Fraudulent Medical Discharge Racket Exposed By First Air Force
The First Air Force announced a complex racket involved soldiers obtaining fraudulent medical discharges and transfers for a few thousand dollars. Investigators traced payments to civilians who directed men to military members at Mitchel Field for fake processing.
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First Air Force
Hempstead
N. Y
Air Force Public Relations Office
Mitchelfield
Air Force
Walter V. Radovich
United States
Europe
Resignation Rumors Swirl Around Stone After Roberts Exit
Washington dispatch reports Owen J. Roberts resigns from the Supreme Court effective month end. Speculation grows that Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, 72, may follow, given his eligibility since 1942 for full pay upon retirement.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Truman
Roberts
High Court
H Siven
Stone
Jone
Lowdermilk Not Being Mentioned For Charlotte Post
Charlotte City Manager Robert W. Flack stated no mention of High Point Police Chief John A. Lowdermilk as a possible successor to Charlotte’s chief position. He said rumors had sparked inquiries from Enterprise staff about Lowdermilk being considered.
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Robert W. Flack
Charlotte
John A. Lowdermilk
High Point
Walter Anderson
Charlotte Department
Lowdermilk
Mr. Flack
Flack
Enterprise
Charlotte Post
City Hall
Patent Granted for Magnesium Producing Method
Dritz J. Hansgirg of Black Mountain North Carolina has obtained a patent for a process to produce magnesium from magnesium silicates. The method uses partial reduction to lower silica to silicon while preserving magnesium oxide, then high temperature reaction to form metallic magnesium. The rights are assigned to North Carolina Magnesium Deep Corporation of Asheville.
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Richmond
Dritz J. Hansgirg
Black Mountain
N. C
U.S
North Carolina Magnesium Deep Corporation
Asheville
Hansgirg
Excess Profit Levy May Be Retroactive
Congressional tax leaders predicted the House would pass a bill before nightfall to improve business cash position by $5 billion during reconversion. Opposition grew with some members saying the measure cuts millions from several railroads, including comments from Rules Committee Chairman Sabath about the Wabash railroad.
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Washington
House
Sabath
D-Ny
Rules Committee
Auto Industry Costs Haunt OPA Price Ceiling Talks
Washington July 6 The auto industry keeps cost figures secret hindering OPA plans for new passenger car price ceilings. Manufacturers oppose round robin talks to share data a key step to determine allowable price increases. Ford and others slowly resume production amid the stalemate.
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Washington
OPA
Ford
Japan Mobilizes Civilian Workers As War Extends
Tokyo claims Japan began mobilizing civilian volunteer workers including railroad staff as part of home front mobilization while awaiting possible combat. The report notes 50 000 railroad workers first to be militarized and cites shortages in munitions and fuel, with Tokyo claiming aircraft fuel plans and land for alcohol potato cultivation. A separate Guam report says a Fourth of July B 29 raid destroyed large portions of Tokushima Okayama and Tokushima, marking the greatest destruction yet by B 29s in Japan.
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Japan
Ag Ee —Corps
Home Isl
Radio Tokyo
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Imperial Army
Federal Communications Commission
Jan
Soma
Tokyo
Guam
Tokushima
Shikoku Island
21St Bomber Command
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Okayama
Onshu
Osaka
State Tops Rivals In Tobacco
North Carolina led the 21 tobacco states last year with 755,606,000 pounds on 694,300 acres, valued at $326,619,000 and averaging 43.2 cents per pound. Virginia produced 144,691,000 pounds on 300,000 acres. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and others trailed in yield per acre. National production reached 1,950,213,000 pounds with an average price of 41.8 cents.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Agriculture Department
Virginia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Wis
South Carolna
United States
Soldier with extraordinary appetite puzzles doctors
Pfc. Chester J. Salvatori from Southampton Mass. weighs 140 pounds but has an insatiable hunger. In Atlanta report he describes meals of forty eggs twenty toast quarts of milk eight bacon slices a quart coffee and a large cereal box. He even claims to have eaten an 18 pound turkey in one meal and as many as 36 pork chops at once.
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Atlanta
Pfc
Chester J. Salvatori
Southampton
Mass
Steel and Coal Production Hit by Labor Disputes
The Associated Press reports widespread labor stoppages idle about 50,000 workers. CIO United Rubber workers return to Goodyear in Akron after a 20 day strike. South Chicago Carnegie Illinois Steel and Republic Steel Cleveland mills shut down affecting war steel output and coal mining in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Cio-United Rubber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
CIO
Gary
Ind
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
United
Akron Rubber Plants Resume Production Amid Walkout
In Akron Ohio production resumes as 16 700 CLO United Rubber workers report at Good year Tire and Rubber plants, ending 20 days of strike binding. The world’s second largest steel mill shuts down today due to a strike.
