Know Your Congressman to Make Democracy Work
Citizens are urged to learn how representatives vote on amendments and to read past records rather than rely on final bill votes. The NC-PAC warns that sleight of hand in recommittals and empty gestures hide a congressman’s true stance, and urges voters to seek inside information through hearings and coverage.
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Washington
D. C
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
National Citizen's Political Action Committee
Nc-Pac
Lowell Mellett
Great deception shaped the Allied invasion at D-Day
The final report of General Eisenhower to the combined chiefs of staff details the Allied deception that misled the Germans about invasion locations. It explains the five prong plan with fake landings at Cap dAntier and Boulogne and shows how the real beachheads achieved surprise across the Channel.
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Combined Chiefs of Staff
Calais
15Th Army
Cap &Antier
le Havre
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Wheat harvests boost world relief hopes in 1946
The 1946 wheat harvest begins in the south west and ships for famine relief rise. Officials report 834000 tons shipped in the first 20 days and aim to meet a 400 million bushel export commitment with July shipments.
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Department
War clause invalidated in Hooker double indemnity case
In Chicago United States district court judge William J Campbell ruled that a life insurance policy's war clause is invalid for John P Hooker 52 Winnetka Ill and his son Marine Captain George K Hooker died in training near Auckland New Zealand in 1943 The court ordered the company to pay double indemnity The case shields death as routine training not combat Another article notes life insurance in American hands at 163 billion dollars mid year up from 11 billion in the first half of 1946 and vs 41 in 1941 with gains in ordinary and group coverages.
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William J. Campbell
John P. Hooker
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Marine Corps
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Life Insurance Company
Campbell
New High New York
Institute of Life Insurance
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