Suspend Two Veteran FHA Men In Probe
Two veteran Federal Housing Administration officials were suspended on charges of serious irregularities. James E. Hicks regional director for ten southeastern states and Puerto Rico and Andrew Frost assistant state director for New Mexico declined comment.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
James E. Hicks
Southeastern
Puerto Rico
Andrew Frost
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Albert M. Cole
FHA
Williams F. McKenna
McKenna
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Farm Price Prop Extension Okayed
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a one-year extension of fixed farm price supports, striking out provisions for two-year continuity on cotton and corn. The bill, favored by President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson for flexible supports, moves to the House for debate next week with a likely vote on support features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mouse Aarlesia Agriots Aemenities
Eisenhower
Benson
House
Hope
R-Kan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Passes Massive Armed Forces Bill for Next Fiscal Year
The Senate approved a $28.8 billion defense package for the year starting July 1, plus a $1.98 billion Labor and Welfare bill and a $170.4 million DC operations appropriation. Voice votes moved all measures to conference. total allocations exceed the House in several items. Defense totals mark the lowest level since 1950, with Air Force funding near 11 billion and Navy around 10 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Labor and Health
House
District of Columbia
Conmiess
Senate House
Air Force
Begnlar
Navy
General Defense Establishment
Army
Korea
Back Wage Award Recommended for Miner Bramer
The National Labor Relations Board recommended $5,299 in back wages to Benjamin Bramer, a discharged strip miner near Clarksburg West Virginia. The figure covers June 16, 1949 to April 3, 1952 minus earnings from other jobs. based on an intermediate report by trial examiner Albert P. Wheatley.
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Benjamin
Bramer
Pugh and Barr, Inc
Albert P. Wheatley
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NLRB
Pugh
Barr
Wheatley
Atom Uses Proposed For Food Safety And Cigarette QA
Atomic scientists describe possible uses of radiation to sterilize pork and to inspect cigarette tobacco density. A device could irradiate pork on production lines at under a quarter cent per pound for 2000 hogs daily. Cigarettes would pass a density gauge to ensure correct tobacco content and eject underperforming units.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Atomic Scientists
University of Michigan
American Institute of Chemical Ineers
L. E. Brownell
U.M
G D. Calkins
Meyer Pobereskin
Batte Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Mommy Is Sick Lad Calls Cops Finds Mother Dead
Nine year old Stephen McKain asked a police operator to connect him to the police saying his mommy was sick. Patrolman Joseph Vankoski found Catherine McKain dead in her bedroom from an apparent heart attack. The boy’s father Lt Col Herbert McKall is a Methodist minister at Ft Meade.
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Chester
Stephen McKain
Edward McGuire
McGuire
Joseph Vankoski
McKain
Vankoski
Stephen
Catherine McKain
Yankoski
John Klopp
Herbert McKall
Ft. Meade
FHA Scandal Boosts Virginia Mortgage Business
Edward G. Bailey of Richmond says FHA publicity has helped business as he notes increased loan applications at his office. VA official Daniel Cronin reports Virginia GI loan applications rising toward 1,000 monthly, with few foreclosures. Mortgage activity and savings rise nationwide. building and loan firms supply a large share of home loans. The Virginia Seelings, Building and Loan League meeting runs through Saturday.
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Roanoke
Federal Housing Administration
Edward G. Bailey
FHA
Richmond
Bailey
Virginia
Daniel J. Cronin
Veterans Administration
Cronin
Walter W. McCallister
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank
McAllister
Clem D. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Vigil Maintained On River Levees
Des Moines reports ongoing vigil along levees to guard against seepage cracks jams and undermining as Des Moines River recedes after a record crest of 30.3 feet. City Manager Leonard G Howell warns not to let guard down while weather forecasters revise timelines and officials estimate nearly 10 million dollars in flood damage across the watershed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leonard G. Howell
Towa
Army
Iowa
Cedar River
Charge Law Firm In Tax Fix Plot
NEW YORK June 25 Four associates from a New York law firm were charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to fix income tax cases and to obstruct investigations. They allegedly worked with crooked revenue agents, sought out targets as clients for fixes, and handled at least 160000 in bribes. Named coconspirators included Danial A. Bolich and Henry Grunewald. The four defendants pled innocent. trial set for August 20. bail $5000 each.
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New York
Asst
U. S
Alfred P. O'Hara
Danial A. Bolich
Internal Revenue Bureau
Henry
Internal Revenue
Pattullo Model, Inc
Gotham Beef Co
Samuel Scohpick
Irving Davis
Max Halperin
Times
Milton Hoffman
Edward A. Conger
Schopick
Davis
Nationalist China admits seizing ship near Formosa
Nationalist China announced it seized a Russian tanker Tuapse bound for Shanghai amid a blockade dispute near Formosa. The move followed prior seizures of the Polish tanker Praca and potential actions against the Gottwald as Soviet vessels consider countermeasures.
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China
Taipeh
Formosa
Shanghai
Far East
Russia
U. S. Navy
U.S. 7Th Fleet
State Department
Washington
Ees
Praca
Gottwald
Taiwan
Ch Petroleum Corp
Tuapse
Kaohsiung
U.N. Postpones Guatemalan Talk
The United Nations Security Council postponed further discussion of Guatemala’s conflict until the OAS acts. Four members voted to adopt the agenda item on aggression, five against, two abstained. Russia failed to secure a debate as the council split among major powers.
