Congress Opens Three Investigations Into Housing Taxes and Prices
Washington probes housing costs taxes and prices as three distinct committees launch cross country hearings. Senate House housing panel convenes with seven experts for a round table led by Senator McCarthy. Tax study group led by Roswell Magill to report on tax burdens and policy. Eastern subcommittee on economics calls for a meeting to study causes of high prices.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate House Committee On Housing
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roswell Magill
The
Treasury
Truman
Magill Group
Magill
Flanders
Vermont
Senate House
Mid-Continent
West
Sinatra’s Reputation Targeted By Campaign In Press
Westbrook Pegler reports in New York that propaganda aims to rehabilitate Frank Sinatra’s image after a winter link to Lucky Luciano and a Cuba social season. Sinatra faced an April 9 assault arrest with a $500 bail. reporter Lee Mortimer accused him of a vile insult, later seeking dismissal with judge approval. Mortimer claimed Sinatra paid him $1,000 but feared court delays.
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New York
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Lucky Luciano
Tate
Cuba
Luciano
Inatra
Hollywood
Lee Mortimer
Mortimer
Rhh
Ciro
Motimer
California
Mayor's pay cut sparks feud in Delhi council battle
Delhi Louisiana mayor Wilbur Farmer saw his monthly pay reduced from 200 to 150 as council voted 4 to 0 in a dispute tied to the firing of councilman George Sumlin for violating Ward 1 dry ordinances. Sumlin had faced a suspended 32.50 fine and 15 days jail for serving beer at a municipal park.
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Delhi
Wilbur Harmer
Rome
W. H. Washborn
Farmer
George Sumlin
Sumlin
Parmer
Monroe
Vicksburg
Odie Smith
Richland Parish
West Virginia delegates depart as F W encampment ends
The six day convention drew about 40 000 guests and 5 000 delegates. Ray H Brannaman of Denver was elected commander in chief with Lyall T Beggs of Madison as senior vice commander and Clyde Lewis of Plattsburg as junior vice commander. Other officers include Robert Handy Jr Hudson Hyatt and Merritt Williams and Paul S Lawrence named adjutant general.
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Cleveland
Estaurants
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
Brannaman
Louis E. Starr
Portland
Ore
Lyall T. Beggs
Madison
Wis
Clyde
Sys
Areobert B. Handy, Jr
Kansas City
Hudson Hyatt Cleveland
Merritt F. Williams
Washgton Episcopal Cathedral
Washgton
William Rorrison
Belmont
Mass
Meral
Paul S. Lawrence
Washington
Bran
Fifty Jews from ship arrest in Hamburg glare
Fifty of the Exodus 1947 refugees are under arrest in Hamburg while investigators search for those behind a bomb aboard one transport. Some detainees are linked to resistance during debarkation on the Ocean Vigour and Runnymede Park. Remaining passengers are in camps as hunger strikes rise against British guards. Screening groups include suspects,Those to return to German economy, and IRO care eligibility.
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Hamburg
Germany
Runnymede Park
Palestine
International Refugee Organization
IRO
Showers Hit Several Regions As Heat Persists Across Nation
The Associated Press reports warm humid conditions spread over the eastern half of the nation with scattered thundershowers bringing cooler pockets. Temperatures rose into the high eighties from the Great Plains to the Atlantic while the Rockies saw showers and Pacific Northwest cooled. Heavy rain peaked at 4.60 inches in Jacks Creek Tennessee and 1.44 in Bimisdji Minnesota with 1.17 in Evansville Indiana. Hibbing Minnesota faced flash flooding as storms stalled traffic and sewers backed up. A six hour downpour brought violent lightning and the day’s high reached 102 degrees in Clinton Missouri.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Jacks Creek
Tenn
Bimis
Skorzeny and 7 Aides Freed in War Crimes Case
At Dachau a court of American colonels acquitted Otto Skorzeny and seven aides of war crimes tied to their 1944 Battle of the Bulge actions wearing enemy uniforms. Prosecutor Colonel A J Rosenfeld called the verdict incredible and said it may prompt legal shifts in war law.
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Mernberg
Germany
Otto Skorzeny
Dachau
Quizste
United States
Battle of the Bulge
A. J. Rosenfeld
Skorzeny
Rosenfeld
Ekerdeny
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hitler regime ends animal testing aiding Farben labs
MoUernberg Germany Sept 10 A defendant in the Farben directors trial says after the Nazis rose to power a letter from Hitler halted animal experiments. He testified Goering later issued a 1943 decree halting abnormal tests and Jewish slaughter. Several doctors were later executed for inmate experiments.
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Hoerlein
Ernst Boehm
S. A
Farben
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Freshmen Orientation Set at Northeast Junior College
Northeast Junior College will hold an orientation exercise for entering freshmen in the college auditorium Thursday at 9 a.m. No other classes are required then. Dean Rodney Cline said a record-sized registration is anticipated and students will learn about work expectations and college life.
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Northeast Junior College
Rodney Cline
France offers Vietnam administration of Indo China within union
Paris reports Emile Bollaert, French high commissioner, proposed handing Indo China to the Viet Namese if they stay in the French union and allow France to retain strategic military installations and control of foreign policy. The offer would be accepted or rejected as a whole.
