Tax Agents Questioned Over Unbelievable Spending
Washington internal revenue workers faced sharp doubt from the Ways and Means subcommittee led by Rep. King as four figure salaries funded five figure expenditures. Testimony highlighted gambling winnings, stock market bets, and gifts to explain lavish spending beyond income.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
House
Ways and Means
Rep. King
Dcalif
New York City
King
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Daniel Bolich
Paul Hofrichter
Brooklyn Tax Office
Brooklyn
Hospitalize 19 of Ship's Crew in Diphtheria Outbreak
Nineteen crew members from the transport USS Bayfield were hospitalized as navy medical teams battle an apparent diphtheria outbreak. Seven cases are definite diphtheria, others may be, with culture tests due tomorrow. The Bayfield and its 360 crew remain in strict quarantine at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Bayfield
Navy
Tripler General Hospital
Paducah Atomic Plant Walkout Idles 15000 Workers
AFL laborers walk out at the Paducah atomic energy plant in Paducah Kentucky causing a work stoppage that idled about 15 000 workers. The facility is valued at about half a billion dollars.
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Paducah
AFL
The Last of Forty Days The Last of Forty Days
Julien C. Hyer concludes a forty day period with final reflections on endurance and faith. The piece emphasizes perseverance, renewal, and the spiritual journey completed after a lengthy fast.
UAW Board Moves to Purge Communists at Ford Local 600
The six member special UAW board, led by Walter Reuther, will oust officers suspected of Communist ties in Ford Local 600 after a lengthy hearing. The action follows un American activities committee testimony labeling the local Communist dominated.
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Detroit
U.P
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
UAW
Congressional un-American Activities Subcommittee
Walter Reuther
UAW International Executive Board
Local 600
Soviet Union
Reuther
Carl Stellato
International Board
Pat Rice
William Hood
William Grant
Communist Party
Adduci Brothers and GOP Official Charged in County Payroll Ghost
Cook County grand jury indicted James Adduci and his brother Joseph Adduci along with GOP ward committeeman Nicholas Carr on conspiracy charges in a payroll ghost scheme. Arraignment for the trio was set for next Friday after a true bill found earlier in the week. The indictment alleges Joseph Adduci was added to the payroll under the name James Addison, yielding about $6,400 in salary via mailed checks.
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Chicago
James Adduci
Joseph
GOP
Cook County
Adducis
Nicholas Carr
Carr
Joseph Adducion
James Addison
Addison
Remer Sentenced in Germany for Defaming 1944 Plotters
Former Major General Otto Ernst Remer, now a neo-Nazi orator, was sentenced to three months in jail in Brunswick Germany for defaming the 1944 bomb plotters against Hitler as traitors to their fatherland.
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Brunswick
Germany
Otto Ernst Remer
Hitler
Wisconsin Weather Eases To Fair Skies This Weekend
March ended its roar with clear skies over Wisconsin except for a few Milwaukee snow flurries. Overnight lows reached 11 degrees at Lone Rock and Park Falls, while Kenosha reported 32 degrees at 11 am today as a promise of continued fair weather tonight and Sunday.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Lone Rock
Park Falls
Kenosha
Home Robbed Of $131,630 In Three-State Heist
Three bandits beat Mrs. Craig Saul in Butler Pennsylvania and looted $131,630 in cash plus securities from his home safe. Police launched a three-state manhunt after the raid on the mine operator's residence as Mrs. Saul and her children suffered cuts but were unharmed beyond fear. The suspects fled in a gray car without plates. the victim had saved the money over 21 years for his nine children.
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Butler
U.P
Craig Saul
Saul
Joan
Ronnie
Richard
Eagle
Here
Residential Housing Shows Sharp Increase
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a sharp rise in residential housing starting in February with 77 000 permanent non farm dwelling units started an increase of 13 percent over January. It notes builders see materials supply easing and predicts further growth in the month.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ex Tax Collector Finnegan Guilty of Misconduct
James P. Finnegan, former St. Louis tax collector, found guilty of misconduct in office by a jury. He faced bribery acquittals on three counts while being convicted for accepting 3000 dollars from American Lithoford and 5000 dollars from Warwick Hotel to influence RFC officials. Sentencing set for March 24.
