High Places Influenced By Racketeers
Bob Considine reveals a nationwide syndicate of gamblers and racketeers embedding into public offices from local police to governors. The series cites New York mayor William O'Dwyer and other city leaders, detailing bribery, influence, and real estate gains amid a growing crime network.
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Miami
Provida
America
Bob Considine
Chicago
Capone
International News Service
United States
Greater
Hoodlun Empire
National Syndicate
Washington, D. C
William O'Dwyer
New York
New Orleans
Portland
Ore
National
Ohio
Miami Beagh
Melvin J. Richard
Dade County Grand
Richard
Nippon Urged As State By Japanese Novelist
Masao Kume, a leading Jap novelist, urged in Seki Shunju that Japan be annexed by the United States and become the forty ninth state. He argued U.S. annexation would bring true happiness to Japan and noted his love for the Japanese people and the emperor.
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Tokyo
Masao Kume
Japan
U. S
Seki Shunju
Kume
Navy ends Spronged search for missing plane crew
Corpus Chrissy February 13 The navy suspended a dawn to dusk hunt for a Spronged plane missing since Friday afternoon with nine men aboard Bad air yesterday blocked locating any trace A naval spokesman said the search would resume at daybreak today
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Corpus Chrisy
Navy
PBEM
Chinese Seek Impeachment of Acting President
TAIPEI Formosa Feb 13 Fifty one members of the control yuan of Nationalist China have signed a resolution to impeach Acting President Li Tsungwen.
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Taipei
Formosa
Control Yuan
China
Li Tsungwen
Mercury Forecast Signals Weather Change In City
Oren Edrington forecast a switch to clear daily weather with fresh to moderate northerly winds. Expect 55 degrees Monday afternoon, 40 overnight, 54 Tuesday afternoon. One inch of rain fell by Monday at municipal airport, with more rain in the morning.
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Oren Edrington
San Antonio
Municipal
Weekend Storm Toll Hits 47
Tornado near Ripley Tennessee killed eight members of a family and an unidentified woman, part of a weekend toll of 47 from storms nationwide. The twister destroyed their home and scattered debris over 300 feet, injuring others and demolishing nearby houses. In Texas and Louisiana, tornadoes killed at least 14 and injured about 200, with Shreveport bearing the heaviest losses. Snow aided winter wheat across the plains, while cold remained in the upper Midwest. Campa, grandson of Cesar Campa of San Antonio, was critically injured in an airport incident near Shreveport.
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Ripley Tenn
Naelon
Ripley
Texas
Louisiana
Shreveport
Laporte- Alvin
Hughes Springs
Corley
Mt. Holly
Plains States
Nebraska
Ainsworth
New Mexico
Sluet and Taain
Missouri
Minois
Washington
Oregon
Farge
N. D
Robert Valencia Campa
Cesar Campa
San Antonio
Slack Agh
Shrevepad
Hig Wift
Irene Campa
Linda 2
Diane
Las Morag St
Campa
Eva Guerra
Sen Darlo Ave
Sidney Lanier High School
Kelly Afb
Slack Afb
Fire destroys office records at Fort Worth airport project
Fire at Greater Fort Worth International Airport razed the construction office, destroying city and T. L. James Construction records for an initial 860000 project. Loss to the building and equipment was 40000. Duplicate records exist. Fire began beneath stone and may have started in a furnace. Investigations say the project included Kinway and apron paving slated at 1500000.
Red Imports Hit
Senator Gillette protested that the state department appears to be unlocking the Iron Curtain for imports from Soviet satellites. He expects to call Senate attention to rising imports of canned ham from Poland amid Communist domination concerns.
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Washington
Sen
Gillette
D-la
State Department
Gilette
Senate
Poland
Berlin traffic across the Russian zone treated normally
Berlin reports that Mahway traffic across the Russian zone Srontler was treated normally during the weekend, according to British authorities. The brief note cites no major disruptions and confirms steady movement through the area as of February 13.
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Berlin
Mahway
Srontler
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday in city page 2A
The forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions Monday night with continued cloudiness on Tuesday. Fresh to moderate northerly winds. Highs near 55 Monday and 40 Tuesday with a chilly spread. Sunday’s high reached 70 and Monday morning was 9. Local delate.
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Lonal Delate
Bucknell Grants Honorary Degree to Student Wives
Bucknell University officially recognizes the spouses of students by granting an honorary degree to Bucknell wives. President Ntorace Hildreth signed the document, stating the wives may wear cap and gown in the future, while the wives will continue to be identified as spouses.
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Lewisburg
Bucknell University
Bucknel
Ntorace Hildreth
Bucknell
Winder
PNT
Academia Panta
Dimes Meeting Set With City Leaders Speaking
Men and women of Say Antonio Binal Birth will honor March of Dimes with a joint meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at Temple Bet El Community Center. Mayor White and John Hamilton, general campaign chairman, will be speakers. The program includes flag presentation to the Temple Bay Scout troop and a rebroadcast of the anniversary radio show.
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Say Am
Tonio Binal
Bitien
Temple Bet
White
John Hamilton
Temple Bay
Truman Wins Civil Rights Award
New York Feb 13 President Truman is named by the American Jewish Congress as a recipient of the inaugural Stephen S Wise award for his work extending civil rights in America.
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New York
Truman
American Jewish Congress
Stephen S. Wise
Federal prosecutors to discuss nationwide slot machine drive
Federal prosecutors from across the country meet with Attorney General McGrath to plan a nationwide drive against slot machines. Although the federal government lacks explicit power to act against gamblers, the meeting precedes a federal local crime conference where the so called armed bandits are expected to be scrutinized.
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Washington
Atty
Gen McGrath
McGrath
Snow Falls Across West Texas In Cold Front
Snow fell in west Texas as a cold air mass moved from Texarkana toward Houston and Corpus Christi. The front threatened tornado activity, lifted rainfall and flood warnings ends, and forecasted freezing temperatures and lows from 18 to 26 in the Panhandle to 24 to 34 in western regions.
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Texas
Pexarkana
Miners Defy Taft-Hartley Law Across Regions
Thousands of soft coal miners in the United States refuse government orders to dig, with vast regional strikes across Western and Central Pennsylvania Indiana Kansas Missouri Virginia and the Rocky Mountain states. John L. Lewis urged compliance but rank and file refused, keeping many mines idle or shut. Federal officials question contempt status as the labor action persists.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Lewis
Noll
John L. Lewis
Western
Pensylvania
UMW
Virginia
West Virginia
Mlingis
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Washington
United Mine Worksers
Football Player Feeds Fearless Flying Tackle Hero
Washington university football player James Grieg 180 pounds saved his girlfriend Charlotte Obst from a masked assailant on a rural road firing shots. Grieg tackled the attacker, beat him, and delivered him to police while Obst aided by grabbing the mask.
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ST. Louis
Washington University
James Grieg
Arhiele
Nelihey Geleg
Charlotte Obst
Gus Teck
Tecu
Grieg
Miss Obst
Tim
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St. Valentine's Jay
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Heatblack
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Hunt
Mercury
Auto
Oxford
Page Bay
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Sean Theee
Tae Sporls
Tyler
Dimes
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