Court Rules Police Abuses Wind Up In Dismissals
The U S Supreme Court, in a 6 3 ruling, overturned two Washington gambling convictions after police forced entry and peeped through a transom at a rooming house. In a second ruling a 5 4 vote voided a theft conviction for 30 hours detention leading to a confessed theft.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Elmer Aveges
Aveges
Andrew Upshaw
Justininson
Jackson
Burton
Upshaw
Rent control to stay years says housing chief
Washington Hosing Expediter Tighe Woods told a consumer groups conference that federal rent control must continue for many years unless the housing shortage ends. He urged a one year extension and a stronger act, citing a survey showing urgent need for 840000 new units while only 120000 were completed this year.
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Washington
INS
Tighe Woods
Woods
Congress
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Church Rejects Pastor’s Ban of Flag on Casket
The West End Presbyterian Church session overruled Rev. William E. Hill Jr. on removing the American flag from a veteran’s casket inside the church. The ruling body voted 7 to 2 that draping a flag on a casket is not a church display, while Hill dissented and offered resignation. Neil Burnham called the removal theft an insult to the United States.
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Hopewell, Va
West End Presbyterian Church
William E. Hill, Jr
Hill
Robert E. Williamson
Hopewell Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House of Worship
Washington
Neil Burnham
Irish War Veterans
U.S.A
United States
Mary Pickford and Rogers to close Pickfair estate
Hollywood reports Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers will move to Rome to produce films in Italy amid industry uncertainty. The Pickford Rogers plan ends decades of social life centered at Pickfair, built by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford after their marriage.
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Hollywood
INS
Pickfair
Mary Pickford
America
Buddy Rogers
Rome
Italy
Buddy
Douglas Fairbanks
Miss Pickford
Officials Close To Peron Held In Fraud Case
Argentine authorities say officials tied to President Juan Peron were arrested in a fraud plot involving a 12 million peso credit from Banco Credito Industrial to move an aluminum factory from Italy to Argentina. Lt. Col. Juan Carlos Basso, Herminio Fas sio, and Horacio Colombo Ramallo are among the 14 detainees. two suspects fled to Italy. The case centers on presidential advisers allegedly guiding the scheme.
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Puenos Aires
Juan Peron
Juan Carlos Basso
Herminio Antonio Fassio
Horacio Colombo Ramallo
Banco Credito Industrial
Peronista
Oscar Palma Baltran
Peron
Banco Creditor 6
Italy
Argentina
Coast to coast TV link to debut January 12
New York reports AT T announces a national television network linking the East Coast to the Mississippi will be available January 12. The coaxial cable system will carry TV and telephone signals expanding reach to 14 major cities including Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond Pittsburgh Cleveland Buffalo Toledo Detroit Chicago Milwaukee and St. Louis. Coast to coast operations could extend by 1950.
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New York
Mississippi
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Philaelphia
Timore
Ashington
Buffalo
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Aged Recluse Dies in Fire
The rude shack northwest of Fairfax burned, killing 85-year-old John C. Collyer as he lay on his bed. Neighbors and a local man found the smouldering remains around 5 a.m. Monday. Collyer lived alone, resisted county home care, and kept a Mary Baker Eddy book with a self written poem inside.
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Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
John C. Collyer
Vernon Thoman
Norway
Collyer
Lyle Beranek
Route 1
Scotch Grove
Mary Baker Eddy
Robert Buchanan dies after long illness at 69
Cedar Rapids salesman Robert Ellis Buchanan 1507 Third Avenue SE died at home Sunday at 9 14 am after a long illness. Born March 10 1891 he married Mabelle Robertson August 12 1913 and had two children. Funeral services will be held 3 30 pm Wednesday in Turner chapel with cremation. Master Masons gather 3 pm at Masonic hall.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Ellis Buchanan
Third Avenue SE
Wilson and Company
Mabelle Robertson
Wilson's
Ralph E. Buchanan
Elizabeth C. Buchanan
Mt. Hermon Lodge
Masonic Hall
Vet Pay Award Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court orders requiring John Kivo and Company of New York to pay Fred Loeb $7,956, ruling the G I bill of rights empowers a court to award a veteran a year’s pay if his prewar job is not restored after release from service.
