Fair Enough Caps Tumult in Capone Hollywood Saga
A critical examination traces a revived Browne Bioff Scalise Capone saga from last fall. It accuses Hollywood officials of corruption and collusion with organized crime, naming Willie Beeff and Lou Goldberg while claiming blacklisting and censorship taint the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone Oying Picture
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Hollywood Moving Picture
al Capone
Capone
Goldberg
United States
Willie Beeff
Jackal
Hollywood
Chicago Bridewell
Willie
Brother Will
Bioff
Hollywood Corps
Los Angeles Council
American Federation of Labor
Italy to curb Communist private army ahead of elections
Italy's government will vote new decrees to enforce Article 18 banning secret political groups, aiming at the Communist underground. April 18 is set for the republic's first parliamentary election as De Gasperi's cabinet moves to counter leftist semi military groups with tens of thousands of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Luigi Longo
Ministry of Interior
Life Sentence to Be Investigated by Georgia Board
In Atlanta on February 4, the Georgia pardon and parole board pledged to review the life term given to the husband of Mrs. Timothy Heard Ryckeley. Edward B. Everett said the board would examine whether an exception could be made after Ryckeley fled a Georgia prison farm in 1945 and lived in Texas under the name Bill Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Texas
Georgia
Edward B. Everett
Timothy Heard Ryckeley
Ryckeley
Bill Morton
J. C. Ryckeley
Columbus
Everett
Irish voting on De Valera in pivotal general election
Irish voters chose whether Prime Minister Eamon de Valera would keep control of the government he has led since 1932. Polls opened 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a high-stakes election with 406 candidates for 147 Dail seats and a possible shift toward Sean MacBride’s Republican party. Results awaited. count begins tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Dail
Eire
Clann Na Poblachta
Republican
Sean Mac
Snipers Kill Two Young Arab Women in Jaffa
In Jerusalem on February 4, snipers killed two young Arab women in Jaffa amid clashes across Palestine. A total of 1,050 deaths had been reported unofficially since the UN partition decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Palestine
Haifa
United Nations
Holy Land
Rents Likely to Rise 50 Percent If Controls End
Washington Feb 4. Federal housing expediter Tighe E Woods warns rents could jump 50 percent on average if Congress does not extend rent controls set to expire February 29. He cites landlords seeking loopholes and notes a landlord hinted raises from 42.50 to 75 if controls lapse. The issue is part of Truman anti inflation plan. Congress likely to extend but overall program faces doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
Woods
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Truman
Sparkman
Alabama
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Banking Committee
Pilot strike grounds National Airlines planes
Miami February 4 pilots at National Airlines grounded all 11 state system planes amid a walkout by 145 pilots. The union cites two years of poor relations and safety concerns while the company blames clerical and mechanic walkouts at Miami headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Airlines
Miami
Fla
A. F. of
L. Air Line Pilots Association
International Association of Machinists
Independent
St. Petersburg
Newark
N. J
Texas
David L. Behncke
Pilots’ Union
Chicago
Southern Politicians Speculate Truman May Pick Southern VP
Politicians in Washington debated whether Dixie Democrats would push Truman to appoint a southern running mate. They cited past moves by Roosevelt to replace Wallace and suggested Rayburn of Texas as a potential choice to appease southern Democrats. White House aides said there is no clear response from the president and little southern pressure evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
Dixie
Henry Wallace
House
Rayburn
Texas
R North
Charles Ross
Ross
McGrath
Rhode Island
Chicago
Dakotas
New England
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Bemidji
Minn
Western
Gulf
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Earl of Derby Dies in Prescot England at 82
Prescot England is the scene as the Earl of Derby 82 Britain secretary of state for war during World War I dies after a relapse in his sleep He was famed for horse racing owning breeding winners earning pounds 835000 and guiding Anglo American ties He is survived by Lady Derby and grandson Lord Stanley heir to the Derby fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescot
England
Earl of Derby
Britain
Lord Derby Long
Lord Stanley
Lady Derby
Lord Derby
Pilgrims
London Memorial
Roosevelt
Grosvenor Square
Earl
Edward George Villiers Stanley
America
Grenadier Guards
Lord Stanley of
Preston
Canada
House of Commons
France
Alice Montague
