Senators Probe Government Trading Data in Graham Case
Washington reports Senate investigators obtained broker records on General Graham's grain trades as part of a probe into government insider trading. Harold Stassen and Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham are called to testify, with focus on Graham’s 1947 wheat actions and links to Edwin Pauley’s trading.
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Washington
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Wallace H. Graham
Ferguson
R-Mich
Appropriations Subcommittee
Graham
Bache and Co
Bache
New York
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Royall
Pauley
Stassen
Doylestown
Senate Committee
Congress
Agriculture Anderson
Tremors Rattle Southside Virginia Area
In Farmville area on January 8 a sequence of four earth tremors struck Dillwyn and surrounding counties in a 50 mile stretch. No damage was reported and locals suspect no blasting caused the disturbance, with Ralph S. Rainey noting the 10:20 shock as strongest.
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Farmville
Virginia
Dillwyn
Ralphs. Rainey
Division of War Veteran Claims
Rainey
John Jamerson
Government forecasts large surplus for next fiscal year
Washington reports a first half surplus of 1.658 billion dollars with revenue seen to exceed spending by a record margin. Analysts predict the surplus may reach 6 to 7 billion by the end of the current year as heavy tax collections continue and officials consider a next-year budget near 39.5 billion. Rep. Knutson seeks a 5.6 billion tax cut effective for 1948 income.
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Washington
Treasury Report
Coolidge
Truman
Rep. Knutson
Rminn
Soviet Bloc Joins First UN Little Assembly Session
At Lake Success on January 5 the Soviet bloc and 44 of 57 nations began the year round UN little assembly. The bloc boycotted the opening. meetings adjourned until February 2 to debate veto ideas. U.S. Warren R. Austin urged missing Soviet delegates to join, while Tass reported the event.
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el Salvador
Ethiopia
Guatemala
Honduras
Lebanon
Paraguay
Yemen
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Carl Berendsen
New Zealand
Carl
E.s.t
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Gromyko
Tass
U.N
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Nasrullah Entezam
Iran
Trygve Lie
Jaeger Man Held As Wife Slayer
Welch West Virginia January 5 Jaeger 38 of Jaeger is in the county jail facing murder charges in the death of his wife Mrs Gladys Warrix Auville 40 late Friday night in Welch hospital Set C B Dye said the charge followed a physician's examination showing numerous bruises and lacerations Death was due to a skull fracture Officers say the wife endured several beatings during a drinking spree lasting days She was beaten last Thursday night and died after being taken to hospital He is a father of five and the couple had been married about a year Funeral service was held at the Church of God in Ineger and interment followed in Ineger Memorial cemetery Rederfield
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Welch
W. Va
Jess Auville
Jaeger
Gladys Warrix Auville
Welch Hospital
Set. C. B. Dye
Welch State Police Detachment
Anville
Auville
Hellier
Elijah Warrix
Warrix
Mae Coldiron
Williamson
Cephas
Saeger
Charles
Premier
Paul
Milwaukee
Wis
Church of God At
Ineger
E. P. Franklin
Ineger Memorial Cemetery
Rederfield
Woman Named Sheriff of Jefferson County
Carrie Lee Gardner Strider 37 was named sheriff of Jefferson County West Virginia succeeding the late Garland H Moore. A deputy since 1937 and Moore's chief deputy, she will complete the unexpired term to next January 1 and takes office after qualifying and posting bond. She hopes there is no crime wave with a woman in command.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Carrie Lee Gardner Strider
Jefferson County
Strider
R.E. L. Strider
Wheeling Episcopal Diocese
Garland H. Moore
Moore
Matt Garrett
UMW Rejects Increase for Mine Doctors in Beckley
United Mine Workers district committee in Beckley W V rejected a request to raise monthly rates for mine physicians from 150 to 1. 50 for singles and 2 for married men. The decision cited that only eight of 18 doctors were collecting fees owed by the workers compensation commission. The district will also meet Sunday to discuss bids for the April 1 Lewis Day celebration.
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Beckley
W. Va
United Mine Workers Committee
District 29
George J. Titler
Titler
Raleigh County
District Committee On Hospitals and Medicine
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Raleigh County Medical Society
Burglars Loot O. B. Wise Jewelry Store in Gas Attack
In Huntington West Virginia burglars robbed the O B Wise jewelry store early today seizing about 15000 in goods. Detectives report a tear gas device inside the safe released gas affecting employees during inventory. A second safe remained unopened likely due to gas exposure. The entry method used by the thieves remains a mystery.
