Hughes Offers Maine Senator Actor Pay After War Probe
Westbrook Pegler reports Howard Hughes, facing war contracts investigations, privately proposed paying Senator Ralph O. Brewster $300 weekly to act in films. The piece notes Hughes’s past spending on social entertainment for procurement agents and Elliott Roosevelt, and his use of public relations firms to manage disclosures.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Hughes
Elliott Roosevelt
Hollywood
Johnny Meyer
Faye Emerson
Carl Byoir and Associates
Washington
Senator Brewster
Fiery Plane Crash Claims 43 Lives at Mount Carmel
United Airlines DC 6 plunges while attempting an emergency landing on a coal hillside. Forty three aboard die including Earl Carroll, Beryl Wallace, Jack Oakie's ex wife, and Henry L. Jackson of Collier's. Motor fire reported. four crew members aboard.
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MT. Carmel
United Airlines
Earl Carroll
Jack Oakie
Beryl Wallace
Carroll
Henry L. Jackson
Collier’s Magazine
House Adopts Refugee Bill in Bipartisan Vote
Washington June 18 The House approved a compromise displaced persons bill to admit 205000 homeless Europeans over two years with a careful screening process to prevent entry by Communists and undesirables The measure passes by voice vote after a failed bid to send it back to committee and now moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
United States
Senate
Senate House
Representative Fellows
Maine
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Yugoslavia
Romania
Hungary
D. P
Negro leaders push civil rights plank at GOP platform hearing
National figures including Walter White and Channing Tobias attacked Republican failure on civil rights while urging a strong 1948 platform. They pressed for anti lynching anti poll tax and fair employment laws as party leaders discuss a European recovery program and future Democratic platform commitments.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
G. O. P. Resolutions Committee
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Channing B. Tobias
New York
W. C. Meekins
North Carolina
Tobias
Orville Bullington
Texas
Four Children Die in Montreal Suburban Fire
Four children perished and a fifth girl was seriously burned when a blaze swept two wooden houses near Longueuil, cutting off water supply. Firefighters watched as flames engulfed the two-story buildings. The victims were Claude 13 Louise 15 Claire 13 and Claudette seven, all children of Mr and Mrs Leo Boucher who also suffered burns. The injured girl Guguette 11 was rescued by constables J V Goyette and Michael Bell as hospital officials reported her condition fair.
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Montreal
Que
Longueuil
Leo Boucher
Claude
Louise
Claire
Claudette
Guguette
J. V. Goyette
Michael Bell
Shreveport Merchant Fined for Tax Evasion
Federal Judge Herbert W. Christenberry fined George E. McLendon of Shreveport five thousand dollars and placed him on two years probation for evading twenty six thousand eight hundred twenty five dollars in income taxes from 1942 through 1945. A physician's certificate cited a serious heart ailment, leading to suspension of imprisonment. Internal Revenue agents testified to the tax evasion.
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New Orleans
Herbert W. Christenberry
George E. McLendon
Shreveport Furniture and Dry Goods
McLendon
Internal Revenue Department
Louisiana House to Begin Consideration of Large General Bill
Baton Rouge June 18 The Louisiana House of Representatives will start debate on a 363 million general appropriations bill expanding two year spending by about 80 percent. The plan breaks into roughly 120 scheduled items to be voted separately. The Senate finance committee backed Gov. Earl Longs cigarette tax rise to eight cents a pack, already approved by the House, with amendments benefiting cities incorporated after 1940 via a 3.0009 million municipal allocation and population estimates based on doubled registered voters.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
House
Senate Finance Committee
Earl K. Long
Truman Returns to Washington After 15 Day Tour
President Truman arrives in Washington from a cross country trip vowing more vetoes against a Republican led congress. He labeled the 150 bills awaiting signature or veto as part of the country s worst or second worst Congress and criticized housing and postmaster confirmations as Senate delays.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Union Station
Ig. S
White House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Inflation Tide Rising Across American Living Costs
The inflation wave hits Americans again as the cost of living rises driven by higher prices. Supply factors like production costs and raw materials, plus demand from spending money, shape the price balance. Food costs stay a major driver with the Dun and Bradstreet index near all time highs. wages also climb amid ongoing price pressures.
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Rader Winget
New York
America
Dun and Bradstreet
States' Rights Move Is Firm in Mississippi Caucuses
In Jackson on June 18 Mississippi delegates in seven congressional district caucuses backed the states' rights movement, pledging to oppose Truman's civil rights program at the Philadelphia convention. Seventh district chair Everett Truly vowed to bury Truman and rebuild the Democratic party, while Oxford's session showed Rep. Phillip E. Mullen urging a states' rights plank but warning against hard fast instructions to walk out.
