Dewey appoints O Connell head of State Liquor Authority
Gov Thomas E Dewey named John Francis O Connell 38 chief investigator for the New York County district attorney to lead the State Liquor Authority with supervision over all NYS alcohol sellers. O Connell succeeds Henry E Bruckman amid a Republican 3 to 2 board, with other appointees Joseph M Ryan Mrs John Sheppard Edward Schoneck and Thomas Murray. The move signals enforcement over prosecutions of ABC Law violators as Dewey warns a return to prohibition if enforcement slips.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
John Francis O'Connell
New York
State Liquor Authority
New York State
O'Connell
Henry E. Bruckman
Herbert H. Lehman
Joseph M. Ryan
Batavia
John 8. Sheppard
Edward Schoneck
Syracuse
Thomas Murray
Dewey
Prohibition
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
Commission
Thomas A. Murray
O Connell Named Labor Federation Leader and Detective
City nominates O Connell as president of the State Federation of Labor with a term to 1947. Governor notes no word from Murray since the labor designation. O Connell directed investigations into Dutch Schultz and other high profile cases while with the attorneys’ office and later as chief investigator. He worked with Dewey, helped probe bankruptcies in Tennessee, and served in federal agencies preventing contract irregularities. He aided kidnapping probes in 1930s, uncovering nearly $10,000 in ransom money and participating in cases involving Urschel Hamm and Factor.
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Dewey
Representative Hanness
Indiana
United States
Tennessee
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Department of Interior
O'Connell
Charles Boettcher
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
William Hamm
St. Paul
Jake Factor
Chicago
Story That God Is Love Theme for Chil dren's Day
Melrose Ernest Underhill remains confined at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Mrs. Charles Pike has returned home after a visit to New Jersey. St John’s Lutheran Church will host Children’s Day on June 27 at 10 45 with the subject The Story That God Is Love.
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Ernest Underhill
Samaritan
Troy
Charles Pike
New Jersey
God Is
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Abandonment Of Bus Lines Forbidden
Public Service Commission warns transportation companies cannot abandon Troy area bus routes to cut mileage without PSC assent.Green Island mayor protests Troy Green Island loop serving war plants. officials report no Troy area complaints yet. United Traction says service altered not ended, with longer headways during off peak hours. Plan No 2 adjustments cited as affecting run frequency rather than total elimination.
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Public Service Commission
Transportation
New York
Commission
Albany
Troy
Watervliet
Cohoes
Green Island
Neile F. Towner
United Traction Co
Cohoes White Line
Towner
Maltbie
Lawrence F. McDonald
Division of Motor Transport
McDonald
ODT
Navy men return home in brief notices
Poestenkill Walter Hughe, who is in the U. S. Navy, has returned to Davis ville, R. I. after spending a fur lough with his wife and son, Ed ward. Earl Barbour, who is in the U. S. Navy, has gone to California after spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Barbour.
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Walter Hughe
U. S. Navy
Davisville
R. I
Edward
Earl Barbour
California
William Barbour
Soon, Too Predicts German Junkers Will Assassinate Hitler
Emil Ludwig testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee stating Hitler will be assassinated soon by his own men, the Junkers, who he says have betrayed their kings. He predicts air bombing will break Germany without invasion and urges complete German disarmament and guardianship to prevent renewed war.
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Washington
Emil Ludwig
Hitler
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ludwig
Junkera
Junkers
United Nations
Germany
U. S
Newsprint Shortage Prompts 12 Percent Ontario Reduction
WPB and ANPA leaders met to discuss the urgency of the newsprint shortage. A War Production Board spokesman said Canadian producers ordered a 12 percent cut on June newsprint orders to balance supply, with further talks planned in Washington next week.
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New York
UPI
Cranston Willams
American Newspaper Publishers Association
War Production Board
WPB
Washington
WPE Printing and Publishing Division
Crop Outlook Gets Worse
Washington report says adverse May weather cut crop prospects below goals and could prompt further civilian food restrictions unless conditions improve in two to three weeks. War Food Administration and Agriculture Department sources warn July 1 developments may affect remaining year distribution policies.
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Washington GP
War Food Administration
Agriculture Department
Chester C. Davis
Cambridge Couple Attend Daughter’s Dental Hygiene Graduation
Cambridge Mr and Mrs Louis Drolet returned from Rochester where their daughter Miss Yvonne Drolet graduated from the Eastman School of Dental Hygiene. Children’s Day is observed tomorrow at 11 am in First Presbyterian Embury Methodist United Presbyterian and Coila United Presbyterian Churches during Sunday School.
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Louis Drolet
Rochester
Yvonne Drolet
Eastman School of Dental Hygiene
First Presbyterian
Embury Methodist
United Presbyterian
Coila United Presbyterian Church
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Pompadours Millinery
Stanleys Men’s Dept
Poestenkill
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Carol-Ann Beautiful
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Ae Shoe Department
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Geersucher
Chesterfield
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Lady Carroll
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