Rent Gouging Convictions Mount in New York
In New York the total found guilty in rent gouging cases rises to eleven with four defendants convicted or pleading guilty. John Hill and Jacob Schaffer face possible penalties after separate sessions for taking bonuses to secure leases at Stuyvesant Town. weitere details include Gladys Siegel and Frank Chitisano pleading guilty to bonus schemes. sentencing set later this month. Meyer Greenwald faces eleven new charges after a prior $24,000 bonus conviction, with new counts alleging $5,000 more in bonuses from nine women.
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New Czech Constitution Becomes Law After Presidential Question
Prague reports the new Czech constitution becomes the law of the land with President Eduard Benes not signing. Communist Premier Klement Gottwald is seen as the likely successor as Parliament plans to pick a new president Monday. The document proclaims Czechoslovakia a people’s democratic republic within the Slav nations and outlines equal rights, age limits for office, and a socialist path while defending the revolution gains against reaction.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
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Gottwald
Czechslovakia
Russia hints own aid plan version for Soviet allies
Investia, the Soviet government newspaper, hinted that Russia was ready to offer its own Marshall plan to nations siding with the USSR. It said the Soviet Union could increase economic aid to countries maintaining friendly relations. It also noted Uncle Sam has spent about 526 million on flood control in the Mississippi Valley over the last two decades.
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London
Investia
Soviet Union
Uncle Sam
Mississippi River Valley
Firemen Catch Up To Blaze at Last on Freight Train
Decatur firemen battled a fire in an empty Illinois Central freight car last night. They chased the blaze across streets and tracks for about ten minutes before extinguishing it, while the train continued moving and crew sought a hydrant.
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Viecemen
Illinois Central
Senate House Debates Budgets and Legislation
Congressional briefs show the Appropriations Committee reviewing foreign aid cuts urged by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. The Banking Committee weighs housing bills while the labor management panel hears AFL president Green on Taft Hartley Act amendments. The House pursues veterans admin and atomic energy funding as European refugee admission is discussed and the Rules Committee weighs a tax revision bill.
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Veteran actress Fisie Janis separates from husband Gilbert Wilson
Fisie Janis, 58, and her actor husband Gilbert Wilson, 42, announce they are separating after being married since 1932. Janis says she is not planning a divorce.
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Gilbert Wilson
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