Indictments name nine as grand jury discharges
Nine persons are named in six indictments returned by the grand jury before its discharge last Friday. Charges include conspiracy and actual horse race bookmaking with additional details alleging attempted influence over local officials. Only Mrs Bendler and the Zoerners appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. Bond was set at 1000 dollars for Bendler and the Zoerners.
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Evening News
Catherine Bendler
Bristol
Circuit Court
G. Adolph Strangberg
Arthur Zoerner
13Th St
Edwin Wilkie
Zoerners
Grand Jury
Lake Shore
Ollie O'Mara
Ditch Frank “Ditchy” Greco
George Ebner
Kirchner
O'Mara
Hammond
Greco
Ebner
Howard Coates
Milton man gets six year sentence for bank holdup
Albert Small, 30, of Appleton, was sentenced by Federal Judge Robert E. Tehan to six years in prison for his role in the October robbery of the Laona State bank. Small pleaded guilty to the $11,680 holdup and will be sent to the U. S. medical center for federal prisoners at Springfield, Missouri.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Robert E. Tehan
Albert Small
Appleton
Laona State Bank
Small
U. S. Medical Center
Springfield
Proof Of Red Aid Found In Korea Weapon Supply
The United Nations headquarters said Russia and its satellites provide most weapons to Communist forces in Korea. The report notes Soviet prewar weapons remain effective and dominate North Korean materiel, while Chinese forces used a varied mix.
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Tokyo
U.P
Russia
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Inchon
CCF
Strikes Halt N Y Central Rail Service
Strikes by engineers firemen and conductors paralysed most New York Central trains west of Buffalo and disrupted St Louis area rail connections. The army warned action and potential injunction while unions signalled broader walkouts and possible eastward spread.
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New York Central
St. Louis
Army
Central
Buffalo
Karl R. Bendetsen
Firemen's Brotherhood
Nyc
New York State
Cleveland
Roy O. Hughes
James P. Shields
David B. Robertson
Washington
St. Louis Terminal
Real estate man admits brutal beating of Marjorie Page
Stanley Wassil 32 admitted to police that he struck his longtime partner Marjorie Page in an argument in Hollywood. Page died about 12 hours later, authorities said. Wassil had lived with Page since 1945, and the case centers on the fatal assault.
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Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Mack Sennett
Marjorie Page
Stanley Wassil
Schuster
George Monaghan
Marine Worth $1.85 to Reds
A North Korean prisoner claims U S marines are valued at 1.85 dollars with a medal and two weeks leave as bounty. The note says captors of marines would receive 10 000 won and notes Wonsan port being shelled by UN forces.
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U. S
Eastern Front
U.P
Wonsan
United Nations Navy
Nizam brings 15 of his 70-woman harem to New Delhi
The Nizam of Hyderabad plans a three-plane voyage to New Delhi for his first visit outside the state in 17 years. He travels with 15 of his 70-woman harem in the entourage, arriving Wednesday.
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Nizam of
Hyderabad
Dayton pilot lands crippled twin amid TV drama
Carl Leimer 32 circles Dayton airport for four hours with four aboard after a wheel sticks on a Lockheed Lodestar. With 2,000 bystanders and WHIO TV filming, he safely lands the fuel‑starved craft without wheels as officials advise. Co pilot William Tollard and executives from Trailmobile Corp. exit unharmed.
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Leimer
Ruth
Cincinnati
Dayton
Lockheed
CAA
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Here
Supreme Court upholds contempt sentences for lawyers
The Supreme Court in Washington 5 3 upholds contempt rulings against lawyers who defended 11 top Communist leaders at the New York trial. Sentences ranged from one to six months with Justices Frankfurter Black and Douglas dissenting. Batista leads Cuba revolt as Prio Socarras flees.
