Senate clamps down on files in Hiss Coplon trials
Senate Judiciary Committee will keep a tight lid on information from secret government files until Alger Hiss and Judith Coplon trials are completed. Senator McCarran says he will not reveal any material that might prejudice the cases and has pressed for foreigner file details while noting government departments refused access.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Alger Hiss
Judith Coplon
McCarran
State Department
Atty
Tom Clark
State
Justice Depot
Truman
Clark
Justice Department
McCarren
Coplon
Rankin pension bill fate hinges on Senate finance tests
Maj. Thomas M. Nial outlines the Rankin veteran pension bills as they move from the House to the Senate. The first measure failed narrowly. the second, passed 365 to 27, faces Senate hurdles and a possible veto by President Truman. The bill expands pensions for veterans, sets a $72 monthly base for 65 year olds, raises income ceilings, and bans payments to those who advocate overthrow. It also rewrites regulations affecting non service connected disabilities and unemployability rules for younger veterans. Editor invites readers to write with service concerns.
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Maj
Thomas M. Nial
House
Senate Finance Committee
Rankin
Veterans’ Committee
Congress
Senate
Finance Committee
Truman
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Kratt Earns Naval Academy Appointment for 1950
William Joseph Kratt, 18, of La Crosse Wisconsin, has been named for entrance into the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. Appointment confirmed by Rep Gardner R. Withrow, effective July 1950. Kratt, Aquinas high school graduate, will attend UCLA under NROTC until the academy begins. He plans architecture as his major and holds a strong academic and athletic record while participating in chorus.
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William Joseph Kratt
Joseph E. Kratt
Cass Street
U Ted
Uni States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Gardner R. Withrow
United States
Kratt
Aquinas High
Joseph F. Kundinger
Aquinas
University of California At Los Angeles
NROTC
Naval Academy
Naval Reserve Officers
Kratt Cai
Navy Department
Navy
Aquinas High School
UCLA
la Crosse
Milwaukee
St. Patrick's School
Eau Claire
Blessed Sacrament
Withrow
Wisconsin
Academy
Communication Men File $9 000 Suit
Division 23 Communications Workers of America filed suit against the Wisconsin Telephone Company to recover about $9 000 in checked off union dues. The utility questioned the union's right to represent about 10 000 state employees after affiliating with the CIO. The union says the company has refused to turn over funds while a petition to the national labor relations board for certification of a bargaining agency is pending.
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Milwaukee
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Wisconsin Telephone Company
National Labor Relations Board
Armored Car Guard Killed in South Side Bank Ambush
Three gunmen killed Bruno Koziol 36 a Brinks driver and wounded Joseph Den 45 a second guard during an ambush inside the lobby of South Shore Savings bank on a Saturday. Police say the robbers fled with about 920 in cash and 350000 in non negotiable checks.
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Chicago
South Side
Bruno Koziol
Brinks Express Company
South Shore Savings Bank
Brinks
Joseph den
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