McGranery Backed by Committee
The senate judiciary committee approved the nomination of James P. McGranery of Philadelphia for attorney general by an 8 to 4 vote. Minority reports were hinted by Sen. Ferguson who said he would carry the fight to the senate floor after a brief closed session.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
Sen
Ferguson
Mich
Senate
McCarran
New
Watkins
Utah
Jenner Iring
Hendrickson
Langer
R-N.c
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Magnuson
D-Wash
Kefauver
D-Tenn
O'Conor
D-Md
Hastland
Dmiss
Smith
D-N.c
Gerald A. Greeson
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
McGranery
Thomas D. McBride
U. S
Gleeson
Teamsters Accept 164-Cent Offer in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Teamsters union members accepted a 164 cent per hour wage rise amid a citywide strike that began May 1 with five building trades unions walking out. Cement finishers remained idle, while James White said the teamsters accepted a 161 cent increase. basic Teamsters pay now stands at $1.82 per hour.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
AFL Teamsters Union
Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council
James White
The
Teamsters
Sister Kenny Begins U.S. Medical Tour in Los Angeles
Sister Elizabeth Kenny arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Australia to attend medical conferences across the United States. She had planned last year that this would be her final visit due to Parkinson's disease but now travels again as authorities increasingly accept her polio treatment theories.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kenny
Los Angeles International Airport
Australia
U.S
America
Accident Turns Freight Spill Into Windfall of Wine
A New York Central freight train derailed near Dunkirk spilling wine from damaged cars. Workers and passersby collected the liquor, filling cups and bottles, while others filled thermos bottles with the spilled cargo as a holiday mood spread.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
New York Central
Seven women die in Kobe rubber factory blaze
Tokyo AP reports seven women perished in a Kobe rubber factory fire on Thursday as the blaze destroyed the plant, according to Kyodo News Service.
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Tokyo
Kobe
Kydo News Service
Iowa Attorney General Offers Limited Anti Liquor Stance
Des Moines AP Attorney General Robert L Larson says he lacks authority for a statewide anti liquor drive like his anti gambling campaign He hints a voluntary effort by the County Attorneys Association may be possible He notes the need to persuade city councils boards and the Liquor Control Commission and calls for legislative change to assign responsibility He says he will support a county led drive but cannot prematurely announce one
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Des Moines
Robert L. Larson
Ralph M. Kauffman
Maquoketa
County Attorneys’ Association
Kauffman
Larson
Jackson County
Boards of Supervisors
State Liquor Control Commission
Rain Expected To End Tonight In Eastern Iowa
A cold rain soaked most of eastern Iowa on Friday with Cedar Rapids reporting 0.75 inch by 2 p.m. total for four days 1.57 and month 1.71 inches. The low pressure system moves toward central Illinois by Saturday morning. Highs Saturday projected 58 to 65 with 52 at 2 p.m. and an overnight low of 47.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Writ for Oatis Release Sought
Chicago attorney Luis Kutner filed a petition at the United Nations asking for a habeas corpus writ to free William N. Oatis from a Czechoslovak prison. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt advised that the UN cannot act and only Washington can pursue action. observers note the UN cannot issue binding writs.
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United Nations, N.Y
Luis Kutner
Chicago
U.N
William N. Oatis
Kutner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Washington
World Organization
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
Roosevelt
Senator Williams Pins Tax Failures on Harry Gross
Senator Williams said Harry Gross did not file final tax returns for 1949 and 1950. In the three preceding years Gross reported net income totaling 25,090 with tax due of 3,857.99, and the Internal Revenue Bureau investigated only after exposure of corruption.
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Washington
Williams
Senatorial Inquiry Links Campbell to Hidden Fees in Grain Case
Senate agriculture committee photos show checks for attorney fees totaling 2800 dollars made out to Alex Campbell former head of the justice department criminal division and deposited in Jack J. Cowart s account Cowart a former PMA aide was recently convicted of taking fees from a private firm while employed by the government Bellino testified that Campbell aided Cowart as a silent partner in a PMA contract scheme and Cowart s bank records corroborate payments channeled through Campbell
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Washington
Senate
Alex Campbell
Justice Department
Carmine
Berlino
Agricultture Committee
Feaneetee Ichecks
Campbell
Cowart
Heiline
Belline
PMA
Fort Wayne
Bellino
Baton Rouge
Texas
Schuster Father Sues City Over Slain Son Case
Max Schuster, Brooklyn store operator and estate administrator, filed a $500000 damage claim against New York City alleging negligence, careless supervision, and recklessness in the slaying of his son Arnold Schuster. The incident followed his identification of fugitive bank robber Willie Sutton three weeks earlier.
