Judge Lindley on Sherman Act and A and P case
Westbrook Pegler discusses the Sherman act in the A and P antitrust suit, arguing about restraints on interstate commerce, unions, and monopolistic tactics. He mocks court reasoning and notes grocery strikes affecting A and P while debating who restrains trade.
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Timor
Pedro
Titan
A. and P
Walter C. Lindley
Federal District Court
Sam Goldwyn
Joe Miller
Sam
Department of Justice
Lelients
Lindley
Joe Louis
Billy Conns
New York
George Spelvin
Famerican
Rich Muggs
George
Ohn
Spelvin
U. S. Treasury
Harford Boys
Dan Tobin
Teamers
Bureau Approves Eight Amendments in Louisiana Vote Plan
In New Orleans on October 17 the Bureau of Governmental Research approved eight of 31 proposed Louisiana constitutional amendments to be voted on November 5. The measures include a statewide retirement system for state employees, a 10 year tax exemption for aircraft and hangars, reduced gasoline tax exemptions for armed forces purchases, and a legal procedure for suits against the state. Other items cover Gulf of Mexico jurisdiction for fish and game cases, parish debt sharing, and closing New Basin for a highway station. The bureau did not take a position on amendments 13 16 25 or 30 and opposed the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bureau of Govermental Research
Gulf of Mexico
Bureau
Bodies Of Eleven Germans Cremated At Muernberg
The bodies of Hermann Goering and ten other Nazi war criminals were cremated and the ashes dispersed secretly. Col. B. C. Andrus announced for the Allied Control Council, stating the procedure followed uneventfully after their execution.
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Muernberg
Hermann Goering
B. C. Andrus
Allied Control Council
Boy Scouts Receive Twin City Community Chest Support
Monroe and West Monroe boys benefit from the Twin City Community Chest campaign funding Boy Scout programs at Ouachita Valley Council Camp Ki Ro Li and local troops The effort expands to include Negro youth with eight troops and two packs and a total 178 members led by Floyd D Huddleston S L Hartman and John D Spaulding Support from all citizens is requested as the chest funds scout activities shaping character and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin City
Community Chest
Boy Scouts of America
Chest
Twin Cities
Ouachita Valley Council
Floyd D. Huddleston
S. L. Hartman
John D. Spaulding
S. K. Henninger
Coffee price decontrol approved by OPA with limits lifted
The OPA moved to remove price ceilings on green and roasted coffee across all distribution levels citing balanced supply and demand. The action, first for an industrial advisory petition, comes as White House pushes wage controls and food price ceilings toward scrapping amid tension from UNRRA head La Guardia.
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Washington
OPA
White House
Coffee Industry Advisory Committee
UNRRA
Fiorello H. la Guardia
la Guardia
Oklahoma City
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Duke and Duchess of Windsor robbed at Sunningdale estate
Burglars broke into Ednam Lodge, the Earl of Dudley’s country home at Sunningdale, stealing a considerable amount of jewelry from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Scotland Yard detectives were summoned as police investigated the overnight break in while the royals remained as guests.
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London
Surrey
Earl of Dudley
Sunningdale
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
England
Scotland Yard
Earl
Ednam Lodge
Fliers Searched in China Amid Lolo Rumors Kill Hope
A U S Army search party in Sichang China reports no evidence that any lost American fliers were enslaved by the Lolo tribesmen. They found bones of one crew member from a March 1945 B 29 crash and recovered three other bodies earlier.
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Sichang
China
Far West
Associated Press
Julian Wilson
Wutai
Crash Of Chartered Plane Kills 13
The report notes 56 labor disputes in New York causing massive disruption. Freight, docks, railways, and trucking are stalled, with 8,500 rail cars and 7,900 more stalled due to strikes. Marine and trucking actions cripple imports exports valued at hundreds of millions.
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New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
New York Harbor
Commerce and Industry Association
Charles A. Pierce
Division of Research and Statistics
New York State Department of Labor
A. F
Steamsters
A. F. of
C. I. O. Marine Engineers
Association of American Railroads
George C. Randall
Railroad Association
Taft accuses Truman of anger over meat policy shift
Senator Taft told a Republican rally that Truman is the man responsible for the OPA-less summer and has adopted the GOP meat policy. He warned of a five billion dollar federal deficit next year and urged a 25 billion dollar budget by a Republican administration to curb shortages and spending.
