Frank Erickson Pleads Guilty To Bookmaking
Millionaire gambler Frank Erickson pleaded guilty to conspiracy and 59 counts of bookmaking in a New York special sessions court. The plea could bring up to 60 years and $30,000 in fines. sentencing is set for June 26. Authorities seized records showing links to underworld figures and a prominent betting operation centered on the Colonial Inn near Hallandale Florida.
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NEW YORK
UPi
Frank Erickson
Erickson
special sessions court
Sol Gelb
Nathan D. Perlman
Frank S. Hogan
Justice Perlman
Park avenue
Hogan
UNDERWORLD
Joe Adonis
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Meyer
Jake Lansky
Vincent
Jimmy Blue Eyes
Alo
Detroit
Colonial Inn
Hallandale
Fla
Harry Richards
Senate Pushes Expanded Social Security Bill
Senate leaders from both parties unite to speed passage of an expanded social security program. Amendments to adjust the tax base and coverage are debated with votes on changes expected tomorrow. The bill would extend coverage to about 10 million more people, joining the existing 35 million.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
Lucas
Ilinois
Taft
Ohio
GOP
senate finance committee
George
D-Ga
finance committee
Feminine poker raid in New York nets 14 women
Up- police swept a pre dawn poker game in New York and seized 14 women, most of them middle aged housewives, in a raid that highlights concerns over gambling among suburban households.
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FEMININE
NEW YORK
National League Schedule Shows Night Games Across Cities
The National League lists only night games with New York at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Boston. All games start after dark with three contests in progress late.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
rim RSet
leago
Amerasia Case Decision Due Amid McCarthy Charges
Washington reports that Attorney General McGrath will decide soon whether to publish a full Amerasia case report as urged by a federal grand jury. The week ends with McCarthy charges about State Department alleged communists, and testimony notes calling Amerasia figures "real Communists" while others faced fines or evaded trial. The Senate panel plans private hearings on some witnesses, including John Service, as a dispute over public record accuracy continues.
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WASHINGTON
McGrath
justice department
Amerasia
McCarthy
R-Wis
state department
FBI
senate committee
Emmanuel 5. Larsen
navy
Andrew Roth
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Roth
senate
John 5
Service
Dean Acheson
ated
Poland
Bread Strike Shuts Five West Coast Bakeries
The Associated Press reports a major bread strike across Los Angeles Portland Seattle Bremerton and Everett halting 3100 bakers and 800 idle workers in Seattle and Washington cities. Unions demand a five day 35 hour week, with 40 hour pay, as federal conciliators mediate today.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
west coast
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Bremerton
Everett
Wash
AFL Bakers union
Washington
John Pfau
Senator Vandenberg Reenters Hospital for Checkup
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan reentered Georgetown University Hospital for a checkup and rest, his office reported today in Washington. The move comes during a period of recovery and reassessment of his health.
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WASHINGTON
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Georgetown University hospital
Mars Aircraft Sets Record Flight to U S
The Caroline Mars ended a 2609 mile nonstop Hawaii to San Diego flight with 144 men aboard, the largest crew carried on a single aircraft. A sister Hawaii Mars landed with 106 men after a 2400 mile leg via Alameda. Navy used the two four engine ships to assemble marine reservists for Camp Pendleton drills.
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SAN DIEGO
Calif
Hawaii
navy
San Diego bay
Alameda
Camp Pendleton
Caroline
Mars
MacArthur Sets Asiatic Defense
In Tokyo on June 19 General MacArthur outlined Americas defense position in Asia. He urged prompt American materiel help to Formosa and Southeast Asia while military aspects of a Japanese peace treaty were discussed with Defense Secretary Johnson and General Bradley. The talks aim to form Far Eastern policy decisions in Washington.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
America
Asia
Johnson
Bradley
United States
Far East
Formosa
southeast Asia
U. S. joint chiefs of staff
Japan
Washington
Rent Controls Extended Six Months by Congress
Senate and house conferees agreed on a compromise bill to extend federal rent controls for six months beyond June 30. Municipalities may choose to extend controls to June 30, 1951 or end on December 31 if no action is taken.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
house
congress
Georgia Primary Campaign Lifeless
Georgia faces a subdued lead up to the June 28 Democratic primary as veteran Sen. Walter F. George and young Gov. Herman Talmadge are potential focal figures. Voters see little of the past fire and fervor that marked earlier campaigns.
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ATLANTA
Georgia
Walter F. George
Herman Talmadge
Ruhr Laborers Vote Out Reds in West Germany
Dusseldorf June 19 The Ruhr Valley workers rejected Russia's policies and Communism by large margins while voting for a North Westphalia state constitution that socializes major industries. In the largest West German state in the British zone 9 million voters chose a legislature, rejecting both extremism and nationalist fervor.
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DUSSELDORF
Germany
Ruhr
Russia
North-Westphalia
west Germany
Max Reimann
Dortmund
far west Germany
east Germany
Pacific Northwest Rivers Rampaging
Spokane Seattle? The text notes floods along the Pacific northwest rivers with Bonners Ferry Idaho on the Kootenai river reaching 31.8 feet and dikes protecting 30 000 acres of farmland. The Kootenai expected to peak around 33 feet by Tuesday while levels then fall. National guardsmen from Lewiston and Coeur d Alene were arriving to help with dike work as volunteers battle rising waters.
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SPOKANE
Wash
Pacific northwest
inland empire city
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenal
Spokane weather bureau
Kootenai
sities
Lewiston
Coeur D' Alene
Corporation Tax Boost and Excise Cut Put to Vote
Washington June 19 The House Ways and Means Committee faced a vote on a roughly 500 million dollar yearly corporate tax increase. The move could unlock a 1.1 billion dollar cut in war time excises on items like furs jewelry luggage and movies. President Truman pledged to veto any plan failing to offset revenue loss with other tax gains.
