Brannan Fires Two In USDA Grain Scandal
Secretary Brannan dismissed Latham White and Harry James Solomon from the Dallas commodity office amid charges of administrative deficiencies related to government grain stored with commercial warehouses. The action follows accusations that storage firms diverted over 22 million dollars worth of grain for speculative use, with several cases now in court as the government seeks about 4.875 million dollars in shortages.
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Washington
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Latham White
Harry James Solomon
Dallas
Tex
White
Solomon
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Senate Committee
Gus Geissler
Geissler
Indeem
Texas
Colorado
Illinois
Ohio
Georgia
California
Nebraska
Kansas
States Rights Fight Urged by Byrnes in Georgia
South Carolina Governor James F Byrnes urged a states rights fight to counter big government speaking to the Georgia General Assembly. He favored ballots over ballots and urged opposition to socialized medicine federal education aid and the Fair Employment Practices Act while praising Richard Russell for president.
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Atlanta
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Georgia General Assembly
South
Byrne
Byrnes
Jefferson
Richard Russell
D-Ga
President Praised Caudle Weeks Before Firing
President Truman praised T Lamar Caudle in a letter saying men like you enable the presidency to carry on. Caudle, head tax fraud prosecutor, was ousted Nov. 16 for outside activities. White House confirmed Ned Brooks report and read the oct 19 letter.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
Caudle
Ned Brooks
White House
Joseph Short
Justice Department
Wen
Short
Jess Larson
General Services Administraion
Winston-Salem
Brooks
Mr. Truman
House
Ways and Means
Delinquent Subscribers Offer Unpunctual Mumps Excuse
In Trenton Missouri the Trenton Republican Times received a peculiar delinquent payment excuse from Mr and Mrs Fred Banta of Stanberry aged 71. They said they were late because both had mumps and had been sick.
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Trenton
Trenton Republican Times
Fred Banta
Stanberry
Grand Jury Pledges Winnie Judd Hearing Upon Return
Phoenix dispatch says Winnie Ruth Judd, the trunk murder figure missing from the Arizona State Hospital for five days, will receive a grand jury hearing upon recapture. Acting foreman James Gang Jr reports an anonymous caller claimed she would testify if allowed to testify, and the grand jury stands ready to hear her once she returns within 24 hours.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Ess
Arizona State Hospital
Maricopa
Grand Jury
Sheriff’s Office
Winnie
State Hospital
Striking Truckers Shot in Birmingham Turmoil
Two non-union and 10,000 AFL drivers on strike faced violence as James Cook Jr. and Jack Likater were wounded in a confrontation near Birmingham. A. A. Germann, Maxwell Truck Lines office manager, fired into a crowd after forcing a truck into a curb. No charges filed.
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Birmingham
Jamie Moore
James Alvin Cook Jr
Jack Litaker
Cook
Jack Cole
Moore
A. A. Germann
Maxwell
Germann
Ark
Hobson Martin
AFL
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Kidnapped German Girl Case Reaches Mercer County Kin
Lloyd H. Roberson of Princeton declares he is Mamie Ruth Shelton’s grandfather and confirms the 18 year old was briefly abducted in Frankfurt Germany by a soldier. The Associated Press notes U S Army agents found no new leads as investigators review a suspect from Ohio and two sergeants who aided the abducted girl.
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Mamie Ruth Shelton
F. B. Burns
Hot Springs
Frankfurt
Germany
Lloyd H. Roberson
Princeloton Ave
Princeton
Roberson
Walthall Ashland
Daily of Telegraph
Frances Roberson
Mr. Shelton
Mamie Ruth
Marshall
N.C
Burns
Ruth
Associated Press
Frankfort
U. S. Army
Frankfurst High
Soldier’s Uni Gr Rom
Pvt
Eugene
Walters
Harrod O
Hawau
Ha’ Laper
Army
Nce
Drunken Hog Leads Deputies to Moonshine Still
MEMPHIS Tennessee February 6 Deputies Sid Hall and J F Hewlett report destroying a moonshine still after a drunken hog staggered across a county road. They followed hog tracks toward a creek and found the still, smashing it. The officers noted many hog tracks circling the scene with straight tracks toward the still and crooked tracks away.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pi— Sheriff's
Sid Hall
J. F. Hewlett
Britain May Cancel Ministers Session in London
An official source said Britain may call off next Wednesday’s scheduled meeting of American, British and French foreign ministers in London because of the death of King George. The talks were to discuss Allied German relations in preparation for the Lisbon conference of Atlantic Pact powers starting Feb 16.
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London
Britain
George
Lisbon
UN Expected To Reject Red Proposals In Korea
United Nations Command signaled non-commitment but likely to reject the Reds’ peace plan that ignores South Korea and raises Formosa issues. Nam I presented a 90 day political conference demand, withdrawal of foreign forces, and joint talks with China and North Korea critics.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
South Korea
Formosa
Reds
U.N
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Panmunjom
Nam I
Nam
U. N
Redigive
China
North Korea
Ngai
Forsista
Truman
Yejay
Trusolveman
Kore
U. S
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Mamie
Pistol Point
HST
Winnie Judd
Fo H. Rhe
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