Raft Shurin Party Ends With Big Loss and Durocher Tie
New York, Oct 29 report details George Raft hosting a March 24 1944 dinner at Sherry-Netherlands Hotel for Martin Shurin Jr. and his guests including Leo Durocher. The group then moved to Durocher’s apartment where craps and a loss of 18500 occurred. Shurin, former bedspread salesman turned aircraft bolt contractor, cited losing 100000 at craps and 450000 in banked assets. Durocher at Bear Mountain with the Dodgers spring training. Raft kept the key after a prior visit.
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New York
George Raft
Sherry-Netherlands
Martin Shurin Jr
Merry Company
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
Raft
Shurin
Aeronautical
Civilization
Mr. Durocher
State Institutions to Advertise Bids for 4 Million Bond Projects
Baton Rouge, Oct 29 The state department of institutions will seek bids within two weeks for additions and renovations at multiple facilities totalizing about 4 million dollars. Projects include hospital expansions at East Louisiana State Hospital Lafayette Charity Hospital and Monroe Charity Hospital plus remodeling and new facilities at several sites. A Huey Long Hospital nurses home bid was readvertised after being rejected as too high.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Institutions
Robert L. Pettit
Pettit
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
State Colony and Training School
Pineville
Monroe Charity Hospital
Lafayette Charity Hospital
Huey Long Hospital
Florida Parishes Charity Hospital
Central Hospital
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Fats and Oils Decontrolled by OPA Action
Washington Oct 29 OPA announces decontrol of all fats and oils including linseed oil effective 12:01 AM. Ice and ice services removed from price ceilings. coconut oil fish oils inedible tallow and related items freed. Processors selling linseed oil under adjustable pricing may gain 1.7 cents per pound.
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Washington
OPA
Battle over Chicago plant pits housing against cars
Washington war Dispute centers on whether the Dodge Chrysler plant should turn out homes for Lustron or automobiles for Tucker. The National Housing Administration orders housing production while the War Assets Administration seeks to lease the facility to Tucker. Attorney General Tom Clark to rule on legality amid conflicting leases and plans.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Dodge- Chrysler Corporation
Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Lustron Corporation
National Housing Administration
Veterans’ Emergency Housing Act
Lustron
War Assets Administration
NHA
Justice Department
WAA
Ofter
Tucker
Freston Tucker
Disunity Seen by Democrats as Election Nears
Democratic leaders warned of GOP disunity if Republicans gain Congress accusing the party of isolationism and Nazi sympathy. Republicans countered by charging the administration with creating a sugar shortage and highlighted Senate candidate Langer's support from the party.
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Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Democratic
Republican National Committee
Langer
North Dakota
United Nations
Taft
Senator Langer
Atlas Oil to Test Rank Wildcat at Ayer Timber No. 1
Atlas Oil plans a test drilling for Ayer Timber Co. well No. 1 in Franklin Parish 11 miles east of Winnsboro. The rank wildcat sits in section 26 14 9, 7,037 feet deep, with 6,684 feet of test through 5 1/2 inch pipe, reported Duncan S. Cook.
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Atlas Oil Refining Company
Ayer Timber Co
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro
Duncan S. Cook
Madison Parish
Tensas Parish
States vote on anti closed shop and labor reforms
Proposals in Nebraska South Dakota and Arizona push anti closed shop measures ahead of next Tuesday elections. Florida and Arkansas already adopted similar amendments, while MassachusettsCalifornias November votes cover union financial reporting and fair employment acts.
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Florida
Arkansas
Massachusetts
California
U. S. Supreme Court
Firemen Branded Unfair Picketed Women Win Point
The Louisiana State Firemen's association and the Monroe department were labeled unfair as women from the association auxiliary picketed at Hotel Virginia and Central fire station Monday night. They protested a stag barbecue at Bernstein park and demanded admission, then drove to the park and crashed the gate. The convention report said a fine time was had by all.
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Louisiana State Firemen's Association
Monroe Department
Hotel Virginia
Central Fire Station
Friends of Firemen
Bernstein Park
Association Auxiliary
Stalin says Soviet troops in occupied Europe to drop to forty
Stalin declares in a public Moscow interview that the USSR has no atomic bomb and urges strict international control. He states 60 divisions are in eastern Europe and will be reduced in two months to 40, with most not at full strength. He accuses Churchill of instigation and discusses Germany and Greece.
