Meyers Indicted for Tax Evasion Linked to War Contracts
Maj. Gen. Bennett F. E. Meyers, already charged with perjury, was indicted by a federal grand jury for evading 1941 income taxes of 15 659. The 52 year old former top procurement officer faced accusations of underreporting 1941 income and profiting from Aviation Electric Company. LaMarre, a witness and co defendant, implicated Meyers in war contract dealings and testified Meyers was a dummy president. Bail of 2000 was posted as Meyers did not appear before the grand jury.
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Baltimore
Bennett FE
Meyers
Army, Air Forces
LaMarre
Washington
Senate
Bleriot H. LaMarre
Aho
Grand
Aviation Electric Company of
Dayton
O. LaMarre
General Today
Aviation Electric
General Meyers
Long Island
Former Hoodlums Wife Testifies About Parole Purchase
Mrs Louis Campagna wife of a Capone era gangster told a Congressional subcommittee she paid 10000 to Paul Dillon former Truman campaign manager to aid her husband’s parole Dillon testified he charged no fee Campagna said Dillon later presented an unitemized bill for 10000 asserting his prior statements were accurate
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Chicago
Capone
Paul Dillon
Truman
Louis Campagna
Congressional
Campagnz
Philip D'Andrea
Paul
Ricca
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gice
Dillon
St. Louis
Senate
Nazi Doctor Seeks Death in Medical Experiment
Dr Karl Brandt, Hitler's personal physician, asks the U S Supreme Court to allow execution by medical experiment instead of hanging. Judges have rejected appeals from Brandt and six other Nazi doctors awaiting execution at Landsberg prison. In Knoxville a broken window leads to charges against Herschel Hines and Harold Karn amid a disturbance. Vending machine business in the U S reaches 500 million dollars yearly.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Hitler
Karl Brandt
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brandt
Landsberg
Herschel Hines
Knoxville
Harold Karn
Burkittsville
City Hall
Flood Threat Believed Over Washington Potomac ice danger eased
Ice floes moved freely near Chain Bridge with bottlenecked channels causing damage fears. Police report $5 000 in boat club and bridge damages at Key Bridge and Memorial Bridge about $3 000. Weather warms to 65 degrees easing risk as crews clear channels. A separate note covers a Littlestown Pa address service. sermon by Rev Dr Sponseller at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Louisa Ky floodwaters flood waterworks eight feet submerging water supply in town of 2500 prompting private wells usage.
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Washington
Potomac River
Weather Bureau
Army Engineers
Chain Bridge
Army
Otha R. Sanders
Marbor Police
Key Bridge
Irving L Klein
Corps of Engineers
Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Brookmont
Three Sisters Island
Littlestown
Edwin H. Sponseller
Hood College
Fourth Union
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Sponseller
Henry I. Stahr
Louisa
Lawrence County
Big Sandy
Rickey vanishes as Robinson debut rumor denied
Chicago reports branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers failed to meet reporters after claiming the major leagues voted against Jackie Robinson appearing in the big leagues. An executive aide reportedly moved Rickey away to avoid interviews while officials disputed his claim.
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Rickey
Chicago
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
Wilberforce State University
Robinson
Arthur Mann
START WAR ON RATS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
Washington County will begin a rat eradication drive with demonstrations on rat killing and rat proofing. The effort is sponsored by the University of Maryland Extension Service, the U S Fish and Wildlife Service, and local teachers and farmers. Two thousand cans of poison will be distributed to farmers at cost as part of the national anti rat campaign.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
University of Maryland Extension Service
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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N. Meyers
Pennsylvania
Kanede
Hines
Karn
United States
AP News
Walter T. Anicka
Forest Ave
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ramsburg
Jefferson ST. Est
Frederick, MD
K. Evelim Poole
IZ South Markets St
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Blig
New York
America
Andrew B Crichton
Johnstown
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical + Engineers
U. S
the News
U. S. Geological Survey
Necasion
Stoffer Insurance Agency
Pythian Castle
Frederick,md
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Hottling Co
Justine Iself
Buick
Ana
Henry J. Taylor
the Ideal Garage Co., Inc
Duomatic Usaeer
Ont
Patrick Street
Youngslom
Sublehens
EY Mullins
Damascus Electric CO
Damascus, MD
Nicodemus Paint Store
North Court
Blue Ridge
Charles Marino
Care Rose Tavern
Bexall
Dorothy Gray
Woodbury
Page & Shaw
Valentine
OLD Dominion Chocolates
OLD Dominion
Cavilier
P.L. Hargett & Co
South Market St
P. L. Hargett & Co
Frederick County
Conway's Valley Electric
Middletown
Ehone
Arcrive
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