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Truman
Everett Truly
Fayette
Caesar Truman
Oxford
Phillip E. Mullen
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Mullen
Southern Democrats Plan Caucus Before Philadelphia Convention
Leaders of Alabama anti Truman forces meet in Birmingham to map a strategy for southern delegates. A caucus is proposed for Philadelphia on July 10, two days before the national convention opens, to announce they will not vote for Truman or any nominee backing Truman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Philadelphia
Truman
Long to offer two women to Charity Hospital board
Gov Earl Long announced that two new female posts on the Charity Hospital board will be offered to Mrs Robert Maestri and Mrs Edgar Stern after a bill to enlarge the board from eight to 10 members passed. He said the measure aims to add women to the board and that both candidates are public spirited. Stern supported Long's opponent in the primary and Long noted both are interested in the hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Edgar B. Stern
Gov. Long
Maestri
Stern
Long
Monroe Man Held for Taking Child
A young navy ex fighter pilot, Albert J. Balwin of Monroe Louisiana, was arrested at a Los Angeles municipal airport on a telegraphic warrant from Portland Oregon for taking his own child Jerry two. Balwin told police his wife Juanita had divorced him recently and that he had gone to Oregon seeking reconciliation. Detective R T Anderson said he was accused of taking the two year old for a walk and boarding a plane with him to Los Angeles, with Balwin claiming the child was neglected.
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Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Albert J. Balwin
Monroe
Juanita
Louisiana
R. T. Anderson
Balwin
Jerry
Anderson
Fudickar Jr to enter race for district attorney
Fr Fudickar Jr former assistant district attorney announces candidacy in the democratic primary to be held August 31. Monroe native born 1915 and educated at Ouachita Parish High School University of the South Sewanee and Tulane Law School he served as lieutenant commander in World War II and later returned to law practice before resigning to pursue the campaign.
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Fr . Fudickar, Jr
Fudickar
Fred Fudickar
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Tulane University
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein and Davenport
United States Navy
Casablanca
Sicily
Anzio
France
Pacific Theater
Admiral Halsey
Armed Forces
Gunshot Fatal to Dick Everett in West Monroe
Dick Everett 35 died in Monroe hospital from a chest wound suffered May 31 at a rooming house on Cypress Street West Monroe. Police say it was a self safety related wound with a .45 auto. He was despondent after separating from his wife. Funeral at Hail Funeral Home Saturday and burial in Hasley Cemetery. Survived by brother W F Everett sister Sid Loyd and aunt Mrs Mary Watson.
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Morgan
Dick) Everett
Monroe
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Everett
Hail Funeral Home
Hasley Cemetery
W. F Everett
Sid: Loyd
Ruston
Mary Watson
Draft bill collides with Senate over military service
Washington June 18 The House approved a delayed-action draft bill 283 to 130 but faces a Senate block. Armed Services leaders oppose the measure and push for a conference to insist on immediate draft and two years of service versus the House one year. Senator Glen Taylor Idaho objects to any draft and uses delaying tactics to stall final action before adjournment tomorrow night.
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Washington
House
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R.S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taylor
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Wherry
R.-Neb
Secretary of
Marshall
Halleck
Indiana
German currency reform sparks buying spree in Berlin markets
Western Allies unveil a drastic monetary reform in their zones, creating the Deutsche mark and setting a 40 old marks to 40 new marks exchange. All old money must be registered next week, with a weeklong debt moratorium and caps on savings and balances. Prices soar as citizens rush to spend, black market dollars reach about 1,009 marks, and small change stays temporarily in circulation.
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Ern
Germany
Kent
Berlin
Car Price Bill Before House In Louisiana
In Baton Rouge on June 18 the Louisiana House debated a bill to bar the sale of cars above list price. Representative DeWitt L. Sauls urged passage, charging racketeering by used car lots, while opponents argued for market adjustment and legitimate advertising. The measure, amended with numerous changes, then proceeded toward possible passage.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
House Highways Committee
DeWitt L. Sauls
Tangipahoa
House
Dewey Gains Delegates as Taft Stassen Talks Circulate
Backers of Gov Thomas E Dewey win a Georgia delegation seat 48 44 in preconvention GOP moves while Taft and Stassen aides hold secret talks about a possible deal to aid Tafts bid Stassen aides deny official sanction and say discussions are informal.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Todey
Robert A. Taft
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Stassen
Minnesota
Taft and
Stassenbackers
Eleven Bills Stalled as Congress Debates Key Programs
Washington June 18 Eleven important bills or programs remain before Congress with four sidetracked. Prospects range from doubtful to good for measures on displaced persons federal pay raise foreign aid farm housing draft oleo tax repeal anti communist tidelands education and civil rights as Senate and House clash on priorities and amendments.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Farm—Conference Committee
Tidelands
Truman
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Bill
Sauls
Lloyd P. Broussard
Vermilion
Republican Congress
Jack Bell
Herbert Brownell
New Yorker
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