Trial Opens for 12 Communist Leaders in U S Case
Defense lawyers denounce an armed camp atmosphere as Judge Medina begins the long anticipated trial of 12 national board members charged with conspiring to overthrow the government. Police bar crowds outside Foley Square as 75 reporters cover proceedings. Foster not at trial.
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New York
U. S
Harold R. Medina
Communist National Board
Foley Square
Tass
Foster
U. S. Atty
John F. X. McGahey
William Z. Foster
Medina
Harry Sacher
Sacher
Trial opens as Foster case stalls defense motion
The court heard motions to sever William Z. Foster from the Communist case due to illness, while defense lawyers attacked the police presence and a packed courtroom observed the arraignment of 12 indicted defendants. Separately, police reported ten injured in thirteen local traffic accidents over the weekend with multiple collisions on Highway 41 and surrounding roads.
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Medina
Sacher
Foster
Dennis
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
New York City
Jacob Stachel
John B. Williamson
Robert G. Thompson
New York State
Henry Winston
Gilbert Green
Illinois
Irving Potash
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
CIO
Carl Winter
Michigan
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gus Hall
Ohio State
Highway 41
Highway 43
Melvin T. Sluder
Great Lakes
Ill
Harold Bastrup
Joseph Farrar
Sluder
Marion F. Sluder
Niles H. Stage
Frank Bronza
Doyle E. Huff
St. Catherine’s Hospital
No Fair Trial Court Ruling on Klapprott Citizenship
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision written by Justice Black, set aside a lower court ruling canceling Au gust Klapprott’s American citizenship. The court criticized prolonged imprisonment as wrongful and ordered a new hearing on whether his citizenship should be revoked, with Justice Reed dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
August Klapprott
Bund
Justice Black
Klapprott
Reed
Justice Reed
United States
High Tribunal
American Consul Reports Safe Americans in Tientsin
The American consul general at Tientsin says Communist occupation forces are behaving "seems to be correct" and none of the 83 Americans remaining in the city has been harmed, a State Department spokesman announced today.
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Washington
WU P
Tientsin
State Department
Police Chief Enters Office Through Window
Acting Chief William Blaylock gained entry to his second floor office after losing his key. Fire Department crew assisted by setting up a ladder and guiding him inside. Local incident noted at the Waukegan police station neighborhood.
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Waukegan
Ill
William Blaylock
Blaylock
U S Court overturns Wisconsin ruling on union election
The U S Supreme Court unanimously held the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board lacked authority to hold a La Crosse Telephone plant and traffic division bargaining election. The decision reinforces National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over interstate commerce and voids the state board designation of the Telephone Guild of Wisconsin. AFL Local B-953 had previously bargained with the firm.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
LaCrosse Telephone Corporation
Douglas
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Wisconsin Board
Telephone Guild of
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Telephone Guild
AFL International
AFL
AFL Union and the Corporation Contended the State Board
State Board
Youth Wounded by Accidental Shot Near Somers
Neal Kunke, 19, of Rt 4 Box 459, was shot in the head while crow hunting in Somers township. He is listed in fairly good condition at Kenosha hospital. Victim was struck by a .22 rifle fired accidentally by Kenneth Belongia, 16, while the youths, with Louis Polzin, 18, Sturtevant, halted at a vacant E. S. Bishop farm house.
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Neal Kunke
Somers
Kenosha Hospital
Billups Browne
James Marshall
Kunke
Louis L. Polzin
Sturtevant
Kenneth Belongia
E. S. Bishop Farm
H. Kunke
Belangia
75th Anniversary Planned for St Marys Lutheran Church
St Marys Lutheran in Kenosha marks 75 years with a four day Jubilee starting Thursday. Pastors Andersen Dixon and Peterson will deliver sermons and a cantata titled A Song of Thanksgiving will close the event. The history notes Danish roots dating to 1871 with a church founded in 1874 and later buildings and a parsonage added.
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St. Mary's Lutheran Church
Imursaay
L M. Andersen
St. Mary’s Church
M. C. Dixon
James C. Peterson
M.C Dixon
Maunder
Kenosha Church
Adam Dan
Dan
Kenosha
St. Mary’s Lutheran Church
Old Congregational Church
Park St
Ashland Ave
Grand Ave
Congress St
China Faces Hopeless Battle to Defend Nanking
China massed about 150000 troops along a 300 mile front to defend Nanking as Communist forces with more than 300000 troops move north of the Hwai river toward the Yangtze valley. Nationalist positions weaken with Pengpu evacuated and rail sections raided. appeals for peace grow amid ceasefire talks with the Reds in north China.
