Morgenthau Appears on Government Grain Trading List
Henry Morgenthau Jr a former treasury secretary shows up among corn futures traders on a Chicago board list dated June 30 1947 with 195000 bushels on the short side. Officials say he lost money and note insiders faced a poor market as corn prices moved unfavorably.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Agriculture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
Department
Morgenthau
Chicago
Congress
Anderson
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Pauleys
Harold R. Pauley
Los Angeles
Elbert L. Pauley
San Marino
Calif
Aileen T. Pauley
Harold
Marie McHenry
Beverly Hills
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
H. Iv
Wallace
Uied
H. B. Maw
Utah
Trainmen push for 15 day vacations and overtime pay
The Trainmen's Brotherhood announces new demands for 15 day vacations and time and a half pay for Sunday and holiday work. A. F. Whitney is authorized to implement a national wage movement if inflation continues. Wage talks on vacations and overtime proceed with dispatch as other unions consider strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Chairen
Brt
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
City hires guard dogs for Canarsie cemetery
New York on January 7 reports Brookhaven borough assigns two dogs as watch dogs at Canarsie cemetery where Revolutionary War heroes are buried. Borough president John Cashmore notes the dogs receive $5 each per month for maintenance.
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New York
Brookvn
Canarsie Cemetery
John Cashmore
Plane Crashes in Georgia Marsh Killing 17
A chartered twin engine C-47 ferrying 26 aboard crashed into a Savannah River marsh near Savannah Georgia killing 17 and injuring 9. Among the dead was pilot Alvino Antonioli and co pilot Raymond Eick survived. Passengers were Puerto Ricans traveling from New York to their homeland.
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Savannah
U.S
Alvino Antonioli
Raymond Eick
Trenton
N. J
New York
Eick
Coastal Airlines
Marine Hospital
Doboy
Erik
Florida
Newark
Philadelphia
Raleigh N. C
Miami
Arkansas Secretary Would Keep Wallace Off Ballot
Secretary of State C. G. Hall said he would refuse to place Henry Wallace's name on the November presidential ballot in Arkansas if legal grounds exist. He cited past refusals to certify Communist party candidates and noted no move had been made to list Wallace in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
C. G. Hall
Henry Wallace
Arkansas
Communist Party
Hall
Arkansas Supreme Court
Wallace
Brazil Deputies Vote To Bar Reds From Elective Posts
Brazil’s chamber approved by 181 to 74 a bill to remove all communists from elective posts nationwide, a move already passed by the senate and headed to President Dutra for signature. The session featured pistols drawn, fist fights, and police intervention as anti communist measures intensified nationwide.
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Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Senate
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Pereira Silva
Gregorio Bezerra
Enrique Oest
Benedicto Valadares
Luis Carlos Prestes
Prestes
Communist Party
Congress
Soviet Union
Sao Paulo
Belem
Salvador
Washington ranchers near end of 3000 mile horseback trek
Two Washington state ranch owners arrive in Clarksburg West Virginia as they near completing a 3000 mile ride from Tacoma to Washington D C and New York. They travel about 25 miles daily and plan to meet President Truman in Washington. Kennedy 61 and Cecil Cary 31 ride horses and carry cooking gear. They intend to buy a truck in New York to return to Washington with their horses.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Washington ‘State
West Virginia
Washington
D. C
New York
Ned” Kennedy
Cecil Cary
Tacoma
Wash
Morgansville
Doddridge County
Kennedy
Truman
Widow of plane crash pilot tied to Huntington stage cast
Alvino Antonioli, 24, Jersey City resident and pilot of the ill fated coastal airlines flight that crashed in Georgia, leaves a widow Marybly Harwood of Huntington who is performing in Boston in the show Look Ma I am Dancing. They married two years ago after meeting at Marshall College during the war, Antonioli served in Italy with the Fifteenth Air Force earning the Presidential Citation and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. he is survived by his mother Mrs D E Antonioli of Alexandria Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Alvino Antionoli
Jersey City
N. J
Coastal Airlines
Georgia
Marybly Harwood
Boston
Antonioli
Army Air Force
Marshall College
15Th Air Force
Italy
D. E. Antonioli
Alexandria
ALP Splits On Wallace Support In New York
The New York state American Labor Party endorsed Henry A Wallace for president causing major unions led by the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers to quit. The split questions how many New York electoral votes the ALP can deliver in 1948 and follows tension over CIO PAC opposition to a third party. Hyman Blumberg resigns as ALP chairman citing labor enemies and the party's stance aligning with CIO PAC policies.
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New York
New York State
American Labor Party
Henry A. Wallace
ALP
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CIO United Automobile Workers
CIO United Steel Workers
AFL Brotherhod
Amalgamated
Auto and Steel Workers
Franklin D. Rosevelt
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Hyman Blumberg
Labor
Blumberg
The
CIO
PAC
Jaffa Gate Bombing at Jerusalem Increases Death Toll
Jews disguised in Palestine police blue caps drove a stolen armored car into Arab crowds at Jaffa Gate and a nearby street intersection in Jerusalem. Hospital reports list 14 dead including Arabs Armenians and Jews with 42 others hurt. An official statement notes 618 death notices since the UN partition decision.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Police
Jaffa
United Nations
Old City
Zion Square
Revercomb Targets Truman to Congress Cleavage
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia denounces President Truman's address as filled with contradictions and warns that spending and new controls clash. He says tax relief favors only some earners and opposes higher corporate taxes, arguing such measures hurt industry and jobs.
