Communist Propaganda Floods U S
A Senate sub committee report says a flood of Communist propaganda pours into the United States and into universities and unions. McCarran cites diplomatic pouches and ship freight, with the State Department resisting labeling under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Four Continent Book Corp buys large quantities of Soviet and American materials annually.
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Washington
United States
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary Committee
Congress
State Department
Justice Department
Department
Four Continent Book Corp
New York
Book Combine
Soviet Union
O'Conor
DrMda
Ferguson
R-Mich
Soviet Book
the News
Frederick
U. S
TV Kills Movies In Chicago Theaters Losses Rise In 1951
Chicago officials report television drove 91 movie theaters in the city out of business last year doubling the total theaters closed in 23 years. The municipal losses include about a million dollars in license fees and amusement taxes over three years.
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Chicago
William T Prendergast
Prendergast
Promoter Of Dog Races Is Blast Victim
In San Mateo California promoter Thomas A Keen 58 a major dog and horse racing figure perished when a dynamite blast blew his Cadillac and carport apart near his 16 room mansion police indicated motive unknown investigators said Keen had wide interests in Sportsman Park Cicero and other tracks and may have been killed due to business conflicts with rivals.
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San Mateo
Calif
Thomas A. Keen
Sportsman's Park
Cicero
Sportsman's
Edward O'Hare
Keen
Martin McDonnell
Explosion Ends Life Of Keen At Track, San Mateo County Probe
A blast at a racing track killed Keen, a leading figure in the Totalizer Company and stockholder in several tracks. Investigators said the dynamite device likely contained four or five sticks placed under a floorboard or near the clutch pedal. Witnesses reported flesh, metal, and wood scattered over a wide area, and residents flooded police lines with calls. Keen was rumored to be a witness before a House subcommittee probing Internal Revenue Bureau scandals, though officials said no subpoena existed.
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McDonnell
A. Lincoln Lamport
San Mateo County District Attorney's Office
Keen
International Totalizer Company
U. S. House
San Francisco
Internal Revenue Bureau
Explosion at Home Kills Man and Wounds Family
Committee representatives said they never heard of him. Keen's wife Emma, ill with a heart ailment, and a daughter were in the house at the time of the explosion.
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Keen
Emma
Transit Strike Before Grand Jury in Baltimore
Baltimore transit strike hearings before the grand jury focus on a 19 day walkout that halted streetcar and bus service for about 370000 daily riders. Former BTC president August B Haneke and Clayton G Perry AFL Transit Workers local president testified at the invitation of State's Attorney Anselm Sodaro as the board tightens terms and the firm resumes service.
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Baltimore
B. Haneke
Baltimore Transit Company
Grand Jury
Clayton G Perry
AFL Transit Workers Local
Haneke
Perry
Anselm Sodaro Haneke
BTC
Waters to Step Down as Haneke Succession Planned
Henry C. Waters will leave the vice presidency until a successor to Haneke is named at the April stockholders meeting. Two withdrawing directors Harry N. Baetjer and Joseph P. Healy said they served long enough, while others refused comment. Daylight time vote reported from Hagerstown on February 5.
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Henry C. Waters
Haneke
Harry N. Baetjer
Joseph P. Healy
City Hall approves daylight saving time in Hagerstown
On a February day at City Hall the Mayor and City Council passed, without opposition, an ordinance authorizing daylight saving time in Hagerstown from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September.
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Hagerstown
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