Krupp Directors Face War Crimes Trial at Nurnberg
Twelve director members of the Krupp munitions combine face war crimes charges in a 50 page indictment. Alfred Krupp von Bohlen and his associates stand accused of Nazi collaboration, arms expansion, and plunder of occupied nations.
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Krupp
Nuernberg
Germany
United States
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Big Bertha
Paris
Telford Taylor
U.S
Alfred Krupp
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Taylor
Gustav
France
Russia
International War Crimes Tribunal
Krupp Works
Hitler
Truman Warns Board Against Ball Interference
The United Mine Workers Journal reports President Truman warned the National Labor Relations Board against interference by the Taft Ball committee led by Joseph Ball. It says Truman would not reappoint officials who yield to Ball and calls the committee a witch hunts outfit. The piece notes nominees Gray Murdock and Denham faced Senate delays and Ball pressed for prior consultation on major moves. Ball seeks to survey labor management relations and monitor the new Taft Hartley law.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Journal
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Congressional Committee On Labor Relations
John L. Lewis
Joseph Ball
R-Minn
NLRB
Joe
J. Copeland Gray
Abe Murdock
Utah
Robert N. Denham
Congress
Senate
The
Mine Workers Journal
Denham
White House
Ball Committee
Ball
Wisconsin Bans Jurisdictional Strikes And Raises Unemployment
Governor Oscar Rennebohm signed bills banning jurisdictional strikes tied to bargaining unit disputes. The measure also raises unemployment payments from 20 to 24 dollars per week for workers earning over 38 dollars and extends eligibility to 24 weeks. It includes a state savings of 6.5 million from postwar reserves and funds housing for veterans, aid to dependent children, and a state interim committee to inspect institutions.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Oscar Rennebohm
Plane crash near Montevideo linked to Paraguay war
A chartered aircraft on a mysterious flight possibly tied to the Paraguayan civil war crashed into the sea off Montevideo late last night. Seven people were reported missing, three rescued by a tug from Montevideo. named Kenneth Dineen, crewman. Alcides Perdomo, a retired Paraguayan army major. and an unidentified Paraguayan were aboard and injured.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Kenneth Dineen
Alcides Perdomo
Buses Collide On Washington Bridge Injuring Twenty
Two inter state buses collided on a narrow Washington bridge over French Creek in Franklin Pennsylvania early today injuring twenty passengers. Four were detained at a hospital. A Harmony Bus Lines Pittsburgh to Buffalo and a Greyhound Buffalo to Pittsburgh were involved on Highway 8 entering the city.
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Franklin
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
N. Y
Harmony Bus Lines
Greyhound
Washington Bridge
French Creek
Pennsylvania
Admiral King Under Observation At Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington reports Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King wartime chief of naval operations is under observation for a blood vessel ailment at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Chamber Proposes Bowl Park Upgrades For Washington Park
The Chamber of Commerce proposes a $14 400 plan to improve the Washington Park bowl with a new 440 yard track football field and bandshell. Costs cover earth moving lighting relocation grading landscaping and a new field arrangement to reduce flooding and provide outdoor stage seating.
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Monberg
Washington Road
Brazil Minister Appeals for Safeguards at Inter-American Conference
Brazil's foreign minister Raul Fernandes urged delegates at the 20 nation inter American conference to create safeguards for individual rights and continental peace. He warned that without a treaty framework others less capable would fill the void and cited urgent UN charter duties for Pan American leadership. Panama's Ricardo Alfaro dismissed recognition of Nicaragua's current government and backed excluding non rightful Nicaraguan leaders from the conference.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Raul Fernandes
Fernandes
San Francisco
United Nations
Pan American Union
Ricardo Alfaro
Panama
Anama
Nicaragua
Mexico
Guatemala
Venezuela
Bolivia
Homing Duck Returns With Coat of Paint
Grand Rapids resident John A White found a note on his doorstep two years after his iron duck disappeared. The duck perched back on the door after a fresh coat of white paint, identified as the homing duck.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John A. White
AFL Threatens New Strike in Shipping
William Rentz Baltimore port agent of the Seafarers International union told 4,000 CIO shipyard workers at a rally that a nationwide shipping strike may be called in the next few days. The union staged the walkout Tuesday night against Isthmian Steamship Co.
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Baltimore
AFL
CIO
William Rentz
Seafarers International Union
Isthmian Steamship Company
Girl, Strange Man, Hand Grenade Puzzle Officers Freeport Ill
A 20 year old girl Audrey Wyman was stopped by Motorcycle Patrolman Carson Ertmer who chased her after she walked with a grenade in her hand. The grenade failed to explode and was dumped into Pecatonica river. Police questioned her story of a stranger giving the weapon. She was held on disorderly conduct and drunkenness charges as officers investigate.
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Freeport
Ill
U.P
Audrey Wyman
Carson Ertmer
Ertmer
Bill Geistman
Geistman
Pecatonica River
Stephenson County
Three Miners Found Alive After Blast Rescue Update
In a dramatic incident three miners survived a blast that trapped 107 workers. Rescue teams report the blast site contained dangerous conditions but the survivors were located and airlifted to safety. Authorities continue to search for missing colleagues.
