Roosevelt meddling over Eisler case stirs controversy
In the Ladies Home Journal December issue Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt recounts seeking help for Hans Eisler, an Austrian actor accused of connections with communism. The piece highlights inconsistencies between her statements to Sumner Welles and later self defense.
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Washington
Ladiesome Journal
Eleanor Roosevelt
State
Bealf
Hans Eisler
Hitr
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Eisler
Welles
Mexicali
Mrs
Isler
Eleanor the Great
State Department
Mrs Blanche Collins Dies in Local Hospital
Blanche Collins of 500 Hudson Lane widow of Sam M Collins died in a local hospital. Funeral services are set at First Methodist Church and Mulhearn Funeral Home will handle interment at Riverview Burial Park. Surviving relatives include two sons S T Collins Paradis Louisiana and R V Collins Monroe with several Rodman siblings and two sisters in Nebraska and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Collins
Hudson Lane
Sam M. Collins
First Methodist Church
A. M. Serex
Riverview Burial Park
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Monroe
W. S. Rodman
Kimball, Neb
W. M. Rodman
Kimball
James Rodman
Eugene, Re
Roland Rodman
Oklahomaity
Jake Bross
Blair, Web
Ellis Lewton
Stan- Neb
US Troops Transferred to German Austrian Zones
Moscow reports indicate United States forces are shifting from Italy to duty in the American sectors of Austria and Germany. Dispatches note officers and men moved earlier in the theater, with a first train leaving Leghorn October 8 carrying personnel and dependents, followed by several more trains leading to completion by November 1.
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Moscow
Ress
United States
Toops
Italy
Austria
Gerany
Arious
U. S. Army
Leghorn
Inside Trading Challenge Sparks White House Question
Harold E. Stassen urged the administration to confirm if current or former executive department officials traded commodities before major 1947 government purchases. He questioned profits from price rises after government buying and cited disclosures connected to Edwin A. Pauley.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Stassen
Charles G. Ross
Deportation Move Halted Over UN Accord
Greek Communist correspondent to the United Nations faced postponement of deportation as U N officials questioned a breach of the UN headquarters agreement. Secretary General Trygve Lie urged prompt consideration, citing that a UN accredited correspondent should not be expelled without his consult. An Indian correspondent faced similar pending actions at Ellis Island.
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United States
U. N
Lie
Austin
Nicholas Kyriazidis
Ellis Island
W. F. Watkins
Justice Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Soldier who asked Santa for eyes says letter helped others see
Corp. Chester R. Perkins of Indianapolis recalled his Christmas letter from Valley Forge General Hospital a year ago. He said his appeal did not seek sympathy and that many readers responded with thanks, but doctors said corneal transplant was impossible due to eye damage from a Bulge battle injury. He will visit his parents and wife at Christmas before returning to duty.
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Phoenixville
Santa Claus
Chester R. Perkins
Indianapolis
Valley Forge General Hospital
Corp. Perkins
Valley Forge
Perkins
Adolphus Perkins
Janet
Taft projects $8 billion aid to Europe in a year
Senator Taft said Truman’s long range recovery plan could push U S aid to Europe beyond 8 billion dollars in the year starting July 1 if Congress does not trim the request. He cited 6.8 billion for 15 months, German food needs, and expected international funds as offsets. He warned high exports could keep prices high. Senator Morse urged GOP caution.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
Congress
Taft
Republican
Ohio
International Bank
International Stabilization Fund
Ohioan
Morse
Oregon
Good Fellows Reach New Monroe Fundraising High
The Good Fellows in Monroe raise 4030.04 dollars surpassing four thousand as they list donors including Milton Coverdale Rodney Hobbs Miss Martha Boyd and Rotary Club of Monroe along with anonymous contributions. The message notes it is the largest total ever raised by Good Fellows in Monroe and thanks contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stanley
Sonny” Hammons
Charlene
Jimmy
Rodney J. Hobbs
Medora Jayne Pearce
Martha Boyd
H. W. Johnson
Zion Traveler Baptist Church
Monroe Colored High School
Milton Cover Sale
Avadten
Harold
Coverdale
CMR
Rotary Club of
Monroe
S. Shelby Meek
Mary Frances
Ann Chase
Freddie
Julia
Linda McEttin
Big i. Diecs
Cnetenes
Frank P. Cerniglia
Annie Mae Walsworth
Jo Ann Walsworth
Milton Coverdale
Jack Reitzell
Ida M. Reynolds
John Sherrouse
Edeexu Anauheaneepe Bencaeee
Vera Mae Bloomer
W. T. Bennett
Wm. Wilker
Bradley Waelder
Rae Frederick Rinehart, Jr
H. C. Ray
W. S
Willie” Adcock
Good Fellows
Lamarre Posts $1000 Bond in Perjury Case
Dayton Ohio Dee 23 A central figure in a Senate probe of Maj Gen Bennett Meyers wartime actions Lamarre appeared in district federal court briefly to post $1000 bond for a January 7 Washington appearance on a perjury indictment. A federal grand jury indicted both Meyers and Lamarre on December 19 as part of the Aviation Electric Corp of Vandalia Ohio investigation where Lamarre was president.
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Dayton
Dee
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate Committee
Bennett E. Meyers
Washington
Meyers
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Corp
Vandalia
O. Lamarre
Plea for Lower Prices Sparks White House Push
Washington on December 23 a renewed White House plea urged many industries to cut prices and trim profits as part of a long term policy of real price competition. The three man council of economic advisers warned of artificial props through 1948 and urged market stability to avoid future booms and busts.
