Supreme Court to review Lorain Journal antitrust ruling
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Lorain Journal case over advertising rejection affecting WEOL Lorain Ohio. Judge Emerick B. Freed in Cleveland ruled the Journal could not bar advertisers who used the rival station, saying it aimed to destroy WEOL. Lorain officials argued the decision infringed press freedom and constitutional search and seizure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lorain, O
U. S
Emerick B. Freed
Cleveland
Journal
WEOL
Lorain and
Elyria
Senate Crime Report outlines interstate gang syndicates
The Senate Crime Investigation Committee details how organized crime operates across states with gambling, narcotics, prostitution, and rackets. It cites Accardo-Guzik-Fischetti and Costello-Adonis-Lansky as major syndicates, notes police corruption, Mafia ties, and the need for sharper local and federal cooperation to curb racketeering.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Senate
Accardo-Guzik- Fischetti Syndicate
Chicago
Costello Adonis Lansky Syndicate
New York
Accardo-Guzik-Fischeti
Kansas City
Dallas
Miami
Las Vegas
Nev
West Coast
Costello-Adonis- Lansky
New York City
Saratoga
Bergen County
N. J
New Orleans
Havana
Cuba
Sicily
Black Hand
Unione Siciliano
Mafia
Kentucky and Ohio gambling syndicate exposed by committee
The committee asserts wide open gambling operated by a Kentucky syndicate and local figures across Ohio and Kentucky. It faults Newport Kentucky's police chief for ignorance of casinos and notes an accountant linked to Cleveland gangsters handled taxes for illicit ventures.
New Yorker Ed Concedes Bookmaking Monopoly Risk
Senate investigators report Continental yields to the Accardo Guzik Fischetti crime syndicate at critical times where monopoly of bookmaking is at stake. They say the backbone of gambling information is the leased wires of Western Union, noting the company has not fully cooperated with law enforcement trying to suppress organized crime gambling networks.
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Nevada
Continental Press Service
Accardo-Guzik - Fischetti Crime Syndicate
Accardo- Guzik-Fischetti Crime Syndicate
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western
Continental
Senate
Western Union
Widely Open Cities Tied to Gambling and Crime
The document accuses elected officials and law enforcement in liberal towns of being influenced by gamblers and their money. It alleges tax racketeering by mobsters, conspiracies involving lawyers and accountants, and criminal infiltration into legitimate businesses from liquor to real estate and beyond.
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Treasury
United States
Anniversary program at New Hope Baptist Church
The event honors Rev S C Richards pastor for five years with Rev Kash Amburgy as main speaker. Mrs Bertha Perkins dedicates the program to teachers. Scripture by Mrs Evalyn Edwards and music by the River Jordan choir. Rachel Crane is ill and cannot attend.
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Rachel Crane
Kash Amburgy
New Hope Baptist Church
S. C. Richards
Bertha Perkins
Evalyn Edwards
Mussic
River Jordan
Unions Tied to Racketeers in Waterfront Strikes
The committee alleges that unions are used by racketeers and gangsters to influence labor, offering lucrative contracts to mobsters in exchange for helping manage employees and defeat union organization, especially on the New York waterfront.
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New York Water Front
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Campbell
Kenton
Giesey
Hewt
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NEW Studebaker
Studebaker
McOnn Motors
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