Romania Faces Spy and Sabotage Charges in Oil Plot
Vienna dispatch reports 23 Romanians including former Finance Minister Alexandru Alexandrini and top oil officials pleaded guilty to spying for the United States and Britain and sabotaging Plesti oil fields. Trial opened in Ploesti before a military tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Bucharest
U. S
Britain
Plesti
Ploesti
Europe
Alexandru Alexandrini
Romana—Americana Oil Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Astra Romana Co
Shell
Steaua Romana Oil Co
Mutenia Oil Central
Association of Oil Industrialists of Romania
Unirea Co
Creditul Minier Co
Romania
Mihai I
Tass
Radio Moscow
Otto Stern
British
Royal Dutch Shell Co
Knetzer Seen As Generous Despite Asset Concealment Charge
Defense lawyers called more witnesses in the federal case against Robert L. Knetzer an Edwardsville auto dealer accused of concealing assets. Medill Hubachh an Alton auto salesman testified Knetzer tipped hotel staff up to 20 or 40 dollars and was generous to the needy. The government says he took in 680000 more than he spent in the six months before his business collapse on October 6 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Ill
Medill D. Hubachh
Alton
Knetzer
Weather summary for Southern Illinois and lake level notes
Occasional rain and mild conditions in Southern Illinois tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 40 to 45, high Wednesday. Yesterday’s high 63, today’s 12 PM reading 50, 6 PM 54. Crab Orchard Lake level 20 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake 41 inches below spillway. Sunrise 6 57 AM, sunset 5 30 PM.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Local newspaper imprint and publication notes
The item presents an imprint from Southern Ilinoisan and the Daily Free Press edition with garbled publishing details. It notes the publisher Southern Willow Publications with a West Main Street address in Santaence Illinois and mentions second class mail status.
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Southern Winoie Publications
Inoc
Main Street
Santecente Ulinois
Cadate
Illia
Ols
Ender
Lawyer attacks press distortion at Jelke trial
Pat Ward's attorney J Roland Sala denounces newspapers as distorted as he arrives with the 19 year old witness at the Jelke vice trial. The judge barred the press and public from the courtroom during prosecution, while Ward’s testimony recounted her secret past and alleged high profile customers.
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Pat Ward
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Miss Ward
J. Roland Sala
Sala
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
Case Society Vice
New York
Daily News
the Post
The
Journal-American
the News
Journal-Ameri
Joppa Workers Back On Job After Jurisdictional Strike
About 3,500 AFL workers returned to the Joppa atomic works after a 21 day stoppage ended Monday when 200 AFL millwrights lifted picket lines. Officials were summoned to Washington by the board of jurisdictional disputes to discuss the dispute over generator assembly. The agreement creates generator composite crews combining electricians and millwrights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Joppa Atomic Works
Millwrights’& Electricians
Washington
AEL Electricians
Professor Bales Testifies on Communist Question at Senate Hearing
Oscar Shafter, a Queens College English professor, refused to answer whether he is a Communist, citing constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. He also challenged what he called an assault on academic freedom as the Senate internal security subcommittee resumed its inquiry into organized subversion in schools.
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Queens College
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Oscar Shafter
Academc Freedom
New York City
Jenner
R-Ind
Shafter
Flying Debris From Spike Jones Sparks Damage Suit
Rita Morgan, 25, filed a $10,000 Circuit Court suit in Chicago alleging a fragment from a fractured fiddle during a Spike Jones TV program disfigured her face. She names NBC Colgate-Palmolive Peet and Studebaker as defendants after an incident on February 11, 1951, and notes an out-of-court settlement with Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spice Jones
Rita Morgan
National Broadcasting Company
Colgate-Palmolive- Peet Corporation
Studebaker Corporation
Soldier Can Have Blue Uniform if He Pays
Washington reports that Congress may approve a sky blue dress uniform for enlisted men. Army officials announced the planned service clothing item, to match the officers two tone blue uniform, but it will not be issued free. Enlisted men must buy the uniform with their own money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Congress
Army
Bell Telephone Signs Wage Pact With Clerks
The Illinois Bell Telephone Co. announced the signing of a contract Monday with the Federation of Telephone Clerks. The agreement provides wage boosts for accounting department employees in the Springfield and Joliet offices.
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Mlinois Bell Telephone Co
Peep Federation of Telephone Clerks
Accounting Department
Springfield
Joliet
Leading Firm Head Charged With Bribery
Frank W. Nolan 57 president of Jarka Corporation was charged by a grand jury with four counts of commercial bribery in a waterfront inquiry. He pleaded innocent and posted 1000 bail for trial March 11 after arraignment in Special Sessions Court. Nolan claimed goodwill payments at Christmas to ship executives had no public cost impact.
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State Crime Commission
Frank W. Nolan
Jarka Corporation
Steamship Company
Frank S. Hogan
Jarka
Nolan
South Orange
N. J
Special Sessions Court
Hogan
Crime Commission
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Bombing at Soviet Legation in Tel Aviv Injures Five
Israeli police say several people were arrested after a bombing at the Soviet legation in central Tel Aviv. Five injured including the Soviet minister's wife. Attackers cut a hole in the fence and tossed an explosive through a ground floor window. Government condemned the attack as a dastardly outrage and promised swift justice.
