Officials named in grain speculation list include Truman physician
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, President Truman's personal physician, and Gov. H. B. Maw of Utah were named among 99 public officials suspected of grain market speculation by the Agriculture Department. The list shows long and short positions on September 17 18 and 19, with Graham and Maw linked to substantial wheat holdings.
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Washington
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
H. B. Maw
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Graham
Charles G. Ross
White House
Man
Maw
Sptember
Department
Harold E. Stassen
Commodity Exchange
Agriculture Department
Harold B. McDonald
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
J. E. McDonald
Texas Agricultural
McDonald
Snowstorm Death Toll Tops Seventies Across Northeast
New York area resumes work as a historic snowstorm leaves at least 70 dead. States tally deaths with New Jersey 31 and New York 17 while railroads recover to near normal outside Long Island. City crews clear streets and food deliveries run. swelling snow removal force reaches 20 000.
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New York
Maine
Washington
Long Island
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Eugene G. Schultz
Rules for handling loyalty cases in federal employes
In Washington on December 29 Republican Jonkman and Democrat Bloom urged strict secrecy and government-leaning rulings for loyalty investigations. They defended the loyalty review board led by Seth Richardson and argued employees could be dismissed for reasons sufficient, while sparing details to protect FBI sources.
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Washington
Congress
Bloom
New York
Jonkman
Michigan
Seth W. Richardson
Richardson
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Defense Witness Found Dead in Brockton Garage
A 39 year old defense witness Ralph McFadden was found hanged in a Brockton garage on the anniversary of Rene Ote’s death. Medical examiner H Leavitt Pierce ruled death by his own action and indicated he may have died days ago. McFadden had testified for E Steele earlier and Mrs Bertha Cote had named Steele as the killer before her own arrest.
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Brockton
Mass
Ate E. Steele
Bertha Rprise Cote
Rene Ote
H. Leavitt Pierce
Ralph McFadden
Steele
Cote
Plane Crash Kills Three Young Men in Johnstown
Coroner identifies Aaron Bigan 18 Robert Heichel 22 and James Morey 19 as victims of a small plane crash near Johnstown Pa while they planned a vacation flight to Miami Florida. A farmer reported an explosion prior to impact and the trio had aimed to reach Washington on the first leg of their trip.
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Johnstown
Miami
Fla
Aaron Bigan
Robert Heichel
James Morey
Paul L. Wills
Wills
Washington
Former King Vittorio Emanuele III Dies in Exile
Vittorio Emanuele III, 78, former king of Italy, died of pneumonia in exile at his Alexandria villa. His wife Elena, 74, was at his bedside. The ex-monarch, who ruled under Mussolini from 1922, opposed the dictator in 1943 and later denounced Mussolini and Hitler after seeking asylum with Allied forces. Umberto, briefly king after him, planned to travel to Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele III
Benito Mussolini
House of Savoy
Italy
Elena
Lisbon
Umberto
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Mediterranean
Yesman
Hitler
Greek Army Forces Enter Besieged Konitsa
Government sources report a Greek relief brigade broke guerrilla lines and entered Konitsa near the Albanian frontier. The operation supports a new offensive to crush the rebel drive led by General Markos Vilades as 44 000 refugees fled the besieged city. Spitfire bombers from Ioannina supported ground troops inflicting heavy losses and silencing several 63 mm guns.
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Athens
Konitsa
Markos Vilades
Konitsa- Kalpaki
Ioannina
Front
Death in Madison parish automobile crash near Delhi
State police were notified at 1 p m Monday of a single vehicle wreck seven miles east of Delhi in Madison parish. One man died. the identity was not yet established. Traffic on the road was blocked, but poor reception hindered details from solidifying.
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Tendil
Delhi
Madison Parish
Rescue Efforts in Nome Hampered by Dense Fog
Rescue teams faced heavy ground fog gale winds and sub zero temperatures as they worked to evacuate four survivors from a B-29 crash 95 miles north of Nome. Seven men aboard a C-47 and glider were unharmed while five rescuers were flown back to Nome, two left to ready the glider for today.
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Nome
Alaska
Air Force
Arctic
Turkey
Aiken Mays
Mrs Teresa Henry dies after long illness
Mrs Teresa M Henry of 1503 Milton Street died Sunday after a lingering illness. She was mother of Mrs J C Liner Jr and lived here ten years making many friends. Funeral at Church of Christ Jackson and Texas Tuesday at 10 am. Rev J T Smithson and Rev Meredith Johnson to officiate. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers Lee Hodges W R Hatchell John P McKee Stuart Huff Jack Howard and A A Baur. Survived by sister Blanche Moseley Lane Monroe brother C J Moseley Monroe and two nieces Charlene Lane Monroe and Mabel Lane Natchez Miss.
