War Profits Probe Expands To Tax Records
Senate investigators will study income tax reports for a fast check on evidence of a brokerage ring selling Washington influence to win war contracts. The panel targets Detroit firms and figures linked to the Garsson munitions case and seeks tax records on key witnesses including Representative May.
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Bud” Garsson
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Cugat Stricken in Hollywood After Dental Surgery
Xavier Cugat, famed bandleader, collapsed on a street after dental surgery and was reported recovering at his home Saturday. He had been briefly hospitalized but returned home as updates described his condition as improving.
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Garssson
Washington
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Boots Cagney Wins Fast Divorce in Three Minutes
Actress Boots Mallory Cagney obtained a rapid divorce from William Cagney after testifying he stayed out late and cruelty was alleged. The settlement includes a Beverly Hills home valued at $55,000, $110,000 cash, $750 monthly alimony for a year, $2,000 yearly for each of their four children, plus an automobile and $3,000 in attorney fees. The couple wed in 1933 at Tijuana and separated last year.
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Tijuana
Tex
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Logan Case Suspect Held For Interrogation
A six foot Harlem man Frank Philips, 20, was arrested on a .32 caliber loaded revolver charge under Sullivan Law. Nassau County police planned to question him in the slaying of Mrs Marjory Church Logan at her Flower Hill home on Long Island. Philips denied knowledge of the case.
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Flower Hill
Price Board Faces Key Postwar Price Decisions
The price control board will decide before August 21 whether meat, grain, dairy, cotton seed and soybeans should stay control free. If no action is taken, controls return. poultry eggs and petroleum require explicit authorization to restore. Porter pledged to keep prices near June 30 levels while warning increases are likely. OPA extended to June 30, 1947, with caps lifted on many items and new price lists to be issued.
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Porter
OPA
Worried Renters Given Assurances
Chicago report says hundreds of confused renters swarmed OPA offices nationwide on Saturday seeking assurances about housing relief and price controls. The scene reflected widespread anxiety over rent provisions and enforcement timelines.
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Chicago
OPA
Revival of OPA Promises Help for Eviction Victims
The revived Office of Price Administration offers guidance to tenants facing eviction as notices and rent hikes reemerge. Eviction letters are described as useless scraps, with tenants urged to seek next steps now that the agency is active again.
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OPA
U S Takes Ownership of Italian Embassy Site in Rome
The United States government gained title to Palazzo Margherita, Rome, seat of the American Embassy, as compensation for surplus war materials valued at 1,250,500 dollars previously delivered to Italy.
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Palazzo Margherita
United States
House Rejects $100 Million Cancer Program Bill
The House rejected by roll call a bill to provide 100 million dollars for a cancer control program. The measure would have authorized the President to name an independent group to coordinate a global effort to discover cures and prevention methods with leading scientists invited to assist.
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