Felix Frankfurter power exposed by Harold Lickes memo
Westbrook Pegler argues Felix Frankfurter wielded covert influence over Roosevelt and key departments before and during World War II. He cites Ickes memoir excerpts and anecdotes of proctors and protégés planted in offices, describing a hidden network seen as an early form of ruling the nation.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
United States
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Frankfurter
Saturday Evening Post
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Supreme Court
Felix
Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
Feltor
Estelle
Monroe City Actions Clean Up Jail and City Departments
Mayor George Breece announced plans to thoroughly clean and remodel Monroe City Jail. The city also eliminated the sanitary department superintendent position and transferred duties to another department. Frank Smith appointed municipal airport manager, replacing L. H. Peevy, as budget measures aim to improve service and efficiency.
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Monroe
George Breece
Breece
Frank X. Cline
Henry Haas
Frank Smith
L. H. Peevy
Jobbers Discuss Cigarette Prices in Louisiana Meeting
About 300 tobacco and grocery jobbers met in Baton Rouge with state Revenue Collector W. A. Cooper to discuss higher cigarette prices and mutual aid against mail order sales. Lloyd Oubre cited Louisiana fair trade act restricting markups and set minimum wholesale and retail prices per carton and per package, excluding a pending 3 cent per pack state increase and sales tax.
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Baton Rouge
W. A. Cooper
Louisiana Wholesale Distributors’ Association
Lloyd Oubre
Oubre
Bitter public quarrel over education censorship in Truman era
Dr John W Studebaker charged Oscar Ewing with censorship as head of the security agency and his own resignation as commissioner of education was announced. Ewing denied any censorship and said his department did not censor the Office of Education. The White House released Studebaker's resignation letter noting his $10 090 annual pay and July 15 effective date. President Truman acknowledged understanding of the situation.
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John W. Studebaker
Oscar Ewing
Truman
Ewing
Studebaker
Education
House
Senate Appropriations
Searsport
Maine
Office of
Tobin Offered Labor Secretary Post Again Declines
Indianapolis Aug 2 Daniel J Tobin president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has twice rejected appointment as secretary of labor An August article in The International Teamster by Thomas E Flynn says President Truman offered the post last June Tobin declined as he did in 1943 under Roosevelt
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Indianapolis
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
A. F. of L
Labor
the International Teamster
Tobin
Thomas E. Flynn
Truman
White House
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Roosevelt
Flynn
Ohio guard to help keep order if plant reopens
Dayton Ohio Aug 2 The Ohio national guard will march in to maintain order if Univisions Company resumes operations at its strike bound plant Mayor Louis Lohrey announced Gov Thomas J Herbert promised guard intervention should fighting resume the management will decide late today whether to reopen The 90 day strike end agreement was rejected by local union members as pickets gathered outside the plant
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Univisions
Louis Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
C. I. O.united Electrical Workers
National Guard
Bruce Vanwinkle
U. E
U. K
Local 768
Arab Refugees Face Disease and Hunger Threats
Sir Raphael Cilento of the United Nations says 300000 to 350000 Palestine Arab refugees face disease and hunger. Cholera doubts persist but malaria appears in some areas. resettlement remains a difficult issue. The UN Security Council discusses the refugee problem as Bernadotte tours Palestine and nearby Arab nations.
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Cairo
Raphael Cilento
United Nations
Middle East
Raphael
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
Count Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Bernadotte
Rhodes
U. N. Security
Policeman’s Wife Fatally Shot During Tavern Brawl
In Portland Oregon a policeman and his wife tried to quell a tavern brawl when she was shot in the forehead. June Buzzell 22 mother of a 20 month old son died. Detectives report two men jailed and two others sought after a struggle that sent them through a glass window.