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Washington
Jan
Senator Revercomb
R-Wva
Truman
Congress
Revercomb
Yugoslavia Seeks World Bank Loan for 500 Million
The 46 nation World Bank announced Yugoslavia has asked for a 500 million loan. Ambassador Sava N. Kosanovic filed the formal request in a letter to the bank. Poland and Czechoslovakia have also applied, with no action yet.
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Washington
World Bank
Yugoslavia
United States
Sava N. Kosanovic
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Josephus Daniels Ill At Home In Raleigh
Josephus Daniels aged 85 editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and last surviving member of Wilson's original cabinet is ill at home with a very severe attack of bronchitis. Family reports little change in his condition over the past 24 hours.
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Raleigh
N. C
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Woodrow Wilson
Daniels
Meyers Enters Innocent Plea In Senate Perjury Case
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers pleaded innocent to charges of perjury before senate investigators. Trial set for Feb. 16 before Judge David A. Pine. Floriot H. Lamarre pleaded guilty to three perjury counts and is expected to testify against Meyers.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
David A. Pine
Meyers
Air Force
Floriot H. Lamarre
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Company
Dayton, C
Aviation Electric
Pigeonhole For Tax Plan Looms
Washington tax debate centers on President Truman’s immediate cost of living tax cut proposals and Republican counter plan led by Rep. Knutson. Officials estimate relief mainly benefits middle and lower income groups, while both plans face changes to corporate and individual tax rates.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
House
Congress
Knutson
White House
Marines Load on Sub and Transport at Morehead City
Morehead City port terminal reports loading of an estimated 500 marines and equipment onto a submarine and an landing ship tank. Navy officials refused comment as two navy transports carrying about 1,000 marines from Camp Lejeune departed for assignment aboard ships in the Mediterranean.
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Morehead City
N. C
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Navy
Lejeune
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Huntington Lawyer Indicted For Murder
In Williamson West Virginia January 7 a Huntington attorney McKinley Trent was indicted for murder after a shooting on a narrow Marrowbone road in Mingo county last October 13. Wallace who was 41 was slain after a dispute over checks and money connected to a drilling company they co operated. Trent faces arraignment likely tomorrow.
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Trent
Germans To Strike Demand More Food In Essen
Essen Germany January 7 a general strike of about 50 000 workers will be staged in the Ruhr industrial center Friday to demand more food. It will affect 15 000 Krupp workers and others but exclude coal miners and essential utilities. The five hour stoppage aims to draw mass in Burgplatz square for a public demonstration and follows days of local agitation amid Marshall Plan expectations.
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Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Trade Union Board
Burgplatz
Russian Ship Dvina Feared Sinking Off Japan
The Dvina with 780 passengers was sinking in a storm off northeast Japan. American airmen reported the stricken ship flooding and listing as rescue efforts by seven American planes and Japanese-crewed vessels continued amid high winds and heavy seas.
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Tokyo
Dvina
Japan
United States Far East Airy Force
Air Force
Honshu
Hokkaido Island
Kuriles
Russia
U. S
Allied plan offers Germans a powerful quasi government
British and American military governors proposed a temporary economic framework for Germany granting a supreme court and tax powers while withholding political authority. They stressed the plan aims to quicken economic recovery and keep Germany united. Berlin press called the move treasonous. German officials prepare counter proposals for the next talks.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Supreme Court
Brian Robertson
London Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Robertson
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
German Economic Council
Russia Bans Display of Star Photographs
Moscow reports a Soviet ban on displaying and producing photographs of Hollywood stars. The Union of Artists and Coops ordered removal of portraits of Gable and other actors as trashy displays, citing widespread use in barber shops and beauty parlors across Moscow and other cities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Evening Moscow
Union of Artists and Coops
Gable
Clark Gable
Tashkent
Leningrad
Baku
Truman offers 10 year program to stamp out poverty and world peace
President Truman delivered a state of the union urging a $40 yearly tax cut for individuals and dependents, higher corporate taxes to cover a $3.2 billion revenue loss, and a sweeping 10 year plan. He pressed universal military training, extended rent control, a strengthened Marshall Plan, and bold social steps including a higher minimum wage and national health insurance.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Truman Address Draws Comment on State of the Union
Washington reports Republicans denounced President Truman’s state of the union as demagoguery and politics while many Democrats praised it as wise. Tax recommendations drew the sharpest reaction in Congress with remarks from leaders on both sides about campaign aims and policy directions.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
State of the Union
Congress
Rep. Arends
Illinois
House
Union
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Wiley
Wis
Pepper
D-Fla
al Taft
Ohio
Republican Senate Policy Committee
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