Truman Faces Probes in Test of Political Mettle
The piece argues Truman's reputation as a master politician is tested by probes into Reconstruction Finance Corp and tax divisions while foreign policy strains persist in Korea and Cold War tensions. It hints the president must navigate investigations and potential ethical questions amid election pressures.
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Truman
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Reconstruction Finance ‘Corp. House
William M. le Jr
Reoe
Democratic National Committee
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Justice Department
Tax Division
Tax Fraud Cases Rise as Government Clamps Down
Internal Revenue Commissioner John B. Dunlap outlined a tougher drive against tax fraud in a report to Secretary Snyder. From January to September 46 Revenue employees were fired and 22 quit while under investigation, bringing total separations to at least 103 in 11 months, compared with 40 for cause in the prior fiscal year.
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Internal Revenue
John B. Dunlap
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Revenue Bureau
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Tax Service
Mayor Bowron Seeks Clearer Crime Charge Definitions
Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron urged precise crime charge definitions for city and police officials to avoid stigma while supporting targeted investigations. He criticized delay in a new federal crime conference and urged cooperation among federal state and local agencies, naming the FBI as a key contact point. He referenced Senate Time Committee probes and investigations of the Reconstruction Finance Corp and tax scandals.
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Fletcher Bowron
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Today’s Grab Bag Answers and Clues
This feature lists quick questions about history and science. It introduces a celebrity quiz on a singing star and a cabinet figure tied to Winston Churchill, noting their backgrounds and roles in law, war service, and politics.
Name of British official linked to postwar roles
The column identifies a man who in 1945 served as attorney general and privy councillor and was deputy British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, later becoming home secretary in Churchill's cabinet after the October 25 election. The piece asks for his name, with names listed at the bottom.
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Churchill
Vengeance Defined and Etymology Traced
A concise note explains vengeance as punishment for injury or offense driven by passion, tracing its origin from Old French vengier venchier to Latin vindicare and vindicator from Vinder, claimant, avenger.
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Venchier
Ambitious minds urged to seek knowledge beyond home
The note encourages pushing ambitions by learning methods found outside one’s environment. It adds a dated sign that a child born on this day is likely to be industrious and persevering.
It S Been Said Discretion of Speech to More Agreeably
A short aphorism attributed to Francis Bacon on discretion in speech. The line discusses choosing pleasant and orderly language when dealing with others. It reflects Renaissance thought on tact, diplomacy, and the efficacy of measured rhetoric.
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Francis Bacon
Indiana Joins Union and World War II Declarations
Timeline notes Indiana statehood in 1816 and a 1941 shift as Germany and Italy declare war on the United States while the U S responds. It also records the 1936 abdication era event linking Edward VI to Wallis Simpson.
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Birthday salute to Giacomo Lauri-Volli
Italian opera singer Giacomo Lauri-Volli is celebrated on his birthday with best wishes.
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How'd You Make Out Madmian and More
Puzzle fragment lists items including a medicine that induces sleep and a note about Gen Douglas MacArthur being created field marshal by the Philippine Commonwealth. It mentions a patient receiving lodging and food as well as treatment.
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Philippine Commonwealth
East German leader urges all German peace talks in Berlin
East German deputy premier Luther Bolz pressed for an all German conference in Berlin to plan elections and a peace treaty for a unified Germany. He spoke to the U N Special Political Committee opposing the Western Three plan for a neutral inquiry. He denied mass political imprisonments and cited Soviet support for a four power controlled process. Cantaloupes were named for Cantaloupe, Italy, where the melons first were grown in Europe.
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Germany
United Nations
Luther Bolz
Soviet Zone
U. N. Special Political Committee
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Otto Grotewohl
Cantaloupe
Italy
Europe
Evangelism For Service Camps Planned
A preaching mission titled Christ is the Answer will visit 82 Army and Navy camps nationwide. Organized by the General Commission on Chaplains and the National Council of Churches, it runs from January 6 through February with 148 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox speakers. Dr. Jesse M. Bader outlined the plan at a luncheon and noted each mission starts on Sunday and ends Friday night with hymn singing emphasized. A message from President Truman urged strengthening the armed forces moral life as the world is defended. The piece also notes the second Moscow bell as the world’s largest in use at 128 tons per Britannica.
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United States
General Commission On Chaplains
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Jesse M. Bader
Council
Liment of Evangelism
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