Battle On Gang Warfare In Southern California
Los Angeles reports a statewide effort by state county and city authorities to curb a spike in gang violence after the shotgun ambush that killed gambling boss Mickey Cohen and wounded Harry Cooper, Edward Herbert, and actress David. Cohen survived, while investigators pursue leads amid police shakeups and threats reported to Cohen.
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Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
C. D. Dickie
Hollywood Receiving Hospital
Swank
Sunset Strip
Cohen
California
Harry Cooper
Attorney General's Office
Little Cohen
Sunset
the Angels
Fred Howser
San Francisco
Sam Rummel
Howser
Death Blow Near for Farm Bill in House Session
Washington AP reports a Democratic Republican coalition pushes to kill or amend the Truman administration farm bill. The House weighs options including scuttling the Brannan three crop trial plan, delaying the Aiken law enabling flexible parity support, or continuing the 1950 program with 90 percent parity. Debate centers on subsidies versus direct supports and labor political backing.
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Washington
House
Truman
Representative Pace
Thor
Truman calls atomic conference unimportant misspeak
President Truman labeled his secret atomic conference relatively unimportant and protested an advance leak about the meeting at Blair House. He refused to name the source but said facts would show no deep secret. He indicated Maj. Gen. Vaughan could testify if Senate calls him amid contractor influence probes.
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Washington
Truman
Blair House
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Vaughan
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Committee
Saving Advice Offered For Armed Forces
A Senate Committee report outlines cost saving ideas for Army Navy and Air Force for the current fiscal year starting July 1. Proposals include fewer flying hours for deskbound pilots saving tens of thousands, removing gadgetry from jeeps and trucks, and pausing a $238000 gun. The drive seeks to trim about $1.12 billion from House approved funding and may cut stockpiling funds amid disputes with defense officials and western state senators.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services
Air Force
Navy
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Defense
Missing Atomic Worker Found Facing Charge
Santa Fe security officers questioned H Tracy Snelling a former information director about a week long disappearance. A security plane brought him from Dallas to FBI, he was jailed on a 5000 bond for embezzling Red Cross funds from a Los Alamos campaign.
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Santa FE
N. M
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Security Service
H. Tracy Snelling
Dallas
Tex
FBI
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project
Snelling
Bert Prince
Los Alamos Project
Edwin Brooks
Los Alamos Red Cross
Brooks
Incomes Rise Across 1948 Boom Year for Labor and Farm
Washington AP reports 1948 boosted median incomes across classes with unskilled laborers gaining 350 to 2100 while skilled and semi skilled workers rose 300 to 3300. Farm operators up 300 to 1800, clerks up 100 to 3000. top earners held at 4500 and 4000. Overall 43.8 million families, 26 percent under 2000, with shifts into higher brackets. taxes would trim about 676 thousand from the above 7500 tier.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Indictment of three Ne groes in Groveland attack
In Groveland Florida a special Lake County grand jury indicted Charles Greenlee Samuel Shepp Walter Irvin on the capital offense for the attack, robbery and beating of Mrs Willie Padgett. The fourth suspect remains at large as National Guardsmen monitor rising tensions and possible new trouble after the midnight indictment. The judge plans a possible special court within two weeks and may reconvene the jury later to continue the inquiry.
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Groveland
Fla
Alabama
Georgia
Clermont
Willie Padgett
Lake County
Tavares
Florida
Charles Greenlee
Samuel Shepp
Walter Irvin
Seven Die and 31 Hurt in Seattle Plane Crash
A non-scheduled two-engine C-46 airliner crashed after takeoff from Boeing Field, killing seven and injuring 31 as crowds gathered amid debris. The craft carried 32 occupants en route to Chicago. police say 5 victims were residents of impacted homes. Airline owner Amos E. Heacock said operations resumed and insurance coverage was in place.
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Cohen
Queen of Angels Hospital
Mickey
Howser
Bugsy Siegel
Siegel
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
XoBtotk
Harney St
George E. Eastman
Pete, Chamos
Heacock
Boeing Field
Guatemala Civilians Urged To Turn In Arms
Guatemala City authorities urged civilians who fought for the government in this week’s revolt to surrender arms to prevent renewed violence. Officials warned about 1,500 troops and civilians in the capital could cause trouble, though police reportedly have matters under control. Casualty tallies ranged from about 60 to higher figures, with French commercial attache Paul Pretextat Lecomte wounded but recovering after the attack in southern Guatemala City.
