Senate crime committee hearings reveal underworld evidence and perjury probes
Federal investigators scrutinize evidence from Kefauver committee hearings into the underworld with possible tax fraud and perjury cases. Jacob Guzik is freed on bond as the panel seeks missing witnesses and plans further questioning. Abner Zwillman and others loom as potential next witnesses amid linked Murder, Inc. ties.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Capone
Guzik Testimony Sparks Senate Hearing Contempt Castigation
Guzik answered most questions with a flat I refuse to answer citing possible self incrimination. He said he learned the phrase on television and refused to say if he had consulted a lawyer. Spectators laughed as he dodged questions about a brother named Harry Guzik. The probe centers on the Cleveland phase of the Kefauver inquiry with 17 missing witnesses, three of whom were cited for contempt as the hearing intensified.
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Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Harry
Chicago
Capone
Harry Guzik
Greasy Thumb
Jacob Guzik
Cleveland
Western Union
Carroll Cleared as Contempt Citations Dismissed
James J. Carroll, once a St. Louis betting commissioner, had a contempt citation dropped while testifying before a committee. He had previously refused under TV cameras and sought no rebroadcasts or linking to film. Contempt charges against Ralph J. O Hara George Bowers and John Doyle also awaited Senate action.
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James J. Carroll
St. Louis
Carroll
Frank Costello
New York
Ralph J. O'Hara
Chicago
George Bowers
Miami
Fla
John Doyle
Gary
Ind
Senate
Guzik’s
Premier Queuille Offers Over ten Percent Pay Rise to Ease Strikes
Paris Premier Henri Queuille said his cabinet will act on a report from a special commission on collective bargaining to curb a wave of strikes crippling the rail system. The commission reported living costs have risen over twelve percent since last August, spurring the plan for a salary boost for French workers.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
France
U S and Britain to discuss Yugoslavia aid request
In Belgrade U S Ambassador George Allen said the United States and Britain will start talks in London next week on Yugoslavia's request for 30,000 in supplies to sustain its military strength.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S
George Allen
Britain
United States
London
Classified Ad Makes For Better Living
Sacramento story about Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Willsey of Carmichael who posted a classified ad seeking a home. Real estate agent R. P. Watt doubted their chances but the ad matched and the Willseys moved into the place they had been trying to sell for a month and now like it.
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Sacramento
Calif
B. A. Willsey
Carmichael
R. P. Watt
Watt
Willfey
Lehman Urges Railroads to Concede Ground in Labor Row
Senator Lehman urged railroads to yield in the long running dispute with four labor unions to break the stalemate. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen backs a settlement proposal. trainsmen and carriers have agreed on higher pay, but differ over arbitration and national versus local rule negotiations related to air hose coupling.
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Washington
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
New Yorker
Brotherhood of Railroad
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
Armed Robbery Case Heads Toward Jury in Springfield
The armed robbery case of Charles E. Hunter, 36, linked to a former public enemy No. 1, nears a jury of nine men and three women. Judge Golden C. Davis limited closing summaries to two hours after testimony, with testimony completed yesterday. Hunter faces a $9500 hold up at a Springfield supermarket on March 12, 1949.
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Golden C. Davis
Stanley N. Husted
R. K. Myers
Charles E. Hunter
Springfield
Brothers to receive 500 dollar reward for finding body
Two brothers, Thomas Chestnut of Lisbon and Charles Chestnut of Leetonia, will come to Cleveland next month to claim a $500 reward for finding the remains of Mrs. Bertha Pawak while hunting last January. The money was posted by friends and relatives of Mrs. Pawak.
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Bertha Pawak
Thomas Chestnut
Lisbon
Charles Chestnut
Leetonia
Commons Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Holy Land Pilgrimage Amid Worst 80-Year Drought
Devout Christians held a Good Friday pilgrimage through old Jerusalem as a severe drought darkened Holy Land Holy Week. Pilgrims from abroad joined locals along the Via Dolorosa with large wooden crosses, while a Holy Sepulchre tomb ceremony and a Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre service underscored Easter observances. Archbishop Albert Gori led a foot washing re-enactment, and Easter sunrise is expected to bring a major turnout of diplomats and worshippers.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Christ
Calvary
Big Typhoon Heads Toward Eniwetok Atomic Tests
Pearl Harbor reports a violent typhoon moving toward the U.S. atomic testing atoll of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. The typhoon is not seen in immediate danger and is unlikely to reach the area before late tomorrow. The Atomic Energy Commission notes new dual atomic tests at Eniwetok may begin, aiming to produce the largest explosions yet to test aircraft and structural materials.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
AA Founder Dies
Dr William Silkworth 77 co founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement died yesterday in New York. He helped launch AA and its early detoxification and support networks influencing modern addiction recovery practices.
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New York
William Silkworth
Alcoholics Anonymous Movement
Living Cost Index Due High for Wage Boosts
Washington AP reports the government will announce the cost of living index tonight. It is expected to rise about 2.5 points from Jan 15 to Feb 15, impacting wage negotiations for railroad workers and other laborers. Labor leaders cite inflation as undermining mobilization.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate House “Watchdog
Ohio-Penna link-up eyed to handle Turnpike traffic
Ohio and Pennsylvania highway engineers studied a temporary link near the Ohio border to carry traffic from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The plan, largely tentative, would cost Ohio about 10 000 dollars and Pennsylvania about 40 000 dollars.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
T. J. Kauer
Kauer
Petersburg
Mahoning County
Keystone State
Petersburgh
Ohio Line
Three Week Vacation Is Ended by Truman
President Truman cut short his three weeks at Key West and returned to Washington. He arrived at National Airport to a welcome by Cabinet members and Mrs. Truman, who he teased asking “Where's the boss?”
