Industry hoodlum dealings assailed in Senate hearing
Senator O Conor denounced industry use of hoodlums as he challenged Briggs Manufacturing testimony on a 1945 scrap metal contract awarded to the son in law of a Detroit man with a police record. Witnesses denied ties to hoodlums while discussions linked beatings of union leaders to contract transfers and labor issues.
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Brigg Manufacturing Co
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Sam Persone
Conor
Mo Neen
Renda
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Briggs
John L. Burling
Nohingson
Walter O. Briggs
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O'Manor
Bubonmittes
Mazey
Burling
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Steel Fall Crushes Two Indiana Men
In Bluffton Indiana Ralph Hunnicutt a 45 year old farmer and Henry Koenig a 58 year old blacksmith were killed when a stack of steel sheets toppled onto them at Koenig s shop. The tragedy occurred as Koenig reached for a sheet weighing under four tons.
20 000 Tons of Missiles Tossed at Foe
Washington reports that by mid January the U S Navy has dropped and fired more than 20 000 tons of high explosives on Korean Communist targets since the war began. The effort relies on ship guns rockets and bombs with naval gunfire forming a large share of the tonnage. The Missouri battleship and several cruisers and destroyers are involved in ongoing coastal bombardments along with other U N ships.
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China
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Ko-rea
Missouri
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Russ to Take Wests Terms on Big 4 Meet
FRANKFURT Germany February 9 AP Soviet Russia seeks a unified militarized Germany as a buffer in talks with the West and is expected to accept present Western conditions for a Big Four conference. American sources forecast a spring meeting of the foreign ministers and a potential diplomatic showdown to rally German opinion behind the West.
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Tobin Loses in Contest for Authority
Washington reports that Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson may appoint Arthur S. Flemming as top manpower adviser to marshal 0.38. mai power. Labor Secretary Tobin failed as Truman sided with Wilson to place the defense manpower program under a new authority. Flemming named to heal the manpower policy committee.
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Charles E. Wilson
Maurice J. Tobin
Wilson
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Tobin
Labor Department
Truman
Flemming
Panama Envoy Dies
Panama longtime diplomat Horacio F. Alfaro 78 former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States and Mexico died in Panama City last night after a long career in public service.
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Mexico
Financial Backer of Hitler Dies at 77 in Argentina
Fritz Thyssen once Germany’s wealthiest tycoon and Nazi backer died in Buenos Aires at 77 after a heart attack. He came to visit his daughter Countess Zichy, planned a brief stay, and will be buried in the German cemetery at Chacarita. Once a supporter of Hitler, Thyssen lost his fortune and citizenship and endured years in camps before exile.
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France
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Heinrich Himmler
Truman Eyes 1952 Run Amid Budget Clash and Rail Strike Fallout
President Truman signals possible 1952 run while challenging Congress over a $71.69 billion budget. He spars with Fulbright on RFC loans and criticizes railroad brotherhood chiefs over a strike. White House clarifies unions’ democratic vote as misread. Some see this as the same campaign fire that aided his 1948 victory.
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Chaterman
Rail Brotherhood
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R. O. Hughes
W. P. Kennedy
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Farm blaze kills infant as oil stove overturns
In Madison Indiana a fire started when an oil stove overturned while farmer Harvey Jones and his wife were rounding up livestock. The blaze destroyed their farm home and claimed the life of 13 month old Dana Jones. Siblings Dennis four and Harvey three escaped unharmed.
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Odd Diet: What No Kitchen Sink In Stomach
A 24 year old Indian worker undergoing peritonitis surgery in London was found to have a hacksaw and other metal pieces in his stomach. Surgeons removed a bicycle axle six inches, a twist drill three and a half inches, a bicycle wrench five inches, a steel spring three inches, and a hacksaw fragment three and a quarter inches. The patient recovered mentally and physically.
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J. c. McMullin
Canan
Eire
Phyal
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