Hiss Given Five Year Term In Federal Case
Alger Hiss was sentenced by Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard to five years in a federal penitentiary on two perjury counts. Bail set at 10,000 pending appeal. defense filed notice of appeal and motion to continue bail. The jury found Hiss lied about passing state papers to a Soviet spy ring and about meeting Chambers after 1937.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
State Department
Higher Court of Appeal
Goddard
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Standby Draft Extension Plan Reaches Compromise
Washington reports a compromise on extending the draft with a standby power for Truman to order inductions if needed. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told the House Armed Services Committee the plan allows no-induction rules unless emergency presidential power is invoked.
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Washington
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Indian Man Granted More Time for New Trial Plea
Circuit Judge E M Duquaine granted extra time for Sylvester Smith to prepare his plea for a new trial. The 24 year old Indian was convicted Saturday of first degree murder in the shooting of Kenneth Devroy 27 who was trying to sell him a pistol in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Green Bay
Wis
E. M. Duquaine
Sylvester Smith
Kenneth Devroy
January warm spell reaches Kenosha and Milwaukee
The Weather Service reports Kenosha hit 62 degrees for a January record, Milwaukee also at 62, both the warmest Jan 24 since records began. Rain totals rose to 1.10 inches in Kenosha, while Noor measured 40. Snow fell 1 to 4 inches north, with a cold wave forecast to ease.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Noor
Superior
Special Weather Bureau
Green Bay
Russia Tried To Buy Uranium Says Congress Testifies
Court ney E. Owens testified that from early 1943 to April 1944 the Soviet Union pursued 16 tons of uranium compounds eight tons of nitrate and eight tons of oxide. He said Secretary Henry L. Stimson personally denied the last request. Smaller shipments did reach the Russians including 1000 pounds in spring 1943.
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Russia
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Courtney E. Owens
House un-American Activities Committee
Washington
House
American Activities Committee
Owens
Senators Map Fight Against FEPC Measure
A group of southern senators pledged to resist Truman's FEPC bill with a possible filibuster as the Senate may take up a government commission to enforce fair employment practices around March 1. House battles and Roosevelt III leadership claims stir debate among FEPC backers. Russell says 18 southern Democrats joined in vowing to fight the measure.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
FEPC
Roosevelt
Russell
D-Ga
Senators Call For Accounting Of Farm Support Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee demanded a complete financial accounting of four years of government farm price support programs. By voice vote it ordered Comptroller General and Secretary of Agriculture witnesses to appear promptly to testify on Commodity Credit Corporation operations.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cold wave grips northern plains with blizzards and floods
Subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions grip North Dakota and neighboring states with roads largely closed and hundreds stranded. Meanwhile central and eastern regions see mixed warmth and storm hazards as a fast-moving system dumps snow in Salt Lake City and shifts into the Appalachians.
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Plains
Central States
New England
Florida
Lower
Midwest
North Dakota
Nebraska
Omaha
Iowa
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Prospect
89 000 at Chrysler strike halts production nationwide
Detroit reports 89 000 CIO UAW members walk out at Chrysler after 24 hours of talks stall over pensions and welfare. Pickets form, production of 6 000 cars a day paused, with union demanding a funded pension and 10 cent welfare, company offering current assets retirement plan.
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Chrysler
Detroit
U.P
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Motor City
Reuther
New 5-Cent Minimum Wage Law in Effect
Washington announces a new 75 cent hourly minimum under the wage hour act, with boosts of 5 to 15 cents for about 1.5 million workers and a $300 million annual cost to employers. The measure expands coverage while excluding government, agricultural, domestic, seafaring, fishing, and many retail workers, and tightens child labor rules.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
CIO
Tobin
Senate Group Would Admit 320000 DPs
Senate judiciary committee approved a bill to admit 320000 displaced persons plus 5000 orphans and 5000 adopted children into the United States by June 30, 1951. The measure, with amendments, would also raise the DP camp entry date to January 1, 1949 and specify visas for Greeks, Poles, and Shanghai refugees while excluding Communists and war opponents. President Truman had urged liberalization of the DP law.
