Pressure Builds to Extend Senate Crime Hearings
Washington March 31 AP pressure is mounting to reopen Senate crime investigative hearings as Kefauver panel seeks a 30 day extension to April 30 to finish its report. Sen Hunt says public pressure to continue is intense though Kefauver opposes further hearings. Arrests loom for remaining missing witnesses as a House subcommittee weighs its own crime inquiry into potential tax revenue losses.
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Michigan Tops State in Defense Contracts Awards
Washington March 31 Michigan leads in defense contract awards with 699 million dollars from Nov 15 1950 to Feb 15 1951, according to U S Bid Information a private organization Only four states Arizona North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming received no awards
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UAW Moves to Expel Proven Racketeers at Convention
Cleveland March 31 UP. The CIO United Auto Workers plans to amend its constitution to remove any local or international officer tied to gambling or racketeering after a Senate crime probe. Walter Reuther announced the move on the eve of the union’s 13th convention, as the union also pushes for a guaranteed 2000 hours of work at current wages and a $2.50 monthly dues hike amid talks of major auto contract renewals in 1955. The convention runs through Friday with speakers including Phillip Murray Helen Gahagan Douglas and Dr Ralph Bunche. Reuther is expected to win a fourth presidential term despite possible opposition.
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Vigilante Crime Fever Across Nation Sparks Watchdog Movements
A Kefauver Committee spotlight on organized crime spurs a surge of vigilante style groups from California to New England. Leaders like Spruille Braden urge citizen fronts to press prosecutions as authorities report crackdowns on bookies, gambling dens, and race wires while reform bodies form nationwide crime commissions and call for stronger federal and local action.
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Defiant Attlee Leaves Sickbed to Reply to Churchill
London March 31 Clement Attlee, still in hospital for a duodenal ulcer, left his bed to retort to Winston Churchill who demanded an immediate general election. Attlee called Churchill a "superior nonpolitical superman" out of power by hook or crook. He spoke to the nation via the BBC then returned to the hospital as parliamentary wrangling looms. The Labour government seeks to stay in office through the Festival of Britain amid a slim majority. Shinwell urged UN troop advances in Korea could trigger broader conflict while criticizing General MacArthur for political remarks.
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New Try to Learn Fate of GI Captives
Washington dispatch notes a few letters from American captives spur renewed U S efforts to uncover the fate of prisoners in Red camps in Asia. Only 111 Americans listed as POWs. 9430 listed as missing in Korea. U S officials seek Red Cross channels for prisoner communications. no confirmation letters reach prisoners yet.
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Ex-fiance of King's Betrothed to Wed
Zaki Hashem United Nations diplomat to wed the daughter of a wealthy Egyptian banker. Hashem was once engaged to Narriman Sadek fiancée of King Farouk, a romance ended reportedly the day the monarch met the young beauty. Farouk to wed in May.
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