Crime Czar Faces Tight Legal Noose
New York reports Thomas Luchese known as Three-Finger Brown faces two court actions as federal and state systems consider denaturalization and deportation. U S Attorney McGranery seeks denaturalization in Washington while Brooklyn prosecutors plan a federal petition. Carmine DeSapio clashes with the Crime Commission as it probes underworld relations. The case marks a sharp escalation in efforts to remove the Sicilian born rackets leader.
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NEW York
Thomas
Luchese
Frank Costello
U. S
Brooklyn
New York State Crime Commission
Manhattan
Implicaon
DeSapio
McGranery
Costello
Justice Department
Lucchese
Department
Frank J. Parker
Kidnap Gang Given Lengthy Prison Terms
A kidnap-robbery spree led by James Francis Hill with a self styled knight in golden armor produced federal sentences. Virgil Lemay, 15, received five years on kidnapping and a year and a day for car theft. Charles Hopkins, 20, of Jacksonville Florida, drew 17 years total for kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen car. Hill was found mentally incompetent and ordered committed after filing a nine page life story claiming to be Robin Hood.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Virgil Lemay
Charles Hopkins
Jacksonville
Fla
James Francis Hill
Ohio Nurses Back on Jobs at Lancaster Hospital
Thirty eight Lancaster Fairfield Hospital nurses who resigned their posts returned to duty after a closed Board of Governors meeting. Rosa Lee Shellmaker said resignations were withdrawn and the board promised full cooperation in securing a salary raise. The session covered general working conditions.
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Lancaster, O
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
Rosa Lee Shellmaker
Grange Recommends Three for Cabinet
The National Grange at its annual meeting recommended three Republican farm leaders for secretary of agriculture in Eisenhower's cabinet. They are John A. Hannah of Michigan State College East Lansing Clifford R. Hope of Kansas and John H. Yeavis of the National Wool Growers Marketing Association.
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Rockford
Ill
National Grange
Eisenhower
John A. Hannah
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
Clifford R. Hope
Kansas
John H. Yeavis
National Wool Growers Marketing Association
Price Chief Mulls Rollback of Meat Prices
Washington reports Tighe Woods, head of the Office of Price Stabilization, ordered staff to prepare by Monday a potential rollback of retail meat prices or to justify why it cannot. He argued consumers fear food costs and meat tops their concern.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Forbes
Chicago
Norman Draper
The
American Meat Institute
Rooney Weds Fourth Mate in Las Vegas Elopement
In Las Vegas Mickey Rooney married Elaine Mahnken 22 in a surprise elopement. Rooney, using the ring nervously, ties the knot for a fourth time after divorces from Ava Gardner and Martha Vickers and a prior Alabama beauty titleholder.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Mickey Rooney
Hollywood
Mickey
Elaine Mahnken
Rooney
Ava Gardner
Martha Vickers
Alabama
Five Day Forecast Sees Rainfall and Mild Temperatures
Five day outlook predicts showers tonight into the weekend totaling half to one inch. Temperatures run about 25 degrees above normal with highs near 46 to 51 and lows 32 to 33. Colder midweek with a warmer weekend ahead.
Taft Seeks Schedule Of Top Legislative Measures
Senator Taft urged President-elect Eisenhower to fix the timing of Senate action and said he does not expect Eisenhower to need to intervene in selecting new Republican leaders. He projected a smooth leadership formation and asked for weekly White House conferences with the three top Republican leaders to decide which measures go first.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio
White House
New York
Rep
Martin
R-Mass
Capital Hails Ike
Washington prepared a massive welcome for the next president with plans blessed by the Truman administration. Television coverage from all four networks set to begin at 1 p.m. EST as crowds awaited Dwight D. Eisenhower like the 1945 triumph.
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Washington
United States
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Guardsmen Alerted In Strike Violence In Mississippi
In Water Valley Mississippi an outbreak of violence at the Rice Stix garment plant led to 45 National Guardsmen being deployed. Five women workers were roughed up during lunch hour near the CIO Clothing Workers office, escalating tensions at the on strike facility.
