New Witness Called in Fee Probe Seeks Motive for Gifts
Comptroller General Warren told Congress millions in U S revenue are diverted from the Treasury to government officials for unauthorized uses. He cited restaurant income, subsidies via meal costs, and private commissions on telegraph handling as examples of funds diverted to welfare and improper purposes.
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Senate
Comptroller
Washington
Limisay C. “Warren
S. ‘Treasury
Warren
Congress
Enmieres
Zubermannent
Hoover Stricken Aboard Train En Route To New York
Former President Herbert Hoover, age 75, suffered an internal ailment aboard the City of San Francisco streamliner in Elko Nevada but was deemed not serious enough for hospitalization after a railroad doctor examined him. He continued toward New York after a 20 minute wait, having spent time in Utah examining mining properties and addressing a Palo Alto birthday crowd.
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Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
New York
Southern Pacific Railroad
Hoover
City of San Francisco
Southern ‘Pacific
Union ‘Pacific
Elko
Neva Pee
MR. Hoover
Palo ‘Alto
Calif
New York City
West
Bohemian Grove
Russian River
San Francisco
Pravda Calls Tito Traitor in Harsh Editorial
Pravda accuses Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito of double dealing and traitorous policy after a Soviet note labeled Tito regime an enemy. The cominform blast follows a year long Tito Soviet feud and declares the mask torn away.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda Ieday
Marshal Tito
Tougoslav
Tito
Soviet Union
Fravda
International Information Bureau
Yugoslavia
Todays Features Highlight Editorials and Pictorials
The page lists features including a James Marlow column on editorials about war and death, regular features such as comics and horoscopes, and sections like Amusements and Letters, Financial, Classifieds, Society, Deaths, Sports, Editorials, with Todays Pictures on page 16.
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Winle
Washington
Moscow
James Marlow
Ada Jean Nain
Dr. Dean
Haworth
Tipsy Driver Sentenced to 130 Days in Jamesville
47 year old Philadelphia salesman John B Crossman was jailed after a 1 A.M. crash at Delaware and Dudley streets. Judge Truman H Preston fined 100 dollars and ordered 30 days in Jamesville Penitentiary. License revoked and one day served per unpaid dollar. Passenger Anna Pierce 119 Essex Street was the other driver.
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Philadelphia
Panops
Jamesville
Truman H. Preston
John B. Crossman
Preston
Crossman
Nace
Piatkowski
John Wellford
Delaware and Dudley Sts
Anna Pierce
Essex St
Quake Toll Rises Over Six Thousand in Ecuador
President Calo Plaza Lasso reports updated figures after the Ecuador quake. Estimated property damage reaches 467 million dollars and deaths exceed six thousand. He notes casualty numbers are uncertain and higher tallies are likely, aligned with a U.S. relief mission estimate.
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Quito
Ecuador
Calo Plaza Lasso
U.S
Harvester Union Members Vote To Strike
Two US farm equipment workers at the International Harvester Company vote five to one to strike. The dispute involves lands and bargaining with union councils. Ballots indicate a strike vote, with plans for actions next Tuesday. Plants are located in Chicago, Rock Island, Canton, Ohio, Auburn Kentucky, and Richmond.
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International Harvester Company
Cako
Marvester Council
Chiterge
Bock Islan
Cantom
Tel
Auburn N KY
Richmond
Peacemaker quote from Little Fans tale across pages
A clipped ad lib from a reminiscence features a proverb about quarrels and peacemaking told by an old woman in Little Fans. The lines hint at a local reader’s memory of a common saying about resolving disputes.
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Riinnesaia
Sunn
Starling Blitz Delays Big Ben in London
In London, a flock of migrating starlings swarmed the Parliament building area and roosted on Big Ben. The birds slowed the clock by four minutes and forty seconds, forcing the BBC to start the 9 PM broadcast without chimes. The clock avoided longer delays during wartime.
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London
Big Ben
Parliament Building
B.B.C
Chinese Recall Shrinks Hillay Attache Offices Worldwide
Chinese embassy spokesman said Beijing is closing Hillary attache offices globally as Nationalists demand officers for the anti Communist front.
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Temiran
Iran
Jeany
Hillary
Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth Secure Police Guard for Kids
Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth have requested and received police protection for their three children in Deauville France. The precaution comes after two jewel robberies nearby, with Aly citing risk from kidnappers due to children often playing on the beach. The children are Prince Kharim 12 Prince Amyon 11 and Rebecca Welles 4.
