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Defense Department have granted stays of execution, while appeals were being considered in federal courts. But in April, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case. On May 22, U.S. High Commissioner McCloy turned down a final plea...
...spotted the pilferer in the Newell locker room May 2 and jotted down his car license number as he pulled away. Stroke Louis B. McCagg and two managers assisted in identifying Breton at a trial May 14. Breton, who stole about $50, elected to appeal but then changed his plea to guilty when he appeared in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday...
...Government has now begun to listen to the truckers' plea for materials with a more sympathetic ear, has started to funnel more scarce materials away from light trucks to heavy truck & trailer makers. (By diverting rubber from civilian tires, rubbermen increased truck-tire output last month to 360,000 from 317,000 in March...
Petitions. All last week, petitions to save Willie McGee's life poured in on Dixiecrat Governor Fielding Wright. Many an honest person who recognized the Communist tactics also urged clemency for McGee. Fundamental point in their plea: no white man has ever been executed for rape in Mississippi...
Comrade Chairman arose and, grinning, muttered something about not comprehending all those big sums of money. This reporter soon found out that Comrade Chairman was saying this to start off a plea for contributions. A little straw basket was duly passed around; it came back brimming with one dollar bills. The basket passer retired during the question period to a small room, partitioned off by the pamphlet shelves, to count out the evening harvest. Contrary to tradition, the question period was not followed by a rendition of the "International...