Five percenters rumor draws White House stance on army probes
July 20 dispatch notes a White House official saying Shil is what President Truman wants and orders to proceed with investigations of five percenters, contractors with alleged influence. Sen Mundt demands Vaughan explain if he knows something or is windjamming as two officers are suspended in a preliminary inquiry.
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Washington
Shil
Gruman
Uel
White House
Truman
Senator Mundt
RSD
Ger
Harry W. Vaughan
Vaughan
Senate Investigations — Subcommittee
Army Department
Walden MH. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Herman Pelainga
Ill Barbara Hut ton Troubetatco in court custody case
Dedham July 2 Barbara Hut ton Troubetatco appears in probate court listed as critically ill and undernourished with weight down to 88 pounds She seeks custody of her 13 year old son Lance until September 14 The heiress has undergone four surgeries in three years and suffered removal of parts of her small intestine Court records note her fragile condition and limited mobility
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Dedham. Mn
Woolworth
Romeo Fernandez Denies Involvement In Slaying Case
Raymond Fernandez testified in New York court denying any part in the January slaying of Janet Fay, while detailing a lurid life of lonely hearts with his partner Martha Beck. He claimed Beck preferred to share him with others as prosecutors allege a hammer attack and strangulation occurred at their Valley Stream apartment.
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New York
Raymond Fernandez
Romeo
Fernandez
Ferandex
Ferandez
Postal
Lonely Hearts
Martha Beck
Tanet Fay
Albany
Mrs. Fay
Queens County
Mrs. Beck
Loney Hearts
Michigan
George Adams of Pine Bluff Delivers $25,000 to Shriners
George Adams of Pine Bluff Ark today presented the national board of Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children with $25,000 at the Shrine convention session. Adams was not present. Officials said he made a large donation last year as well.
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Chicana
George Adams
Tine Bliff
Ark
National Board of Shriners Hospitals For
Adams
South urged to use ex war plants in the South
Washington reports a National Planning Association committee urges maintaining 296 wartime plants in the South to raise living standards below the Mason-Dixon line. It cites a 14 month old government disposal freeze hindering private leasing, noting 44 complete plants and parts of two others are wholly surplus. A multiple tenancy plan could enable larger facilities to operate by several small firms.
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Washington
South
National Planning Association
Mason-Dixon Line
Planning Association
Ordnance, Chemical
Committee of the South
Arkansas Ordanance
Jacksonville
No. 2 Agri Dept Post to Be Filled
President Truman may soon name an assistant secretary of agriculture to fill a vacancy open for over a year. Informants link Ralph S. Knox Stlutchinson of Murfreesboro Tennessee and Elmer H. Wenne of New Jersey to the post, though confirmation is uncertain.
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Agri
Washington
Truman
Camimeodity Credits Corp
Alothough
Knox Stlutchinson
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Southern wartime industrial shift boosts output and wages
A government report notes many war era soy plant gains in the South with 193 of 29 cent plants taken, 24 leased, and 44 surplus. Overall 1940s to 1946 saw 5,000 more manufacturing plants and 630,600 more wage earners, with wages tripling and output nearly doubling. Per capita income rose notably across states such as Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi.
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South
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
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John Gnand
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Sweetie
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Casey Jones
Chambray
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