Truman seeks law to expose top government incomes
President Truman urged swift congressional action to require a public disclosure of the annual incomes gifts and loans of top U S officials including Congress Cabinet members generals admirals judges and other high salaried employees The move accompanied investigations into alleged graft and influence peddling by party figures and a San Francisco IRS suspension amid embezzlement and account juggling charges.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Revenue Bureau
Capitol Hill
Capehart
H-Ind
Republic
Millikin
R-Cole
Boyle Refuses to Quit as Democratic Party Chairman
William M. Boyle testified before the Senate investigating subcommittee denying any wrongdoing in $8 000 payments tied to American Lithoford and eight legal cases while acting as chairman. Nixon cited $158 500 in fees, Mundt urged libel suit against the St Louis Post Dispatch, and Link of the Post Dispatch is slated to testify.
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Washington
William M. Boyle
American Lithoford Corp
RFC Teans
Boyle
Truman
Senate
National Committee
Nixon
R-Calif
Holly
Mundt
R-Sd
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
American Lithofold
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Hoey
D-Nc
Post- Dispatch
St. Louis
Theodore Link
Litheford
See Truman And Taft As Parties Nominees
In San Francisco editors predict Truman to be Democratic nominee and re‑elected. Taft favored for GOP nomination with Eisenhower a possible challenger. Voters split on Truman vs Taft and Truman vs Eisenhower or MacArthur, with margins shown in AP editors poll.
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Truman
Taft
San Francisco
America
Eisenhower
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Fred Vinson
General MacArthur
Trieste Divided Between Yugoslavia And Italy
Diplomatic sources report the United States Britain and France plan to split the Free Territory of Trieste between Italy and Yugoslavia. Zone A to Italy including Trieste port, Zone B to Yugoslavia after talks with DeGasperi Truman and Acheson.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
United States
Britain
France
Trieste
Italy
North Adriatic
Taly
Alcide DeGasperi
Truman
Dean Acheson
Vladimir Popovic
Acheson
Washington
Bookie Harry Gross Sentenced to Twelve Years in Prison
New York September 27 bookie Harry Gross received a 12 year prison term for operating a 20 million dollar gambling ring that bribed police. He was punished for bribery and for refusing to testify against the Brooklyn draft case, with 12 consecutive one year counts and no fines. Attorneys planned to appeal, and Gross showed no emotion as he was taken to jail.
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New York
Harry Gross
Brooklyn
William B.northrup
Gregs
Michael Kern
Gross
Miles F. McDonald
Special Sessions Court
Grand Jury
Kern
Judge imposes consecutive sentences in New York case
In a quiet courtroom the spare justice sentenced Gross to one year in a New York City penitentiary on count one and repeated the same one year term twelve times with consecutive terms. Judge Samuel Leibowitz then added a five year term and a $15000 fine for contempt of court amid trial tactics. a superseding indictment carries a ten year maximum and a $10000 fine if Gross is convicted. The narrative also notes Brazilian soil yields diverse crops and minerals.
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Gross
Gross Kern
McDonald
Northrup
New York
New York City
Brooklyn
Samuel
Leibowitz
Car Wreck Injures Man on Potomac Florida Intersection
Walter J. Sowers 38 of Washington crashed into a tree and wall about 11 40 p m near Potomac street and Florida avenue Brunswick. Car demolished Sowers treated for chest and back injuries discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital. No charges filed. Vehicle owned by Alvin Lee Myers Knoxville.
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Walter J. Sowers
Fourteenth Street
N. W
Washington
Potomac Street
Florida Avenue
Brunswick
Sowers
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. H. Feete & Bro
J. W. Edwards
Alvin Lee Myers
Knoxville
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