Collusion Charged in Freight Car Building
Attorney General Tom C. Clark said the FBI found bid collusion and price and order allocation in the railway freight car building industry. He asked a federal grand jury to investigate restraints of trade as shortages loom. four firms reportedly control about 80 percent of business. Subpoenas will force trade associations to produce records.
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Washington
U.P
Tom C. Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Clark
District of Columbia
Wendell Berge
FBI
John F. Sonnett
Anti-Trust Division
Sonnett
Urges Speed to Ratify Treaties
Senator Van denberg urged immediate Senate ratification of peace treaties with Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania to avoid delaying Germany and Austria agreements. He warned that delay risks Soviet cooperation and central Europe stability as Hungary's fall to communism raises troops’ withdrawal concerns.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Today
United States
Germany
Europe
Senate
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Truman's Mother Resting Well Says White House Doctor
Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham reported that President Truman's ill mother Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, was resting well and in good condition. He noted she sat up in a chair for about an hour yesterday at Grandview Hospital.
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Wallace Graham
White House
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Council Moves To Meet Shore Problems Here
Members of the Kenosha common council met in city hall and backed a move toward a definite shore line protection program. Councilman Lourigan urged action on a chamber of commerce notice, citing a harbor survey estimating 950000 dollars needed to curb erosion. The plan includes seeking federal aid via Congressman Lawrence Smith while probing other funding sources.
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Kenosha
Howard Coates
A. E. Axtell
Lawrence Smith
Committee Orders Training Hearings
The House Armed Services Committee ordered public hearings on universal training after Karl T. Compton called the international situation too serious to delay. Compton, head of Truman’s advisory commission, telegraphed that intrigue backed with force may still be used for national aggrandizement.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Karl T. Compton
Compton
Truman
India poised for dominion status this year
London announced a British plan to transfer power in India this year on a dominion basis with one or two self governing states. Attlee narrated in parliament and a white paper outlined timing for July 1948 withdrawal and possible Pakistan Hindustan partition. Unrest included an attack near Amritsar with three dead and seven wounded. Churchill backed temporary dominion status but warned of bloodshed and cautioned on partition. Gallacher opposed the plan, criticizing Churchill's stance. Mountbatten and Indian leaders signaled cautious optimism.
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London
India
Atlee
House of Commons
British Commonwealth of Nations
New Delhi
Amritsar
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Pakistan
Hindustan
Churchill
Partition
Willie Gallacher
Woman Found in Oil Barrel in Secluded Ravine
Philadelphia police investigate after a blonde woman’s body is found wrapped in a May 7 newspaper and padded with sawdust inside a 50 gallon barrel in a ravine. Deputy Coroner Matthew A. Roth orders autopsy to determine death cause.
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Philadelphia
Matthew A. Roth
Evidence Found Of Forgeries In Steel Orders
A Senate small business subcommittee reports evidence of forged Bethlehem Steel orders and stolen letterheads from the Philadelphia district office. The panel says brokers seek deposits on forged commitments and warns businessmen to contact Bethlehem Steel directly. Joseph L. Block of Inland Steel testifies about gray market steel sales and prices up to three times mill value.
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Senate
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel
Joseph L. Block
Inland Steel Company
Chicago
Block
Inland
Inland Steel
British industrialist Sir Charles Allom dies at 81
Sir Charles Carrick Allom founder of Gosport Aircraft died at Potters Bar Middlesex aged 81. A prominent yachtsman he once threatened to thrash Herbert Morrison after a 1940 Commons debate in which Morrison charged commissions on war contracts.
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London
Charles Carrick Allom
Gosport Aircraft Company
Potters Bar
Middlesex
Allom
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Fish Beat Fishermen In Court Of Public Opinion
Fred Maly of Better Fishing Incorporated argues fish are smarter than fishermen and cites bass reproduction to claim lakes stay full. He says Americans nationwide can find a fishing paradise locally and downplays expert status of hobby anglers.
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Chicago
U.P
Better Fishing, Incorporated
Incorporated
Fred Maly
B.F.I
Texas
Minnesota
Illinois
Canada
Michigan
Chambers of Commerce
Mr. Mary
United States
Mary
Mr. Maly
Senate votes ban on fireworks sales and use?
The article details a Washington session where a Republican bill to cut personal income tax by 10.35 to 30 percent is approved by the Senate in conference version, sent to President Truman who is expected to veto, with House approval pending enrollment and signatures by Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. Rent control talks follow, Buck opposes local option provisions, and House-Senate conferees plan a quick settlement on rent controls set to expire June 20.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
White House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Sen. C. Douglas Buck
Del
Buck
Thomson
Joint Finance Committee
Assembly
Rennebohm
Runden
Union Grove
Tavern Keeper Arraigned Here On Liquor Charges
Joseph Zalubowski operator of a tavern at 1618 Sixty third street was arraigned in county court on two counts of serving liquor to minors and posted 500 dollars bond after entering a not guilty plea. Preliminary hearing set for June 11. Police said the case stems from the arrest of two Great Lakes Naval station sailors for intoxication after they were served at the tavern.
