Farben Trust Splitup Moves Start
Frankfurt reports British and American authors plan to dismantle the I G Farben cartel into smaller units. The action, to be supervised by a British American control board, will divide Farben properties into competitive units and pursue stock disposal via new corporations with creditor and shareholder representation.
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Farben Trust
Frankfurt
Germany
Farben Chemical Cartel
Bilion Dollar Trust
Farben
U. S
France G
Nuernberg
J. G. Farben
Note Called Red Trick
San Francisco police said a suicide note and women's clothing found on the Golden Gate Bridge were a Communist ploy to discredit a witness at the Washington espionage hearing. Inspector Fitzpatrick cited a motorist sighting a bundle tossed from a car as supporting evidence.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Washington
Thomas Fitzpatrick
E.T.B
Elizabeth T. Bentiew
Miss Bentley
Fitzpatrick
Half of Firms Break Wage Law
The Wages Hour Administration reported today that over half the firms inspected in the year ended June 3d violated the fair labor standards or public contracts laws. The laws require a forty cent hourly minimum wage and time and a half overtime for workers engaged in or affecting interstate commerce. The laws also bar use of child labor.
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Waitington
Drowned at Morehouse Lake Two Men Lost from Boat
Two Morehouse Lake Club employees, Percy Van Camp and Angus MacDonald, drowned last night when they fell from a boat on Lake Morehouse. A fisherman recovered the bodies as state police investigated the incident.
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Lake Lake Pleasant
Morehouse Lake Club
Morehouse Lake
Percy van Camp
Angus MacDonald
Grand Jury to Probe Charity Hoax in New York
The New York Grand Jury prepares to launch a full scale investigation into a swank charity party run by an underworld gambling combine. Witnesses questioned include society figures and playboy Billy Buckner as thousands are said to have been lost at dice and roulette. Investigators believe promoters may have fronted for professional gamblers tied to the Siegel era mob. The attendees believed the event benefited the New York Heart Fund and Europe aid efforts.
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New York
Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
William Buckner
Playboy
Park Avenue
Vivienne Wooley-Hart
Lenore Lemmon
Cafe Society
Billy Buckner
Pex Paarig
Marian Saunders
Perry Belmont Frank
Sherman Fairchild
Tom Sullivan
Agnethe Tryde
Pallec
Jet Adonis
Bugsy Siegel
Aittorney
New York Heart Fund
Europe
Dog Fails to Fix Broken Romance in Los Angeles
Breezy the French poodle did his best to reunite Selene Willers and her husband after a 1946 marriage that had split multiple times. Superior Judge Fred Miller ordered the couple to live on separate floors, while Breezy trotted between them trying to mend the rift. The divorce ultimately proceeded despite the dog’s efforts.
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Breezy
Selene Willers
Alfred G. Nagnergardt
Marriad
Fred Miller
Breevy
Dewey Plans Broad GOP Campaign Aid With Leaders
Gov. Thomas E Dewey and Gov. Earl Warren will mobilize top Republicans for the November drive. Campaign planners will involve Harold Stassen Senator Taft Vandenberg Speaker Marlin and leaders Halleck and others to stump nationwide. Dewey begins post Labor Day tours spanning West Midwest East and Pacific Coast with speeches on international affairs guiding other speakers.
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Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
House
Joseph W. Marlin, Jr
Charles A. Halleck
Sassen
Republican National Committee
Warren
West
Stassen
Midwest
U S and Britain Reject Soviet Danube Pact
Belgrade dispatch reports Britain and the United States rejecting a Soviet treaty granting Moscow control of Danube River shipping. Sir Charles Peake backed an American draft urging a UN overseen Danube commission.
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Belgrade
INS
Britain
United States
Russia
Sir Charles Peake
United Nations
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
In a witty aphorism Quillen notes the futility of patching rifts with polite letters and performs better through less guarded private talk, suggesting public restraint and the power of selective conversation over formal apologies.
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Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Phone Union To Seek Raises For 87 000 Workers
Washington UP reports the Communications Workers Union of America will seek wage increases for 87 000 Bell System employees this month. President Joseph A. Beirne says 217 000 union members could strike if talks fail, with contracts at seven Bell units reopened August 16. Negotiations involve Bell operations in Maryland, Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, Mountain States, Northwestern, Southwestern, Pacific and Bell Laboratories.
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Washington
Communications Workers Union of America
Bell Telephone
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Companies
Chesapeake and Pohomac ‘Telephone Company
Balmore
District of Columbia
Virginia
Indiana
Ulnons
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Jersey
Mountain States
Northwestern
Southwestern
Pacific
Bell Laboratories
Army Gets $3,525,100 For Rockets
The Army designates funds for a secret guided missile center at White Sands and allocates 40,907,085 to bolster housing and ground force strength in Alaska. The expansive plan totals 612,700,000 across multiple states and overseas areas, with additional sums for Army Air Force and Navy ordnance, hydroelectric and other facilities.
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Washington
Army
White Sands
Alaska
New Mexico
Royall
Armland Air Force
Army Engineers
Congress
Guam
Okinawa
Air Force
Navy Ordnance
Desert Proving Ground
Picatinny Arsenal
New Jersey
ICC Shipping Rates Challenge to Farm Groups
The Interstate Commerce Commission rulings on what shipments count as agricultural versus manufactured products face a rehearing challenge from a farm group. The dispute centers on whether items like washed and packaged spinach fall under agricultural or manufactured status, affecting regulatory coverage.
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ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reid
Harwood
Helf
Japs Commission
Renee
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