Gambling ring tied to Lindbergh case figures in New York raid
Six men were booked after an overnight questioning by District Attorney Jank Hogan in a sweeping $50,000,000-a-year numbers ring. Irving Bitz, once linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping, identified by police as a defendant, amid arrests in New York New Jersey and Cincinnati. Other suspects include Edward Kane Abraham Goldberg Emilio Strollo Jack Feldman and Martin Martinson.
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New York
Irving Bitz
New York Journal American
Harry Hanley
Bitz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Salvatore Spitale
Jank S. Hogan
Hogan
Dward Kane
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Abraham Goldberg
Queens
Journal American
Emilio Strollo
Anthony Strollo
New Jersey
Jack Feldman
Bronx
Martin Martinson
Kane's
Cincinnati
Thurmond Arnold Seeks Anti-Trust Oversight of Unions
Former trust-buster Thurman Arnold told the Senate banking committee that permitting labor unions to monopolize the labor supply is dangerous and urged bringing unions under anti trust laws. Arnold, now in private practice in Washington, testified amid hearings into the coal industry and United Mine Workers of America led by Senator Robertson.
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Washington
Trust
Thurman Arnold
Congress
Arnold
Justice Deoe
Durin
New Deal
Senateing Committee
Justice Department
Department
Senate Banking Committee
Con Industry
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Robertson
D-Va
Stock Market Cautious Ahead of Dividend News
New York July 26 Traders moved cautiously as prices barely moved awaiting U S Steel dividend action after the close. Federal Reserve data show June industrial output fell for the seventh straight month to a three year low, while shares of U S Steel General Motors U S Rubber Sears Roebuck United Aircraft Phelps Dodge Air Reduction Owens Illinois Baltimore and Ohio and Texas Co rose on the day.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Federal Reserve Board
U.S. Steel
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
Phelps Dodge
Air_ Reduction
Owens- Illinois
Baltimore & Ohio
Texas Co
Shanghai Typhoon Leaves 29 Dead and 200000 Homeless
After 25 hours of ferocious winds and flooding in Shanghai the typhoon killed 29 people and displaced about 200000 residents. Fourteen died in a tenement collapse and five were electrocuted. The storm damaged US air force and Army installations in Okinawa.
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Shanghai
Okinawa
Chapei
Whangpoo
Yangtze
U. S
Air Force
Tokyo
13-Year-Old Drowns In Catawba River
In Hickory on July 26, 13-year-old Johnny Hoke of Stony Point drowned in the Catawba River while swimming with William Stikeleather. A sink hole reportedly pulled him under as he tried to rescue the boy. His mother, Phyllis Hoke, was en route to Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem for cancer surgery when the news arrived.
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Hickory
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Bionday
Johnny Hoke
Stony Point
Catawba
Phyllis Hoke
William Stikeleather
Stikeleather
Hoke
Southern Baptist Group Slams Spellman Over Roosevelt Attack
The Southern Association of Baptist Colleges and Schools condemned Cardinal Spellman for accusing Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt of religious intolerance. The resolution, unanimously approved at the 20th annual convention in Nashville, praises Roosevelt for opposing the use of tax funds for private prayer. Dr. J Ollie Edmonds of Stetson University drafted the statement for approval.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Association of Baptist Colleges and Schools
Cardinal Francis Spellman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Association
Association XX X
Roosevelt
Orreli
J. Ollie Edmonds
Stetson University
Deland Flat
Night Hunter Fatally Shoots State Game Warden in South Carolina
In Waltersboro South Carolina July 26 state game warden Floyd was shot and killed by an alleged illegal night hunter. Another warden returned fire. Walter Smoak 42 was found shot in the head entangled in barbed wire near the Cherokee plantation site about 17 miles south of Waltersboro. Sheriff Haskell Thompson says Smoak will be charged if he survives. Floyd lived in Tillman and was 45.
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Waltersboro
S. C
Floyd
Orly
Walter Smoak
Sherif Haskell Thompson
Smoak
Colleton County Hospital
Sniders
Here
Coe Floyd
Tillman
Jasper County Thompson
William Garvin
Thomas E Goethe
Garvin
Goethe
Truman Fights Time to Arm Allies Against Soviet Threat
President Truman asks Congress for arms aid to Western Europe, backed by a State Department booklet. The plan argues that quick aid will stabilize recovering nations, deter Soviet aggression, and prevent communist takeovers by ensuring economic and military defense.
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James Marlow Washington
Truman
Congress
State Department
Europe
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Czechslovakia
Washington
Western
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
House Republicans Seek Adjournment Showdown
Republican Leader Martin demands a public probe into whether the July 31 adjournment deadline in the 1946 reorganization act will be honored. He warns of a possible fight if Democrats seek to extend the session beyond July 31 or avoid a defined adjournment date.
