Grand Juries to Probe Federal Crime Nationwide
New York officials announced a nationwide prime crime probe to be conducted next year by federal grand juries. James M. Melnerney, assistant attorney general in charge of the DOJ criminal division, spoke at the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers annual conference. The report highlights federal oversight of crime investigations.
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New York
James M. Melnerney
Department of Justice
McInerney
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers
Professor in Love Triangle Ties to Student's Death
Police report a triangular romance may have driven Martha Nel Dinsmore to suicide after a June incident. Former North Georgia College English professor William Edwin Clark, 43, held for inquest as the case unfolds. Local officers cite a fatal self-inflicted bullet wound discovered on a sidewalk. A separate St Louis note mentions Lawrence Motago, 20, guilty of marijuana offenses and a claim about Herbert Hoover’s silver medal event.
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Wiliam Edwin Clark
L. T. Bullard
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Secal
Lawrence Motago
St- Louis
Herbert Hoover
Tri
Twain Society
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Brookside Park
Dent
Cyril Clemens
Hoover
Morag
Bulgaria repudiates Turkish minority repatriation pact
Bulgaria denounced the postwar plan to repatriate its Turkish minority to Turkey citing Turkey's NATO alignment. Sofia banned departures until Ankara proves repatriation would not be used for hostile political aims. The report cites ADN via a Bulgarian government statement.
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Turkey
Frankfurt
Germany
ADN
Sofia
Chinese victim drowns amid extortion racket case
Liz Shee Jang, 67, living solo in Chieungsan Canton, Kwangtung Province, reportedly faced fresh extortion demands after torture and a prior arrest. Her son Joe Jang said she killed herself rather than pay more, following a letter claiming she had drowned herself and citing a $1,600 fine and pressure to move money within two weeks.
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Jin
United States
Joe Jang
Liz
Shee Jang
Chieungsan
Kwangtung
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Land
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Theifson
Bank Forecloses On Movie Films
Bank of America forecloses mortgages on 20 motion picture films valued at 25 million dollars to recuperate loan losses. Titles include Arch of Triumph with Boyer Bergman and Laughton, Ramrod with McCrea Lake and Veronica Lake, and Body and Soul with Garfield and Palmer. Eight other pictures costing 8 million dollars were also taken over by Security First National Bank.
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Bank of America
Charles Boyer
Ingrid Bergman
Charles Laughton
Joel McClealand
Veronica Lake
John Garfield
Lilia Palmer
Enterprise Productions
First National Bank
Deaths in Exile Russian Scholar and Trinity Professor
Obituaries note the death of Dr Max Laserson aged 63, a former Kerensky government member and Columbia lecturer since 1943, and Thomas Hume Bonner aged 66, longtime head of biology at Trinity College previously linked with the federal science and veterans affairs community.
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Kerensky
Colambi’ Act
New York
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Hume
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Trinity College
Col
Steelworkers Ask 30 Cent Pay Hike
Pittsburgh report notes United Steelworkers demand a 30 cent hourly pay hike as part of contract talks with U S Steel. William Maihoffer, president of the Indiana U S W local, cited the “heretofore undisclosed figure” and said negotiations with Inland Steel will open. The figure aligns with the union pattern across the steel industry. Police in Santiago, Chile arrest a man for beating an opponent in a street clash. victim identified as Juan Guzman age 20s.
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U.S. Steel Company
United Steelworkers
William Maihoffer
Indiana U.S.W
Inland Steel. 'Co
East
Ind
Maihoffer
Santiago
Chile
Victor
Juan
Guzman
Arms Review From Page 1
In Washington yesterday, Wilson said that rearmament will accelerate as defense production increases. He spoke to 287 European industrial leaders touring U.S. factories under ECA sponsorship. U.S. arms output now about 2 billion monthly, expected to rise to 3 billion at peak in 1933, then taper to focus on invention and improvement. The Senate preparedness panel questions defense pace while Truman’s aides arrange travel. General Smith briefed on intelligence, then fished with the White House party. Truman enjoyed a light day as guests and family shared modest catches.
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Washington
Economic ‘Cooperation Administration
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Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
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U. S
Joseph Short
Johnson
Florida
Korea Vets Due Home Monday 6 319
Two MSTS transports carrying 6 319 veterans will enter San Francisco Bay Monday. One ship with 4 777 Army personnel will dock at Fort Mason for embarkation and discharge processing. the second with 1 540 Army men and two Navy personnel will enter later and head to Camp Stoneman for processing. Four more transports are due in the coming days returning personnel from non combat areas.
