Roosevelt loan scandal echoes Wallingford tale in archive testimony
Verbatim treasury testimony on Elliott Roosevelt's 200000 loan from John Hartford of A and P reveals a scheme likened to old fiction. Hartford recalls consulting the president by phone from the Plaza and Warm Springs, claiming Roosevelt approved the business deal though others doubt the ethics involved.
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Washington
Treasury
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
A. and P
Wallingford
Blackie Daw
George Randoclph Chester
Full council may talk Balkan issue in peace talks
London Sept 28. Informants say the Balkan peace treaty plan may move to a full conference of foreign ministers if deadlock over excluding France and China persists. Byrnes Molotov and Eden discuss drafting treaties with Romania Hungary and Bulgaria amid five nation versus four nation approaches. London press urged patience for lasting peace.
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London
France
China
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Being
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Potsdam
Russia
Truman Deliberates Atomic Policy As Cabinet Debates Control
President Truman expects to tell his cabinet today his stance on future atomic development and use. Congress signals readiness as Senate approves a resolution on sharing or restricting the bomb with allied nations under strict controls.
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Sept
Truman
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Senate
House
Wendenberg
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Truman Proclaims U S Jurisdiction Over Continental Shelf
President Truman issues proclamations asserting United States jurisdiction over continental shelf oil resources beyond state waters. Two companion orders place offshore resources under the Interior Secretary and establish fishery conservation zones near U S coasts.
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Truman
United States
High Seas
Secretary of the Interior
Interior and State Departments
Three Mile
White House
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
California
Amy
Truman Attacks Red Shield at Argentina Building
Article reports U S reactions to Argentina Junta censorship and state of siege, with arrests of La Nacion and La Prensa editors, asylum sought in Uruguay, and limited Buenos Aires news coverage. It also promotes Red Shield Club for Boys fundraising and mission to guide youths in health, education, and character.
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Truman Raps
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Truman Sdministration
United States
Ferrell-Peron
Outs
Seige
Montevideo
Mario Guido
Radical Party
Eduardo Helguera
Luis Lopez
Businewemmen
Alberto Pawlocky
Luis Rocque Gonedra
Abel Housmay
Smbassidor
la Nacion
la Prensa
el Mundo
Ite
15 700 Troops Arrive Today From Europe and Pacific
Troop movements sweep the coasts as 14 ships land about 15 800 troops in New York Boston and Newport News. Queen Mary Shamrock Bay and other vessels ferry units from Europe and the Pacific including infantry regiments hospital personnel air corps and sailors.
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Be Associated Preas
Europe
East
West Coast
Porte
New York
Boston
Newport News
Shamrock Bay
Pacific
San Francisco
Southampton
Regular world circling air schedule opened
A giant C 34 opens the first continuous round the world flight called The Globester. Seven men and a woman travel from Washington to Bermuda Azores North Africa Egypt India China Philippines Honolulu and back in 15 hours. They will be tested for fatigue airsickness and altitude while observers accompany the trip.
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Paul Miller
Washington
Atlantic
Washington National
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Bermuda
Azores
North Africa
Egypt
India
China
Philippines
Honolulu
Pacific Isles
Moslem Hindu Rioters Use Knives in Bombay Clashes
Knife fighting continued in the Moslem Hindu riots in Bombay. 19 killed 8 hospitalized. Police arrested 10. Troops stood ready with army officers patrolling. Mosques guarded thousands prayed as leaders urged calm amid arson and vandalism.
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Bombay
Tin Londos
Reuters
China Pacts Unity With Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse Tung
The Mos cow radio reports Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-tung agreed at Chungking to reform the national government. It calls for broader representation and general elections soon, plus demobilization of Communist forces. The broadcast credits Soviet China peace with aiding national unity.
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London
Moscow Radio
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Txue-Tung
Chungking
China
Russia
Labor Strikes Push Labor Dept Toward Settlement
John L. Lewis presses for a Monday meeting with coal operators to resolve the mine foreman dispute amid a potential 406,000 soft coal miners strike. Oil workers threaten a nationwide walkout if talks fail, with supplies expected to dwindle by midweek as Schwellenbach seeks noncoercive settlement.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
Lewis
United Mine Workers
LU. M. W
US. M. W
Lwis
Chicago
Texas
Ilineis
Workers International Union
Army
Navy
Japs Mislabel Fliers Ashes In Shanghai Plot
In Shanghai the Japanese military hid the cremated remains of three Doolittle fliers by sending boxes to a civilian mortuary with falsified records. The true identities are now established from recovered lists and court-martial papers. Eight more American fliers captured after the April 12 raid face death sentences, with five reprieved. Continued on third pages.
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Richard Cushing
Shanghai
International Red Cross
Uwee
H. BE. Grande
William Grover Farrow
Darlington
S. C
J. Sosith
Dean Edward Hallmark
Dallas
Tex
E. L. Brister
Harold A. Spatz
Kani
Japan
Ford executive Bennett steps aside as Bugas takes helm
Detroit Sept 28 Harry H Bennett longtime Ford personnel director leaves that post Henry Ford I names John S Bugas new head of personnel Bricker to lead manufacturing at Ford successor to Rausch Bennett will consult and remain a director in the firm as Henry Ford directs a broader management reshuffle after Edsel Ford's death.
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Heath
New Orleans
John H. Heath
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Navy
Manila Bay
Detroit
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford I
Bennett
John S. Bugas
Ford Administration
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Bricke
Edsel B. Ford
Charles E. Sorensen
Peter E. Martin
H. Clay Doss
Sorensen
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Doss
Sies
Bennett Quits Ford Post and Pacific Return Plans
Allied command said the War Department would ship 1.49 million U S veterans home from the Pacific in months to come while Japan faced limits on civilian shipping. MacArthur ordered punishment for Palawan torch massacre offenders. The 43rd division began loading high point men at Yokohama as other divisions prepared for October to January demobilization.
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Allied
War Department
U.S
Pacific
MacArthur
Palawan
Philippines
Far Pacific
Yokohama
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Japan
Supreme Command
Permismen
Sasebo
Korea
China
Sigwath
Sith
43Rd
U2nd
Sth
2Th
Im Korea
Sixth Army
Kyushue
Lower
Honshu
Eighth Army
Hokkaido
24Th Army Corps
Kores
Third Amphibious Corps
Servants Fight Master in French Indochina War
Saigon is the center of a post war struggle in Indochina where Annamite rebels allied with multiple nationalities fight French rule. The uprising, supported by martial clashes and rumors, sees British and Indian troops maintaining order while Maj. Gen. LeClerc’s French forces advance. Casualties are low but daily skirmishes continue as the conflict unfolds in the city with a population around 600,000.
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Hal Boyle
Saigon
Indochina
French Indochina
France
Jacques LeClerc
Elliott Denies He Misused Loan In Texas Radio Venture
Elliott Roosevelt denies diverting any portion of the $200,000 loan from John Hart ford to personal use. He says all funds were put into the Texas State Radio Network he organized in 1938 and held as corporation money. He notes stock in the network valued at $1.5 to $2 million, with claimed 55 percent ownership and profits beginning in 1942.
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Hollywood
Eleliott Roosevelt
John Harteford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Texas
Roosevelt
Variety
A and P
Hartford
Texas Oilmen
Texas State Radio
House Ways and Means Committee
Jesse Jones
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