Hughes Plane Contract Under Senate Probe
Senate war investigating committee prepares evidence on the 40 million wartime Hughes contract to Howard Hughes and Kaiser. Sworn testimony from John Meyer and documents from Hughes files are part of the inquiry into possible government loss and political pressure.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Elliott Rooseelt
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Howard Hughes
Ferguson
R.mich
John Meyer
Hughes’ Enterprises
Meyer
Hughes
Hollywood
Henry J. Kaiser
White House
Kaiser
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Brewster
Hatch
N.M
Kaiser Denies Pressure Tactics for Plywood Plane Contracts
Henry J. Kaiser, Oakland industrialist, denies he used coercion to obtain wartime contracts for a large plywood airplane. He says no air cargo contracts were received and will appear before the war investigating committee in Washington after visiting Lake Tahoe. Secretary Krug accuses Kaiser of pressuring officials in Washington.
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Kaiser
Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Oakland Tribune
Lake Tahoe
Washington
War Investigating Committee
Interior
Krug
Missing Plane Wreckage Found on Mount Rainier
A search team at Mount Rainier located evidence from a long-missing Marine transport plane after finding a Marine personal record and a piece of a uniform on Tahoma Glacier near the 9,500-foot level. Officials say the plane likely crashed into a cliff, killing all 32 aboard, and urge families not to travel to the site.
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Longmire
Mt. Rainier National Work
Mount Rainier
Tahoma Glacier
Rainier Park
John Preston
Navy
Gordon Stanley
San Diego
Tahoma Gllacier
Oi Ced
Butler
Seaman Held In Slaying After Poker Party
A 22 year old seas man was turned over to civilian authorities on murder charges in the strangulation death of Mrs. Julia Katona 35 wife of Navy lieutenant Lt Frank Katona. The body was found in a Tall Timbers cabin after a late night poker party.
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Cedar Point
Julia Katona
Navy
Katona
Cmdr. C
Minter
Patuxent
Joseph Daniel Brouillette
Rose Marie Brouillette
Manchester
N. H
Brouillette
St. Mary’s
Wardtown
Barry
Bonnie Joy
F. F. Greenwell
St. Mary's County
Dutch Control Strategic Areas on Java Report
Four days of mobile warfare left Dutch forces in control of Java’s strategic zones while Indonesian guerrilla resistance intensifies in mountains and villages. In central Java the Indonesians claim gains near Jogjakarta, with Dutch denial. the Bandowoso region and Cheribon fell in the east and west respectively, as Soekarno urged total resistance.
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Batavia
Java
Jogjakarta
Semarang
Salatiga
Toentang
Bandowoso
Proboliggo
Madoera Strait
Indian Ocean
Bandoeng
Cheribon
Soemdang
Kadipaten
Malang
Soekarno
Indonesia
Leckie Woman Injured Guarding Rabbits From Snake
Mrs. T. R. Hargrove of Leckie was injured protecting a nest of young wild rabbits from a black snake a dog and a cat. She suffered fractures to both wrists when she lost balance and fell from a wall as the snake and animals attacked. The snake had swallowed two bunnies before the encounter and chased by the tiny dog the reptile dropped to the ground.
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T. R. Hargrove
Leckie
Hargrove
Earthquake Felt Across Southern California Regions
An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked Los Angeles and nearby communities at 2 11 p m Pacific time. Dr Charles Richter of Caltech noted light intensity on instruments with center still undetermined. Felt from the Pacific to the San Bernardino mountains down to San Diego, with Long Beach Santa Ana and San Bernardino reporting light shaking.
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Los Angeles
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
Pacific
San Bernardino Mountains
San Diego
Long Beach
Santa Ana
San Bernardino
California
Richter
Caltech
Balkan problem solution fades amid UN Security Council clash
July 24 reports show hopes for a Balkan commission compromise fading as Russia rejects French amendments to soften a U S plan for a strong semi permanent body. Andrei Gromyko says Russia’s stance stays unchanged while US deputy Herschel Johnson argues the council can investigate with Balkan consent debated.
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Russia
Gromyko
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Joza Vilfan
Commission
Johnson
Security Council
U. N
Congress Passes Social Security Tax Freeze
Congress approved a two year freeze on the Social Security payroll tax keeping it at one percent for employees and one percent for employers to avoid a $2 billion increase in 1948. The bill moves to President Truman for signature after quick passage by both houses. The tax funds old age and survivors insurance and currently yields about $1.5 billion annually.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Truman
House
Senate
Conferees Vote To Kill Time Buying Curbs
A Senate House conference committee voted to end all controls on installment buying effective November 1 1947 after a White House press conference caused a temporary belief President Truman might extend them. The agreement denies the president authority to continue wartime curbs after Nov 1.
