May ordered to begin 8 to 24 month wartime bribery sentence
Former Rep. Andrew J. May and brothers Henry A. Garsson and Murray Garsson were ordered to start jail terms with May to serve 8 to 24 months for wartime bribery and conspiracy. Judge Schweinhaut rejected appeals for reductions citing health and age. May to serve in Ashland Kentucky if possible.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Henry A. Schweinhaut
May
Kentucky
Prestonburg
Henry A. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Garsson Brothers
Urray Garsson
J Henry Garsson
Schweinhaut
Supreme Court
Police Officer's Truck Stolen From Seda lia Station
Sedalia officer Bill Hatfield reported his blue 1947 Chevrolet pickup missing from behind the Seda lia police station after parking near the radio tower about 4:30 pm. Hatfield later said a man stole the truck and found it later that evening in downtown Sedalia.
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Bill Hatfield
Sedalia
Hatfield
State Patrol
Elm
Bandit
Youths Hide Tie Plates on Railroad Tracks Near Columbia
Two 13 year olds faced juvenile court delinquency charges after piling steel tie plates on the Gulf Mobile and Ohio tracks near Larrabee to see what would happen. A freight crew warned an approaching 17 car train and the engineer halted the train and removed the ties. The warning was relayed by radio from an eastbound Chicago Burlington and Quincy freight. Federal prosecution was declined due to youth status and lack of criminal intent.
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Columbia
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Larrabee
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
St. Louis
Kansas City
Sapp
U. S
Widow Dies As Building Is Dedicated to Husband
In Liberty Missouri during a dedication of the John Priest Greene Memorial Hall a widow of Dr. John Priest Greene died at 8 10 a m PST Her husband led William Jewell College as president from 1892 to 1923 and the $170 000 administration building was funded by W D Johnson of Kansas City The plaque was unveiled by Greene’s granddaughters as a ceremony proceeded with a soloist singing Bless This House.
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Liberty
John Priest Greene
William Jewel College
Elizabeth Greene
Santa Ana
Calif
Ralph Wikoff
W. D. Johnson
Kansas City
Nancy Jane Greene
Thomas Should Resign Over Payroll Scandal Case
Washington reports that Rep. J Parnell Thomas faces up to 32 years in prison and a 40600 dollar fine after pleading nolo contendere to charges of operating a salary kickback scheme. Colleagues expect his resignation with a possible House expulsion. trial featured pay for work not performed and relatives on the payroll.
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Washington
House
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N. J
Capitol Hill
Thomas
Congressional
Nolo Contendre
Alexander Holtzoff
Allendale
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
GI loans for veterans use in business ventures praised
Veterans as a group perform well with GI loan aided ventures. The VA regional office reports about eight percent failure rate, with 1,984 ventures totaling 5.5 million dollars across 62 counties. Government liability exceeds 2 million dollars. Most failures involve vehicles used to start businesses.
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Kansas City
The
Veterans Administration
Missouri
Kansas
17-Year-Old Seeks Father Davenport Across States
Robert Lee Davenport, 17, travels about 2000 miles to find his father George Davenport formerly of Picher Oklahoma. He stays with the R D Lamberts in Wichita Kansas and asks police for help locating the missing man who last lived on a Missouri farm. The boy recalls his father as a tall, heavy redheaded farmer who loves the land.
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Wichita
Kas
George Davenport
Picher
Okla
Diamond
Davenport
Robert Lee Davenport
R. D. Lambert
Missouri
Robert Lee
Montana
Salt Lake City
Roy Lambert
Neosho
Hatfield
Kansas
Youth Held in $18,950 Theft Case
Charles H. Sweigart a 21 year old Hollywood ice skating rink attendant is detained on charges of stealing 18 950 from a Los Angeles produce merchant He was released then rearrested at request of Internal Revenue Bureau agents A garnishment suit seeks 17 190 in cash found with him when arrested Nov 12 in St Louis Los Angeles extradition was denied due to lack of cooperation from the merchant and a hearing on garnishment is set for Feb 6
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ST. Louis
Charles H. Sweigart
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Sweigart
Internal Revenue Bureau
George Mulhardt
California
Mulhardt
Death Sentence Given for Rape Slaying in Indiana
Franklin Click, 25, father of five, was sentenced to death in Indiana for the rape slaying of 17 year old Phyllis Conine. An Allen county grand jury had found him guilty of first degree murder after a night of deliberation.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Franklin Click
Phyllis Conine
Allen County
Willaim Schannen
Michigan City
Click
Anna Kuzeff
Wilhelma Haaga
Conine
Lewis And Union Sued For $500000
John L. Lewis and other mine union officials are sued for 500000 by six Preskitt brothers, operators of a Jasper Alabama strip mine involved in a Septem ber gun battle. A union miner died from shotgun wounds, and the mine had stayed open during a nationwide walkout before being closed after the clash.
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Birmingham
Ala
John L. Lewis
U. S
Preskitt Brothers
Jasper
Hershell Davis
Chiang Back To Leadership In Nationalist China
The Nationalist government in Chengtu faces a fragile refugee capital as Chiang Kai-shek resumes leadership of Nationalist forces after Chungking fell to Communist advances. Chengtu lies 170 miles from Chungking, signaling a rapid shift in the Chinese Civil War.
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China
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Nanking
Canton
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Explosion in new Dr. Gonser house rattles Sedalia
A blast in a basement at Dr. Karl B. Gonser’s five room home on West Broadway near Warren Ave awoke residents at 12 45 am. Police found no clear explosive source while locals speculated it could be a meteor or other past bombing incidents in Sedalia.
