Contempt Citation Issued to United Mine Workers Leader
Federal Judge Richmond B. Reech held the United Mine Workers in criminal contempt for defying a court order to dig coal. The union must appear Friday to explain why 372,000 soft coal workers have refused to obey since last Monday. a trial could follow if the court remains unsatisfied. Lewis was not named in the petition. The action comes as coal shortages widen amid a bitter cold snap and a coal supply below normal.
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Washington
Richmond B. Reech
L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Union
UMW
Treasury
Truman
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Ching
Spy Trial Ends As Death Sought For Vogeler Case
The Budapest spy trial of US executive Robert A. Vogeler and six co-defendants ended with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for five defendants including Vogeler. Vogeler asked for a mild sentence after denying coercion as he testified his confession was voluntary. Sentences will be announced Tuesday.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
Robert A. Vogeler
Vogeler
Edar Sanders
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
America
Pipeline Workers Hurt in Johnson City Explosion
Two traveling construction workers, George Waggeman of St. Louis and Don Fyfe of Danville, were hospitalized with serious eye injuries after a Saturday blast on Humble Oil pipeline work in Johnson City. Fyfe used an air hammer and struck dynamite underground. Waggeman was in a nearby tractor. Several other workers were treated and released for cuts and bruises at Blanco.
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ANS
Blanco
George Waggeman
St. Louis
Don Fyfe
Danville
Anderson Construction Company
Humble Oil Company
Fyfe
Waggeman
Supreme Court Lets Warrants Be Bypassed in Arrests
The Supreme Court split 5 to 3 upholding warrantless searches tied to lawful arrests. Justice Minton wrote the majority backing a New York stamp dealer case as reasonable, while Justice Frankfurter dissented. The court also ruled on citizenship for conscientious objectors, deportation hearing procedures, and Georgia’s post conviction sanity ruling.
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Supreme Court
Justice Minton
New York
Frankfurter
Minton
Justice Clark
Minton and Clark
Truman
Rutledge and
Murphy
Albert J. Rabinowitz
Rabinowitz
Immigration Service
State of
Georgia
Liz Taylor to Wed Hilton in Big Church Wedding
Liz Taylor 18 will marry hotel heir Conrad Hilton on May 6 in a big church wedding. Her mother, Mrs. Francis Taylor, said the engagement was announced to prevent surprises and noted Taylor had ended her prior engagement to William D. Pawley Jr. and was linked with others.
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Hollywood
Liz Taylor
Conrad Hilton
Elizabeth
Francis Taylor
Hilton
New York
Miss Taylor
William D. Pawley, Jr
Army
Glenn Davis
Howard Hughes
McCarthy Says White House Writer Linked to Communists
Senator McCarthy charged in a tense Senate session that a White House speech writer and his wife are members of Communist front organizations. He claimed case histories exist on 81 subversives tied to the State Department. Lucas pressed for names. McCarthy refused.
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Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Lucas
White House
Doctor's Defense Avoids Mercy Killing Issue in Trial
Manchester physician Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 41, goes on murder trial for death of cancer patient Abbie C. Borreto, 59. Defense selects six Catholic jurors among first nine, avoiding euthanasia debate. aims to prove death by cancer, not air injections. Jury selection proceeds swiftly with no spectators.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Alice
Dallas Robbery Victim Admits He Hijacked New Orleans Club
Dallas police say F. G. Maloney confessed to hijacking the Old Southport Club outside New Orleans on Jan. 10, claiming the $28,000 take and a $1,000 diamond were his. A red-headed companion was detained but not charged. Police note Maloney may know the gunmen who robbed him and his partner.
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New Orleans
F. G. Maroney
Will Fritz
Maloney
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana
Southport Club
Fritz
Frank Clancy
Southport
Main Street
Collision Kills Horses Injures Both Jockeys
In Ogden Utah on Sunday two men were hospitalized with head injuries after a head on collision on the city race track. The horses ridden by George Johnson and Dale Knight crashed in mid air as they were thrown from their mounts with both riders injured and the horses killed.
