The Vermeer Swindle and the Dutch Art Crisis
A detailed account of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren’s faked Vermeers aimed at cashing in on praise from crooked critics. The tale traces how six canvases fetched 3.2 million and Goering paid 600000, with Goering ultimately linked to a forgery claim.
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Saturday Evening Post
Janary
United States
Europe
Hermann Geering
Hans van Meegeren
Holland
Jan Vermeer
van Meergeren
van Meegeren
An Meegeren
Vermeer
Hague
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Hermann Goering
Germany
Goering
Nazi Germany
Atom falls under civilian control as security kept
The piece argues the atomic program shifts from Army to civilian direction while maintaining security. It notes international control unanswered, Army on standby, and peaceful uses guiding policy. Scientists gain direct authority, balancing public risk with responsible stewardship.
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General Groves
Mr. Lilienthal
Army
Manhattan
Businessmen See Food Prices Expected to Fall in Future Markets
Chicago traders on the commodity exchange forecast lower prices for food and related commodities. Butter for June delivery at 53 cents a pound signals a drop from current wholesale levels, with wheat, coffee, cocoa, cotton, and eggs showing similar future price declines.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Santos
Arkansas VFW talks GI Bill of Rights in Texarkana meeting
Little Rock reports Guy Williams will address a tenth district VFW meeting in Texarkana to discuss a proposed Arkansas GI Bill of Rights. Other dispatches note a shooting murder charge in Little Rock, state budget revisions for 1947 49, a public expenditure council warning on tax hikes, Methodist rallies for Hendrix College, and a Texarkana income tax exemption suit of Harmon Morgan on a Texas side clothing store income.
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Little Rock
Jpj
Guy Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texarkana
VFW
Bob Ed Loftin
Loftin
Arkansas
Arkansas Public Expenditure Council
Texarkana, Ark
Texas
Miller County
Ark
Chancery Court
Harmon Morgan
Arkansas Revenue
Otho Cook
U.S. Urges Poland to Hold Free Elections
The United States asked Poland to ensure a free election amid reports of government intimidation. Poland schedules a general vote on Jan 19 with the opposition contending irregularities and coercion in 42 of 52 districts.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
Yalta
Potsdam
Stanislaw Ecs
Polish Peasant Party
Mikolajczyk
Byrnes
Russia
Great Britain
Madrid
Barcelona
Palma
Malerta
Uno
Francisco Franco
December 1946 Hope Police activity report summarized
Hope Police Department reports 112 total arrests with 99 convictions in December 1946. Major counts include drunk driving 5, speeding 7, other traffic violations 8, and illegal whiskey transport 1. Investigations 7, complaints 5, accidents 10, with 43 fines released to various authorities and total cash collections of 1243.00.
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Hope Police Department
A.W.O.L
F.B.I
Hotels and Courts Free of Rent Controls Nationwide
The Office of Temporary Controls ordered ceilings removed from rents in transient hotels and motor courts on February 15 while preserving controls for weekly or monthly stays. Permanent room counts to be listed by each property as transient rooms decenter. President Truman urged Congress to extend general rent controls beyond June 30. AHA spokesman says operators will adjust rates with higher operating costs.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
Philip B. Fleming
OTC
Truman
Congress
American Hotel Association
Office
Use Shell Money In Isolated Oceanic Communities
Cowrie shells still function as money in remote communities of the South Seas India and Africa. The shells are collected from shallow Indian Ocean beds and used as currency.
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South Seas
India
Africa
Indian Ocean
Union Denied Permanent Use of City Hall
The Hope City Council denied the union permanent meeting status but allowed one monthly meeting at City Hall this month while a permanent site is sought. Cooper's International Labor Union represented by Pickard, Martin, Mullins and Cumbie requested the space. Alfred Broussard sought a bus line permit for City Bus Co. to operate four buses citywide by March 1. action postponed due to a prior issued permit not yet used. A road site vacate hearing for Brookwood Addition was set for February. Steve Atkins asked for two extra cabs with a January 21 hearing. Sinclair Oil Co. gained approval to install gasoline pumps at Walnut and Candy streets.
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Cooper's International Labor Union (Woodworkers
Hope City Hall
A. W. Pickard
A. W. Martin
G. L. Mullins
J. T. Cumbie
Alfred Broussard
Mansfield
Hope
The
City Bus Co
Royce Weisenberger
Brookwood
Steve Atkins
Sinclair Oil Co
Walnut
Candytreets
Mississippi Governor eyes Bilbo for interim Senate seat
Gov Fielding L Wright said he plans to appoint Theodore G Bilbo to the interim Senate term if the chamber denies him seating without a hearing or on campaign charge grounds. Bilbo, at his Poplarville home awaiting mouth surgery, thanked the governor as the Jackson club backed Mrs. Thomas L Bailey for the interim post.
