Grunewald Targeted in Contempt Action at Tax Quiz
Washington January 23 AP a House ways and means subcommittee began contempt proceedings against Henry W Grunewald and his attorney William Power Maloney after Maloney was expelled from a hearing and Grunewald refused to answer questions about a reported $500000 tax shakedown against Chicago lawyer Abraham Teitelbaum. The panel voted 5 to 1 to cite Grunewald’s lawyer for contempt as King ordered quiet and even ejected Maloney.
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Attrney
William Power Maloney
Center
Ways and
Capitol Police
William P. Reed
Maloney
Henry
the Dutchman
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Henry W. Grunewald
Grunewald
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Grunelwald
Full Ways and Means
Rep
Keogh
D.-N.y
King
D.callf
Ousted Revenue Collector Fined and Sentenced in Boston
Denis W. Delaney former revenue collector for Massachusetts was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,500 on three counts for taking $7500 in bribes and falsifying that $180,000 in tax liens were satisfied. Judge Wy zanski ordered concurrent terms and disqualification from government service.
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Boston
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
Massachusetts
Wes
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Delaney
United States
Wyzanski
Aluminum Workers Cancel Strike Plan In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh January 29, Alcoa reports nearly 25,000 AFL and CIO workers will call off planned strikes next week. An Alcoa spokesman said members will remain at work while their contract dispute is reviewed by the Wage Stabilization Board.
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Aluminum Company of America
AFL
CIO
Alcoa
United Steelworker
AFL Aluminum Workers Council
Wage Stabilization Board
Where to Find It Classified and Other Features
A brief listing directs readers to various sections of the issue including Boyle on A-9, Bridge on A-9, Classified on B-8, Comics on B-4, Editorial on A-3, Financial on B-6 and B-7, Theaters on A-8, Sports on D-1 and D-13, and Women’s Activities on E2 and E3 plus tides and temperatures on page 6-7.
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Boyle
Comnics
Ceassword
Financial
Chituekies
First Korea War Death for 40th Surfers Veteran
In Los Angeles the 40th Infantry Division reports its first confirmed Korea casualty, Sgt Kenneth Kaiser Jr, age 16 at enlistment, 13 years old by age at death. His parents received a Department of the Army telegram stating he died in action on January 20. His mother notes they enlisted him as 17.
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Los Angeles
40Th Infantry Division
Korea
Kenneth Kaiser
Department of the Army
Southern California National Guard
China Signals Korean Armistice Exit After Truce
PANMUNJOM Korea Jan 20 United Press China indicates at truce talks it may bow out of Korea armistice administration by altering paragraph 10 to remove joint responsibility and push North Korea to take over. UN staff discuss prisoner exchange while Reds oppose voluntary repatriation and seek to delay substantive terms.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
U. N
Reds
U.N
E. Libby
United Nations Command
Portugal Envoy Named to Spain
Lincoln McVeagh was nominated as ambassador to Spain to succeed Stanton Griffis who resigned last week. Griffis had been the first U.S. ambassador to Spain since full diplomatic relations resumed with the Franco government. McVeagh, a career diplomat, has 13 years in the foreign service and comes from a family with long government service dating to President Garfield.
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Washington
Lincoln McVeagh
Pain
MacVeagh
Stanton Griffis
Truman
Senate
Griffis
Spain
United States
Garfield
U N Scores Russia for Chiang Betrayal
Paris January 29 The United Nations political committee condemned the Soviet Union for failing to honor the 1945 treaty with Chiang Kai-shek s government. The vote 24 to 9 with 23 abstentions reflected sharp Sino Soviet US clashes over Burma Chinese Nationalist forces.
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Paris
United Nations
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-shek
Jacob A. Malik
Burma
U. S
Malik
T. F. Tsiang
China
Ito
Iraq
Awiberia
Thailand
Turkey
France
Mexico
Belgium
Holland
India
Indonesia
Israel
Yunnan
Thirteen Bodies Found in Tenement Ruin
MINNEAPOLIS Minn Jan 29 Firemen dug into an icy log jam that had been a three story tenement before it was swept by a blaze killing 17 persons Thirteen bodies seven children four women and two men were removed from the frozen ruins more than a day after the fire minutes after dawn Yesterday one woman clutched a baby others lay encased in ice The brick veneer building housed about 48 people fire began around 4 am and the ceiling collapsed trapping many inside
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hremen
Poy
Fabulous A-Project Wages Revealed at Nevada Site
Los Angeles reports that construction workers at a Nevada atomic test site earned up to 756 a week for 206 paid hours plus subsistence, with carpenters up to 325 and laborers up to 219. Bruce W. McNeil, head of McNeil Contracting Co., alleged poaching by cost-plus rivals, noting a halted reinforced concrete HQ contract after wage disruption.
