Crime networks and Costelloism in U S gambling probe
The Washington Merry Go Round notes a yearlong Justice Department inquiry into gambling links with narcotics and immigration crimes. It cites two federal officials who attempted to block the probe as the underworld network is analyzed as a connected system across cities.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Justice Department
May Goldschien
Drew O'Keefe
U. S. Treasury
California
Two Party Strains and Shifting Alliances in US Politics
Party Platforms by Thomas L. Stokes fault Republican timing as internal splits emerge alongside Southern Democratic maneuvers. He argues policy writers act in a vacuum while Democrats press for social legislation and civil rights, with Truman and party factions driving division within the Democratic ranks.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Congress
Rules Committee
Mr. Stokes
Republican Party
Stokes
Truman
Democratic Party
South
National Democratic Party
McGrath
Humphreys
Walter White
Editor Becomes Farmer Calls Readiness Against Weevil Threat
An Alabama editor declares he will turn farmer to combat the boll weevil now that warm weather promises another problematic season. He cites 1949 losses of about 50 million dollars and urges farmers to buy poison dust and specific insecticides ahead of spring, stressing early preparation over waiting for the pest to strike.
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Alabama
South
Bob Chestnutt
Alabama Farm Extension Service
W. A. Ruffin
API Extension
Ruffin
Probe Yields Results in California Narcotics Indictment
The investigation led to indictments against 16 members of a California narcotics gang last week, signaling progress in the crackdown on organized drug activity.
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California
Pearson On Truman Byrnes Feud
The article recounts a long running dispute between President Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes. It traces key moments from December 1945 to December 1949 including Truman’s dig at Byrnes, Truman’s push for Marshall, Byrnes’ letter, and Pearson’s quoted exchanges.
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Pearson
Truman Byrnes
Truman
Jimmie Byrnes
Drew Pearson
Byrnes
Fdr
General Marshall
New Jersey gang leader Joe Sica rises in California crime scene
The article traces Joe Sica from New Jersey roots to Southern California where he becomes Mickey Cohen’s onetime bodyguard and top hood in the region. It notes Sica’s ties to Costello partners and his ascent through the criminal network stretching coast to coast.
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Joe Sica
Sica
New Jersey
Costelo
Willie Moretti
Moretti
Frankie Costelld
General Vaughan
Costello
Bill Helis
Golden Greek
Vaughan
Truman
John Maragon
Phil Kastel
California
Mickey Cohen
Southern California
Mickey
Sunset Boulevard
Gene Biscal
Rousseau’s gates and the path to self invention
A commentary on Jean Jacques Rousseau tracing his troubled youth after rejected gates closed to him. It notes his early failures but eventual awakening leading to ideas that shaped modern child education and social thought. The piece urges readers to view closed gates as chances to improve and redirect life.
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Jean Jasques
Rousseau
Gates
Narcotics King of the Central Valley Led Mob Hub
The piece traces Joe Sica’s rise from bodyguard to central valley narcotics king. It notes Pine Lake Lodge near Fresno as a mob HQ with 11 teletype machines for racing news, later cleansed and remade under new management. It mentions ties to Joe Cannon and Alex Berry as a narcotics runner and pilot.
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Los Angeles
Central Valley
California
Sica
Joe Cannon
Fresno
Alex Berry
Cannon
Joe Sica
Pine Lake Lodge
Fresno Police Chief Wallace Run City in Early Fresno
Gordon Dunn, Fresno mayor elect, fired Police Chief Ray T. Wallace after discovering Wallace and his wife owned 16 ranches totaling 1742 acres plus city properties. Wallace headed a police force seen as orderly yet faced scrutiny over wealth and ties to local businesses.
