Incendiary theory eyed for Atlanta hotel fire
New York hotel safety consultant John J. McCarthy returned from the Winecoft Hotel fire scene in Atlanta and suggested the disaster may have been incendiary in origin. The chaotic report also references school union plans and cyclotron research ambitions at Columbia University, with broader notes on wage demands and energy production.
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Atlanta
New York
John J. McCarthy
New York State Hotel Association
Winecoft
Top Executives Take Wage Cuts at Jack & Heintz Pisession
In Cleveland Ralph M Heintz new production head announced top executives will take voluntary wage reductions to keep the air in all operation. Amount not disclosed. In Redwood City a Black veteran faced a midnight deadline to leave town or be hanged in a note signed KKK. A guard kept watch as his home burned last week. In Detroit a 20-year-old student veteran jailed for burglary after claiming GI subsistence checks left him unable to live on $20 weekly. He admitted stealing valuables worth $45,000. Washington Ohio Senator elect Bricker warned of subversive elements at Ohio State University. Portland Mary the horse appeared in Dist Court case on cruelty to animals. Los Angeles liquor shortage continues as a truck spill released 775 cases of whisky.
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Cleveland
INS
Ralph M Heintz
Jack & Heintz Pisession Industries, Inc
Heintz
Aira
Redwood City
Calif
KKK
John 'v Walker
Detroit
Highland Park
Perclval Y. Hobbs, Jr
Centerline
Palmer Park
Goms
LO Court
Portland
Ore
Mary
Distret Court
Albert B. ‘Price
J. Hunt Hendrickson
Sid
Price
Los Angeles
Deaths of notable figures across fields and nations
Obituaries list diverse figures: Red Ellenwood once led the National Wool Growers Association. Sister Sant, 66, served as superior general of Paulian Fathers in the U S from 1940 to 1946. Others include Shearer, 87, famed for a 1907 national game stance. Alfred L. Aiken, 76, longtime NY Life director. Dr Jonannes Walch, 57, Amsterdams School of Dramatic Arts director.
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Red A. Ellenwood
National Wool Growers Association
Frank Ellenwood
Cornell University
Tahaca
Red Blut
Baltimore
Alfred L. Aiken
Fermar
New York Life Insurance Company
New York City
Jonannes
Jinnah urges division of India into separate states
The Moslem League president Mohammed Ali Jinnah urged dividing India into separate states with Moslems and Hindus drafting distinct constitutions in their own assemblies. He indicated the Moslem League intends to call a separate Constituent Assembly. Other items note a Pueblo tramman’s fatalism on Friday the 13th, food pool approval in Vienna, UNRRA penicillin to Italy, Jesuit priests freed in Milan, and a Red Star report on a Potsdam attack signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
London
Mohammed ‘Aii Jinnah
Expense Plan Defended By Smith
New York up-harod Wv. Smith president of the Home Insurance Company of New York defends the firm’s accounting practice after a state department report charges improper extra payments to executives. He says allocations differ, not irregularities, and notes the basic method has been approved since 1853. The department’s findings are under review by State Superintendent Robert E. Dineen who gave no immediate comment.
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New York
Harod Wv. Smith
Home Insurance Company of
New York State Insurance Department
Frme
Home Insurance Company
State Insurance Department
Robert E. Dineen
Tome Insurance Co
Domlett
Lavold V. Smith
Wilfred Kurth
BPC
George Allen
AP ‘Wivephoto
Ward Caraway Convicted of First Degree Murder
An all male jury convicted Ward Caraway of first degree murder in the July robbery slaying of 53 year old Mrs Marjory Church Logan at her Flower Hill home in Nassau County New York. The jury deliberated three hours before the verdict. The death sentence is mandatory with sentence to be handed down Wednesday and appellate review required before execution.