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Huntington
W. Va
O. B. Wise
Azel T. Bryant
Bryant
Jury To Probe Garsson War Contract Deals
A federal grand jury in Baltimore will probe renegotiation and final settlement of war contracts held by Batavia Metal Products and Erie Basin Metal Products linked to Garsson brothers and ex Rep. Andrew J. May. The Garsson case previously involved bribery charges totaling $53,634.07 and eight months to two years in sentences. a 1946 Senate inquiry cited over $75 million in war contracts.
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Washington
Justice Department
Baltimore
Garsson Brothers
Henry
Murray Garsson
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Garssons
May
War Department
Garssons’ Shell-Making
Munitions Combine
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Batavia
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Elain, Ml
Baltimore Grand Jury
Department
Senate
Garsson Enterprises
Shipwreck Castaways Are Rescued
Rescue of a ninth castaway from the Alaska peninsula wreck was reported by the coast guard. The Clover picked up Jacob Osbekoff of Chignik and five others earlier, leaving four aboard the Spencer unaccounted for but alive according to Kodiak dispatches. A navy rescue crew's surfboat had capsized. survivors were reached by PBY air support dropping supplies and a walkie talkie to the marooned group.
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Seattle
Alaska Peninsula
Coast Guard
Kodiak
13Th Naval District
Clover
Jacob Osbekoff
Chignik
Alaska
Osbekoff
Spencer
Navy
Kodiak Island
17Th Naval District
Navy Pby
Marines Board Transports for Mediterranean Mission
About 1,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune, in full combat gear, boarded the Montague and the Bexar at Morehead City for Mediterranean operations. The force will serve aboard ships near Italian and Greek waters, including support from vessels based at Naples and Leghorn, in a secrecy-heavy transfer described by a Navy announcement.
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Morehead City
N. C
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Camp Lejeune
United States
Montague
Bexar
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Marianas
Navy
Midway
Naples
Little Rock
Piraeus
Greece
Portsmouth
Genoa
Italy
Providence
Leghorn
Taly
Marines Prepare Winter Maneuvers in Caribbean
A navy official said the second marine division will undertake about six weeks of winter maneuvers in the Caribbean starting around February 15. Advance engineer parties are to depart Morehead City North Carolina soon as Marines depart for Mediterranean duty, numbering about 1,000 men.
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Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Morehead City
N. C
Amok Shooting by Physician in Jackson Kills Two
Dr Levi McCarty opened fire in a roadside drive in Jackson Mississippi last night killing two men and wounding three others before being hospitalized in a coma. Chief Deputy Sheriff J T Naugher identified the shooter as McCarty who faced murder charges.
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Jackson
Miss
J. T. Naugher
Naugher
Levi McCarty
McCarty
Milton McCoy
McCoy
William C. Kirk
Claudius V. Jones
Jack B. Shipley
Canton
J. L. Howard
Batesville
Bedlam
Truman to Revise Aid Fund Request
Washington officials say the Truman administration will drop the 17 billion dollar Marshall plan target from its bill, moving to a four year authorization without a fixed amount. Senator Vandenberg announced the change, saying future Congresses won’t be bound by a dollar figure, while a 6.8 billion appropriation remains for the first 15 months.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Vandenberg
Reich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Department of State
Wll
Truman Weighs Tax Proposal
President Truman’s top adviser says the White House is weighing a plan to raise taxes on corporate profits to fund relief for small taxpayers without cutting total revenues. He notes Truman opposes across the board cuts and will push revenue retention in the state of the union. Republican Knutson plans a sharp tax cut bill next Congress session, while Democrats seek selective relief and government employment cuts.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mihai Arrives In Switzerland After Abdicating Throne
Former King Mihai of Romania arrived by train in Lausanne Switzerland and abdicated his throne for political reasons. His secretary Mircel Ionitzin said no press questions and could not discuss marriage rumors or the abdi cation details. Negotiations with the Romanian government on his property continued.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Fomer
Mihai
Romania
Mircel Ionitzin
Anna
Bourbon-Parma
Senate Priority To Be Given Three Proposals
The Republican policy committee marked for January action three bills including the St. Lawrence seaway and a state department information service with a civil service retirement measure. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold hearings on Truman’s four year 17 billion euro recovery program while the banking panel reviews anti inflation bills.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Europe
Taft
Ohio
St. Lawrence
State Department
Foreign Information Service
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Banking Committee
Hollywood Figures To Be Arraigned
District Judge David A. Pine set Friday as the arraignment date for ten Hollywood writers and producers who must respond to charges of contempt of Congress. Robert W. Kenny, attorney for the group, asked to delay arraignment until trial, but the judge refused. No trial date is set. The indictments followed their refusal to disclose to the House Committee on Un American Activities whether they are or were communists.