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New York
Arnold Schuster
Max Schuster
Brooklyn
Young Schuster
Willie Sutton
Food price relief urged as Capehart amendment debated
Washington AP says Ellis Arnall urged rapid congressional action to adjust the Capehart amendment to prevent unwarranted price rises on foods and living costs. He warned of potential price boosts on items like coffee cereals crackers canned fruits vegetables soups tuna and salmon.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
House Banking Committees
Senate OKs Vets Benefit Increases to Aid Disabled
The Senate approved two bills for veterans benefits totaling about 202 million dollars yearly. One bill hikes service connected compensation by 15 percent for those over 50 percent disabled and 5 percent for those under 50 percent, plus pensions for non service connected disabled from World Wars I and II and Korea. It also boosts pensions for Civil War Indian Wars and Spanish American War veterans and widows. The second bill raises income eligibility limits for non service connected disability and death pensions from 1000 and 2500 to 1400 and 2700 dollars respectively.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Taft Sees Near End To Pro-Chicago Campaign Drive
Senator Taft said he was nearly finished with pre-convention campaigning for the Republican nomination. He planned three to four days in South Dakota before the June 5 primary and one to two days in Indiana, saying he was well through the effort and at the halfway point since New Hampshire's March 7 first primary.
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New York
Taft
South Dakota
Indiana
New Hampshire
Arms Cut Sought by British Unions in Bevan Drive
Blackpool England AP British unions with about 1.7 million members backed Aneurin Bevan’s demand for reductions in Britain’s arms program. The Amalgamated Engineering Union urged cutting rearmament due to its toll on the economy.
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Blackpool
England
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Amalgamated Engineering Union Conference
Labor claims big gains in borough voting landslide
London AP reports Labour leaders tout a nationwide week long borough election surge. Final tallies show Labour with a net gain of 637 council seats, Conservatives down 472, independents off 211, Liberals off 17. About twenty million Britons eligible to vote for 612 councilmen.
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London
Labor Party
Churchill
Labor
Cairo Curfew Disadvantages Seen in Night Trumpet Blasts
In Cairo during a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew, a trumpet blast from a man leaning from a window drew police attention. The trumpeter told an officer his wife was in labor and could not fetch a midwife due to the curfew, highlighting curfew hardships after the January riots.
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Cairo
Salida Zeinab
Juin to command six nation European army
Paris AP reports Marshal Alphonse Juin of France will command the six nation European army comprising French German Italian Belgian Luxembourg troops. The contingent, announced Friday, groups forces from six nations under a unified command in Europe.
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Paris
Marshall Alphonse Juin
France
Taft Eisenhower clash over foreign aid totals
Republican contenders Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower clashed over foreign aid funding. Taft argued a two billion cut would not imperil the program or U.S. security, while Eisenhower warned that deeper cuts could endanger Western Europe’s defense and noted room for adjustments in estimates.
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INS
Sen
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Paris
Connally
D-Texas
Congress
Truman
U.S
Copenhagen
Europe
Oslo
Soldier on hotel balcony saved after threat to jump
Pvt. Jack Madsen 21 of Waukegan Illinois climbed onto a 10th floor hotel fire escape railing and threatened to jump saying he would rather die in the United States than in Korea. Seattle police Detective Don Sprinkle and bellhop Clarence Owens kept him talking and prevented the leap before turning him over to military authorities.
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Seattle
Korea
Jack Madsen
Waukegan
Don Sprinkle
Sprinkle
Madsen
Clarence Owens
Jack
Owen
Sugar Cane Produces Tobacco Like Synthetic Product
The Sugar Cane Research Foundation announced a synthetic tobacco substitute made from bagasse sugar cane fibers. Patented by Dr. Jean A. Koree, the process creates a tobacco like product by beating washing heating and refining cane fibers then adding flavor and aroma for use in cigars cigarettes or pipes.
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Washington
Sugar Research Foundation
Jean A. Koree
New York
Van Fleet vows force to free Dodd from Koje Reds
General Van Fleet said he would use force if necessary at an early date to free Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, seized by North Korean prisoners on Koje island. Dodd is no longer commander there. Brig. Gen. Colson now leads the camp.
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Taft
Ohio
Stalin
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Francis T. Dodd
Koje Island
U. S.eighth Army
Dodd Noonger
Korea
van Fleet
Dodd
Reds
Charles F. Colson
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Koje
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Kose
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