Winchell sued for 1 525 000 in libel in twin suits
New York December 17. Columnist Walter Winchell faces two libel suits totaling 1 525 000 filed in Supreme Court by the New York Post and editor James A Wechsler. Wechsler seeks 75 000 and the Post 750 000. Defendants include ABC Gruen Watch Hearst and King Features Syndicate. Wechsler says Winchell claimed the Post and Wechsler supported the Communist Party and were disloyal to the United States.
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New York
Walter Winchell
Supreme Court
New York Post
James A. Wechsler
Wachsler
The
Post
Winchell
Wechsler
Communist Party
American Broadcasting Company
the Gruen Watch Company
Hearst Corp
King Features Syndicate
ABC
Winchall
Tuen
Winchel
Young Communist League
Lefendants
Court Upholds Wire Tapping Suit Dismissal
New York article reports the Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of Harold Black to bar city wire tapping. Black and the Civil Liberties Union challenged tapping as unconstitutional under unreasonable search and seizure. The suit named city officials and was dismissed unanimously. appeal possible.
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New York
New York City
Harold Black
The
Civil Liberties Union
Black
Supreme Court
Thomas L. d. Corcoran
Appellate Division
Emanuel Redfield
State Court of Appeals
AFL Pledges Help for Latin American Workers
William C. Doherty AFL vice president pledged continued support to improve workers' status in Latin America. Speaking at ORIT's annual meeting he advocated Pan Americanism without imperialism and noted U S workers back the government's Point Four program aiding workers in Europe and the Caribbean.
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AFL
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Willliam C. Doherty
Inter-American Regional Workers Organization
ORIT
Doherty
U. S
Europe
Mountbatten to confer with Carney tomorrow in Europe
Supreme Headquarters reports that Britain's Earl Louis Mountbatten and U.S. Admiral Robert B. Carney will meet tomorrow with General Matthew B. Ridgway. The NATO council named Mountbatten commander of the Mediterranean sea lanes, while the American Sixth Fleet remains under Carney's command.
Dimes Headquarters Moves to Boulevard for Campaign
March of Dimes campaign headquarters relocate from Kanawha County Library Building to 1004 Kanawha Blvd. East, donated by Estill Realty Co. Materials and info issued from the center until after Jan. 31. Volunteers urgently needed at the new office to prepare for the campaign opening Jan. 1. Telephone 2-0109 and 2-0100.
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March of Dimes
Kanawha County Public Library
Kanawha Blvd
Estill Reslty Co
Call Girls Cadet Draws Three to Four Years
New York police report Miles Leslie, 43, pleaded guilty to recruiting seven women including his wife into a high price call girl racket. He faces a three to four year prison sentence after pleading guilty to counts of compulsory prostitution and living off earnings of vice. Leslie, linked to Mino Mickey Jelke, operated in New York for a year, recruiting attractive girls and often short-changing them on profits of their $200 a night fees. Kathleen Sullivan Leslie named as his wife among those involved.
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New York
INS
Miles
Leslie
Navy
Mino
Mickey Jelke
Kathleen Sullivan Leslie
Doctors Prove You Can Be On the Dot Without Laxatives
An advertising claim states that by drinking liquids eating fruits and vegetables and setting regular times a person can become regular without laxatives. It recommends Carter's Little Liver Pills with a 3 week tapering schedule and asserts 4 of 5 people break the habit, claiming 60 years of use and 87 cents at drugstores.
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Carter
New York
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