Roosevelt’s Hyde Park Guard Confesses on Fala Snarl
Westbrook Pegler reports Philip J. McDonald, former Pfc. in the 240th MP Battalion, recalls being tapped for Roosevelt’s presidential guard at Hyde Park. He describes tensions over Fala and details about transfers from the 518th MP Battalion to the 240th and the selection criteria for the guard battalion.
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New York
Philip J. McDonald
M. P
Zone of Interior
Hyde Park
Dave Shumofsky
Dave
Roosevelt
Joe
Wall Street
McDonald
Normandy
458Th Amphibious
458Th Asspisbion
Presidential Battalion
Foot
M.P. Bn
Z. I
240Th
1St Army
Fort Jay
Gover
Ays Island
James Foley
Fala
Mr. McDonald
Frye Resigns Highways Post in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge Louisiana P A Frye resigns as director of highways effective September 15 1940 He will be temporarily succeeded by Robert R Richardson a longtime department engineer Frye says he will return to duties at the Louisiana public service commission after organizing the highway program The resignation follows his tenure begun December 15 of the previous year
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Baton Rouge
P. A. Frye
Frye
Robert R. Richardson
Construction
Mainenance
Department Snce
Nimmie Davis
Anonymous Philanthropist Tipping with Hundred-Dollar Bills
In Hermosa Beach California an anonymous donor hands out $100 bills saying Keep the change. Edward Grant a Newsboy aged 15 reports buying a paper with a $100 bill. Flora Killingsworth an 18 year old waitress says breakfast was paid with a $100 note and the same phrase. Police note the culprit tipped others and tore up three more hundred dollar bills. He drives a 1932 car.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Edward Grant
Flora Kill-ingsworth
Bus Fire Near Coushatta Involving Interstate Passengers
An Interstate bus operated by Southern Bus Lines was fired upon near Coushatta around 4 p m on Monday. R K Jefferies says the bus carried interstate passengers, with reports of three other violence incidents linked to the company. Morrel E Smith was arrested after a knife threat at a downtown hotel. Sheriff Ray Adcock said three striking workers were jailed in Shreveport in connection with pistols and dynamite found near Coushatta last night.
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Alexandria
R. K. Jefferies
Southern Bus Lines
Coushatta
Jefferies
Morrel E. Smith
Natchez
Miss
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Shreveport
Ray Adcock
Southern Bus Lines, Inc
Adcock
Western Europe Surpasses Russia in Postwar Trade Recovery
A Marshall Plan assessment shows Western Europe is rebounding faster than Russia and its satellites, reaching 49.3 percent of 1938 exports while eastern bloc trails at 39.6 percent. Soviet exports run 74.1 percent and imports 96.8 percent, with Western imports at 68.7 percent, signaling divergent recovery paths and rising debts for the west.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
Marshall
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Poland
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Taft Hartley Act Upheld By Federal Judge
In Fort Worth Texas Federal District Judge T Whitfield Davidson upheld the Taft Hartley non Communist affidavit requirement for unions. He ruled the Oil Workers International Union did not comply and thus could not pursue NLRB action over a Wichita Falls Deep Oil Development Company election. The decision cites the constitutional basis for restricting privileges to maintain representative government.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Federal
T. Whitfield Davidson
Oil Workers International Union
NLRB
Edwin A. Elliott
Deep O
Wichita Falls
Davidson
Ora Scores 2 New Wells
Ora field registered two new producers after tests by the conservation department on Lion Oil Farrar No 1 and Shell Frost Lumber A 14. The Lion well in section 34 22 1W flowed 165 bpd through 1/4 inch choke at 60 psi casing and 75 psi tubing. Depths run 2151 feet total with producing 2094 to 2110 feet. salt content 6/10 percent. gas to oil 151 to 1. gravity 30.2. The Farrar No 1 is the first completion in an eight-well program.
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Ora
Conservation Department
Lion Oil Company
Farrar No. 1
Shell Oil Company
Frost Lumber Industries
National Roll of Honor planned for Monroe veterans
Rodney J. Hobbs Post 1809 VFW announced plans to enroll local servicemen and women on the permanent National Roll of Honor at Washington Cathedral. About seven post members expect to memorialize the dead and living, with a war memorial chapel envisioned in the cathedral complex.
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Monroe
Washington Cathedral
Rodney J. Hobbs
Raleigh A. Poulos
J. McDonough
A F L Leaders Weigh Political Action Over Taft Hartley
Chicago September report says the American Federation of Labor's executive council debated shifting from policy of backing friends to full political action to counter Taft Hartley. They considered bypassing NLRB machinery and debated loyalty affidavits amid a pending decision.