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Fresno
Joe Cannon
Plantation Club
Cannon
Ray T. Wallace
Planttaions Club
S. A
Meek
Holdin
Chief Wallace
OK Rubber Welders
Wallace
Ese
Gordon Dunn
Stanford University
Alabam
Robert Franklin
Fresno Mayor tightens crackdown on red light district hotels
Mayor Dunn campaigns against a string of tawdry hotels and houses in Fresno with names like Pioneer, Hiway Rooms, Edison Rooms, Fairmont, Imperial, and many others. He also targets gambling clubs as part of a broader effort to curb prostitution and keep migrant workers money in town amid citizen complaints.
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Mayor Dunn
Fresno
Pioneer
Hiway
Verdun
Edison
Fairmont
Imperial
Clayton
Valley Rooms
Reno
Jade
Liberty
Larue
Hotel Mez
Hotél Collins
Sly
Ramona
Cotton
Dale
Hotel Chester
Hotel Golden
Gerry
Loma
Mode
Yosemite
Rainbow
Hotel Commercial
San Joaquin
Laverne Hotel
Ritz
Depot
Fresnoy
As Pegler Sees It on Roosevelt and Soviet Russia
New York dated column argues Roosevelt’s 1934 recognition of Soviet Russia doomed Western civilization. It claims Bullitt and Frankfurter promoted recklessness, cites Yalta Potsdam, Berlin airlift, and Soviet expansion from Poland to the Baltic, warns of future shortages and wartime subsidies.
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New York
Russia
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Empire
Bill Bullitt
Roosevelt
Bullitt
Frankfurter
Alger Hiss
Henry Stimson
Dean Acheson
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Japan
China
California underworld narrows in narcotics crackdown
Mayor Dunn faced a tangled network of crime in California as a major narcotics operation unfolded. Three months later Armenian Abe Davidian was caught with a kilo of heroin on a late night central valley run, blowing heroin into the car seat. The arrest of Mobster Joe Sica and 15 others exposed links among narcotics, prostitution, and gambling. The article hints at higher level protectors remaining unidentified.
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Dunn
California
Abe Davidian
Central Valley
Fresno
Joe Sica
Causes and treatment of constipation outlined by physician
The article explains varied causes of constipation from lifestyle and psychological factors to organic diseases like hemorrhoids and gall bladder issues. It warns against chronic laxative use and stresses medical evaluation to identify the source before treatment.
Nation faces mental health crisis and funding gaps
U S government statistics reveal 8.5 million Americans, about one in eighteen, are mentally affected and need care at some point. In 1948 half of hospital beds housed such patients, with only limited access to treatment. Public funding lags, research per person is meager, and shortages of specialists are acute across the states.
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New York
U. S
Army
Navy
U. S. Public Health Service
New York State
Dewey
Eloquent address at banquet and civic notes
Headlines forecast a bright future for the section with an eloquent banquet address by Ellenen chief. Over 200 diners attended the event in honor of a visitor. City appreciation for railroad progresses. A Tennessee bridge plan mentions a 20 foot roadway and two four foot sidewalks. Social shifts include Mrs. Charles W. Black leaving Y M C A work for Cooper Wells hosiery mills beginning in February. January 31 is the poll tax deadline. Social calendar notes Mrs. A E Humphrey hosting a bridge event at Valley Country club for bride elect Mary Harvey. Visitors and guests are listed from Huntsville Nashville Athens Birmingham and Ninth Avenue South.
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Mapother
Ellenen
Charles W. Black
Cooper, Wells Hosiery Mills
A. E. Humphrey
the Valley Country Club
Mary Harvey
Dogs Ride Motorcycles on Sheep Range in South Australia
In far West South Australia riders of motorbikes and dogs, often Border Collies, ride along narrow sheep paths. The dog leaps off at halt and can muster 500 to 600 half-wild ewes and lambs from dusty scrub before a cigarette is rolled.
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Sydney
Australia
South Australia
European Clock Built Strasbourg to Oslo Project
A claimed Europe’s biggest clock is under construction in Strasbourg and will be erected in Oslo on completion. The clock face exceeds 26 feet in diameter with hands weighing 550 pounds. The big hand will jump in half minute steps. A 35 bell electric carillon will follow.
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Strasbourg
Europe
Oslo
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