Surplus Sale Probe Sparks Capitol Hall Talk
Washington report details a probe into a federal surplus sale led by Sen. Mead. Witness William Margolies says Jake Goldberg auctioned 6,000 items in four days to 300 buyers, prompting questions over $2,500 used for expenses and a missing $5,000. The scene features Ferguson Hatch and Ham sandwiches amid tense testimony.
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Jake Goldberg
Halley
Goldberg
Maspeth
N. Y
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
Margolies
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Sen. Ferguson
Give Small Nations More Voice in World Council
The Netherlands government challenges major powers' right to judge charges against smaller nations and proposes stronger Dutch representation in a new world security council. A 6000 word Dutch document circulated at the conference table before Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill.
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London
Netherlands
World Security Council
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
World Security Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
Russia
Council
Kurusu the Jap Peace Emissary Retires from Diplomacy
Saburo Kurusu longtime Japanese envoy who urged peace in Washington before Pearl Harbor has retired from the diplomatic service. A Comei agency broadcast said he accepted a post to advise the Japanese foreign office.
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San Francisco
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Comei
Kurusu
Service Members Receive Promotions And Overseas Assignments
Ariel Maxine Glick of the Army Nurse Corps is promoted from second to first lieutenant and stationed in England since March 1944. Cedric Dale Glick, her brother, earned the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters overseas. Several others reach France, Camp Robinson, or South Pacific duty, with promotions and leaves noted for family observers.
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Ariel Maxine Glick
Army Nurse Corps
Elmer Glick
Central City
Glick
England
Cedric Dale Glick
Pvt
William EE
Victorine
Twentysixth Street Drive
France
Darwin B. Jack
E. D. Jack
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Camp Robinson
Ark
Darald
Yuma
Ariz
Army Air Base
Robert Junior Williams
Infantry
Thirty-fifth Street
Arthur E. Paul
William H. Paul
Jimmy M. Butler
Thirty-second Street
Claire A. Porter
South Pacific
F Avenue NW
C. A. Porter
Thirty-fourth Street
San Franiece Calif
Raid Kills Nazi Bomb Trial Judge
The German people's court president Dr. Ronald Freisler was reported killed in a American air raid on Berlin. The Swedish correspondents quoted by British radio said Freisler presided over a secret trial in which four German generals were sentenced to death for involvement in the alleged July bomb plot against Hitler. Freisler had earlier served as state secretary for justice and helped define treason as a death penalty offense.
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New York
Ronald Freisler
German People’s Court
Berlin
Freisler
Hitler
Ministry of Justice
Yanks Capture Japs At Grease Gun Point
In the Netherlands East Indies two U S soldiers August W Fréderick of Toledo Ohio and Charles W Burton of Pulaski Virginia on morning rounds captured grease guns from Japanese forces while servicing heavy equipment with their engineering unit.
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Netherlands East Indies
Ins
August W. Fréderick
Toledo
Ohio
Charles W. Burton
Pulaski
Frederick
Burton
Patrolmen Capture 19 Japanese Prisoners At Site
Frederick and Burton spotted 19 Japanese soldiers emerging from brush while greasing a bulldozer. The pair spun, trained grease guns, and forced the group to surrender. The prisoners were quickly loaded into a truck and delivered to army intelligence.
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Frederick
Burton
Army Intelligence
Puppet Philippines government flees Manila for Luzon
The puppet government under President Jose Laurel reportedly moved its seat from Manila to a northern Luzon locale as Japanese news service accounts say Laurel and his followers believe American invasion forces will be destroyed.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Jose Laurel
Manila
Luzon
Comei
Laurel
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