Murder Inc feared back in business in New York
New York reports indicate Murder, Inc. may be resuming activity. Key witness Anthony Duke Maffetore, linked to the old underworld, missed a March 7 hearing as bail was revoked on prior auto theft charges. Senate crime committee hearings in New York were also noted.
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New York
Murder, Inc
Anthony
Duke) Maffetore
Singland
Murder Inc
Senate Crime Committee
Crime Committee
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Mexico
John P. Crane
AFL International Association of Homefighters
Crane
John P. Redmond
Firefighters’ Organization
Redmond
Par- Manila
Philippine Telands
Manila
Hukbajahap
Defense
Ramon Maggavany
Huks
Filpino
Magsaysay
Huk
Candaba
Bail Plea Testimony Divides Crime Probe Hearing
Dr Nigro aided jailed brothers as a presumed helper while Farrell refused to reveal potential partnerships in Des Moines and faced contempt threats. Witnesses pressed for details on income tax items and a $2213,402 horse service charge, while a Kansas City contact urged bail for the Gargottas amid a broader fight to clean up cities from underworld influence.
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Tell
Dr. Nigro
Lhader
Farrell
Sen. Hunt
D-Wye
Des Moines
Downey Rice
Associated Counsel
Rice
Hunt
Louis Thomas Fratto
Charles
Gus Gargotta
Atlantic
Owa
Charles Gargotta
Charles Binaggio
Kansas City
Gargottas
Sen. Tobey
Tobey
Kefauver
D-Tenn
CBS
Kefauvett
Attempt to Flee Missouri Prison Foiled by Bullets
Jefferson City Missouri March 24 UP guards fired on two convicts Hickson and Terrell as they climbed the prison wall using a stolen ladder. Hickson 22 died at the wall Terrell 22 was wounded in the arm and their escape from cells was unclear.
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Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Oille L. Hickson
Austin L. Terrell
Ike Bidden
William Parr
Hickson
Terrell
Argentina Paper Records Studied
Congress investigators press Le Prensa records seized by the government as police hunt fugitive editor Alberto Galaza Paz. The plant, valued at $2,000,000, remains under joint committee control after a strike shut the paper noted for criticizing President Peron.
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Blenos
Joint
Congressional Committee
la Prensa
Juan D. Perona
Packers Demand State Contracts Sparked by Price Clamp
Ohio Governor Lausche urged the Office of Price Stabilization to force meat packers to supply state institutions at current prices after reports no bids were placed for April contracts. Packers warn of heavy losses if forced to sell at ceiling prices, with G H Waldock Co. executives citing March contract losses. Ohio facilities consume about 225 million pounds of carcass meat and 290 thousand pounds of processed meat monthly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Office of Price Stabilization
Fred Albert
G. H. Waldock Co
Sandusky
Brief Casualty List From Defense Dept
Washington March 24 Defense Department released one of its briefest Korean casualty lists naming three men missing in action and six men wounded. The notice reflects ongoing updates on service members from the conflict.
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Washington
Defense Department
Uts
Sts
War Ace Killed in Jet Crash
Major Robert E. Welch a 26 year old World War II ace with 19 German planes to his credit was killed in a jet F 84 collision near Litchfield Park Arizona. Capt Earl Hoag of Ann Arbor Michigan survived with a crash landing and no injuries. Welch earned the Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with 25 clusters and a Unit Citation with three clusters for his war service.
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Welch
Bandit Holds Up Market for Third Time in Alhambra
Alhambra police report a gunman in a gauze mask robbed a food market for about 700 dollars, keeping 150 customers at bay. The same bandit has previously stolen 2000 dollars on Feb 2 and 700 dollars on a prior visit, with a vending machine button shot off during the first holdup.
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Alhambra
Paul Larcomb
Larcomb
Unidentified Inn Fire Victim Dies in Laytonville
A fire in Laytonville California last night killed an unidentified man who escaped through a window. Initial reports linked the victim to M. Rownrey of a nearby cafe, then investigators considered him a former boxer named P L Nelson.
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Laytonville
Canlt
M. Rownrey
P. L. Nelson
Sportsman Faces Suit for Divorce
Riverside report states William Hunscker Brith Palm, a Springs sportsman, is sued for divorce by Carol Brill who seeks 300 monthly alimony. He is accused of habitual intemperance and idleness. married in 1941 with no children. Brill previously wed Nan Pierson Brooks Macy in 1937. that marriage to George Macy was annulled as invalid.
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Riverside
William Hunscker Brith Palm
Springs
Real Estate Aid North Dakota Runs Baby-sitting Bureau
Dickinson North Dakota March 24 The State Employment Service runs a baby-sitting bureau to help parents have a night out. Rates are 25 cents per hour before and 35 cents per hour afterwards. The program aims to support families and provide affordable child care options.
