New York Lawyers and Woman Charged in Baby Selling Ring
Irwin Slater, 37, Harry Wolfson, 44, and Mrs. Bess Bernard were arrested on six counts for conspiring to sell babies and place children for profit. The ring, centered in Miami with flights to New York, allegedly moved one baby weekly at prices around 2500 to 2900 dollars. Bernard faces additional charges for assaulting officers during a raid.
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New York
INS
Irwin Slater
Harry Wolfson
Brooklyn
Bess Bernard
Cuba
Massachusetts
Ces
Slater
Miami
Wolfson
Bernard
West End Avenue
Isidore Weiner
The
Miami Herald
Former President of ORC James A. Phillips Dies at 76
James A. Phillips, 76, longtime railroad man and former president of the Order of Railway Conductors, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after surgery complications. He led ORC from 1934 to 1942 and served in various union roles, with a wife, daughter, son, sister, and two grandchildren among survivors. Services Wednesday at Turner chapel. ORC Chapel of Memorials to conduct committal. flowers omitted.
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Cedar Rapids
James A. Phillips
The
Order of Railway Conductors
First Avenue
Phillips
ORC
Clay County
Ill
Ohio-Mississippi
Iceland
Toronto
Frances Phillips Crouch
Batesville
Ark
James R. Phillips
Pittsburgh
Amanda P. Ramsey
Jacksonville
Fla
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Chapel of Memories
John Rose Killed In Rock Island Yard Crash
John I. Rose, 45, of 620 Second Avenue SW, died en route to a hospital after the switch engine he operated was struck by a 21 car freight train in Waterloo yards of the Rock Island system. The accident also damaged a boxcar and involved crew Pete Held and John A. McCune. investigation will start immediately. Rose, a Rock Island employee since 1925, leaves a wife and 11 year old son.
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Cedar Rapids
John I. Rose
Second Avenue SW
Waterloo
Rock Island Railroad
William E. Rose
Rose
Sie
Impa
Pete Held
Forest Drive
Held
John A. McCune
Fourth Avenue
McCune
Rock Island
William
St. Patrick’s School
Czech bishops warn government over church control laws
Prague AP The Roman Catholic bishops of Czecho Slovakia protest state control of church affairs after laws on Nov 1 made clergymen state civil servants. They threaten a religious fight if abuses continue, while urging obedience to laws to avoid jail and rejecting state salaries. Archbishop Beran remains imprisoned. nine million Catholics in a 13 million population.
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Prague
Czecho- Slovakia
Communist “People’s Democratic
Josef Beran
Vatican
Caesar
Antonin Zapotocky
Bishops’ Council
Peran
Admiral George B. Wilson Dies at 57
Rear Admiral George B. Wilson, age 57, died of a heart attack Sunday at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. The death occurred while he was in medical care at the facility.
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Washington
George B. Wilson
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Andrew May Enters Prison for Bribe Case
Andrew J. May, 74, former wartime head of the house military affairs committee, surrendered at the Catlettsburg federal building and was taken to Summit to begin an eight to 24 month prison sentence. He asserted innocence despite potential court outcomes.
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Ashland
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
John Moore
Catlettsburg Federal Building
Summit
Bowles Names Benton Connecticut Senator
Governor Chester Bowles appointed former advertising partner William Benton as United States senator to replace the resigning Raymond Baldwin. Benton, an independent, will sit with the Democrats when he takes the seat effective December 17, following months of rumors about the appointment.
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Hartford
Chester Bowles
William Benton
United States
Benton
Senate
Raymond E. Baldwin
Linn County Attorney Attacks 1949 Legislature
Linn County Attorney William W. Crissman criticized the 1949 Iowa legislature for ignoring a proposed interim committee to study sexual psychopaths and sex offenders. The plan, recommended by the County Attorneys Association, would have a year long Iowa study and compare remedies in other states. The proposal was not voted on.
