Senate Kefauver inquiry targets Chicago crime hub
The Senate Crime Committee plans hearings in Chicago and Washington next month to probe gambling and crime networks. Virgil Petersen of the Chicago Crime Commission appears as the first witness. Officials name Chicago a center for narcotics and counterfeiting rings and gambling. Findings may reach Indiana. A former Republican candidate provides information, while authorities note 800 individuals linked to crime networks. The committee will also hear from the Federal Communications Commission on telecom misuse. The inquiry aims to draft laws to curb cross state crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crime
Fone
Tattine
Mid-West
Gervertiee
Senate
Chicago
Virgil’ Petersen
Chicago Crime Commission
Petersen
Fedeeral
Indiana
Paul, Cyr
Innai
Ake County
Igo
S.ecret Service
Child, & Baughy
Cage
Continental Press Service
Senate Commerce ‘Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Wayne Coy
Senor Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress Powers to Question and Punish in Investigations
A June report notes the debate over Congress authority to compel answers and punish refusals during investigations. It cites historical practice and Supreme Court rulings affirming both the power to demand information and the power to punish for failure to comply, including contempts before committees and potential jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhington
Congress
Supreme Court
Gress Goes
Contempt Power in Congress Through the Ages
The piece explains 1857 law allows jail terms up to a year and fines to 1000 dollars for contempt, with 1934 last House contempt trial. It outlines the standard process: refusal leads to citation, then federal court trial with possible fines or jail, or the houses may skip the federal court and sentence themselves. It notes Congress never gave up the right to try contempt cases directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House of Congress
House
Senate
Congressional Committee
Spiced whipped cream as a dessert topping recipe note
A brief note describes spiced whipped cream for apple pie apple betty baked custard and desserts. It advises adding cinnamon nutmeg and cloves with sugar and vanilla to the cream to flavor it.
Strikers Threaten to Establish Own Shop
The International Brotherhood of Valet Workers AFL threatened to form a separate shop if contractors refuse the 20 cent hourly wage increase, from the current $2 rate. Wailus Hardison and Jay Joes commented on the move as firms near a Friday deadline.
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Jtut
Divie
Wailus Hardison
Jay Joes
Uin
Pi & Conlucts
Kentucky Derby hopefuls auctioned for nearly 500 thousand
Four and forty horses were sold as yearlings at auction for close to four hundred ninety five thousand dollars, highlighting stakes in Kentucky Derby preparations. Names and exact buyers not fully clear from the fragment.
McMath Focused, Not Rushing Campaign Plans
Governor McMath shows no hurry to campaign for a second term, scheduling only one clearly political event next week while making non political appearances such as opening the Independence savings bond drive and dedicating a swimming pool. His rival Ben Laney criticizes pressure on state workers to back McMath and vows to repeal a 1949 tax law if elected.
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Little Rock
McMath
Pine Blaft
Ben Laney
Arkansas
MacMath
Laney
Warren
Pinehart
Independence Savings Bond
Arkansas Valley Cooperative
Ozark
Miss Arkansas
McGehee
Springdale
Batesville
Buses Return as Los Angeles Strikes End
Los Angeles regained bus service after a five day transit strike as workers returned to the throttle and street cars clanged amid resumed service. The walkout affected a million commuters and 200,000 Shriners with many turning to car pools and hired buses.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
West Coast
Pittsburgh
CIO American
New York Evening Daily
World Telegram
Sun
AFL
Portland
Seattle
Bremerton
Everett
CIO
Union of Electrical Wauchers
General Electric Co
New York
IUE
United Electrical, Radio and Matching Workers of America
Independent
Toledo
Chesapeake and Ohio
Lorain
Fairport
Huron
O Imen
Lakefront Dark Company
Prescott News Social Roundup of Visiting Friends and Relatives
Long list of local residents hosting and visiting relatives and friends across Arkansas and nearby states. Names include Bradney, Duke, Scott, Grant, Ellis, Hirst, Gilbert, Martin, Blum, Pemberton, Boyd, Huffman, Box, Robey, Proctor, Cruse, Carnagie, Compton, Melton, Tyson, Davis, White, and Tazelaar. Locations span Sapulpa Little Rock Wynne Conway Boston Amarillo Hope L. Onoake Eaton. Guest and host roles noted with weekend and weekday trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Carnagie
Conway
Bob Compton
Little Rock
Joe Melton, Jr
Lonoke
James Ed, Duke
Roy Duke
No Question About It Those Baptists Like Their Chicken
Rural Arkansas ministers heard an address by 5 F Dewis of the Baptist home mission board at Camp Robinson, saying country folk honor genuine gospel and will reject preachers who cannot tell Rhode Island red hens from Plymouth Rock roosters. He warned that country audiences demand sound preaching and gospel knowledge.
