Roosevelt Hughes ties threaten political exposure in Congress
The article argues Elliott Roosevelt beyond defaulted loans will draw scrutiny if Republicans win Congress. It notes Howard Hughes, ally of Jesse Jones, helped finance a massive 1943 RFC venture to build huge cargo planes, a project that faltered, and recounts Arnold urging purchase of Hughes planes in 1943 for military use.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Coolidge
Harding
Howard Hughes
Houston
Tex
Hollywood
Congress
Hughes
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Joneses
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henry Kaiser
Culver City
Calif
Kaiser
Jones
RFC
Army Air Forces
Becme
H. H. Arnold
Duramold
General Arnold
Roosevelt
Arnold
Morrison Staged Installation Honors New New Orleans Mayor
May 6 New Orleans staged a dramatic inauguration for 34-year-old de Lesseps S. Morrison. A parade with bands police and firemen military and Latin American delegates framed his entrance as he pledged to curb patronage, push Latin American trade, streamline government and cut taxes. He faced challenges from the police chief and even received a parking ticket on the eve of taking office. Morrison warned he may surpass critics but expects uneven popularity.
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New Orleans
de Lesseps S. Morrison
Armed Services
Merchant Marine
Mississippi Valley
Morrison
George Reyer
Truman seeks Inter-American Military Cooperation Act
President Truman asked Congress to approve a bill for military collaboration with American republics. The act would authorize joint training, organization, and equipment of armed forces and standardize standards across allies. The plan includes continued collaboration through the state department and expanded training activities.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
inter-American Defense Board
Army
Navy
State Department
Johnson Critics British Loan as End of Democracy Experiment
Senate Democrat Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado warned the proposed 3.75 billion dollar British loan could mark the end of a great democratic experiment. He spoke on the Senate floor opposing the measure as administration leaders seek a showdown vote this week. Barkley, Rayburn, and McCormack left a White House briefing with President Truman amid hopes of timely passage.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
Senate
White House
House
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Mr. Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Widow of Bruno Mussolini Found Dead in Lake Como
The body of Gina Ruberti Mussolini, 30, widow of Bruno Mussolini, was recovered from Lake Como after a boating party with three British soldiers and another woman. The boat sank when a leak developed. two party members were rescued, while a British captain and an enlisted man were missing.
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Milan
Bruno Mussolini
Lake
Como
Duce
Signorina
Gina Ruberti
Guido Ruberti
Education Ministry
Mussolini
1014 Authorized to Go to Palestine
The British government has authorized 1014 Jewish refugees held in La Spezia to sail for Palestine. Two ships, the Fede and Fenice, are expected to sail for Haifa on Wednesday amid a joyous demonstration by the refugees.
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LA Spezia
Italy
Palestine
Fede
Fenice
Haifa
UN Secretary General warns veto row may send issue to General Assembly
Trygve Lie said the Security Council could not resolve the veto deadlock with Russia and Western powers. If no agreement is reached the matter may be referred to the General Assembly for a charter amendment. Meanwhile Iran expected to report that all Russian troops have left Iran except possibly in Azerbaijan border areas.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Security Council
Lie
Russia
General Assembly
Hussein Ala
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Council
State Department
Washington
Azerbaijan
Coal Strike Enters Sixth Week Under National Pressure
Washington May 6 The coal strike reaches its sixth week as government talks pause to allow all operators to join this afternoon sessions. John L. Lewis remains absent while Congress considers a bill to bar special union payments, threatening his health and welfare fund demand.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Congress
House Judiciary
Lewis
Senate
Eitlender
Louisiana
White House
Labor Department
Hillman Attacks Congress Over Price Controls and Legislation
Sidney Hillman, chair of the CIO Political Action Committee, accuses Congress of wrecking price control and blocking social legislation. He blasts a House coalition backed by manufacturers and real estate interests, condemning delays to housing, public health, fair labor standards, and anti poll tax acts. He criticizes the revival of the un American Activities Committee and Rankin’s role.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sidney Hillman
House of Representatives
National Association of Manufacturers
National Real Estate Board
Meat Trust
Clothing Workers’ Convention
Hillman
House Committee On un-American Activities
Congress
Rankin
Worth Whited Buried in Texas
Monroe business associates were notified of the death of Worth Whited executive vice president of Frost Lumber Industries at a sanitarium in Nacogdoches Texas He was vice president of the Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri Railroad and a director of the Virginia Hotel Company and Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company He was born September 5 1883 in Ouachita parish and moved to Nacogdoches in 1910 Attendees from Monroe included Mrs Lily Harrington at the funeral in Nacogdoches"}
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Monroe
Harry Worth Whited
Frost Lumber Industries, Inc
Nacogdoches
Texas
Whited
Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri Railroad Company
Crossett
Ark
Virginia Hotel Company
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company
Frost Industries
Ouachita Parish
Milhaven
Frank T
Katie Bowman Whited
Shreveport
Lily Harrington
Riverside
Whited and Wheeles
Frost Lumber Industries
Tojo and 26 other Japan war leaders plead innocent
Hideki Tojo and 26 wartime leaders pleaded innocent to charges of aggression and murder in the Pacific. The Far East tribunal set trial for June 3, with defense objections over jurisdiction and bias debated as the hearing opened. Dr Shumei Okawa was absent for a sanity exam.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Tojo
Ichiro Kiyose
William Webb
Australia
Kiyose
Shumei Okawa
France rejects leftist constitution in nationwide referendum
Paris May 6 French voters delivered a setback to the left bloc by rejecting a Communist Socialist backed constitution by about 1 18 million votes. Interior ministry totals show 10 632 430 against to 9 450 570 for. about 80 percent of voters participated. A new constituent assembly will meet June 2 to name a provisional government and draft another constitution for the Fourth Republic.
