Coe Student Arson Charge Over Fire at Buccaneer Club
Richard Havlik a 19 year old Coe college student and owner of the Buccaneer nightclub on Robbins road NW was charged with arson after a fire destroyed the club on November 22. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Howard R Churchill and waived to the grand jury with bond set at 2500 dollars. Investigators cited substantial evidence including insurance coverage totaling 12500 dollars and possible use of a propellant as factors in charging Havlik. The blaze was not deemed natural and investigators declined to specify incendiary material.
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Richard Havlik
Justice of the Peace
Howard R. Churchill
Cedar Rapids
B Avenue NE
Buccaneer
Havlik
Coe College
Robbins Road
Lubberden
Vets May Sell Priority Homes At Profit Rule Change
Washington report says veterans who bought priority-built houses may now sell them for more than original price under the Veterans Emergency Housing Act. Initially such homes could not be resold above purchase cost, but new guidance from Housing Tighe Woods clarifies changes.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Police Lose Cap Tie and Glasses but Arrests Made
Robert J. Anderson, 26, of 601 I avenue NW, fined 135 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace and resisting an officer after striking Patrolman Concannon and breaking his glasses. Concannon to be examined for glass in eye. Two bystanders helped subdue Anderson and hold him for transport. Earlier, Anderson was fined 75 dollars for a separate disturbance. In another incident, Patrolmen Gaines and Kelly arrested Russell R. Miller, 23, of 1210 Third street SE, after a scuffle over a prior dispute left Gaines cap knocked off and Kelly’s tie lost. Miller charged with disturbing the peace and fined 35 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert J. Anderson
I Avenue NW
Keith Concannon
Concannon
Anderson
Lum
Tommy Gaines
Gaines
Harold Kelly
Danceland
Russel R. Miller
Third Street SE
Miller
Cap
Kelly
Government official says firms may retain reasonable profits
Washington report quotes George J. Schoeneman commissioner of internal revenue stating corporations will not be penalized for profits kept on hand for business use. He clarifies taxes focus on profits retained in excess of the reasonable needs of the business rather than a fixed percentage.
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Washington (Lp
George J. Schoeneman
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Schoeneman
Boat blast kills three off Cameron Louisiana gulf
A dynamite loaded Pure Oil Company boat exploded ten miles off the Cameron Louisiana coast, killing three men and injuring two others.
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Cameron, la
Pure Oil Company
Gulf of Mexico
Louis Wins Narrow Split Decision Over Walcott
New York AP report on the Madison Square Garden title fight shows an older Louis edging Jersey Joe Walcott in a 15 round bout. Walcott floored Louis twice early and outboxed the champion, who finally rallied with a furious closing surge to retain the world heavyweight crown.
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Associated Press
Joe Louis
Jersey Joe Walcott
Madison Square Garden
Louis
Ruby Goldstein
Walcott
New York
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Camden
N. J
Frank Forbes
Marty Monroe
Joe
France Upper House OKs sweeping anti-strike law
After a 21 hour session the French Senate approved Schuman’s tough anti-strike and anti-sabotage bill by 217 to 82. Passed by the lower house, it goes to President Auriol for signature amid police power to counter mobs and clashes with CGT leaders.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Schuman
Auriol
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Three Day Ultimatum From Rome Workers
In Rome on Saturday Communist led workers gave the government three days to meet demands for employment and for punishment of police who fired on protesters in Primavalle. The Provisional Committee of Congress of Management and Internal Commissions issued the ultimatum and warned of a general strike if unmet. Police and protesters clashed Friday leaving one dead and several injured as 70,000 demonstrators faced barricades and demands for public works jobs. L'Unita and Avanti highlighted police brutality and blamed Interior Minister Scelba and Premier De Gasperi for the violence amid efforts to broaden the cabinet's leftist support.
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Rome
Primavalle
L’unita
Alcide de Gasperi
Mario Scelba
Italy
Salvator Rebecchini
Avanti
Scelba
Public Works Department
Milan
de Gasperi
Constituent Assembly
Conferees Bid To Head Off Atom Walkout
At Oak Ridge Tennessee union and management opened emergency talks to avert a 2800 worker strike at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals gas diffusion plant, threatening to halt key atomic production. The CIO union seeks a 25 cent hourly wage rise and better off hour, holiday, and overtime pay while management counters with a counter proposal. Production security limits block disclosure of current wages, and officials warn a shutdown would clog production lines and affect both bomb material and isotope research. Union officials note a 60 day strike notice and recent Washington talks with the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
United States
Atomic Energy
CIO Gas, Coke and Chemical
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation Gas Diffusion
Carbide and
Carbon
Clark Center
Atomic Energy Commission
Center
W. H. Nelson
Oak Ridge Reservation
Washington
Average factory worker earnings hit record $50.45 a week
Washington report shows September's average earnings for factory workers at $50.45 per week, the highest on record, reflecting strong wage gains as the Labor Department released the data on Saturday.
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Washington (Lp
Labor Department
Reuther praises Ford as a very decent sort of citizen
In Detroit Walter P. Reuther called Henry Ford II a very decent sort of citizen after an informal call to the CIO UAW president. Reuther, noting a satisfactory exchange, said he was willing to meet halfway with Ford on labor relations. Ford reportedly initiated the visit to UAW headquarters, with no further comment from Ford Motor Co.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Henry Ford II
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Ford
UAW
Ford Motor Company
Man's Life Nippy the Spaniel Jailed for Biting Owner
Four year old cocker spaniel Nippy owned by Harold Freestone at 718 Sixth Street SE is jailed on a charge of disturbing the peace after biting Freestone during a living room pillow fight. Mrs Freestone reports the dog sided with the children Marilyn Jean Jimmy and Cecilia in a family scuffle, prompting a dramatic response. Police were called as the dispute escalated.
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Nippy
Harold Freestone
Sixth Street
Six Arrests After Farmer Traps Major Counterfeit Ring
Chicago secret service agents say they broke up the nation’s largest counterfeiting ring, tracing from a Des Plaines farmer who bought a turkey with bogus money to a gang that printed $600,000 in fake fives tens and twenties. Six members arrested. one farmer’s tip led to $350,000 found in a home wall and hundreds of thousands more in circulation. Four men previously arraigned, with details tying each suspect to specific denominations and locations across Illinois and Indiana.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Harry D. Anheier
Victor Lustig
Europe
Anheier
Joe Moschiano
West Side
Moschiano
Joe Moosh
Peter Klikas
Minas Constantine Aretos
Vito D’agostino
John Brennan
Klikas
Aretos
George Kanakas
Des Plaines
Kanakas
Brennan
D’agostino
Schneider
Ind
D’ Agostino
Indiana Farm
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Cecilia
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