Probers Probe RFC Break In and Name Change Talks
Midnight prowlers rifled confidential Reconstruction Finance Corporation files tied to a Senate probe. Authorities note locks and alarms after a severed door chain. no theft confirmed. Senators weigh renaming RFC and appointing a single administrator to restore public confidence amid disclosures about a mink coat linked to an external lawyer.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
RFC
Truman
Walter E. Cosgriff
Expenditures Committee
Cosgriff
Moran resigns after firemen funds scandal forces exit
Water Commissioner James J. Moran agrees to resign his lifetime post after Mayor Impellitteri demands step down amid allegations he accepted $55,000 from John P. Crane of the Uniformed Firemen’s Association. Crane testified he gave money to Moran to be on their side while Moran denied receipt.
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New York
James J. Moran
Vincent Impellitteri
Uniformed Firemen's Association
Moran
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Mexico
Crane
Gracie Mansion
Bricker Blames Labor For Controls Collapse
Senator Bricker accuses labor leaders of arbitrary opposition to the defense mobilization program and says Congress is at fault for weak wage price control law. AFL and CIO chiefs criticize the act as failing to stabilize living costs and favor their own interpretation. Humphreys calls the critique possible but says proper administration would strengthen it.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
AFL
CIO
Congress
Humphreys
D-Minn
William Green
Philip Murray
Leaders Mull Wage Control Plan to Restart Machinery
Mobilization leaders examined whether to call a full dress labor management conference in Washington to revive the wage stabilization board disrupted by a labor walkout. Eric Johnston noted options as officials debate if a formal conference is required under the Defense Production Act before Truman can act.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Eric Johnston
Organized Labor
Johnston
Board of Labor, Industry and
Public
Radio Tonight
CBS
Truman
Justice Department
Russia Says U S Welched On Wartime Ship Deal
Russia accuses the United States of failing to return 670 ships loaned during World War II and demands Soviet access to 84 merchant ships and 586 naval craft. American negotiators reject the accusation as talks stall with an April 4 meeting set amid widening gaps.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Big Four Fail to Reach Agreement on Foreign Ministers Agenda
In Paris the four powers resume talks as Soviet Deputy Andrei Gromyko repeats long standing positions. Western officials call yesterday's session a complete loss and say deputies will try again today to break the deadlock over wording for the proposed meeting agenda.
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Andrei Gromyko
Supreme Court Backs Train Abandonment Ruling in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a Public Utilities Commission order allowing New York Central Railroad to abandon passenger trains 5 and 6 between Columbus and Charleston West Virginia. Opponents included Perry County communities New Lexington Rendville Junction City Glouster the Athens Merchants Association and the Transportation Brotherhoods.
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Ohio Supreme Court
State Public Utilities Commission
New York Central Railroad
Charleston
W. Va
Perry County
New Lexington
Rendville
Junction City
Glouster
Athens Petait Merchants Association
The
Transportation Brotherhoods
La Prensa Editor Reported Behind Bars
Buenos Aires reports editor and publisher Dr Alberto Gainza Paz jailed for 15 days for contempt of Congress after he accused the Peron regime of unconstitutional seizure of his strike bound newspaper La Prensa.
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Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Alberto Gainza Paz
Juan D. Peron
Gainza Paz
Congress
Argentina
Cedar Point Resort Changes Hands in Deal
T. C. Melrose sells Lake Erie resort Cedar Point to D. M. Schneider who resigns as Melrose treasurer and general manager. Melrose took over Cedar Point in April 1950 from G. A. Boeckling Co. Melrose hotels operate in Cleveland Tiffin and Toledo.
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Sandusky
T. C. Melrose
Lake Erie
Cedar Point
D. M. Schneider
Melrose Organization
G. A. Boeckling Co
Melrose Hotels
Cleveland
Tiffin
Toledo
Officials Agree ECA Should Be Continued
Top government officials reached general agreement that the Economic Cooperation Administration should be continued indefinitely to handle foreign economic operations abroad. It had been slated for disbanding with the Marshall Plan’s end in Europe in 1952.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Europe
France in chaos as rail strike halts most trains
Paris reports an 80 percent train stoppage with army and police leaves canceled. Premier Queuille orders immediate return to duty after talks with ministers and labor leaders. Government drafts railway staff, deploys trucks and buses, and pledges a national minimum wage for rail workers, decision due Friday.
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Paris
France
Henri Queuille
Lyon
Rouen
Reims
Bordeaux
Socialist Workers Force
Force Ouvriere
Film Colony Probe Postponed By House Committee
The House Un American Activities Committee paused its Hollywood inquiry until after Easter as it plans to pursue film industry infiltration. Larry Parks admitted joining the Communist Party ten years ago but quit in 1945. Gale Sondergaard and Howard Da Silva faced contempt-citation threats for refusing to answer further questions.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Larry Parks
Jolson
Communist Party
Gale Sondergaard
Howard da Silva
da Silva
Miss Sondergaard
Herbert Biberman
Yank Patrol Breaks Out Of Communist Ambush Near Korea Border
An American tank infantry patrol with mine hunting engineers fought its way free from a communist ambush less than three miles from the 38th parallel. The action occurred along the Pukhan River near Chunchon as Reds fired heavy machine gun and rifle fire. Corporal Charley Hamilton of Virginia City Virginia said their tanks opened fire but could not stop the attack. Wounded were carried back to Chunchon while Allied forces prepared to strike across the 38th parallel when ready.