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Paris
France
Ministry of the Interior
North
Africa
Popular Republican Movement
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Phantom killer case grips Texarkana as clues dwindle
Texarkana Texas and Arkansas officials say selective service records may hold clues to the phantom killer responsible for five murders in six weeks. Fingerprints and physical condition notes are among the data cited, with witnesses reporting a lone, skilled shooter.
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Texarkana
Tex
Draft Board
Selective Service
Texas
Arkansas
Virgil Starks
Starks
Starks’ Yard
Polly Ann Moore
Richard Griffin
Paul Martin
Betty Jo Booker
W. E. Davis
Miller County
Ark
Texarkana Gazette and News
May Seek Death For 3 Convicts
The FBI moved into Alcatraz to gather evidence against three survivors of the failed 1962 prison break, with prosecutors seeking murder charges and possible death sentences. Surviving suspects include Sam Shockley, Miran Thompson, and Clarence Carnes, while guards and inmates perished or were wounded during the 36 hour siege.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
San Quentin
United States
Daniel C. Deasy
James A. Johnston
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Miran Edgar Thompson
Texas
Clarence Carnes
Bernard Coy
Spry
Little
Louisville
Bert Burch
Death
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Los Angeles
Marvin F. Hubbard
Tennessee
Harold P. Stites
W. H. Miller
James Groves
Johnston
Little Island
Cretzer
Miller
Rufus
Whitey
Franklin
Coy
Burch
Deadlocked on frontier issue at Paris talks
Paris May 6 The foreign ministers council urged deputies to begin Balkan treaty work starting with Romania while debate over the Italian Yugoslav frontier and Trieste remained the key block. Byrnes proposed Balkan talks while sticking to lines and plebiscite plans were not raised.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Romania
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Trieste
Byrnes
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Balkans
Austria
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Ospina Leads Colombia Presidential Contest in First Conservative Victory
Mariano Ospina Perez, a 55 year old millionaire, appears to lead amid unofficial returns from two thirds of precincts with 309,829 votes to Turbay 236,286 and Gaitan 214,332. Liberal split between Turbay and Gaitan cited as fatal. violence limited to three deaths and 15 wounded, with eight towns suspending voting due to register thefts. Troops guarded polling places as election ends.
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Bogota
Colombia
Mariano Ospine Perez
Ospina
Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
Gabriel Turbay
Turbay
Gaitan
Turkay
Monsignor Badeaux Dies in Thibodaux at 37
The Very Reverend Monsignor A Carroll Badeaux chancellor of the New Orleans archdiocese died in Thibodaux after a six month illness. Born in Thibodaux he studied at St Joseph preparatory seminary and Notre Dame seminary. Ordained in 1932 he served as assistant pastor at Holy Saviour Lockport and as administrator for several parishes. Final rites set for St Joseph Church Thibodaux with a pontifical mass led by Archbishop Rummel. Burial in family plot Thibodaux.
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Thibodaux
A. Carroll Badeaux
Archdiocese of
New Orleans
Monsignor Badeaux
St. Joseph's Preparatory Seminary
St Benedict
Notre Dame Seminary
John W. Shaw
Holy Saviour Church
Lockport
St. Rita
St. Maurice
St. Joseph Church
Assembly
Joseph F. Rummel
Fats Sre
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MacArthur
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