Roosevelt exposed as greedy despite public virtue, critic says
New York reports Rep. John M. Coffee took 2500 from Tacoma contractor Eivind Anderson for help securing a 1 million hospital contract. The piece castigates Roosevelt as hypocritical and predatory toward workers, suggesting ongoing press investigations will shape future New Deal historiography.
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New York
John M. Coffee
Washington
Gers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Coffee
Andrew May
Eivind Anderson
Tacoma
Anderson
Story Of Rape Case In Savannah Involves 17 Year Old
Savannah police detain Betty Deloach 17 after she alleges two Negro men raped her and killed Anthony Elixson 22, a city fireman. A physician finds her rape claim impossible, noting no injuries. Elixson’s body, found in a car on a lonely road, shows a single shoulder wound and no blood elsewhere.
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Savannah
Andrew J. Ryan Jr
Betty Deloach
Ryan
Anthony Elixson
Navy
Here
Nazi war crimes trial duel over final defense statements
Alfred Rosenberg and his attorney Dr. Alfred Thomas clash over the length of final statements in the Nuremberg war crimes trial. Rosenberg seeks a 40 page remarks while the tribunal prefers concise remarks under a few minutes. Final statements due between August 20 and 23.
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Mernberg
Alffred Rosenberg
Alfred Thoma
Rosenberg
Constantin von Neurath
Geoffrey Lawrence
Tribunal
Former U S GI Detained In Germany Over Employment Check
Ralph H. Betz 26 of Willoughby Ohio was jailed in Bad Nauheim as army officials probe his entry into the U S occupation zone. Betz, who said he stowed away to Germany seeking work, arrived last May and worked at the 59th Quartermaster Depot without a signed contract, delaying pay while authorities sort his status.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
United States
U.S
Frankfurt
Ralph H. Betz
Glendrive
Willoughby
Ohio
Betz
France
Mannheim
59Th Quartermaster Base Depot
59Th Depot
Conti
Release of 1,700 Jews Revealed in Palestine
In Jerusalem Aug 8 the Palestine government announced the release of 1,700 Jews held since June 20 in a roundup of extremists. A spokesman said 970 more would be freed soon. Detention camps Latrun and Rafiah housed those released. Some detainees were not sent to Eritrea. Reports spoke of a future camp in Cyprus to house hundreds of sentenced terrorists.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Latrun
Rafiah
Eritrea
Nicosia
Cyprus
British Colonial Office
Haifa
Old City
Irgun Zvai Leumi
King David
Jamal el Husseini
Alexandria
Alan Cunningham
Rome
Tempo
Sicilian
Higgins Inquiry Continues In Secret Grand Jury Probe
Washington reports the Higgins inquiry into A. J. Higgins boat builder and associates remains secret as J. Frank Cunningham is sworn in as a New Orleans special attorney. The Justice Department says authorization to appear before the grand jury is not a charge of misconduct and cites legacy policy on confidential evidence.
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Washington
New Orleans
A. J. Higgins
Department of Justice
J. Frank Cunningham
Department
U. S. District Court
Higgins
Justice Department
Cunningham
Grand Jury
Lune
Examination of Heiren Ordered in Chicago Case
Psychiatric examination of William Heirens was ordered by the criminal court after arraignment on a third murder charge. Two alienists were appointed as the case moves toward Sept. 4 for further pleas. Heirens, age 11, has signed statements detailing the murders of Mrs. Josephine Ross, Suzanne Degnan, and Frances Brown.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Criminal Court
Josephine Ross
Ross
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Harold G. Ward
Criming Court
William Haines
Cook County
Harry Hoffmen
Tobin Commutes Death Sentence for Noxon to Life
John P. F. Noxon Jr a wealthy former Pittsfield lawyer escaped death row as Governor Maurice J Tobin commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. The formal clemency grants him a chance at parole while he remains in prison.
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William Edgar Alston Mett
Gretts
Julian
Alabama
Kilby
Montgomery
William
Boston
John PF. Noxon Jr
Pittsfield Corporation
Maurice J. Tobin
Record Cotton Crop Outlook From August 1 Report
The agriculture department estimates a U S cotton crop of 9 290 000 bales for the season based on conditions as of August 1 with lint yield of 2479 pounds per acre and state provisional outputs. The census shows ginned bales to date 161 825 and state by state figures. American Egyptian cotton output and yields are also noted with overall favorable August conditions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arid
Arizona
California
Cotton futures jump full limit on smaller crop estimate
In New Orleans on Oct 8 cotton futures surged the full $10 limit after a government crop guess of 9,290,000 bales for 1945. December 1946 rose to 36.50 cents, March 26.34, and May 36.05, with later profit taking trimming gains. New York followed with a $10 limit rise on an 1948 crop estimate of 9,299,000 bales, then moved higher again with October 1946 at 36.40 cents.
