin to save girl on Christmas
From Ohio Penitentiary walls came a belated Christmas tale of ten inmates volunteering skin grafts to save 9 year old Joyce Combs after a December 1 coal stove explosion burned her at Milford Center. Ward Alvis urged, 640 square inches of skin from both legs were grafted, giving Joyce a good chance to recover.
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Ohio
Olumbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Joyce Combs
Children’s Hospital
Milford Center
Joyce
German Invaders End Helgoland Siege on Island
Hamburg report says Helgoland was cleared by British public safety officials and German police after a 13 day siege. Germans offered no resistance and agreed to leave after talks with the British officer in charge. Two British officers and 15 German policemen supervised the withdrawal to restore the island to its 1400 evacuated inhabitants.
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Hamburg
Germany
Helgoland
Negro Press honors 38 for democracy work in 1950
The Chicago Defender named 38 individuals and organizations to its 1950 honor roll, including Gen Douglas MacArthur Dr Ralph Bunche and Oscar Chapman for advancing race relations. It highlighted armed forces integration Interstate Commerce Commission desegregation rulings and Negro admissions to Arkansas and Kansas City universities.
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Chicago
Chicago Defender
Douglas MacArthur
Ralph Bunche
Oscar Chapman
Interior
America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arkansas
Kansas City
Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns
DuPont Awards Students $390,400
E I du Pont de Nemours announced a total outlay of 390 400 dollars for 78 fellowships to 47 universities and grants in aid to 10 universities for 1951 52. The program funds graduate research in chemistry and other fields to steadily supply trained personnel to academia and industry. Grants include 10 000 dollars each to Caltech Cornell Harvard Illinois MIT Minnesota Ohio State Princeton Wisconsin and Yale with 20 000 dollars for the University of Chicago metals study institute.
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Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc
du Pont
University of Chicago
Institute For the Study of Metals
California Institute of Technology
Cornell
Harvard
Illinois
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Minnesota
Ohio State
Princeton
Wisconsin
Yale
Miller-Tydings Act Not Involved In Price Case
The court’s decision focused on maximum price controls under the Sherman Act, noting that the Miller-Tydings Act was not involved in the case and did not affect the ruling on price regulation.
College Students Told To Carry On Until Draft Strikes
Ohio State University President Howard L Bevis urged draft eligible students to stay in school and excel. He said ongoing study benefits the individual and the country, noting that university training aids future advancement and that the armed forces will value ongoing college work.
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Solumbus
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Deer season opens in Massachusetts with first kill
In North Attleboro Massachusetts the deer hunting season began at 6 30 a m. At 6 37 a m Bill Wilson of Greenwood Lake claimed the first deer of the season proving the early start produced an early trophy for the hunter and the state news desk.
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Attleboro
Mass
Massachusetts
Bill Wilson
Greenwood Lake
Philippine Chief Notes UN Line Advances Toward Philippines
President Elpidio Quirino told an emergency council that the United Nations defense line is moving farther south toward the Philippines. He warned of a growing threat from the Reds, cited Chinese Communist actions in Korea, and urged support for higher taxes to fund defense.
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
Council of State
United Nations
Philippines
Korea
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Alvis
Negro Press
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Bunche
DuPont
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Sanitas - Walltex
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Baldwin Electronic Organ
Hahn’s
Hahn & CO
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