Slugged in Beverly Hills Gangland Death of Bugs Siegel
In Beverly Hills on June 1 a gunman shot Benjamin Bugs Siegel while he read a newspaper in a home after returning from dinner with friends. Four bullets struck Siegel. Allen Smiley and a guest named Jerry Mason were among those present. Siegel, a longtime underworld figure and public enemy No 1 in prior Dewey-era tabulations, had been linked to the Las Vegas gaming scene and to the Slaving of Harry Greenberg case.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin
Bugs” Siegel
William W. White
Siegel
Allen Smiley
Smiley
Felice
Jose
Iegel
Juchalter
New York
Murer
Tae
Sing Sing
Harry Greenbrg
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nevid Smiley
Charles
Jerry Mason
Akron Society Bride Marries William Clay Fore
A 21 year old Akron socialite, Martha Parke, becomes bride today of William Clay Fore, grandson of Jai Henry Ard, uniting two prominent industrial families. Planned ceremonies set for 3:30 p.m. CST with numerous caterers tailors and gardeners supporting what is described as one of the era’s most elaborate weddings.
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Akron
Ohio
Dunce
Martha Parke Firetone
Irl
Hanny
William Clayfore
Randson
Loris
Valley Project to Be Discussed in Conference
Valley Water Conservation Association and U S reclamation bureau officials will discuss the proposed 124 million dollar gravity canals and drainage project for the Rio Grande valley at a conference next week. The session, likely Tuesday, will be chaired by A L Framer.
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Mcallen
Rio Grande Valley
Valle Water Conservation Associaion
U.S. Reclamation Bureau
A. L. Framer
Association
Senate panel proposes 12 million for overseas information program
Propagandists offered 12 million dollars to run the administration's overseas information program for the year starting July 1. The proposal followed Secretary of State Marshall's assertion that peace cannot be served by rationing American facts.
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Neton
Senate Appropriations
Administration
Marshall
Bowdoin Sails North For Arctic Expedition
Bowdoin, the timber schooner skippered by Donald B. MacMillan, sails from Boothbay Harbor with 15 crew toward Greenland glaciers. The voyage will visit Sydney Nova Scotia, Nain in Labrador, and Etah before turning toward Baffin Bay and the western Arctic coast.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Bowdoin
Arctic
Donald B. MacMilam
Greenland
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Nain
Labrador
Baffin Bay
Greanands
Etah
Shot Ends Argument in City
Dikard Longran, 35, of 2229 Wyoming Street, was in Reber B. Green Hospital with a serious stomach wound Saturday after an early morning money dispute. He told police he argued with another man who fled after firing a small caliber shot. Longran ran to 121 Stewart Street where Mrs. Queen Wright called an ambulance. Police seek an assailant named Lengran.
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Dikard Longran
Wyoming Street
Reber B. Green Hospital
Longran
Reds Warm to Marshall Plan
London reports the Soviet Union remains interested in European economic reconstruction with American aid though sees Marshall Plan details as scant. Tass notes Britain and France are considering the plan, while Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg support it and Nordic states await Moscow’s reaction.
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London
Soviet Union
Barssian Hews Agency
Tass
Moscow
Molotov
Marshall
Warvard University
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
United States
Lie
Lake Surcess
Bevin
Oil to Reds Probe Under Way
A two way congressional investigation of huge oil shipments to Russia began as House Armed Services and Merchant Marine subcommittees prepared hearings. Weichel questioned why the United States ships oil to Russia while efforts to return leased ships failed and noted some Soviet tankers may be US vessels loans during the war. Shafer warned against extending export controls without proof controls are enforced.
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Washington
Russia
House Armed Services
Commerce Department
Weichel
Ohio
House
Merchant Marine Committee
United States
Shafer
R.mich
Armed Services Subcommittee
Seattle man dies in Colorado gas chamber
Harold Gillette, 31, of Seattle, executed in the Colorado state penitentiary lethal gas chamber for the murder of Glen D. Cook, ranch foreman, in northern Colorado last December. Gillette had spent years in reformatories and prisons since boyhood.
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Cangn City
Colo
Harold Gillette
Seattle
Gillette
Colorado State
Glen D. Cook
Colorado
Kin of Former War Head Vanishes
An intensive search pressed for Mrs Barbara Riggs Clement 24 year old cousin of former Secretary of War Llenry L Slimson. She left the Stimson estate Wednesday night with a 13 month old son and husband John C Clement a former Marine lieutenant. Police in 12 states asked to aid the search.
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Mineola
Zlinsi
Barbara Riggs Clement
Llenry L. Slimson
John C. Clement
Marine Corps
Stimson Estate
War on Bread Prices Intensifies in St Louis Area
Hundreds of grocers in the St. Louis area continued their bid to lower bread costs by boycotting deliveries from five firms that have raised the price. Local actions reflect a broad push against rising food prices and coordinated supplier pressure.
