House Unit Plans Look At Rackets
Washington AP The House labor committee seeks 50000 for a field investigation into labor racketeering and will expand hearings to include field subcommittees. Witnesses from Philadelphia fruit and vegetable dealers accuse Local 929 AFL Teamsters of coercion and market shutdown. The panel plans hearings under oath and will seek FBI protection for witnesses. Senate labor committee also resumes hearings Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Labor Committee
Hartley
R-N.j
House
Philadelphia
929
AFL Teamsters Union
FBI
Philadelphia Director of Public Safety
Lewis G. Hines
AFL
Hines
Philadelphia Record
CIO American Newspaper Guild
J. David Stern
Senate Labor Committee
Freed as Theft Pinned on Twin
DETROIT AP It was a mistaken identity case as Hubert Craig 22 was arrested for a $67 pistol hold up on Samuel Kutchis. Detectives learned that William Nicholson another prisoner admitted the theft, leading to Craig’s release after Nicholson confessed. Craig said the man resembled him like a twin and praised him for getting him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hubert Craig
Samuel Kutchis
Craig
Kutchis
William Nicholson
Cary Lee
Ralph Manderano
Nicholson
Curator Saves Students From Inhaling Chlorine
CHICAGO INS A chemistry department curator saved many students from chlorine gas when a tank valve broke in a University of Chicago laboratory. Twenty students and five employees were affected as the corroded valve failed while two workers carried the tank through the basement. Arthur Hahansorn ran through the basement shouting an alarm then ordered everyone out. All those affected received medical aid or hospital observation, with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
University of Chicago
Arthur Hahansorn
Fulton Lewis Punches Roosevelts Ally in Studio Row
New York radio scene turned chaotic after a heated Meet the Press discussion on Mutual Broadcasting. Fulton Lewis Jr was punched by Dick Harrity, a publisher linked to Roosevelt book backers, amid frenzied exchanges with Elliott Roosevelt and Faye Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Dick Harrity
Duell, Sloan and Pierce
Roosevelt
Meet the Press
Mutual Broadcasting System
Lewis
Henry J. Taylor
Scripps-Howard
Warren Moscow
New York Times
Bert Andrews
New York Herald Tribune
Newsweek Magazine
Moscow
United States
Two Children Die in Basement Fire in Cleveland
A basement apartment fire in Cleveland claimed two young lives on Saturday. Victims were 12 year old Joseph Caldwell and his month-old brother Samuel. Investigators work to determine the cause as neighbors report smoke and flames.
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Cleveland
INS
Fie
Joseph Caldwell
Samuel
Indictment of Nazi steel tycoon Flick and aides
Friedrich Flick, head of Germanys largest private iron and steel group, and four assistants Otto Steinbrinck Konrad Kaletsch Bernhard Weiss and Hermann Terberger were indicted by a U S military tribunal on charges of war crimes against humanity and plunder. The counts allege involvement in the slave labor program and seizure of industrial properties in overrun countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Friedrich Flick
United States
Germany
Flick
Otto Steinbrinck
Konrad Kaletsch
Bernhard Weiss
Hermann Terberger
Krupp
Terberger
27 Man-Years For Portal Data
SKF Industries estimates 27 man-years to supply at least 21 407 400 items of information in a portal pay suit filed by the CIO United Steel Workers. The union represents 1 794 employees and seeks court orders to obtain data on non paying activities to compute damages. The activities cited include time spent traveling to meals showers and handling finger tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
SKF Industries, Inc
CIO
United Steel Workers
Helicopter Rescues 14 Year Old From Frigid Pond
In CENTRAL FALLS RHODE ISLAND AP report Ed ward Kousa, 14, was saved from Valley pond after breaking thin ice. Rescue parties failed to reach him and a helicopter from New England Helicopter Service, Inc. lifted him to safety as hundreds watched.
