Word: weeks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another federal courtroom, in San Francisco, the U.S. began last week the job of trying to prove that Harry Bridges is a Communist and that he had perjured himself when he denied it. The Government had tried unsuccessfully twice before; this time the Government promised a new witness whose words would "carry a real Sunday punch." If the charge can be proved, the vociferous, needle-nosed boss of the C.I.O. Longshoremen can be sent back to his native Australia. As in the Hiss trial, the jury is eight women and four...
...Fulton County jury sat in Atlanta's county courthouse last week to consider the death of the famed author of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell...
...jury found Gravitt guilty of involuntary manslaughter, recommended a year to 18 months in jail (he will be eligible for parole in four months). The judge let Gravitt go free for a week before sentencing...
Yellow Cab ordered 110,000 tin whistles (total cost: $1,500) and distributed them last week to frustrated Clevelanders. The response was reasonably shrill...
...Last week they learned that the signals were changed. Democratic National Chairman Bill Boyle let it be known that he (and therefore Harry Truman) was now for Jimmy Roosevelt. Boyle was no man to underestimate the crowd appeal of the name, the smile, the memory-waking voice. Said one party strategist: "George Luckey is awfully nice, but California is important to us. Jimmy Roosevelt can beat Earl Warren. Therefore Roosevelt is our man. It's just that simple...