King Criticizes San Francisco Internal Revenue Officials
The King subcommittee hearings condemned local internal revenue staff as incompetently managed by political appointees. Chairman Cecil King accused Washington of shielding the party insiders and called for an end to patronage in the IRS. Republican members backed the critique as the panel prepared for more sessions in Washington.
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San Francisco
King Congressional
Internal Revenue
Cecil Kine
Calif
King
Washington
Revenue Service
Republican Committee
W. Kean
Inus
John W Byrnes
Wis
New York
Internal Revenue Office
James G Smyth
Auto Club faults Virginia judges for overzealous traffic actions
The Automotive Club of Virginia says some judges are too aggressive in traffic case handling while under Governor Battle's urge to curb highway deaths. The board cites excessive bond requirements for out of state drivers in reckless driving charges and comments on speed traps maintained by police in parts of the state.
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Richmond
Automobile Club of Virginia
Virginia
Battle
G. Wise Wescott
Wescott
Virginia 4-H yields higher livestock profits in 1951
Virginia 4-H enrollment in 1952 reached 6433 members, with 1951 project completions rising and livestock income and profits climbing. Beef club had 895 members with 1243 animals and profits over 107 thousand dollars. sheep and pig clubs also grew with notable gains. Billy Ramsey of Albemarle won the Chicago sheep shearing contest. Aubrey Bradshaw of Henry County won a meat animal contest and a college scholarship.
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Brower
Pie Club
Chicago
Billy Ramsey
Albemarle County
Aubrey Bradshaw
Henry County
Local Farm Stock and Equipment Auctions Net Thousands
Three recent livestock and farm equipment sales near Double Toll Gate Boyce and White Hall grossed over 27 000 dollars. Auctioneers Buck Orndorff and Charles R Duvall led the events with totals of 11 151 dollars 4 000 dollars and 12 590 25 dollars respectively. All items in each sale were sold.
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Katie C Funkhouser
C. HH Madagan
Double Toll Gate
Charles R Duvall
W. F Presgroves
Pyletown Road
Four Democratic Candidates File for Winchester Council
A.C. Oates Orville Wine FR Clark and Sherman Dick were officially approved by the Winchester Democratic Committee as candidates for the City Common Council in the June 10 election. All four seek seats from the Second Ward.
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A.C. Oates
Orville Wine
FR. Clark
Sherman Dick
Second Ward
Democratic Committee
City of
Winchester
Thomas G. Scully
Kimball Indicted In Cop Slaying
Petersburg prosecutors secure murder indictment for Arthur Raymond Kimball in the killing of Patrolman William T. Swafford during a jewelers break in. Police also seek indictments for burglary and jewelry theft valued over $2,000. A citywide manhunt followed, with searches at the Colonial Heights ballpark and Shenandoah Apartments.
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Petersburg
Huntings Court
Arthur Raymond Kimball
J. Wyatt
Kimball
William T. Swafford
Swafford
Dalton’s Jewelers
Wyatt
Colonial Heights
Richmond
Shenandoah Apartments
Grace Street
Allenvenue
Divorce Granted In Unusual Case In Cleveland
Mrs. Rosemary McDonald won a divorce on grounds of gross neglect as she testified her husband loved her mother. Judge Joseph A. Arts granted freedom after investigator said she admitted writing letters and giving gifts to Kevin McDonald. McDonald, in the Air Force, denied romance while Mrs Nye, 42, said she was instructed to leave the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rosemary McDonald
Joseph A. Arts
Kevin McDonald
Mary Jane Nye
Nyve
McDonald
Air Force
Arizona
Florida Ku Klux Klan grand dragon convicted
The grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Florida was found guilty of mailing grossly offensive postcards to three people including columnist Drew Pearson. Judge Dozier Devane sentenced Bill Hendrix to one year in jail on each misdemeanor count, fined $700 total, and placed him on two years probation with execution deferred.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Grand Dragon
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
Drew Pearson
Dozier Devane
Bill Hendrix
Hendrix
Pearson
Fuller Warren
Kenneth Ballinger
Air Force Chief Hoyt Vandenberg Term Nears End
President Truman must decide in the next two months whether to reappoint Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg as Air Force chief of staff and Joint Chiefs member. Vandenberg’s four year term expires April 30. The President gave a noncommittal answer at a news conference, saying the question hadn’t reached him yet.
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Washington
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hoyt Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Air Force
JCB
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Jalom
Ate
N. Loudoun ST
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Ozarkiee
Blondie
Patent
By Ray Gotte
Chic Young
Henry
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Secret Agent X-9
By Mel Graff
Big Sister
Etta Kett
0.S. Patent Office
By Les Forgraves
U.S. Patent Office
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Muggs and
Skeeter
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