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Water Valley
Miss
National
CIO Clothing Workers
Monopoly Trial Against Du Ponts Industrial Empire Opens
Federal court begins a six billion dollar antitrust case against E I du Pont de Nemours Company General Motors and U S Rubber with 1203 exhibits and over 25 depositions. The trial includes 25 attorneys for defendants and covers alleged secret rebates and market division under Sherman Act.
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Chicago
S 1
Asst
Willis L. Hotchkiss
Chicago Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Defendents
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Del
General Motors Corp
U. S. Rubber Company
du Pont Family Tightly Controls, Are ‘Christiana Securities Company
Delaware Realty and Investment Corp
Wilmington Trust Company
India Truce Plan Receives Cool UN Reception
United Nations delegates gave a cool but studious reception to India's compromise plan for Korean prisoner of war repatriation. The four nation commission proposal involves Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden and Switzerland as potential members or other neutral states. The plan avoids screening prisoners and would demilitarize a zone for handover while a neutral umpire could break 2 2 deadlocks. An American spokesman questioned the plan’s feasibility citing massive logistics for prisoners who refuse to return.
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N. Y
India
UN General Assembly
Assembly
Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Dean Acheson
Korea
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Security Council
S V. K. Krishna Menon
Commission
Koreans Plan a Spectacle for Ike Visit in Korea
A 15 member committee led by acting Prime Minister Paik Too Chin arranging a grand, secretive welcome for President-elect Dwight Eisenhower in Pusan. The plan covers flower carts posters arches and full official reception by government funds with members from executive legislative and judicial branches and four patriotic groups.
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Pusan
Korea
Dwight Eisenhower
Paik Too Chin
Six Arrested in East Harlem Narcotics Raids Across Cities
Federal and city detectives seized heroin worth 1 million dollars during dawn raids in East Harlem. Six suspects were held on narcotics charges. The investigation linked the East Harlem operation to Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Cincinnati with no additional out of town details released.
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New York
East Harlem
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Film Star's Husband Placed on Probation
Joan Leslie's husband Dr. William C. Caldwell received three years probation and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to fraudulent narcotic prescriptions. The 37 year old WWII Navy surgeon told the court he became addicted following pneumonia last February.
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Los Angeles
Joan Leslie
William C. Caldwell
Caldwell
Noted Surgeon Joseph A Link Dies at 79 in Springfield
Dr. Joseph A. Link, 79, a noted Springfield orthopedic surgeon, died Monday at his home. He had practiced in Springfield for many years and held leadership roles in local medical groups.
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Springfield
Joseph A. Link
Fourth Boxcar Crash in 11 Days Kills Eight Near Billings
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed 12 miles east of Billings Montana in muddy fields during an emergency landing killing eight. The death toll in Boxcar accidents since November rises to 91 as two injured survived. Investigators cite propeller trouble and weather as factors while Air Force notes no grounding without a proven pattern.
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Mont
Air Force
Montana
Edmonton
Alta
Canada
Denver
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Arctic
William H. Jay
Jay
Ned M. Letts
Alaska
Wage Verdict May Not Bring Coal Walkout
Washington report says Wage Stabilization Board approved only part of a proposed $1.90 a day coal miners pay raise. Roger Putnam promised a quick ruling after hearings with John L. Lewis and Harry M. Moses. Lewis indicated a strike may be avoided, but insisted miners will eventually receive the full raise.
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Washington
Roger Putnam
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
Putnam
Lewis
Harry M. Moses
WSB
No Place Like Home
The Joseph Curran family from Carlisle England plans to return to the United States after four years abroad. They lived in Bellevue following a stay in Canada but grew homesick and decided to move back to Carlisle, seeking a more favorable environment.