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Nanking
Hwai River
Yangtze River
Pengpu
Chuhsien
North China
Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Kuomintang
Central Political Council
Sixth Army Group
Hwai
20 US Soldiers Victims of B 29 Wreck in Scotland
A wartime casualty report notes twenty U S soldiers died in a B 29 crash in Scotland as heavy winter storms lash the western United States. Bitter cold worsens travel, power, and agricultural disruptions from California to the Pacific Northwest, with storms causing road closures, stalled motorists, and stranded travelers.
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Rockies
Southwest
California
Pacific Northwest
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Upper Plains
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Fraser
Colo
Big Piney
Wyo
Grand Forks
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winslow
Flagstaff
Lordsburg
Southern Pacific
Here
Rent Extension Action Likely After White House Meeting
Vice President elect Barkley said Congress will act soon to extend rent and export controls, with the present rent law expiring March 31. Democrats map early actions including a pay raise for the president and Senate approval of Dean Acheson as secretary of state. House Democrats also reshuffle committees, removing two southern Democrats from the un American activities committee and replacing them with four new members.
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Barkley
White House
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Senate
House
Truman
Dean Acheson
Organization of Congress
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un-American Activities Committee
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Lucas
Illinois
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Phoenix Horseshoe Company
Joliet
Ill
Mr. Truman
Rankin
D-Miss
Hebert
D-La
Walter
D-Pa
McSweeney
Ohio
Harrison
D-Va
Moulder
D-Mo
Cleveland Bite-and-Run Traffic Mishap
A Cleveland incident reports the first bite-and-run traffic accident. Mrs. Fatty suffered a finger bite during an argument after a collision and was treated at Glenville hospital. the other driver fled.
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Cleveland
U.P
George Fatty
State Temperature In Drastic Slump
A freezing drizzle mixed with light snow slowed traffic on southern Wisconsin roads. Temperature plunged from unusually high Saturday night readings, with Milwaukee at 54 for Jan 15 then down to 6 at Superior 10 at Land O Lakes and La Crosse and 21 at Milwaukee last night.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Superior
Land O'Lakes
LaCrosse
President Truman Granted Major Pay Increase by Congress
Congress approved raising the president’s salary from 75000 to 100000 dollars and increasing the tax free expense allowance from 30000 to 90000 dollars. The action passed by voice vote and awaits only Truman’s signature. A separate vote exempted inaugural parade and ball tickets from federal admission tax amid partisan debate.
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Congress
President Truman
Mr. Truman
House
Congressional
Rep
Jacobs
Indiana
Milwaukee youth finds new teeth grown in
Herbert Enoch 27 of Milwaukee woke to a startling change as two brand new teeth emerged overnight while his existing ivory choppers were loosened. The odd dental event drew local curiosity this weekend.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Herbert Enoch
Welfare Plan Would Require Pay Tax Hike
Washington reports the administration plans nearly 8 billion dollars in payroll taxes next year to fund expanded social security including government paid doctor bills. A six percent tax on workers up to 4800 and similar from employers is proposed, with higher rates later for health insurance. Benefits would rise and extend to 50 million workers plus families, with liberalized unemployment compensation.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Plane Wreck Kills Twenty U S Servicemen in Scotland
A U S air force B 29 crashed in dense fog on Succoth Glen western Scotland killing all twenty crew members. Rescue teams recovered seven bodies with others still in wreckage as authorities identify victims after next of kin notice. The bomber, en route to Iceland and then the United States, was flying with a sister plane when the accident occurred.
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U.P
U. S
Scotland
U. S. Air Force
Argyllshire
Succoth Glen
Lochgoilhead
London
United States
Iceland
Scampton
Air Force
Truman Seeks Permanent Government Reorganization
President Truman asked Congress for permanent authority to reorganize the federal government. He urged a comprehensive plan with no exemptions, proposing that plans become effective in 60 days unless both chambers veto. The Hoover Commission’s work would be subject to congressional review.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Executive Branch
Hoover Commission
Hoover
Senate
House
Stassen Wins International Benjamin Franklin Medal for 1948
Harold E. Stassen who led the University of Pennsylvania and formerly Minnesota governor receives the International Benjamin Franklin Society gold medal for distinguished Americanism. George L. Bliss, society president, announced the award today.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
International Benjamin Franklin Society
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Set to Marry After Divorce
The romance between Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan grows closer as they announce plans to wed once Aly yet free from his British wife Joan Yarde-Buller. Aly confirms divorce proceedings are underway with papers signed in Paris, while Hayworth says she has waited for him to be free to marry. The couple arrived at Aly Khan's Riviera villa after a skiing holiday in Gstaad, with no date set for the marriage.
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U.P
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Aly
Aga Khan
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Whue
Aly
Chateau de L’horizon
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Buller
Paris
Gstaad
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France
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