Former Federal Judge Acquitted of Conspiracy
Harrisburg, Pa. Former United States District Judge Albert W. Johnson 74 was acquitted on a conspiracy charge in the court he once presided over. His son Albert W. Johnson Jr was acquitted while four others including Donald M. Johnson and Miller A. Johnson plus John Memolo and Jacob Greenes were convicted. The jury verdict was delivered to Judge Alger Fee who imposed the maximum two years and $10,000 on each convicted defendant.
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Harrisburg
United States
Albert W. Johnson
Donald M
Miller A. Johnson
John Memolo
Jacob Greenes
Scranton
Alger Fee
Oregon
Fee
Johnson
Federal
House Judiciary Committee
Middle
Pennsylvania
Valentine Hammack
Charles J. Margiotti
Federal Judiciary
United States Circuit
Martin Monton
New York
J. Warren Davis
Philadelphia
Allis Workers Ballot To End Long Walkout
The 327 day strike by 3,000 CIO United Auto Workers at Allis Chalmers Farm Equipment ends as workers vote 3 to 1 to return to their jobs without the proposed 25 cent hourly raise or union concessions. Company losses cited reach $65 million in production. workers lost over $20 million in pay.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
CIO
United Automobile
Nye Fma
Robert Buse
Allis-Chalmers
Allis- Chargers
Buse
London Flood Halts Subway Power Station and 40 Miles Tracks
Flood waters damaged a major London subway power station stopping service on 40 miles of tracks. Chaos hit the city as workers arrived late, with long bus trolley and taxi lines forming and residents seeking hitchhikes after the transit paralysis. York also faced severe floods as the Ouse river split the city.
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London
York
Ouse
Deluxe Trailer Replaces Box for Williams Family in Chicago
Lee Williams and his wife and six children have lived since July in an eight by eight foot cracker box trailer on the streets. A Trailer Manufacturing Company has promised a two story three bedroom trailer with adjustable porch, valued at 5000 dollars, to house the family after their search for larger quarters.
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Chicago
Lee Williams
Quaker Oats Workers Return After Cedar Rapids Walkout
Production at the Quaker Oats mill in Cedar Rapids nears normal as 950 CIO cereal workers resume duties after a 10 day strike over a 15 minute rest period. A new contract extends the old agreement to March 12 while arbitration talks continue for other labor disputes.
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Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
CIO
AFL
Meat Cutters Union
B.W. Franklin
Chicago
U S Reveals Documents on Soviet Policy
U S officials disclose secret papers describing Soviet aims in the Balkans and near Turkey to force access to the Persian Gulf and control the Dardanelles. The documents allege Moscow backs Communist elements to topple Greece, threatens war to secure Turkish territory, and delay international action on the Dardanelles.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Balkans
Turkey
Congress
Persian Gulf
Dardanelles
Truman
United States
Near
Middle East
Wagi
Cedar Rapids Teachers Urge Full Support for State School Aid
Cedar Rapids educators press Governor Blue to back an $17.4 million annual appropriation for Iowa public schools. The bulletin, signed by local education leaders, warns current funding would cap ISEA proposals and limit aid, urging immediate public letters to Gov. Blue.
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Cedar Rapids News
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Advisory Council
Cedar Rapids
Agnes E. Carlson
Martha Griffith
Iola Tillapaugh
Harold Templeman
Fred Winter
Blue
House
Senate
Farm Bureau
Iowa State Education Association
State Department of Education
Bulletin
ISEA
Gov. Blue
House Appropriations Committee
Secret P.O.W. Labor Pact Report Stirs Yalta Talks
London government says the Big Three secretly agreed at Yalta to use German war prisoner labor as reparations. Hector McNeil, minister of state for foreign affairs, announced plans to publish Yalta and Potsdam agreements including any secret clauses as white papers.
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London
LLP
Yalta
Commons
Hector McNeil
McNeil
Potsdam
City Truck Drivers Seek Sharp Wage Increase and Benefits
City truck drivers inform the council they will push for a sharp wage rise this year plus two paid holidays Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays and three weeks of vacation after five years of service. They note current pay is 91 14 cents per hour and hint at matching private industry boosts. A meeting with the council is urged as the new fiscal year nears. Also, two ordinances to reshape police command structure progress with readings to create a police inspector post and a captain of detectives, with eligible lists already submitted.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim White
AFL Truck Drivers Union
Washington
Lincoln
White
Safety Commission
Gordon Hughes
Council
Civil Service Commission
Cut Occupation Force Marshall Proposes German Reductions
A source says Secretary Marshall urged the council of foreign ministers to order a reduction of Allied occupation forces in Germany to the minimum needed for policy and security. The Allied control council would report by June 1 on forces for each zone as of July 1 and similar estimates for July 1, 1948.