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Sixty-third Street
Zalubowski
Frank Brus
King Dowell
Great Lakes Naval Station
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
Kenoshans
Frank J. Ruffalo
Roberts Cocktail Lounge
Sixth Avenue
Edward J. Ruetz
Joe Burg
Fifty-seventh Street
Navy Club
Ruetz
Urban J. Zievers
UAW Strike Vote Underway Among Ford Members
The CIO United Auto Workers announced a strike vote among about 130000 Ford members in nearly 40 plants. The union seeks a 231 cent per hour wage increase and an old age retirement plan while Ford offers the equivalent of a 15 cent raise.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Forty-Five to Graduate From Wilmot High School
Commencement events at Wilmot High School proceed from a class picnic at Fox River Park to Class Day at 8 15 p m and the graduation program at 8 15 p m Thursday. Professor A T Weaver of the University of Wisconsin will deliver the commencement address on Dont Die on Third as Principal Marlin Schnurr presents diplomas to 45 graduating seniors.
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Wilmot High School
Fox River Park
A. T. Weaver
University of Wisconsin
Marlin Schnurr
Veterans to Aid City Housing Survey in Kenosha Meeting
Veterans groups will assist Kenosha housing survey led by Matt Taylor with 400 volunteers canvassing all eligible areas except zones restricting multiple dwellings. Representatives named from American Veterans Committee Marine Corps League and VFW Post 2751 to attend a city hall session.
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Taylor
A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
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Axtell
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Dilday
Chamber
Carl Chiapetta
The
American Veterans Committee
Joseph Martin
John Tenuta
Gene Tenuta
Clarence S. Allen
Lawrence Schonbachler
Marine Corps League
Paul Hauser
Robert C. Krah
Frank I. Chartier
M. Emory Uelmen
VFW
George B. Murray
Gust A. Kropp
Train's Destination Isn't Important To This Woman
A Nebraska telephone chat captures a woman explaining she is leaving her husband and that destination and timing are irrelevant. The exchange notes ticket agents hear many questions about trains but she only seeks departure.
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Lincoln, Neb
U.P
Infant Boy Killed As Train Hits Car
Infant Karl Reuling Jr. was killed when a North Western train struck the Reuling car at a street crossing in Eau Claire Wisconsin. The parents Karl Reuling Sr and his wife and their four year old daughter Karen were seriously injured and hospitalized with pelvic and chest injuries and severe lacerations.
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Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Karl Reuling
North Western
Karen
Sacred Heart Hospital
Reuling
Vet Overcomes Handicap Meets His Girl On Pier
Jacqueline Catherine, 23, searches the ship Marine Flasher pier for Leon Gagne a French Canadian World War II veteran who lost his legs. He now walks on artificial limbs and works as a jewelry craftsman in Capuscins Quebec. They met when she gave him bread after his unit ran low. They plan to marry in his hometown.
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New York
Jacqueline Catherine
Marine Flasher
Leon Gagne
Capuscins
Quebec
Jacqueline
Leon
Mar
Wisconsin to ban sale of fireworks after 1948
The Wisconsin Assembly concurred with a Senate plan to prohibit sale and possession of fireworks after January 1, 1948, allowing only authorized civic displays. Penalties include fines from 25 to 500 dollars or imprisonment up to six months. The bill moves to Governor Rennebohm for signature.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Follawsbee
Milwaukee
Rennebohm
Drowned Student Among St John Nepomec Graduates
In Racine Wisconsin Leroy J Wieczorek aged 14 died while rescuing a companion during a St Johns Nepomec eighth grade picnic at Brown s Lake near Burlington. Three other 14 year olds Patsy O Neil William Shulak and Mary Ann Kiernan were in a boat when O Neil dropped an oar and Shulak jumped in. Wieczorek dived in and drowned. Rescue crews recovered his body after an extensive search. Shulak survived.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
St. John’s Nepomec School
Leroy J. Wieczorek
Brown's Lake
Burlington
Patsy O'Neil
William Shulak
Franksville
Mary Ann Kiernan
Patsy
Shulak
Wieczorek
Coast Guard
Soft Coal Talks Ended In Brief Conference
Southern soft coal operators and John L. Lewis United Mine Workers conferred for two hours today on a new contract and recessed until tomorrow. Conference Chairman Laurence E. Tirney Jr announced a producers news conference would be held later in the afternoon.
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Washington
Southern Soft Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Laurence E. Tirney, Jr
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