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Mineola UP
Ward Caraway
Marjory
Church Logan
Long _Island soctalte
Flower HU
Nassau County Cort
Court of Appeals
Bilbo Probe Details War Contractor Funds
The Senate committee investigating Bilbo’s finances hears testimony about payments to Bilbo from contractors including Felix Newton. Gandy admits cashing four checks totaling 25,000 dollars for Bilbo and forwarding them for disbursement in the Doxey campaign. Edward P. Terry and Bilbo’s missing status also surface as subpoenas are issued and questioning planned for early next week.
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Ime
Edward P. Terry
Elbo
Mississppi
Mead
Terry
Bilbo
Gandy
Felix ‘I’ Newton
Hattiesburg
Doxey
TOE
BL. Khost
Meridian
Miss
Grocery Clerks Strike in New York
About twelve hundred workers across 170 Safeway grocery stores in the metropolitan area walked off the job today over wage disputes. The strike affects stores throughout New York and surrounding counties as bargaining continues with the employer.
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New York
Safeway
Metropolitan
Ares
Jeep Trick on Police Ends in Kidnap- ransom Disappearance
Venice police said an alleged Capt John Willis claimed his wife was kidnapped by a notorious Italian swindler who also robbed them of a jeep. A ransom of 2250 dollars was demanded. officers staged a payoff, but both man and vehicle vanished after a short delay.
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Venice
John Willis
Xobhorn
Poller
Jie
Tenement Collapse Ties to War Era Wrecks and Probes
A chaotic report describes a tenement collapse tied to an ice house accident and a broader emergency, detailing resignations and charges tied to wartime administration in New York. The piece mentions Taivector General La Guardia, Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks, and relief efforts amid a deadly incident sequence. It also references a separate railroad crash known as the Golden Triangle, with two freight trains colliding and rescue efforts continuing.
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Wassington
Nationai
Fiorello H. la
Aic
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburgh
Calif
Ehit
Dren
Cornelius
Here
Strike at Philadelphia Record and Camden Courier-Post Hits 38 Days
The Philadelphia Record and Camden Courier-Post walkout passes 38 days as union and management resume talks. Guild reps propose a 12 percent general raise a 5 percent night differential and car expense coverage, but the offer was rejected and the strike continues while executives keep papers publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philaduolphia
Guild
CLO
Philadelphia Record
Camden
N. J
Courier-Post
J. David Stern
Wart Agency Profits After 28 Years in Portland
Portland report on the Spruce Production Corporation turning a government investment into a profit after 28 years. Col. AR Stallings, retired USA, explains liquidation kept the firm alive to secure repayments and buyers. Total return: $21.5 million invested repaid plus 1 percent, plus $2 million profit.
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Portland
Ore
Spruce Production Corporation
HOS Mills
Rail
Col
AR. Stallings
USA
Col. Stallings
Dat Stallings
Bride-to-Be Finds Sweetheart Dead in Fatal Fall
Providence report from Bills Grove Airport details Wilma Lindsley of Atlanta who planned to marry Ernest R. Anderson in a New Year’s Day wedding. Anderson, 22, died Wednesday after a fall from scaffolding during a reunion visit, shocking the awaiting bride-to-be.
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Providence
Wilma Lindsley
Atlanta
Billsgrove Airport
Ernest R. Anderson
Anderson
Ernest
UN Site Offer Report Due Today in New York
The United Nations General Assembly was to receive a committee report approving Rockefeller Jr. donation of 8.5 million dollars for a 48 acre Midtown East site as a permanent home. The resolution also would create a 16 nation planning commission and task Secretary General trygve Lie to prepare plans and cost estimates and report next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Headquarters ‘Committee
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Manhattan
United States
General Assembly
Non-Vets May Get New Homes
Washington discussions among key agency heads weighed widening housing priorities to include non veterans. Officials eyed raising price ceilings and adjusting rental limits to spur construction, with proposals for a 12000 average home price in large cities. Officials also considered strict FHA sales pricing before building approval to curb cost overruns.
