U S to Draw List of Probers Open on Japan Bases
House investigators plan public hearings this week on scandals at the Treasury Bureau of Internal Revenue. First cases include ex collectors Dennis W. Delaney in Boston James P Finnegan in St Louis and Jamies Smyth in San Francisco. Delaney faced charges for taking 12500 to influence official decisions. Public hearings will begin Wednesday with testimony from John W Snyder or John B Dunlap.
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House
Japan
Bases Tax Bureau
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Boston
San Francisco
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Truman
James P. Finnegan
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
American Lithoford Corp
Jamies Smyth
Delaney
Finnegan
Smyth
Cecil R. King
D-Cal
Treasury
John W. Snyder
John B. Dunlap
George J. Schoeneman
Revenue
Schoeneman
Hinted Japan Chiang China Peace Pact Sparks Peace Talk
In Taipei Formosa on October 1 Chiang Kai-shek's foreign office said a Japanese government overseas agency will be set up here as soon as practicable. Observers view the move as likely paving the way for a peace treaty between Japan and Nationalist China.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Foreign Office
Japan
China
US to outline bases kept in Japan after treaty
Washington officials say a list of land, sea and air bases to retain in Japan will be worked out this week. The scope depends on whether the Korean war continues, with more facilities needed now than after peace. The occupation ends when the San Francisco treaty takes effect, likely early next year.
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State
Defense Department
United States
Japan
Far East
San Francisco
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Ime
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Free Press Forum Urges Vigilance on Press Freedom
A Northwestern University forum on freedom of the press drew more than 40 news executives who urged the public to demand full access to government facts. They warned citizens risk losing information rights by default and must fight for access daily. CHICAGO VISIT.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Chicago
Truman Security Order Sparks Press Freedom Debate
A Chicago forum with Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz highlighted Peron press suppression in Argentina and warned that Truman’s security order could threaten free information. John S. Knight and Frank J. Starzel urged vigilance, while Sen Mundt urged swift repeal and warned of censorship by government.
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la Fresna
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la Prensa
Peron
Truman
John S. Knight
Chicago Daily News
United States
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Argentina
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Starzel
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Mundt
IS. D
Munde
Murzle
Sen. Ferguson
R.-Mich
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Trueman
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Congress
Sen. Bricker
R.ono
Indians' Filibuster Fights Press Gag Bill
In New Delhi on October 4 opponents of the government’s press gag bill staged a two hour filibuster in Parliament. Prime Minister Nehru listened with his eyes closed as Deshbanda Gupta, president of the All India Newspaper Editors Conference, tried to delay debate. The House rejected the postponement motion by 110 to 28.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Deshbanda Gupta
All-India
Widow of 10-time husband kills San Antonio physician
Mrs Paula Wharton, the second ninth and 10th wife of Arthur Wharton, a San Antonio Health Department inspector, fatally shot him during a gathering. He died instantly. Wharton confessed briefly before an attorney arrived. Police plan murder charges against her.
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San Antonio
Paula Wharton
Arthur £. Wharton
Wharton
Texas Highway Dept
New England Nipped by Chill
Easterners faced cold, with cool temperatures from New England to the Middle Atlantic. Elsewhere, the nation saw mild conditions from the Rockies to the Southwest, while the northern plains and Great Lakes area were cloudy. Wisconsin, eastern Iowa and northern Illinois had fog. rain fell along Oregon, Washington, and the east Gulf coast due to a tropical disturbance.
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New England
Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Appalachians
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Oregon
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
East Gulf Coast
Banker Arrests in Wave of Seven Shortages
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Samuel Paul Lewis 62 assistant cashier at Indiana First National Bank jailed on $15,000 bail after FBI says he embezzled 48479.39 since 1947 with examiners noting 40000 missing. FBI totals seven Pennsylvania West Virginia bank embezzlements totaling 4,885,499 in 12 months linking other cases at Cecil McKeesport New Kensington New Alexandria Parkersburg and more.
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UPI
PBI
Indiana First National Bank
Samuel Paul Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lewis
Allegheny County
FBI
Fred Haliford
Hallford
First National Bank
Cecil
Union National Bank
McKeesport
Parnassus National Bank
New Kensington
National Bank of
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Wood County Bank
Parkersburg
W. Va
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