Officials named in grain speculation list
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham and Gov. H. B. Maw of Utah were among 99 public officials named by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson for speculating in grain last September. The list includes 80 federal employees and various state and local officials. Graham said his broker traded for him without his knowledge, and he ordered sales after public discussion of grain trading. Maw defended past market activity as legitimate. The White House declined to comment. The release is the third under congressional inquiry into insider trading by government insiders.
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Washington
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
H. B. Maw
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Graham
Charles G. Ross
White House
St. Paul
Harold E. Stassen
Maw
Salt Lake City
Gov. Man
Weather Halts Alaska Rescue Efforts Near Nome
Heavy ground fog, gale winds, and subzero temps hampered rescue teams 85 miles north of Nome as air force crews tried to evacuate four survivors of a B 29 crash. Seven others from a C 47 and glider were uninjured. two more were left to ready the glider for Monday recovery.
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Nome
Alaska
Air Force
Turkey
Aiken Mays
Harry N. Burkhalter
Cold Front Crossing Dakotas Brings Snow and Frost
The weather bureau forecast a new storm centered in western South Dakota bringing heavy snow and 15 below temperatures in North Dakota as the Dakotas see a sharp cold wave. Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois face lighter snow and less severe cold. New York City endures its deepest snowfall in history with 25.8 inches as Mayor O Dwyer coordinates relief efforts and calls for volunteers to clear streets.
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Associated Press
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
South Dakota
Dakota
Thesi Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
New York
New England
New York State
Burlington
Carabou
Midwest
William ‘O'Dwyer
New York City
Chicago Weather Bureau
O'Dwyer
Greeks Break Guerrilla Siege to Relief Konitsa
Government sources report a Greek relief column broke through guerrilla lines and entered Konitsa near the Albanian border. The operation involved about 4,000 guerrilla fighters and rocket fire from Spitfire aircraft.
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Athens
Konitsa
Konitsa-Kalpaki
Ioannina
Tiercely
Bus Merger Is Protested
Washington December 29 American Bus Lines and Burlington Transportation Co asked ICC for reconsideration of authorization given Transcontinental Bus System Inc to consolidate 10 companies in the West Their petition argues the plan would give the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad practical control of the new system and require ICC authority Their challenge also says the merger would affect competing services and jeopardize joint terminal facilities The ICC division 4 rejected the protest earlier this month and noted stock distribution would be wide The decision was made by Commissioners Mahaffie Mitchell and Miller
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Washington
American Bus Lines, Inc
Burlington ‘Transportation Co
Transcontinental Bus System
Inc
Dallas
Tex
West
Interstate: Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka & Santa, Fe Railroad
ICC
American
Burlington
Charles
Mahaffie
Richard ¥. Mitchell
Carroll’ Miller
Mitchell
British Warn Against Guerrilla Recognition
London reports the British foreign office warns that recognizing Gen Marko Visias guerrilla regime in Greece would worsen world tensions. A spokesman declined to specify possible British actions if recognition occurs. Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria are accused by a UN committee of aiding the guerrillas.
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London
British Foreign Office
Marko’. Visiades
Greece
Britain
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
United Nations
Truman urges faster Marshall Plan timing to avert spring crisis
Washington reports President Truman may urge Congress in his upcoming state of the union to speed up the Marshall plan schedule. Officials warn a spring crisis looms if long-range aid await, with stopgap relief expiring March 31 and funds limited to France Italy and Austria. Greece civil war fears underscore urgency.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Capitol
Hill
France
Italy
Austia
Greece
Wride Resigns From State Insurance Board Post
Elwyn A. Wride deputy director of Oregon state insurance division resigns from his $6000 year post and returns to Portland. Commission chair Wright says a replacement will be sought quickly though qualified candidates are scarce. Wride plans to leave for his injured wife after the automobile accident.
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Phoenix
Elwyn A. ‘Wride
the. State Corporation ‘S Commission
Portland
Ore
Wilson
T. Wright
Wride
Swas
Wright
Aide to Greece Under Hoover Era Review
Washington December 29 officials study policy on stopping American military aid to Greece as Communist threats loom. Proposals include diverting funds from 300 million to bolster arms or economy and seeking Congress support beyond June 30. Secretary of State Marshall will present recommendations to President Truman after his Pinehurst trip.
