FBI Data GOPer Challenges Lattimore Clearing Claim
In Washington on April 7 Senator Hickenlooper challenged Senator Tydings assertion that secret FBI information given to Senate investigators clears Owen Lattimore of spying charges. Tydings repeated his conclusion while confirming the FBI data was examined.
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Rhode Island
McMahon
Connecticut
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Justice Department
Bert Andrews
New York Herald Tribune
Subcommittee
New York
Communist Party
Fear of Gang War Spurs Binaggio Slayers Search
Missouri police probe intensified Friday as they seek out out-of-town links after the slayings of Kansas City Northside political boss Charles Binaggio and his enforcer Charles Gargotta. The Star-Times reported Binaggio faced a death sentence in a St. Louis hotel room for backing a pro-wide-open state, while authorities warned of a possible blood bath as underworld figures remain reticent and a political shakeup touches Governor Forrest Smiths police head choice.
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Underworld
Missouri
Charles Binaggio
Binaggio
St. Louis
Denver
Star-Times
Charles Ga
John Lazia
Jimmy Needles
Jack Gregory
Gregory
Missouri River
St. Louis Star-Times
Forrest Smith
William Holtzhausen
Smith
Holtzhausen
Bette Davis husband urges psychiatrist for mixed up star
Bette Davis, amid laryngitis, reportedly urged by husband William Grant Sherry to seek psychiatric help for marital issues. Davis announced divorce plans last fall, later reconciled, with a daughter Barbara three. Sherry pledged to support counseling to resolve differences as Davis works on a new film in San Francisco.
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William Grant Sherry
Miss Davis
Sherry
Barry Sullivan
Sullivan
Okesman
RKO Studio
Ex County Judge Wins Court Test In Salary Dispute
Former County Judge George S. Matthews secured a district court victory over Travis County seeking repayment of 11000 for juvenile board service from 1941 to 1948. Judge J Harris Gardner ruled the salary payment constitutional and justified, while County Attorney Perry Jones and Cecil Rotsch appealed toward the Third Court of Civil Appeals and possibly the State Supreme Court. Gardner dismissed the county suit, citing two key legal points.
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53Rd District Court
Travis County
J. Harris Gardner
Matthews
County
Perry Jones
Cecil Rotsch
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Jones
State Supreme Court
Gardner
Juvenile Board
Commissioners Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Bear Arms Bill For DPs Studied
Senator Cain may introduce a bill requiring aliens to take an arms oath before U.S. citizenship. He sought the rule change as part of the displaced persons bill, but it was ruled non germane by Vice President Barkley. If the omnibus naturalization bill stalls, Cain will pursue a separate arms oath measure.
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Washington
Cain
Wash
United States
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Barkley
Donnell
Rmo
Teething Ring Rattles Texas Baby
Sandra Haynes, a two year old in Turkey Texas, held a rattlesnake by the tail as a teething ring. Parents rushed her to Dr. M F Achor who found no fang marks or injuries.
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Turkey
Texas
Sandra Haynes
L. J. Haynes
Haynes
Sandra
M. F. Achor
American teacher seeks asylum in Prague protest over US policy
George S. Wheeler, 44, an American economist in Prague, asked the Czech government for asylum for himself and his five members family, to protest US occupation policies and the treatment of Czechs aboard diverted airliners. He denounced US racial and foreign policy at a Communist Ministry of Information news conference.
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Czechoslovakia
George S. Wheeler
Germany
Aslyum
West Germany
Wheeler
Ministry of Information
Peace and Progress
United States
Tacoma
Wash
Vienna
US Labor Department
War Production Board
Higher School of Economics
Eleanor Mitchell Wheeler
New York
The
National Guardian
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Juneau
Alaska
Wall Street
Truman
Acheson
Easter Church Plans and News Across The City
The paper previews Easter services in Austin churches on pages 2 and 3 while noting a Holy Week feature on page 12. Walter Huston dies of a heart attack with his career summarized on page 11. General Baker warns on page 9 that Russia has effectively declared war. A German town mystery linked to Good Friday is explored on page 6 along with flying saucers and mystery submarines reported by Moscow. Norwalk’s Lady Godiva stirs local reaction on page 6.
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Austin
Walter Huston
Ira C. Baker
Russia
FBI Captures Another of 10 Most Wanted
The FBI announced the arrest of Lee Smory Downs 43 and his wife Patricia 25 in Holly Hill Florida for the 1948 San Jose telephone office burglary. Downs, once listed among the ten most wanted, and his wife were charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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FBI
Lee Smory Downs
Holly Hill
Fla
San Jose
Calif
Downs
Patricia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daytona Beach
Walter Lennon
California Highway Patrol
Mojave
Weather Forecast Signals Cloudy Easter Weekend
Weathermen call for a cloudy Easter Sunday with little temperature change and partly cloudy skies on Sunday. Saturday expected to be mostly cloudy with warm temperatures and brisk south and southwest winds. Mercury to range from 55 to near 80 degrees. No extreme winds expected with mid afternoon gusts around 20 mph.
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Mercury
Hoye
Dunham
U S Demands Korea Halt Inflation and Political Delays
Secretary of State Acheson demands Korea curb inflation and proceed with elections as scheduled, warning that U S aid may be re examined if measures are not taken. He criticizes President Rhee's plan to delay elections and urges budget balance and curbed spending to keep aid and military support.
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Washington
Acheson
John J. Muccio
South Korea
State Department
United States
John Myun Chang
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Pres. Rhee
Korea
North Korea
Rhee
Census-Taker Julius Wilson Charged With Theft
A New York census-taker, Julius Wilson, 27, was arrested on April 7 on a charge of taking too much. He allegedly took and tried to cash a tax refund check for 202 dollars from a mill box in a building he was counting.
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New York
INS
Julius Wilson
Wilson
Fire sweeps Woolworth Building floor in New York
Fire raged on the 23rd floor of the Woolworth Building in Manhattan with flames visible for miles. Firemen used elevators to feed hose lines to standpipes, two pipes burst causing heavy water damage and 100 workers fled as the northwest 23rd floor was gutted. A fireman was lightly hurt and two workers were overcome by smoke as the blaze was controlled by 1:30 a.m. origin under investigation.
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New York
Woolworth
F. W. Woolworth Company
Broadway
Fredericksburg Easter Fires Reenactment Tonight
Fredericksburg prepares a century old Easter Fires pageant at Fair Park with a large cast and a blend of history and legend. The tradition traces to pioneer Meusebach days and a mother storyteller who birthed the Easter rabbit tale for the hills containing colored eggs and blooming flowers.
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Central Texas
Fredericksburg
ANS
Fair Park
John ©. Meuesbach
Meusebach
San Saba
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