One Million Dollar Shortage Alleged in Cook County Funds
Chicago prosecutors say a new one million dollar shortage in Cook County funds triggers a full audit of county treasurer books. Benjamin Adamowski alleges tampering in tax foreclosure warrant ledgers kept by the county clerk. He cites fraud patterns and notes a prior four million dollar loss with connections to welfare fund deposits and a rubber stamp for forfeiture vacated.
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Chicago
Cook County
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Adamowski
Orville E. Hodge
Hodge
Richard J. Daley
Democratic Party
Daley
Edward J. Barrett
Illinois
Herbert Paschen
Paschen
Veterans ask about rifles and GI benefits in mixed Q&A
The column answers reader questions on Army ceremonial rifles, early draft releases, VA disability examinations, GI education and car allowances, and GI insurance premiums. It also reports Truman accusing U S leaders of slipping backward in the cause of peace at a Democratic fund raiser in Milwaukee.
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L. C
Butler, Pa
Veterans
Army
Veterans’ Posts
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Ordsm-Ems
L.S. W
Richmond
E. E
New York City
Fall River
Mass
Veterans Administration
A. L
Fayetteville
N. C
Germany
F. R
Albany
N. Y
Milwaukee
Harry Truman
United States
Truman
U. S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Doubt Over Headless Body Believed Crabb’s
Reynolds News and a reader letter contest the identification of the headless body washed ashore near Chichester as Cmdr. Lionel Crabb. They cite wartime deception lore and suggest Soviet imitation to boost propaganda if Crabb is alive.
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London
Britain
Cmdr
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Reynolds News
Independent Sunday Express
Portsmouth Harbor
Ordzhonikidze
Crabb
English Channel
Chichester
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Egypt
City names weed measurer hired for summer duties
Fredericksville Virginia reports a city weed measurer at work in the weed patch to enforce an ordinance limiting weeds to 15 inches. Engineering student F C Prince of Stafford County holds the summer post under City Manager F Freeman Funk.
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Fredericksburg
F. Freeman Funk
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Engineering
F. C. Prince of
Stafford County
Crabb Missing After Soviet Leader Visit to England
The government offered no explanation for Crabb disappearance after bringing Premier Bulganin and Communist party chief Khrushchev to England and apologized to Russia saying the operation was unauthorized. A West German paper later claimed a Soviet officer reported Crabb captured in Portsmouth and jailed in Moscow.
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Crabb
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
England
Russia
Portsmouth
Moscow
Michigan cities press for more air service at CAB hearing
More than 30 Michigan cities told CAB examiner Barron Fredricks that population growth and industrial expansion create greater demand for rapid air transport. The Lansing hearing in the civic center wrapped up the Michigan section of the Great Lakes service investigation with a second regional hearing to begin next week in Columbus Ohio.
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Lansing
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Civil Aeronautics Board
Michigan
Barron Fredricks
Civic Center
Great Lakes Service
Great Lakes States
Columbus
Ohio
Demos Raise 30000 For Senate Campaign In Wisconsin
Milwaukee Democrats at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner announced about 30000 dollars raised for the state race. Speakers included William Proxmire Clement Zablocki and Rep Henry Reuss who urged a Democratic statewide victory on August 27 while criticizing Republican leadership and policies.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Henry Reuss
William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
Clement Zablocki
Zablocki
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327Th Infantry
101St Airborne Div
U.S
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Eisenhower
Dulles
Congress
Senate
F. Ryan Duffy
Robert M. la Follette
Arthur Murray
Puzzle No
Main St
la Crosse, Wis
Arthur Murrey
North Fourth Street
J. R. Johnson
Pres
F. L. Kramer
Sec'y-Treas
Sunday Express
Demos
Proxmire
GOP
Walter Kohler Jr
Warren Knowles
Glenn Davis
Reuss
Clem Zablocki
Madison
Eure
Jackson St
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Eve
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Jar
Sirloin
Hi-Ho
Piggly
Florida
Copeland Avenue
Jackson Plaza
P.O
la Crosse
Wis
Culley
General Electric
Waimuti
Howell
Emerson
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Peerenee
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