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Chicago
A. F. of
L-Man Executive Council
A. F. of L
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
DeSiard Street Lighting Project Bids Sought
The city commission designated October as the bid opening date for the DeSiard Street lighting project. Two separate contracts will be advertised one for pole bases and one for mounting standards. Installations along DeSiard Street from Grand to Ninth will be done by city power plant crews. The council also invited bids for two municipal transit buses and enacted a no parking zone along the alley between the Francis Hotel and St Matthew's playground.
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DeSiard Street
White Way
City Commission Council
W. D. R. Rodriguez
Finance and Utilities
Grand
Ninth
Forestry Men in Convention in Monroe
Members of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation association gather in Monroe for a two day session beginning Tuesday afternoon at Hotel Frances. Registration covers banquet and Wednesday fish fry with speakers including J J Armstrong Union Bag and Paper president and Reagan Smith Champion Paper and Fibre discussing cutting standards.
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Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
Monroe
F. J. Cook
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Hotel Frances
Cherokee Terrace
J. J. Armstrong
Savannah
Union Bag and Paper Corporation
Assciation
Reagan Smith
Champion Paper and Fibre Company
H. J. Malsberger
Forester S. P. C. A
Resignation Rumors Hit Turkish Premier Peker
Unconfirmed reports from reliable sources claim Turkish Premier Recep Peker has resigned with a presidential communique anticipated. President Ismet Inonu may appoint Foreign Minister Hasan Saka to form a new government after Peker's cabinet overhaul aimed at moderating his autocratic image. The United States plans aid Turkey with $100000 for armed forces modernization amid Cold War pressure.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Recep Peker
Ismet Inomu
Hasan Saka
Peker
Own People’s Party
United States
Greece
Island Queen blast claims many on Monongahela river dock
The Island Queen excursion boat exploded and burned at Pittsburgh's Monongahela river dock as passengers prepared for a voyage. Officials reported 3 to 60 feared dead with around 92 aboard and more in the water. witnesses described a chaotic scene as bystanders helped swimmers.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Monongahela
Oho Rivers
Jack O'Berry
Ed Brown
Golden Triangle
President Truman Joins Polliwogs on Equatorial Journey
On the battleship Missouri off Brazil near Espirito Santo 1600 polliwogs and President Harry S. Truman face the crossing the line initiation. Shellbacks plan a secret, wet and painful ritual with Davy Jones and Neptunus Rex to test endurance as the ship nears the equator.
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U.S. S. Missouri
Truman
Harry S
Missouri
Ponta Cerela
Espirito Santo
Brazil
Opy
Davy Jones
Jones
Robert Zeller
Flushing
Long Island
New York
Neptunus Rex
Robert L. Dennison
Exodus 1947 Jews forced from Hamburg transport as British troops end evacuation
British troops cleared the last of three Exodus 1947 transports at Hamburg after a clash with Jews who fought with improvised weapons. Officials say 33 Jews, including 13 women, were injured. three British soldiers were hospitalized. Refuges were led to trains for displaced persons quarters nearby.
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Donald Doane
Hamburg
Germany
Palestine
Sete
France
Runnymede Park
Bes Yond
Red Cross
Prices Again Move Upward Across Staple Commodities
Chicago reports a broad rise in staple prices with meat butter eggs and corn advancing. Margarine fell five cents a pound in New York while dairy outlooks show shrinking butter and cream stocks and fewer milk cows. Hog prices hit new highs at Denver and West Coast stockyards as cash corn rose to a record. Coffee prices also climbed as major chains boosted retail costs.
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Chicago
America
New York
Associated Press
Russell Fifer
American Butter Tristitute
Fifer
Denver
San Francisco
Omaha
Sioux City
Iowa
East St. Louis
Ill
Soviet Proposes 12 Division UN Police Force Size
The Soviet delegation to the U N military staff committee proposed a 12 division police force for the United Nations. It would include 1,200 aircraft and five to six cruisers but no battleships or aircraft carriers. The plan outlines the size and strength of forces available to the Security Council from U N members.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
U. N
Garner rules out World Bank stop-gap aid for Europe
Vice President Robert Garner declared the World Bank cannot provide stop-gap relief to Europe before the Marshall plan. He cited the bank's policy restricting loans to productive reconstructions and dismissed current proposals as impractical.
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Garner
World Bank
Washington
Robert Garner
Europe
Robert A. Lovett
Marshall
United States
Lovett
Congress
Poland
Paris
Temperatures Hit 105 in Missouri as Heat Persists
Temperatures toward the 100 mark spread across the southwest and midwest after yesterday's heat. Clinton Missouri reached 105, Vichy 104, Kansas City 102, Sioux City 101, St. Louis 101, with 100 in Omaha and Quincy. Cooler air moved into the Rocky Mountain region and the Dakotas, with showers in the south and a rain line from Minnesota to Texas.
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Associated Press
Mid-West
Mercury
Clinton
Vichy
Kansas City
Sioux City
St. Louis
Omaha
Nebr
Quincy
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas
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Barbara Jo Walker
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