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Jackson
Miss
Jane
Fielding L Wright
Theodore G Bilbo
Senate
Ine
Mississippi
Bilbo
Wright
Washington
Dream House
Poplarville
New Orleans
Jackson Business and Professional Women's Club
Thomas L. Bailey
Baiey
Pointers on picking a wife by Hal Boyle
A dated humor column advises Horace to be cautious in the marriage hunt. It mocks idealized traits and suggests testing candidates with small, comic trials before proposing. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek warning that choosing a wife is easier than living with one.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Horace
Einstein
Marshall to Outline Policy Before Meeting
Washington reports that Secretary of State designate George C Marshall will be called to Capitol Hill to outline his foreign policy views before Moscow talks. Senate committee members aim to question him on relations with Russia and Western Hemisphere defense as Marshall awaits confirmation and possible reshuffle in the State Department.
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Washington
George C Marshall
Capitol Hill
Moscow
Senate
Russia
Marshall
James F Byrnes
Arthur H Vandenberg
R. Mich
State Department
China
U .S
Truman
Byrnes
Institute of the Council of World Affairs
Cleveland
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Will Clayton
Willard Thorp
William Benton
Spruille Braden
Donald Russell
John Hilldring
War Department
Russell
Ben Cohen
Congress
George C. Marshall
James F. Byrnes
Hope Will Negotiate for SPG Tract
Hope Industrial plans to open talks with War Assets Administration over purchases or lease of the 755 acre former Southwestern Proving Ground area. A Chamber special committee will meet with Hope Industrial to discuss bidding and development of a future factory district.
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Hope Industrial Corporation
Hope Chamber of Commerce
War Assets Administration
Southwestern Proving Ground
Chamber of Commerce
A. Albritton
Vincent Foster
A. H. Washburn
Hope Industrial Board
George W. Peck
Albert Graves
Charles A. Armitage
Peck
Armitage
Same
Mayor Graves
British Seize Arms in Raid in Jerusalem
Police raided a Jerusalem slum area mainly occupied by Oriental Jews and found fuse wire and other military equipment along with pamphlets bearing the name of Irgun vai Leumi. About 30 Jews were arrested near Tobas in the Nablus district of Shhechem after yesterday’s raid.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Vai Leumi
Tobas
Nablus
Biblical
Shhechem
Riots in Bombay Spur Night Curfew Amid Hindu Dalit Clashes
Brief dispatches report riotous clashes between Hindus and scheduled castes in Bombay causing several casualties. Police impose an all night curfew in the affected northern area as communal tensions with Muslims persist. Also notes: UK Prime Minister Attlee marks 25th wedding anniversary. US Army reports earthquake toll in Japan. Indonesia-Holland talks near signing. Spanish exiles discussed in Barcelona.
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Bombay
Simplification of Poll Tax Law Sought
Little Rock reports the 1947 legislature may revise Arkansas poll tax rules to allow same year voting receipts. Proposed by Nathan Schoenfeld includes in person payment, family use, and anti-machine politics aims. Committee also suggests a three member governor appointed election board and voting reforms.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Laney
Nathan Schoenfeld
Hot Springs
Ike Murry
Schoenfeld
State Board of Election Commissioners
Bill to curb labor strikes faces House and Senate hearings
Washington January 9 Rep Francis Case introduces a measure to authorize government injunctions against strikes endangering public welfare. The bill expands on last year’s proposals and seeks to curb compulsory arbitration by balancing labor and management through an emergency commission and mediation board.
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Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
Senate
House
Ball& Bi Aait
Ohio
H Om.th
N. J
Jonn L. Lewis
Vane
Eaby
Ball
Rminn
Taft
Ae Labor Committee
Alexander Smith
Murray
D-Mont
Hartley
RWS
House Labor Committée
Case
Kraft-Smith
Ball-Taft- Smith
American Labor Aosns
Hooting success decatur reduces starling problem
A Decatur Wisconsin report states that a mounted owl deterrent system using stuffed owls about a foot high mounted on storage points has successfully driven away thousands of starlings. The association committee notes the device's effectiveness in repelling the birds.
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Decatur
Catur
Tee
St Points
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Alex. H. Washburn
By James Thrasher
George Bennett
Pulaski
Bennett
Dhother Negro
Louis Miller
Legislative Joint Budget Committee
State Police Department
Game and Fish Commission
Commission
State Apiary Board
Conway
Hendrix College
Paul E. Martin
Arkansas-Louisiana
U.S
W. L. Tate
New Jersey
New York Central R. R
Weehawken
Union
R H Shackford
SPG
London
Downing St
Yokohama
U. S. Eighth Army
Japan
Batavia
Netherlands Commission
Indonesia
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