Probe into Navy inquiry on B 36 bribery and Vaughan aid
Navy opens probe into sources of fraud rumors in Air Force B 36 procurement. Worth, a Navy aide, testified before the House committee and was suspended. The naval court led by Adm. Kinkaid will hold open sessions to determine if Worth’s memo and press coverage implicated any officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Cedric Worth
Dan Kimball
Worth
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Johnson
Air Symington
Floyd Odlum
Naval
House
Carl Vinsen
D Ga
White House aide denies improper acts in business deals
The aide testified he aided businessmen with government matters without fees or favors and claimed the President was unaware. He admitted helping Maragon and Hunt, denied authorizing Maragon to speak for him, and said campaign funds he accepted came from those individuals. The committee asked the Justice Department to examine Maragon’s finances and questioned Vaughan on his relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Missouri
National Guard
Truman
White House
Robert L. Dennison
Washington
Union Station
Senate
Europe
Gen
Department of Justice
Maragon
Major Parties Plan Campaigns for 1950
The article outlines 1950 campaign preparations by both parties. It notes William M. Boyle Jr. becoming Democratic national chairman, Guy Gabrielson as Republican chairman, and Dixiecrats being purged from the Democrats. It covers Truman era themes, Taft re election hopes, and party contrasts on policy and constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Boyle, Jr
J. Howard McGrath
Guy Gabrielson
New Jersey
Rep
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Robert Taft
Ohio
Hamileton
Clinton
Anderson
GOP
United States
Gabrielson
Shostakovich Returns to Marxist Theme With New Oratorio
The Soviet Committee on Art credits Dmitri Shostakovich with a new oratorio praising Stalinist forestry plans. Words by Eugenia Dolmatovsky celebrate forest belts, drought relief, and the peaceful labor of the Soviet people. The composer spent over six months on this work for choir soloists and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russia
Stalin
Soviet Committee On Art
Shostakovich
Eugenia Dolmatovsky
Distinguished birthdays highlight aging features in quotes
Mrs. Henriette C. Sargent of Holly New Jersey marks her 102nd birthday saying she feels better than ever. General Charles G. Dawes former vice president turns 84 and jokes he does not want to be interviewed, suggesting they should just shoot him.
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Henriette C. Sargent
Holly
N. J
Charles G
Fell 'N’ Maria) Dawes
U.S
Polio Patients Still Rely on Iron Lungs Across Years
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 207 polio patients remain on iron lungs after one to 18 years of treatment. Sixteen million World War II veterans are to receive shares from a 2.8 billion GI insurance refund next year. The Czech government announces the crushing of an armed anti Red revolt last May.
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National Foundation For
Final Grand Army of the Republic encampment held in Indianapolis
The 1866 GAR first encampment in Indianapolis is remembered as the possible last gathering. Veterans aged 100 to 108 speak of Gettysburg and other battles while Theodore Penland of Vancouver asserts this will be his final tenure as commander in chief. Local commemorations include a commemorative stamp and tablets marking the sites of both the first and last encampments.
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Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
Veterans Administration
Washington
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Richmond
Yorktown
Theodore A
Penland
Vancouver
Wash
James A. Hard
Rochester
N. Y
Albert Woolson
Duluth, Minn
Robert Barrett
Princeton
The
Sons of Union Veterans
Argentina approves British Argentine trade pact in long session
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies approved the five year trade pact with Britain 96 to 28 after a 44 hour 20 minute debate. The Senate, fully Peronist, is expected to ratify. Britain will spend over 516 million on Argentine goods while Argentina will buy 486 million in British products.
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Chamber of Deputies
Juan D. Peron
Senate
Peron
Buenos Aires
United States
Britain
Argentina
Mrs Roosevelt Reveals Communist Tactics in Youth Group Memoir
In McCall's Magazine memoirs Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says the American Youth Congress long followed a Communist line but stayed to influence its course. She notes the experience taught her how infiltration works and how Communist tactics delay and sway decisions in organizations.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Youth Congress
McCail
United Nations
Perryopolis borrough plan to spend Frazier bequest
Citizens of Perryopolis Pennsylvania have chosen a 1.5 million bequest from Mary Fuller Frazier for town improvements. The plan calls to form a borough and spend half the funds on improvements such as an educational center, municipal building, sewage and water system, streets, lighting, and parks while the rest covers maintenance. Construction waits on incorporation petition and local election timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryopolis
Mary Fuller Frazier
Community Planning Association
Frazier
Fayette County
September events listed for labor day and sports
A dated list mentions Labor Day events in Wales and Lafayette Day in the U S. It notes the New York State primary election and an American Psychological Association meeting in Denver. Economic talks in Washington involve the United States Britain and Canada. The Wightman Cup for women opens in Haverford Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
American Psychological Association
Denver
Washington
America
Britain
Canada
Brazil
Haverford
Penna
Noiseless rustic-proof popcorn bag sweeps vendors
A new quiet rustic-proof bag for movie popcorn vendors aims to prevent damage from blasts while the porous paper prevents water or air from being used for balcony disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S. Air Force
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Billy Talbert
Ted Schroeder
Gardnar Mulloy
Pancho Gonzales
Paul Robeson
Peekskill, N. Y
West Palm Beach
Florida
American Legion
Perry Brown
Chicago Daily News
James V. Hunt
John Maragon
Kansas City
Taft
Viva Peron
Apatrick
St. Lows
Post-Dispatch
Wales
van Nuys
Calif
Cuteo
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