Wiley Says Crime Poisons Capital
Sen. Wiley argues that organized rackets and payoffs poison Washington. He urges the Senate crime investigation to continue and notes letters alleging payments to law enforcement to tolerate betting operations in DC and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Ecommerce Committee
Special
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
End of Hollywood Red Probe Slated
Washington authorities report a House Un American Activities Subcommittee will wind up its four year Hollywood communist investigation with hearings starting September 17 in Los Angeles. The five member panel led by Rep. John S. Wood will conduct proceedings in the Federal Building. The panel will run at least a week and possibly longer. Witness lists remain mostly undisclosed. Members include Donald L. Jackson Francis E. Walter Clyde Doyle and Charles E. Potter.
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Washington
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Frank 8. Tavener Jr
John S. Wood
D-Ga
Federal Building
Tavenner
Donald L. Jackson
R.-Cal
California
Wood
Peace signs rise along Moscow highways
Brightly painted metal peace signs appear along Moscow roads, spaced about a mile apart. Slogans include USSR Pillar of Peace and Peace to the World. One sign shows a mother with child and a petition for a Big Five peace pact. Shvernik proposed such a pact in a letter to Truman.
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Moscow
US. S. R
Nikolai Shvernik
Truman
Doctor Dies After Prolonged Call Assistance Fails
In Sherman Oaks on August 25 a note on the door urged callers to check the phone. Inside lay Dr. Phillip Golfader, 59, who died of a heart attack three days earlier before finishing a call for help. Brother in law Edward Rothenberg found him after three days of failed attempts. The phone had always shown busy.
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Sherman Oaks
Phillip Golfader
Edward Rothenberg
Gollace
Seven brothers reap windfall from $100 land stake
In Altoona Pennsylvania a group of seven brothers who bought land for hunting and fishing may share in a potential $1250 daily profit after a natural gas well blew in Leidy Township Clinton County. Appalachian Development Co. Bradford reported initial flow over 40 million cubic feet per day, with final capacity pending. Joseph Myers, a three year driver for the Altoona fire department, recalled the project from its start when they leased the land after gas was severed in the area years ago.
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Altoona
Leidy Township
Clinton County
Pennsylvania
Appalachian Development Co
Bradford
Joseph Myers
Altoona Fire Department
Fund Failure May Bar Europe DPs
The chairman of the United States Displaced Persons Commission said the European refugee program faces instantaneous termination due to a lack of funds. He attributed this to the House's refusal to provide 1,431,000, nullifying a recent extension for admissions. Foreclosure would shatter hopes of about 80,000 displaced persons and exiles eligible for immigration to the United States.
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Washington
U. S
House
Nabbed in L A Dope Raid Three Arrested in Hollywood Case
HOLLYWOOD Aug 25 Police arrested Renee De Lemus 18 and Alexander Hertz 32 on Narcotics Act charges after a love pact to obtain narcotics for teens. Dr William Peebles 39 faces assault with a deadly weapon. Det Sgt Barr said officers watched the couple, found stolen 25 caliber autos in Peebles pocket.
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Hollywood
Renee de Lemus
Alexander M. Hertz
William B. Peebles
A. M. Barr
Miss de Lemus
Dr. Peebles
Hertz
Miss Lemas Jin
Barr
Set
Ex Carrier Boy Dies Millionaire Sugarman
Ex-Carrier boy and Los Angeles auctioneering magnate J. J. Sugarman, 80, died at his Van Nuys home. A San Francisco and Portland native, he founded the J. J. Sugarman Co. in 1906, later building a nationwide liquidations and reorganizations empire with branches in New York and Chicago. His sons Nate and A. A. Sugarman are active in the firm.
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Calif
J. J. Sugarman
Los Angeles
Sugarman
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
California
J. J. Sugarman Co., Ltd
New York
Chicago
N. Ny
Nate
A. A. Sugarman
Civilians at Ack-Ack Train on Flamenco Island
Civilians trained by the Army to man anti aircraft guns on Flamenco Island near Panama City included a man on crutches and a grandmother. They fired 40mm and .50 caliber quadruple guns and 90mm cannons at towed sleeve targets and radio controlled aircraft, receiving praised from Col. Sanford Goodman and Maj. Gen. Paul W. Rutledge. Possible expansion of courses in the United States depends on Washington evaluations of the results.
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Panama
Pacific
Panama Canal
Sanford Goodman
65Th
Paul W. Rutledge
Eastern Aircraft Command
United States
Washington
Hadacol sale tops ten million dollars in Augusta
Dudley J. Leblanc a Louisiana senator and medicine man announced the sale of his Hadacol patent medicine for about 10 million dollars to an eastern group. He would stay on as sales manager under a 100000 dollar annual salary for 15 years while advertising costs drew heavy scrutiny amid tax complaints. Separately at La Guardia Field New York a bomb threat prompted a fieldwide search as threats to other venues continued with no injuries reported.
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Angusta
Dudley J. Leblanc
Leblanc
Louisiana
Couzin Dud
Lafayette
Augusta
Maltz Cancer Foundation
New York
New York Ciy
LeBlane
Foundation
Hadacol
Gi la Guardia Field
Paramount
Times Square
MacArthur and wife to review VFW parade in New York
In New York Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his wife will review the Veterans of Foreign Wars parade. The VFW National Encampment opens with 10,000 to 12,000 delegates expected. Officials review 3731 resolutions including a call to ban Communist meetings in public places. California and Florida push to remove Dean Acheson as Secretary of State.
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MacArthur
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
California
Florida
Dean Acheson
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