Fair Enough By Fair Enough By pie ee Westbrook Pegler
Beverly Hills murder case linked to Hollywood underworld and New York slums. Barney Ruditsky a retired New York cop works as a collector for Associated Security Council handling debts for Siegel Flamingo Hotel gambling house in Las Vegas. He describes his gentler methods and notes a $2,000 bounced check from a Los Angeles businessman with an alias.
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New York
Buggsy Siegel
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Barney Ruditsky
Ruditsky
Associated Security Council
Siegel
Flamingo
Las Vegas
Nev
Gende
Los Angeles
Drouth Devastates Northeastern Farmlands with $50 Million Loss
A 43 day drought has damaged or spoiled over $50 million in crops across eight northeastern states. Losses include New Jersey fruit and potato crops and Long Island truck crops, with further damage feared if rain delays continue. The drought spans southern New Jersey through New York and northern New England.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
New York State
New England
Long Island
Nationalists reportedly raid China coast from Chushan bases
Reports say Nationalists are launching daily air raids on Communist held coast from secret Chushan Islands 100 miles southeast of Shanghai. Forward bases on Formosa enable strikes on Shanghai and ports, with naval patrols aiding the blockade. Communists broadcast propaganda from Formosa urging Nationalists to defect.
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Shanghai
Chushan Islands
Formosa
Chushan
Chekiang Province
Tientsin
Manchuran
Yingkow
Hulutao
China
Connally Urges Swift Approval of Atlantic Pact
Senator Connally opens Senate debate urging rapid ratification of the 20 year Atlantic pact as proof free nations will unite against aggression. He says the treaty coordinates duty among nations and preserves liberty bought with blood, while noting it does not auto commit the U S to fight or bind votes on arms aid.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
North Atlantic
United States
Canada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
Rich recluse dies in trash in Philadelphia home
Authorities investigate the death of Catherine S. Ritter a 79 year old recluse who lived amid clutter in a fortune worth at least 200000 dollars. Neighbors reported persistent odors and obscurity. Police seek a possible hidden 100000 dollars while rents from 14 owned houses were regularly collected.
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Philadelphia
Catherine S. Ritter
250000 KOREANS AT KIMS FUNERAL
About 250000 South Koreans attended the funeral of assassinated rightist leader Kim Koo in Seoul. No disorders occurred as Kim, aged 73, who headed the Korean independence party, was shot June 26 in his home. Police allege a follower killed him after learning Kim plotted against President Syngman Rhee's government.
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Seoul
Kim Koo
Korean Independence Party
Kim
Syngman Rhee
Americans Observe July Fourth Amid Heat and Death Toll
Americans marked the 173rd Independence Day with a three day weekend of travel and fireworks. The toll rose to 666 violent deaths during the period, including 289 highway fatalities, as heat and storms affected celebrations from New York to New Jersey.
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Deense
Louis Johnson
New York
New Jersey
Steel Workers Resume Talks With U S Steel
Pittsburgh July 5 The United Steel Workers and U S Steel resume contract talks with a 10 day strike deadline. Key issue is pensions with US Steel refusing to discuss them while union seeks broad wage increases and company financed insurance and pensions. If no agreement by July 16 a walkout may occur.
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Pittsburgh
Big
United Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Cleveland
William F. Donovan
Truman
Tokyo Rose Faces Death Penalty Treason Trial
Iva Ikuko Toguri D Aqquino known as Tokyo Rose goes on trial in federal court in San Francisco for treason with the death penalty possible. The government accuses eight acts of treason tied to wartime broadcasts on Radio Tokyo. The defense argues compulsion and a 1945 marriage that may render her a Portuguese citizen not liable in the United States.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Iva Toguri
Felipe D'Aquino
Portugal
United States
July 4 Independence talk by Gov Earl Long in Natchitoches
Gov Earl K Long used an Independence Day event in Natchitoches to defend free school lunches old age pensions and improved schools as Americanism not socialism. He argued government should promote enterprise and individual effort and denounced welfare state labeling.
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Natchitoches
Earl K. Long
Americas
Natchitoches Baseball Association
Daily Press
Two deaths and three hurt in Monday crashes near Monroe and Calhoun
Michael Dean 24 and his brother Larry 20 of Collinston were injured when their 1936 Ford left Sterlington road three miles north of Monroe. The Deans were hospitalized with serious injuries while a Texas couple, Mr. and Mrs. A D Naugher of Dallas, were killed near Calhoun on U S Highway 80 and later buried in Dallas.