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Earl H. McDonald
Joseph P. Washington
McDonald
Washington
Supreme Court
G.I
John Kivo and Company of
New York
Fred Loeb
Truman Seeks 1500000 Annual Pay Boosts for Officials
President Truman asked Congress to raise top government official salaries by about 1.5 million dollars a year. Budget director James E. Webb outlined a plan to lift cabinet officers from 15000 to 25000 and set other top posts at 20500 or 17500, with Lilienthal and Hoffman targeted at 22500. Webb noted the current pay does not reflect heavy responsibilities. a report to Congress was expected by January 1.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate Civil Service
James E. Webb
Webb
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Foreign Recovery
Paul G. Hoffman
Lilienthal
Hoffman
West
Subcommittee
Flanders
R-Vt
Executive
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Metropolitian Life Insurance Company
Red threats mount as Nanking defense tightens
AP reports Chiang Kai-shek faces a looming Red advance as Communist forces push toward the Hwai river defenses near Nanking. More than 50,000 from the 12th army group reportedly wiped out southwest of Suchow, compressing remnants into a four square mile area with supplies dwindling and air supply drops struggling.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtze
Hwai River
Yangtze River
12Th Army Group
Suhsien
Sixth
Hwai Line
Pengpu
Red Radio
Hwai
Pukow
Ho Ying-chin
Peiping
China
Changping
Nankou
Bus riders push for loop moves to Second Avenue
Residents and merchants pressed for return of loop loading zones from Third to Second Avenue during a Monday city council hearing. The council approved a resolution to restore the Second Avenue terminal, citing traffic relief and safety, with 1 215 petitioners supporting the move and 35 to 40 attendees present.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Summer Street
Hiss Offers Leave Of Absence From Endowment Post
Alger Hiss proposed a ninety day leave of absence with full pay from his $20,000 a year presidency at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The board approved the leave and appointed Dr. James T. Shotwell acting president while Hiss steps aside amid disputes with Whittaker Chambers. Rep. Nixon arrived with microfilms for the federal grand jury investigating espionage, saying the films are the last evidence available.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Hiss
Endowment
James T. Shotwell
Nicholas Murray Butler
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Time Magazine
Rep. Nixon
Rcalif
Washington
Nixon
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Big Merger of Airlines Stated
Pan American World Airways and American Overseas Airlines announce a consolidation plan forming the largest merger in U S aviation. American Overseas routes to Europe would join Pan American's transatlantic network in exchange for Pan American stock, after which American Overseas would be dissolved subject to stockholders and Civil Aeronautics Board approval.
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NEW York
Pan American World Airways
American Overseas Airlines
American Overseas
Europe
Pan American
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eleanor Roosevelt calls cabinet suggestion too silly
Eleanor Roosevelt says a proposal for President Truman to name her secretary of state if George C. Marshall retires is too silly to comment on. She adds she hopes Marshall stays on for the country and world’s good, in reply to questions from newsmen. The idea was raised by the National Committee on Women in World Affairs last week.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman
George C. Marshall
Newsmen
Secretary Marshall
National Committee On Women In World Affairs
Papers Delayed by Sunday Press Breakdown
A Sunday morning Gazette was late due to a press breakdown with the last issue finishing at 7 30 instead of 5. Carriers hurried to deliver, but some early readers waited for their papers.
Nixon accuses justice dept of double dealing on spy probes
Rep. Nixon says the justice department uses one Red spy inquiry to block another and warns a whitewash may be forming. The House un American activities committee and the department clash over who pursues suspects tied to stolen government secrets. Both probe the same witnesses, but the department dominates key testimony.
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Washington
Nixon
R-Calif
Justice Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Holifield
D-Calif
Congress
New York
Tennessean Casts Thurmond Ballot
Washington AP reports Tennessee elector Preston Parks broke the party line, voting for J Strom Thurmond and reducing Truman’s electoral total to 303 while Dewey held 189 and Thurmond 39. Tennessee remained Democratic in state votes but followed constitutional choice over party allegiance.
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Washington
Truman
Tennessee
J. Strom Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
Thurmond
Preston Parks
Parks
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