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United Nations
N.Y
Guatemala City
U. N. Security Council
Organization of American States
Council
Soviet Union
Security Council
Guatemala
Russia
Lebanon
New Zealand
Denmark
United States
Brazil
Colombia
Turkey
China
Britain
France
Special Jury Ordered In Attorney General Death Probe
The state escalates control in the A L Patterson murder case as a special grand jury is empaneled and Judge Walter B. Jones presides. State investigators move to a new headquarters while acting Atty. Gen. Bernard Sykes vows thorough inquiry with three assistants and potential additional staff.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Bernard Sykes
Arch Ferrell
Livingston
State Supreme Court
J. B. Hicks
Montgomery
Circuit Court
Walter B. Jones
Hicks
Patterson
Sykes
Atty. Gen. S. Garrett
Galveston
Lee Barton
Ferrell
Eisenhower and Churchill Open Talks on Atomic Sharing
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill began a high level White House conference to mend a rift over fighting communism and to discuss sharing atomic information with allies. They also reviewed plans for a six nation European army and possible British unity with anti Communist Asia. Churchill arrived with Eden and aides and emphasized clearing up misunderstandings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
United States
White House
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia
Retary
State Dulles
Britain
Anthony Eden
Prestones
Eden
Dulles
Asia
Indochina
Churchill travels to America amid cigars and rumors
Air stewardess Isabel Carson and chief steward Jack Bury dispute rumors about Sir Winston Churchill’s drink habits aboard the transatlantic flight. Carson says Churchill took no brandy and only a spot of port after dinner, while Bury confirms no brandy. She adds Churchill smoked cigars constantly from London to Washington.
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Washington
Sir Winston Churchill
America
Churchill
Transocean
Isabel Carson
London
Jack Bury
Jings
Bury
Miss Carson
Nehru and Chou Hold Friendly Talks in New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai met for over three hours at Nehru's residence for an Asian to Asian briefing on world problems. The talks, conducted with an interpreter for the first formal session, focused on Indochina and Korea and signaled possible shifts in Asia's balance amid rising Indian Communist strength after the U.S. aid pact with Pakistan.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Chou En-lai
China
Chou
Indochina
Korea
Asia
Government House
Rajendra Prasad
Nehru-Chou
U. S
Pakistan
Red China
Hinduma
Truman in stable condition after gall bladder surgery
Kansas City report says former president Harry S. Truman “doing all right” despite nausea and a fever. He sat up briefly after a feeding and doctors noted his temperature near 100 degrees. The 70 year old ex leader had undergone gall bladder and appendix removal last Sunday.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
I Poe
Wallace Geer Truman
Two Pull Well Planned Holdup Get $4 725
Ashland police report two men wearing white Panama hats robbed pool hall operator Ernest Petro of 4725 cash as he returned from the bank. A 1952 Pontiac sedan linked to the getaway was found abandoned four blocks away, and roadblocks were set in the tri state area with no new leads.
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Ashland
Harold Rush
Ernest
Ernie) Petro
Petro
Rush
Caugh
Tri-State
65000 West Virginia Miners Begin Vacation
Charleston reports 65000 West Virginia miners will start an extra summer vacation after finishing tonight. The United Mine Workers district office says the men will vacation through July 6, resuming work after the holiday period.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Tina
West Virg
United Mine Workers District
Rebels Bomb Guatemala City in Air War Report
United Nations sources in New York and San Salvador report Guatemalan ambassador Eduard Castillo Arriola said three planes bombed Guatemala City while he spoke with Foreign Minister Guillermo Tortello. The invasion force claimed Zacapa and Chiquimula captured and advanced toward the capital amid reports of fires and casualties.
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United Nations
N.Y
Eduado Castillo Arriola
Guatemala City
Guillermo Tortello
Zacapa
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Liberation Radio
Carlos Castillo Armas
Chiquimula
Boston
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Eduard Castillo Arriola
New York
Guillermo Toriello
Guatemala
U. N
Bny
Bananera
Honduran
Liberation
Belize
British Honduras
Caribbean
Puerto Barrios
Castillo Armas
Gualan
Arbenz
Dinner Honors Prime Minister With Gold Dipped Silverware
Dwight Eisenhower hosted a small state dinner for Prime Minister Winston and Foreign Secretary Anthony. Twenty six guests sat at a horseshoe table in the state dining room, which was decorated with yellow roses and yellow iris as gold-dipped knives forks and spoons were laid out.
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Tha
Garth Ahng
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston
Anthony En
Poor Farmers Down To Last Cadillac Hit By Williams
Sen Williams rips Agriculture Department over poultry loans to “poor little farmers” in a Senate speech. He cites a $16 675 FCA loan to an unind doctor with “last Cadillac,” a $58 100 FCA loan to Otto Zurcher tied to a housing venture, a restaurant and a tour ist camp financed by government funds. Kendrick defends a $35 loan to himself noting a refi within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Williams
R-Del
Agriculture Department
Senate
Sussex County
Farm Credit Administration
Otto Zurcher
Arapaho
Colo
FCA
Zurcher
Federal Housing Administration
J. Frank Kendrick
Kendrick
R. B McLealsh
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