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Central Falls
R. I
Edward Kousa
The
New England Helicopter Service, Inc
Communist Heads Italian Assembly
Rome Umberto Terracini, a Communist, was elected president of the Italian constituent assembly on Saturday with 279 votes from 436. The vote solidified Communist leadership at the assembly as it convened to shape Italy's postwar framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
INS
Umberto Terracini
Constituent Assembly
Curtain Falls On Star Act In Icy Trailer
CHICAGO police found 86 year old ex acrobat and animal trainer Lorenz Hirschhorn frozen to death in his bed inside a heat starved trailer. His wife Barbara 72 lay outside in the snow unconscious from exposure after attempting to seek help. The couple once starred as The Dubells with Ringling Brothers for about 25 years joining Keith Orpheum later. Four pet dogs from their act were taken in by the Anti Cruelty Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dubells
Anti- Cruelty Society
Lorenz Hirschhorn
Hirschhorn
Ringling Brothers
Charles Zemates
Hirschhorns
Keith-Orpheum
New Bill Offered for Presidency Succession
Senator McMahon introduced a bill proposing a special election within 10 days if both President and Vice President die. The act would have successors for the unexpired terms chosen by the same electors as in the prior regular election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McMahon
D-Conn
Army Convinced G I Is Slayer of Dahlia
Fort Dix New Jersey army officials say corporal Joseph Dumais signed a 50 page handwritten statement implicating himself in the death of Elizabeth Short the Black Dahlia in Los Angeles Captain William H Florence head of the fort Dix criminal investigation department says he contacted Los Angeles police to verify details and they appeared accurate Florence declares I am definitely convinced this man is the murderer.
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Fort DIX
N. J
Joseph Dumais
the Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short
Los Angeles
William H. Florence
Dumais
Florence
Mrs. Roosevelt Accepts Medaille Militaire for FDR
Paris reports Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has accepted posthumous award of the Medaille Militaire, France’s highest military decoration, on behalf of her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt. The honor recognizes his wartime leadership and service to France.
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Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall Lone Arms Cut Is Out
Secretary of State George C Marshall ruled out disarmament or reduction of armaments until peace treaties are signed and urged universal military training to back U S foreign policy. In a 45 minute press conference, Marshall outlined aims including international control of atomic energy with safeguards as a base for collective security, stressing disarmament and universal training must wait for peace settlements among great powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Germany
Japan
State Department
Marshall
Judge Voids Mt. Clemens Pottery Suit
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard dismissed the Mt. Clemens Pottery Company portal to portal pay case. He ruled small amounts of portal time may be compensable only after June 10, 1946 when the Supreme Court outlined the theory. He then said pottery employees are not entitled to any lowertime pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens
Supreme Court
Picard
Attlee Regime Under Fire in Power Crisis
London reports accuse Full Minister Emanuel Shinwell and the Attlee government of mishandling Britain’s coal crisis triggering Monday industrial shutdowns. Tory papers demand Shinwell’s ouster as public anger grows and Churchill ponders a censure motion. Power cuts set for London and other regions with limited domestic supply and selective daytime outages.
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Attlee
London
Emanuel Shinwell
England
Shinwell
London Daily Herald
Europe
Germany
Britain
Winston Churchill
Manchester
Birmingham
Cold Wave Grips Cedar Rapids as Roads Open Slow
Iowa endures a prolonged cold wave with subzero readings and 30 mile per hour winds. One Cedar Rapids man, H L Haase, 73, died of a heart attack while attempting to free his car from a snowbank. Roads remain drifted, with several highways opened to limited traffic and not all routes passable. milk deliveries are down but not depleted, and rail service remains largely on schedule.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
H. L. Haase
E Avenue NE
Robert Brosh
Haase
Broshi
Lloo
Highway Patrol
Iowa City
Vinton
Oelwein
Monticello
Dubuque
Clayton County
Marshalltown
Clinton
State Center
Carroll
Highway Commission
Bastian
Daily Record Deaths and Editorials Note Marion Features
The page lists Daily Record Deaths, Editorial Features with a Marion section, and various columns including Movies Radio Sports and State briefs. It also shows a Courthouse index and scattered comic listings under Comics. The unreadable OCR creates a mosaic of topics rather than a single story.
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Labor Committee
Fulton Lewis
Pal
Elliott
Josef Stalin
United Nations
Harrity
Young Roosevelt
Texas
Roosevelts
Russia
Taylor
Byrnes
Stalin
United Press
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Associated Press
John Yunick
Stanley van Horn
Tommy
Carolyn
Omaha
Tots
Yunicks
Army
G.I
Dahlia
Eleanor
Atomic Control
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
McDonough
Claude H. Porter
Thompson
McDonough Superior Court
Porter
State Supreme Court
Herman Talmadge
C.R. Man
Drift
State Highway Patrol
Crandie
W.c.f.&n
Waterloo
Union
K. C. Daniels
Cedar
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