First Witnesses Questioned in Beam Murder Trial
Nathan Corn a 30 year old ex convict and Rock Hill truck driver faces a murder charge for the slaying of his employer George C Beam Jr of Lincolnton whose body was found in the Catawba river last June Dan McGinnis a partner in Carolina Oil testified with tension rising in cross examination defense attorney R B Hildebrand sparred over whether Beam's killer could be anyone Rice a Rock Hill service station operator purchased Carolina Oil after Beam's death and testified Beam planned to discharge Corn notes on war surplus items and discharges used to obtain materials were discussed The trial continued under Judge Henry Johnson with both sides pressing their case against Corn
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R. B. Hildebrand
Beam
Hilbrand
Thelma Slagle
Rock Hill
Miss Slagle
McGinnis
Hildebrand
Carolina Oil Company
B. E. Rice
Rice
Alton Carpenter
Carpenter
Cherryville
W. Gist Finley
Cora
Adn
Murder confession ties Salvation Army janitor to slayings
Joan W. Givens, an elderly Salvation Army janitor in Colorado Springs, has signed a statement admitting involvement in the hammer-slaying last year of two Pennsylvania men, according to police. NEA Telephoto.
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Joan W. Givens
Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Colorado Springs
Colo
Radio quiz cut off calls woman who won twenty four thousand
Cheyenne December 7 AHL Moeler says a telephone operator cut her off from a $24000 prize on the Sing Along radio show claiming another long distance call required the interruption. Officials for the station and Columbia Broadcasting deny responsibility.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ahl Moeler
Clumbia Broadcasting Company
Moeller
Tian
Red Grange
Illinois
All
George
Redhair
Wyoming
Mountain States Telephone, and Telegraph Company
Dulles Asks UN Aid For Korean Republic
United States called for UN protection for the Republic of Korea against threats from Communist controlled North Korea. John Foster Dulles warned of North Korea violence and urged solidarity with the fledgling Korean government amid Soviet and Czechoslovak backing and possible UN action.
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Dulles
Korean Republic
Paris
Ued States
United Nations
Republi
Korea
North Korea
John Foster Dulles
U. N
Republic of Korea
Encircled Nationalist Troops Besieged by Communists Near Suchow
Government sources report 110000 Nationalist troops trapped on a front eight miles long and five miles deep southwest of Suchow as Communist forces led by Chen Yi encircle them. Authorities say the pocket risks destruction while defenses along the Hwai and Yangtze rivers are prioritized to shield Nanking.
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Anking
China
Central China Front
Suchow
Chen Yi
Peiping
Chen Y
Chiang Wei Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Euding
Nanking
Hwai River
Yangtze River
Evening club calendar amid school and hall events
Tonight lists Lions Club at Armstrong school cafeteria at 7 p m a mass meeting on the education commission report at Junior High School auditorium and a Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering at Memorial Hall Also Wednesday events include Life Underwriters Association at Armington Hotel and Civitan Club lunch at the Armington Hotel with 12 30 p m start times.
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Lions Club
Armstrong School
Education Commission
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial Hall
Kidney operation for Secretary of State Marshall
Secretary of State George C. Marshall underwent kidney surgery today at Walter Reed Hospital. Officials reported the operation a success and Marshall appears to be doing well with no complications. He is 68 years old December 31 and has served as secretary since January 1947.
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Aton
Marshall
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Eut Truman
State Department
Tary
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Robert A. Lovett
Economists Testify on Record Business Profits At Hearing
A Senate House Economic Committee hearing featured Harvard economist Sumner H. Slichter and two accounting experts William A. Paton and George D. Bailey. They testified that accounting methods fail to reflect new conditions and that profits may be overstated by about 16.4 billion over three years. The discussion targets tax policy money controls and wage matters as the new Congress considers actions. Two veteran Robeson County judges will attend a Christmas party hosted by the Robeson County Bar Association on December 17 in Lumberton.
