Tucker Indicted in Tucker Corp Mail Fraud Case
Preston Tucker promoter of a mass production failed auto and seven associates face a 31 count federal indictment for mail fraud SEC violations and conspiracy. The grand jury investigated Tucker and his firm for twelve weeks yielding potential penalties up to 155 years in prison and 60 000 in fines per defendant. Noted co defendants include Harold A Karsten Floyd Cerf Robert Pierce Fred Rockelman and other Tucker staff members.
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Chicago
Preston T. Tucker
SEC
John P. Barnes
Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucker Corporation
Harold A. Karsten
Abraham A Kratz
Morrison Street
North Hollywood
Calif
Minneapolis
Floyd D. Cerf
Robert Pierce
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Fred Rockelman
Senate weighs Taft-Hartley repeal amid coal strike
Washington June 10 The Senate debates how to handle strikes that could trigger national emergencies as amendments to repeal Taft-Hartley proceed. President Truman calls John L Lewis a headline hunter while both seek removal of coal order provisions, amid looming July strike risks and inherent emergency powers.
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Washington
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Murray
Dmont
Neely
D-W. Va
Truman
Lewis
Theatres Remain Dark At Ligonier
For the first time in nine years the town of Ligonier is without a motion picture house. The Lig onier and the Vex theatres have been closed by the owners in protest against a 10 percent amusement tax levied by the borough council. Borough officials stated the new levy will stand. Clothing Drive tomorrow. Place epitination in front of your ante
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Ligonier
Vex
Jevy
McKellar Demands Hoffman Resign At Senate Hearing
Washington June 10 AP Senator McKellar shouted at ECA chief Paul Hoffman calling for his resignation over perceived pressure on European Recovery funding. Hoffman denied threatening the committee while Ferguson defended Hoffman noting no threat. The exchange occurred during a hearing on the ECA appropriation with a $3.57 billion request cited for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
ECA
Paul Hoffman
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
McKellar
Europe
Ferguson
R-Mich
County Sabbath School Assn Meets Here June 16
The 52nd Annual Convention of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association will be held at Zion Lutheran Church on Thursday June 16 with Rev Leroy Brininger of the State Association as guest speaker and counselor The morning program includes devotions county president greetings reports and nominating committee appointments The theme The Church School and the Home will be explored Brininger speaks on The County Sabbath School Association and its Relation to an Effective Church School an audio-visual film by George B Ahn follows The evening session features music by the Northern Singers of Southern Airs and the Jefferson County Chorus under Mrs Perry Pyle of Brookville A clothing drive is urged with contributions left at homes continuous programs planned.
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Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Leroy Brininger
State Association
Johnstown
Indiana
J. W. Everett
Breninger
County Sabbath School Association
George B. Ahn
Northern Singers of Southern
Jefferson County Chorus
Perry Pyle
Brookville
Market Still On Price Skid
New York reports a subdued session with downward drift in stocks. Narrow price moves and low volume produced no clear trend, though losses led the day and turnover matched a slow Thursday. Rails steels and oils drew most attention as the market repeated yesterday’s tame selling and tepid demand.
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New York
Carnegie Names New President
Dr. D. G. Warner, dean of graduates studies and head of the chemistry department at Carnegie Institute of Technology, was named yesterday president-elect to succeed Dr. Robert E. B. Doherty, who will retire next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Warner
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Robert EB. Doherty
Carnegie
Ministers Seek To Save Berlin Talks From Deadlock
In Paris on June 10 the eastern and western foreign ministers tried to salvage progress on Germanys future. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky accepted a US request to end east west trade talks in Berlin by Monday. If no agreement is reached, the big four ministers will step in. The Berlin talks are hindered by a western backed rail strike and debate over Austrian independence and occupation costs. A four power commission may be formed to continue studying peace prospects if Paris breaks up without accord. Western and Soviet officials still differ on several points surrounding Germany and Austria.
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Paris
Germany
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Share
Austria
Ain
Ion
West
Karl Gruber
Gruber
Dean Acheson
Vishinsky
Osdensiene
Moscow
Dems Sabotaging Their Own Program within Washington
In Los Angeles on June 10, Senator Harry P. Cain charged that the Truman administration is conducting a governmental sitdown strike to sabotage its own legislative program. He warned that a newly elected president with a Democratic Senate and House is failing to translate promises into law and actively preventing passage of administration pledges. Cain mocked Truman’s claim of a people mandate and argued the Democratic leadership is obstructing action on legislation.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Truman
Harry P. Cain
R-Wash
Congress
Senate
House
Mr. Truman
Democrat
Cain
Democratic House
Grand Jury Praises County Officials in Indiana County
Indiana County Grand Jury report lauds sheriff and jail staff, county home and Willard Home superintendents and matrons for their work. Jury foreman Margaret E. Cunningham leads the panel which completed hearings and returned 29 true bills and one non-true bill. Clock tower safety concerns prompt recommended changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Margaret E. Cunningham
Paul W. Jefferies
Jeffres
Charles McMillen
F. R. Rowley
Willard Home
Court House
Conemaugh Dam Work Moves Slow
No hiring for three not four weeks, the contractor's office at the Conemaugh Dam site near Salisbury posted. Work on the Mammoth project has moved slowly with 25 to 30 men on site, several steam shovels, and heavy equipment not yet moved into the dam site area.
