DYNAMITE PLOT FAILS
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Attempt To Wreck Building In United States
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Received: Thursday, 10 a.m. HEW YORK-,- Dec. 21. Dynamiters tried to blow up the C.I.O. United Auto 'Vyoi'kers' headquarter.s' in Detroit last night with 39 sticks of dynamite, but the fuse's , were defectivd. • | Assassination attempts have beeh • 'made on the Uhited Au'to WorkerS' president, Mr. Walter Heuther, and two of his brothers, who afe' also union' officials, b'ut all had reached home when the latest plot was discoyered. ■ Ari- anonymous telephorie cd-11 to a nev/spaper office early last night warned of a dyriamite plot, but the police failed to find the explosive. It was not discovered until later by - a nightwatchriian,. Who . found the dynamite wrapped as a Christmas package and j anrined unde'r the stairway of the building. Two •fuses had burned to within a fraction of an inch of the dynamite before expiring. j United Auto Workers have added 25,000 dollars to earlier rewards totalling '220,800 dollars for information dealing to a conviction fo'r , the -attempted killin gs. . _
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 December 1949, Page 5
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174DYNAMITE PLOT FAILS Chronicle (Levin), 22 December 1949, Page 5
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