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New Orleans
New York
Truman Signs Terminal Leave Pay Bill Amid Veterans Aid
Washington Aug 8 President Truman signed an appropriation bill totaling 2.4317 billion for enlisted men terminal leave pay and 30 million for specially fitted automobiles for veterans with leg loss. The measure also adds 26 million for the OPA and 75 million already appropriated earlier.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Salvage fight rages after battered U S ship docks
Damaged U S Lines freighter American Farmer docked 125 miles from her rescuer the Elizabete as officers debated if the smaller ship could have towed the larger to shore. Salvage prize possibly $1,000,000 with captains disputing who could have saved the vessel after a collision with William J. Riddle.
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Richard Tompkins
Falmouth
Eng
United States Lines
Elizabete
Elizabeth
Oscar Johnson
American Ranger
Farmer
Jan Millers
Barry
Wales
Moore-McCormick Lines
William J. Riddle
Norgrave and Lynch
Ranger
Johnson
Franklin Clerk of Court Dead in Winnsboro
Nolan Lorenzo Moore, 53, Franklin parish clerk of court for 18 years, died at Winnsboro sanitarium after five weeks of treatment. Services set for Friday at First National Funeral Home chapel with two ministers officiating. burial in New Winnsboro cemetery. Survived by wife Zuleika Cordill, a son Nolan C. Moore, and two grandchildren.
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Nolan Lorenzo Moore
Fifth Judicial District
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro
First National Funeral Home
O. L. Tucker
First Methodist Church
Dana Terry
New Winnsboro
Leland Humphries
Woodie Posey
Louis Westerburg
W. A. Butler
James Mays
Everett Kincaid
J. W. McLemore, Jr
Jake Kiper
Mr. Moore
Franklin
Louisiana
Moore
Red Cross
Winnsboro Lions’ Club
A. W
Lucy 'Brimfield) Moore
Winnfield
Zuleika Cordill
Nolan C. Moore
Nolan C., Jr
Patricia Ann
German Mothers Seek Missing Children in Brandenburg
A delegation of Brandenburg mothers in Russian occupied territory appealed to the International Red Cross in Berlin for help locating thousands of missing children. They allege boys aged 13 to 17 have vanished, possibly sent to Russian camps for a new world view, with 203 names from Luebben and 134 from Kalau district listed.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Telegraf
Tagesspiegel
Socialist Unity Party
Molotov confronts voting rules at peace conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov rejects committee voting rules and accuses Evatt of pressure while reopening the debate on control of decisions. Evatt defends small nations and warns of veto power being forced into the conference. The clash delays deliberations as reps press for two thirds majority under foreign ministers council guidance.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Paris
Molotov
Russia
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
United States
Britain
Foreign Minister
Evatt
Foreign Ministers Council
Svatt
Rules Committee
Soviet Union
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Mrs Durant Faces Jewel Theft Trial in Germany
In Frankfurt a United States Army charge sheet lists WAC Captain Kathleen B Nash Durant with larceny embezzlement conspiracy and being away without leave over the winter theft of the Hesse family jewels from Kronberg castle The case to begin about August 17 with Major David F Watson and Colonel Jack W Durant to follow Their arrest in Chicago and separate hotel confinement noted Durant to be transferred to the Frankfurt WAC barracks
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Army
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Five Rob Bank Walters Oklahoma Heist Details
Five unmasked men held up the Bank of Walters in Oklahoma on August 8, escaping with about $35,000 in cash. Cashier E H Minton said the robbers were armed but no shots were fired.
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Walters
Okla
Lewis Awarded Opening Round in Mine Foremen Fight
Government grants John S. Lewis the opening round in his union drive for foremen at four Jones and Laughlin captive mines in western Pennsylvania. The pact covers 136 supervisory workers and follows a broader coal industry settlement under President Truman and the wage board.
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Washington
John S. Lewis
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Four Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Ben Moreell
Lewis
Interior
J. A. Krug
National Labor Relations Board
Moreell
Jones and Laughlin
United Mine Workers For Supervisory Workers
Jongy and Laughlin
Agr
Krug-Lewis Pac
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Janie Venable Gantt
Atlanta
J. Wilson Parker
Fulton County
William Lee Gantt, Jr
N. L. Moore
Monroe
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