Senate Crime Probe to Turn To Midwest
The Senate crime investigating committee shifts focus to Chicago area and Midwest crime networks. Witness Virgil Petersen may testify as hearings unfold in Chicago and Washington. Chicago identified as a center for narcotics, counterfeiting, and gambling with potential reach into Indiana.
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Senate
Midwest
Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
Virgil Petersen
Indiana
Paul Cyr
Lake County
Cyr
Gets Life for Cruelty To Amputee War Vet
Frank Chase was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and mistreating his amputee war veteran stepson Henry Chum in Oakville Washington. Chum testified the man beat him with a plank rope gunstock and boot, kept him prisoner and fed him little.
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Montesano
Wash
Frank Chase
Chase
Henry Chum
Chum
Oakville
Dapper Don Collins to be buried in prison grave
Attica New York June 21 Up reports Don Collins the notorious prohibition era confidence man known for carrying large sums will be buried today in a prison grave unless claimed by relatives He died at 70 after 11 years of a 12 year extortion sentence Once a famed racketeer he allegedly bought a submarine chaser and converted it for rum running He was registered at Attica under his real name Robert T Tourbillon of Atlanta Georgia.
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Attica
N. Y
Collins
Robert T. Tourbillon
Atlanta, Ga
Judy Garland in Crisis as MGM Suspends Film Work
Hollywood. Judy Garland, a child star turned actress, slashed her throat in a bathroom amid career and health stresses after MGM suspended her and replaced her in a film. She has sought treatment since 1949 and weighs questions of return versus end of major studio support.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
M.G.M
Fred Astaire
Judy
Gest
Barkleys
Broadway
Carlton Alsop
Mary Pickford
United Artists
Sidener Plans Move to Florida to Seek Stability
Canton Illinois June 21 Lloyd H Sidener a miner fined fifty thousand dollars and ordered off his job by United Mine Workers says he will move his family to Florida for his wife's health. The union revoked the fine and firing order but Sidener has worked only two days since. He cites hostility and death threats as reasons for leaving. An NLRB hearing is set for July 11 in Canton and he plans to return for it.
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Canton
Lloyd H.” Sidener
United Mine Workers
Florida
Sidener
Argyle
Tts
Middle West
NLRB
Ill couple confined to home due to prolonged illness
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Piatt of 918 South Tenth street Herrin are unable to leave their home because of illness. Mr Piatt has pneumonia and dropsy and has been bedridden for 11 months.
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George W. Piatt
South Tenth Street
Herrin
Piatt
Canadian GM Signs Five Year C I O Pact
Toronto Ontario General Motors of Canada and the C I O United Auto Workers union signed a five year contract providing an annual three cent an hour wage increase and monthly welfare benefits. The agreement increases pay by about 14 cents an hour in year one rising to over 26 cents by year five.
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General Motors Corp. of
Canada
C.I.O. United Auto Workers Union
Notre Dame Professor Dies After Motorcycle Crash
The Rev. George I. Smith, 56, Notre Dame University engineering professor, died in Kenton Ohio from injuries after a motorcycle collision. He was en route to Columbus when the bike failed to control and struck a utility pole.
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Kenton
George I. Smith
Notre Dame University
Father Smith
Columbus
Zeigler Couple Hears From Ill Relatives
Mr and Mrs John Saint learn their son in law Curt John and daughter Mrs Curt John of Portland Oregon are recuperating at home after several days in hospital. John suffered pleurisy and pneumonia struck Mrs John who is formerly Alice Saint of Zeigler.
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John Saint
Curt John
Portland
Oregon
John
Alice Saint
Zeigler
Roosevelt and Boyd Orr deny marriage reports
Elliott Roosevelt and Betty Boyd Orr both refused comment on rumors of a possible marriage next month. Roosevelt called the reports false and declined to clarify, while Orr said she had no comment and hoped the speculation would stop.
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Brussels
Belgium
Elliot Roosevelt
Betty Boyd Orr
New York
United States
Miss Orr
Louisiana
Hyde Park
Father Held for Beating Son 12
Twelve year old Robert Patterson Jr was beaten by his father in New York and left told not to return. Police found him at a friend's house after nightlong searches and then arrested Robert Patterson 39 at his barricaded Long Island home. The mother testified the father used the boys as punching bags and beat them unmercifully over minor disputes such as wanting to see a movie.
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New York
Robert Patterson, Jr
Robert Patterson
Robert
John Mokson
Margaret
Gerard
Mokson
Patterson
Long Island
Bobby
Indicted in Jersey City Arson Case
A New Jersey grand jury indicted Edward Feitcher, 34, on arson charges. Police say he attacked his girlfriend with a violent outburst and attempted to burn down her house in Jersey City.
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Jersey City
N. J
Edward Feitcher
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