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Supreme Court Today
New York
Harold R. Medina
Jackson
High Tribunal
Frankfurter
Black
Douglas
Clark
Harry Sacher
Richard Gladstein
San Francisco
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Dennis
George W. Crockett, Jr
Detroit
Abraham J. Isserman
Louis McCabe
Philadelphia
Red
Supreme Court
Medina
New Hampshire Primary Indicates Ike Taft Faceoff
Nationwide interest focused on New Hampshire where voters prepared for the first presidential primary. Eisenhower and Taft led a field with Stassen MacArthur and Schneider also on ballots. Democrats chose between Truman Kefauver. Mixed reports of campaigning and polling suggested a tight GOP race with about equal support for Eisenhower and Taft.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
St. Louis
William R. Schneider
MacArthur
Stassen
Schneider
Truman
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Europe
Taft
Supreme Court rules for deportation of past Communist party members
The court 6 to 2 upholds deportation for aliens who were once members of the Communist party. Justice Douglas writes a dissent while Justice Black concurs. Justice Frankfurter and a majority including Vinson Reed Burton Minton Jackson also weigh in with separate opinions, addressing the 1940 Alien Registration Act provision on expelling such individuals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Jackson
Douglas
Black
Clark
Justice Frankfurter
Vinson
Reed, Burton
Minton
Frankfurter
United States
Rioting in Newclare South Africa Claims One Life
In Newclare Johannesburg area rioting over two days left eleven people dead and nearly 200 injured. Native vigilantes clashed with gangs while thousands of families barricaded themselves in shacks as police Reinforcements arrived the violence resumed. Ba suto women led furious attacks against vigilantes and police during the unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
U.P
Newclare
Wet Weather Clears Soggy Wisconsin Snow
Rain and mild temperatures washed away soggy snow from Saturday in southern Wisconsin. Most of the snow melted by Sunday as temperatures reached the 40s in the south. More rain or snow flurries are possible tonight and Tuesday looks cloudy with little temperature change. Downtown Kenosha logged 37 at noon.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Ex Convict Suspected In Slaying Of Schuster
Police hunted for Frederick J Tenuto, an escaped convict linked to the April 1940 killing of Arnold Schuster, who aided bank robber Willie Sutton. Officers backed a possible avenger theory as Sutton faced trial for a $69 000 bank robbery.
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Arnold
Brooklyn
Arnold Schuster
Willie
Sutton
Schuster
New York
U.2
Willie Sutton
Frederick J
the Angel
Philadelphia
Tenuto
Young Schuster
Long Island
FBI
Batista names cabinet to rule Cuba in provisional move
Gen. Fulgencio Batista announced a 13 man provisional cabinet to govern Cuba after a swift coup. In Paris, France restricted travel by Soviet diplomats and journalists within 15 miles of Paris centers or Eisenhower headquarters.
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U.P
Fulgencio Batista
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Job outlook critical in Iron Mountain area
Governor Williams telegraphed federal defense mobilizer C. E. Wilson that unemployment in the Iron Mountain area will become desperate in three to five weeks unless defense jobs are created there. Earl Maves, former Wisconsin fullback, dies in Eau Claire at Sacred Hospital after two years of illness.
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Mich
Williams
C. E. Wilson
Federal Defense Mobilizer
Iron Mountain
Earl Maves
Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Stanley
University of Wisconsin
Sacred Hospital
Maves
Six Killed In Accidents In Wisconsin This Weekend
Six people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Two train auto crashes near Siren Burnett county left Frank Weiser and Fred Morse dead. Aledo child Audrey Jasper 7 was killed when a mother driven car crashed near Manitowoc. Catherine Schmitting 48 injured fatally near Hilbert while Peter J. Schanock 29 died in a Highway 54 crash near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Siren
Burnett County
Frank Weiser
Soo Line
Fred Morse
Webster
Audrey Jasper
Manitowoc
Joseph Jasper
Catherine Schmitting
Rt. 1
Hilbert
Chilton
Peter J. Schanock
Wisconsin Rapids
Cuban Revolt Surprises U S Officials in Havana
Washington officials said the revolt in Cuba took the state department and the U S embassy in Havana by surprise and there were no advance indications of an attempt to overthrow President Carlos Prio Socarras government.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Carlos Prio Socarras
Batista
Rafael Salas
Prio
U. S. State Department
Seventh Coast Guard District
Washington
State Department
United States
Appleton Straw Vote Favors Taft At Knights Show
About 1,973 voters cast ballots in a presidential straw poll at the Knights of Pythias home show in Appleton. Taft led with 769 votes, ahead of MacArthur 379 Eisenhower 271 Warren 174 Truman 160 Stassen 124 Kefauver 71 and Russell 25 among the 9,500 attendees.
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Appleton
Knights of Pythias
Sen
Taft
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Eisenhower
Gov. Warren
Truman
Stassen
Sen. Kefauver
Russel
Deep Water Atomic Test Could Threaten Warships
A forthcoming Marshall Islands test may probe deep water nuclear blasts to damage ships at sea. After six years of varied experiments, scientists seek data on how underwater detonations affect ships, structures, and crews, using reserve fleet ships for study.
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Washington
Marshall Islands
Navy
Truman to Speak in New York During Florida Vacation
President Truman will interrupt a Florida vacation to fly to Washington for an overnight stay and attend a 1:30 p.m. CST speech in New York City on Saturday. The address at the Waldorf Astoria will be before the 28th annual meeting of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
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Fla
Truman
Washington
New York City
Joseph Short
New York
Florida
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Waldorf-Astoria
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