Sutton Convicted Of Bank Holdup
New York Master criminal Willie The Actor Sutton was convicted of a $64 000 bank holdup while the nation’s most sought fugitive. An all male jury found Sutton and his key associate Thomas Scuppling guilty on counts of robbery burglary assault and grand larceny after nine hours of deliberation. The pair await sentencing in Queens in a case tied to a Manufacturers Trust Company hold up in 1950.
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Willie
Sutton
Button
Thomas Scuppling
Queens
Peter T. Paerell
Kling
Manhattan
Manufacturers Trust Company
Virginia Democratic Leaders Back Russell for President
In Richmond, Governor Battle and U S Senators A Willis Robertson and Harry Byrd along with Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr. endorse Georgia Senator Richard Russell for president. They view Truman's withdrawal from consideration as boosting Russell's chances.
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Richmond
Virginia
Democratic Organization
Georgia
Richard Russell
Governor Battle
A Willis Robertson
Harry P Byrd
J Lindsay Almond, Jr
Truman
Lst
Russell
Martinsburg girl chosen Apple Blossom princess
Hilda Rebecca Snade aged 20 of Martinsburg is named Apple Blossom princess by the Horticultural Rural Society. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon R Shade R F D No 1. A Martinsburg High School graduate, she works at Citizens National Bank and sings in the Mt Chapel Presbyterian Church choir in Gerrardstown District.
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Hilda Rebecca Snade
Martinsburg
Vernon R. Shade
Citizens National Bank
Mt. Chapel Presbyterian Church
Gerrardstown
Polio Group Hears Reports from State Leader
Winchester Frederick Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis met at the Elks Club on Braddock Street with William H. Louthan Jr presiding. Reports show Mothers' March on Polio collections rose to 8750.05 with Virginia totals near 875000 and local cases mostly nonparalytic.
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William H. Louthan, Jr
Winchester-Frederick
National Foundation For
Elks Club
Braddock Street
Louthan
Winchester
Frederick County
Carl Campbell
Marvin Gore, Jr
Funderburk Speaks
Lenten Service at Centenary Reform Church Tomorrow
A special Lenten service will be held at Centenary Reform Church tomorrow evening at 7 45 o clock. Pastor Dr S L Flickinger will conduct the service.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. L. Flickinger
Army Adopts New Rotation System For U S Soldiers
In Korea a slower rotation starts affecting regular soldiers and draftees while National Guardsmen are exempted. Front line troops may return after 10 11 months while artillery units in tents go home after 13 14 months. Rear infantry and Seoul or Pusan troops stay about 18 months.
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Seoul
Korea
Pusan
James van Fleet
U.N
U.S. Eighth
Barkley Friends Expect Presidential Run
Washington sources report that supporters of Vice President Alben Barkley anticipate his entry into the Democratic presidential race within days after President Truman steps aside. Senators Hoey and George predict Barkley will announce this week and unite party wings while Carrying key states in the contest.
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Alben Barkley
Truman
Mr. Barkley
Sen. Gillette
Dia
Gillette
Hoey
North Carolina
George
Georgia
Barkley
Rep
Underwood
Kentucky
House
Senate
Sen
Russell
New England Textile Workers’ Pay Is Cut
Some 45 000 textile workers in New England will have pay cut one cent an hour starting today under cost-of-living clauses. The reduction follows a 1.2 point drop in the index as of February, affecting CIO Textile Workers Union contracts across woolen, cotton, and rayon mills in the region.
