Alexandria Teens Confess to Fatal Shooting in Maryland
A 16-year-old boy Herbert H. Cox Jr and two girls Ida May Price 15 and Leona Ellen Cunningham 14 confessed to killing a man named Browning after he purportedly made advances. The trio claimed Browning dumped the body on a rural Maryland road and were held for further investigation.
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Alexandria
Richard S. Chapman
Maryland
Herbert H. Cox, Jr
Ida May Price
Leona Ellen Cunningham
Browning
Baltimore
Chapman
North Carolina
G. G. Browning
Route 3
Mount Olive
N. C
Lonely Woods
Falmouth
Cox
U. S. Route No. One
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Portland
Pennsylvania
Conowingo Barracks
Deer Creek
Conowingo Dam
Belair
Washington
Price
Arthur M. Price
Washington Navy Yard
Cunningham
Lindsay E. Cunningham
Richard S. Chapman S
Baltimore News-Post
Alexandria.Va
Edward Freeman
Conowingo
Belgian Citizen Shot For Aiding Enemy In Occupied France
Paris dispatch reports German authorities announced that a Belgian resident of Couillat was executed by firing squad for favoring enemy designs. Convicted by a German military court on Tuesday the condemnation was carried out in occupied France.
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Paris
France
Couillat
Belgium
Birthday Greetings For Douglas Youngest Justice
Justice William O. Douglas turned 43 today becoming the youngest Supreme Court member in 127 years when appointed by FDR in 1939 at age 40. The renowned jurist once sold newspapers cleaned buildings and dealt in junk before teaching law at Columbia and Yale and leading the Securities Commission.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Rt
Roosevelt
White House
Columbia
Yale
The
Securities Commission
Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson
Highway Costs Reported Up
Richmond reports that highway revenues rose 16 percent last year while costs outpaced gains by about 1 percent. Net revenue for 1942-43 is seen at 32.77 million and 34.03 million for 1943-44, with substantial shares for primary and secondary construction and maintenance. General Anderson warns a 143 million needed for modernization and urges full revenue and federal help, opposing tourist advertising funding from the highway fund. He notes labor losses to the armed forces and urges salary increases to retain staff.
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Richmond
Governors Budget Advisory Commission
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Highway Department
W. N. Neff
Abingdon
Congressional Debate on Armament of Merchant Ships
Rayburn and other leaders debate the neutrality act amendments as six Republican dissenters challenge arming merchant ships. They argue the policy harms neutrality and may drag the nation toward war, citing Admiral Stark and wartime outcomes. The six signatories include Vorys, Tinkham, Jonkman, Mundt, Chiperfield, and Bolton.
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Rep
Bender
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Vorys
R-Ohio
Tinkham
R-Mass
Jonkman
R-Mich
Mundt
R-Sd
Chiperfield
RMD
Bolton
Harold Stark
Naval Operations
Browne Defeat Roils A F L Convention
At the sixty first A F L convention George E Browne failed to win re election as vice president and executive council member by a 37 944 to 421 margin. The loss follows Browne being linked to an extortion case with Willie Bioff in New York City. Edward Flore of Buffalo won the vice presidency. Browne received only a handful of votes from the delegates.
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Seattle
American Federation of Labor
George E. Browne
Everenth A. F. L
Brownie
Willie Bioff
New York City
Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Edward Flore
Buffalo
Colorado
Probing National Guard Shake Up Draws War Dept Inquiry
Senator Gurney urged the War Department to investigate a complaint about the Army’s National Guard officer reshuffle. He would not name the officer, citing possible removal without just cause. Senator Clark had telegraphed General Lear urging Lear retire to avoid making Major General Truman a scapegoat for a perceived defeat.
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Walington
Gurney
War Department
Army
National Guard
Clark
D.-Mo
Ben Lear
Lear
Ralph E
Truman
Man Killed in Defense Plant Blast at Newark
An explosion at the National Magnesium Company plant in Newark wrecked a rear addition, killing Ferdinand Criscuolo 60 and injuring three others, including his son Ferdinand Jr, Donald Sullivan 21 Belleville, and Edward Johnson 37 East Orange. The plant was operating on defense orders for magnesium powder.
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St. James Hospital
Ferdinand, Jr
Donald Sullivan
Belleville
Edward Johnson
East Orange
Reports Russian Agents In Greece
The German radio quoted the Salonika military commander announcing Soviet agents were parachuted into northern Greece on the night of October 5 6. It said a high reward was offered for their arrest and death was ordered for anyone aiding them.
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New York
Salonika
Greece
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Fuller
Funeral services for 69 year old Mrs Hattie Lee Fuller are set for tomorrow at 1 PM from Jones funeral home with Rev H W Roth of the Cedar Cliff Group of Presbyterian Churches officiating. Interment will follow at Massachusetts Cemetery in Woodstock with pallbearers named Chamblin Jett Fritz Johns and Neville.
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Jones Funeral Home
Hattie Lee Fuller
H. W. Roth
Cedar Cliff
Presbyterian Churches
Massanutten Cemetery
Woodstock
William Chamblin
Miller Jett
Edward Fritz
Hamlin Johns
Russell Neville
Tank car shipments curb East Coast gasoline shortage
Louis Armel of the American Oil Company announced Texas City refinery has begun moving 60 to 70 tank cars of gasoline daily by rail to relieve a gasoline shortage on the East Coast. This marks the first refinery tank car shipments, previously all shipments used tankers.
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Louis Armel
American Oil Company
Texas City
Armel
Silk Restrictions Relaxed for Parachute Production
Government eases silk controls to speed parachute manufacturing and resume essential operations. Donald M. Nelson, OPM director, amends July 26 order freezing raw silk, grants preference to military and weather bureau silk orders, and to Defense Supplies Corporation contracts.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
OPM
Army, Navy and Weather Bureau
Defense Supplies Corporation
Hoover Urges Food Aid to Occupied Europe
Hoover presses for action to send American foodstuffs to occupied European nations arguing the United States follows a policy of starvation under British aims. He cites correspondence with Hull released by Senator Capper noting Germany agreed to conditions for aid and claims the plan would not prolong the war.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Capper
R.-Kas
Hull
Unknown Artist Poised for Fame in Carnegie Show
In Pittsburgh an American artist who has never hung a canvas in the Carnegie International Exhibition is set to win $1,000 in the Directions in American Painting show. The winner will be revealed a week hence at Carnegie Institute as 302 selected works from 4,912 entries go on display through December 14.
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Pittsburgh
America
Carnegie Institute
Carnegie International
Institute
John O’connor, Jr
Russians Invited To War Games Observers Vantage
Secretary of War Stimson said Soviet army officers were invited to witness the Carolinas war games as military observers. Acting Soviet attache and other officers here were asked to designate observers. The British were invited as in Louisiana maneuvers and Latin American representatives were expected to attend.
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Washington
Stimson
Carolinas
Determined Man Drowns After River Rescue Twice
Daniel Larkin, 65, was pulled from the East River by a friend, then recovered again hours later by police. He died after leaving the scene and saying he was going home.
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New York
Daniel Larkin
East River
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