Roosevelt questioned for propping up Elliott funds scheme
Westbrook Pegler reports Elliott Roosevelt denies claims that Franklin D. Roosevelt used the presidency to push a shady finance scheme. The piece details Treasury probes, loans from Hartford and Harwood, and a White House lunch where Roosevelt allegedly pressed Victor Emanuel to fund Elliott's Texas radio assets.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Henry Morgenthau
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
John Hartford
A and P
Eliott
Elliott
David G. Baird
Hartford
Charles Harwood
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Harwood
Texas
Hill Blackett
Chicago
White House
Blackett
Victor Emanuel
Emanuel
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Department For Justice
James A. Farley
United States
Larcade seeks larger U.S. funds for airports highways
Representative Larcade of Louisiana announced plans for bigger federal appropriations for airports and highways in the new Congress. He aims for a seat on the public works committee to push increased aid, criticizing the current 50 million airport grant and inadequate highway funds while urging release of unspent public works money blocked by executive orders.
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Washington
Larcade
Demotrat
Louisiana
Public Works Committee
Truman
Baruch Firm Against Veto On Atomic Control
At Lake Success the United States and Canada pressed Baruch's plan for atomic control as the Soviet delegate Gromyko was absent and did not vote. Alexandrov took over Russia's seat while Gromyko was said to be occupied with other business. The commission began a secret session to consider recommendations for the UN Security Council, with Baruch's plan facing initial opposition before a late meeting of second echelon U S and Canadian delegations reportedly aligned on key points.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
S. P. Alexandrov
Gromyko
Russia
Bernard M. Baruch
Gromko
Poland
Baruch
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Commission
U. N. Security Council
Madison oil field shows 18th straight producer near Bayou Macon
Extension of the Delhi oil field in Madison parish signals another positive drill. Kingwood Oil Company’s James Frazier Unit No 1 near Murphy Sun’s Mahoney Railroad unit awaits official test after casing reaches 3390 feet. If successful this marks Madison’s eighteenth straight producing well since September.
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Delhi
Madison Parish
Bayou Macon
District Conservation Office
Kingwood Oil Company
James Frazier
Madison
Murphy-Sun Company
Kingwood
Murphy Sun
Mahoney Railroad
Cochrane- Frazier
Man Entombed in Well Rescued in Norwell
Donald L. Morris a 32 year old former navy submariner was buried nine hours after the well caved in at a depth of 23 feet He lay under frigid water and gravel with a large boulder above him rescued after workers widened the shaft he told rescuers I feel all right Morris wife Mary and two daughters waited at home expressing relief and disbelief
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Norwell
Mass
Donald L. Morris
Morris
Mary
Lend Lease Mostly Marked Paid Says Truman
President Truman informed Congress that 70 percent of wartime lend lease aid has been marked paid and that reverse payments and other recoveries will total well over ten billion dollars. He released his 25th report stating total aid through September 30 reached 50.692 billion dollars and noted the accounting aim was stability rather than a full settlement.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Planes at 750 mph May Roast Crew Without Refrigeration
Boston December 27 Brig Gen Malcolm Grow warns that super sonic jets in extreme cold may heat cockpits to 300 degrees due to air friction. He lists cooling needs and studies on acceleration, gravity limits, jet and rocket risks, and high altitude human performance as the AAAS prepares biophysical research with 20 universities on acceleration, metabolism and heat tolerance.
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Boston
Malcolm C. Grow
Army Air Forces
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Grow
Butter Price Decline Triggers US Inquiry Into Market Manipulation
The New York wholesale butter price plunged up to 10 cents a pound while Chicago rose slightly. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson ordered an investigation into possible market manipulation to sustain December milk prices in January and assess other farm and food price movements.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Anderson
East
Washington
Agriculture Department
Ferguson seeks reopening of Bilbo probe in narcotics case
Sen. Ferguson urges Senate war investigating subcommittee to resume hearings on Theodore Bilbo to hear new testimony about alleged cash payments from Natchez figures for narcotics aid. He cites Podesta and Carr as Mississippi witnesses and notes Bilbo's denial of receiving funds despite contact with Anslinger.
