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November 19, 1947

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CASH IN ENVELOPES WENT TO MEYERS, SENATORS ARE TOLD; Air Firm 'President' Testifies of Shift From Checks in Passing Along Funds GENERAL'S PROFITS HEAVY Put at $52,000 in 2 Years -- $10,000 From Business Used to Decorate Apartment SAYS MEYERS GOT CASH IN ENVELOPES

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Lamarre testifies Meyers asked corp to transmit his profits in cash only, '41-45; outlines profits, '41-42, hints Meyers faked 'execs' pay to avoid taxes; with other witnesses describes Meyers outlays for own living expenses

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Bob Boone

1947Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager[†]

Robert Raymond Boone is an American former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who was a four-time All-Star.

Anfinn Kallsberg

1947Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2024)[†]

Anfinn Kallsberg was a Faroese politician who was prime minister and leader of the People's Party. First elected to the Faroese parliament in 1980 and consecutively thereafter, Kallsberg served as Fisheries Minister from 1983 to 1985 and for 5 months in Jógvan Sundstein's first coalition government in 1989, and as Economics and Finance Minister from 1996 to 1998 in a coalition led by Edmund Joensen.

Lamar Smith

1947Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician[†]

Lamar Seeligson Smith is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 21st congressional district for 16 terms, a district including most of the wealthier sections of San Antonio and Austin, as well as some of the Texas Hill Country. He is a member of the Republican Party. He sponsored the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act (PCIP). He also co-sponsored the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act.