Martinsburg Gambler Trial Details Ridenour Testimony
Ridenour faces trial as prosecutors portray him as a shrewd gambler who altered his story to avoid danger. Key witnesses include fellow gamblers Cost Cobenhaver and Wimpy Shives, who link the group to tavern gambling and a high stakes horse bet. Ridenour describes the fatal car ride, a gun, and the attempt to help Taylor after a disputed payout.
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Ridenous
James
Cone
William Cost Cobenhaver
Martied
Cost
Wagaman
Dlig
Charles T
Sminkers
Ias
Martinsburg
J. Light In- Gude
Kris Polis
Lawrence “Wimpy” Shives
Bernard Keyes
Florida
Copenhafer
Taylor
Wimpy
Shives
Donaldson Confirmed Postmaster General
Washington December 16 The nomination of Jesse M Donaldson of Illinois as Postmaster General was confirmed by voice vote. Also approved were Paul Aiken of Kansas as Second Assistant Postmaster General and Carl Raymond Gray Jr of Minnesota as Veterans Administrator. Other nominations were held pending tomorrow in a dispute over objections filed by Majority Leader White of Maine.
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Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Illinois
Paul Aiken
Kansas
Carl Raymond Gray, Jr
Minnesota
Veterans
White
Maine
Ridenour’s Flight After Shootout and Jewelry Evidence
Ridenour left bloodstained clothing in a satchel hidden in a Camden dock area after hiring a taxi to Frederick then Baltimore. He registered under his name at a Baltimore hotel and asked Anna Lee Johnson to buy new clothes and bags. State witnesses questioned his version of the shooting and the gun sales timeline amid police questioning yesterday.
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Ridenours
Taylor
Leister Isanogle
Ingram
Ridenour
Wagamarn
Ridenout
Frederick
Baltimore
Anna Lee Johnson
Camden’ Station
Martinsburg
I AU
J. J. Cassidy
Marshall Wary of Unification Talks Amid Big Four Collapse
Marshall remained opposed to a separate peace with the German government as talks stalled. Attending the London conference were Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Robert Murphy, and other German affairs experts. Molotov left London soon after the collapse, with Vishinsky and Sokolovsky among his aides. No future foreign minister meeting was planned, and a broader struggle between Moscow and the Western powers appeared to intensify amid the cola war implications.
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Marshall
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Germany
Robert Murphy
Clay
Molotov
London
Andrei Y. Vishinski
Vassily Sokolovsky
Moscow
Washington- London-Paris
Germans Prepare Plan for Western Germany Under Peace Statute
German leaders plan to form a unified western Germany with a limited central government and preserve states rights. They seek a provisional peace statute to replace the capitulation document and press for a plan involving eight state ministers presidents in the British American zone and possibly include the French zone.
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Germany
France
Western
Erich Koehier
Bizonal Economic Council
Farmers own twenty percent of all licensed automobiles
Farmers own a fifth of all licensed motor vehicles in the United States, highlighting a significant share within national car ownership patterns. The figure reflects substantial engagement of agricultural interests in vehicle ownership across the country.
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United States
Taft Bill Tops Senate Hurdles In Tax and Price Talks
The House delayed action on a GOP anti inflation program as Taft urged Senate debate. Taft's Walcott plan omits increasing gold reserves and would permit voluntary industry pacts to curb prices while extending export controls and transport restraints. Senate Banking Committee holds, no rush to floor. Debate likely long with potential amendments.
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House
Taft
Senate
Halleck
Martin
Federal Reserve Bank
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Mr. Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Democrats
Miss Lester Will Speak At Meeting In Hagerstown
Miss Muriel Lester renowned English social worker will address a public meeting in Hagerstown on Thursday January 29. The event, staged by the Washington County Council of Churches and Christian Education, is under the American Friends Service Committee. Lester will discuss her world tour and social service work in Europe India China and North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Lester
England
Hagerstown
Alexander Hotel
Committee On Social Education and
Washington County Council of Churches and Christian Education
Miss Lester
Kingsley Hall
London
East End
Europe
Gandhi
India
China
Lemer
United States
California
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Canada
Min
DeXt Ooath
American Friends Service Committee
Gandhi in Action Today and May Christ and War
Members of the committee on social education and action attended the meeting last night. Rev. Robert W. Koons chaired the session with Rev Raymond M. Miller and Rev Norman Trott present from KEA-Schoal Philadelphia and as a representative of the Middle Atlantic Area of the American Friends Service Committee.
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Gandhi
Committee On Social Education
Robert W. Koons
Raymond M. Miller
Norman Trott
KEA- Schoal
Philadelphia
Middle Atlantic
American Friends Service Committee
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Timony
Wimpy Shives
Steve Julius
Martinsboro
Williamsport
New York
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Dome
Army
West Virginia
Charlie
Hal
South Potomac Street
Patterson Hotel
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Danzer Metal
W. Lee
Artrans Aearaees
Akan
J. W. Myers & Company, Inc
Hagerstown, Md
Fleisher’s
National Park Zoo
Frank C. Lowe
Cecilia M. Murray
Detroit
Ellis Island
Tadeusz Steffan Laturski
Warsaw
Donaldson
Jonathan &J. Hagerstown
Kirk, Mgr
Council
Honguras
Pennsylvania
Thomas & Sons, Inc
Boonsboro
L. A. Saunders Contractor
Funkstown
Johns-Manville
Better Homes, Inc
W. Washington St
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Hamilton Jewelers
Hamilton Hotel
New Orleans
Mathias - Miller CO
Potomac
Troy Laundry
Capitol Rock
Maryland
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