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Tokyo
Pukhan River
Chunchon
Cpl
Charley Hamilton
Virginia City
Parallel 38
South Korea
Third Field Army
Hungnam
Uljongbu
Seoul
William C. Barnard
Leif Erickson
U.S. Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
President Ends Trip on Return from Florida Coastal Cruise
President Truman wraps up a three week Florida vacation and a Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas trip aboard the destroyer Sarsfield. He leaves Boca Chica Naval Air Station ending a tour aimed at a return to tense political battles in Washington.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Washington
Boca Chica
Wich
Sarsfield
Joseph PD
Elmore
Tacoma
Wash
Garvey Found Innocent Of Livestock Thefts
A Common Pleas jury in London found George Garvey, 33, of Urbana, not guilty of grand larceny connected to an alleged livestock theft ring. He faced charges for stealing four sheep from Lester Gates farm in January 1950 as part of a group arrest by Central Ohio sheriffs.
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London
Common Pleas
George Garvey
Urbana
Garvey
Central
Ohio
Lester Gates
Budget Cuts Slowed by Absentees in House Drive
Washington reports holiday absenteeism slowed the House effort to cut President Truman's 1952 budget of 71.6 billion dollars. Rep. Taber, Republican leader of the plan, said the 1.3 percent cut in the first departmental appropriation bill was disappointing but not discouraging. He blamed absenteeism and said voters at home may spur economy when members return after Easter recess. The House sent a bill financing Treasury and Post Office for the new fiscal year starting July 1, with only about half the membership present.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Taber
New York
House
Senate
Treasury
Post Office
Alger Hiss Begins Five Year Perjury Prison Term
BULLETIN NEW YORK Alger Hiss a former Roosevelt era bright young star surrenders to serve a five year prison term for perjury in a dramatic legal development.
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Bulletin
New York
Alger Hiss
Roosevelt
House Fire Breaks Out With TV Witnesses Present
In Philadelphia James Dunn watched Senate crime investigator hearings on TV in New York when a fire spread from a shed to the second floor. Firemen fought the blaze for an hour, heavily damaging the house and furnishings.
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Philadelphia
James Dunn
Senate
New York
Dunn
Railroads Reject Union Wage Settlement Proposal
The nation's railroads rejected a union proposal to settle their two year old dispute with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. D P Loomis announced the decision to the Senate Labor Committee, with Senator Murray urging a settlement that might also resolve issues with three other operating unions. The proposal mirrors the December White House memorandum offering a 23 cent per hour raise for yardmen and five cents for road workers retroactive to October 1, plus Jan 1 cost of living adjustments.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
D. P. Loomis
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
D-Mont
White House
Peace Hope I Held Brighter
Rep. Hays of Ohio told a newsletter that lawmakers see the chances against war brighter as the Korean crisis eases and Russia backs down. He said military funding could shrink and fiscal experts may seek to recall tax plans for a new bill with lower totals. The Administration seeks a $10 billion tax rise now and $6 billion later.
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Washington
Hays
Ohio
Congressional
Treasury
Congress
Fifty Four War Dead Ship to U.S. from Korea
Fifty four American war dead from Korean battlefields were shipped home today aboard the transport Woodstock Victory. This marks the second group of Korean War dead sent to the United States for burial.
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Moji
Japan
United States
Korea
Lonley Hearts Operator Shot by Her Own Husband
Lorain Alma Golliday Gregg, 46, operator of a Kenton Ohio lonely hearts club, was shot by her 57 year old husband Chester B Gregg outside their home and died within six hours. Sheriff said Gregg admitted the slaying and planned suicide. he faced homicide charges. The club, known as the Golliday Club, originated with Lorain and her late husband Lester Golliday in Columbus years ago and continues under Gregg after their marriage and divorce. The Ohio State Journal published an advertisement for the club offering correspondence and free particulars.
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Kenton P
Chester B. Gregg
Lorain Alma Golliday Gregg
Clarence Brown
Hardin County
Greggs
Gregg
Verland Shaffer
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Galliday Social Club
P. O. Box
Kenton
Ohio
Carroll Appears Before Senate Crime Panel Over TV Testimony
James J. Carroll the St. Louis odds maker and former high roller shows up in Washington to face contempt charges after balking at televised testimony. Shenker argues Carroll's rights prevent rebroadcasts while aides and officials discuss equipment placement delaying hearings. Guzik, Capone era money handler, also expected to testify.
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Washington
James J. Carroll
St. Louis
Senate
Carroll
Morris Shenker
Attoreney
O’conor
Costello
Shenker
Shenke
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Jacob
Greasy Thumb
Capone
Guzik
Joseph Duke
Thumb
Scarface
al Capone
A Bomb Tests Dual Aim Highlighted at Pacific Atoll
The report notes new atomic blasts at Eniwetok likely serving a dual purpose as both guinea pig tests and field laboratory experiments. It recalls 1946 Bikini tests as guinea pig exposures and 1948 Finwort tests as field laboratories, with Gen Hull stating the aim was to record effects rather than cause damage.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific Proving Grounds
Eniwetok Atoll
Field Laboratory
Bikini
Finwetok
John E. Hull
Honolulu
Train Derails Near Kings Mills In Lebanon Area
Five cars and the engine tender of a Pennsylvania passenger train derailed today near Kings Mills in Lebanon. No injuries reported. Authorities investigated probable causes as wreckage blocked tracks and railroad crews worked to clear the line.
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Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Kings Mills
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