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DES Moines
Linn
William W. Crissman
Iowa
Crissman
Conference of
County Attorneys of
Iowan Sheriffs Association
County Attorneys Association
Soviet Army Unrest Reported in Occupied Germany
Berlin dispatch cites Soviet sources claiming an anti-government underground in the Red Army with a ring led from Russia. Sixteen officers on occupation duty in Eastern Germany were arrested and sent home for trial as the network supposedly extends across the Russian forces.
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Berlin
INS
Red Army
Russia
Germany
Ring
Soviet Union
White Star
Red Star
Lilienthal Urges End to Peacetime Atom Secrecy
Retiring AEC chairman David E. Lilienthal called for lifting peacetime atomic energy secrecy and ending the atomic monopoly. He urged industrial use, warned against overregulation, and predicted U S progress with uranium searches and civilian applications within decades.
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Washington
INS
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-la
United States
World 1
Great Britain
Canada
Lilienthal
Russia
Right To Work Statute Upheld Arkansas decision
The U S Supreme Court upheld an Arkansas right to work law making it a crime to use force or threats to prevent lawful employment. In a second ruling the court found the Wagner act allows firing workers who seek to decertify a union despite a closed shop contract. Justice Jackson wrote the 8 0 decision with Justice Douglas recused. The case involved CIO attorneys for two Black defendants jailed a year for 1945 strike activities at North Little Rock Southern Cotton Oil plant amid a fatal incident.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Arkansas
Douglas
CIO
North Little Rock
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Buses To Stop by Post Office on Second Avenue
City Lines buses will stop on Second avenue by the post office during the holidays. Nine parking spaces will be removed temporarily to aid shoppers andPostal customers on both sides of Second avenue west of First street. The change starts Tuesday and runs through December 26. Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes said the move helps burdened riders and post office patrons. Previously, nearest stops were one block away on the Plaza and at the Second street loading zone.
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Cedar Rapids
City Lines
Second Avenue
First Street
Gordon Hughes
Second Street
Shirley Temple Wins Quick Divorce in Hollywood Court
Shirley Temple, at 21, received a divorce from Agar after a 30 minute hearing. She testified of his infidelity and drinking, detailing fights and a drunken party incident. Judge Herndon granted a property settlement with custody of their 21 month old daughter and a trust for the child. no alimony was requested.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Ray Herndon
Shirley
Agar
Sidney Esopeen, Jr
Franklin
Herndon
Linda Susan
Boy says operator dumb. apology then reconnects call
Philadelphia AP recounts a boy insulting an operator who couldn’t hear his number. A woman phones to have the boy apologize for the remark. The operator accepts and reconnects the boy with the intended number. Later the boy repeats the insult, saying he still thinks the operator is dumb.
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Philadelphia
Thieves Bound To Get John`s Pants
John Hay Den, 36, believes sleeping in his pants protects them after a thief stole $10 from pockets. He hid the pants between springs and mattress but a thief woke the couple and grabbed the pants, fleeing with $386.
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John
Chicago
INS
John Hayden
Hayden
Exaggerating Johnny Notices a Car in Window
The child Johnny narrates seeing a car “as big as” his mother, prompting a parental quip about his habit of exaggeration. The window scene captures a humorous exchange as the mother dismisses the exaggeration after many reminders.
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Johnny
Hearing Spotlight on Panama Maps to Russia Shipments
House unit heard Maj. G Racey Jordan describe two suitcases of Panama Canal maps among shipments to Russia. He recounted opening Russia bound suitcases from Great Falls Montana and finding atomic material, amid air force and state department pushback and hints Hopkins note addressed to Mr Mikoyan.
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Washington (Ap
G. Racey Jordan
Russia
Washington
Army Air Force
Jordan
House
American Activities Committee
Great Falls
Mont
Harry Hopkins
Oak Ridge
Mikoyan
Air Force
State Department
John
Louis J. Russell
Russell
Hopkins
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