Truman Opens Tax Data in Crime Probe
President Truman directs the crime committee to access income tax returns of major gamblers and racketeers, enabling a nationwide look at illegal bookmaking. Kefauver and fellow members met at the White House to discuss support and scope, with leads tying Mickey Cohen and John O Rourke to long running gambling networks. The panel notes tax records are confidential except by presidential order.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
White House
Tobey
R-Nh
Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Jackson County
Wiley
R-Wis
O’conor
Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
John O'Rourke
West Palm Beach
Cohen
Florida
Senator Hunt
Miami
Daily Crude Output Jumps 750 Barrels
The American Petroleum Institute reports for the week ended May 27 a 750 barrel daily rise in crude oil and lease condensate output to 5,118,000 barrels. Refining companies ran 6,591,000 barrels daily. heavy fuel oil production was 7,421,000 barrels and light fuel oil 7,201,000 barrels. Finished and unfinished gasoline stocks stood at 122,757,000 barrels with total gasoline production at 18,704,000 barrels.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Uniforms Exceed Soldiers Army Budget Shock
The Hoover Commission found the Army once requested 829000 tropical uniforms at 129 dollars each, more uniforms than soldiers, exposing wasteful spending and procurement excesses in a historic inquiry.
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Hoover Commission
Dies Urges Return to Big Stick Policy at Pasadena
Former House Un American Activities Committee chairman J. Edgar Dies spoke to 188 Pasadena high school graduates urging the Theodore Roosevelt motto speak softly and carry a big stick. He warned appeasement risks a terrifying war and urged discernment between crackpot theory and sound policy.
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Pasadena
House un-American Activities Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Dies
United States
W. W Miller
Radio strike deadly blow for copperhead
A copperhead snake about 30 inches long caused WHYN to go off the air temporarily by tangling with a transmitter. Found dead at the bottom of a conduit after absorbing too much of 3,000 volts, the reptile’s incident killed the device and the creature.
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Northampton
Mass
WHYN
Copperhead
Hiccough Cure Revealed by Steve Holliday
Salt Lake City report states Steve Holliday claims a sure hiccough cure. He says the hiccup stops in a jiffy if the sufferer drinks water through a pencil clenched between the teeth.
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Salt Lake City
Steve Holliday
Holliday
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