McGrath Plans Outside Attorneys for Government Cleanout
Attorney General McGrath says he will employ outside attorneys as special assistants on merit with broad authority to lead a government cleanup of official misconduct. The move follows tax fraud arrests and Caudle’s firing and replaces a bipartisan commission plan. A department order urges prosecutors to pursue thorough investigations and broaden grand jury use in misconduct, fraud, and bribery cases.
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Washington
McGrath
Truman
Commission
Internal Revenue
T. Lamar Caudle
White House
Model Couple Given Suspended Sentence
EASTON Jan 18 A 42 year old Army private and his wife admitted passing worthless checks in Delaware Maryland and Virginia. They received 6 month prison terms with provisional suspension on four conditions: full restitution bonds of 1000 each monthly payments totaling 350 until victims paid, court appearances, and suspension approval by all involved jurisdictions. Mrs Hastings testified she forged checks to ease money troubles and the forgeries spread along the Easter Shore starting last August.
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Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
J. DeWeese Carter
Robert Hastings
Hastings
Child Bride Is Now Mother Of Four Tots
Sneedville Tenn January 187 . Remember Tennessee famed nine year old Ernie She is now 24 and mother of four Eunice Winstead aged 24 wed Charlie Johns 22 on January 19 1937 Rev Walter Lamb performed the ceremony on a mountain path in Treadway community 14 miles southeast of here The marriage triggered protests by clubwomen and clergy and spurred a 16 minimum marriage age law The groom recalled the date and spoke of routine farm life on a 130 acre hillside farm once owned by his parents Evelyn the couple’s eldest child resembles her mother and is in first grade.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Ernie
Eunice Winstead
Charlie Johns
Walter Lamb
Mountain Pathway
Treadway
Here
Charlie
Nick Johns
Evelyn
Eunice
Comprehensive Old Radio Schedule Snapshot
A dense list of radio programs and times from a historical station lineup. It names shows, hosts, and featured acts across a full day, including news, music, dramas, and sports segments. The fragment preserves numerous personalities, program titles, and network associations reflecting mid century broadcasting variety.
Kentucky Raid Seizes 2900 Gambling Devices Across State
FBI agents and local officers seized more than 2900 gambling machines valued near 800000 in a statewide roundup in Kentucky. Twenty three people were arrested with arrests spread to Indiana and Ohio. The operation extended to Ashland, Newport, Covington, Lexington, and other cities, with more machines seized by mid afternoon. Hoover announced the start of the drive against interstate transportation of gambling devices.
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Ohio
Ashland
Newport
Covington
Lexington
Hazard
Middlesboro
Owensboro
Henderson
Faducah
Hopkinsville
Frankfort
Cynthiana
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
She F. Malone
Hoover
British Meat Ration Cuts Again At Week's End
London reports a further shrinkage in the British meat ration with a weekly carcass meat allowance dropping to 16.32 cents while the bacon portion rises to four slices from three. Food Minister Gwilym Lloyd-George cites reduced supplies from Argentina and Australia as the cause and warns the cut may last.
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Gwilym Lloyd- George
Lloyd-George
Argentina
Australia
Britain
Maryland Extension Service weighs fire training program
The University of Maryland Extension Service considers adding live fire practice to its volunteer fire training. The Fire Extension Service director notes current courses lack actual fire fighting and would require burning dummy buildings and fuel. In 1951 over 1,500 Maryland volunteers took part in 90 courses, with six training instructor schools. New senior instructor W Thomas Owens joins from Annapolis, formerly Naval Academy battalion chief. Regional officer conferences are planned across January and February in Thurmont on January 28 and Hyattstown on February 6.
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University of Mary
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Fire Extension Service
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Burns
W. Thomas Owens
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Owens
Naval Academy
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Hyattstown
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Alive Woman Found in Mortuary After Being Declared Dead
An 80 year old Green Bay woman, Mrs. Andrew Sobota, was rushed to St. Vincent's hospital after a mortuary assistant discovered she was alive in her bed at Henzelmann Convalescent Home. Her rescue followed a call to Lyndahl funeral home and a delay in contacting a physician.
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Henzelmann
Andrew Sobota
Lyndahl Funeral Home
Carl Hartson
Lyndahl
Sobota
Premier Used Cars Offer Special Selection 1957 Nash Amb
Driving pleasure featured cars include top quality used models some not even broken in. Courteous representatives invite demonstrations of cars of choice. Price list shows Dameretrator LAWS L395 L895. 1895.
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Florida International Art Exhibition draws 700 artists
Lakeland Florida January 18 Sybil C Fonda of Frederick Maryland will compete among more than 700 artists at the Florida International Art Exhibition at Florida Southern College February 15 to March 15. Her drawing Patterned Melodie will hang in a Frank Lloyd Wright building and top prizes total over 5000. The top 20 works will tour to Grand Central Galleries New York after the Florida Southern show open to professionals and amateurs in all media. Also covered Lewistown PTA meeting and Gene Raymond Jeannette McDonald curtain call incident.
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Fla
Sybil C. Fonda
Magnolia Avenue
Frederick
Florida Southern College
Miss Fonda
Florida Southern
Grand Central Art Galleries
New York City
Rabbi Lefkowitz to speak on Democratic Traditions in Judaism at Hood College
Rabbi Aaron H. Lefkowitz of Temple Beth Miriam Long Branch New Jersey will lecture for the Jewish Chautauqua Society at Hood College January 22 during noonday Chapel at 12 o'clock. Sponsored by the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods the program sends rabbis to campuses to disseminate authentic information on Judaism.
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Aaron H. Lefkowitz
Temple Beth Miriam
Long Branch
New Jersey
Jewish Chautauqua Society
Hood College
National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods
Gas Industry Among America's Oldest Public Utilities
The gas industry stands as one of the United States' earliest public utilities, tracing its roots to early municipal lighting efforts and expanding into essential infrastructure. It has shaped urban development, industrial growth, and public service provision through centralized gas supply and distribution.
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United States
Tivoli shows Doris Day star in week of film titles
At The Tivoli the ater next week Sunday through Thursday. It stars Doris Day Danny Thomas Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore and James Gleason. Friday features Two Gals and a Guy with Janis Paige James Gleason and Robert Alda. Saturday presents Man in the Saddle with Randolph Scott Jean Leslie and Ellen Drew. Railroader killed in Pennsylvania incident. Earl L. Griffin 33, conductor, crushed between moving train and wall. Cornea noted as only tissue without blood.
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Tivoli Theater
Doris Day
Danny Thomas
Frank Lovejoy
Patrice Wymore
James Gleason
Janis Paige
Robert Alda
Randolph Scott
Jean Leslie
Ellen Drew
At The Opera House Big Screens Next Week
The City Opera House presents When Worlds Collide as the feature for the first three days of next week. Other films include Wednesday and Thursday Darling How Could You with Joan Fontaine and John Lund, Mona Freeman. Friday and Saturday Valley of Fire with Gene Autry. Tales of Robin Hood with Robert Clarke. plus another Captain Video chapter. In 1946 to 39 American business spent nearly 87 billion dollars on new plant and equipment.
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Joan, Fontaine
John Lund
Mona Freeman
Gene Autry
Robert Clarke
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