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Little Rock
Rhode Island
F. Dewis
Atlanta
Baptist Home Mission Board
Rural Church Conference of Arkansas Baptist
Camp Robinson
A.B.C
Bell Long Lines Wage Accord Reached in New York
A wage agreement signed by American Telephone long lines department and CIO Communications of Workers of America Division 10 affects 20 000 members across 40 states if ratified. It provides no general wage increase but shortens the wage progression schedule, amid a longstanding national labor dispute and a threatened but postponed strike. The Agriculture Department has developed a method to stabilize gap collation in about a third of the previously required time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone Co
CIO Communications of Workers of America
Shokesman
Long Lines
Gambler's Plea May Reduce Sentence
New York June 20 A book maker Frank Erickson 54 pleaded guilty to gambling charges in a case that could bring a prison term of one to five years on multiple counts. The district attorney seeks the stiffest sentence, though mercy could lessen punishment, while preserving the anonymity of wealthy bettors in a $12.5 million annual empire. Witnesses, including New Jersey officials, were anticipated in the halted trial.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Bank Hogan
Erickson
New Jersey
McCloy Admits Demolition Plans in Germany Defense
Frankfurt dispatch reports US High Commissioner John J. McCloy acknowledged there are certain demolition plans tied to defending Germany against Eastern aggression. He denied Communist charges that Allies planned to blow up the Lorelei rock to halt a Russian advance and dismissed flooding and damming claims as propaganda. McCloy stressed the remarks refer to defensive needs, not aggression.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
Ih West
McCloy
Rhine
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Rime Inquiry
iBy James Marlow
Charleston
W. Va
W. 5. Webb
Shriner” Shiner
Hollywood
Laura Elliott
Paul Revere
Hay
James de Revere
Boston
Maas
TWA
deRevére
Fishook
Hughes
Robert Earl Hughes
Fishook, mL
Wisconsin
Flanagan the Milk Cow Man
Charleston, Arkansas
Prescott News
B. H. Bradney
Sapulpa, Okla
Roy L. Duke
H. D. Scott
Mrs. Vick Scott
Doyle Ellis
Phillip
Douglas McSwain
0.G. Hirst
Frank Gilbert
Martin
Martin Wil
Jimmy Greeson
Walter Blum
Dallas
Wallace Pemberton
W. T. Hart
Ralph Clifton Boyd
Virginia Huffman
Waldog
Mrs. Ernest Jameson
Bobby Box
Henderson State Teachers College
Mrs
Fay Box
Jack Robey
Gus
Ross
Jack
Eaton Ohio
Gus Ross
L. EB. Tyson
Mass
Joe Tyson
Tommy Cruse
Virginia Clair
Mark
Sammy
Wynne, Ark
Cruse
Herbert Proctor
Mr. Proctor
Dudley Gordon
Anna
Ronoke
Ala
John S. Sledge
John A. Davis
Hope
Clark White
Amarillo
Tex
Cliford Tazelaar
Dale MacLaslan
Bethany
Okla
Bell Long Lines Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gambler
Montana
Sties
Alfred Driscoll
Hogan
J. D. Boswell
Vernon Schaeley
Hope Locker & Processing CO
Scholls
Foot Comfort
Dr. Scholl
Burke’s Shoe Store
Xiphias
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Alb.c
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