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Boston
New England
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO Textile Workers
Hotel Rent Paid For Tax Official Probe Expands
Washington observers report Henry Grunewald paid 20 dollar daily hotel rent for revenue official Daniel Bolich who investigated Grunewald tax troubles. Bolich lived in a 20 month hotel suite billed to Grunewald, rooms registered under former Secretary of War Harry Woodring. The House subcommittee leading the probe seeks evidence on a New York dressmaking firm as part of Bolich’s dealings. Bolich resign earlier claiming ill health and is due to testify next Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Henry Grunewald
Rep. King
D-Calif
Daniel A. Bolich
Revenue
Grunewald
Harry Woodring
Bolich
Subcommittee
New York
Topeka
Kan
Woodring
Senators Resume Air Base Probe
The Senate Preparedness Subcommittee reopened inquiries into waste and malpractices in building a U S air base in Greenland. Col Harry E Reed, Army audit chief, testified about a disputed billion dollar cost estimate from Nathan L Rubin, while the Pentagon signaled the figure was likely far lower, not to exceed 250 million.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
U.S
Greenland
Harry E. Reed
Army Audit Agency
Pentagon
Nathan L. Rubin
Reed
Rubin
Miss Moore Addresses Jack and Jill Mothers on Pre-School Child
Lola V. Moore principal of John Kerr School spoke at a Jack and Jill Nursery School meeting about The Pre-School Child. She urged focus on physical emotional and social development and individual differences as children enter first grade. Present were Mrs. John Jones and Miss Sara Tanquery along with many mothers.
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Lola V. Moore
John Kerr School
Jack and Jill Nursery School
John Jones
Baptist
Sara Tanquery
Presbyterian
Italian-U.S. Drug Ring Busted From Milan To Sicily
Rome police with federal help seized narcotics bound for the United States valued at over half a million dollars and jailed at least seven people in raids spanning Milan to Sicily. Authorities say the ring supplied drugs to peddlers in New York Detroit Kansas City New Orleans and other American cities.
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Rome
U. S
Milan
Sicily
Tional
United States
Washington
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
New Orleans
Propriety Questions surround Morris cleanup chief
White House disclosed the names and home addresses of top officials asked to report outside income sources. McGrath told a House judiciary subcommittee he has not completed his own questionnaire and may not distribute forms, criticizing Morris’s probe into outside income, gambling, and fur coats. Morris threatened dismissal for noncompliance, while McGrath had previously backed full cooperation.
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McGrath
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Morris
Justice
Truman
Bi centennial plans outlined at hotel rally
C F Schenck reviewed bicentennial accomplishments and future events for the Commission chair William P McGuire’s absence. McCormac reported Festival readiness, thanked workers, urged more floats for the Grand Feature Parade, and named officers C F Schenck J W Arthur Frank Armstrong Jr Tom Baldridge Tom Scully. Jean Hagen discussed early life and Singin' in the Rain with Miss Conrad, plus a ballroom program and film Daughter of the Stars. A telegram from Miss Hagen thanked Winchester for a wonderful evening.
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C. F. Schenck
William P. McGuire
McCormac
Gene Kelly
Charlies Lillis
Jean Miller
Jimmy Fauver
Laura Turner
Shenandoah Valley
Queen Juliana Heads to United States on State Visit
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands begins a month long trip to the United States and Canada. She flies with Prince Bernhard and Dutch officials, arriving in Washington for a three day state visit and a speech to Congress, then a week in Canada.
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Amsterdam
Juliana
Netherlands
United States
Canada
Washington
Gander
Newfoundland
Prince Bernhard
Dirk A. Stikker
Truman
White House
Congress
Truman to Head Virginia Political Science Department
The April Fool edition of the Cavalier Daily claimed President Truman would head UVA's political science department after leaving the White House with Senator Byrd subsidizing the professorship and the Charlottesville Democratic committee expressing pleasure at the notion.
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Charlottesville
Cavalier Daily
University of Virginia
Truman
White House
U.S
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Democratic Committee
Diplomatic ranks of American envoys named
The passage names I. A. Eugenie Anderson as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Denmark and Perle Mesta as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxembourg, noting high diplomatic ranks.
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T. I. A. Eugenie Anderson
Denmark
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Manila Driving Rule Change Keeps Cars On Right
In Manila the road rule shifted from left to right. Historically vehicles followed the European left side, but current practice requires motorists to drive on the right.
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Manila
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