Committees Offer Problem as Gillette and Humphrey Rise
Washington insiders watch reshuffling of Senate and House committees as veterans like Guy Gillette of Iowa and the upstart Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota contend for key posts. Humphrey's civil rights leadership helps him gain support, while Gillette's experience could temper White House requests next session. Both face balancing party unity with Senate Republican strategy.
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Senate
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Gillette
Humphrey
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
White House
Minneapolis
Washington
Joe Ball
Bankrupt John Dudley Whitney Ninth District notice
District Court of Iowa Northern District announces John Dudley Whitney of Cedar Rapids has been declared bankrupt on November 1 1948. First creditors meeting set for November 22 1948 at 10 30 AM in the Federal Building Cedar Rapids Iowa for proving claims appointing a trustee and examining the bankrupt. Mitchell Referee in bankruptcy.
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Iowa
Dudley WH Ney
Second Avenue Southeast
Cedar Rapids
EEF
Oh Hee
John Psudley Whitney
John Dudley Whitney
Federal Building
Mitchell
Death Penalty Upheld For Slayer of Student
Illinois Supreme Court upholds Herman F. Weber of Peoria on a murder conviction for the fatal shooting of Flavel Dean Fueger a Bradley University student. Fueger's body was found in a drainage ditch near Lewistown after he vanished on December 3. Weber confessed in a signed statement, later repudiated, claiming he shot Fueger.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Herman F. Weber
Peoria
Weber
Flavel Dean Fueger
Bradley University
Lewistown
Fueger
Illinois
Houston
Texas
Bradley student resists theft of Fueger’s new car
The report notes a Bradley University student resisted an attempt to steal Fueger’s automobile. The piece quotes the Supreme Court calling the crime murder ruthless in the extreme and asserting Weber received a fair trial with overwhelming evidence.
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Fueger
Supreme Court
Weber
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