Three Survivors Plunge Hope After British Coal Explosion
Whitehaven England crowd news reports three men found alive after 57 bodies recovered from the William colliery blast near Solway Firth. Of 107 miners trapped, 47 remain missing as rescue crews push through rubble seeking survivors and victims.
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Whitehaven
Eng
T. E. B. Young
National Coal Board
England
Daniel Hinde
John Birkett
James Welchman
Yong
William
Solway Firth
T. W. Coles
Missing jewels aboard transatlantic clipper mystery
Customs and Pan American Airways investigated the loss of about $1000 in jewels aboard a Lisbon to New York clipper. Mrs. Elsie Shomer reported a jeweled pin and earrings vanished from a jewel case after leaving the Azores. The aircraft landed in Boston and New York with no recovery. The pieces were a wedding anniversary gift from her husband. Mrs Shomer had been visiting her mother in Casablanca.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Lisbon
Elsie Shomer
Azores
Peter van Brussel
Boston
Shomer
New York City
Guerrillas Burn Villages in Northern Greece in 48 Hours
Greek army and allied dispatches report a surge in guerrilla strikes in northern Greece over the last two days. Hundreds of village homes burned and casualties reported on both sides amid intensified fighting.
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Athens
City Worker Axel Mikkelsen Dies After Long Illness
Axel Mikkelsen died at his home on Eleventh Avenue at 2 30 a m after a long illness. He was 58 and had served since 1933 with the city of Kenosha including the waste department where he was superintendent at his death. Born in Aarhus Denmark he came to Racine at 15 and later moved to Kenosha where he worked for Westinghouse Kerr Immel Construction and helped in numerous municipal projects. He married Anita Tommerup in 1910.
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Axel Mikkelsen
Eleventh Avenue
Mikkelsen
Kenosha
Fourteenth Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Alford Park
Simmons Island
Aarhus
Denmark
Anthony Mikkelsen
Racine
Bricklayers’ Union
Local Six
Anita Tommerup
Mr. Mikkelsen
Westinghouse-Kerr Company
Immel Construction Company
Gateway Theaters
Guerrilla Leader Proclaims Greek Republic Claim
An Athens dispatch says General Markos broadcast a claim to establish a Greek republic. Greek government circles have long warned of guerrillas forming a rival Republican government in the mountains, though past reports were unconfirmed.
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London
U.P
Athens
Markos
Hausia
Jury Woman's Slip Is Read As Not Guilty
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin Municipal Judge Hazen W McEssy accepted a jury forewoman’s slip and read not guilty after only 10 minutes deliberation in a drunken driving case. She corrected herself saying the slip bore a guilty verdict. The judge imposed a 75 dollar fine.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Hazen W. McEssy
Kingsley elected president of Kenosha Harbor Group
Ralph S. Kingsley was chosen president of the Kenosha Harbor Group at its first meeting in the city hall council chambers. Other commissioners named are A. H. Kluender George Ahlstrom Herman Freitag Joseph Werner Lloyd Barth and City Engineer Robert Smith. The group approved a lakeshore protection survey to be conducted jointly by the city and federal government. A complete harbor map showing adjacent owners will be prepared by City Engineer Smith before the next meeting. The Chamber of Commerce harbor development committee proposed mooring space launch facilities and lagoon protection with a possible chain link fence along the lagoon west bank.
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Ralph S. Kingsley
Harbor Commission
A. H. Kluender
George Ahlstrom
Herman Freitag
Joseph Werner
Lloyd Barth
Robert Smith
Smith
Chamber of Commerce Harbor Development Committee
Howard Granger
Chamber
Simmons Island
Hong Kong Dock Strike By 10000 Workers Hits Wages
Ten thousand mechanics and skilled dock workers strike demanding that the Chinese Engineers Institute match the minimum daily wage rise already granted by five major docks. The strike sent commodity prices rising.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Engineers Institute
Pedestrian Receives Two Tickets For Traffic Interference
Detroit officer Oscar Day cited Joseph Petty age 63 for interfering with traffic at a busy three street intersection. Petty, who aimed to move away, repeated the incident getting struck after watching the wrong light. He was hospitalized with bruises as two more tickets followed.
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Detroit
Joseph Petty
Petty
Oscar Day
Day
Violinist Hero Charged With Stealing Daughters
Stephen Hero 33, charged with abducting his two daughters from pianist Jose Iturbi. Iturbi alleges Maria Teresa 10 and Maria Antonia 9 were spirited to New York by plane June 10. Hero arrested in Redlands after bail set at 15000. arraignment planned Monday. He claimed motives were unhappiness and fear of violence in the Iturbi home.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
U.P
Stephen Hero
Jose Iturbe
Iturbi
Hero
Maria Teresa
Maria Antonia
New York
Marai
Redlands
Forest Hills
Nehru warns rioters as Dominion of India faces unrest
New Delhi prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru vows the Dominion government will spare no one responsible for communal warfare. He warned Hindu Muslim and Sikh rioters that action will be taken in the two day old administration.
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New Delhi
Pandita Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominion of India
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