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Washington
Ferguson
Mich
Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Mead
N. Y
Michigan
Republican
Bilbo
Taft
Ohio
Bridges
N. H
A. J. Podesta
Vicksburg
Miss
James Logan
John Carr
Natchez
Carr
Harry J. Anslinger
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Podesta
Anslinger
Hogan
Narcotics Bureau
Republicans Split Over Labor Court Proposal
Washington December 27 Republicans divided on establishing labor courts a key issue for next week’s conference on industrial disputes legislation. Taft said no agreement exists among the GOP committee on the courts. Ball and Taft oppose compulsory arbitration while Smith Ferguson favor tribunals affecting national welfare.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Smith
New Jersey
Ferguson
Michigan
Ball
Minnesota
China Plane Death Toll Rises to Seventy One in Shanghai
In Shanghai a Christmas night triple plane crash climbs to 71 dead with three more fatalities and 11 hospitalized survivors. Capt. Ralph Brand Preus, of Minneapolis, survived with serious injuries. a 4 year old Wong Dee-Dee was the only apparent uninjured passenger. A fourth plane earlier reported missing landed safely.
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Shanghai
Ralph Brand Preus
Minneapolis
Preus
Lunghwa
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Central Air Transport Corporation
Wong Dee-Dee
Allen Resigns as Head of RFC
George E. Allen resigned today as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation after urging a sweeping revision of the act. President Truman named John D. Goodloe to replace him effective January 16. Allen, nicknamed the court jester, had taken the $10,000 a year post last January and left with a report proposing drastic changes to abolish wartime powers and consolidate lending authority under a single law. Continues on fifth page.
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Washington
George E. Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Truman
John D. Goodloe
Allen
Charles G. Ross
White House
Goodloe
Richmond
Kentucky
Ross
Congress moves to limit portal to portal pay suits
Two Republican leaders forecast quick action to curb portal to portal pay litigation seen as costing employers billions. Representative Wolcott of Michigan says distress from business men is strong and a bill is needed. Representative Michener, also of Michigan, expects the judiciary committee to act promptly, citing a Supreme Court decision in Mt. Clemens Pottery case as the basis for unions claiming pay back to 1938 for time on company property.
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Washington
Congress
Wolcott
Michigan
House Banking Committee
New House
Michener
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Molten slag blast hits snow at Algoma steel plant
A blast caused by molten slag pouring into snow at the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario shook the city early today. No casualties were reported and Vice President David Holbrook called the damage superficial. The explosion occurred outside the open hearth section when a giant pot of hot slag tipped over, steam rising as it struck the snow.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Algoma Steel Corporation
David Holbrook
Canada
Panama Limited Train Derails Near New Orleans Injuring Dozens
Six cars of the Panama Limited derailed on a narrow neck near Ruddock Louisiana 31 miles from New Orleans injuring 40 to 50 passengers headed for the Sugar Bowl. Several reported with broken ribs and other injuries. about 102 people were aboard the five Pullman cars.
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New Orleans
Chicago
G. R. Kimball
Illinois Central Railroad
Ruddock
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Maurepas
Harry Wismer
American Broadcasting Company
John Hettche
Whitney Richard
J. Whitford Gordon
Leon Slavin
Western Paper Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tondu
Halt in immigration sparks congressional clash
Senator Elmer Thomas urges immediate halt to all immigration, arguing domestic economy must stabilize. President Truman signals possible refugee expansion. Republicans demand to see proposals before taking positions. Taft and Hickenlooper request clarity while debating liberalization limits.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
United States
Thomas
Truman
Palestine
Congress
Mr. Truman
State Department
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Steering Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Wiley
Wisconsin
Judiciary Committee
United States Faces Missile Threat by 1950, Lemay Warns
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that by 1950 rocket weapons could place the U S within shooting distance of any industrial nation. He warned that even now polar routes expose the U S to direct attack and that atomic danger will grow with such weapons.
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Boston
Curtis E. Lemay
United States
Air Forces
Europe
Asia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lemay
Coldest Weather Hits Regions From Maine to New York
The early winter cold snap drove temperatures to 18 below in Caribou Maine amid sub zero readings across northern New England and central New York. Forecasters warned of a renewed cold wave with snow from the Great Lakes to the Midwest while California and Gulf Coast areas saw heavy rain and mild conditions elsewhere.
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Associated Press
New England
New York State
Caribou
Maine
Great Lakes
Glens Falls
N. Y
Hudson Bay
Carolinas
Midwest
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Pasadena
Calif
Gulf States
Brownsvill Tex
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
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