Vaughan's Own Story Booked Today in Senate Probe
Bluff, Major General Harry Vaughan, a longtime ally of President Truman, will be questioned next Tuesday by the Senate investigations subcommittee about possible improper favors. The panel will focus on Vaughan's ties to James V. Hunt, John Maragon, and David Bennett amid five percenter hearings.
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Washington
Harry Vaugher
Truman
Vaughan
Senate Investigations
James V. Hunt
John Maragon
David Bennett
Hunt
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Joe McCarthy
Mexican plant may yield new arthritis drug source
Dr. Russell E. Marker of Tremond Pharmaceutical says a Mexican plant yields botogenin from dioscorea tropical yam, a starting material for cortisone synthesis. The discovery could boost cortisone supply, with better results in trials and ongoing work on alternative sources like strophanthus for urgent medical needs.
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Russell E. Marker
Tremond Pharmaceutical Company
New York
Hemisphere
Marker
Journal of
The
American Chemical Society
Merck & Company
America
Dr. Marker
Sydney M. Ehrlick
Pharmaceutical Company
Upton Led Confederate Charge at Manassas Junction
On the day in 1862 Texas cavalrymen under Colonel John Cunningham Upton charged at Manassas Junction. Upton, a Fayette County native and Hood's Texas Brigade member, was killed in the action that aided a Confederate victory and drew praise from General Lee for its daring feat.
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Texas
Manassas Junction
John Cunningham Upton
Upton County
William Felton Upton
California
Upton
Fayette County
Hood
Lee
Janes to Attend Turkey Conference in Chicago
R. E. Janes will depart Tuesday for Chicago to join the marketing committee of the National Turkey Federation. The group will meet with Dewey Termohien, director of the poultry division, USDA, to discuss changes in regulations on the turkeys support price.
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R. E. Janes
Chicago
National Turkey Federation
Dewey Termohien
Poultry Division
US Department of Agriculure
Osage Chief Fred Lookout Dies at 88 in Oklahoma
Osage Nation mourns 88 year old Chief Fred Lookout who led the tribe since 1924 and spoke for oil rich lands in Washington. He converted from Peyote to Catholicism, supported lower royalties, and was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame in 1948.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Indians
Fred Lookout
Lookout
Little- Eagle - Who
Osage
Washington
Oklahoma
Hall of Fame
Britain Cuts Issuance Of Free Eye Glasses
London Aug 29 the Ministry of Health announced it will give each patient only one pair for now to cut the backlog of free glasses. Previously patients received two pairs. Over three million waits, some more than six months, for glasses under Britain's tax funded national health service.
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London
Ministry of Health
Britain
National Health Service
Red thrust disturbs Canton as Communists swing toward Chungking
Canton officials report a new Communist push 170 miles north of the city with the 49th Army withdrawing toward Yinyang and the 39th Army abandoning Anhwa. Officials fear a drive to Chungking while Hu Tsung Nan’s forces move southeast of Lanchow as Reds press northwest toward Sining.
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Canton
China
National Defense Ministry
Jucheng
Canton Railway
Kukong
Kiernan
Cann
Hengyang
Defense Ministry
Red 49Th
Changsha
Yinyang
Red 39Th
Anhwa
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ma Pu-Fang
Tsung-Nan
Kansu
Lanchow
Sining
Parents Too Slow Rent House To Childless Couple
In Pulaski Tennessee on August 29 landlord Dairyman Harold Henegar who offered to cut rent by four dollars for each child rented his new house to Mr and Mrs O A Franklin with no children He had held the price at 50 dollars while advertising 75 for a couple but would reduce for larger families He later received an application from a four child family and noted the Franklins have no hound dogs His ad also promised four dollars extra per hound dog per month.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Harold Henegar
O. A. Franklin
Henegar
Franklins
Franklin
Harmless Snakes Include Most US Species
A survey notes about 205 snake species exist in the United States with fewer than 15 percent deemed dangerous to humans. This emphasizes that the majority of native snakes pose little threat, highlighting harmless varieties and the need for cautious curiosity.
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United States
Man’s allergy theory fuels odd divorce case in Los Angeles
Judge Brockman faced a flood of letters after ruling a wife’s rash near her husband isn’t grounds for divorce in the Holdridge case. Nolan Holdridge, 26, SF watchmaker, filed a cross claim alleging wife Joyce Holdridge is a wife in name only.
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Los Angeles
Ray P. Brockman
Joyce C. Holdridge
Brockman
Nolan H. Holdridge
San Francisco
Girls Learn Speedwriting at Durham's Austin Branch
Six week Speedwriting course helps girls secure quick employment says Miss Dellinger. Louanne touts Durham's as state approved and Texas wide with 25 000 graduates. They urge early visits to 600A Lavaca Street for full information and enrollment.
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Louanne
Durham's
Austin
State Board of Education
Durham
Texas
D ‘S
Lavaca Street
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