Dutch painter Van Meegeren faces court verdict in forgeries case
Amsterdam awaits a verdict in the Hans Van Meegeren fraud case. The 57 year old painter admitted selling eight forged works as real Vermeers to Hermann Goering and art museums for millions of guilders. He claims he did so to prove his talent, not for money, and the trial centers on charges of fraud.
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Amsterdam
UPI
Hans van Meegeren
Hermann Goering
van Meepgeren
Vermeer
de Hoogh
van Meegeren
Christ and the Adulteress
Germany
Goering
New Battery Unit Forming in California National Guard
The 720th Antiaircraft Battalion announces activation of Battery B as a new unit in the California National Guard under Lt Colonel Glen A. Duke. Frank Enright will command with Lt Ver Gz lkendal as second in command. full organization will include four officers and 96 enlisted men. Former servicemen and civilians with needed skills may enlist at the recruiting office 2800 B Spring St, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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California National Guard
Glen A. Duke
Frank ‘Enright
Ver Gzlkendal
Spring St. J
Japanese Communists Shift to Attacks on Hirohito Tours
In postwar Tokyo on November 7 a Japanese Communist party scorned by voters under Allied occupation directs its energy to harassing Emperor Hirohito’s countryside visits, signaling a shift from electoral strategy to political boycotts and protests.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
City Charters Labeled Weak in Nationwide Reforms
Denver Mayor Quigg Newton said the nationwide revolt against machine politics hinges on city charters. He spoke at the American Municipal Association conference, arguing that bad government roots lie in the charter and calling for modernization to sustain reforms postwar.
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New Orleans
Quigg Newton
Denver
American, Municipal Association
Newton
Hose Shipments Decline in September Trade Report
New York on November 7 reports that Pilias jery shipments fell to 22,481,062 dozen pairs in September from 13,519,007 a year earlier. For the first nine months, shipments totaled 107,385,929 dozen pairs versus 113,434,277 in 1946, per the National Association of Glassware Manufacturers.
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New-York
National Association of 1Assery Manufacturers
Coctiette Officers for 1948 Installed
Coctiette Club No 12 of the Vic W Auxiliary installed its 1948 officers at Veterans Memorial. Mrs Melita B Artin seated as chief gray back with Martha Crawford as lady louse and Betty Bailey as baby louse among others.
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King Tut Coctiette Club No. 12
Vic. W. Auxiliary
Veterans Memorial
Melita B. Artin
Grayback
Martha ‘Crawford
Lady Louse
Betty Bailey
Pearl Mayeur
Sue Thomas
Crummy Chaser
Katherine Tingler
Louse Hunter
Dorothy King
Pious Louse
Harriet Spuhler
Rustling Louse
Frances Moore
Ivory Louse
Eire Imports 704,568 Tons US Coal This Year
Dublin reports 704,568 tons of coal imported from the United States in ten months of the year, announced by Sean Le Mass, minister for industry and commerce, to the Dail.
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Dublin
Eire
United States
Sean le Mass
Dall
Scratcher Phyllis Withee Leads Cara Pata Club Install
The text notes Phyllis Withee and Patricia Deal among participants with ink slingers Jouse Lillie Stone and Hazel Bemis in Compton. Ward of Cara Pata Club No. 65 appoints Mildred Grand Grayback as installing officer.
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Phyllis Withee
Patricia Deal
Lillie Stone
Hazel
Bemis
Mildred
Cara Pata Club
Compton
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