Runyon Recalls Factor's Career and a Colonel's Lieutenants
Damon Runyon recalls John Jake the Barber Factor and his Leeds English scheme crew. The piece notes Factor’s 1942 Cedar Rapids conviction for mail fraud and conspiracy tied to a whisky warehouse receipt scam, plus London press backlash and legal fallout.
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Noting a mutual recognition over a stock exchange
The colonel recalls persuading a man to swap stock, risking ruin if he kept his old shares, and the other party thanks him for wealth from the exchange. The colonel also notes the stock he unloaded is among the market’s finest.
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Allies Seek Short Route For Lend Lease To Soviets
Washington reports the United States Britain and Russia are racing to use the Dardanelles for lend lease to the Red armies. A direct passage through Turkish waters would replace the long Iran route and constitute the greatest shipping improvement since the Mediterranean access opened.
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Turkiye to Open Straits for Allied Convoys
In 1943 notes, Undersecretary Pattterson said German mine clearance would allow Allied convoys through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea. Turkey reportedly welcomes use of the straits, holding them in trustee status rather than full control, with no legal barrier to Allied passage.
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G I Loans Do Not Deduct From Pensions Without Fraud Intent
Washington AP reports that veteran disability pensions will not face deductions for G I bill loans unless there is evidence of intent to defraud. Brig. Gen. Frank T Hines says deductions occur only if other collection methods fail.
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Premier King Is Winner in Canadian Vote
Prime Minister W. L. McKenzie King secured a landslide 143 to 70 confidence vote in Parliament over his conscription policy for Europe. French Canada split, with 21 Quebec lawmakers joining opposition, yet King claimed a national unity victory amid the crisis.
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Quebec Parliament Backs Government On Conscription Crisis
The government wins a 13th day special session vote with 36 Quebec and other French speaking MPs voting against the government. The 38 day crisis ends as Parliament approves King’s plan to conscript 16 000 men from Canada’s home army for service on the western front and in Italy.
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