Showdown on Fields Slated
Washington August 15 The house surplus property committee calls contract broker Benjamin F Fields back for a contempt citation fight over records detailing how he split profits from excess war goods. Chairman Slaughter demands more documentation, noting a ledger memo pad is insufficient to prove multi million dollar deals. Field’s former associate Glenn A Dies received 480 from profits and two John Does shared 1480 and 400. Fields later identified Bruner and Payne as the other associates.
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House
Benjamin F. Fields
Fields
Slaughter
D.-Mo
Ficlus
Tod R. Strain
Glenn A. Dies
John Docs
John Brunener
Howard Peyne
Lie Jesser
Woman Stabbed During Robbery by Youths in Alamo Area
Mr and Mrs George Martine report a robbery attempt in the 2000 block of South Mores when five youths demanded a match. Mrs Martinez resisted and was stabbed in the left breast. She is hospitalized at Robert B Green hospital.
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South Mores
George Martine
South Alamo Street
Martinez
Robert B. Green Hospital
Ex-Chaplain Barbee Becomes Pastor of L A Baptist Church
Dr. John D. Barbee, recently released from the Chaplains' corps, accepts the pastorate of Manor Drive Baptist church in Los Angeles. He previously taught at the Kelly field chaplains' school before serving in the Pacific. Temporary church site is at West Huisache and San Antonio avenues.
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Chaplains’ Corps
John D. Barbee
Manor Drive Baptist Church
Barbee
Kelly Field
Fasts 34 Days, Loses 43 Pounds in Protest Fast
Claude Baxter a 41 year old former health worker ended a scheduled 100 day fast after 34 days and $5885 raised for world hunger relief. He reportedly drank milk and returned to bed after an argument with his wife Florence, a real estate broker, who said he was “completely broken down” and could not safely continue.
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Los Angeles
Claude Baxter
Baxter
Florence
Truman Takes Early Morning Walk in Washington
President Truman left the White House at 6 30 a m and walked about one mile through Pennsylvania Avenue to 12th Street to Constitution Avenue and the monumental grounds before returning to the executive mansion. The stroll occurred as many citizens slept in.
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Wanstlington
AIS
Truman
White House
Fennsylvania Avenue
12Th Street
Constitution Avenue
Monument Grounds
Executive Mansion
Car prowlers strike thrice in local area
C A Campbell reports his car prowled in the Plaza hotel garage with field glasses taken. Jon L B Jones says surgical instruments were removed from his car at Santa Rosa hospital. Mrs Alice Odom loses a purse from her auto parked at Alamo street and Broadv.
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Plaza Hotel
C. A. Campbell
Club Drive
Santa Rosa Hospital
Jon L. B. Jones
Elrwood Drive
Alice Odom
Agavita Javenue
Alamo Street
Broadv
Cities Advised on L A Polio Control Methods
San Antonio health officials study centro] methods to evict polio as other cities nationwide request outlines of procedures used. Dr E dy Arendt, city health physician, reports. A telegram from Dr Howard A Streeter asks for control outlines. Minneapolis reports over 100 polio cases and receives detailed guidance. San Antonio's cases dwindle to three weekly with the last local case reported Saturday. An out of town case from Uvalde county arrived at Robert B Green hospital Monday.
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San Antonio
Centro
United States
E.dy Arendt
Spc
Arendt
Howard A. Streeter
Manchester
N. H
Minneapolis
Minn
MacAvihny financier dies amid famine appeal
General MacAvihny financier, prominent in Texas political campaigns, died in an Austin hospital last night after sending a daily message to President Truman’s famine emergency committee. The report notes his role during the time of Governors Hogg Culberson Lanham and his work on a campaign linked to food production and wartime famine relief.
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Dallas
General MacAvihny
Carwile
Truman
Nancier
Texas
Hogg
Culberson
Lanham
Austin
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