Pross Buys Lake Mahopac Estate Amid Union Boss Scandals
Westbrook Pegler reports Benjamin Pross, accused union boss with two prior convictions, purchased a $26,500 country estate at Lake Mahopac, New York, in April and is expanding control over multiple small unions. The piece notes Pross’ criminal history, alleged abuses of workers, and parallels to George Scalise.
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New York
Benjamin Pross
American Federation of Labor
Lake Mahopac
Putnam County
N. Y
George Scalise
Capone
Ridgefield
Conn
Scalise
Union
Tom Dewey
Press
Atlanta
Henry Schneider
Schneider
Federal Court
Brooklyn
Morris E. Packer
Pross
Samuel Cohen
Selma Cohen
Cohen
Samuel
Selma
Manhattan
Department of Justice
Body of Boy Lost on Picnic Found in New Jersey Lake
The body of seven year old Larry Blossfield who vanished during a Teaneck Sunday school picnic was found in the artificial lake at Forest Hill Park. State police and volunteers had searched three days and divers probed the lake bottom without success until the discovery near a rowboat dock. Larry's parents, neighbors, and officials were notified as the area resumed vigil after the grim find.
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Butler
N. J
Larry Blossfield
Forest Hill Park
Larry
Albert R. Blossfield
Teaneck
New Jersey
Joseph Rutter
Burt Jacobus
State Police
Pompton Lakes
Here
Nonparie! Color Company
New York City
Marjorie
Presbyterian Church of
Lawmakers seek way out of draft snarl via Andrews
Washington notes Rep Walter G Andrews of New York travels toward atomic bomb test sites as the deadlocked conference committee wrestles with keeping selective service alive after July 1. He left a proxy vote urging restoration of 18 and 19 year olds to the draft without restrictions amid two closed door proposals.
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Washington
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Senate House Conference
Andrews
Pacific
House
Retail Tire Ceilings Raised by OPA Nationwide
Washington June 18. OPA authorizes a 3.3 percent rise in retail ceiling prices for passenger car tires and applies the same to manufacturers and wholesalers. The popular 6.00-16 4 ply tires rise to 15.70 nationwide, a 50 cent increase, limited to replacement sales. Truck bus and industrial tires see ceilings raised by 14 percent equivalent, while current retail ceilings remain for those tires.
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Washington
OPA
U S Announces Slimmer Diet For Americans Next Year
Washington report from June 18 says Americans will eat less meat poultry and eggs and fewer wheat products and dried fruits but more canned fruits vegetables and juices. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson projects per capita meat intake dropping to 135 140 pounds while butter may fall to 60 million pounds monthly by October amid tight fat oil supplies.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Congressman Bunker Calls Round Up of Communists
Washington June 18. Representative Bunker proposed to roundup all communists in the United States by the FBI and give them a course in Americanism. Those who refuse to renounce communism should be deported, he said, while denying support for concentration camps. He urged rehabilitation or shipment to their land of dreams.
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Washington
Bunker
Nevada
United States
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Morgan
Lottinger
Farl Miller
Jeff Davis
Louisiana
New York
Jackson Denies Resigning From War Crimes Post
Justice Robert H. Jackson denied reports he would resign as chief American prosecutor at Nuremberg. He said he will leave Nuernberg around July 15 as his duties end, but will return likely in September when verdicts are issued.
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Nuernberg
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Jackson
Metallic jet may kill bomb in new weapon reveal
The army disclosed a molten metal jet weapon with initial speed near five miles a second that could defend against atomic rockets or armored space ships. Experts in the ordnance department are enthusiastic though the device remains in research and planning.
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Washington
Army
Army Ordnance Department
Howe
War Department
Ordnance Arm
Everett S. Hughes
Ordnance
Louisiana Senate OKs 1 Amendments on Appointments
The Louisiana Senate passed two proposed constitutional amendments limiting governor appoints to major offices. recess appointments would end after 60 days unless a special session is called. A venereal disease testing bill for marriage licenses failed in committee amid privacy and religious objections. A draft constitution study was directed to the Law Institute, and a public housing bill drew committee discussion.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
House
Senate
Chester J. Coco
Marksville
Senate Judiciary
J. Y. Sanders
Tom Dutton
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
New Orleans
Louisiana Law Institute
Senate Committee On Parochial and Municipal Affairs
Tojo Defends Pacific War As Self Defense In Trial
In Tokyo June 18 former prime minister Hideki Tojo argued the United States bears blame for planned mass massacres in bombing patterns against Japan. He said Japan reserved the right to fight beyond treaty limits, asserting Kellogg pact permits self defense and calling Pearl Harbor charges a grave mistake.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
United States
Japanese professor says military training had peaceful origins
Tokyo reports Prof. Tokiomi Kaigo testified in the Tojo war crimes trial that Japan’s school system used military training for peaceful aims. He stated training rose after World War I social unrest, with two years required nationwide versus a year and a half for students.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tokiomi Kaigo
Valentine Hammack
Kaigo
Imperial University
Utaka Sugawara
Tojo
Associated Press
Donald R. Nugent
San Francisco
British Stand on Spain Faces U.N. Council Clash
The British push for a UN Security Council report on Spain without a recommendation, seeking to delay action against Franco Spain. Australia France and Mexico oppose the move. The United States and Russia weigh in as the council reconvenes.
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New York
Australia
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Council
General Assembly
Court of International Justice
Alexander Cadogan
France
Mexico
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Three Louisiana Women Are Killed in Head On Crash
A Sabine Parish collision on highway 171 near Leesville killed three women from Slagle. Victims were Loraine Ball Fay Hall and Leslie Spurgeons. Leslie Spurgeons survived with injuries including a broken back. Children and other relatives suffered minor injuries. Funeral plans were pending noon Tuesday with Hixson Funeral Home De Ridder.
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Noble
Highway 171
Slagle
Leesville
Sabine
J. K. Phares
Loraine Ball
Fay Hall
Leslie Spurgeons
Tornado Hits River Rouge and Ontario Deadly Toll Grows
A violent tornado plowed through southern Michigan and into Ontario causing at least 20 deaths and over 100 injuries. River Rouge suffered major destruction near the Ford Rouge plant as Sandwich Ontario and Windsor faced the brunt. Rescue crews, police, and Red Cross workers battled to aid the homeless and injured amid massive property damage and fires.
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Detroit
Michigan
Ontario
Canada
River Rouge
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Sandwich
Ont
Fisher
Weather Bureau
Populous River Rouge
Detroit River
Sandwich West
Sandwich East
Windsor
Lake St. Clair
Red Cross
Donalds. Leonard
Harry F. Kelly
Anti-Racketeering Approval Seen By Senate Quick Vote
Washington reports that both parties expect swift Senate action on the Hobbs anti-racketeering labor bill. Senator Hatch says he will move to bring it up for final vote and opposes amendments. Truman voiced concerns about labeling peaceful picketing a felony. Sponsors say the bill targets nonunion payments to union drivers, not lawful union activity.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
New Mexico
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Reo
Hobbs
Democrat
Alabama
Congress
House
Potato resembles Popeye or Lincoln in Irish patch bust
West Carroll parish spring scene yields a carved potato that fans debate as Popeye or Abraham Lincoln. William M. Stennett, Cypress Street Grocer, found the 3 acre garden specimen and brought it to town, as chatter swirls over which figure it most resembles.
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West Carroll
Wiliam M. Stennett
Cypress Street
West Monsroe
Popeye
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Stennett
John B. Stennett
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