Morgenthau Face Grain Probe As Senate Seeks Details
Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Ferguson will question Henry Morgenthau Jr. about grain trading while he was in the cabinet and any dealings dating to those years. Secretary Anderson and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham are asked to testify. Pauley’s account also under scrutiny in the widening inquiry into speculative grain trading.
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Senate
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of Treasury
Ferguson
Rmich
Appropriations
Morgenthau
Agriculture
Anderson Morgenthau
New York
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Royall
Pauley
Special House
Brazil outlawed Communist party in sweeping legality move
Brazil's President Eurico Gaspar Dutra signed a law removing all communists from elective posts nationwide, targeting a party once large and active. The chamber ratified the measure 181 to 74 amid chaos in the deputies chamber including guns drawn and fist fights, while Prestes led the party in opposition.
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Ucpulics
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Rio de Janeiro
Senate
Communist Party
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Brazil
Soviet Union
Chamber of Deputies
Luis Carlos Prestes
Prestes
Mauricio Garbois
Dutra
Wall Street
Russia
Hickory Parking Meters Recede Into Profit After Ten Months
Out of Red Hickory reports 400 parking meters have collected more than their $21,600 cost in ten months. The system shows revenue exceeding the purchase price, signaling financial success for the city.
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Hickory
Weather Update Brief Warmth Returns Tomorrow
Official records show a fair and warmer day ahead with milder tonight into Friday. Temperatures rise and sunrise occurs around 5:23 with rainfall reported in January data.
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Eerste
Weather Bureau
UN Prepares To Carry Out Palestine Plan
The United Nations moves to implement the 1947 partition plan for Palestine. Secretary-General Trygve Lie will open the five nation Palestine partition commission in New York to map methods of division amid Arab opposition and coordinate consultations with Britain on troop evacuation timetables.
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Holy Land
Lie
Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
Greeks Order Ammunition From England
Athens reports Maj. Gen. William G. said Greece has ordered 40 000 rifles and ammunition from England to arm an expanded national guard. The $3 million cost is paid from frozen foreign exchange. The aid mission approved growing the guard to 50 000 and enlarging the army to 132 000 to fight Communist guerillas with Gen. Livesay noting Greek soldiers are capable.
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William G
U. S
Greece
England
Britain
United States
Livesay
Metsovon
Konitsa
Newspaper man Charles Michelson dies at 79
Washington obituary notes Charles Michelson longtime journalist and former publicity director of the Democratic National Committee died at age 79 on January 8.
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Washington
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Raleigh Publisher In Serious Condition
Josephus Daniels 85 former navy secretary and ambassador to Mexico editor publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer remains seriously ill at home after bronchitis and a heavy cold. His physician Dr Hubert Haywood says he is a pretty sick man and Daniels had attended church Sunday despite illness.
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Raleigh
Jan
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Mexico
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Hubert Haywood
Truman selects Maj. Gen. Kuter for civil aviation board
President Truman names Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter to chair the civil aeronautics board, replacing James M. Landis. The appointment announced today in Washington signals a leadership change at the agency overseeing civil aviation policy and regulation.
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Washington
Truman
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
James M. Landis
Two New York Men Arrested In Wilmington Theft Case
In Wilmington two New York state men, Richard E. Sweeney and Benjamin Zalefsky, were arrested on auto theft charges after a pursuit ended with Sweeney, wounded, plunging from a three story building onto an awning and then onto a police officer's back. Sweeney was later captured. condition reported as fair. Meanwhile in Atlanta, a wholesale exposure of juvenile depredations involving 20 additional boys was promised by attorney William Kiey Howard as four youths bound to the grand jury for thrill wrecking of cars.
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New York State
J. M. Bryan
C. E. Thompson, Jr
Richard E. Sweeney
Patehogue
N. Y
Benjamin Zalefsky
Bronx
New York City
Sweeney
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
William Kiey Howard
Fulton County
Danny Payne
Thrill Kids
Ed Evans
Harold Ferst
Leonard Haas
Howard
Payne
Evans
City Court
Dekalb County
Dekalb
Johnny Jones
Atlanta Police Recorder
Plane Crash in Savannah Marshes Kills 17
A New York to Miami charter plane crashed in the Savannah River marshes eight miles southeast of Savannah killing 17 passengers and injuring nine. Rescue crews retrieved bodies and injured for hours as authorities searched for a missing infant and confirmed names of victims.
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Coastal Airlines
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Raymond Fick
Trenton
N. J
Frank Rossiter
Savannah Morning News
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Savannah River
Here
U. S. Coast Guard
Aurora
Doboy
Isabelle Maldonado
Tug Captain Says Rescue Attempts Were Unavailing
NORFOLK VA Jan 8 There was no chance to rescue two officers of the tug P F Martin washed overboard New Year’s night off the North Carolina coast. Capt Coleman Miller master of the tug said Chief Engineer Thomas Spence Dukes and Second Mate Otwood Browne Daniels both of Norfolk were swept away by a large wave in heavy seas. He threw life rings and searched the area without sighting either man.
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P. F. Martin
North Carolina
Coleman Miller
Thomas Spence Dukes
Otwood Browne Daniels
Miller
Floods Ravage Pacific Northwest Path of Destruction
Widespread floods sweep Oregon Washington and Idaho with five deaths in Oregon and millions in damage. Willamette River crests loom six to eight feet above flood stage. Towns and farmlands around Eugene Corvallis Albany face rising waters isolating villages and shrinking transport. University of Idaho Moscow students displaced. Washington State College dikes manned as roads severed and landslides hinder Columbia Gorge passage.
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Wash
Pullman
Washington State College
Stalin Death Rumor Circulates Across Europe
Swiss daily Der Bund reported a rumor that Joseph Stalin is dead, noting Moscow chatter on the topic. London officials dismissed the claim as nonsense while other European press speculated about cancer and paralysis rumors, with various experts traveling for comments.
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Switzerland
der Bund
Stalin
Moscow
Virginia Concern Plans 193 House Project for City
Martinsville based Byrd and Lester propose to build 198 houses in High Point near Blair Park. An engineering firm is drawing tentative plans with four or five room homes. City council will consider the proposal at its January 20 meeting.
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Martinsville
Virginia
High Point
Blair Park
Byrd and Lester
Marshall Urges Prompt Adequate Europe Aid Congress Must Act
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Congress must provide an adequate and promptly administered European aid program or abandon it. He rejected creating a separate feudal administrator and urged a single Secretary of State led framework. He described the $6.8 billion for the first 15 months as a precise figure based on expected cuts, arguing aid is essential to genuine recovery and to move Europe and the U.S. from relief to rebuilding.
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Marshall
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republican Congress
Europe
America
Truman
Mr. Truman
Rep
Knutson
R-Mion
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman Proposals Seen Headed for Wastebasket
President Truman’s major 1948 legislative ideas, especially tax cuts and anti inflation plans, looked headed for the wastebasket in Congress. Some measures like rent control extension and foreign aid may pass in compromise form, while health insurance and universal military training were deemed highly doubtful.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Polish Underground Leader Recalls WWI Escape to Africa
The Polish government in exile interior minister recounts organizing the underground after escape from behind the Iron Curtain and discusses 1941 talks with Roosevelt. He recalls Polish forces in France, Maginot defenses, and evacuation toward North Africa as France falls. He notes Sikorski's push to continue the fight and the perilous journey through southern France toward Port Vendres.
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Roosevelt
France
Hitler
Weygand
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Africa
Sikorski
Poland
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Morre
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