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Akron
CLO
United Rubber
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Coal workers strike halts Wilkes-Barre region mines
Owen Williams regional director of the solid fuels administration says about 4100 miners are stopping work at the Prospect and Henry workings Hazleton shaft of Lehigh Valley Coal Co and the Huber mine of the Gien Alden company in Wilkes-Barre area.
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Wilkes-Barre
Owen Williams
Solid Fuels Administration
Prospect
Henry
Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Huber
Gien Alden
Senate Slices War Agencies Appropriations Measure
The Senate appropriations committee shelved the war agencies bill for the weekend after a $618 million cut left $134 million of the original $752 million. Leaders McKellar and Hayden aim to mediate a compromise to restore operating funds for the War Production Board, War Shipping Administration and Office of Defense Transportation.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Agencies
House
Senate
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Dtenn
Hayden
D-Ariz
War Production Board
War Shipping Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Roosevelt inquiry into influence over transatlantic grant
Rep. Shafer of Michigan urged Congress to probe whether Brig. Gen. Eliot Roosevelt used influence to aid Trans Continental and Western Airlines in obtaining a transatlantic air route grant. He said he made no direct accusation and spoke to the House yesterday.
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Washington
Shafer
R-Mich
Congress
Eliott Roosevelt
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines, Inc
House
Morgenthau to Step Down as Truman Names Successor
Washington reports Morgenthau will resign as secretary of the treasury when President Truman returns from the Berlin Big Three meeting. Fred Vinson emerges as a leading replacement candidate while others speculation includes Owen Roberts retirement and personnel moves across the administration.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Truman
Morgenthau
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Interior
Ickes
England
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
France
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Maine
Jesse M. Donaldson
Treasury
Bases in Europe May Be Retained
A Senate committee signaled possible retention of permanent U S military bases on the European continent. The War Investigating Committee report cites 370 U S air bases and other installations as key to future security and international commerce, suggesting negotiations while in a strong bargaining position.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Europe
Yanks Charged With Holding Leopold Prisoner
Brussels reports La Libre Belgique claims American troops hold King Leopold III as a prisoner in the Austrian Alps at the urging of the Van Acker government. The paper says guards at St Wolfgang villa are ordinary guards and Belgian officials are stopped at frequent checkpoints.
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Brussels
la Libre Belgique
Leopold III
Achille van Acker
St. Wolfgang
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Truman Orders Tough Review of Government Spending
President Truman called for a most exacting review of all department spending and prompt investigation of any ground for suspected misuse or careless handling of funds. He noted little evidence of abuse but urged vigorous disciplinary action to preserve the good record.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Stron
Polio Epidemic Reported in San Rafael
An outbreak of infantile paralysis has reached epidemic proportions in San Rafael California health authorities report seventy cases diagnosed in the northern California city in early July.
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California
San Rafael
Calif
Fifth Enters Slam Bang Offensive
Manila disclosure confirms Fifth Air Force planes moved from the Philippines to Okinawa joining heavy bombers fighters and naval air units in a new power shift. Dispatches from Guam and Iwo Jima report repeated air strikes on Honshu Kyushu the Ryukus and Korean transports.
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Manila
Fifth Air Force
Philippines
Okinawa
Japan
Douglas MacArth
George €. Kenney
Guam
Iwo Jima
Honshu
Kyushu
Ryukus
Korea
Yank fliers bomb Manchuria Korea rail line and targets
In Okinawa on July 4, US bombers for the first time range toward Korea and strike the main Manchuria to Japan railroad. They report destruction of five bridges three tunnel entrances seven trains three power stations one dam damaged and attacks on a lighthouse and radio station.
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Okinawa
Korea
Manchuria
Japan
Forty eight Mustangs strike six targets in Kyushu from Okinawa bases
The 35th fighter group sent 48 mustangs to hit six Kyushu sites within hours of arriving at new Fifth Air Force bases on Okinawa. General Kenney vowed continued air hammering of Japan until unconditional surrender, as Fifth Air Force and 20th Air Force units engaged in the same operation led by Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay.
Post Office Employes Get Wage Increase
President Truman signed legislation granting postal workers their first general raise since the war. Regulars in automatic grades receive up to 20 percent or 400 dollars a year, with a minimum 300-dollar boost, plus overtime pay beyond 260 days and a 10 percent night differential. Postmasters’ pay links to office gross receipts. various classes receive specific increases. Automatic grades expand for clerks and carriers. inspectors' scale rises to 3 000 to 6 000. rural carriers gain automatic promotions and a 14-level pay plan.
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Washington
Truman
Railway Mail Service
Air Mail Service
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