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Portland
Ore
John Warren
June Buzzell
Ross Buzzell
Buzzell
Warren
Budenz Links Hollywood to Communist Fund for Moscow
Louis Budenz a former Communist editor and Fordham professor testified before a Senate subcommittee that Hollywood funneled a large financial take to the Communist party aiming for Soviet dominance in the United States. He identified Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet spy, saying she is truthful and described Golos as party control head.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
Senators
Hollywood
Communist Party
United States
Red
Fordham University
Elizabeth Bentley
Moscow
Budenz
Senate
Miss Bentley
Jacob Golos
Communist Party Control Commission
Communist Party of the
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Secret Po
Germans Get Best Food Rations Since Occupation Began
Berlin reports 40,009,000 Germans in British and American zones now receive the highest basic ration since occupation started. Improved crops currency reform and aid from the European Recovery Program credit this rise, lifting Ruhr coal output and Bizonia industrial production to postwar peaks. July ration for the normal consumer reached 1.99 calories per day, the highest since the war.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Bizonia
Germany
Buchenwald Camp Said to Be Run by Russians
Berlin reports claim the Buchenwald concentration camp, liberated by American troops, is now operated by the Russian MVD with about 10,000 prisoners. Inmates include anti Communist German politicians and teachers. The British and American authorities have noted the site and Sachsenhausen also cited.
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Richard Katschke
Berlin
Buchenwald
MVD
Secret Police
Germany
Die Welt
National Democratic” Party
Socialist Unity Party
Weimar
Thuringia
Sachsenhausen
Oranienburg
U. S
Truman unlikely to recall Congress for second extra session
A close associate says President Truman does not plan to call Congress back after the first extra session. He will focus on the election against Republican price control and domestic issues, with no new messages anticipated. Truman will return to Washington after voting in Independence and plans to resume duties as Congress remains in session.
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Independence
Truman
Congress
Philadelphia
Washington
Memorial
Delaware Street
White House
Charles G. Rose
Probe of price boosts sought by Congress
A House Banking Committee hearing discussed a congressional probe into sharp price hikes by major firms led by U.S. Steel. Rep. Spence urged testimony from corporate leaders while opponents warned against scapegoating industry, noting politicians share blame for living costs. The push comes as lawmakers review Truman anti inflation proposals and possible excess profits taxes.
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Washington
U. S. Steel
House Banking Committee
Spence
D.-Ky
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Rep. Smith
Ohio
Senate House Joint Committee On Economics
House and
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Paul Porter
Congress
Porter
House
Capehart
R.-Ind
Mr. Truman
Building Permits in July in Monroe Totals $186,119
City building inspector Samuel Awl reports Monroe issued $186,119 in building permits in July. Permits covered 38 dwelling units worth $139,100, 10 non dwelling permits totaling $19,929, one tourist permit $500, and 16 alteration projects $186,110. One building was demolished and three moved.
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Monroe
Samuel Awl
Aims Of Foreign Policy At Issue
Western diplomats from the United States Britain and France head to Moscow to seek a basis for east west talks with Stalin on Berlin and broader German questions. The visit aims to clarify Russia’s foreign policy and explore potential peace and security settlements in Europe.
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Moscow
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Berlin
London
London Star
British Press Association
Truman
Attlee
Andre Marie
The
Star
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Europe
Washington
Germany
Wherry Attempts Cloture ToEnd Southern Filibuster
Senator Wherry filed a motion to end the southern filibuster with a possible two thirds vote and sought to bring up the anti poll tax bill at 4 p m EST. Russell challenged the move as debate limits were debated, Vandenberg prepared to rule, and support grew with 22 signatures for cloture from both parties.
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Sen
Wherry
Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Barkley
Pepper
Fla
McGrath
Holland
D-Fla
Kleptis Heights Taken by Greece
Greek troops seized Kleptis Height a 6000 foot peak key to the Smolika range after nearly two weeks of savage fighting against Communist rebels in the Grammos mountains. The general staff said forces pushed toward the Smolika ridges and captured enough weapons to equip a battalion in the final assault.
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Athens
Kleptis
Smolika Range
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Czechoslovak Consular Staff Resign in Australia
Czechoslovak consular staff in Sydney have telegraphed their resignations to Prague. They said resigning is incompatible with freedom and democratic ideals and with any belief in fair play to remain in service of a totalitarian regime after the February Communist seizure.
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Sydney
Australia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Texas Dixiecrats Plan Attack On Gov Beauford Jester
Texas Dixiecrats prepare a direct attack on Gov Beauford Jester over a statewide referendum on the presidency. Lloyd Price of Fort Worth drafts a brief for the August 9 Democratic state committee meeting criticizing Calvert Jester and Rayburn as disloyal to Texas interests. Republicans name local candidates in at least seven counties ahead of November contests.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Beauford
Lloyd Price
Fort Worth
Democratic State Committee
Price
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
House
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Calvert
Jester
Rayburn
Truman
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Associated Press
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Missouri
U.S. Steel
Siath
Greece
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