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Senate
Hose
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Congress
Rep. Monroney
D-Okla
Heat Wave Grips Many Cities as No Relief Seen
Heat and humidity lingered from the Southern Plains to the Atlantic coast with the weather bureau offering no immediate relief. Metro areas reported high temperatures around 101 in Columbia and near 95 in Raleigh Wilmington Charlotte and Asheville as thundershowers touched Wisconsin Minnesota Texas Florida Washington and Oregon. In Ecuador a revolution began in Quito with the government reported to still be in control while Guayaquil remained quiet.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Columbia
S. C
Carolina
Raleigh
Wilmington
Charlotte
Greensboro
Spartanburg
Charleston
Asheville
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Texas Panhandle
Florida
Washington
Oregon
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Quito
House to Pass Anti Poll Tax Legislation
Southern Democrats concede bill will pass House as anti poll tax legislation heads for Senate battle. Support from both parties backs a measure banning poll taxes for presidential, congressional and general elections. Northern Democrats and Republicans expect under 100 votes against the bill amid delays and lengthy roll calls.
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House
Washington
Senate
Congress
Westover Terrace Apartments Sold in Greensboro
Westover Terrace apartments a 100 unit development on 10 acres near a high school will be sold August 1 for about 50000. Fred S. Patterson spokesman for the buyers announced the sale to settle the estate of the late Joe Blythe of Charlotte. Purchasers include W. L. Johnson Sr. president and W. B. Pollard secretary of Winston-Salem and Patterson treasurer. They become officers of Westover Terrace Apartments Inc. which will own the assets after August 1.
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Greensboro
Westover Terrace
W. B. Pollard
Winston-Salem
Patterson
Westover Terrace Apartments, Inc
Fear Russia May Sweep Over West
Western Europe watches the United States Congress as it debates Truman’s 1.45 billion foreign arms program. Britain frets over possible cuts. Portugal's Salazar supports the Atlantic pact amid fears of Soviet advance toward the British Channel and Pyrenees. Western alliance troops total about 1.5 million. Soviet strength cited above 4 million. atom bomb rumors surface from Samedi Soir.
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Associated Press
Western
Europe
United States Congress
Congress
Truman
London Times
France
Italy
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
Russia
Pyrenees
Salazar
National Assembly
Washington
Western Alliance
Paris
Samedi Soir
Siberia
New School Aid Bill Faces House Clash Over Health Use
Washington July 26 Congress debates federal aid for education with a $35 million health program for public, private, and parochial schools. Rep Steed opposes the compromise as expanding government medical role. Senate plan shifts school aid administration to the states, raising doubt on action this session.
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Washington
Rep
Steed
D-Okla
House
McCormack
Mass
House Commerce
Barden
D-Nc
House Labor Committee
Senate
Board Holds Summer Session Debut With Etheridge Dinner
In Morehead City the newly formed board of conservation and development began its summer session with a testimonial dinner for Bruce Etheridge. New members checked in at the Ocean King hotel as several former board leaders and division heads gathered after a delayed event originally planned for Raleigh. The dinner was moved up to fit the statutory July meeting schedule.
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Morehead City
Bruce Etheridge
Board of Conservation and Development
Ocean King Hotel
Department
Raleigh
Scott
Dunes Club
Housing Heads Ask Congress To Change Law
Federal housing officials urged Congress to modify wartime housing rules to avoid mass evictions of veterans and others. Raymond Foley proposed transferring 467,000 government units to local entities and repaying land costs over years to exit landlord duties.
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Washington
Federal
Congress
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance
Senate Banking
Foley
Uncle Sam
Georgia Mayor Defies Klan With Gunfire Attack
Mayor C. L. Drake of Iron City, Georgia, says he repelled a mob of seven to eight automobiles with masked Klansmen who tried to kidnap him at his home around 3 a.m. on July 17. He claims he fired, the assailants scattered, and no arrests or sworn complaints were reported.
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Donalsonville
South Georgia
Iron City
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Atlant
C. L. Chandler
Seminole County
Chandlee ‘Seiters
Valdosta Tobacco Opens With 57 Cent Average
Valdosta Ga July 26 First tobacco sold at the Georgia Florida flue cured auctions opened today with an average price of 57 cents a pound. Last year on opening day the average was 64 cents. The best wide ag for the 1948 season was 47 cents per pound. Douglas reported a 49.50 cent opening row average. Sales were brisk and an overflow end was present. Tobacco men across the south watched the Georgia Florida sale as the first flue cured market to open. The prices will guide southern farmers for this year’s crop.
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Valdosta
Douglas
South
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Usala
Sovil Union
Ruman
Western Europe
White House
Tom Connally
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William Fulbright
Arkansas
Dean Acheson
Claude Pepper
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