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Teresa M. Henry
Milton Street
J. C. Liner, Jr
Church of Christ
Jackson
Texas
J. T. Smithson
Meredith Johnson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lee Hodges
W. R. Hatchell
John P. McKee
Stuart Huff
Jack Howard
A. A. Baur
Henry
Blanche Moseley Lane
Monroe
C. J. Moseley
Charlene Lane
Mabel Lane
Natchez
Danish Ship Kina Crew Searched After Typhoon Sinking
Manila report says 33 crew and one passenger from the Danish motorship Kina are missing after a typhoon sank her near Samar Island. Twenty nine rescued. engineer dead. five survivors in Manila hospitals. Earthquake in Luzon adds to disaster. many towns report heavy damage and a top town church tower toppled. authorities coordinate air and sea search. Philippine government and East Asiatic Line seek to manage relief efforts.
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Manila
Kina
Samar
Philippines
Luzon
Mauban
San Francisco
Clark Field
U. S
Catbalogan
Roxas
General MacArthur
Philippine
East Asiatic Line
Tel Aviv Mayor says Arabs and Jews both avoid war
Tel Aviv mayor Israel Rokach states Arabs and Jews both prefer peace in Palestine. He blames Arab attacks on hired hands and political intrigue and asserts Jews will defend their lives and status with UN partition support. Rokach attended a Jewish National Fund conference, with his wife and Abraham Harzfeld.
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New York
Holy Land
Israel Rokach
Tel Aviv
Jewish National Fund of America
Palestine
United Nations
Rokach
Jewish National Fund
Abraham Harzfeld
Truman to sign anti inflation bill amid dire economic alarm
President Truman announced he would sign the Republican anti inflation bill though calling it inadequate to meet the grave economic peril. Republicans attacked the measure while Democrats voiced support as debate centered on voluntary controls versus statutory powers.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Mr. Truman
Wolcott
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Kansas City
Ball
Minnesota
Senate
House Economic Committee
Dworshak
Idaho
House
Halleck
Indiana
Flanders
Vermont
Chicago
American Economic Association
Two Constables and Arabs Slain at Damascus Gate
In Jerusalem at Damascus Gate a clash left at least 12 Arabs and two British constables dead as violence peaked after a Jewish taxi fired grenades and machine guns at an Arab bus. A Jew was killed and another wounded during subsequent pursuit, and the Arab mob set the taxi ablaze.
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Jerusalem
Damascus
Nablus
Damascus Gate
Tel Litwinsky
Tel Aviv
Bethlehem
Ibbasi
Church of the Nativity
Palestine
United Nations
Middle East
National Bus Company
Barclay's Bank
Trans-Jordan Frontier Police
Galilee
Minth
Jewish Agency
Russia
Moshe Sneh
Sneh
Black Sea
London
Washington
Wallace At Decision Hour For Possible Third Party Bid
Wallace prepares to enter the 1948 presidential race with a Chicago radio address at 10 30 p m local time Republicans expect left wing support while Democrats weigh the impact Senator Sparkman says Wallace could purge extreme liberals from the party and may not harm Truman in the long run.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Chicago
Soviet Russia
Sparkman
Alabama
Democratic Party
Plane crash in Karachi kills 23 on takeoff
An Indian transport plane crashed after leaving Karachi for Bombay killing 19 passengers including American Jesuit Father J. G. Sloan and four crew. Sloan belonged to the Patna mission in India and had arrived in Karachi from Bahrain en route to Ceylon for a preaching mission.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Bombay
J. G. Sloan
Patna
India
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Ceylon
September hurricane tops Louisiana stories for 1947
The September hurricane that hit New Orleans on September 19, with 110 mph winds and deaths, is named the era’s top Louisiana story of 1947. Other major items include a milk farmers strike, bus-driver actions, political campaign opening, and notable court cases.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Associated Press
Florida Parishes
Southern Trailways
Willie Francis
New L. S. A
Marsalis Arms
Minder
Caribbean
Alleged Slayer of Infant Ends Life in Texas
Marshall Texas police reported a brutal slaying where an infant died and the mother was badly beaten while the father, Richard L. Preston, 26, shot himself after a murder charge was filed. The infant Robert Thomas died at a hospital after the attack near the parents' home. Mrs Preston escaped with the baby and found help after being injured.
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Marshall
Tex
Justice of the Peace
Elmer Wheeler
Richard L. Preston
H. L. Calloway
Preston
Robert Thomas
C. M. Ezell
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Bill Hen
Times Square
Broadway
Times
Bulletin
Teresa Henry
Jefferson Parish
Lake Pontchartrain
Leo B. Carter
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