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Washington
U. 8
David A. Pine
Robert W. Kenny
Pine
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Moslem Tribesmen Surround Indian Division in Kashmir
Reports from Karachi say Moslem tribesmen have surrounded an Indian division in Jammu the winter capital of Kashmir and besieged the city. They cut the supply road isolating Indian troops who have had air drops only for two days. The tribesmen invaded Kashmir last October and were driven back to the Pakistan frontier.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Jammu
Kashmir
Srinagar
High Court Acts on Ration Cases
The Supreme Court freed Michael DiRe of Buffalo on counterfeit gasoline ration charges ruling police arrest and a search violated the constitution. Seven to two decision with Justices Vinson Black dissenting. The court also held a man acquitted of conspiracy cannot be tried for the same offense if core facts are identical.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Justice Black
Jackson
Michael DiRe
Buffalo
N. Y
High Court
Court of Appeals
DiRe
Frank Buttitta
Reed
OPA
Butlitta
Bridge Crews Strive to Reach Isolated Elkhorn Area
In Salem Oregon on January 5 bridge crews race to replace a collapsed wooden bridge over a Santiam fork isolating Elkhorn and its residents, including three expectant women. A Bailey bridge is being erected to restore route by tomorrow night while a rubber boat ferries supplies to the mountain community 27 miles southeast. A dirt road remains the only other path, impassable for expectant mothers.
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Santiam Fork
Bailey Bridge
Broken Bridge
Mild nationwide weather cuts snow cover across regions
A largely mild pattern spread across the United States on Monday with melting snow from the northern plains to the north Atlantic coast. The Chicago forecast called for further thaw Tuesday as a warm front shifted east from the Rockies. At LaGuardia New York 7 inches remained of the December 26 storm, while central Gulf states saw 10 degree below normal lows and light snow fell in parts of New England.
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Associated Press Fair
Plains
North Atlantic Coast
Chicago Weather Bureau
East
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
LaGuardia Field
New York
Central
Gulf States
California
New England
New York eyes lift of freight embargo as snow eases
New York officials hope nonessential freight embargo on lighterage in New York harbor may be lifted by Thursday or Friday due to milder weather. Snowfall reached 25.8 inches in New Jersey, with boxcars piling up while yards cleared. Sanitation crews numbered over 12 thousand workers as Queens streets remained treacherous.
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New York
New York Harbor
New Jersey
G. C. Randell
Association of American Railroads
New York Department of Sanitation
Queens
London Barrow Boys Register For Work
London street traders lined up at government labor exchanges on Jan 5 to register for essential work as the drive to channel under manned industries began. Barrow boys aged 19 to 50 men and 19 to 40 women faced fines or imprisonment if they refused, with next week court workers including night clubs gamblers and bookmakers to register and drones to start Jan 19.
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London
Barrow Boys
George Isaacs
Congress resumes work amid election year tensions
Washington opens the 80th Congress with disputes over foreign aid cost of living curbs and tax cuts. President Truman plans a state of the union address and budget messages while Senate Republicans push foreign aid debate and the St Lawrence Sea Way project amid pressures of upcoming elections.
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Congress
Washington
Representatives
Senate
Snowbound West Virginia roads mostly passable after heavy snowfall
West Virginia state crews cleared routes after a two to 19 inch snowfall across counties. Mercer county schools resumed after a two week break while bus lines reported minimal delays. Weather observer Keeney noted a slight rise in temperature but warned more snow could come.
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Bluefield
State Road Commission
Mercer County
O. C. Keeney
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Webster County
Colevine
Webster
Huntington
Parkershoro
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