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Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Allied Control Council For
Stalin Meets Bevin in Moscow Monday Night
Stalin received British Foreign Minister Bevin in Moscow Monday night. The meeting involved high level discussions between the Soviet leader and the British envoy on postwar matters and allied relations.
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Moscow
INS
Josef Stalin
Bevin
Josephson Cited for Contempt by House Committee
The House un American Activities Committee approved a contempt citation against Leon Josephson for refusing to testify before a sub committee in New York about an alleged international ring forging Communist pass ports. The action awaits House approval before referral to the justice department. James F. Green of the American Legion pressed for strong action amid hearings on curbing Communist activity in the United States.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Leon Josephson
Josephson
New Jersey
un-American Activities Subcommittee
New York
House
Justice Department
Communist Party
James F. Green
American Legion
Americanism Commission
Green
United States
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
James F. O'Neill
The
Legion Commission
Neil
Russia Pushes Yugoslav Reparations Against Austria
Russia urged at the Moscow conference that Yugoslavia be allowed to claim 150 million dollars in reparations from Austria despite a secret Potsdam pact barring reparations. General Clark pressed for an Austrian treaty clause reaffirming Potsdam. Russia insisted discussion wait for Yugoslav input.
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Moscow
Russia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Mark Clark
United States
Great Britain
Potsdam
Feodor Gusev
Gloria Refuses Eye of Convict
Dark haired Gloria Garrity a 14 year old blind pianist stood outside a Brooklyn courtroom and said she would not accept the eye offered by Joseph Ross a confessed auto thief Gloria had listened to Ross wife telling Samuel Leibowitz she hoped he would be freed and the girl said I dont think I could take Joes eyes now even if the judge said it could.
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New York
Gloria Garrity
Brooklyn
Joseph Ross
Gloria
Ross
Jean
Samuel Leibowitz
Joseph
Neree Joe
Joe
Sky Giant Feared Down Nine Aboard in Newfoundland
An Air Transport Command rescue unit joined Canadian forces searching for a RAF C-54 transport believed down near Stephenville Newfoundland with nine aboard. The four passengers included high United States army officers. crew of five. No trace found as planes scoured the hilly wooded area. Names withheld by the army pending fate confirmation.
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Chicopee
Mass
INS
Air Transport Command
Westover Field
Canadian Air Force
Stephenville
Newfoundland
Germany
Ission
Harmonfield
Newtoun
R.C.A.F
C-54 Transport Crashes Near Camden Killing 3
A C-54 army transport crashed 15 miles north of Camden before dawn Monday on a night training flight from Pope field Fort Bragg. The army air base at Shawfield said three occupants were killed and names were withheld pending next of kin notification. The crash occurred near Auxiliary Field No 3 at the unlighted Camden army air base.
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Sumter
S. C
Camden
Army Air Base
Shawfield
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Camden Army Air Base
CBS Drops Bill Shirer from Sunday Program
William L. Shirer, CBS leading commentator for a decade, said the network dropped him from a regular Sunday afternoon slot citing disliked views. He plans to contest the decision on his final program next Sunday while Edward R. Murrow said the move reflects no view about Shirer’s politics. Shirer, author of Berlin Diary, once lived in Cedar Rapids.
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New York
William L. Shirer
CBS
J. B. Williams Company
Edward R. Murrow
Shirer
Truman, Big Six In Night Session
President Truman will convene an unprecedented nocturnal White House meeting with the bipartisan Big Six. The six leaders include Senator Vandenberg, Senate Majority Leader White, Speaker Martin, House Majority Leader Halleck, Senate Minority Leader Barkley, and House Minority Leader Rayburn.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
White
Maine
Martin
Mass
House
Halleck
Ind
Barkley
Rayburn
Texas
Old Man Winter Refuses To Move
A cold mix of rain and snow broke a spell of 60s and 70s across parts of the state ending two warm days. Cedar Rapids saw 0.64 inch of precipitation with other locales reporting notable totals. temperatures ranged from the 20s to low 40s as snow melted on contact. A Cedar Rapids reader noted a birthday surprise tied to the weather.
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SP Rapids
Decorah
Davenport
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Fee
Eleventh Street
Acheson Urges Investment to Stabilize Korea
Washington notes that U S must invest funds to place southern Korea on a sound economic footing as Russia blocks a unified government plan. Acheson testified to Congress while backing Truman Greece Turkey aid and warned of serious consequences if Korea's split worsens.
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Dean Acheson
United States
Korea
Russia
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Navy
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United Nations
U. N
State Department
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Britain
Clayton
Ecobone
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