Georgia targets Columbians over Nazi style plot
Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook announced evidence placing Columbians leaders Homer Loomis Emory Burke and Ira Jett at the center of a conspiracy to seize power by force and to bomb and intimidate. Two Atlanta witnesses Lanier Waller and an associate described dynamite plots and plans to burn or bomb Negro homes as part of their bid for a Nazi like government in the United States.
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Atlanta
Eugene Cook
Georgia
United States
Ellis Arnall
Cook
Homer L. Loomis
Emory Burke
Ira Jett
Temurn
Ashby Street
Fulton County
Loomis and Burke
Lanier Waller
Waller
Columbians
Secretsy Loomis
Childers
New York
James H. Sheldon
Anti- Nazi League
Sheldon
Genere
E. E. Andrews
M. A. Hornsby
E. J. Hildebrend
Dan TB
Revoke State Klan Charter by Wisconsin Judge
Madison Dane county circuit court judge Herman W. Sachtsen revoked the 1925 charter of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Wisconsin after finding the group formed for un-American, racist, and potentially violent aims. The attorney general sought to dissolve corporate rights and papers. no Klan representatives appeared.
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Madison
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of
Wisconsin
Herman W. Sachtsen
Dane County
United States of America
Attorney General's Office
Klan
Ruler of the Elks
W. E. Torkelson
Sachtsen
Special election eyed for District 2 vacancy
Francis Lamb executive counsel said Tuesday a special election to fill the District 2 vacancy caused by the death of Rep. Robert K. Henry will likely be held on April 1 or April 22.
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Madison
Robert K. Henry
Jefferson
Francis Lamb
Weather Outlook With Patchy Clouds Tonight
Partly cloudy and slightly cold tonight with a low near 28 in the city and 25 in rural areas. Wednesday looks generally fair and warmer with a high around 48.
Packard Case May Hint UMW Ruling
Washington describes a looming Supreme Court decision in the Packard case that could influence union representation for foremen. The dispute centers on 136 foremen seeking United Mine Workers representation at four Jones and Laughlin Steel mines in Pennsylvania, a matter that stalled a new contract between John L. Lewis and mine operators and may now go to the high court.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Company
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
Coal Output Reaches 65 Percent of Normal After Strike End
Soft coal production climbs to 65 percent of normal as AFL miners return to work. First post strike deliveries expected Wednesday, with plants and steel mills aimed at restoring full operation soon.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Solid Fuels Administration
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chicago
Powhatan Mine Idle as 700 Miners Protest Fines
BELLAIRE Ohio large Powhatan coal mine idled as 700 miners quit over $1 daily fines for a recent strike. Fines average $7 per man and are to be deducted from pay. Adolph Pacifico of United Mine Workers urged return and to vote on resuming work.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Powhatan
The
Picketing of Negro Homes in Chicago Causes Arrests
Five men were arrested after a truck was stoned at the Veterans Housing Project as crowds protested admission of Negro families. Police escorted the truck. 250 residents staged pickets. Mayor Kelly pledged police presence to defend Negro housing rights. arrests were released on $25 bonds.
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Chicago
Airport Veterans Housing Project
Army Plane Crashes After Takeoff From Itami Airfield
An army C-46 transport plane crashed two minutes after takeoff from Itami airfield Osaka on Tuesday. All aboard except one person were killed, the Fifth Air Force headquarters reported. The total number of passengers and crew could not be confirmed.
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Tokyo
Itami
Osaka
Fifth Airforce Headquarters
Truman Maps Labor Law Reforms for Congress Action
President Truman assigns Clark Clifford to draft labor law revisions to define labor responsibility to the people and government. The effort, part of his state of the union push to the Republican Congress, seeks nonpunitive measures and a broad survey of federal, industry, and labor input. Clifford, 39, also leads administration study across agencies ahead of January 6 recommendations.
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Washington
Truman
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
White House
St. Louis
John L. Lewis
Congress
Samuel S. Rosenman
United Nations Seen Backing Home Troop Count Debate
Unofficial delegate survey suggests UN assembly will approve including home troops in a global census despite Russian opposition. Britain likely to lose bid for an inspection board to verify nation figures. Greece accuses Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria of aiding guerrilla activity. US abstains on Belgian recall resolution.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
Great Britain
U. N
Russia
United Nations
Spain
United States
Security Council
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
An. 1
Soviet Union
New Sugar Stamp Set for 1947 Ration
OPA announced a five pound sugar consumer stamp valid January 1 to April 30 1947 with a second 1947 stamp likely before expiry increasing the monthly ration. Industrial sugar allotments for 1947 first quarter stay unchanged. 10 percent increase possible for industrial users from 1941 levels next year. Applications for industrial allotments begin tomorrow.