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Ogden
Utah
Ogden City
George Johnson
Dale Knight
Knight
Johnson
Dallas Gambling Trial Postponed
Dallas. Harry Urban Sr, named as a top figure in the citys policy racket, appeared at the sheriff's office to clear up his status. His trial was postponed indefinitely at his attorneys request and may be reset for March. Benny Binion faces extradition hearings in Nevada as the case unfolds.
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Dallas
Harry Urban Sr
Bill Decker
Urban
Will Wilson
L. B
Benny) Binion
Las Vegas
Nev
Binion
Nevada
Vail Pittman
Louis W. Woosley
Harry Claiborne
Binion Binion
Labor
Clement R. Attlee
West Walthamstow
Attlee
San Antonio Livestock Show crowns Fitzsimons bred steer champion
Floy Woodard of Star Mills County won the grand championship at the San Antonio show with a Fitzsimons Ranch bred Hereford, marking a second straight major Texas livestock title. Open class results list top Herefords and Aberdeen Angus, with Floy Woodard named grand champion and Darris Cummings of Amherst as reserve. Public sale set for Wednesday at a 40 cent per pound floor expectation.
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Sanantone
Darris Cummings
Amherst
Harold Norvell
Burnet
Leo Holoway
Abilene
Ed Willingham
Austin
Fulmore
Dan Searight
Hereford
J. J. Minish
A. J. Minish and Sons
Charles Brown
Chickasha
Okla
William FE. Irvine
Dysart
Willard K. Jordan
Mason
A. J. Minish and Son
Burl King
Breckenridge
Oklo
Margie Moseley
Medina
Ronald C. Armbruster
Buda
Vernell Bir
Liano
Floy Woodard
Darris Cumming
Colo
Lula Mae Altenhof
New Braunfels
Ann Brock
Cameron
Darris Cummins
Colorado
Simon Brothers
Timbertop
Simon
John Roberson
Devine
Henry W. Schirmer
Howard Altenhof
Howard Landry
Georgetown
Angus
Aberdeen-Angus
Rosalia
Kans
Cole
Clinton Hardin
Willow City
Llano County
Fair Oaks Ranch
Boerne
Barbara Storts
San Marcos
W. J. Largent
Merkel
Aircraft Carrier Boxer Arrives in Philippines
The Aircraft Carrier Boxer arrived at Subic Bay on Monday for its first Philippine waters visit since joining the US Seventh Fleet in the Far East. It will join other Seventh Fleet units in early next month for joint maneuvers with the British Far Eastern Fleet.
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Manila
Boxer
Subic Bay
Philippine
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Senate Votes 21-9 For Omnibus Tax Raise In Race To Cigarette Levy
The Texas Senate moved toward passage of Gov. Allan Shivers' omnibus finance plan with a 21 to 9 vote in favor of the 10 percent omnibus tax increase. Calls to revise the measure failed as lawmakers prepared to vote on the cigarette tax and related amendments aimed at funding state hospitals and schools.
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Margaret Mayer
Texas Senate
Senate
Allan Shivers
Nokes
Hill Hudson
Pecos
Powers That Be
Hudson
Searcy Bracewell
M. D. Anderson Hospital For Cancer Research
Scattered Showers Forecast for Today in Austin
Scattered thundershowers are expected Tuesday in Austin with mostly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Light showers are anticipated Tuesday afternoon and night with a cooler trend possible Wednesday as west Texas storm activity moves in. temperatures rose from 41 to 75 degrees today.
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Austin
West
Texas
Philippines Ratifies Wheat Treaty with U.S. and Canada
President Quirino signed an international wheat agreement guaranteeing a flour quota for the Philippines from the United States and Canada. The ratification was announced in Manila on Tuesday February 21.
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Manila
Quirino
Philippines
United States
Canada
Churchill says Labour only keeps going due to US dollars
Winston Churchill told a Manchester audience that Britain’s four and a half year Labour rule survives mainly on subsidies from the United States. He mocked Labour policies as planning by “cleverest half-wits” and warned of a drift toward socialism amid defense costs and atomic bomb delays. Attlee defended Labor’s leveling policies for working people.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Churchill
Manchester
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Ford Motor Company
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Centex Ranch
Star
Dave Shanks
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