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Decatur
Truman
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Ohio Republican
Plane Crash Near Laramie Kills 13 in Snow Storm
A chartered passenger plane traveling from Oakland to Cheyenne crashed three miles west of Laramie in a blinding snow storm early today. Ten passengers and three crew members were killed. A Civil Aeronautics Authority spokesman identified the operator as National Air Transport Service. Acting Albany County Coroner E. L. Knight confirmed the crash details.
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Laramie
Wyo
Oakland
Calif
Cheyenne
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Air Transport Service
Albany
E. L. Knight
New Orleans Faces Citywide Bakery Shutdown
New Orleans bread scarce as 80 of about 90 bakeries close amid a dispute between the Master Bakers Association and bakery workers local 35. Officials say the strike targets wage demands while union leaders claim employers resist fair offers. bakers accuse the union of spot strikes.
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New Orleans
Master Bakers Association
Bakers’ Union
Rent Controls to Stay Tight as Demands Rise
Washington reports government rent control officials will resist calls to relax or lift controls. Officials note landlords show higher profits postwar and cite 14 grounds for rent increases including hardship. President Truman ordered faster removal of controls but kept rents under control for the foreseeable future.
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Washington
Truman
Desperado Frazier Wounded. Angola Guards Say He Remains Hazard
In Baton Rouge report Warden D. D. Bazer says Texas desperado Frazier with six bullets in his body remains a major problem for Angola penitentiary officials. He was shot during a prison break attempt last Friday and is expected to leave the hospital in a week to ten days. Frazier, longtime head of Angola’s red hat gang, has survived many wounds from a 20 year criminal career and may try another escape.
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Baton Rouge
Texas
Angola
D. D. Bazer
Frazier
Bazer
Red Hat
Arkansas
Byrnes Receives Truman Congratulation After Paris Peace Conference
Secretary of State Byrnes returned from the Paris peace conference and reported to President Truman that he had done a most excellent job at the 21-nation conclave. The 30 minute meeting marked the first cabinet-level foreign policy session since Henry Wallace’s dismissal over criticism of Byrnes’ approach to Russia.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Byrnes
Truman
Henry Wallace
Russia
Ross
Myr Fruman
State Department
S. T
NBC
Europe
Vandenberg
Michigan
Paris
Molotov
United States
Czechoslovakia
Council of Foreign Ministers
New York
Benjamin V. Cohen
State
British Criticism of Goering Executions Sparks U S Reply
Editorials in British papers blamed U S authorities for delays in announcing Goering’s death and the hangings. American military government officials said four power control council oversaw executions and press coverage and defended full access for reporters and photographers to counter rumors.
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Berlin
U. S
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Allied Control Council
Control Council
Goering
London Daily Mail
Dana
Daily Express
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Council
Cremation of Goering and 10 Nazi Aides Reported
Exchange Telegraph dispatch said Goering and ten Nazi associates were cremated and their ashes scattered to avoid revealing grave locations. The report gave no source for the claim.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Visit of Newsmen May Have Triggered Goering Poisoning
Kingsbury Smith recounts eight Allied correspondents visiting Nuernberg death row officials and guards. He claims the commotion may have tipped Hermann Goering to swallow cyanide, enabling him to dodge Allied justice. The reporter notes Goering’s prone figure on a cot and the tense corridor scene as guards watched.
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Kingsbury Smith
Nuernberg
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goering
Nazidom
Employment Above 40 Million Mark Reports September Gain
Washington Oct 17 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports September non farm employment at 40 147 000 the first time since 1944 marking a 266 000 rise from August with 121 000 gains in manufacturing and trade and 56 000 in government due to school reopenings unemployment stays near 2 000 000.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
BLS
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Pegler
John Roderick
Wilds
Herbert Wurtzler
Edward L. MedAllister
Wilson
Lolos
Wurtzler
John Carlton
President Truman
Charles G. Ross
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