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Conemaugh ‘Dam
Salisbury
UMWA Sues Company for Unpaid Royalties in Federal Court
Trustees of the United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund filed three more suits in federal court for unpaid royalties. One suit names Joseph Kt, Philip and Felix Morrone doing business as Morrone Brothers Coal Co Indiana RD3 and seeks payment of 14 725.86.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Joseph Kt
Philip
Felix Morrone
Morrone Brothers Coal Co
Indiana
RD3
Salisburg Lions To Hold Tag Day
Salisburg Lions Club sponsors tag day tomorrow conducted to raise funds for the blind fund. Girl Scouts will sell tags and proceeds will be used locally to provide glasses for children. Tag-day committee members are R. W. Nicholson William Freeman and C. L. Pierce.
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The
Lions Club
Salisburg Tomorow
Club
R. W. Nicholson
William Freeman
C. L. Pierce
Wallace Dismisses Baldwin at Senate Hearing
In a heated session Senator Hastlane dismissed G. B. Baldwin, campaign manager for Henry Wallace, from the witness chair. Baldwin refused to answer if he is or has been a Communist Party member and accused Eastland of fighting against negro rights.
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Washington
Hastlane
D-Miss
G. B. Baldwin
Henry Wallace
Senate
O. B
Baldwin
Communist Party
Eastland
Farm Security Administration
Mastland
Cotton Council
Jlront
Atomic Scientist Recruits Commies
Robert Davis, a wartime employee at a west coast atomic laboratory, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that an atomic scientist recruited him into the Communist Party. Davis, now in New York, says he attended two or three Communist meetings at Berkeley while employed at the Radiation Laboratory, with Lominate also present. Shuffle boards and supplies were used. payment arranged at Uncle Bill's Amusements in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Robert Davis
Communist Party
Giovanni Rossi Lomunitg
Davis
New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Berkley
Lomanite
Uncle Bill's Amusements
Phila
jIndiang
Coal Strike Idles Rails As 5,475 Layoffs Announced
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis orders next week coal strike actions. New York Central Railroad will lay off about 5,475 car and locomotive shop workers Monday night, with further cuts as coal traffic falls nearly 15 percent from last year. Locations include West Albany, Avis, Beech Grove, Collinwood, Jackson, St. Thomas, Urbana, and Elkhart Foundry. The firm cites reduced freight traffic and coal shutdown as reason.
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New York
Pake
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
New York Central Railroad
West Albany
N. Y
East Buffalo
Avis
Beech Grove, Inc
Collinwood
Beech Grove
Jackson, Mich
St. Thomas
Spy Trials Climax As FBI Reports Read Today
FBI reports described as the hottest in Judith Coplon espionage case today read in Washington. Reports highlighted counter espionage at the Russian Embassy, an alleged Communist barber at White Sands, and planned atomic data transfers to the Russian Embassy in Mexico.
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FBI
Judith Coplon
Washington
Miss Coplan
FRL
Russan
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Mexico
Fugitives Recaptured as 13th Escapee Returns to Pen
MOUNDSVILLE W Va June 10 Gerald Noland 19 one of 14 escapees from the State Penitentiary was recaptured at Ravenswood after being taken from a Baltimore and Ohio train. Noland’s return leaves 43 year old Eddie Starcher still at large in the Parkersburg area. A three day manhunt ended with Noland flushed from a hideout near his mother’s home. Police had tracked leads from Pittsburgh to Mt. Washington and Sheraden but found no further escapees. The escape occurred about 2 am last Friday and involved a large turnout of local lawmen. The report also mentions trains en route to Pittsburgh and a man seen on a freight train in blue denim.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Gerald Noland
Yayill
Ravenswood
Wieden
Eddie Starcher
Roane County
Parkersburg
Pittsburgh
McDonald
Mt. Washington
Sheraden
Pitcairn
Miners Enter Pits for Last Full Production Day
Miners across the nation began the last full production day before a weeklong shutdown ordered by United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis. Effects include five days of paid vacation at issue and doubts over whether pits will reopen on schedule amid stalled contract talks and potential reductions in coal rail traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Dune
Dunn L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Vandenberg Presses Caution On Isotopes Exports
Senator Vandenberg demands a strict military check before any atomic materials go abroad even to friendly nations. He cites a recent isotopes shipment to Norway and urges advance Liaison Committee approval of AEC decisions. hearings focus on alleged AEC mismanagement and loyalty questions for unnamed employees.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Atomic Energy Commission
Ta Porter
Atte
Tryat
Army
Navy
Norway
Davidedghilifathér
Atomic Agency
Commission
Lilienthal
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Young motorist held in jail in Indiana County
An 18-year-old Barnesboro motorist Wayne Winters pleaded guilty to auto run driving and was held for court after a hearing before Squire Hiram B. George. Police say his car collided with another on Route 580 near Uniontown causing about 150 dollars in damages with no injuries.
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Barnesboro
Indiana
Wayne Winters
Squire Hiram B. George
Winters
Uniontown
Indiana County
Masonic Lodge Members Gather for Late Brother Amond
Members of Indiana Lodge No 313 and other Masons are requested to meet at lodge rooms at 1 30 p m Saturday to attend services for our late Brother H M Amond. Service at Robinsons.
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Indiana Lodge
Brothey H. M. Amond
Robinson's
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