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Dickinson
N. D
North Dakota
State Employment Service
Argentina asserts atom power experiments near Bariloche
Peron outlined successful experiments conducted February 16 at Huemel Island near San Carlos de Bariloche, 350 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, with a pilot plant nearby. He said researchers achieved controlled thermonuclear reactions without a dangerous explosion and are studying hydrogen bomb problems using a new thermotron. Foreign reporters were barred from the briefing.
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Peron
Huemel Island
San Carlos de Bariloche
Buenos Aires
United States
Britain
Canada
Soviet Unilon
Feron
Argentina
Mac Offers Peace Talk to Red Chiefs
MacArthur urges peace talks aligned with United Nations aims in Korea, citing Chinese tactics and war material shortages while reporting progress on front lines. Allied forces consolidate gains near the 38th Parallel as U.N. troops push north from Munsan and Seoul area amid heavy air and naval bombardment.
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Arthur
U.N
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Red China
88Th Parallel
Seoul
Tokyo
South Korea
Kim Sung
Kim
38Th Parallel
Yalu River
Mores
Manchuria
Rean
Munsan
Reiis
Chunchon
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Seid
North Korea
Won Hangye
Jim Becker
Uljongbu
United Na- Hons
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. MN. S
WA. N
Smulin
Manchurian
Rafts Spur Search for Plane Over Atlantic
Reports said 53 survivors or rafts spurred a search by five ships for a missing Globemaster II and five officers from SAC at Shannon. Weather rough with glare, and officials noted possible navigational error or mis sighting as causes for the lingering mystery.
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Second Air Force
Strategic Air Comrase
Omaha
Shannon
Herschet H. Lamb
Twin Falls
Idaho
Air Force
U. S
General Club
Golden Eagle
Thule
Jig
Charlie
Atlantic
Cunard
New York
Southampton
U. S&s
U.S
Treas
United States
England
Cullen
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Bikini
Kenneth N. Gray
E. A. McKay
Cal. J.T. Hopkins
SAC
Maj
G. H. Stoddard
Directorate of Plans
Souther California
J. R. Fife
Battle St
Norwalk
Pvt
D. A. Berenberg
Emanuel Berenberg
North Hollywood
Limestone
Maine
Gander
Sevenundiind
Ois
U.S. Air Force
Washington
Ireland
Walker Air Base
N. M
Horace A. Stephenson
Linding
Town Raises $1000 for Fete for Beverly Green
In Udlow Massachusetts on March 24 a public auction raised over $1000 for Beverly Green a seven year old girl diagnosed with cancer of both legs with doctors giving two years. More than 500 attended at Randall's Garage as townspeople donated items including a thoroughbred donkey won for 20 a silver delist sold and re-auctioned 12 times for 70 a 1937 car 75 a doll 6 a Spanish shawl 25 and a canary 12 50. Proceeds aid Beverly and her family after medical expenses wiped out savings. Doctors suggested leg amputation but the family chose to keep her legs to keep her remaining time happier.
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I Mae
Jaya Gay
Randall's
Walter Moore
Beverly
Merton Green
Jett
Gromyko Attacks U S Aims at Paris Meeting
In Paris on March 24 deputy foreign ministers failed to finish an agenda for a projected Big Four talks on world tensions. Andrei Gromyko charged the United States with aggressive designs citing Defense Secretary Marshall’s report on rising U S armed forces. The session, the third week of discussions among the United States Britain France and Russia, adjourned with no breakthrough and without a briefing for the secret session held yesterday.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
Defense
George Marshall
U.S
Trieste
Britain
France
Czech Lists Stiff Sabotage Penalties
Prague March 24.4 Justice Minister Stefan Rais ordered severe prosecution of sabotage in production transport and distribution. He spoke at a conference in Prague of prosecutors from all 19 regions chairmen of regional courts and financial prosecutors. The extent of sabotage was not specified.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Stefan Rais
Wreckage and flares sighted farther from Ireland
Reported search details state a large plane last heard 24 hours earlier. Maj. Stephenson said additional wreckage and flares were seen about 60 miles closer to the Irish coast, roughly 400 miles west of Ireland.
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Stephenson
Irish
Ireland
Germanys Art Treasures Stolen
East Berlin police reported a large theft of art from Bremen and Berlin collections. Fifty prints and the Madonna of 1423 by Masaccio were said recovered as the investigation continues. The works had been moved for safekeeping to villages in the Soviet zone State of Brandenburg after the war.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Bremen
ADN
Wiiter
Masaccio
Brane Jenburg
Convict Peter Watson Escapes Carson City Prison
Carson City prison officials report that Peter Watson, a prisoner at Carson City State Prison, escaped last night around 9 p.m. after prison guards noted his absence. Authorities conducted searches and urged witnesses to report any information.
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Carson City
Peter Watson
Carson City State Prison
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