Allen Resigns RFC Post as Goodloe Named Successor
President Truman accepts the resignation of George E. Allen from the RFC directorship effective Jan. 16 1947 and appoints John D. Goodloe as director at 10000 a year. Allen had proposed revamping RFC powers and hinted at political or government work in the future.
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Washington
George E. Allen
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mr. Truman
John D. Goodloe
RFC
Allen
Charles G. Ross
White House
Senate
Goodloe
Richmond
Kentucky
Ross
Allen Allen
Capitol Hill
Break Is Studied For Indications Of Manipulation
Agriculture Department investigators reviewed recent New York butter market transactions to determine if the nine cent a pound price drop reflected unlawful manipulation. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson ordered the inquiry as New York groups alleged market manipulation prior to the decline. Dairy interests were accused of trading butter to prevent a January drop in producer milk prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Anderson
Anderson Ao Elee Ak We
Chicago
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
Thomas Pledges Dismissal of Adamson as Un-American Chair
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey vows to fire Ernie Adamson as chief counsel of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thomas accuses Adamson of trying to wreck the committee after a leak exposed a report warning of a potential labor upheaval and labeling the library a haven for aliens.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ernie Adamson
Thomas
Adamson
Congressional Library
Luther Harris Evans
Congress
Evans
Legislative Reference Department
Robert E. Strippling
Martin Dies
Texas
Families of Marines May Join Their Men in China
Secretary of Navy James Forrestal announced that wives and children of Marine Corps personnel may join their men in China. The decision enables families to reunite with Marines stationed abroad, reflecting wartime policy adjustments.
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China
Washington
Secretary of Navy
James Forrestal
Marine Corps
Markets at a Glance Mixed Trading Across Commodities
New York stocks show mixed action with some gains and losses alongside declines in bonds. Wheat and corn trade is nervy and easy, oats weak with profit-taking, hogs down $1.00 to $1.50 to a top of $22.50, while cattle rise modestly. January futures steady in mixed session.
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New York
Chicago
Landlord Sued for Alleged Effort to Split Marriage
In Los Angeles a landlord Everett Clay is sued for 30000 damages by Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Atha. The Athas claim Clay told wholly false stories claiming Mrs. Atha entertained other men while her husband was away. The Athas continue living in Clay's duplex.
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Los Angeles
U.P
F. E. Atha
Everett Clay
Atha
Athas
Clay
Couple Suffer Broken Legs in Dual Accident
In Salisbury Massachusetts on December 27 William Murray called to his wife for help after tripping on a plank walk and breaking his left leg. She rushed to assist and tripped falling beside him, breaking her own left leg in the street.
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Salisbury
Mass
U.P
William Murray
Sugar brokers accused of cornering world sugar supplies
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson charged that a group of New York sugar brokers is attempting to corner world sugar supplies. He said they “itch to get their fingers into a swirling upward spiral of sugar prices.”
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
New York
Anderson
Wrecked Western Air lines plane found in Las Laguna mountains
Wreckage of the Western Air lines transport missing since Christmas Eve with 12 aboard was found this morning in the La guna mountains by a search party including Ed Neil of the San Diego Tribune Sun. Photographer Neil telephoned from near the scene and said he counted 10 bodies, two badly burned.
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San Diego
Cal
Western Airlines
Laguna Mountains
Ed Neil
San Diego Tribune-Sun
Neil
Soldier Faces Death Charge in Roswell Killing
Logan Sutherland an 18 year old Army private stationed at the Roswell Army Air Base is charged with murder in the death of Mrs. Mac Dolen 57 whose body was found in a shallow west Roswell grave. Authorities say he admitted assault and led officers to the body site and missing clothing and funds. The district attorney seeks to have Sutherland released from the Army for civil prosecution.
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Logan Sutherland
Chattanooga
Tenn
Army Air Base
Mac Dolen
Sutherland
Army
Dolen
Here
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G. P. Watts
Lane Resents Slap By Coast League Leader
Frank C. Lane, new head of the American Association, says the league has no objections to the Pacific Coast League's ambitions but asks its president to stop disparaging other AAA leagues. He notes no need to boast and cites the association’s record of play and club size as proof of quality. Lane comments on tensions at a minor league convention in Los Angeles and jokes about a “native-son complex” and California Uber Alles.
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Coast Loop
Columbus
Frank C. Lane
American Association
Pacific Coast League
AAA
Clarence Rowland
California
Navy
Los Angeles
Poor Weather for Odessa-Thomas Jefferson Title Game
Fortunes favored by forecaster Howe S. Dunham as humid today will drop to colder conditions with showers expected tomorrow. A stadium cover will guard Memorial Stadium tonight, and if no rain falls the game will be played on a dry field.
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Howe S. Dunham
Dunham
Memorial Stadium
Firecracker Causes Cotton Blaze in Austell
A youthful firecracker tosser was blamed today for firing a truck load of cotton causing $6,500 in damage in Austell Georgia on December 27.
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Austell
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued warm weather in Amarillo with west to northwest winds at 36 to 40 mph. Tonight will bring a shift to colder temperatures and stronger northerly winds. Saturday will be partly cloudy and much colder with diminishing winds in the afternoon. West Texas remains partly cloudy with tonight and Saturday colder, and lows around 23 to 32 degrees. New Mexico expects cloudy conditions in the west with rain or snow in the mountains, and partly cloudy elsewhere with colder temperatures by Saturday. The 24 hour high reached 65 degrees with a low of 46 and noon at 59 degrees.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Pirates Buy Another Farm Club In Florida
The Pirates added a new affiliate by purchasing Leesburg Florida club of the Class D Florida State League expanding their minor league network.
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Pittsburgh
Leesburg
Fla
Leahy stays with Irish at Notre Dame
Coach Frank Leahy of Notre Dame said in a telephone interview from Michigan City Indiana that he had been offered the head coaching job of the Chicago Rockets but would definitely remain at Notre Dame. He told the Cleveland Press that he will be back at Notre Dame next year and for as long as they will have him.
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Cleveland
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Chicago Rockets
Cleveland Press
Michigan City
Ind
Scramble for Ducats as Rice Arrives for Orange Bowl
In Miami on December 27 the race for Orange Bowl tickets heated up for the Rice Owls versus Tennessee New Year’s Day game. Only 38,000 seats remained while 98,000 applicants had already sought tickets.
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Miami
Fla
Rice Owls
Tennessee
Cincinnati Team Arrives for Sun Bowl Welcome in El Paso
The University of Cincinnati football squad will land in two planes in El Paso for the January 1 Sun Bowl game against Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Sheriff’s posse and civic groups in full western regalia will greet the team, with VPI expected Saturday night.
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True Western
EL Paso
Pi—A
Ferguson seeks reopening of Bilbo probe hearings
Senator Ferguson of Michigan called for resuming the War Investigating subcommittee hearings to pursue a claim that Theodore Bilbo took money from a man seeking narcotics help. He telegraphed Chairman Mead as the Republican group discussed whether to bar Bilbo from his seat.
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Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Mead
War
Republican Committee
Bilkes
Taft
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Pennock Predicts Braves Win If Pitching Holds Up
Philadelphia December 27 General Manager Herb Pennock of the Phillies says the Boston Braves would win the 1947 National League pennant if the Braves pitching staff performs well. If not the pennant will go to the Dodgers or the Cardinals.
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Philadelphia
Herb Pennock
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