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Michael Dean
Monroe
Sterlington Road
Texas
Calhoun
Dallas
Tex
A. D. Naughter
Rhoda Naughter
Lamar and
Smith
A. D. Naugher
Kingston Street
Deans
Michael
Larry
St. Francis Sanitarium
Dean
Record-Break Fatalities Mark Independence Day Weekend
The national safety council reports 676 accidental deaths over the three day Fourth of July weekend. The breakdown shows 296 traffic deaths 245 drownings and 135 deaths in violent accidents. The figure surpasses 1941’s prior peak of 628 and 571 last year.
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National Safety Council
U.N. Urges Action to Lift Global Economic Activity
The United Nations called for national and international steps to raise world economic activity after a postwar boom slowed in 1948. The 117 page report notes declines in price growth, a production check and rising unemployment in several countries, and predicts 1949 may face weak European output. It highlights U.S. 1948 output at 170 percent of 1937, and Soviet 171 percent, with Russia still far smaller in steel and motor vehicle production.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
U. N
U.N. Secretariat
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Truman Divides On Labor Legislation In Congress
President Truman and Democratic leaders conferred today on labor legislation and postponed a decision on pushing repeal of Taft Hartley in the House. Speaker Rayburn said a ruling would follow talks with Lesinski and the House labor committee. The Taft measure preserves core Taft Hartley features and questions remain about bringing a bill to the floor.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Lesinski
D.-Mich
House Labor Committee
Three Day Week Plan Adopted for Coal Miners
Pittsburgh July 5 AP Almost all of the nations 480000 hard and soft coal miners returned to the pits today without a contract at the end of their annual paid vacation. The three day workweek order by John L. Lewis applies to miners east of the Mississippi and replaces the no contract no work policy while negotiations continue on a new pact that expired June 30. About 7000 of 55000 western Pennsylvania soft coal diggers remained idle as some mines delayed restart and past vacations limited staff. Talks resume July 12 with soft coal operators and Lewis prepares to meet hard coal operators.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
United Mine Workers
Western Pennsylvania
California
Canada
Lewis
Two Dead In Sonoma Valley Home Rape Suspect Sought
In Sonoma California a nearly nude woman fled a mountain road to a picnic party reporting rape and two men killed inside a Valley of the Moon home. The victims were Peter J. Jensen and Peter J. Flint. a four pound pestle lay at the scene and investigators sought a man named Hank who last drove Flint's 1941 Buick.
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Sonoma
Calif
Jack London
Hank
Andy Johansen
Sheriff's Office
Peter J. Jensen
Sonoma State Home
Peter J. Flint
Richmond
Flint
Sonoma Valley
Jensen
Buried Alive Champion Emerges After Near 45 Days
Zanesville Ohio July 5 Raymond Demp Emmert a 40 year old WWII veteran emerged from a deluxe grave after nearly 45 days underground He declared readiness to defend his title against challengers The previous record was set in 1938 by L G McIntyre also of Zanesville Emmert was buried six feet deep in a wooden casket with a shaft to the surface providing food and wine while thousands visited the site
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Zanesville
Raymond “Demp” Emmert
Rteady
L. G. McIntyre
Chicago
Emmett
Four Killed in Brick Barrage on Federal Street
A building parapet collapsed on Federal Street in Pittsburgh sending bricks tar and neon signs onto pedestrians. Four people died and seven were injured including a man with a fractured leg and others with back pelvis skull and arm injuries. Officials say the weight of neon signs toppled the brick parapet.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Street
Allegheny General Hospital
Joe Deveny
T. J. McGee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Schmidt
Donald Hanlon
Viola Dickson
John McDoonough
Rose Grandee
Forest McCallister
David Stevens
Michael McDermott
Governor Long Denies Involvement in Cottingham Replacement
Baton Rouge July 5 Governor Earl K Long says he never talked to any state education board member about replacing Dr Cottingham as president of Louisiana Tech He argues Cottingham followed the path he took and notes the accreditors may probe the replacement He cites support for other college leaders and predicts a regional vote favoring Cottingham's ouster.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Highway Department
H&ds
Colorado Springs
Louisiana
South
State Board of Education
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Cottingham
Cotetingham
Congress
Sam Jones
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Northwestern State College
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Dr. Cottingham
Long
G. J) Tinsley
Southeastern
Joel) Fletcher
Southwestern
Gibson
Joseph Gibson
Northwestern
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Gerald Sullivan
Boston
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Br Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
U.N
Mississippi River
Lee Scott
Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Penn
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