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ST. Louis
Grandmother Faces Third Lie Test in Slaying Case
CHICAGO June 21 Mrs Rose Black 44 grandmother faced a third detector test today in the mysterious strangling of her year old grandson Gerald Drazin found in his crib last Wednesday morning Police Lt LeRoy Steffens said the second test results were inconclusive due to her overwrought condition Betty Drazin Barrows 22 mother also underwent a second test but results were deemed inconclusive She had said an intruder attacked her as she slept with the child in the same room while Mrs Black and her husband slept nearby She has been on sedatives since the murder and was not in condition for yesterday's test.
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Chicago
Rose Black
Gerald Drazin
LeRoy Steffensi
Black
Betty Drazin Barrows
Son's Death Laid to Mother in Chicago Case
Mrs. Maria Kennedy Adams, Chicago socialite and sister-in-law of Robert McCormick Adams, was held on a murder charge after a coroner's jury found her son’s death a homicide. The boy was found dead in the apartment on May 19 and gas asphyxia was reported. A psychologist testified she suffered a reverse oedipus complex or extreme hate for her son.
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Chicago
Maria Kennedy Adams
Maurice Braude
Weather forecast Saturday and Sunday expected showers
The weather bureau reports scattered thunder showers possible Saturday with the thermometer about one degree higher than Friday’s 93. Sunday looks similar with more of the same conditions on tap according to the forecast.
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Weather Bureau
Bureau
U S Negotiator Seeks Pacific Peace in Maritime Talks
Nathan P. Feinsinger, veteran labor department troubleshooter, met today with two CIO unions and waterfront employers to push toward a final Pacific Coast peace agreement. He noted the temporary settlement ended a four day tie up and warned a final settlement may take another day or two.
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SAN Firancisco
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Feinsinger
Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy through Saturday night and Sunday with occasional thundershowers. Highs near 94 on Saturday and a low around 78, with Sunday’s high again near 94. Forecast notes include additional weather details on Page 2.
Spellman Joins In Catholic Rites On Marian Ceremony
Cardinal Spellman joined thousands of Catholics today at a Marian ceremony hosted near the U S embassy. The event featured the Dionne quintuplets in a religious music program and solemn consecration at Lansdowne Park repository. Cardinal Armago y Betencourt of Cuba presided with Cardinal Gerlier delivering a lecture to French speaking clergy and officials.
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Otpawa
Franci Cardinal Spellman
Cardinal Spellman
U. S
Siemon Lamarrow
Congress
Lansdowne Park
Mariel Cardinal Armaga Y Betencourt
Cuba
Pierre Cardinal Gerlier
Lyons
France
Terror Strike Shakes Vienna Exiles Leader Missing
WENNA June 21. An error spread among Vienna exile groups after a leader missing since May 12 was kidnapped and deported to Budapest. Dispatches from Budapest say Russians admitted the kidnapping as a fact, naming Laszlo Laky, former Hungarian repatriation official in Munich.
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Vienna
Depoti
Budapest
Laazlo Laky
Munich
Studio fights over top billing in Fairbanks Montez film
Universal Studios asks a federal court to decide which star, Douglas Fairbanks Jr or Maria Montez, should be billed first on their completed picture. Universal says Fairbanks has the starring role and Montez agrees her name should follow, while Montez contends the opposite.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Maria Maniee
Universal Studios
Fairbanks
Taft Attacks Truman After Veto Override
Senator Taft R Ohio charged President Truman misrepresented the Taft Hartley labor bill in his veto. He spoke from the Capitol criticizing Truman for trying to set his judgment over Congress as Democrats override the veto after five months of labor disputes discussion.
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Washingson
Taft
Ohio
Vriday
Truman
House
Capitol
Congress
Canadas
Torigresk
Taylor Filibuster Keeps Senate Awake All Night
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho spoke for hours in a dramatic filibuster over Truman's veto of the Taft Hartley labor bill. He lectured about fishing trips and Wall Street plots, keeping colleagues listening until dawn. Morse offered to take over the debate briefly as Taylor pressed on past 1 a.m. in a nightlong soliloquy style session.
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Washington
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Senaté
Truman
Wall Street
Hudy Long
Taylor
Pepper
D.-Fla
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Faylor
Ud A A. m. Sc
Senate near end of night long veto battle over Taft Hartley
Washington faced a split Senate in a bitter overnight session over President Truman's veto of the Taft Hartley bill. Supporters gained a swing vote edge by defeating a delay motion 50 to 14 while Morse and Langer prepared to pinch hit for Kilgore. A radio duel with Taft and Truman highlighted the clash as leaders discussed timing for a possible override, with the House having already approved the measure 331 to 83.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Pepper
D-Fla
Morse
Tait
R.-Onio
Taft
House
White House
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Wenna
Kaylor
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Kilgore
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R.ore
Langer
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