Senators Plan Full Probe Into WWII Contract Scandals
Washington aug 5 aroused senators pledged a broad investigation into charges of world war II contract fraud involving army officers government personnel and civilian contractors Comptroller General Lindsay Warren reported about 1 165 billion in contract settlements with irregularities over 11 5 million and noted 2 240 000 in improper payments 474 717 refunded voluntarily 6 280 000 in improper payments 107 882 recovered 472 settlements showing fraud involving government personnel and contractor ties to feathering of nests with former officers receiving stock and a firm securing contracts worth over 100 000 a second case showed a 500 payoff to a government official. Warren blamed the Contract Settlement Act and agency practices for the problems.
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Washington
Benstors
Army
Lindsay
Warren
MacClellan
D-Ark
Hoey
D- NC
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
New York City
Justice Department
Comptroller General
Cross Burning Reported in Fingerstown
A second cross was burned in Fingerstown last night at Main and Mont Valla Avenues. Patrolmen Wisfieldh and Bannon described the cross as six by three feet with kerosene odor and a bag-like covering, similar to a cross found Friday near Pright and Devonshire Recut.
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Fingerstown
Main
Mont Valla
Paul Wisfieldh
Bannon
City Man And His Pen Pal Meet In Tokyo
An American Army officer Captain Harold P H Thomas from Maryland and his Japanese pen pal Toshiya Mori met for the first time in Tokyo. Their correspondence began in April after Thomas advertised in a Tokyo paper seeking someone to write about Daan. Mori, a former Manchuria lieutenant repatriated from Siberia, now works as an electrical appliance salesman. They chatted in English and Japanese, posed for photographers, and rode in Thomas's car.
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Tlaverstown
Vipat
Tokyo
Daan
Harold P. H. Thomas
Eerstowi
Japainese
Toshiya Mori
Thomas
Japan
Mori
Manchuria
Siberia
Isan Electrical
Hire
Yeaterduy Ther
Oakland Marks Centennial With Week of Festivities
Oakland Maryland marks its seven day centennial celebration with church bells fire sirens and aerial bombs. Residents enjoy parades pageants and exhibitions while a time capsule will be placed in a vault to be opened in 2049. Notables include Governor Lane Senator Tydings and B&O president Roy White. The pageant Song Of The Oaks portrays local history and scenes of Washington and the railroad visit.
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Oakland
Garrett County
Maryland
Algo
Rose McCarty
Calif
Isaac McCarty
W. Preston Lane, Jr
Millard B. Tydings
J. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Roy B. White
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Song of the Oaks
Joseph Sellars
Felix J. Robinson
Meadow Mountain
George Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
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Ford
Carmen
Stagecoach
Ire Ata Red Ryder
STG
Beaver
Bee’ S
Republic Pictures
Ter
Anne Revere
Walter Lang
Lamar Trotts
Pine Grove
Martinsburg
W. VA
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EHO Radio Pictumer
Connipuons TP
Tate PM
Ruan AS
Jer
Jom Jones
Garfield
Armendariz
Robert Lowery
Patricia Morrison
Ant
Laurel and Harde
Newberry S
Ade
Whitesel Music CO
Fleisher’s
Stella
Rien
New York
WEW
Weston
Aniven Varue
Sore ST
Brassieres
Thrift Dep
At. Arms Phere
Jack W. Doflemyer
Charles J. Monnittzer
Ingerstown
Troure 2
Pvt
Cab.llarion
Noone
N.C
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
Majestic
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Orville Anderson
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