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Finnegan
St. Louis
U.P
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue and Reconstruction Finance Corp
American Lithoford Corp
Warwick
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
RFC
William Boyle
National Democratic
American Litteford
Joan
Rubey M. Hulen
Lithoford
Harry C. Blanton
U. S
Hulen
WSB Accelerates Steel Dispute Efforts Ahead of Strike
Washington reports the wage stabilization board shifts to deliver recommendations by Thursday as OPS prepares price boosts to fund a wage rise. Philip Murray demands an 1812 cent increase plus incentives, holidays, overtime pay, and unemployment supplements, risking a strike if rejected.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Office of Price Stabilization
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
CIO
Murray
WSB
Harry Shulman
Yale Law
Truman in New York for Scholastic Press address
President Truman flew to New York to speak to about 3,000 high school newspaper editors. He landed at LaGuardia then went to the Waldorf Astoria for a Scholastic Press Association event after a luncheon. Metropolitan police and officials accompanied him into Manhattan.
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New York
Truman
LaGuardia
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Scholastic Press Association
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Joseph M. Murphy
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Manhattan
Murphy
Thailand government overthrown reports denied
Bangkok reports that claims the Thai government has been ousted were denied as unfounded. Premier Field Marshal Pibul Songgram is set to resign automatically next Tuesday as the national assembly meets in an extraordinary session.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.P
Pibul Songgram
National Assembly
War Prisoners In Second Riot At Koje Island Camp
A second bloody riot at Koje Island prisoner camp leaves 12 North Korean POWs dead and 26 wounded, with an American officer and a South Korean civilian also hurt. Guards fired as Communist prisoners attacked a work party and South Korean troops, and the UN command reports the riot broken and prisoners complying.
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Tokyo
Koje Island
U. S
Four Burned To Death In Forest Park Crash
Four people died in a high speed crash in Forest Park when a car ran a stop light and hit a semi-trailer. The car burned after the collision. whisky bottles were found in the rear. Driver Maynard Kinney of Walworth Wis. escaped with minor injuries. Cleo Hartzog and Charles Davis were named among the victims.
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William Day
Minneapolis
Chicago
U.P
Forest Park
Cleo Hartzog
Charles Davis
Maynard Kinney
Walworth
Wis
Randolph St
Harlem Ave
Kinney
Brazil and U S Sign Agreement for Western Hemisphere Defense
Brazil and the United States signed a bilateral military assistance pact at the foreign office to aid defense of the western hemisphere and the free world. U S Ambassador Herschel V. Johnson and Brazilian Foreign Minister Joao Neves da Fontoura signed the agreement, pledging materials services and other military aid in line with the United Nations charter.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Western Hemisphere
Free World
Foreign Office
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Joao Neves da Fontoura
United Nations
Massacre Probers End Chicago Visit
A house committee investigating the Katyn Forest massacre finished a Chicago stop and returned to Washington to resume hearings. It heard testimony from a former Red Army colonel and a U.S. Army intelligence officer, Col. Henry Szymanski, who described liaison work with Polish and Czech armies in exile in 1942 and a classified report on Katyn.
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Chicago
U.P
Katyn Forest
Washington
Russia
Red Army
U. S. Army
Henry Szymanski
Middle East
Raid on Huk Hideout Near Manila Sparks Arrests
Philippine troops swept a suspected Huk hideout near national defense headquarters early today and arrested twenty six people. The operation targeted communist rebels as authorities tightened security measures in the capital region.
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Manila
Philippines
National Defense Headquarters
Nazism Returning, Niemoeller Warns of New Strength
German pastor Martin Niemoeller says Nazism has revived in Germany and rivals communism in strength with about three percent support. He stated the German people lack purpose to live fight or die for and are reverting to past ideals.
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Los Angeles
Germany
Martin Niemoeller
Auto Makers Struggle to Save Copper in Cars
The auto industry faces limits in trimming copper use in vehicles. 25 to 40 pounds per car are typical, mainly in radiators and ignition systems. While engineers reuse and redesign parts to cut copper, substitutes raise manufacturing costs and are slow to adopt. manufacturers still favor current radiator designs.
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Detroit
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