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Soviet Union
Hugh Baillie
United Press
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Foreign Ministers’ Council
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Alexander Werth
Sunday Times of
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House of Commons
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Poland
Supreme Soviet
Five Man Board Ready To Take Over Atomic Control
President Truman announced an all civilian five member atomic energy commission headed by David E. Lilienthal. The group includes Dr. Robert F. Bacher, William W. Waymack, Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss and Sumner T. Pike. Lilienthal will also oversee the TVA with Gordon R. Clapp named to succeed him.
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Washington
Truman
New Atomic Energy Commission
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Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Robert F. Bacher
Cornell University
Bernard M
Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
William W. Waymack
Des Moines Register
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Lewis L. Strauss
Army Navy Munitions Board
Herbert Hoover
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Truman Signals No Coal Strike This Week
Washington Oct 29 President Truman declares no coal strike while Interior Secretary Krug clarifies government not yielding to John L Lewis on reopening the contract. Krug arranged a Lewis-Collisson meeting, described as compliance with the union leader’s request, as election pressures loom and miners threaten a November 1 walkout.
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Truman
Secretary of Interior
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Krug
Tahoe City
Calif
N. H. Collisson
Mr. Truman
Unemployment in Louisiana Falls in Six Markets
The U S Employment Service reports unemployment down in six Louisiana labor markets. Only New Orleans and Shreveport showed declines in employment, while Alexandria hit its lowest unemployment since reconversion began. Total employment stood at 24,980 with East Baton Rouge Parish rising to 19,556 as manufacturing led gains.
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United States Employment Service
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Lake Charles
Commons probe of newspapers asked in Britain
Britain’s labor government proposed a House of Commons inquiry into the press amid fierce criticism of domestic policies. A royal commission could examine ownership and advertising influence, with strong opposition arguing it would threaten press freedom.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Daily Express
Nws
Molotov to Address UN As World Power Veto Spurs Debate
The United States says it will seek direct talks with Russia to settle the veto row at the United Nations Assembly. Soviet officials accuse U S troops in China and Western forces in Greece and the Middle East of violating the UN charter, pressing for changes to the Security Council and continued Franco Spain policy.
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Molotov
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Generalissimo
Stalin
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John M. Hightower
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Kuzma Kiselev
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Wincenty Rzymowski
Poland
Carl Berendsen
New Zealand
Washington
Local Men Urge Immediate Cotton Relief Telegrams to Washington
Representative men in the South and local professionals and merchants sent a telegram urging President Truman and top agriculture officials to take action on cotton futures. The wire cites high production costs, a cotton shortage, rising lard prices, and a difficult outlook for farmers plus a pledge to vote Democratic while noting inflation and harvest costs.
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South
Harry S. Truman
Clinton P. Anderson
Edward J. O'Neil
National Farm Bureau Association
Elmer Thomas
Senate Agricultural Committee
Middle-West
Douglas urges a global commonwealth of justice at NY forum
Justice William O Douglas calls for turning American ideals into action to create a worldwide commonwealth of justice. He warns against balancing injustice with further force as the world faces its final chance to make justice a dominant force. Attorney General Clark states the Monroe lynching case will be brought before a federal grand jury after questioning over 2,500 witnesses.
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New York
William O. Douglas
U. S. Supreme Court
Commonwealth of Justice
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Douglas
Tom C. Clark
Monroe
Justice Department
Clark
Forty six Cuban men held on revolt conspiracy charges
Havana reports forty six men were detained without bail on charges of conspiring to overthrow the legally constituted Cuban government in an armed revolt. The affair underscores tensions as authorities move to curb anti government activity.
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Havana
Cuba
New Orleans Garbage Strike Talks Continue
City official Theo O Q Hotard hoped the five day garbage collector strike would end by night fall after talks with the Federation of State County and Municipal Workers. Volunteers and 15 to 20 returning regulars prepared to cover missed routes as politics offered civil service rights to strikers who return. The dispute centers on double collection on Fridays after Thursday pickups.
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Theo OQ. Hotard
Federation of State
de Lesseps
Morrison
Tulane University
Hotard
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