Missouri Politician Parole Cash Tied to Capone Henchmen
CHICAGO AP A former Capone lieutenant Louis Campagna and his wife testified they paid $10,000 to Missouri attorney and politician Paul Dillon to aid the parole of Campagna and another hoodlum. Dillon, missing, formerly claimed $7,000 and said he was friends with President Truman. The committee pressed Dunn and treasury agents about paroled Capone men who served 3.5 years of 10-year terms after extortion plots against the movie industry.
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St. Louis
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U.S. Parole Board
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White House
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Clare Hoffman
Mich
Tom Clark
House
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Treasury Department
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Mexico City
Scarface al Capone
Congressional Committee
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Alias Ricca
Philip D’andrea
Charles
Charles Nose) Gice
New York
GOP Moves To Protect Tax Cut Plan From Market Drop
Washington Reuters says Senate Republicans proposed using this year's treasury surplus to fund ERP spending and create a trust fund. Led by Eugene D. Millikin, the plan aims to shield tax cuts from revenue shortfalls amid market declines and potential recession. Backing from Taft and Bridges was cited.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Pocatello Highlighted in Scenic Idaho Magazine Feature
Scenic Idaho Magazine will feature Pocatello and Bannock County as Idaho’s industrial hub in its spring issue titled The Industrial Empire of Idaho. John Taylor, Chamber of Commerce advertising and publicity chairman, confirms the piece. The publication says it reaches a national audience with over 9000 copies of the summer issue sold in Chicago newsstands.
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Scenic Idaho
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Chamber of Commerce Advertising and Publicity
Chicago
Baby Home Operator Faces Cruelty Charge
In Atlanta a 52 year old operator of a baby boarding house faced a cruelty trial. State witnesses said she beat infants while loud radio masked their screams. Neighbors testified a one year old Charlene Stalling suffered repeated beatings and was found unconscious with bleeding.
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Ednad Roseberry
Meat Storage Hits Highest Level in Ten Years
Washington report notes U.S. meat packers and wholesalers hold more meat in storage than any peace time year since 1937. Despite a looming summer shortage, higher than expected winter offload reduces projected relief, with Feb 1 cold storage at 1.01 billion pounds.
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Agriculture Department
Michigan
Plane Crash Kills Utahns
PAYSON UTAH two Utah men were killed instantly Monday afternoon when their light plane crashed into an open field near here Joe Mason 27 and Paul Marice Davis 19 of Provo had taken up dual control to practice maneuvers for their commercial pilot licenses They held private licenses Mason's hometown was near Springfield Missouri Eyewitnesses said the plane dived from about 1000 to 1500 feet spun and plummeted losing fuselage pieces as it went witnesses said the plane appeared to be stunting and lost a wing during an inside loop The two men were unidentifiable except for papers they carried
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Paul Marice Davis
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Durango Fire Causes $500,000 Downtown Loss
Durango COLO UP reports a Monday night explosion and fire blamed on dynamite in the basement of Durango Mercantile Co. wrecking its building and the adjoining Graden Mercantile Co. stock. Three other nearby businesses damaged. no serious injuries.
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Meyers Indicted by Baltimore Grand Jury
A federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted Maj. Gen. Benett E. Meyers, former air force procurement officer, for income tax evasion involving $15,658.77 for 1941. He faces up to 60 years in prison on six counts of perjury and subornation of perjury with a Washington court date set for February 24. Meyers allegedly reported a net income of 3,808.70 and paid 175.63 taxes, while his true income was 36,301.52 and taxes owed 15,834.40.
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Benett E. Meyers
Air Force
Washington
Meyers
Bands Upset L A Chorus Girls in Theater Assault
Los Angeles police detained 23 year old William C Kiele Jr after he assaulted a burlesque chorus line at Burbank's Theatre with a rubber band and fired half inch metal staples from a slingshot. The incident occurred as theater manager described the suspect perched in the front row during the performance.
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Los Angeles
William C. Kiele Jr
Burbank
Kiele
Albuquerque Man Seeks Name Change to Prebeski
Felix Benjamin Przebewski filed a petition in district court seeking to shorten his name to Felix Benjamin Prebeski. The move aims to simplify spelling and usage for daily life and legal documents in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Albuquerque, N.M
Felix Benjamin Przebewski
Felix Benjamin Prebeski
Milkman fined after glass assault in Garrett
Keith Haynes, a milkman, paid a $15 court fine after attacking Bradford White, also a milkman, with broken glass. Haynes accused White of taking two milk bottles left at a house. White suffered facial cuts from the shattered bottles.
Southerners May Demand Vice Presidency and Attorney General
Southern governors may push for a southern running mate for President Truman and a southern attorney general as a condition for party peace. Led by Gov. Strom Thurmond, the delegation plans talks with DNC officials on the civil rights program, FEPC, and Jim Crow provisions. Some southerners view the plank wording as the real showdown.
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Truman
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
J. Howard McGrath
Walter F. George
Harry F. Byrd
James F. Byrnes
White House
Empire Investment Co plans East Bench subdivision in Pocatello
Rolland H. Smith announces the Empire Investment Co a new Gate City firm plans a $50 000 real estate subdivision east of Fourteenth Ave to the city limits in Pocatello Incorporators include Wendell P Marshall Pauline B Smith and Barbara Marshall all of Pocatello
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Rolland H. Smith
East Bench
Fourteenth Ave
Smith
Wendell P. Marshall
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