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Washington
White House
Teuman
Council of Economic Advisers
Engel urges new canal route if Panama blocks bases
Rep. Engel proposes building a fresh Atlantic Pacific canal outside Panama if the nation denies U S defense bases. He links Panama assembly voting against a base accord to Communist influence and notes a possible shift to a Nicaragua route, with a sea level canal estimated at two billion dollars.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
United States
Panama
House Appropriations
Defense
Panama National Assembly
Canal Zone
Panama Assembly
Nicaragua
Central America
Missing Louisiana financier located in California
Alexandria La Dec 23 The office of A K Ammen said Mrs Ammen has joined her husband in Los Angeles. Ammen, 43, disappeared after cashing a $15000 check in Shreveport. Relatives fear a breakdown from pressure. Ammen headed T J Bettes Co and linked to firms in New Orleans Baton Rouge Lake Charles Alexandria Monroe and Shreveport.
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Alexandria
A. K. Ammen
Louisiana
Shreveport
Los Angeles
Gordon Garrett
Ammen
T. J. Bettes Co
Houston
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Monroe
Arkansas
T. J. Bettes
Houston D. Greene
Blinding Blast Injures Six at New Orleans Brewery
Six employees injured in a flash explosion after two ammonia leaks at the American Brewing Company in the French Quarter. Firemen overcome by fumes, two workers hospitalized for ammonia poisoning, rescue crews aided with gas masks as nearby clubs emptied.
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New Orleans
American Brewing Company
Regal Beer
George Bahr
Joseph Blakeley
William Schanbien
Isadore Millier
Hilton McKay
Charles Herman Schiele
Millier
Douglas E. Mierl
Blakeley
American Brewery Company
French Quarter
Bienville Street
Gasoline Prices Rise Across Twin Cities Stations
Filling pumps at most Twin Cities stations posted up to 30.5 cents per gallon for premium and regular as major refiners and one independent raised costs by about 3 cents. Standard Oil of New Jersey Texaco Pan Am Magnolia Sinclair Gulf Cities Service Rose Oil and Continental Oil are involved with varied timing and amounts. The move follows an Esso led price increase and marks the highest history of gasoline sales with January levels above 23.5 cents for regular and 25.5 cents for premium.
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Twin Cities
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Texas Company
Pan American Production Company
Gulf, Sinclair, Magnolia
Cities Service
Rose Oil Company
Standard
Texaco
Pan Am
Magnolia
Sinclair
Gulf and Cities Service
Continental Oil Company
Esso
Standard of New Jersey
Two Fliers Suffer Minor Injuries In New Orleans Crash
Two fliers were injured when their Aeronca Chief crash landed in a small field near Gentilly last night. Pilot Curtis Wells, 23, from Thermopolis Wyoming, suffered a possible broken arm while passenger Gurstin R. Miles, 21, of Middleboro Kentucky, had facial abrasions. Wells said engine failure during night landings at the New Orleans airport caused the emergency landing.
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New Orleans
Gentilly Highway
Curtis Wells
Theramopolis
Wyo
Gurstin R. Miles
Middleboro
Wells
Miles
Refugee ship seized as violence rages near Jerusalem
Arab and British forces clash across Palestine with highway firefights north of Jerusalem and sniping at a Mount of Olives funeral. A refugee schooner with about 800 Jewish migrants is brought to Haifa for detention camps in Cyprus. Casualties include a Swedish journalist and a Jewish journalist killed. a British officer wounded.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Sacred Mount of Ascension
Bab el Wad
Haifa
Cyprus
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency
Mount of the Ascension
Robert Clive Stern
Mount of Olives
Palestine
Bat Yam
Arab Yahelia
Jaffa
Miss Truman Wins Acclaim in Washington Concert
Washington critics praise Margaret Truman coloratura soprano after her coast to coast tour closer in Constitution Hall. The 23 year old daughter of the president drew 4 000 celebrities and a sold out house with 12 songs and four encores, while some critics urge more vocal training to unlock her potential.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
Constitution Hall
Miss Truman
Supreme Court
Cielito Lindo
Paul Hume
The
Washington Post
Thomas J. Strickler
Kansas City
Alice Everman
Evening Star
Land Front Declared by Italian Leftists Across Italy
The leftist press reported a land front uniting agricultural workers to press for expropriation of surplus properties and smaller holdings. A 6,000-strong land constituent was formed, with village committees to lead the drive, while Bologna and Milan host broader mass meetings. Cremona saw a general strike over a bomb attack on Communist HQ.
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Rome
Italy
L’unita
Avanti
Bologna
Pietro Nenni
Milan
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Labor Socialists
Republicans
Land
Po Valley
Cremona
Bids Opened on New Bag Plant in Brownsville
Bids were opened for the Negley Company's Brownsville bag plant with Humble and Humble of Monroe as the low bidder at 46 682. Other bids included I H Garland 54 460 W C Salley 56 118 and Gilbert Bros 59 840. American Drainage and Metal Products Co of Houston had won the superstructure contract at 32 200. The plant site lies near Bancroft Bag Companies operations. the new company will employ San Antonio men and be the third bag plant in the area. Plans by King Stubbs.
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King Stubbs
Monroe
Negley Company
Brownsville
I. H. Garland
W. C. Salley
Gilbert Bros
American Draine Age and Metal Products Company
Houston
Tex
Bancroft Bag Companies
San Antonio
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Westbrook
Pegler
B. Collins
U. S
Germany
Sisalses
Roye
Saura
Patricia (Saura) Schmidt
Toledo
Havana
Cuba
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Stern
Humble & Humble
Brownville
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