Edith Thomas Listed as Cotton Market Speculator
The Agriculture Department released a list of cotton futures traders on July 31 1946 naming Edith Thomas Washington DC as holding 300 bales long. Senator Elmer Thomas said his wife Edith has her own money and did not reveal her trading activities. Also named: J E McDonald Austin Texas with 300 bales long. Stassen testified about insider information concerns in a broader inquiry.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Edith Thomas
Washington, D. C
Thomas
Feith
Senate
Agriculture Department
J. E. McDonald
Austin
Texas
McDonald
Stassen
Local Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Sunday
Partly cloudy sunday with time temperature. Highest in the afternoon about 32 degrees.
Royal romance stalled as Mihai and Anne place marriage on hold
An aide said Mihai of Romania and Princess Anne Bourbon Parme pause plans for a marriage for the immediate future. Spokesman Maj. Jacques Vergotti cited political risk from Romanian Communist forces and the abdication context. Anne was seen traveling via Luxembourg and Belgium with her mother.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Mihai
Romania
Anne of
Bourbon-Parma
Inng
Jacques Vergotti
Vergotti
Anne
Luxembourg
Ducal
Pee
Hohenzollern
Rol II
Liege
Belgium
Copenhagen
Princess Margrete
Last Of Palestine Bound Explosive Cache Found
The last of a 199 ton consignment of war material for Palestine was accounted for at Romulus New York. An Army officer said the last 64 tons of composition a highly explosive were refused delivery after a wartime freeze by the War Assets Administration. Additional batches totaling 68 tons were found in a warehouse in Asbury Park and a nearby Wall Township farmhouse.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Saanton
Palestine
Seneca Ordnance
Romulus
N.Y
Robert R. Judson
Foundry Associates, Inc
New York
Way
Saugerties
N. Y
Hudson
War Assets Administration
Wall Township
Navy
Earle
Jersey City
Mt. Vernon
Leonard Weisman
Hagana
Milwaukee Bank Robbed in a Two Man Heist
Milwaukee police describe a well timed two man robbery at the State Bank of Milwaukee on Wells and Fourth. Teller Christie Sherman said a caller asked about a credit rating to distract her, then a robber vanished after about three minutes. About 111 ten dollar bills and seven eighty five dollar notes were taken.
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Milwaukee
State Bank of
Christie Sherman
Fourth
Wells Street
Rudolph Glaser
Sherman
LA. Glaser
Eller
Wisconsin Democrats Rebuke Leadership At Grudging Truman Rally
About 800 attend a noisy Wisconsin Democratic convention in Milwaukee pledging vigorous support for Truman while opposing Henry Wallace. The revolt targets state chairman Charles Greene and national committeeman Robert Tehan, seeking to oust them and field an anti-endorsement slate for Philadelphia. Hoan is floated as Tehan’s successor as committeeman amid patronage tensions and internal resentments stemming from Kuhl’s ouster.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Democratic
Harry S. Truman
Party of Wisconsin
Truman
Henry Wallace
Wisconsin
Charles P. Greene
Robert Tehan
Tehan- Greene
Philadelphia
Tehan
National Committee
Congress
Chicago
Greene
Frank Kuhl
Kuhl
Daniel W. Hoan
Gerald Clifford
Green Bay
Hoan
Seek Known Suspects In Bank Robbery
New Orleans police search for two suspects described as the brains of a five man gang that robbed Hibernia National Bank Friday of about 114000. About 63000 was recovered. the remainder believed held by the fugitives. Police broadcast names and descriptions nationwide and warn of a heavily armed man and woman in a black sedan unconnected to the robbery. An informer led to three arrests after a bar discussion of the plot.
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New Orleans
A. A. Watters
Hibernia National Bank
Joseph Scheuering
Wilde judge to pick La Crosse snow queen photos
La Crosse will crown its snow queen January 21 at the VFW hall with Cornel Wilde, star of It Had To Be You, judging photos of 24 contestants. The queen’s identity will be revealed at the coronation ball as Jaycee officials note attendance by Patty McLane and other aquatennial figures.