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Washington
Greece
Department
Congress
Athens
State
Marshall
Het
Pinehurst
N. C
Truman
Loyalty Cases Heard Secretly In Congress Debate
Rep. Bloom and Rep. Jonkman said drastic rules are justified for federal employee loyalty cases. The loyalty review board will operate in strict secrecy with no public hearings to protect FBI information sources. They urged government certainty over individual rights, noting secrecy may shield sources while allowing firings for sufficient reasons. The board, created by president Truman, has an $11 million fund for loyalty checks.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congress
Rep. Bloom
D-Ny
Jonkman
R-Mich
Seth W. Richardson
Richardson
FBI
Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Michigan
Arden
Pilot DeLand Killed In Daring Taylorcraft Crash
William DeLand 23 died when his two place Taylorcraft plunged from about 100 feet after buzzing a friend’s home at 414 Hast Yava pai street in DeLand. Eyewitnesses and John Brent said the plane stalled and struck the ground near 1614 East Speedway, with rescue crews freeing DeLand’s crushed body. Deputy Armstrong cited instrument failure, including a stuck airspeed indicator at 140 mph, as a primary cause. Brents described a 600 feet circling start and a final dive from 100 feet before impact.
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William
DeLand
East Speedway
San
Friends
Yavapai Street
Barney
Armstrong
John Brent
Fred R
Brent
Yavapai
John
Brents
U S Ambassador W D Douglas Visits Arizona Frontier
West Lewis Arizona sees U S ambassador W Douglas spend five days in state with family near Sonoita after arriving from London. He plans two public appearances. illness and fatigue lead to cancellations including Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce dinner in Nogales. He may return to England in January depending on Washington talks with Secretary Marshall.
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Lewis W. Douglas
Court of St. James
James
Arizona
Douglas
Sonoita
Washington
England
James Douglas
Tucson
East Fourth Street
Young Douglas
Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company
George Marshall
London
Sharman
Mary
Peter
James Stuart Douglas
Santa Cruz County
Prison Sentence for Robbery Pair from Multiple States
Superior Court Judge J Smith Gibbons sentenced Charles R. Maley 24 of Springfield Ohio and Edward Elsbury 21 of Marianna Pennsylvania to 15 to 20 years for robbing a service station near Sanders Arizona. They had escaped December 1 from a Federal medical center at Springfield Missouri. Companion William E. McClellan 23 of Cumberland Maryland was also sentenced to 15 to 20 years.
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Federal Medical Center
Springfield
Wiliam E. McClellan
Cumberland
Chief To Get Medical Certificate In Arizona
PHOENIX Dec 29 UP Dr J P Ward state superintendent of public health said Monday he has received a temporary certificate to practice medicine in Arizona following completion of basic science examinations by the state board of medical examiners He was required to take only the hygiene portion of the examination as the balance was waived on a reciprocity basis Permanent medical certificate will be issued to Dr Ward when the State medical board meets in January
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Phoenix
J. P. Ward
Arizona
State Board
Ward
Medical’ Board
Former King Vittorio Emanuele dies in exile
Vittorio Emanuele III, 78, former king of Italy, died of pneumonia in Alexandria, ending a tumultuous reign marked by Mussolini’s rule and the 1946 republican vote. His consort Elena stood by his bed as he died after a Christmas eve illness.
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Associated
Alexandria
Egypt
Vittorio
Emanuele
Benito’ Mussolini
House OF Savoy
Italy
Elena
Lisbon
Umberto
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Hitler
Savoy
Umberto Land
Umberto ‘I
Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
Truman signs GOP inflation bill amid political clash
Washington dispatch reports Republicans accuse the President of politics over the anti inflation measure while Democrats rally to his defense. Truman plans to sign the GOP substitute for his 10 point program on a better than nothing basis and urges Congress to authorize standby wage price and ration controls to curb living costs. The GOP bill backs three noncontroversial features and grants voluntary powers for others.
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Washington
U.A
Truman
Congress
White House
GOP
House Republican
Charles A. Halleck
Jesse P. Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
Wilky
Taft Blames Truman For High Prices At Kansas City Meet
Senator Robert A Taft told a Jackson county Republican breakfast in Kansas City that President Truman is using politics to shift blame for inflation He cited a $40 billion budget plan and said inflation stems from government deficits and spending amid high demand and limited supply The Ohio senator predicted strong GOP prospects in 1948.
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Kansas City
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Ohio
Taft
Jackson County
Republican Committee
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Republican “Committee
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Gen. Graham
Harold J. Stassen
Otheseyn
Markos, Villades
Merriman Smith
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