Scandals and Corruption Hit a South Russian Province
A United Press report by Donald J. Gonzales surveys corruption within a southern Russian province, contrasting rosy propaganda with documented scandals from Soviet press and internal broadcasts. The piece notes limited publicity outside the Iron Curtain and presents evidence gathered from recent Russian newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Russia
U.S.S.R
Donald J. Gonzales
United Press Staff
Geor gia purge highlights graft in Stalin era Russia
Scandals and corruption purge high Communist leaders in Georgia, southern Russia. Embezzlement theft and bribery by top officials cited along with nepotism protectionism and favoritism. Ringleaders fired and some disappear to Siberian labor camps, illustrating corruption within the USSR bureaucracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Josef Stalin
Georgia
Russia
Red
Stalin
Laurenty P. Beria
Tiflis
Beria
Politburo
Soviet Union
Zarya Vostoka
Star of the East
Mgeladze
Central Committee
The
Georgian Communist Party
Italian artisan in New York fair seeks U.S. buyers
Ditta Viviani, a 32 year old craftsman from Bagni Di Lucca, arrives in New York for the Italy Today fair at Grand Central Palace. He hopes to sell hand painted terrage statuettes and return to Milan to reopen his workshop, learning English while awaiting customer orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Ditta Viviani
Viviani
Italy
Milan
Brooklyn
Grand Central Palace
Bagni di Lucca
Tuscany
Manhattan
Europe
Bambina
FDR Jr. Muddled On Relatives In Nomination Talk
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. misstated family links while predicting Sen. Robert A. Taft could win the Republican nomination over Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. He said an uncle of his stole the nomination in 1912, but records show Taft's father won that year against Theodore Roosevelt, a distant cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
D-N. Y
Taft
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Grand Jury Probes Meat in Wisconsin Case
A federal grand jury in Milwaukee investigates illegal sales of horsemeat and diseased beef in northeastern Wisconsin. Evidence may yield a preliminary report by week’s end. Rings from Chicago, Duluth, St Paul traced horsemeat and downer beef sold in Green Bay and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
U. S
Timothy Cronin
Bert Frederickson
Frederickson
Office of Price Stabilization District
Green Bay
Duluth
St. Paul
Minn
Brown
Oconto
Marinette
Menominee
Mich
OPS
Elliot Walstead
Lake Mills
Waterloo
Wis
Classified Ad Notice from Wisconsin Sale
An archival classified line notes items had been sold in Wisconsin since the end of World War II and provides a contact number 5121 for placing or inquiring about ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
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U.S
By Elizabeth Toomey
United Press
Communist Party
Komsomols
Turkey
Black Sea
Tiflis Communist Party
M. I. Baramiya
A. N. Rapava
V. Shoniya
Rapava and
Shoniya
Denmark
Fdr Jr
L.forner
Sol Aner Sons
Ed Sullivan
WBKB
Mercury
60Th Street
Lye America Nal Sying Sar
Kenosha
Lincoln-Mercury Inc
Elinoiny
Cao
28Th Ave
Racine
Taylor Ave
Washington Road
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