Republicans Consider Delaying Tax Cut To July First
Senate Republicans weigh delaying the House tax cut to July 1 to limit revenue loss. They seek a near 4.5 billion cut to win enough Democratic votes to avoid a veto while contending House measures could cut taxes by 7.1 billion in the year after July 1. The Budget Committee moves to trim President Truman's 39.67 billion spending program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Senate House Committee On the Budget
Mr. Truman
Landlord Offers Tenants Free Home in Brooklyn Dispute
A Brooklyn landlord facing heat and roof complaints offered to deed the house to his tenants. Sam Yachter, 35, said he would transfer the dwelling free and clear, but the tenants refused the offer. The magistrate ordered a health department inspection of the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Sam Yachter
Yachter
Health Department
Berry Fined 10000 for Income Tax Evasion in Federal Case
George L. Berry, president of the International Pressmen's Union, was convicted in federal court of income tax evasion and fined 10000. A suspended sentence of one year and a day in prison was imposed, with the condition to pay the fine within 10 days. Berry led the union for 40 years and acknowledged paying the 1939 tax deficiency and related 1940 1941 amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
George L. Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
A. F. of L
Elmer D. Davies
U. S
Tennessee
Berry
Davies
Pressmen’s Union
Solidarity in South Frays Over Civil Rights Rift
Atlanta Feb 4 The Democratic South shows strains as threats of open rebellion against the national party grow in reaction to President Truman's civil rights program. South Carolina leads with talks of withdrawal while Mississippi and Alabama signal dissatisfaction over segregation and other planks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Democrat Party
Truman
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Democratic Committee
Jasper County
H. Klugh Purdy
National Party
Nathaniel Cabell
Natonal
Alabama
Democratic
Gessner T. McCorvey
South
Gardiner Calls For Special Session On Veterans Bonus
State Sen. Lessley Gardiner urged a legislative special session if Earl Long wins the February runoff. Gov. Jimmie Davis said a Jones victory would mandate quick action on veterans' bonuses and related pay measures, while Gardiner branded the rival move as political trickery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prega
Earl K. Long
Long
Sam H. Jones
Jimmie Davis
Jones
Lessley P. Gardiner
Opelouses
Davis
Gardiner
Earl Long
Life expectancy reaches all time high in 1947
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reports life expectancy for United States industrial population at 66.5 years in 1947, up from 65 in 1946 and 46.5 years since 1911-12, reflecting a continued rise in postwar years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Gandhi ashes to be scattered in sacred Indian rivers
Reports say Devadas Gandhi plans to consign his father's bones to holy Hindu rivers with a funeral train from Delhi to Allahabad, where ashes will be released at the confluence of the Ganges Jamuna Saraswati. The roundup aims to quell unrest as mobs target Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh and Hindu Mahasabha after Gandhi's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh
Hindu Mahasabha Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahasabha
Devadas Gandhi
India
Delhi
Ganges
Jurmna
Saraswati
Allahabad
Gandhi
Devadax
Allahbad
Here
Rama
Devadas
Europe makes strides toward economic recovery amid uncertain outlook
In Geneva on February 4, European economic experts view progress toward industrial recovery as promising yet uncertain. The Economic Commission for Europe plans self help across politics, while awaiting a full study led by Nicolas Kaldor. American aid and future harvests remain key unknowns. Continued on Eighth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
Europe
Economic Commission For Europe
Commission
Congress
U. S
Harvard
The
Economic Commission
Nicolas Kaldor
Hungary
Fritz Kuhn Escapes From Dachau Camp
Fritz Kuhn former leader of the German American Bund escaped from the Dachau internment camp this morning. The 50 year old, deprived of citizenship since 1943 and deported in 1945, had been held since July for possible trial as a Nazi offender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Bavarian Denazification Ministry
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
United States
Dachau
Kuhn
Rports
Nuernberg
Julius Herss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westbrook
Pegler
Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Boca Grande
China
Chi Na
DE Valera
Fianna Fail Party
Dorothy Weigand
Bronx
Barbara E. Hrosenchick
Byram
Conn
St. Paul
Dorothy
Barbara
Sueh
Moe Oo
Bones
New Delhi
Alex Singleton
London
Attlee
United Kingdom
Commissio
Kaldor
Sweden
Gunnar Myrdal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!