Ex-bookie Harry Gross to testify at police hearing
New York ex-bookie Harry Gross, serving 12 years for bookmaking and conspiracy, has agreed to testify at a police department hearing on 18 officers linked to his $20 million gambling empire. The officers face departmental action for alleged protection of Gross's operation, though a judge warned Gross must prove his entire story in court.
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New York
Harry Gross
George P. Monaghan
Gross
Bling Ring
Monaghan
Kings County Court
Rikers Island
Tombs
District Attorney's Office
Kings County
Samuel Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Moscow Rages at Katyn Investigation
Radio Moscow accused members of the U S congressional committee of bias in the Katyn inquiry. Rep. Machrowicz and Rep. O Konoski were named in alleged plots to seize Polish lands and Nazi links cited. Adenauer was claimed to be involved while witnesses wore Nazi uniforms.
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Germany
Moscow
U. S
Congressional Committee
Machrowicz
D-Mich
Adolf Hitler
Alvin O’konski
R-Wis
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
O’konski
Ep. Machrowicz
Frosty Start as Sun Boosts Wisconsin Temperatures
Scattered frost in southern Wisconsin gave way to a clear sky and rapid warming across the state. Grantsburg logged 27 degrees, Cadillac Michigan hit 22, while the day featured highs mainly in the 60s with 70 at Superior and 58 in downtown Kenosha.
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Grantsburg
Cadillac
Mich
Lake Michigan
Superior
Kenosha
Power Of President At Hearing In Steel Seizure Case
The government’s chief lawyer argued the president is answerable only to the country and not to the constitution, claiming executive power is unlimited. Judge Pine questioned the claim as Baldridge said the constitution limits only the legislative and judicial branches. The steel industry seeks a court order against Truman’s April 8 seizure, naming Secretary Sawyer as defendant.
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Asst. Atty
Holmes Baldridge
David A. Pine
Baldridge
Pine
U. S
Truman
Steel Industry
Charles Sawyer
Four Dead in Menton Landslide Crushes Homes
A rain started landslide in Menton on the French Riviera left four people dead and four missing believed killed, with 13 others injured as twenty houses were toppled or crushed. French authorities brace for further slides as search and rescue continues.
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Menton
France
French Riviera
Det Knox Resigns from Police Force Amid Commission Clash
Detective Melvin Knox resigned from the police force after a 10 day suspension would have ended Sunday. He cited a hostile climate with certain commission members pursuing “any little infraction” to oust officers. Det. Sgt. Franklin Hill was also suspended by Chief Stanley G. Haukedahl.
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Knox
Stanley G. Haukedahl
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Sgt
Franklin Hill
Haukedahl
Mississippi Flood Wrecks Dikes Spreads Through Clinton Fulton
The mighty Mississippi surged south through Iowa and Illinois flooding Clinton streets after a Fulton dike failure. Dubuque and Davenport faced rising water as towns evacuated, sandbagged, and pumps battled to protect basements and plants. Governors and guardsmen coordinated flood relief efforts along the river valley.
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Illinois
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U.P
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Robert Lockhart
Sabula
Roger Harrison
Clinton National Guard
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Fred C. Tandy
Davenport
Front St
Second St
Garden
Blackhawk Creek
Iowa National Guardsmen
Drury
Muscatine
Oakville
Burlington
National Guard
Probe Nunan's Part in Cases
House investigators searched tax files for cases where former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr may have shown a personal interest. He reportedly received 25000 for two telephone calls about Brown & Bigelow Co. after resigning in 1947, and had previously signed an order approving a tax aspect of its stock reorganization. The subcommittee expanded questioning and review for other possible cases.
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U.P
House
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Ways and Means
Nunan
Revenue Bureau
Brown & Bigelow Co
St. Paul
Grown & Bigelow
Officials Tighten Control at Prison in Jackson
Riot at Southern Michigan prison ended after 170 inmates seized control of a cell block and fired on guards. One inmate and 11 others injured, four officers hurt, with about two million dollars in damage. Mutineers surrendered after a 47 minute truce and promises of reforms. Authorities vow full prosecutions for crimes.
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Southern Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Mess Hall
Jackson, Mich
Southern
Michigan
Millard
Lansing
Williams
Vernon Fox
Fox
Block 15
Waukegan Expose Reveals Horse Parlors in City
A Waukegan radio expose shows two open gambling handbooks at 118 Washington St and 123 Washington St with patrons betting on races from Sportsman's Park to Keeneland. Police delays, detective requests, and a raid at one location follow, with two Kenosha gamblers named in connection to the 123 Club.
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Sportsman's Park
Jamaica
Bowie
Laurel
Keeneland
Walgreen
Stanley Butkus
Washington St
Butkus
123 Club
Kenosha
Thirty Sailors Die in Blast Aboard USS St Paul
Thirty American seamen were killed in an explosion in an 8 inch forward turret of the cruiser St Paul off Korea. The navy called it the worst naval disaster of the Korean war and said a gunpowder fire of undetermined origin caused the blast. The ship continued firing at Communist positions and remained in Korean waters. All victims died from asphyxiation due to burning gases.
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St. Paul
Korea
Navy
Tokyo purge frees 67 officials including 5 wartime ministers
The Japanese government depurged 67 persons today, among them five wartime cabinet ministers, making them eligible for public posts again. The move clears past disqualifications and restores political rights for those listed.
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Tokyo
Truman Seeks Restored Flood Control Funds
President Truman urged the Senate to restore a 29 percent cut in his flood control and river harbor budget, calling the House move false economy after floods on the Missouri and Upper Mississippi rivers and the Red River of the North. Governor Williams reprimands Vernon Fox for praising a prison riot.
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Truman
Senate
House
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Mississippi River
Red River
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