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Truman
Washington
Key West, Fla
National Airport
Movie Probe Finds No Slant in Hollywood Films
Washington Representative Potter of Michigan said the House Un American Activities Committee inquiry into Hollywood has not produced evidence of biased films. He indicated no slant was found in the investigated movies.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Bricker pushes for law governing troops to Europe
Senator Bricker of Ohio urged a definite law to govern sending U S troops to Europe and criticized pending resolutions as a fraud. He plans to move to restore the measures to committees to become actual legislation. Debates resume next Tuesday with voting set for April 2.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Europe
Senate
Truman
International Defense Army
Congress
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Meat Union Awaits Strike
More than 109 000 CIO packinghouse workers were ready to strike as the CIO union prepared to set a date for a walkout against meat packers. The AFL handlers planned no immediate walkout, risking a major meat supply disruption if the CIO acts. The last stoppage in 1948 lasted from March 16 to May 22.
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Chicago
CIO
AFL
CIO Union
Goodyear CIO Meet To Avert Strike Plans
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and CIO United Rubber Workers representatives met in Cleveland for talks on a new contract covering 25,000 workers. Negotiations began in Cincinnati and were suspended March 9 after two months. Talks resumed to avert a strike, with the union shop issue a major point.
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Cleveland
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
CIO United Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Cincinnati
Two Big Planes Reported Missing Over Atlantic
Boston reports two large aircrafts missing over the North Atlantic. A U.S. Air Force transport with 53 aboard and a C-54 MATS plane en route from Keflavik Iceland to Argentina were overdue. Coast Guard sent two patrol bombers from Salem. Shannon Airport Ireland confirmed 53 aboard on a Globemaster I.
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North Atlantic
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Military Air Transport Service
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Iceland
Argentina
Coast Guard
Salem
MATS
Shannon
Ireland
Mildenhall Air Base
Suffolk
Limestone
Crippled Canton Rabbi Wins $115000 Settlement
Canton rabbi George B. Lieberman of McKinley Avenue Temple settled a damage suit against Pennsylvania Railroad for 115000. He was crippled in a railroad wreck near Altoona, Pennsylvania three years ago and had originally sued for 350600.
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Canton
Altoona
George B. Lieberman
McKinley Avenue
Big Four Deputies Hold First Secret Session
Paris reports that after nearly three weeks of fruitless effort the Big Four deputies met in their first informal secret session to decide whether to pursue an agenda for a foreign ministers conference tackling critical world problems.
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Paris
Taft Says Democrats Reversing on Economic Policy
Senator Taft says Democrats on a Senate House committee are about to make a complete right about face on economic policy. The joint economic committee led by Senator O Mahoney will express views on President Truman's January economic report and reject some left wing controls and projects. Taft welcomes the shift but does not dissent from the majority.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate House Committee
Joint Economic Committee
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Truman
Congress
Tait
O'Mahoney
Senate
Capitol
Paratroopers Land Behind Enemy Lines Near Seoul
More than 3300 American paratroopers conducted a surprise combat drop north of Seoul as Allied armor advanced from Seoul in a three-division push. Lt. Gen. Ridgway arrived in combat, and the 187th Airborne RCT, supported by Rangers, moved toward Munsan, with heavy fighting lingering around the drop zones.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Central Korea
Parallel 38
Chunchon
Munsan
John Randolph
T. A. Edward
Tulsa
Okla
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Ridgway
Frank S. Bowen, Jr
187Th Airborne
Germ Warfare Threat Warned by Top Expert
CHICAGO AP One of America’s leading biowarfare authorities Dr Victory H Haas of Bethesda Maryland warned that saboteurs could launch a germ attack with almost no risk of exposure. He outlined how micro organisms could be grown at home or in labs and dispersed through air water or money to disrupt mobilization and weaken response to an overt attack.
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Chicago
America
United States
Victory H. Haas
Bethesda
National Biological Institute of Health
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Dr. Haas
TV Outlook for Expansion Is Improved
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission moved toward ending the 30 month old freeze on new TV station grants. Proposals include adding about 70 channels, reallocating in Ohio cities Gallipolis Chillicothe Lancaster and Zanesville, moving WLW C Columbus and WSAZ TV Huntington to new channels, and reserving space for educational television. A thaw before October remains unlikely.
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Federal Communications Commission
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Chillicothe
Lancaster
Zanesville
WLWC
Columbus
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
U. S
Alaska
Hawaii
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Virgin Islands
Commission
TV Will Feature Hill Number One In National Broadcast
A weekend movie Hill Number One about a hill in Korea and another hill Calvary is slated for the largest TV audience yet with 40,000,000 viewers. All 107 stations across ABC CBS NBC and Dumont will air it at least once, many two to three times and some five.
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Hollywood
Korea
Calvary
ABC
CBS
NBC
Dumont
Reds Sought In U S Army Seeks Communist Infiltration
An unnamed U S Army official says since the Korean War began, counter intelligence staffing and investigative activity increased by about 50 percent. He backs Senator Ferguson that Communists shift from infiltrating the State Department to penetrating the armed services.
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Washington
Counter Intelligence Corps
Army
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
State Department
Weather Outlook for Columbus Five Day Forecast
The forecast projects near normal average temperatures for the next five days with a normal high of 45 and a normal low of 29. Cool conditions expected Saturday through Monday, then a warming trend early next week. Precipitation includes showers tonight and Saturday, and again around Monday.
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