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Washington UM
Veterans
Wilson Wyatt
John R. Steelman
Philip B. Fleming
Omea
Wyatt
Raymond Toley
National Housing Administration
Frank R. Creedon
White House
Truman
Federal Housing Administration
Hous Ng
Urge Renewal Of Rent Law In New York
The Joint Rent Action Committee urged renewing the state's residential rent control law with ceilings frozen at June 30 1948 levels. Former Assemblyman John J wamila of New York City asked Governor Dewey to recommend extension of the law and an amendment to preclude any federally authorized increases in the future. The state law, designed to become effective automatically if federal controls are removed, would keep rents at the federal ceilings and expires June 30 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Joint Rent Action Committee
John J Wamila
New York City
Jov. Dewey
Walkout Ended at Las Vegas News Group
Pickets withdrew from the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal and Sunday Age after a temporary restraining order. Publisher John Gahlay said the Age would publish tomorrow as the union’s action halted publication. The Las Vegas Editorial Association began picketing Wednesday over a closed shop dispute deemed illegal by management.
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Las Vegas, Ney
Las Vegas Evening Review- Journal
Sunday Age Today
John Gahlay
Age
Tomorow
Hie
Las Vegas Editorial Association
AFL
Review-Journal
Wlegat
Nevada Inn
One Day Transit Strike Settled in City
Bus and streetcar operators returned to work today ending a 24 hour transit strike that paralyzed a city of 200000 residents. An agreement between drivers, motormen, and the Oklahoma Railway Co calls for a 15 cent an hour raise with five cents retroactive to July 1 after a 15 hour union meeting of 800 members.
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Unuauum
City UP
Tansit Ueup
Drive Jets
Molaimen
Oklahoma Railway Co
German Plane Said to Fly Over Atlantic Cities
Richard S. Leghorn, former commander of an American photo reconnaissance squadron, reported at a gathering of optical scientists that Nazi records claim a modified Idoke Wulf 200 flying bomb traversed the Atlantic coast in 1943, with Boston and New York among the cities allegedly flown over.
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Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Richard S. Leghorn
Winchester
War contractor funds aid bid to elect Wall Doxey in 1942
The account recounts $25,000 from war contractors used to back Wall Doxey’s Senate campaign. In a dramatic scene in which ex-congressman Ross Collins and James Gandy clash amid chairs toppled and police intervene, the narrative ends with a formal report on injuries and damage.
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Wall Doxey
Senate Inn
Doxey
Xos
Gandey
Bilbo
Ross Collins
Sen
Collins
Weil
Anks
Gandy
11. S
Senate
Balky Dice End Spree in Chicago Charwoman and Partner
Laura Brorton, 45, and Arthur Wylie, 38, a charwoman and her boyfriend, were charged with stealing 11,000 from Brorton's employer. The pair traveled by chartered planes and taxis from Chicago to ports cast and the South before ill behavior ended their month long spree. FBI agents arrested them after returning home and they were arraigned on Friday.
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CINCAGO +P
Chicago
U.S
John Kelly
FBI
Laura Brortin
Arthur Wylie
UN Security Council veto limits on arms program debated
UN debate centers on arms control backed by the United States while veto rights apply to the Security Council and not to inspection facilities. Delegates discuss troop census proposals as Byrnes lists U.S. overseas forces, Bevin notes Britain’s forces reduced from wartime peak, and Molotov urges a full census before disarmament talks while criticizing atomic weapons.
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Atomic Control Commission
United States
Security Council
TIDE
Melatov
Andrey Y Vishinsky
Andrey Gromyko
Ernest Bevin
Assembly
Great Britain
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
U.S
Russia
China
France
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Byrnes
Molotov
America
Panama
Canal Zone
Iceland
Azores
Germany
Japan
Korea
Austria
Venezia Giulia
Bevin
Britain
Anid
Sfo
Totov
Farley Meets Truman After World tour in Washington
James A. Farley former postmaster general and Democratic national chairman called on President Truman at the White House today for the first time since the November elections. He said he had a few pertinent observations from their talk but declined to elaborate.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Truman
Farley
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Colo
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