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Judge Curran charges jury; orders jurors to disregard contentions on Gillars oath to Ger and influence of Koischewitz; jury deliberates
Trans-Jordan repts battle with Israelis allegedly moving toward Aqaba; UN observers speeded to area; Brit Min Kirkbride repts to London; Israeli repr denies hostile move; reaction, Rhodes; map
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Education and Labor Committee approved today a bill for a minimum wage of 75 cents. House action within two weeks will be sought. The final committee vote was 15 to 6, with four members voting "present," but the key vote came just before that. It was 13 to 12.
B & O RR: gunmen hold up train, rob all on bd and escape
1949Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.[†]
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. In March 1949, she was sentenced to ten to thirty years' imprisonment. Gillars was paroled in 1961. Along with Rita Zucca she was nicknamed "Axis Sally".