Government's Corporate Agencies Report Reveals 31 Entities
A Senate report compiles a 32 volume treasury study on 31 federal corporations and lending agencies with assets totaling over 15.1 billion dollars. It details interagency links 1.96 billion in intercompany assets and 1.4 billion in interagency liabilities, plus a 6.99 billion bond debt. The study notes gaps in audits budgeting and dividends and calls for uniform policy and annual asset reviews.
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H. F. Byrd
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Congress
Ese
Treasury
Ihe
General Accounting Office
Heirarchies
Senate
Budget Bureau
Montha
Aes Mein Petite Rn ‘Es
District of Columbia
Ing
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Export-Import Bank
Washington
Federal Insurance Corporation
Federal Treasury
Bureau of the Budget
General Accountiing Office
United States Civil Service Commission
Secretary of the
U S Officer Losey Killed in Norwegian Bomb Raid
Captain Robert M. Losey United States military attache in Stockholm was killed by a bomb splinter in a Norwegian tunnel during a German air raid at Dombas. He had traveled from Stockholm to contact Americans under Lt Commander Hagen and had earlier served in Finland as an observer.
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Norway
Losey
Hagen
Iowa
Sterling
Stockholm
Finland
Robert M. Losey
United States
Goteborg News
Handels Tidningen
Dombas
Commercial Character Attention Grows in Public Debate
The piece notes increasing public focus on the merchant or commercial character in civic life. Advocates argue for clearer rules and balanced interests while opponents fear restrictions on enterprise and innovation.
Boiling point of water and elevation effects
The boiling point of water depends on pressure. As elevation increases atmospheric pressure drops, lowering the boiling point and slowing heating at high altitudes. At sea level water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, while higher elevations require less heat to reach boil.
Undertaker Faces Extortion Charges in Labor Racketeering
George Scalise 43 ex convict and president of the Building Service Employes International Union was charged in New York with extorting about 100000 from 20 hotels and 11 window cleaning firms over three years. He was seized in a midtown hotel raid and released on 40000 bail.
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New York
George Scalise
American Federation of Labor
Building Service
Employes International Union
San Francisco
Thomas E. Dewey
Gok Eam
Scalise
Atlanta
General Sessions
Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr
Rcalise
Jimmy
Murray I. Gurfein
Dewey
Chicago
Scalise Arrest Sparks Union Leader Travel Confusion
Scalise was driven to the hotel in a station wagon from his new 27 room Ridgefield Conn country home with two suit cases and a Chicago ticket when arrested. His attorney John Kadel said the trip was a routine business delegation to discuss plans for the union's international convention in Atlantic City in May.
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Scalise
Ridgefield
Conn
Chicago
John Kadel
Atlantic City
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures on April 19
Treasury figures show receipts of 18,330,529.70 and expenditures of 27,254,126.96 for April 19, with gross debt at 42,605,781,094.41 and a daily increase of 1,571,174.03. The report reflects day’s financial activity in Washington.
Proportion of Cars Not Fully Paid For in U S Roads
It has been estimated that between one fourth and one third of the automobiles on the road in the United States are not fully paid for.
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United States
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Incorporated Democracy
Sarrakes Tary
Continental Congress
Bank of North America
Great Britain
Union of Soviet Socialistic
Italy
France
Germany
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
War Finance Corporation
United States Housing Authority
Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives
Tennessee Valley Association Cooperatives, Inc
Weyal Rena
London
Hardy
Council For Paint Styling
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
N. Loudoun St
U.S. A
Undertaker
California
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester, Minn
Position of the Treasury
Manbeck Baking CO
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