Ten Film Figures Indicted for Contempt by Federal Jury
Ten people including Dmytryk Biberman Trumbo and Scott face contempt citations after the House voted on November 24 to refer their cases to U S Attorney Fay. Each count carries up to a $1000 fine and one year in jail. Separate trials are planned for each defendant for refusing to reveal Screen Writers Guild membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Thomas
R-N.j
House
United States
George Morris Fay
Screen Writers Guild
Maltz, Trumbo
Ornitz
Lardner
Biberman
Scott
Cole
Bessie
House Acts To Get Full Export Data
The House approved a resolution directing Secretary Harriman to publish full data on scarce commodity shipments abroad and unfilled foreign orders from Jan 1 1947 to the latest date. The measure, nonbinding for the Senate, was introduced by Rep Mundt and broadened to cover all countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
House
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
Rep. Mundt
R-S.d
Russia
Iowa Farm Bureau Chief Says 500 to 1000 Displaced Persons Could Be Absorbed
Howard Hill of the Iowa Farm Bureau told a special Iowa committee that agriculture could absorb 500 to 1000 displaced Europeans now, with 250 to 500 agricultural jobs available. He outlined a cautious first year and noted final farm labor statistics would come next month. The panel also heard from Eugene Spencer on screening, and 3,000 letters were being sent to clergy for housing and skilled-worker data. The committee set a Jan 20 meeting to further gather details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Special
Iowa Committee On Resettlement of
Europe
Iowa Agriculture
Hill
Farm Bureau
Frowa College
Eugene Spencer
Spencer
Salzburg
Austria
Iowa
George Westby
A. A. Couch
Kenneth Everhart
John Seymour
John Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Northeast Iowa Towns Isolated by Ice Storm
About 22 northeast Iowa communities were reported isolated Friday after sleet and freezing rain snapped long distance telephone lines. In southwest Iowa, 53 towns were cut off Thursday with state damage estimated at 350000 dollars as more than 200 telephone poles fell. Forecasters warned of continuing cloudy weather with possible snow in parts and a mix of rain in southern counties as the storm moved east toward the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Ockelwein
Decorah
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Belmond
Iowa Falls
Des Moines
Independence-Decorah
Great Lakes
Prospect
Iowa governor commutes Hofer death sentence to life
Gov. Blue commuted Louis B. Hofer’s death sentence for the hammer slaying at the Anamosa reformatory escape. The eight Iowa Supreme Court justices had urged clemency, saying justice required mercy. Hofer’s new life term is not eligible for parole, though clemency could later yield a term of years. The case drew letters from legal officials and clergy supporting mercy.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue Friday
Louis B. Hofer
Indianapolis
Fort Madison State Prison
Iowa
Gov. Blue
Iowa Supreme Court
Hofer
John Hinz
Reformatory
Charles Larson
Fort Dodge
Hinz
Larson
State Supreme Court
Floyd Philbrick
Jones County
Philbrick
Blue
Supreme) Court
Gov
A. L. Weasel
H. V. Rongers
Gold Star Flag To Be Raised At Memorial Rites
A flag bearing 359 gold stars for Linn county war dead will hang in Memorial coliseum during Pearl Harbor day observance Sunday at 2 30. Gold Star Mothers made the flag for the tribute to service members buried abroad missing or at sea. Cedar Rapids veterans and civic groups will attend, with 11 Linn county posts and Waterloo Disabled American Veterans participating. A brief naval ceremony will follow, including lowering a floral anchor into the Cedar river, with Navy Mothers and the naval reserve corps taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Gerald Heim
Linn County Legion
Waterloo Disabled Ican
Coe College Military Band
Cedar River
Navy Mothers
Naval Reserve Corps
Marshall urges concrete steps to settle Germany split
London AP dispatch reports Secretary of State Marshall pressing the foreign ministers to drop generalities and seek real positions from each delegation. He warns a central German government would be a sham while advocating a provisional setup only if clearly safer for Allies and Germans, stressing urgent four power decisions on substance.
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London
Marshall
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Molotov
United States
Hick Confident Atomic Walkout To Be Averted
Washington AP Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa said means will be available to prevent a CIO walkout at Oak Ridge Tennessee. He reported the threatened strike was discussed with Atomic Energy Commission aides and that a full report will go to Congress. He stressed the need to avoid a production stoppage and expected a satisfactory resolution. Over 1000 union members authorized a strike if negotiations fail. contract ends December 9 with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Ila
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
CIO
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Congressional
Oak Ridge
Iowa
CIO Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation Atomic Plant
Strikes Grip Marseille as Colonials Mass for Security
Paris dispatch reports ten thousand French colonial troops enforcing near martial law in Marseille amid a sweeping strike by civil service workers. Rail stations blocked, tanks in streets, and clashes with demonstrators left two deaths as inquiries probe sabotage and a bombing at Maurice Thorez’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marseille
France
St. Charles
County police kept busy on duty with fingerprint drills
In Chicago a Friday order barred officers from playing gin rummy while on duty. Chief Albert Johnson directed that idle officers be kept busy by practicing taking each other’s fingerprints to ensure work remains available.