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Golden Gate
Military Sea Transport Service
Hag
Fort
Mason
Gate
Camp Stoneman
Winnie Ruth Judd Returns to Hospital After Escape
Winnie Ruth Judd the infamous trunk murderess is back in the state hospital for the insane after a fourth escape that yielded less than a day of freedom. Recaptured late last night she had no bed in her regular room and was shipped to the hospital. Judd, once dubbed the Tiger Woman, killed two friends twenty years ago and was previously committed after an execution time. She escaped by prying open a second story window and slid to the ground from an apartment court. She spent the night wandering downtown and mailed letters before being found in the area.
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Ariz.p
Winnie Ruth Judd
Trunk
State Hospital
Samuelson
Los Angeles
Judd
George
Eben Evans
Sanders
Harold DeWitt
Survivor recounts voyage as Luttrells lose son at sea
A survivor recalls a brutal voyage aboard the Luttrells’ ship. A penny in a horse shoe, oxygen thirst, and search for a priest mark the peril. The radio then says the boy died, five ships pass, and a weary man hopes his family is safe as exhaustion and longing for sleep overtake him.
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Tre Token
Luttrells
Frazier
Tragic yacht Amphitrite wreck claimed five lives
Coast Guardsmen search for five missing bodies after the Amphitrite wrecked off the Carolinas during a voyage from Morehead City to St Thomas. Navigator allegedly jumped overboard amid thirst, while two crewmen died from exposure and a third perished later. The vessel sank near Charleston harbor though some reports place the loss near Cape Fear.
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Cape Fear
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Luttrell
U. S. Military Academy
New York
Regents Proposal Divides Clergy over Religion in Schools
Amid war reports and religious debate, New York church leaders back varied views on Regents plan to join allegiance to the flag with a reverence to God. Critics warn it mirrors anti secular aims while supporters praise clarity in moral education.
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New York State
Waareline
Syracuse
Wilami
Humsong
Odessa polio outbreak spurs citywide cleanup drive
In Odessa Texas nearly 30 000 residents brace for a polio cleanup Monday as cases rise to 50 with nine deaths. Four new cases reported, November totals show 38. Schools thin. theaters and churches urge reduced attendance, while 8 patients stay locally and 33 are treated elsewhere. Parents relocate children to other states.
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Tex
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Big Spring
Plainview
Dallas
San Antonio
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New’ Mexico
Oklahoma
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Man Killed In Ice Crash Delays Funeral Plans
Traverse City family mourns Harold Otis killed in fighting overseas. Robert Otis to return from Korea as mother Elda and relatives suffer injuries in a crash while en route to claim the body. Army to expedite repatriation to Michigan as Williamsport relatives await updates. Funeral arrangements postponed due to the accident.
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Robert Otis
Korea
Elda Otis
Traverse City General Hospital
Robert
Michigan
Williamsburg
Here
Otis
Trade between West Germany and East Germany Ends
BERLIN 2 Trade between West Germany and the East German zone ended today as both sides failed to renew a new inter zonal trade agreement. Prior exchanges of iron steel coal and tools from West Germany for East German cloth sugar optical goods and dyes halted due to expiry of temporary permits. West Berlin’s position as a western enclave remained a point of contention as negotiators pressed for unhindered traffic across the border via highways rivers railways and postal shipments.
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West Germany
Europe
Efort
Ding
iMegal
Iron Curtain
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West Berlin
Scrap Dearth May Close Steel Mills
Washington officials warned last night that a severe scrap metal shortage could force some Pittsburgh area steel mills to shut down next week. National Production Authority head Manly Fleischmann ordered an immediate scrap stock check and called an emergency conference as the defense rearmament effort faces strain.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Manly Fleischmann
Korean Red Uses Peace Cigarettes at Panmunjom Truce Talks
A brown cardboard cigarette box appeared on the truce conference table in front of a North Korean general. The box bears the Korean words pyong bin meaning peace and contains about a hundred cigarettes. The Peace brand originated soon after World War I.
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Panmunfom
Korea
Cnt
Igen
Nem TL
Pyong bin
Police Say It In a Nice Way
New York police officials circulated an early notice stating Patrolman Robert Murphy has been suspended for conduct unbecoming an officer and prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the department. The charge lists offenses under departmental rules and regulations.
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Yim
Robert Murphy
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