Kefauver probes gambling ring in Miami sting operation
A Kefauver Committee hearing opened at the Federal Building in Miami with swift secrecy and guards. Witnesses included Miami figures and Internal Revenue agents as the probe targets gambling, bribery, and crime syndicates nationwide. Mrs. Wofford, owner of a hotel linked to underworld figures, testified as agents declined to discuss specifics without order.
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Miame
Fla
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Federal Building
Witt
Hunt D-Wrol
Rudolph Halley
Senate
Downey Rice
Washington
Ept
Miami
Halley
U.S. Marshall
Federal Chalmer
Ers
FBI
Greater Miami Crime Commission
Halsey
Joe Brown
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen. Kefauver
al Capone
Wofford
Sean Olive Wolford
Wolford
Brown
Rennebohm Makes Surprise Visit To 3rd District Delegates
At Richland Center Wisconsin delegates to the third district Republican convention prepared for a vote on the U S House endorsement with four names in contention Foster Porter Joseph Walsh R M Schlabach and William Stevenson Gov Rennebohm made a surprise morning appearance drawing a ovation The La Crosse county slate deliberations on unit rule were unsettled and balloting was not expected until about 3 30 p m The governor highlighted Wisconsin finances welfare gains and highway programs while urging a businesslike admin with prudent spending
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Richland Center
Wis
U.S. House of Representatives
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Joseph Walsh
Potosi
R. M. Schlabach
William Stevenson
la Crosse
Gardner R. Withrow
la Crosse County
Gordon Buvolz
Appleton
Walter J. Kohler
Sheboygan
Senvorter
Rennebohm
Vernon Thomsen
East Germany FJD Rally Acknowledges War Dead With Paraded Fanfare
East Berlin witnesses a large Free German Youth rally with wreaths at a Soviet memorial, led by Erich Honecker. Western troops and police keep watch as deserters and incidents punctuate a tense Whitsuntide observance. Delegates from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and other nations attend while Western reporters are shunned.
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Berlin
East Germany
Russia
Westen
Freie Deutsche Jugend
FDJ
Hitler
Germany
Erich Honecker
Free German
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Red China
Austria
Vietnam
Poland
Denmark
West
Dunn County Population Drops as Menomonie Rises in 1950 Census
Dunn County shows a population decline of 130 since 1940, while Menomonie rises by 1,602. Dodge County totals fall to 27,245 from 27,379 in 1940, with Menomonie at 8,184 up from 6,582, Beaver Dam up by 447 to 11,833, and Fox Lake, Mayville, and Randolph posting gains of 143, 241, and 205 respectively.
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Dunn County
Beaver Dam
Menomonie
Wis
Burn County
Genomonie
Dodge County
Fox Lake
Mayville
Randolph
State Study Of Stop-Go Signals In City Sought
The state highway commission will be asked to study installing stop-and-go signals at Fourth and Cass and Seventh and Main as results of a traffic survey committee meeting. They will also review designs for several intersections and consider Fourth street as an arterial. The committee plans to recommend parking and loading changes on Fifth Avenue and Front street, and asks a study of alley loading facilities. Traffic counts will decide on stop and go signals at West Avenue and Market Street if council acts.
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State Highway Commission
Fourth and
Cass
Seventh
Main Streets
Associated Consultants
Evanston
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
King
Cass Streets
Front Street
Common Council
Leonard Bennett
Pearl
Jay Streets
City Traffic Department
West Avenue
Market Street
Nationalists Hand Vital Base To Reds
Hong Kong reports the Chinese Nationalists evacuated the Wanshan islands to the Communists, allowing Canton to resume foreign sea trade for the first time in eight months. A Royal Navy spokesman said 1,000 Nationalist troops were evacuated to Lingding Island for final moves to Formosa after a claimed 4,000 Red troops annihilated.
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Hong Kong
Wanshan
Ladrone
Royal British Navy
Canton
Royal Navy
Wanshans
Lingting Island
Formosa
Lingting
Reds Paint Berlin Clash as Chicago Texas Cowboys
Berlin dispatch notes Soviet propaganda framing in Berlin occupied zones. Russian papers label West Berlin as gangster Chicago and Texas cowboys, denouncing allied influence while highlighting crime imagery to bolster their sector.
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Berlin
Aniecago
Texas
Jersey City
St. Joseph
Mich
Taegliche Rundschau
U. S
Chicago
West Berlin
Secor
City Police Warn Dogs Tied Between April First and May
Police warning to dog owners about extensive complaints of gardens ruined by dogs at large. The ordinance requires dogs be tied or confined at all times from April 1, with violators to be taken to court.
