Senate Group Probes Ghost Shell Firm Ties and War Contracts
In a Washington hearing, the Erie Basin Metal Products phantom firm and 15 others are reviewed for shell contracts while operating as ghosts. Key figures Henry and Murray Garsson and Joseph Weiss are linked to multiple firms, with testimony detailing forged or backdated company intents and large war contract totals amid minimal payrolls.
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Washington
FBI
Lind Ihoodmapins
Senate
Tree
Elgin
Tfl
James M. Mead
D-N.y
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Illinois Watch Case Company
Paul X. English
indus—_ division
Chemical Warfare Service
Oe Sence
Henry M. Garsson
Murray W. Garsson
Joseph T. Weiss
Allen Bay
Price Spiral Hits Local Hamburger Prices
In Denver an AP report notes customers saw the price rise from 30 cents to 35 with a penciled change and later the bill altered to 40 cents as staff explained the boss ordered the adjustment. The couple, finishing their meals, witnessed the dispute over the numeric shift.
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Denver
Y Drum Corps To Appear At Elkader Fourth of July
The Y M C A drum and bugle corps with about 30 boys will join Elkader's Fourth of July celebration in the afternoon and evening. Vernon Kriz serves as director.
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Elkader
Elgrams
Vernon Kriz
Cedar Rapids School District bids sought for cafeteria refrigeration units
The Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa School District invites bids for cooler and freezer refrigeration units for Franklin, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Wilson school cafeterias. Bids due 1:00 p.m. Thursday July 11 1946 at the Secretary’s office 346 2nd Avenue NW Depew Wares. 3% bid bond. district may reject any bids. dated July 25 Cedar Rapids.
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TOR
Cedar Rapids
Linnty
Iowa
Rapides
McKinley High
Roosevelt Hise
Wilson High
Coe Oy
Cedar Romie
2Nd Avenue BW
Depew
Board of Directors
Linn County
Ems
Camden
Traffic Deaths a Product of Haste and Carelessness
Traffic Captain J H Clift urges Fourth of July caution as Iowa sees ten year tolls of 4852 dead and 90117 injured from traffic crashes. He warns haste and holiday drinking raise risk and pedestrians and drivers alike must relax and avoid reckless passing on hills and curves.
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J. H. Clift
Clift
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Capt. Clift
Riots in India Leave 33 Dead and 250 Hurt
In Ahmedabad and surrounding areas arson looting and stabbing flared as mobs of Muslims and Jains clash. A noon communique reports 33 killed and 250 injured. Home Minister Morarji Desai flew to Ahmedabad to help quell the violence.
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India
Bombay
Ahmidabad
Morarji Desai
Poona
Ahmedabad
Director Sues Gracie Fields and Her Husband
Hollywood director Irving Cummings files suit seeking specific performance to force Gracie Fields and Monty Banks to sell him a Hills corner lot for 100 dollars, alleging breach of promised sale.
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Sues Gracie Fields
Hollywood
INS
Irving Cummings
Gracie Fields
Monty Banks
One Hills Corner
Cummings
Miss Fields
Wenner-Gren Letters Reveal Efforts To Stop War
New York INS reports Axel Wenner-Gren, Swedish financier, provided secret letters to halt conflict between England and Germany. He claims meetings with Goering and Chamberlain and a peace plan linked to postwar settlements. He sought removal from the US Nazi collaboration blacklist and noted Roosevelt’s thanks for saving Athenia survivors.
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New York
INS
Hermann Goering
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Axel Wenner-Gren
England
Germany
State Department
Werner- Gren
United States
Roosevelt
Wenner- Gren
Southern Cross
Athenia
Wenner-Gren
Leon, Weill and Mahony
Goering
Far East
Koki Hirota
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Cordell Hull
Hull
Europe
Chamberlain
Kahn Hall
Berlin
London
enner-Gren
Free City
Danzig
Italy
Suez Canal
Jibouti Railroad
East Africa
Tunisia
Czechoslovakia
OPA Death Sparks Uncertain Future for Workers
Washington AP report says the Office of Price Administration resembles a zombie with life only in 3,300 local workers who remain on the job while Congress decides OPA’s fate. President Truman urged continued work, though pay and revival remain uncertain amid a 34,000 national workforce.
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James Marlow
Washington
OPA
Congress
Truman
Paul Porter
Porter
Appointment of Executor in Iowa Estate Case No 18638
The notice records the appointment and qualification of an executor in Linn County Iowa for Rosa Zabokrts ecu estate. It lists that those having claims or payments due must present them to the executor and references the court and official authentication.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Igné
Tor Rosa Zabokrts
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Murray Garsson
Secieties of Labor
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2Nd Ave
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Arch H. Aukerman
Glen W. Brehm
Richard F. Carne
C. H. Fowler
Walter IL. Fry
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Kohl
Harry E. Kensinger
Verdi
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Cliffe
Lyon
Paul S. McCoy
Wyatt E. Maupon
Les McWhinney
Ray T. Moore
Ed H. Pottle
K. P. Quinn
Ronald W. Rewson
C. A. Seifert
Lee B. Winterberg
Fred C. Ruedy
Mark R. Reynolds
Middle, Iowa
Shellsburg, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Association OF Health and Accident Underwriters
Oan Deese Give
Cour Domine Guseer
By Angelo
Werner-Gren
Japan
Suro
Easler
Suzanne
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May's Drug Store
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Instant Maxwell House
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