Federal Jury Bates Gaming In Kansas City
A 14 page federal grand jury report tied a $34 500 000 gambling racket to Kansas City dice shakers bookies and a $3 000 000 numbers racket. Witnesses Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta were shot Apr 5. the probe links killings and underworld control of racing information. The report names George R Clark as county assessor tied to a tax fixing racket.
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Kansas City
Truman
Jackson County
Henry H. Fox
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Truman Road
North Side
Binaggio
Gargotta
Fox
Samuel C. Hayden
Hayden
George R. Clark
Clark
Eighteen Freight Cars Derail Near North Bend Nebraska
Eighteen cars of a westbound Union Pacific freight train derailed late last night at the edge of North Bend Nebraska about 15 miles west of Fremont. Some cars carried new automobiles. No injuries were reported and traffic on the double track main line was halted briefly. Neighbor Jake Fischer said he tried to flag the train after seeing sparks from a journal box on a freight car.
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North Bend
Nebr
Union Pacific
Fremont
Jake Fischer
Chair that rocks by itself draws crowds in Muscatine
In Muscatine Iowa Floyd Holladay says his red upholstery rocker rocks on its own and he would sell it for the right price. About 1000 people inspected the chair in six rooms as reporters and a KWPC news director witnessed it rocking. The family suspects a natural cause while offering the chair for sale after turning down a $150 bid.
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Muscatine
U.P
Floyd Holladay
Roy Luce
KWPC
Luce
Holladays
Daylight Saving Time Causes Head Injury
Daylight saving time sent Merle Law a post office janitor to a doctor. Law mounted a ladder to adjust the post office clock. The ladder slipped and Law fell, found unconscious by a coworker, and returned to work with head bandages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
N. Y
Merle Law
Post Office
Law
Harriman to Join Berlin Conference
Frankurt May 1 Harriman U S ambassador in Europe for the ECA arrives for talks on aid to Berlin. He goes to Berlin tomorrow to discuss ECA Berlin investments with a 20 member committee of Berlin industrialists bankers city officials and labor leaders.
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Frankfurt
Germany
W. Averill Harriman
U.S
Europe
The
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Paris
Berlin
Harriman
John J. McCloy
ECA Berlin
President of Chile wins West Texans at Lubbock event
Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla delighted a 400 strong crowd at a ranch near Lubbock Texas. He blamed Communist inspired strikes for unrest in Chile and praised U S aid as he toured irrigation projects and spoke at a football stadium luncheon. He arrived via President Truman’s Sacred Cow and enjoyed cowboy music barbecue and handshakes with local dignitaries.
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Chile
Lubbock
Tex
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
New Orleans
United States
U. S
Gonzalez Videla
South Plains
Big
Houston
President Truman
George P. Livermore
US Ranch
George Benson
Sam Arnett
Lubbock County Sheriff's Posse
Roy Faubion
Union Shop Divides Rail Labor Debate In Senate Subcommittee
A senate labor subcommittee examined allowing a union shop on the nations railroads. A bill to amend the railway labor act to permit union shop was introduced by Chairman Elbert Thomas. Rail unions back the measure as 1,250,000 workers are currently outside Taft Hartley safeguards. George M. Harrison of the AFL was set as first witness for Railway Labor Executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Elbert Thomas
Utah
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks
AFL
Railway Labor Executives Association
Rail unions set hearings on May 4 and 5
Major rail unions including the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be heard on May 4 along with sponsoring senators. The Association of American Railroads and American Shortline Association will explain their positions on May 5. The Air Transport Association will discuss the proposal’s impact on air line bargaining. The discussion is under the Railway Labor Act.
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The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen & Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Association of American Railroads
American Shortline Association
Air Transport Association
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Bates Gaming
Robert Pautz
Los Angeles
Charlene Marie Webber
Alan True Conner
Pautz
Conner
Nebraska
Tucson
Electroplate Co
Parker - Kerr
N. Stone
Lene Ti Ag
Church’s Grape Juice
Reng
Ieee
Arthur Murray
W. Congress
President
Faubion's
Richt
Henry Electric CO
Don
Westinghouse
E. Broadway
Dependable Service Insurance
East Sixth Street
Mobilgas
Grand Canyon
American Automobile Association
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