Small Town Banker Harber Tackles RFC Mess in Washington
W Elmer Harber, RFC chairman, a Oklahoma banker turned reformer, faces scrutiny over Fulbright probes and RFC loans. He vows to clean up operations, balancing long delays with rapid internal changes while recalling his small town roots. Aiming to restore confidence, he toils amid letters, reforms, and ongoing political pressure.
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RFC
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
W. Elmer Harber
White House
Harber
Moses
Mt. Sinai
Trumen
Elmer Harber
Fulbright
Lustron
Oklahoma
Truman
Shawnee
Mr. Harver
Elmer Har
First National Bank of
Seminole
Oklo
American National Bank
Liberty National of
Oklahoma City
RFC Staff Cuts Save Government Large Sum and Harvey Hoover Debates Abolishment
RFC staff reductions cut expenses by about 5 hundred thousand dollars annually, shrinking 31 offices to ten and staff from 3,600 to 2,600. Critics claim discharged workers fed scandal to the Fulbright Committee, while Ex-President Hoover and Jesse Jones have urged abolition. Harold Bauer, famed pianist, dies at 77 in Miami after heart and kidney illness. Two forest fires near Hagerstown burn 50 to 100 acres, one near Blair's Valley and another near Clearspring, with a historic cabin loss. Community Players appoint Mrs Elias B Ramsburg Jr to lead role of Congresswoman Agatha Reed in Goodbye My Fancy at Winchester Hall March 28-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
Harber
Fulbright Committee
Hagerstown
Here
Blair's Valley
Pennsylvania Line
Clearspring
Cecil Jones
Wansburg
Agatha Reed
Er College
Madeline Carroll
Faye Emerson
Ramsburg
Hood College
Fredericktown Players
Frederick
Confirm Appointments For Frederick County
Frederick County nominees for Magistrates Election Supervisors and Licens Commissioner were approved by the Senate in Annapolis along with others. no action on Mayor Elmer Munshower for Superintendent of State Police. In Baltimore, three youths were given long terms for armed robbery, with sentences ranging from 16 to 20 years for Frederick Marburg and Roland Binan, and 10 plus years for Joseph Howlett and William Willins, reflecting marijuana and other navy cotics cited by the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Senate
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Annapolis
Elmer F. Munshower
Givin
Baltimore
Frederick
Marburg
Roland Binan
Joseph C. Howlett
William G.willins
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Hoover
Jesse Jones
Harold Bauer
Miami
Fla
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Bauer
London
Paris
United States
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The
Community Players, Inc
Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
Frederick Theatre
Angelito Sorto
Punta Arenas
Chile
South America
U.S
Atko
Hamilton, Elgin, Gruen and
Bulova
James E. Doll
South Market ST
RED Cross
Fletci
Frigidaire
Potomac Edison
Breyers
M. J Golibart
R. D
Nash Rambler Airflyte
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Miles
Lawson Motor Sales
West Pat
Lansdale Tube CO
East Second ST. Frederick, MD
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