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Deauville
France
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Aly
Prince Kharim
Prince Amyon
Miss Hayworth
Orson ‘Welles
Rebecca Welles
Stari Deauville
Aga Khan
Alv
Begum Khan
Nice
Deawville
Dick Fazio Tests Derby Course Ahead of Race
Syracuse derby hopeful Dick Fazio tested the Derby Downs course in Akron to gauge speed and condition. The 55 contestants in the All-American Derby watched as Fazio clocked 27 seconds in a practice run, aided by support from his mother and sister Jean. Despite rain interruptions, conditions improved for the event, with Fazio aiming for peak speed and weight reduction ahead of race day.
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Akron
Syracuse
Dick Fazio
Marin Luis South
S.recuss
Joseph Fazio
Jean
Israc
Faink
Local FIRS Theft Nets $15,000 in Jewelry
A Syracuse jewelry firm reports a Chicago apartment burglary where 276 rings valued at 15000 were stolen from salesman Howard Peyton. The rear window was forced while Peyton was visiting friends. The theft follows another incident in Escanaba Michigan earlier, with similar jewelry losses.
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ATL Pond Co., Inc
Syracuse
Chicago
Albert. W. Doolittle
Ostroman
Pond
Howard Peyton
Doolittle
Escanaba
Mich
Chiang Aid Talks With MacArthur
Wu Teh-chen, adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, held a two hour conference with General MacArthur in Tokyo. Officials would not discuss the subject. Wu said the visit was unofficial and not tied to any anti Communist union in the Pacific. He arrived from Formosa last night. It was suggested he might meet Japan's Premier Yoshida before returning to Formosa.
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Tokyo
Wu Teh-chen
Chiang Hai-shek
China
Mecarshur
Wu An
Formosa
Pacific
Ballot Protest in West Germany Urges Voters to Boycott
Leaflets circulated in West Germany urging a boycott of the upcoming federal parliament election. Allied observers viewed most pamphlets as signed by small independent groups with potential Hitler-era echoes.
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Frankfort
Germany
West Germany
Hitler
Public Service Commission warns transport firms on fare rises
Albany reports the Public Service Commission warns transportation companies not to burden the public with rate increases amid ongoing losses. Commissioner Glen R. Bedenkopp rejects Rochester Transportation Corp's plan to drop weekly passes and token discounts, approves temporary token rise and higher passes to offset rising operating costs.
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Albany
Public ‘Service
Commission
Transportation ‘Companies
Glen R. Bedenkopp
PSC
Rochester Transportation Corporation
Iit
Bus ‘Company
Bedenkapp
Eedenkapp
Fair Weekend In Store Says Weather Reporter
Meteorologist Andrew P. Keller forecasts a fair weekend with moderate temperatures and relatively low humidity. He expects tomorrow’s high near 75 degrees and a tonight low around 62, with scattered showers ending early. Rainfall last night varied, with 0.06 of an inch at the Municipal Airport station and about an inch in southern areas near South Onondaga.
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Andrew P. Keller
Onondaga
Rebels Cut Off Supply Line Near Yugoslav Border
Greek government troops closed the rebels supply route to Slobama in the Vitsi pocket near the Yugoslav border as they tightened the siege of about 7,200 guerrillas.
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Athens
Greece
Inquiries Probe Freezer Shipments to Washington Figures
Senate investigations seek motive for unasked for home freezers sent to Mrs. Truman and other notable Washington figures. Invoices allegedly show shipments to Harry Vaughan Fred Vinson James Vardaman and Charles Ross, with Albert Verley Co. paying for the units. The panel subpoenaed Harry Hoffman as it presses for full facts amid testimony by Albert Maragon and others.
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Washington
Harry S&s. Truman
Truman
Independence
Harry H. Vaughan
Fred MM. .Vinson
Federal
Reserve
James.k. Vardaman
Matt Connelly
Vinson
the Treasury
Vardaman
Inquil ‘Talbert
Milwaukee
Sasnenden
Vaughan
Anna
Albert "Verley' ‘Co
Chicago
John
Mare
Maragon
White House
Cipient
Hoey
Dan
Maber
Senate
Treasa Snyder
Warden of Alcatraz Retired Johnston Reveals Dreamlike Tale
Ex warden James A Johnston who ran Alcatraz for 14 years shares his first dreamlike memoir in The American Weekly starting Sunday. The feature profiles a storied era with references to notorious figures and a dramatic prison legacy.
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James A.johnston
Alcotroez
Johnston
Sun Gay
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Special Investigations Subcommittee
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