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Chicago
Albert Johnson
78 Organizations Branded Subversive by Government
Washington DC The justice department labeled 78 groups as subversive for federal workers to beware of joining. Among names are the Communist party and the Ku Klux Klan, with affiliations cited from FBI probes. The list guides a loyalty review board handling appeals from workers accused of disloyalty.
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Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Tom C. Clark
Civil Service Commission
Truman
FBI
Civil Rights Congress
The
Columbians
American Youth For Democracy
Refugee Committee
National Committee To Win the Peace
National Council of American- Soviet Friendship
Veterans of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Photo League
Nature Friends of America
Clark
Abraham Lincoln School
Chicago
Jefferson School of Social Sciences
New York
Samuel Adams School
Boston
Tom Paine School of Social Science
Philadelphia
Seattle
United States
Attorney General
Commission
Ganizations
Communist Party of the
U.S.A
Explosion at Standard Oil refinery kills one in California
A powerful blast at the Standard Oil refinery in El Segundo California killed one man and injured at least one other. The explosion tore through a 127000 barrel gasoline storage tank and caused a large blaze. Company executive Harry Harley said the fire was contained to the tank and no further injuries were known. cause remains undetermined.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Standard Oil Company
Harry Harley
Man Hasn't Seen Wife Since 1900
John Wilson, 69, of Los Angeles filed for annulment or divorce on desertion from Tillie Schlauroff, claiming they married in New York on May 4, 1900, the day he was drafted into the U.S. Army and never heard from her again. He states he has remained married for 47 years without contact.
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Los Angeles
John Wilson
Jane
Wilson
Tillie Schlauroff
New York
United States Army
Third theft of a police call box in St. Louis
Police investigated Friday the third theft of a telephone from a St. Louis police call box.
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ST. Louis
Stock, Corn Markets Fall
NEW YORK AP losses ranged from one to eight points Friday in one of the sharpest market setbacks in months. General pessimism was blamed.
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New York
Grain futures fall on securities drop and France crisis
Chicago reports corn sliding to the daily limit then closing six to seven and seven eighths cents lower. Wheat and oats declined as traders blamed securities dips, the French crisis, better crop prospects, and proposals to extend grain conservation programs by distillers and brewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
France
All-Iowa Fair dates set August 15 to 21 at Hawkeye Downs
The All-Iowa Fair Association board designated August 15 through 21 for the 1948 fair at Hawkeye Downs. Manager Andrew Hanson reported contract closings for entertainment features in Chicago and will attend the state fair managers meeting in Des Moines with Morris Christy as alternate. President Charles Penningroth announced committee appointments including Rules and Premiums chaired by Harry Palmer, Admission chaired by A. Killian, and other groups covering concessions, advertising, reception, grounds and budget. Hanson will be an ex officio member of all committees. A January dinner will involve dairy breed groups, extension service and vocational agriculture. The arrangements committee includes Baresh as chairman with A. J. Ramsey, George Hearn, George Griffity and Guy Hillier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
All-Iowa Fair Association
Hawkeye Downs
Andrew Hanson
Chicago
Hanson
Des Moines
Morris Christy
Charles Penningroth
Harry Palmer
A. L. Killian
Rex Conn
Christy
J. Keith Noll
Killian
Wm. Rinderknecht
Conn
Wm. B. Quarton
Rinderknecht
Ray Spielman
Harry Boyd
Quarton
B. J. Newburger
Quart
Penningroth
Extension Service
Vocational Agriculture Department
Baresh
A. J. Ramsey
George Hearn
George Griffity
Guy Hillier
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Ana Dmytryk
Trumbo
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Els SH
State
Highway Commission
Te Rapids
Lamont
Stanley
Hazleton
Maynard
Arlington
Festina
Protivia
Supreme Court
Charles Scholz
Scholz
Wensel
Supreme
Bush
Reich
Hick
Reds
Jean Vinrulen
Pas de Calais
Tours
Poitiers
Valence
Maurice Michel
National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
Choisy-le-Roi
Thorez
List Tea Guide Board
Blast Rocks Oil Refinery
Louis Hofer
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