Byrd Group Urges End of HOLA and Other Government Corporations
The Byrd economy committee urges immediate liquidation or folding of 44 government owned corporations with $33 billion in borrowing power and $16.5 billion in liabilities. It calls for Congress oversight, audits by the comptroller general, and reports through the Budget Bureau. The Home Owners Loan Corporation is named for rapid liquidation, along with Housing and Inter-American Navigation Corporations.
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Washington
Byrd Economy Committee
Congress
House Senate
House Senate Executive Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Bureau of the Budget
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
J. B. Hutson
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Housing and
Inter- American Navigation Corporations
Industrial Deaths In June Reach 121 Across New York
State Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi reports 121 June industrial deaths in New York, 24 from falls. Of the total 116 men and five women, 64 occurred in the New York City area. Upstate deaths by area include Syracuse 19 Buffalo 18 Albany 13 Rochester 7.
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Albany
New York
Edward Corsi
New York City
Upstate
Syracuse
Buffalo
Rochester
Allied Drive Expands On Normandy Front Threatening German Line
A wartime report describes Allied advances in Granville Avranches and the Calais region as Americans penetrate the left wing and Canadian and British units push the line outward. Von Kluge faces a dilemma as experts assess potential routes to Paris or Brest, with tanks ready to exploit the Normandy hedgerow breakthrough. The piece calls this a pivotal moment in the invasion of France and warns of rapid moves ahead.
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Granville
Avranches
Marshal von Kluge
Calais-Bologne
English Channel
Normandy
Paris
Brest
France
Cherbourg
Germany
Gas Coupon Perjury Brings 18 Month Term
Carl Terrone, 27, convicted of making false statements to the Buffalo rationing board to obtain 8,000 gallons in Inventory gasoline coupons, today was under an 18 month Federal penitentiary sentence imposed by Judge John Knight.
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Buffalo
Carl Terrone
Buffalo Rationing Board
John Knight
House Group Denounces Labor Rental in War Contracts
The House Military Committee condemns labor rental by engineering-service groups aiding war contractors. It targets firms that hire out their own workers to others to inflate wages and pocket profits through subcontracting, citing examples from Higgins, United Aircraft, Chrysler, and Aeronautical Corp. involving millions in paid rents and inflated costs.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Higgins Aircraft Inc
United Aircraft’ Corporation
Chrysler + Corporation
Dodge- Chicago
Aeronautical
Corporation
Long Island
Brewster
United Aircraft
Chrysler
Fraser Named New Commander of British Eastern Fleet
Sir Bruce Fraser is appointed commander in chief of the Royal Navy eastern fleet replacing Somerville in a major wartime reshuffle. Fraser, six years younger, led Britain to victory with notable actions against Scharnhorst and Tirpitz and other enemy actions in northern waters. In a separate note, Troy reports nine week old Robert Barrett found dead in bed, coroner cites smothering as likely.
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Bruce Fraser
Ace Fraser
Been
James F. Somervillé
Royal Navy
Atlantic
Japan
Somerville
Sabang
Sumatra
Fraser
Scharnhorst
Tirpitz
Troy
Robert ‘Barrett
Rensselaer County
Charles J. Cote
Former Model Files for Divorce from Singer Henry Hassan
Shirley Evans Hassan a 23 year old former model and Errol Flynn paternity case figure seeks divorce from Henry Hassan a vocalist and former Navy Seabee. She filed Oct 14 alleging Flynn is father of her three year old daughter and seeks 1750 dollars monthly maintenance. No party appeared at the April 20 hearing and no out of court settlement was reported. The couple wed in Mexico April 18 1943 and separated the next November.
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Flynn
Hollywood
Shirley Evans Hassan
Errol Flynn
Henry Hassan
Navy Seabee
Fly
Platinum Blonde
Hassan
Mexico
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G. B
George Bernard Shaw
Ryan St. Lawrence
England
Jie
Hoaia
America
Ross
Gul
Rome Winer
Suspenne
Thursdey Nichts
Mutual ‘Benefit, Health and Accident Association
Omaha
Keith Theater
Tis Kind
Meade Teith Rosa
California
S. Warren
Rudolph’s
ATC Racel
Fred E. Osborne
Optometrist
South Salina
Jefferson St
Auburn
Fulton, Oswego
Utica
Mhaca
Rome
Mason
Bannon Lumber Co
H. M. Booker
J. S. Caldwell
Chapman Lumber Co
Daly Lumber Co
China
GLASS
Eastwood Lumber Co
E. M. Klock & Son
J. K. McDowell
Syracuse Lumber Co
B. H. Tracy & Sonseviur
Wilson & Greene Lumber Co
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