Tax Office Probe Highlights Conflicts Of Interest In Nashville
Nashville internal revenue office faces three investigations. Suspended collector Lipe Henslee allegedly used narcotics and neglected duties. Assistant collector George Welch Jr. diverted time to his family realty firm. Chief Field Deputy Ira Parker Jr. linked to a liquor distributor with a questionable underwriting arrangement and possible partial ownership. Washington execs caution against paying salaries to those unable to work full time. A separate State Department report blames the British Admiralty for Iran crisis. The American Legion backs a physical fitness drive against draft rejects, endorsed by Rep. Hedrick and quietly approved by President Truman.
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Internal Revenue
Nashville
Tenn
Internal Revenue Office
Lipe Henslee
Narcotics Bureau
Tennessee
Henslee
George Welch, Jr
Washington Realty Company
Welch
Ira Parker, Jr
National Distributing Company
Clinton, Tenn
Parker
Kenneth E. Caldwell
Commerce Union Bank of Nashville
Ted Murray
Nashville Baseball Club
Joe Parker
Ira Parker
Murray
Ira
Joe
Roxie Parker
Tia
Washington
Messrs
Henslee and
State Department
Iran
Abadan
Caribbean
Anglo-Iranian Oil’ Company
American Legion
E. H. Hedrick
West Virginia
Truman
Wherry Rebounds After Surgery Pays Own Way
Washington pipeline report notes Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska recovering at George Washington University Hospital after an operation. He paid full hospital rates rather than the congressional cut rate at Bethesda Naval Hospital and continues to eschew congressional junkets, paying his own expenses. Another congressman, Jarman of Oklahoma, is also said to pay his own way.
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GOP
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
George Washington University Hospital
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Wherry
Jarman
Oklahoma
Grassroots Poll Signals Eisenhower as Favorite in Home Town Politics
The Publisher's Auxiliary polled 6,444 editors from 42 states, finding Eisenhower the personal favorite at 30.6 percent, Taft 27.1, Truman 8.6, with 40.6 percent expecting Truman for president. The survey also notes delegation pledges and broader political trends among rural editors.
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Western Newspaper Union
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Auxiliary
Eisenhower
Warren
MacArthur
Stassen
Douglas
Russel
Byrd
Dont Underestimate Women Expert Says Fathers Day Numbered
Anthropologist Dr George P Murdock warns against underestimating women noting a possible future where women own most property and husbands become secondary in family life He cites increasing political and economic emancipation and says women already own more than half of corporate wealth in the United States and that figure grows daily
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George P. Murdock
Murdock
United States
Religion and Politics Stir Washington Over Vatican Ties
In Washington debates over President Truman's nomination of General Mark Clark as ambassador to Vatican City unfold amid fears of a religious election clash. Yet recent mass gatherings by Jehovah's Witnesses Catholics and Protestants signal a possible renewal of religious tolerance and public faith.
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Mark Clark
U.S
Vatican City
al Smith
Jehovah's Witnesses
American Legion
Washirton’s Monument
Uline Arena
Early US Papal States relations and Vatican City statehood
The text recounts US consular relations with the Papal States beginning in 1797, upgraded to minister in 1854, and ended with Rufus King resigning in 1868. It notes the 1926 treaty creating Vatican City as an independent state and that President Truman nominated a representative there, with 37 other nations recognizing Vatican City.
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Republic
United States
Papal States
Kingdom of Italy
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Rome
Pope
Vatican City
Truman
Vatican City Enclave Covers 108.7 Acres With Holy See Affairs
The area of the state is 108.7 acres and about 3,000 residents. The territory includes St Peters church the Vatican palace and museum over 13 acres Vatican gardens and related buildings. Thirteen buildings in Rome house offices and administration of the Holy See with extraterritorial rights. The Secretariat of State handles Vatican diplomatic relations with foreign countries.
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Vatican Palace
Vatican Gardens
Rome
Holy See
Secretariat of State
Vatican
Vatican State Maintains Neutrality Under 1926 Treaty
The Vatican pledges perpetual neutrality in political disputes unless both parties request mediation. It abstains from international congresses and uses a white and yellow flag with crossed keys and triple tiara. The state issues its own stamps and coins and staffs police duties through the Pontifical Armed Corps.
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Pontifical Armed Corps
Noble Guards
Swiss Guards
Palatine Guard of Honor
Pontifical Gendarmerie
Roosevelt Envoy Named To Vatican Posts 1939 1947
President Roosevelt appointed Myron Taylor former U.S. Steel president as personal envoy to the Vatican in 1939 and he served until resigning in 1947. Truman praised the nomination saying a full ambassador would strengthen national security diplomacy and humanitarian aims in the battle against communism.
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Roosevelt
Myron Taylor
U.S. Steel
Vatican
Truman
Clark
Civil Service Plan Aims to Reform Tax Collectors
Frank E. McKinney, newly named Democratic national chairman, proposed placing Internal Revenue collectors under Civil Service. President Truman approved the idea and will forward it to Congress in January. The move is intended to curb graft and improve efficiency in the tax department.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Stabilization Board
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Frank E. McKinney
Democratic
Thenee
President Truman
Congress
Tax Department
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