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Moscow
Legations
Tel Aiv
Great Lakes Employes To Get Pay Increases
Civilian employes at Great Lakes will receive wage increases up to 17 cents an hour, announced by the Ninth Naval District. The raises are retroactive to the pay period after January 2 and apply to all employees as of February 9.
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Great Lakes
Ninth Naval District
SIU budget debated as conference planned with governor
Illinois Budget Commission Chairman Peters said a conference with Gov Stratton would trim Southern Illinois University’s requested 13.9 million for operating expenses and 19.0 million for buildings for the next biennium. He noted the current two year period totals were 8.2 million and 6.4 million, and said the request is exorbitant compared with state income.
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Ilinois
Everett R. Peters
SIU
St. Joseph
Peters
Capitol
University
Delyte W. Morris
John P. Wham
Centralia
SIU Board of Trustees
Farm Leaders Warn Ike Against Price Fixing
Leaders of the American Farm Bureau Federation told President Eisenhower at a White House meeting that price fixing would not solve farm problems. Allan B. Kline said the officials endorsed the President’s State of the Union policies and warned the approach could bypass underlying causes of the farm price drop.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Eisenhower
White House
Federation
Allan B. Kline
Kline
Congress
Ottions
Truman
Oscar Nominees Announced for 25th Academy Awards
Hollywood announces the 25th Academy Awards contenders with Shirley Booth and Julie Harris in best actress race alongside Joan Crawford Bette Davis and Susan Hayward. Gary Cooper leads best actor nominees with Marlon Brando Kirk Douglas Jose Ferrer Alec Guinness in the field. Best Picture nominees include The Great Show on Earth High Noon Ivanhoe Moulin Rouge and The Quiet Man. Awards telecast set for March 19 at Pantages Theater.
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Shirley Booth
Marlon Brando
Kirk Douglas
Jose Ferrer
Toulouse Lautrec
Alec Guiness
Pantages Theater
Eight Mayors Hold Office In Four Years In Hurst Ill
Audie Calvert acting mayor of Hurst plans to run for mayor as the town of 868 in Williamson County endures a jinxed post. Since 1949 four elections have seated a mayor while the council has filled interim mayor roles. The first mayor in 1949 was paid a dollar a year. the salary was later raised to 250 dollars to attract candidates.
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Sam Hancock
Southern Illinoisan
Hurst
Ill
Williamson County
Kenneth Sadler Aoteens
Prison Guards Freed as Oregon Prison Rebellion Is Quelled
A brief uprising at Oregon State Prison was quickly suppressed on Monday night. Five guards were taken hostage and later released unharmed while inmates remained calm. Warden Virgil J. O Malley reported damage to property and noted one convict wielded an improvised knife.
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Oregon State
Salem
Ore
Virgil J. O’malley
FBI Studies Assertion Nixon Got 50 000 in Oil Loan
Senator Barrett says the Senate elections subcommittee asked the FBI to probe a hoax dossier alleging Vice President Nixon received fifty thousand dollars from an oil loan before the campaign. A forged bundle includes a purported paid donation and a fee memo sent to the New York Post, which did not publish it.
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Washington
Justice Department
Sen. Barrett
R-Wye
Nixon
Barrett
Senate Elections Subcommittee
FBI
Cam Barrett
Sec
New York
Tome
Latier
New York Post
Post
Illinois National Guard reactivates 109th Anti Aircraft Brigade
Gov. Stratton orders the 109th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade of the Illinois National Guard reactivated. Maj. Gen. Leo M. Boyle transfers Brig. Gen. Julius Klein from inactive status to commanding officer. The unit had been placed on inactive in July 1951 after two gun battalions were federalized. Klein’s commission term extends about 20 months.
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Julius Klein
Springfield
109Th
Illinois National Guard
William G. Stratton
Errer
Leo M. Boyle
Juius Klein
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Van Fleet Sees Likely Victory If UN Offense Intensifies
Seoul Feb 10 AP Gen James A Van Fleet says a UN offensive in Korea now would surely succeed. On leaving the Eighth Army he warns of lost chances to defeat the Communists and urges a RO K Army of 20 divisions or about one million men. He cites two key decisions and commends ROK patriotism as forces evolve into 14 modern divisions.
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James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
U. S
Republic of Korea
van Fleet
Associated Press
Maxwell D. Taylor
ROK
Far East
Tokyo
U. N
Reds
Eighth
Munist
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Ss Society
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Ing
Wichita Air Force Base
Can
el Borracho
Jelke
Ray Russell Davioni
Jeske
New York Times
the Herald Tribune
Joppa
Professor Bales
Bell Telephone
Israel
Tel Aviv
U.N
Stratton
Ike
Julie Harris
Hollywood
Audie Calvert
Hurst, J
Stafé
Klein
Siocayes
Moigsture
Seoul
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