Grain shortages in Texas hit $3.82 million in government storage
A House subcommittee reported Texas elevators and warehouses held shortages totaling 629,305 bushels of wheat and 84,488,500 pounds of grain sorghum worth $3.82 million in government grain storage. The probe, led by Rep Whitten, criticized CCC for inspection lapses and high storage fees while noting no government employee benefited. The report cites large loans and purchases totaling over 14.5 billion dollars with less than one billion in losses.
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Washington
House
Texas
Appropriations
Rep Whitten
D-Miss
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Whitten
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Agriculture Department
BB Gunmen Hit Eight More Downtown Stores
Police report a wave of BB gunfire struck seventeen downtown businesses, mainly on Bluefield Avenue, plus Raleigh and Bland streets. Youths on a local bus fired from sling shots, prompting drivers to halt the activity. Police seek details from the bus driver as they track the juvenile suspects. Names include A&P Super Market Gullion Electric Bluefield Hardware Keesee Garage Georgia Lumber Dixie Appliance Linkous Motors Weinbergs Kroger New Method Laundry Hawley's B D Goodrich Dexter's Clothes Home Auto Supply Franklin's Fashion Florist J M Woods.
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Bluefield
Jack Leedy
Northfork and Western Railway
N&w
J. C. Fralick
Augusta St
Fralick
Bluefield Avenue
Raleigh
Bland
A&p Super Market
Gullion Electric Co
Bluefield Hardware Co
Keesee Garage
Georgia Lumber Co
Dixie Appliance Co
Linkous Motors
Weinberg
J. M. Woods
Princeton Ve
Harold L. Ickes Dies at 77 in Washington
Harold L. Ickes longtime Roosevelt era figure dies at 77 in Emergency Hospital after battling arthritic complications. Former interior secretary 1932 46 and Public Works Administration head known for sharp tongue and storms in New Deal politics. His feuds with Harry Hopkins marked much of New Deal history.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Olney
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
New Deal
Train Fresght Collision injures five near Birmingham
A New Orleans bound Pan American passenger train struck a derailed freight train in heavy rain thirty three miles south of Birmingham. Four crew members and one passenger were injured, two crew buried under dirt but May and Russell both survived. Other injured included Hazlewood Hinton Sankey.
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Calera
Ala
Louisville
Nashville
Pan American
Birmingham
Cincinnati
H. M. May
H. L. Russell
Russell
May
R. L. Hazlewood
Hassie Hinton
Fred Sankey
Nashville, Tenn
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Gracie Fields Wins Papal Permission for Marriage
CAPRI Italy February 3 British actress Gracie Fields said she has received special dispensation from the Pope to marry Boris Alberovich a Romanian born radio repairman. The marriage will be performed before the main altar of a Catholic church.
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Capri
Italy
Gracie Fields
Boris Alberovich
Solon Links Morris With Red Fronts
Rep Potter accuses Newbold Morris of Communist front ties questioning fitness for government service as an anti corruption investigator. Morris rejects the claim noting his wartime role with the American Society for Russian Relief and his work with the National War Fund, British and Greek War Reliefs. Rogers McGrath and Truman McGrath appointment cited as background in the U S effort to pursue government wrongdoing.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
Newbold Morris
Morris
American Society For Russian Relief
New York
Atty
McGrath
Justice Department
UN- American Activities Committee
New York City
Drunken Dad Beats Son to Death in Tennessee
Sevierville sheriff arraigned Thomas Ball in a murder case after his six year old son Enfamous was battered with a broom and rocking chair arm in a mountain cabin. Ball recalled only fragments while claiming innocence as witnesses noted a daylong drinking spree and a family tragedy prior to the fatal beating.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Roy Whaley
Thomas Ball
Whaley
Ball
Sevier County
Eufamous
Ruby Fay
Lettie Aall
Funeral Home
Afant
Taft to Speak in West Virginia Tonight
Senator Robert A. Taft continues his Republican presidential campaign through West Virginia. He will pause in Huntington for a speech en route to Charleston as political attention concentrates on the Mountain State.
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West Virginia
Robert A. Taft
Mountain State
Taft
Huntington
Charleston
Taft Says He Has No Comment On Oregon Primary Move
Senator Robert A. Taft replied with no comment when asked about a resolution by Oregon Republicans urging all chief presidential candidates to enter Oregon's May primary. Oregon GOP committeemen said the move aims to test Taft's strength in the state.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Oregon
GOP
Taft
Taft Lincoln Day address set for Municipal Auditorium Charleston
Republican leaders plan Taft visit with a public 8 p.m. address in Charleston Municipal Auditorium on Monday. An 8 15 p.m. start for Taft, statewide radio coverage, and a 4 to 5 p.m. reception at the Daniel Boone Hotel are announced. Delegations from across the state assemble. about 4000 are expected. Walter Hallanan to introduce Taft.
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Mercer County
Cyrus H Gadd
Princeton
Congress
Charleston
Roy H. Pierson
Kanawha County
Republican Committee
Tait
Pierson
WHIS
Bluefield
Taft
Huntington
Daniel Boone Hotel
Sen
Walter
Hallanan
GOP
Virginia
Attack on Tax Bureau Plan Seen Likely by Hoey
Washington February 3 Sen Hoey of North Carolina said a new move to derail President Truman’s Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization is very likely. The plan would remove 64 political tax collectors, replace them with 25 district and 64 deputy district commissioners under civil service, leaving only the commissioner politically appointed. Hearings resume Wednesday with Budget Director Frederick J Lawton among witnesses.