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la Crosse
Hollywood
Cornel Wilde
Harry Greene
Chamber of Commerce
Vfw Hall
Ginger Rogers
Snow Queen
Jerry Moriarity
Patty McLane
Battle kills twenty as Jews Arabs and British clash in Palestine
Three way fighting in southern Palestine coastal plain leaves twelve Jews and eight Arabs dead with no British casualties. Arab force sieges Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. Maj Nicholas Andronovich escapes harm as gunfire hits his horse. British troops and police restore order amid sniping and siege actions.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Coastal Plain
Gaza
Holy Land
Syria
Isdud
Yavna
Royal Sussex Regiment
Ramat Rachel
Alan Cunningham
Palestine High Commissioner
Nicholas Andronivitch
United States
Call 22-State Oil Conference Sets Emergency Plan
Washington reports mounting complaints over the winter fuel oil shortage. Congress may be urged to act to assure supplies. A 22 state meeting is planned with interior department officials to discuss a pool account for emergency allocations. States listed include Delaware Vermont Indiana Maine Massachusetts New Jersey Tennessee New Hampshire Connecticut New York Rhode Island Virginia Kentucky Missouri Wisconsin Ohio Georgia North and South Carolina Pennsylvania Michigan and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Congress
New England
Board of Managers
Council of State Governments
Tobey
R-Nh
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
District of Columbia
Tobey Said
Delaware
Vermont
Indiana
Minnesota
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
Rhode Island
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Tipsy Drivers In Milwaukee to Be Filmed for Court Use
Milwaukee police will test colored motion pictures of drunken drivers as court evidence. Police Chief John W. Polcyn said the films would expose bleary eyes and flushed complexions to strengthen cases against intoxicated motorists.
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John W. Polcyn
Presidential race heats up as Truman taft split emerges
The 1948 campaign moves into high gear as President Truman releases his message and Taft criticizes it as a retooled New Deal. Democratic and Republican committees mobilize, with taft charging social proposals and universal military training invite left wing and Wallace factions into the debate.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Henry Wallace
Democratic National Committee
Capital Comment
Democratic Committee
Wallace
New Budget System Confuses Congress Says Bridges
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire released letters showing he urged President Truman to modify the budget system. Truman refused, keeping the new method that presents government needs in broad programs like international expenditures and national defense, potentially involving several agencies per program.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congress
Stassen proposes inflation cure through wage leveling and food cuts
Washington talks on curbing inflation feature Harold Stassen urging voluntary measures to level wages and reduce food consumption by 20 percent. He envisions farm price relief, a minimum income linked to social security, hospital coverage funded by dairy checks, and a zone hospital plan, plus soil, research, and Europe aid tied to self-help.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
French objections threaten western Germany unity plans
Paris and London voiced disapproval of Anglo American moves to administer the western German zones without French consultation. French officials, including Ambassador Bone net, warned of protests and cautioned that centralizing political power may clash with France's preference for a loose German nation. Washington defended three power talks focused on trade barriers and French inclusion in a unified framework.
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Washington
Germany
Paris
London
Henri Bonenet
State Department
Foreign Office
Rene Massigli
Bevin
France
Foreign Ministry
Berlin
Lucius Clay
Bryan Robertson
United
Britain
United States
Russia
Murphy
Frankfurt
General Strike Threatens Italy Across Regions
Sympathy strikes erupted in Calabria at Crotone and in the north at Via Reggio and Pistoia while 60,000 bank employees began an 11 day nationwide walkout depriving tens of millions of pay for the second Saturday. Merchant seamen joined in Genoa Naples and Savona seeking higher pay and factory workers in clothing shops numbering 290,000 threatened to strike Monday.
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Rome
Crotone
Calabria
Italy
Via Reggio
Pistoia
Genoa
Naples
Savona
U S Army Officers Arrive In Greece
Twenty U S army officers arrived from Washington and will serve as observers with Greek army units down to the division level in Athens.
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U.S. Army
Greece
Athens
Washington
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Michael Goldsmith
Monmouth County
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Francis W. Williams
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Ry T
Hank” Myers
Demos
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By John Wyngaard
Name Wilde
Snipe
Norman Walker
D. Harold Oliver
Republican Committee
GOP
Carroll Reece
Oklahoma City
Truman Deey
St. Louis
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