FTC Charged With Failure To Enforce Trust Laws
The Mouse small business committee charged the Federal Trade Commission with failing to enforce anti-trust laws and questioned a top to bottom reorganization. The panel criticized slow investigations and cited “Rip Van Winkle” complacency while proposing scrutiny of appropriations studies and the agency’s handling of monopoly cases. An inquiry into the Justice Department anti trust division was also proposed but linked to its FTC review.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
United States
Congress
Commission
NRA
Justice Department
Chili Pie Supper Aids Dimes Drive at Briggs
A chili and pie supper in the Briggs high school auditorium raised funds for the March of Dimes. Events included cake walks and domino games with music by the Hayloft Gang. Superintendent Howard served as local chair of the drive.
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Briggs
March of Dimes
Howard
The
Rive
Autopsy Ordered In Woman's Suspected Drug Death
East Chicago Indiana February reports say coroner investigations focus on whether anti histamine cold tablets caused the death of 31 year old Mrs Ethel Shunat found in her two room apartment. Four tablets remained after she died and experiments at the University of Illinois lab will take about a month for conclusive results. The case echoes the prior death of Mrs Marjorie Covington in Chicago with anti histamine tablets found in the hotel room.
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Chicago
Ind
Joseph McGuan
Ethel Shunat
McGuan
Edward
Shunat
E. A. Campagna
Campagna
American Medical Association
University of Illinois Pharmacology Laboratory
Marjorie Covington
Detroit
Houstonite Dies In Electric Chair
Huntsville Texas February 5 A 31 year old man William Wilson Jr a Houston porter was executed by electric chair at 12 02 am for raping a Houston housewife He was pronounced dead at 12 07 am Prison Chaplain B C Anderson said Wilson maintained his innocence to the end He was father of five and had been convicted in Houston October 31 1948 for the March 29 1948 rape He faced additional indictments for murder and attempted rapes and signed confessions to all four charges Clemency was denied by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the US Supreme Court appeal failed.
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Huntsville
Houston
William Wilson Jr
Houston Porter
B. C. Anderson
Wilson
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
US Supreme Court
London Police Seize Revolution Agitator
In Trafalgar Square a hatless man interrupted Cardinal Griffin as he moved to his car after a blessing. The man grabbed the microphone and proclaimed the revolution would come in six years, as police detained him while the crowd shouted no communists here.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Cardinal Griffin
GOP leaders mull own foreign policy stance in 1950 urges
Washington Governor Langlie proposes a Republican draft that declares the party will oppose the current foreign policy unless administration changes course. The draft calls for bi partisanship, large cuts in federal spending, Taft Hartley reform, state aid in education and health, and expanded old age pensions on a pay as you go basis.
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Washington
Arthur B Langlie
Republican Party
Langlie
Republican National Committee
Senate
House
Full
National Committee
Gov. Langlie
Popcorn State: Iowa Dominates One Third US Crop
One third of the United States popcorn crop is grown in Iowa, highlighting the state's key role in national production. This fact underscores Iowa's prominence in corn-based snack farming and regional agricultural influence.
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Iowa
Formosa Assemblymen Petition Chiang To Take Up Presidency
National Assemblymen on Formosa urge Chiang Kai-shek to resume the presidency of Nationalist China. They warn Li Tsung-jen in New York to state his position while calling for a final showdown to unite the Nationalist camp.
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Formosa
Chiang
Taipei
Chiang Ai-Shek
China
Li Tsung-jen
New York
United States
China News Edi
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