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Guatemala
Juan Jose Arevalo
Defense Ministry
Francisco Javier Arana
Armed Services
Paul Pretextat - Lecomte
Central America
Americans Describe Guatemala Revolt Scenes In New Orleans
New Orleans reports bring scenes from Guatemala where tourists and businessmen among about 30 evacuees witnessed shelling and a palace crowd after news of Col. Arana's assassination spread. Witnesses include Miss Mourine Stein of St Louis filming from a Pan American hotel window as bullets struck nearby. She described a child shot and dragged away, while others fled to safety.
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New Orleans
Pan American
National Palace
Miss Stein
Francisco Arana
Dudley E. Dawson, Jr
Waterman Steamship Company
Mobile
Ala
Victoria Rosenfeld
Chicago
Ill
Columbus, Ga
Ben H. Hardaway
Woman Killed by Train in Glendale
Cincinnati police report an unidentified woman, aged 15 to 30, killed when she fell in front of a Baltimore and Ohio train at the Glendale depot. A wedged shoe suggested a trip. She wore a tan army shirt with shoulder straps and a red and white striped shirt.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Glendale
Jury Awards Girl 15 $39,375 in Damages in Slaying Case
In San Antonio, a jury awarded 15 year old Gertrude Ann York $39,375 for damages after surviving a mass killing that claimed her father Willard H. York mother, brother, and grandmother. Grandfather Ewart York received $3,619.75. the family sought $94,500. The attacker Dr Lloyd I Ross was sentenced to death and later found insane, with a 90 day sanity review at Austin State Hospital.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gertrude Ann York
Lloyd I. Ross
Ann
Comal County
Ewart York
Ross
la Grange
State Hospital
Austin
Willard H. York
Dellroy
Carroll County
Harvard
York
Texas
Scranton
Violence Flare Up in Hawaii Dock Strike
In Honolulu during Hawaii’s 82 day dock strike violence erupted as CIO pickets attacked nonunion stevedores preparing strikebound freighters. Police broke up the clash in minutes leaving 19 injured and 30 arrested. Jail terms followed with a habeas corpus writ ordered for release consideration.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
ILWU
John E. Park
Dan Liu
Phone Bill Signed in Ohio Limiting Party Lines
Gov. Frank J. Lausche signed legislation prohibiting more than 10 telephone subscribers on a single party line. The measure takes effect January 1, 1952.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Senate votes on Atlantic Pact amid atomic secrets clash
Washington AP reports the Senate moved toward ratification of the North Atlantic Pact amid a heated dispute over whether arms to Europe would require sharing atomic bombs or secrets. Critics pressed for clear limits while proponents expected broad approval as votes moved to two reservations and a final ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
Atlantic
Wherry
Rneb
McMahon
D-Conn
House Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
Congress
Pact
Western
Watkins
United States
North Atlantic
Atlantic Pact Ratified By Italians In Two Votes
Rome AP reports the Italian Chamber of Deputies ratified the Atlantic Pact by 323 to 160 after a prior voided vote. The measure faced Russian objections and was sent back for a second tally, with the second ballot producing the official approval.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Fire and explosions hit Baltimore Esso refinery
Fire and a series of explosions swept through an Esso Standard Oil refinery in southeast Baltimore. Initial hospital reports counted 22 injured, six seriously. At least two gasoline stills exploded and flames rose about 300 feet.
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Baltimore
Esso Standard Oil
Airline Radio Officers Strike Grounds Frankfurt London Flights
Air line radio officers walked out in New York, canceling a Frankfurt bound flight and a London to New York trip. Nineteen Frankfurt passengers were moved to Pan American, while U S bound travelers remained stranded in London. A union spokesman said talks since June 15 collapsed as the company refused severance pay overtime parity and other benefits.
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New York
American Overseas Airlines
Frankffurt
Germany
London
Frankfurt
Pan American World Airways
U. S
Newark Store Company to rehire furloughed workers
About 150 Newark, Ohio, Store Company employees furloughed last February will be rehired next Monday, production manager W. Reed Mull said yesterday. The move follows improved production needs and aims to restore staffing to pre furlough levels.
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Newark, O
Newark
W. Reed Mull
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