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Washington
OPA
Anderson
Cite Former Goodland Aide For Tax Dodging
U S District Atty Timothy T Cronin announced a criminal information against Willis E Donley Menomonie attorney and former executive counsel to Gov Goodland for failing to file a 1943 income tax return Donley faced arraignment next Monday Judge F Ryan Duffy set the hearing The 1943 gross income was $14330 with components including 8856 professional income 1965 rental income and 3507 salary and 4510 other taxes penalties not specified remain possible sanctions
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Milwaukee
U. S. Dist. Atty
Timothy T. Cronin
Willis E. Donley
Menomonie
Gov. Goodland
Cronin
Donley
U. S
F. Ryan Duffy
Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue
Four firms and officers plead innocent in graft case
Four nation ally-known surgical dressing firms and five officers pleaded innocent in federal court on charges of conspiring to restrain domestic and foreign trade. All were released without bail and given 30 days to file special pleas.
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Boston
Labor Groups Urge Patience in La Crosse Housing Crisis
The La Crosse CIO and AFL councils urge patience and cooperation during the housing shortage emergency. They blame local government and landlords for lax remedies since 1938, call for limiting evictions to protect families, and warn of winter hardships.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Trades and Labor Council
AFL
George Hall
Trades and Labor Council
Baldness Tied to Masculinity Says Northwestern Doctor
Dr Herbert Rattener of Northwestern University told the American Academy of Dermatology that baldness signals above average masculinity and may reflect endocrine activity. He noted hair loss is rare in women or children and possibly a primate trait, with advice to select ancestors carefully to avoid baldness.
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Cleveland
Northwestern University
Herbert Rattener
American Academy of Hematology and Siphology
Iran Invades Azerbaijan in Fresh Iran Iran Clash
Tehran reports government troops crossed into the semi autonomous Azerbaijan province amid fighting at a mountain pass and bridge. Jafar Pishevari urged resistance as Democrats appeal and Russia’s influence referenced. Casualties described as light with some killed and wounded.
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Tehran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ahmed Qavam
Jafar Pishevari
Azerbaijan “Democrats
Tabritz
Russia
Russian
Razmara
Revised Salzer airport plat to study for emergency housing
A revised plat of the former Salter airport area in East La Crosse will be studied by council committees Tuesday night to plan an emergency housing unit on the site. The plan shifts from curving streets to straightforward blocks and reserves land for a school, playgrounds, and churches. The city will require one lot per family to curb speculation and help low and middle income buyers.
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AFL
Hall
Halli
Central Council of Social Agencies
la Crosse
Salzer Airport
Common Council
J. J. Verdota
East la Crosse
City Plan Commission
Verchota
Salter
Mineral Products Company
Gillette Street
A. M. Murphy
Board of
Russians Occupy Sakhalin Region and Nationalize Farms
Repatriates in Hakodate report Russians colonizing former Nippon territory. Soviet control spreads to land nationalization, farm supervision, and wage-based farming. Civil administration, Russian chiefs, and Japanese sub chiefs govern farms and industries. A rebranded Karafuto Nippo becomes a Communist party paper New Life.
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Tokyo
Hakodate
Sakhalin
Asahi
Siberia
Karafuto Nippo
West Allis Violence Seen. Governor Urged to Call Guard
Mayor Arnold H. Klentz of West Allis telegrammed Gov. Goodland asking deployment of the National Guard to restore order amid a plant strike at Allis-Chalmers. Police and deputies faced a mass picket, with hundreds of injuries, arrests, and vehicles damaged in street fighting outside the Hawley plant.
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Milwaukee
Arnold H. Klentz
West Allis
Walter S. Goodland
National Guard
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Klentz
Madison
Goodland
John F. Mullen
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Wis
Dynamite Purchase
U. W
James Girard
Freeport
Ill
Universiy of
Capital Times
Sietesences l
Girard
Packard
UMW
Marianna
Soetiuas
John A. Parris, JR
CIO
CIO Council
Carl Gilmeister
Roy Lamb
Sheriff Olson
U. S. Army Engineers
Northern States Power Company
Black River
Burns, Durant, Smith and Rublee
D. C. Evans
Nippon
State Guard
George Hanley
Hanley
Local 72
Nash-Kelvinator
Kenosha
Wisconsin Motors
Seaman Body
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Brewery
Uawcio
Hawley Rd
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