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WASHINGTON
house
ways and means committee
Truman
L A Asks Action On Transit Strike In Los Angeles
Los Angeles requests a special legislative session to address a paralyzing transit strike. The Los Angeles county grand jury made the request after an extraordinary Sunday session with Mayor Fletcher Bowron, federal conciliator Harry Malcolm, Transit officials, and striking union president D. D McClurg, amid Shrine convention visitors.
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LOS ANGELES
Earl Warren
Los Angeles county grand jury
Fletcher Bowron
Harry Malcolm
Cone T. Bass
D. D McClurg
AFL-Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Peace talks fail to break milk strike in Pittsburgh
Three hours of talks led by the Pittsburgh mayor failed to yield definite signs of peace in western Pennsylvania's ten day old milk strike.
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PITTSBURGH
Pennsylvania
Governors Split On McCarthyism in Republican ranks
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 19 Republican governors diverged on the impact of Senator McCarthy's charges. Dewey gave a mixed reaction to McCarthy's accusations about the State Department Warren rejected blanket charges claiming insufficient evidence. Duff of Pennsylvania criticized McCarthyism while noting public concern about subversives and government office. Dewey saw McCarthyism as a potential election issue for November.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
McCarthy
RWis
state department
Earl Warren
California
Wisconsin
Warren
Republican party
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
senate
Duff
Dewey
Farley Endorsed by New York Young Democrats for Governor
The Affiliated Young Democrats of New York state nominated former postmaster general James A. Farley for governor in November. Farley offered no comment, with The New York Times suggesting the move may have his knowledge and no objection. The endorsing body operates independently of the official state Democratic Party.
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NEW YORK
James A. Farley
Young Democrats
New York state
Farley
New York Times
Democratic state committee
Shaw Elected West Brand President
SALT LAKE CITY June 19. O J Shaw Boise Ida was elected president of the Western States Branch conference today. He succeeds Claude Olsen of Ludlow SD Ralph Miracle Helena Mont was named secretary to replace W M Rasmussen of Rapid City SD Recording of livestock brands and uniform enforcement of state laws on brand requirements were described by Russell Thorpe Denver as some of the most tan t phases of livestock industry.
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SALT LAKE CITY
O. J. Shaw
Boise
Ida
Claude Olsen
Ludlow
S. D
Ralph Miracle
Helena
Mont
W. M. Rasmussen
Rapid City
5. D
Russell Thorpe
Denver
Defense Strategy Against Russians
FRANKFURT Germany June 19 Western allies reportedly mine key roads and bridges in west Germany and parts of Europe to slow a possible Soviet attack. A German magazine showed a Rhine route near Lorelei with holes drilled and concrete caps for explosive charges. Allied plans, drawn up for a delaying action and civilian evacuation, prompted Soviet and Red press denials and claims of scorched earth tactics, which a French spokesman dismissed as nonsense.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
west Germany
Europe
Lorelei
Rhine
Koblenz
allied high command
U. S. army
air force
thn
Soviet Union
Hitler
Red press
Shriner convention opens amid parades and hospital cornerstone
In Los Angeles officials say the Shrine opened its national meet drawing about 200000 attendees. A transit strike delayed trains and street transport as delegates and wives filled hotels from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Tomorrow parades and Thursday an electrical show cap the event after laying the cornerstone of a new Shrine hospital costing 2 million dollars, the seventeenth in the nationwide system.
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LOS ANGELES
Shrine
Santa Barbara
Lake Arrowhead
San Diego
Harold Lloyd
Memorial Coliseum
Shrine hospital
Bridges Citizenship Revocation Ready but Not Signed
In San Francisco June 19, a formal order to revoke U S citizenship of Longshore Labor Leader Harry Bridges was prepared but unsigned as Judge George B Harris was away. The decision, based on Bridges conviction for perjury and conspiracy last April, faces appeal. If no stay is granted, Bridges' citizenship revocation proceeds to the U S Court of Appeals. In Melbourne Immigration Minister Harold Holt said revocation would not restore Australian nationality.
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SAN FRANCISCO
U. S
Harry Bridges
George B.Harris
Bridges
Norman Leonard
Harris
U. S. Court of Appeals
Melbourne
Australia
Harold Halt
Truman to Seek $300 Million for Hydrogen Bomb Work
President Truman plans to ask Congress for 300 million dollars to speed up hydrogen bomb work at AEC sites including Oak Ridge Los Alamos and Hanford. The move marks the first direct request for H bomb funding with potential construction implications and follows prior budget figures and talks on expanding the program.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Truman
congress
house
atomic energy commission
Oak Ridge
senn
Los Alamos
N. M
Hanford
Wash
Capitol Hill
AEC
senate house atomic committee
Vogeler May Be Released From Hungary Spy Case
Reliable informants said Vogeler, 39, I T T executive jailed on espionage and sabotage charges, may be handed to U S officials this week. Hungarian officials gave no firm promises, but Tuesday or Wednesday release is contemplated.
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VIENNA
Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
U. S
International Telephone and Telegraph co
Dynamite blasts church steeple in Berlin clash
In Berlin yesterday Communist authorities dynamited the 410 foot Georgenirche steeple to remove a symbol of church state conflict. Workers labored nearly three hours to bring the spire down as Bishop Otto Dibelius and church members protested the action.
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BERLIN
St. George's church
Otto Dibelius
Germany
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