Indictment of Amtorg Trading Corp and six officers
Washington reports a federal grand jury indicted Amtorg Trading Corp and six officers for failing to register as foreign agents. Five Russians were arrested in New York with bail set at 15,000 each. a sixth official remains in Russia. The case may strain US-Soviet relations and prompts protests from Moscow via the Russian embassy.
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New York
U. S. Marshalls
Gennadi Nikolaevich Ogloblin
Vassili Petrovich Rebrov
Washington
Russia
Amtorg Trading Corp
United States
Soviet Union
Atty
McGrath
State Department
Moscow
U. S
Amtorg
Isadore Needleman
Vladimir I. Bazvkin
James Webb
Bazykin
Webb
New York State
New York City
Burning Crosses and Threats Spark Racial School Enrolment Fight
In Duncan, acts of intimidation followed a mother's request to enroll five colored children. A writ of mandamus was filed in Greenlee County Superior Court by Stuart Udall for the local NAACP chapter to compel school officials to admit the students. A cross was burned near the Randolph home and shots struck outbuildings as threats escalated before the first day of school.
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Duncan
Greenlee County Superior Court
Stuart Udall
Tucson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Earle R. Randolph
Douglas Brubaker
Randolph
Duncan School Row Prompts Legal Push For Five Randolph Children
Mrs. Randolph says five children aged six to 15 fear attending Duncan schools amid a writ of mandamus sought by Udall to force the Duncan board to enroll them. Local committee members and state officials report attempts to access Duncan schools have failed, while A L Brooks says the issue might be resolved.
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M. L. Brooks
Brooks
Udall
Duncan
Taylor
Dorsey J. Watson
Morgan Maxwell
Carrie Walker
Nora Leorpabel
Earle R
Corinne Randolph
Greenlee Superior Court
Board of Trustees
Arizona
Guns Blaze At Maricopa Jail
Five Arizona desperadoes escaped the Maricopa jail after breaking from the courthouse. Lee fell dead near the grounds as deputies fired. two other jailbreakers were captured while Edward Corcoran and Edward McEwen were killed. The escape led to a citywide manhunt in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Edward Corcoran
Jack L. Tatum
Maricopa County
W. A. Millett
Tom Stowe
Maricopa
Phoenix Gazette
John Bridges
Dinzel McDonald
Ariz
Arizona
Toda Lee
Edward McEwen
Tatum
Millett
Corcoran
McEwen
Attorney General Report Alleges State Land Misuse by Williams
Wilson's investigation accuses O C Williams of lax lease administration sparking costly litigation. It cites three court cases and alleges multiple bidders from families and corporations on adjoining parcels, with transfers to a single owner after auctions. One July 12 1948 sale in Pinal County saw 1449.24 acres sold at $3 per acre.
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Supreme Court
Arizona Federation of Labor
J. J
O’neill
Fred Edwards
Fred O. Wilson
State Land Department
O. C. Williams
Williams
Daily Citizen
Wilson
Pinal County
Ronstadt Denies Cattle Group Pressures on Williams Report
Carlos E. Ronstadt, president of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, says O. C. Williams resigned by his own choice and urges the governor to release the attorney general report on the state land department. The governor has declined. Lane’s tentative appointment awaits senate confirmation.
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Carlos E. Ronstadt
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
O. C. Williams
State Land Department
Cattle Growers Association
Daily Citizen
Williams
W. W. Lane
Phoenix Irrigation
Lane
State Senate
Escape proves elusive for Jack Tatum as father reacts
In Minden Nevada on October 22 Sam Tatum, 57, praises son Jack Tatum's jail escape while noting the Tatum brothers have long terrorized the southwest. He recalls past breakouts and says he cannot predict if Jack will be captured alive, despite being in jail himself on a burglary charge.
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Minden
Nev
Jack Tatum
Sam Tatum
Tatum Brothers
Jack
Tatums
Frank
Oklahoma
West
Tatum
Southwest
Maricopa County
Three Greyhound Drivers Wounded In Bus Fight
An elderly Tucson passenger attacked three Greyhound drivers on a westbound El Paso to Tucson bus. Sanders from El Paso was stabbed in the cheek, D. L. Charlton and Rudolph were wounded while subduing the assailant with help from five soldiers. The bus continued to Deming and Tucson with police handling the suspect.
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Greyhound
el Paso
Tucson
Clyde Hafeli
Overland
Sanders
D. L.charlton
Rudolph
Deming
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Tucson Daily Citizen
DIAL
Aleksei Vasilievich Zakharov
Serguei Andreevich Shevchenko
Bob Brooks
Arizona Industrial Commission
Pres
Fred J. Fritz
Industrial Commission
By Bill Hicks
By Bob Lord
Greece
Balkan
Constantine Tsaldaris
Tucson-Prikhaia
Santa Rita
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Balkans
Attorney General's Office
C. C. Williams
Dan E. Garvey
Reggie Russell
E. T. Houston
William 5. Bacon
Col
T. Q. Donaldson
University of Arizona
James C. Selser Jr
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
John Sakis
Voice of America
Loose
By Bob Brooks
Ronstadt
Garvey
Pima County
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