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Los Angeles
Nevada Atomic Test
Bruce W. McNeil
McNeil Contracting Co
Special Atomic Energy Commission
ABC
Las Vegas
Nev
M. H. Stewart
Haddock Engineers, Ltd
Stewart
McNeil
Hand of Winter Slows Flood but Adds to Hardship
Blizzard snow and ice worsen the Ohio River flood as 8000 to 10000 refugees face displacement in Ohio and West Virginia. The crest hit Pomeroy and Middleport, with 43.75 feet at Marietta, while Parkersburg saw hundreds seek higher ground and nine lives are reported lost from the floods across three states.
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Marietta
Ohio
Ohio River
West Virginia
Pomeroy
Middleport
Parkersburg
W. Va
Middlewort
UA. 5
Army Engineers
U. S. Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Mississippi River
U. S. Weather Bureau of
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Police Riddle Gunman Who Shot Officer
In downtown Tijuana a police officer Adalberta Villa Lamadrid 40 was killed during a running gun battle as she confronted a man harassing a woman at a bus depot. The gunman opened fire with two pistols and fled. bystanders and other officers were wounded.
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Vliuana
Mexico
Tijuana
Adalberta Villa Lamadrid
10 000 Face Loss of Jobs Imports Cut
Britain's Conservative government unveils an 18 program to avert bankruptcy by slashing imports and firing 10,000 government employees. Chancellor R A Butler tells Commons the plan channels labor to defense, trims nonessential industries, and imposes charges on health and certain services for those who can pay.
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London
Britain
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Aids to Toss Truman Hat in N. H. Race
Concord New Hampshire January 29 1 President Truman's name will be entered tomorrow in New Hampshire's first in the nation Presidential preference primary March 13, a Manchester lumber dealer said. James B. McPhail would file petitions before 5 p m and ask Truman to place his name on the ballot. If entered Truman has 10 days to withdraw or his name stays on the ballot. Eisenhower's name was entered January 17 and Kefauver's likely the next day.
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Concord
N. H
Truman
New Hampshire
Manchester
James B. McPhail
Enoch D. Fuller
McPhail
Fuller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Weather Outlook With Variable Clouds Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with variable high clouds. A slight drop in temperatures occurs in the afternoon. Winds shift to the west at 8 to 16 miles per hour in the afternoon, remaining light and variable earlier.
House Group Orders Inquiry Into Justice Department
Washington AP The House judiciary committee voted to investigate the administration of the Justice Department and Attorney General J Howard McGrath. The probe will be non political and based on credible testimony, conducted by seven committee members. Keating charged McGrath with shifting responsibility and said administration pressure sought to head off the inquiry.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
Attorney General's Office
Department of Justice
Celler
D-N
Truman
McGrath
House
Ways and Means Group
Ren. King
D-Calif
Internal Revenue Bureau
Keating
King
Rep
R.N
16 Million Tax Rap Against Gambler
Attorney General McGrath announced a federal income tax indictment against Samuel R. Beard of Washington. The indictment, returned by a Baltimore grand jury, charges Beard with a tax deficiency over 1 600 dollars and wilful evasion across 1945 1947. Earlier, Beard faced a 500 000 tax evasion claim for 1944 and four million in liens. he was convicted for tax evasion in 1933 and served 18 months.
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Washington
McGrath
Samuel R. Beard
U. S
Atlantic Seaboard
Baltimore
William C. Coleman
Beard
District of Columbia
Maryland
Atlanta
Crew chutes in nick of time as B 29 explodes
A 13 man U S A B 29 crew parachuted to safety before the bomber exploded over Tokyo. The blast shook South Tokyo, with flaming wreckage falling near a chestnut grove. No civilian casualties were reported, and several crewmen had minor injuries from the jump. The last man was accounted for about four hours later.
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Tokyo
U. S
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Associated Press
Russia
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