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Bellevue
Joseph Curran
United States
Currans
Carlisle
Cumberland
Eng
Canada
Benny's In Law Sues Her Husband in Santa Monica
Mrs Babe Blum, Benny's sister in law, sues her husband Myrt for separate maintenance. She alleges mental cruelty and asks for half the community property valued at 300000 dollars and 3 percent monthly support pending trial.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Babe Blum
Jack x
Benny
Myrt
Blum
Mary Livingstone
Denmark expands air defenses in Greenland
Copenhagen reports expansion of Western defense facilities in Greenland as Denmark and the United States reportedly agree on building at least four large air bases on the Arctic island. Government and engineering sources cite the plan, while officials say they know nothing about any such agreement.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Greenland
U. S
North Pole
Russia
FBI questions 235 crew of freighter J. E. Upson on death case
Seven FBI agents questioned 235 crew members of the freighter J. E. Upson in Detroit about the July death of Obie Gor, 58, of Marinette Wisconsin. Captain Peter J. Peterson claimed he did not know the agents’ purpose and that Gor’s death was attributed to natural causes.
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FBI
J. E. Upson
Peter J. Peterson
Obie Gorand
Marinette
Wis
Congress Opens Investigation of Tax-Exempt Foundations
The House opened a probe into over 600 tax exempt philanthropic and educational foundations including Rockefeller Carnegie and Ford to determine if they use resources for un American or subversive activities or purposes not in the US interest. The hearing will review history growth resources and societal impact.
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Washington
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Ford Foundations
Rep
Cox
Dga
Hays
D-Ark
O’toole
D-Ny
Forand
D-Ri
Simpson
R-Pa
Goodwin
R-Mass
Reece
Rtenn
House
United States
Two MIG-15 jets shot down near Task Force 77
U S Navy planes from Reserve Squadron based at Los Alamitos Calif downed two Russian made MIG-15 fighters in the Sea of Japan about 35 miles from U S Task Force 77 off Korea coast The action occurred late Monday near the Oriskany with one U S plane damaged but returned to the carrier A MIG pilot bailed out and another was seen spiraling down in smoke
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Navy
U.S
Korea
Sea of Japan
Chongjin
Marine
Los Alamitos
Calif
Oriskany
Battle rages near border as US airpower pounds Korean front
Reports say infantrymen strike hard on Sniper Ridge forcing Chinese back after days of brutal combat. US Fifth Air Force jets claim multiple MIG kills while B 29s strike Choak and near Pyongyang. Aerial and ground forces press 36th day of fighting on Kumhwa ridges.
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Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Leonard Lilley
Manchester
N.H
U.S
Rocky Point
Manchuria
Choak
Yalu
Pyongyang
Kumhwa
Korea
Finger Ridge
Area Burning Permits Issued As Fire Danger Lowers
Permits now available in Athens Meigs Washington Terry Morgan and Hocking counties good for one fire and valid three days. Gebhart warns permits will be withdrawn if damaging fires escape. One man, Edward F. Brown near Athens, fined ten dollars and costs for burning without a permit on Nov. 12.
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Ernest J. Gebhart
Athens
Meigs
Washington
Terry, Morgan, Vinton
Hocking
Gebhart
Edward F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Rider
Brown
Eisenhower Resigns Columbia University Post
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as president and active trustee of Columbia University effective the day before his inauguration. He assumed the presidency June 7, 1943 and has been on leave without pay since February 1951.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
University
Eisenhower
Columbia
Transistors May Drive Down Cost of TV Sets
Princeton researchers demonstrated pea sized transistors at the Radio Corporation of America center, showing they amplify signals without heated filaments and could cut video receiver costs roughly in half in the future. The portable television demonstration signals a potential shift from vacuum tubes to solid state components.
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Princeton
N. J
Radio Corp
America
Tiffin Youth Dies From Accidental Shooting
Leland Snyder, 9, died Monday from a bullet wound believed to be accidentally fired by another youth. Police investigated the incident as an unintentional shooting in Tiffin.
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Tiffin
Leland Snyder
Historic Ike Truman Talks Open With Cautious Tone
Washington reports two leaders meet at the White House to discuss a smooth transition of power. Eisenhower resists preinaugural aid in domestic or foreign policy while Truman hopes for a unity statement on United Nations positions and the Korean issue.
Burns Kill Woman in Cambridge Kitchen Incident
Mrs Mary Ketterer, 83, died after grease in a kitchen grease fire ignited her dress while scrambling an egg. The blaze caused first second and third degree burns leading to her death.
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Cambridge
Mary Ketterer
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