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Washington
White House
Senate House
Truman
Congress
Flanders
R-Vi
House
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Senate - House
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Federal Reserve
Income Tax Exemptions Extended for Armed Services
The senate voted an additional year of wartime personal income tax exemptions for service members. An amendment moves the end date to January 1, 1949, extending exclusions of service pay for non officers and a $1500 exemption for officers on base pay, with civilians’ exemption at $500.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
McCarthy
R-Wis
House
Miner Electrocuted At Kellys Creek Colliery
Walter Earl Hershey aged 32 was electrocuted accidentally at work in the Hugheston mine of the Kellys Creek Colliery Co in Kanawha County. Mortuary attendants reported the incident occurred today.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter Earl Hershey
Hugheston
Kelly's Creek
Kanawha County
Congress Set To Quit Saturday
Washington July 24 Republicans plan to adjourn congress on Saturday to allow a possible fall special session. A final conference version of the defense secretary bill was approved unanimously by the Senate and sent to the President. Leaders also moved to authorize joint Senate House probes into prices and housing with mid September hearings and to place the Kansas City vote fraud inquiry under Senate control.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Armed Services
Senate
House
80Th Congress
Senate House
Joint Committee On
Taft
Ohio
Plains
Idwin
R-Conn
Labor and Industry
Kem
R-Mo
Clark
Kansas City
Kenn
House Passes Funds Bill for Fiscal Year Start
The House swiftly approved $9.0 billion in appropriations for the new fiscal year starting July 1, passing four money bills including a fresh measure from the appropriations committee and compromises on agriculture independent offices and government corporations. The Senate then acted on the independent offices bill and sent it to the White House along with the government corporations supplemental bill.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
White House
War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Soviet Officials Refused U S Visit. Congress Demands Action
A House labor subcommittee urged immediate removal of excess Russian nationals from the United States after the Soviet government refused visas for a planned September study trip. Rep. Kersten warned Secretary Marshall to adopt reciprocal limits on Soviet nationals in the United States.
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Washington
Russia
House
United States
Rep
Kersten
R.-Wis
Marshall
Soviet Union
Owen
Rtill
Kennedy
R-Mass
State Department
Nikolai V. Novikov
Yuri M. Bruslow
Moscow
Novikov
Four Killed In Plane Crash At Moron Airport
Four men died and five were injured when a FAMA state air line transport plane collided with a truck and burned during a test flight at Moron air port. The incident followed another military air crash a week earlier at El Loram military airport that killed seventeen.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Moron
State Air Line
Flota Aerea Merchante Argentina
FAMA
Elomar
Ex-GIs Indicted In Bomb Secrets Case
Two former GIs Alexander von Der Luft and Earnest D. Wallis were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing and removing U S posses sion and concealing public records related to atomic bomb secrets. They were arrested July 14 and released on 10 000 bonds after hearings in Pittsburgh and Chicago.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Alexander von der Luft
Princeton
Mt. Lebanon
Earnest D. Wallis
Chicago
United States
FBI
Liberty
U. S
Pittsburg
Grand Jury
Los Alamos Project
Army
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Driver Killed In Truck Accident On Horse Pen Mountain
Clarence Gilliam was killed when his 1947 Chevrolet truck overturned downhill on Horse Pen Mountain between Bishop and Pocahontas. Gilliam, 37, of Jenkin Jones, was the sole occupant and Pocahontas Fuel driver. investigation into loss of control pending. Gilliam died of a broken neck. survived by a widow and eight children. Body taken to Pocahontas Union funeral home.
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Clarence Gilliam
Jenkin,Jones
Horsepen Mountain
Bishop
Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas
Crigger
Virginia State Police
Tazewell
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Gilliam
Democrats Block House Vote in Senate Inquiry Battle
July 24 report on congressional moves over a Kansas City vote fraud inquiry. Democrats resist a house investigation while Republicans push a Kemp resolution proposing a senate probe. Senate rules and potential committee actions shape the standoff as leaders warn of delaying tactics.
Senate Approves Unification Bill to Create Single Military
The senate approved the final draft of a bill unifying armed services under one head. The house was expected to follow. President Truman would gain the new defense authority. Secretary Forrestal was viewed as a likely pick to head the defense department, though Truman avoided discussing it at a news conference.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services
House
Truman
Navy
Forrestal
Defense
Miners Die As West Frankfort Explosion Toll Grows
Franklin county coroner says 28 miners perished in the Old Ben Coal Co No 8 pit blast at West Frankfort Illinois. Eddie Franco of Local 955 says 21 more dead are buried under rock with carbon monoxide hindering rescue.
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West Frankfort
Ill
Franklin County
D. J. Clayton
Old Ben Coal Co
Eddie Franco
UMW
Carroll Stevens
William Lamont
Franco
United Mine Workers Hospital
Thomas Palmer
Pital
Communists Accused of Trying to Smash Local Union
Witnesses from CIO NEW Local 203 Bridgeport testify that communists gained influence and were expelled, prompting the international UEW to seek to revoke the local charter. Albert J. Fitzgerald accuses anti communism as the motive while naming congressmen and planning to bolster union efforts in 1948.
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Washington
V-Ton
CIO - United Electrical Workers
Michael Berescik
Joseph Julianelle
Cio-New
Bridgeport
Conn
Berescik
Rock, Stock and Barrel
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Solo
Rayburn
G.O.P. High Command
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate Expenditures Or
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Aiken
Kemp
Justice Department
Enos A. Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Axtell
Albert Reeves, Jr
Mich
Judiciary Committee
Clayton
Central
Howard Lewis
John L. Lewis
Surace
R. Adams
Frank Casper
Charles Smith
Thomas Kirby
Stevens
William W. Lamont
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