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Erday
William A. Paton
University of Michigan
George D. Bailey
Detroit
American Institute of Accountants
Senate House Economic Committee
Congress
Harvard
Sumner H. Slichter
Slichter
Lumberton
Superior Court
Robeson County Bar Association
W. C
Buck) Harris
Raleigh
Henry Grady
New Bern
Santa in N C parade suffers hot foot incident
In Burlington a Santa Claus figure during the Christmas parade was targeted by an unidentified youth who slipped under a Chamber of Commerce float and set a small fire. The prank led to the youth producing a pocket knife and puncturing Santa's shoe before he vanished up the float chimney. In New Charlotte Dr. L Poindexter McClenny, formerly of Fort Worth Texas, will begin as pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church.
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Burlington
Santa
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Jolly
Ash
New
Charlotte Fastor
Charlotte
Dr. L. Poindexter McClenny
Fort Worth
Tex
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Yellow Jacket Prescriptions Reach Anderson by Mail
Anderson police identify bluish gray and yellow capsules found on drinkers as part of a mail ordered drug scheme. A printed prescription from Chicago led to a local arrest, with officers planning federal contact and a District Attorney probe.
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Anderson
Jon
Chicago
Ray Aldridge
Gastonia
N.C
Carolina
Oscar Doyle
Robber Flees by Bike With Loot in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana a daylight holdup yielded about 24570 dollars taken from Ball Stores officials Fred Staver and William Jones. A gunman fled on a bicycle after a passerby chased him and the stolen money. Another robber pursued by the pair was outdistanced.
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Muncie
Ind
Muncies
M. Ray Applegate
Vicims
Fred Staver
Ball Stores
Staver
William Jones
Errol Flynn Arrested After Alleged Police Station Kicking
Errol Flynn a 38 year old actor was arrested after allegedly kicking a patrolman in a police station following an argument with two radio patrolmen and a taxi passenger. Flynn charged with third degree assault. companion Robert Graham Wahn 36 charged with disorderly conduct and bail set at 500.
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York
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Robert Graham Wahn
Fiona
Wahn
John Perona
Morocco
Secrets Sent to Russia in Espionage Probe
New revelations unfold in the Hiss Chambers espionage saga as Chambers testifies before a grand jury and the House Un-American Activities Committee. The committee cites sworn testimony that Hiss helped obtain government documents for a Russian agent, with Rankin alleging late Department officials betrayed secrets aiding Pearl Harbor, while no names are disclosed.
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New York
Whittaker Chasers
Chambers
Grand Jury
House Un-American Activities Committee
Land Jury
Ittee
Nist
Alger Hiss
State Department
Wiss
Hiss
Maryland
House Committee
Wile Chamber
House
Washington
John Rankin
D-Miss
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Four Navy airmen among 37 aboard hit by Pacific crash
A Navy carrier rescued 43 men from a crashes over the mid Pacific 40 liferafts carried 33 survivors were cramped on two life rafts in shark infested seas. Pilot Lt Col Calhoun and others described the ditching 1200 miles southwest of Honolulu and extended rescue efforts with supplies and radios.
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Honolulu
Air Force
Navy
Escor
Rendova
Joseph L. Smit
Stocketon
Kas
William A. Colvin Jr
Gross City
Fla
Robert C. Harrell
Milledgeville
Charles’ T. Millapaugh
Port Jervis
N.Y
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Calhoun
LR. Johnson
Minneapolis
Johnson Bond
Ind
Johnston Island
Kona
Col. Calhoun
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George C. Beam, Jr
Gazette
Wake Superior Court
Soviet U
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Sec
Bugs Bunny
Yellow Jacket
Anderson, S
Judge
Margaret Rose
London Sunday Pictorial
NEA
Charge Flynn
Errol
Joseph Bergeles
Joseph Gardner
Henry Brinkworth
Bronx
Walin
U.S
Russia
Mid-Pacific
MENAC
Lee
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