China Appears to Lose as Corn Faces Death Row
Nathan T. Corn, a Rock Hill truck driver, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for Beam's murder after a four day trial in South Carolina. His attorney plans an appeal, arguing trial errors and circumstantial evidence. The case drew attention as the state high court and governor hold the fate of Corn.
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York
South Carolina
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Drcam
Beam
Catawba
J. Henry Johnson
R. B. Hildesbrand
Hildebrand
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Johnson
Two Alleged Dynamiters Held
Four residents near Lincolnton escaped death when a dynamite blast shattered their Roseland Mill home late Saturday night. The blast left the five room frame dwelling wrecked and dazed survivors still unsure how they survived the attack. Police report two suspects are in custody as investigators probe the incident.
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Gazette
Lincolnton
Roseland Mill
Pre-war price plea assailed at farm bureau meeting
Hassil E. Schenck warned that consumer demand for cheaper foods risks endangering national economics and may bankrupt the government if a prewar price structure persists. He urged a shift to wartime pricing to sustain operations and service the public debt amid rising costs and shortages. In related news, Odell Hullender described a dynamite blast damaging his home, with police detaining two suspects on charges of secret assault with intent to kill.
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Indiana Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
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Howehold
Hullender
James ‘A. Hullender
Odell Hullender
Claude Franklin
Bessemer City
Jake Keener
Lincoln County
Dallas-Bessemer City
Gaston
Walter Cannon
Cy Thompson
Lincolnton
Linc Coln County
George Rudisiil
Keener
Hullen
Stockpile May Curb Lewis In Bargaining
A large soft coal stockpile could pressure John Lewis in upcoming bargaining with operators. About 70,000,000 tons are ready for use, with stockpiles shrinking before next June 30 when current wage talks end. Mild autumn and export declines help build inventories while industry officials note demand remains brisk for quality coal. The other item reports King George VI making progress on a leg ailment and advised not to undertake public duties before next summer.
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London
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Nixon Sees Whitewash Of Spy Activities Charges
Rep. Nixon accuses the Justice Department of using one Red spy probe to filibuster against another as HUAC clashes over who prosecutes Soviet espionage suspects from a decade ago. He predicts a whitewash while noting parallel inquiries by the committee and a New York grand jury.
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Ruth Farnsworth Found Injured After Guam Jungle Attack
Ruth Farnsworth, a Navy civil service employee, was found unconscious and severely injured in Guam jungle near a curio shop where she vanished Saturday night. Investigators say she was seized by a gang of sex fiends, with a $1,000 reward posted for her attackers. She remains in critical condition as Marines, soldiers, and island police comb the area.
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Taches
Mormon Church
Lowell Youth Identified in Drowning Near Crowders Creek
Charles Sandifer of Lowell was reported drowned Sunday afternoon in the Catawba river near Crowders Creek, York County police and rescue crews continuing search at press time. He was fishing in an outboard boat when it sank after the nose rose, with the Charlotte Life Saving Crew and then Gastonia crew aiding in the two hour search. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ed L Sandifer of near Lowell.
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Charles Sandifer
Lowell
Catawba
Crowders Creek
York County
Sandifer
Charlotte
Gastonia
Nanking Is Said Close to Collapse as Forces Face Defeat
Chiang Kai-Shek's government warns Red infiltration and heavy losses threaten the New Hwang river defense and push defenses back to the Yangtze. The 12th army group, once about 110000, is reduced to under four square miles after 17 days trapped with supply shortages.
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Suhsien
Nanking
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China
Princess Found Dead in Miami
Princess Lucy Cotton Eristain Tehitcherine, a five times married former Broadway figure and hotel owner, died last night in Miami from an apparent sleeping tablets overdose. A butler found her in a coma at her Venetian Way home and an investigation was begun by police.
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Vishinsky Attacks West at Paris UN Assembly
Soviet deputy foreign minister Vishinsky launched a sharp attack on the United States and Britain as the Paris UN General Assembly neared its end. He warned of a wrecking policy while noting no affirmative results and said the session would be judged harshly by history. The assembly adjourned to reconvene in New York on April 1, 1949 to finish its work. The vote to enforce the government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) drew 48 to six with Sweden abstaining.
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Firtain
United’ States
Relegaton
Traditiona Tashin
Vishinsky
New York
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Sweden
Republic of Korea
South Korea
He Sid
United States Likely to Abandon Chiang Regime
Washington signals readiness to write off Chiang Kai-shek’s government as non-viable while planning a North Atlantic military alliance to deter Soviet aggression. State Department counters Romanian spy charges as a Communist-era manipulation, reframing Western strategy toward Europe and global balance of power.
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Mme. Chiang
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