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Washington
America
Senate
Judiciary Committee
United States
House
McCarran
D-New
U. S
Shanghai
Truman
Directors Named For West School
A five member board to run Camp Lake institution for sub normal children is announced by attorney Harry Carlson Miss West. The board includes Armbrust Grieber Joseph Milton Ronald Smith Carlson and will meet Jan 30 at Camp Lake to pursue welfare department license. If license is obtained in 30 days, fines stay. court costs payable.
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Camp Lake
Edina West
Harry Carlson
Miss West
Nolo Cortendere
Edward J. Ruetz
State Department of Public Welfare
John Armbrust
Michael Grieber
Joseph Milton
Ronald Smith
Elgin
Ill
Carlson
Welfare Department
Ruetz
Patrolman Nabs Truck in Chase
Forrest Manuel Everett, 36, Pad docks Lake, pleaded innocent in county court today to stealing a truck owned by Gaspar Turk. Patrolman Lester Irving halted the chase after speeds reached 45 mph ending at 60th St and 12th Ave. Everett claimed a man ordered him to drive the vehicle. a preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 4.
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Forrest Manuel Everett
Paddocks Lake
Lester Irving
Everett
Gaspar Turk
45Th St
Turk
Zip Tavern
14Th Ave
Irving
18Th Ave
63Rd St
63Rd
61St Sts
60Th St
12Th Ave
Arthur J. Riley
Lt. Riley
Jury Completes Coplon Case Alternate Jurors Named
In New York two women and a man were selected as alternate jurors in the spy case of Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev. The trial paused as the government prepares its outline and defense plans their opening remarks.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Gubitchev
United Nations
U. S
Soviet Union
Truman May Act in Coal Dispute Before Weekend
A high government official said President Truman would step into the soft coal dispute before the weekend if John L. Lewis does not win back 80,000 striking miners quickly. A meeting was reported to be called by Lewis for United Mine Workers districts about 79,000 miners on strike, though confirmation from union HQ was lacking.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Boyd
White House
Aiken
R.-Vt
John L. Lewis
Mines Bureau
Lewis
Senate
Weckler
Reuther
Michigan
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
California
Kansas
United Mine Workers Districts
Milwaukee Grand Jury Investigates City Rumors
Milwaukee Municipal Judge Herbert Steffes approved a DA request for a grand jury probe into certain rumors of dishonesty in city government. The move follows a district attorney push to uncover alleged misconduct in Milwaukee politics.
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Milwaukee
Herbert Steffes
William McCauley
Trial of Mary Boyd Transferred to Different Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court moved the first degree murder trial of Mary Boyd to another circuit. The decision came over Circuit Judge Michael G. Eberlein’s objections due to Eberlein being a second cousin of Emil Schenk, the man Boyd is charged with hatcheting to death on July 27.
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Madison
Wis
State Supreme Court
Mary Boyd
Michael G. Eberlein
Eberlein
Emil Schenk
Miss Boyd
Airliner belly lands at Midway after wheel failure
An unscheduled Arrow Lines flight with 26 aboard made a belly landing at Chicago Midway after its wheel mechanism failed. The craft skidded about 1000 feet on muddy ground, injuring none of the 23 passengers and crew of three. Damage is put at $2000, mostly to the wings. the plane was en route from New York to California.
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Chicago
U.P
Midway Airport
Arrow Lines
New York City
California
State Phone Workers Plan New Wage Talks
Milwaukee division 23 of the Communications Workers of America says it will begin wage negotiations on February 7 with the Wisconsin Telephone Company. The unit, representing about 8,000 workers statewide, served notice of reopening the contract earlier this month and has not disclosed wage demands.
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Milwaukee
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Vast Iron Ore Discovery Promises Venezuelan Supply
U S Steel vice president John G. Munson told a senate committee that Cerro Bolivar in Venezuela may rival the Hull Rust mine in output. He noted iron content exceeding 60 percent in places and warned Lake Superior reserves may not meet future U S steel demand.
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E. J. Hanley
Allegheny Ludlum Seel Corp
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
Washington
Venzuela
Mesabi Range
Minnesota
Cerro Bolivar
Senate-House
John G. Munson
United States Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Munson
Lake Superior
Venezuela
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Ford
Herman L. Weckler
Senate Group
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Mercy
Mary Paight
Bridgeport
Conn
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Carl W. Paight
Stanford
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