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Paris
France
Indo-China
French Union
Aermit
Emile Bollaert
Handong
Saigon
Republic
Bollaert
theiet-Namese
Ho Chi-Minh
Viet-Nam
Lichtenwalter Wins Pennsylvania 8th District Seat
Republican Franklin H. Lichtenwalter defeats labor backed Democrat Phil H. Storch in a special election for Pennsylvania’s 8th district seat. Early returns show 44,065 to 27,884 with 198 of 214 precincts reporting. The race centered on the Taft Hartley act and the CIO AFL unions split on the outcome.
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Allentown
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
Pennsylvania
Lichtenwalter
House of Representatives
Lehigh and
Bucks Counties
Phil H. Storch
C. I. O.-Lehigh Valley
Storch
Storeh
G. Mason Owlett
Republican National
Charles L. Gerlach
United Labor Division
Stotch - For - Congress Committee
C. I. O., A. F. of L. and Railroad Brotherhoods
Southern States Send Delegates to Pulp Meet
In Monroe 159 members of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association met atop Hotel Frances for the annual convention banquet. J. J. Armstrong of Savannah was master of ceremonies as speakers from more than 20 pulp and paper mills urged timber conservation to keep southern mills operating.
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Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
Monroe
Hotel Frances
J. J. Armstrong
Savannah
Georgia
Texas
South
Buses Return to Service Between Shreveport Monroe and Jackson
Two Southern Bus Lines buses resumed service between Shreveport Monroe and Jackson with one daily round trip. The Shreveport to Monroe trip left at 7 25 a m and arrived 11 25 a m with five passengers and seven trainees. The Monroe to Shreveport leg carried three trainees and the driver with no paid passengers. Picketers and police monitored the terminals but no major incidents occurred.
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Southern Bus Lines, Inc
Monroe
Shreveport
Jackson
Rayville
George Ware
P. D. Bartholome
Bartholome
W Handy Dies At Home In Monroe Par
Samuel Washburn Handy longtime Ouachita parish resident died in his sleep at his daughter Mrs E C Fudickars home 405 Park Ave Monroe He would have been 93 on September 17 Born September 17 1854 near Bastrop La He married Annie McCrary in 1885 and had three children McCrary Parker Handy E C Fudickar and H D Timberlake He is survived by three nieces and funeral services are set at Davis Lawhead Funeral Home with interment Hasley Cemetery
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Samuel Washburn Handy
Ouachita Parish
E. C. Fudickar
Park Avenue
Monroe
Davis-Lawhead
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Handy
Hasley Cemetery
Matt C. Redmond
Ed Crowley
Leon Hammonds
F. Jones
E. W. Cruse
W. C. Oliver
John M. Breard
John H. Humble
Mr. Handy
Bastrop
Annie McC
Artificial arm for Phyllis Detweiler sought by neighbors
Willoughby children raise funds for a left-handed Phyllis Detweiler after elbow amputation due to cancer. Volunteers report $100 plus from lawn work and beverages. Phyllis, nine, plans to return to school this fall as she learns to write with her left hand. Mrs. Mary Slack tutors her at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Phyllis Detweiler
Isaiah Detweiler
Enou
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mary Slack
Secretary Marshall Signals Europe Aid Requires Congressional Action
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe needs some form of temporary aid this year and only Congress can authorize it. He intimated a special congressional session may be necessary but declined to say clearly that one should be called.
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Washington
Marshall
Europe
Congress
State Department
Marshalls
Truman
Whch
Britain
Germany
United States
State and War Departments
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Island Queen Dead Sought After River Disaster
The Monongahela yielded three more bodies as firefighters pressed to find victims of the excursion steamer Island Queen disaster on the previous day. Nine of 21 dead or missing have been recovered. 13 of 18 injured remain hospitalized. Names identified include Melvin Veiles and Henry Williams of Cincinnati. other victims were Mary Jones, Virginia Yeager, and David O Heath. The hulk sank as divers search the muddied river bottom.
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Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Melvin Veiles
Cincinnati
Allard
Tenn
Henry Williams
Mary Jones
Maid
David O. Heath
Watchman
Virginia Yeager
Cook
Covington
Edward L. Schott
Coney Island, Inc
William Davis
$100 Bill Man Shot After Gift Spree Ends
David Everett, a 31 year old carpenter, died after a confrontation with his uncle over his desire to marry Janet Everett 17. Everett had been passing out $100 bills from Monday, shot at his uncle then killed himself, leaving notes blaming the romance. The uncle filed an assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
David Everett
Carpenter
Jack Harlow
Everett
Janet Everett
R. S. Everett
Harlow
Harbor General Hospital
Young Everett
Janet
David
Delicatessen Owner Celebrates Surprise Employer Windfall in Chicago
A crowd filled Mattalina's deli on Halsted Street as James Mattalina learned he would receive an estimated $100,000 from his employer. The boom followed Miss Anna Craig's will naming him heir for decades of faithful service. Mrs. Craig, who died Sept. 3, left much of her estate to Mattalina, who planned gifts and a new house but later worried the money might not arrive. His wife Elizabeth, son Sam, and daughter Geraldine Bruell joined the celebration.
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Chicago
Mattalina
James Mattalina
Anna Craig
Miss Craig
George Smith
Smith
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Aecess
Westbrook
Pegler
Wv. F. W
N. J.C
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PULP
H. L. Thompson
International Paper Company
Carl Hilton
Eest Texas
Houston
Tex
Southern Trailways
Alexandria
W. Handy
London
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