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Karl B. Gonser
West Broadway
Warren Avenue
Gonser
Dr. Gonser
Broadway
Sedalia
Capital
Park Avenue
Gasoline Alley
Cole Camp
Rock Island
St. Francis Hotel
North Sedalia
Fox Theatre
Two Men Sentenced in Youths Liquor Case Death
In Edina Missouri two men James Karhoff Sr and Frank Karhoff were jailed 60 days each for buying liquor for a minor in the death of William Karhoff a 17 year old who died November 20. James Karhoff Jr faces second degree murder charges as the coroner’s inquest ties death to alcohol and restraint. Joe Hamlin faces liquor-for-minor charges with a December 7 hearing set.
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Edina
James Karhoff Sr
Frank Karhoff
James Karhoff Jr
William Karhoff
Young Carhoff
Carlene Pruett
William
Joe Hamlin
Kirksville
Editor of AMA Journal Dr. Fishbein Retires
Chicago reports Dr. Morris Fishbein has stepped down after 37 years as editor of the AMA journal. He says he could not continue under the circumstances and could not speak freely or vigorously on issues he felt were important.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
AMA
Appreciation Expressed for Local Blood Donor Heroism
A Sedalia businessman praised by a wreck victim’s family received a letter of thanks for answering an emergency blood donation call. The Red Cross seeks more donors to ensure immediate contact during emergencies and transfusions.
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Sedalia
Red Cross
Arrest in Rome Kidnaping Case Shocks City
Nicholas Brooks 30 of Rome New York and Robert Barnes 24 of Tacoma Washington were arrested on kidnaping charges after a 15 year old Rome boy was taken to Oklahoma City. The boy was returned to Rochester as a wayward minor and Brooks wife Gilda 26 is missing. Brooks faces grand larceny charges in Rochester. police traced a web of moves across many states.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Nicholas Brooks
Rome
N. Y
Brooks
Robert Y. Barnes
Tacoma
Wash
Mitchell Cleveland
Barnes
Oklahoma City
Orsemus D. Bitley, Jr
Cleveland
FBI
Rochester
Gilda
Genesee River
Walter Bernhardt
Stretc
Joliet
Harvey G
Start Check Up On Coffee In U S
The census bureau ordered a stock survey at the request of Senator Gillette to investigate the rise in coffee prices. Gillette says speculators spread rumors of a cancelled probe while the inquiry has only started. Pan American coffee bureau officials in New York were asked to testify Monday.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Senator Gillette
D-Tia
Gillette
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Pan American Coffee Bureau
New York
Aged Man Convicted In Osceola Slaying
Edwin Lund 81 was convicted of manslaughter in the August slaying of Noah Dixon 45 near Osceola Missouri. A seven year sentence was recommended by the jury though the judge did not set a formal time. Dixon was found shot beside a wooded path August 10.
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Osceola
Edwin Lund
Noah Dixon
Collins
Dewey Thatch
Dixon
Lund
Springfield
Mt. Vernon
Snowfall Grips Midwest States Illinois Iowa Minnesota
Chicago reports snowfall as December arrives with heavy snow in Iowa and lighter flurries in Minnesota Illinois and Michigan. Decorah records four inches early morning, Mason City one inch by 730 am as temperatures fall toward normal after previously warm spell. Duluth hits 14 above zero International Falls nine.
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Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Decorah
Mason City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Duluth
Minn
International Falls
Coal Strike At a Glance
Pittsburgh December report outlines John L. Lewis ordering 400000 soft coal miners to return on a three day week while contracts shift to company basis. The walkout closes national soft coal mines affecting steel suppliers. 80,000 anthracite diggers and 16,000 Illinois miners noted. four strikes this year and about 300 million dollars in wages lost.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Illinois Progressive Miners’ Union
President Not Surprised By Coal Miners' Return To Work
KEY WEST Fla Dec 1 John L Lewis ended the coal mine walkout and ordered a three day work week to resume, a move President Truman anticipated as not an emergency. White House aidessaid Truman learned of the plan through mediation channels and was aware negotiations were guiding today’s development.
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Key West
Fla
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Mr. Truman
UMW
John R. Steelman
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation
Washington
Margaret
White House
Miners to return to three day week under Lewis action
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners to resume work three days a week starting next Monday, with hard coal and bituminous workers also on a three day cycle. The move ends the national strike tension by favoring contracts with individual companies and maintains maintenance work only on Thursdays through Saturdays.
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Lewis
Charles G. Ross
Key West
Fla
Truman
Ross
United States
The
International Union
Bureau of Povity
Policy Committee
UMW
Goose dent in wing forces transatlantic plane back to New York
A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Amsterdam to Chicago returned to New York after a wild goose strike 75 miles at sea. Captain Jan F. Denia said a goose dented a wing about the size of a football, prompting the crew to return to Idlewild Airport with 10 passengers aboard.
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New York
Jan F. Denia
Royal Dutch Airlines
Amsterdam
Holland
Chicago
Dutch West Indies
Two New Jersey Men Sent Back To Missouri On Grand Larceny Charges
Bridgeton New Jersey December 1 two men are being returned to Rolla Missouri on charges of grand larceny escape and assault on a jailer Nathan White 21 of Bridgeton and Mike Triose 30 of Lakewood are the suspects awaiting transfer
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Bridgeton
N. J
New Jersey
Rolla
Nathan White
Mike Triose
Lakewood
Missouri Fair Weather Outlook With Warmer North
Weather forecast notes warmer temperatures in the north and extreme west, with Friday highs in the mid 50s. Saturday will be partly cloudy and windy, followed by a turning colder.
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Missouri
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