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Washington
Hoey
D-Nc
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
House
Senate Expenditures Committee
Internal Revenue
Frederick J. Lawton
Extra Combat Pay Eyed For Korea Fighters
Senators weigh a new combat pay scheme for Korea frontline troops amid House backed 10 percent pay rise and 10 percent allowances. Army proposals include 50 dollar monthly enlisted pay and 100 dollar monthly officer pay for actual combat. some senators favor higher base pay with larger dependent allowances.
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Washington
Korea
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
House
Senate
Congress
Army
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Chief of
Naval Operations
Fechteler
Defense Department
Dust Storm Blots Texas From West to Panhandle
Dust storms swept across Texas from West Texas plains with 30 to 40 mph north and northwest winds and gusts to 50. Visibility dropped to three to four miles in places, grounding private planes and forcing instrument flight for airlines. Some cities reported light rain or snow mixed with dust, with conditions improving later and clear skies forecast.
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Texas
East Texas
el Paso
Houston
Tyler
Longview
Wichita Falls
Temple
Big Spring
San Angelo
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Bath Closings Roil Japanese Public Baths
Tokyo reports say 17 000 public baths may close in protest against easing controls. Government limits new baths near existing ones, prompting proprietors to plan a shutdown and rally to demand keeping current restrictions. Public bathing in superheated water is a long standing Japanese tradition.
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Tokyo
Frightful German kidnapping shocks occupation era
Frankurt Germany reports a gunman in U.S. Army uniform abducted an 18 year old American girl on the Frankfurt Hanau main road. The suspect fled in a gray sedan with red haired Mamie Ruth Shelton, stepdaughter of M. Sat. F. B. Burns of Hot Springs Virginia, as a nationwide manhunt spans Western Europe with road blocks and AFN broadcasts.
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Europe
Frankfurt
Hanau
Mamie Ruth Shelton
F. B. Burns
Hot Springs
John H. Ford
Odessa
Tex
Herbert L. Evans
Miss Shelton
Armed Forces Network
AFN
Burns
Ford
Evans
Wyoming County GI Killed In Auto Crash At Glen Lyn
A 21 year old Wyoming County Army private, Pvt. William H. Boothe of Corinne Mid, was killed when the car he rode in crashed into the Andrew S Rowan Memorial Bridge at Glen Lyn on Saturday night. Two West Virginia soldiers, Pvt. James Calvin Short and Pvt. John Thomas Jr., were hospitalized with injuries. Short, the driver, was released and faces an involuntary manslaughter charge. the vehicle owned by Boothe head on into the bridge railing. Funeral arrangements for Boothe were incomplete.
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Andrew S. Rowan
New River
Glen Lyn
William H. Boothe
Corinne
Pillee Memorial Hospital
Pearisburgeeeee Eee
West Virginia
Camp Pickett
Giles County
James Calvin Short
Tams
Raleigh County
John Thomas Jr
Charleston
Thomas
Short
Trial Justice Court
Pearlsburg
Boothe
Andrew 8
Rowan Bridge
Virginia
A. B. Heck Jr
Pearisburg
Korea
Wyoming County
Givens Funeral Home
Dunman Funeral Home
Matoaka
Beard Change Triggered by 11 Year Old Grace Bedell
Washington reports how Grace Bedell's 1860 letter urged Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard to improve his image. Lincoln replied he never wore whiskers but later grew them and met Grace in Westfield, New York, on the way to his first inauguration, saying he let them grow for her.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Westfield
N. Y
Dondero
Rmich
Lincoln
Springfield
Grace Bedell
Grace
Lad Accused of Stealing Mail Bags on Bus Trip
In Thionville France a 13 year old boy was arrested for stealing two mail bags from a bus. He confessed he took the bags to recover a letter his grandmother had written to his mother complaining of his bad conduct during a stay with grandma.
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Thionville
France
US Pays 95 Percent of Italian Rearming Costs
Barletta Italy February 3 Defense Minister Randolfo Pacciardi said the United States is paying almost 95 percent of the cost of Italian rearmament. The statement cited the U S insistence that his committee provides all funding details.
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Barletta
Italy
Randolfo Pacciardi
United States
Mine Disaster Sparks Charge Over Unsafe Mine Conditions
GREENSBURG Pa Feb 4 The United Mine Workers charged unsafe conditions at the Carpentertown Mine where six men died in an explosion but operators denied the claim. Federal and state officials debated the mine’s hazards as 65 diggers worked. last bodies were recovered ten hours after the blast. John L Lewis urges new safety laws while inspectors and officials assess prior gas surveys and current conditions.
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United Mine Workers
Carpentertown
Carpentertown Coal and Coke Co
Eaton Coal Co
Sharon Steel Corp
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Washington
Chapman
Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
Lewis
John Marks Jr
UMW
Pennsylvania Department of Mines
Billy Graham Seeks Peace Through Christ at Capitol Rally
Evangelist Billy Graham told a crowd at the Capitol steps that lasting world peace comes only when Christ is crowned in hearts. He urged Congress to set a day of prayer, echoed calls for national revival, and announced planned Washington and future crusade dates.
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United Nations
Christ
Washington
United States Capitol
United States
ABC
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House
Truman
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Graham
Capitol
Walter Carpenter
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England
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Tex
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Winnie Ruth
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