Milwaukee Clipper Starts Summer Cruises to Muskegon
The Milwaukee Clipper, owned by the Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Co., sails between Milwaukee and Muskegon on its regular summer schedule. The ship carried 900 passengers and 120 automobiles and will operate daily through September 11.
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Milwaukee
Here
Muskegon
Lake Michigan
Saljled
Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Co
Planners Rule On Shelby Plan And Rezoning
Shelby planners sent back plats to surveyors Friday night for two additions to the town to enforce a new uniform ordinance inside a three mile limit. The transfer of Loomis and Gillette streets corner from residential to business was approved to permit a photo shop at the southeast corner, requested by Myron Haugen.
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Shelby
City Plan Commission
State Planning Board
Common Council
Plan Commission
Loomis and
Gillette Streets
Myron Haugen
Convict Brothers Who Made Whisky Five Blocks From Capitol
Melvin and Roland Pannell were convicted in district court of illegally manufacturing whisky after police and treasury agents caught a 600 gallon still in a bare area five blocks from the U S Capitol.
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Washington
Melvin
Roland Pannell
Treasury
U. S. Capitol
Fresh Dispute Marks Probe Into Amerasia
A new development in the 1945 Amerasia case sparked a fresh clash between Senator McCarthy and the Senate investigatory group. Former prosecutor Robert Hitchcock testified behind closed doors that major evidence against Amerasia defendants was obtained illegally, weakening the government case and fueling McCarthy’s charge of a State Department Communist cover up.
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Washington
Amerasia
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Justice Department
Benet
Amerasia Magazine
Robert M. Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations
Leter
Tydings
D-Md
Hitchcock
State Department
Wisconsin Republican
Department
Rochester
N. Y
Congress
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
Hitchock
Emmanuel Larsen
FEY
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Jaffe
New York
Mark Julius Gayn
Late
John S. Service
Kate Louise Mitchell
Andrew Roth
Naval Intellince
East Dubuque Taverns Raided by Illinois State Police
Illinois state police raided 13 taverns in and near East Dubuque and seized gambling equipment including about two dozen slot machines, dice tables, and roulette tables. Lieut. Ray Cramer declined further comment, saying he had orders not to disclose more information.
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Dubuque
Illinois
Ill
Ray Cramer
Ilinois
North Western Cleared in Crossing Death Inquest
Manitowoc Wis. April 22 inquest absolved North Western railway of criminal negligence in the death of 22 year old Maynard Wachholz. Coroner Dr Theodore Teitgen ruled the crash at Hasserner crossing near Francis Creek was accidental with a southbound North Western 400 passenger train.
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North Western
Manitowoc
Wis
North Western Railway
Theodore Teitgen
Manitowoc County
Maynard Wachholz
Mannt Wacholz
Hasserner Crossing
Francis Creek
Spelling Bee Ends In Two Way Tie For 34th National Bee
Diana Reynard and Colquitt Dean shared the title after each correctly spelled 48 and 49 words respectively in a drawn national spelling bee. A Houston area student placed third, while Nancy Macleren won a smaller prize.
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Washington
Diana Reynard
Hast Cleveland
Colquitt Dean
College Park
Go. T
Diana
Colquitt
New York
Vam
Eronerd
Lanier Junior High School
Houston
Tex
Nancy Macleren
Tewksbury
Mass
Scripps-Howard Chain
The
Bee
Retaliatory Actions Close Czechoslovak Consulates
The United States ordered Czechoslovakia to close its New York consulate and Bratislava office while cutting American staff in Prague from 26 to 12 by June. The move, retaliation for Czechoslovakia demands and Romanian travel restrictions, follows prior limits on Czech and Romanian officials and closes Cleveland and Pittsburgh posts.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
New York
State Department
Bratislille
U. S
Prague
Bratislava
Bratastska
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Frider
Unde
Webb
Acheson Returns to Report on Europe Talks
Secretary of State Acheson returns from Big Three and Atlantic power talks in Europe to brief President Truman and Congress. He flies to Washington from LaGuardia after a New York pier escort, plans to address Congress Wednesday and have a national broadcast of his report. He praised progress on NATO while avoiding further comment on McCarthyism.
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ALD. Wen
New York
Acheson
Big Three
Atland
Europe
Truman
Congress
la Guardia Field
Washington
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty ‘Organization
London
Philip Jessup
Czechoslovakia
Romania
McCarthy
Achegon
France
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Ohio
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Celicos
GOP
Communist Youth Brigades
Skel
Hone
Aeric
Patel
Great Britain
William
Liddell
Chicago Transit Authority
Interna
CTA
Reds
NEA Telemap
Convict Brothers
Hunter
Kida
Webster
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