Truman announces he will veto new bill; Sens Taft and Millikin comment; Dems reptd abandoning substitute moves; poll on possibility of overriding veto; Sen debate on bill begins; Sen McClellan urges community property provision

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WAR CONTRACTORS ACCUSED OF FRAUD; Controller General Reports to Congress 19 Are Involved in Fund Exceeding $2,000,000 WAR CONTRACTORS ACCUSED OF FRAUD

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CONTRACTS: Controller Gen Warren repts to Cong on settlements; reiterates reasons for independent audits and revision of War Contracts Settlement Act

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1947Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer^[†]

Jeffrey R. Hanna is an American singer-songwriter and performance musician, best known for his association with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. His professional music career has spanned six decades.

1947Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic^[†]

Norman Lebrecht is a British music journalist and author best known as the owner of the classical music blog Slipped Disc. His writings have been accused of sensationalism and criticized for their inaccuracies, while others have praised them as entertaining. Unlike other writers on music, Lebrecht rarely reviews concerts or recordings, preferring to report on the people and organizations who engage in classical music. He was described by Gilbert Kaplan as "surely the most controversial and arguably the most influential journalist covering classical music".

1947Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician^[†]

Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren is a Swedish politician who served as the leader of the Moderate Party from 1999 to 2003. Lundgren also served as Minister for Sports from 1991 to 1994 and Director-General of the Swedish National Debt Office from 2004 to 2013.

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1947The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.^[†]

Exodus 1947 was a packet steamship that was built in the United States in 1928 as President Warfield for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company. From her completion in 1928 until 1942 she carried passengers and freight across Chesapeake Bay between Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.

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PRESIDENT HOLDS ATOM SECRET SAFE IN 'SOUVENIR' THEFT; Backs Hickenlooper Statement Security Was Not Breached by 2 Army Sergeants' Act FILMS IN STOLEN MATTER Negatives Pictured Equipment Used in Making Bombs, Says Representative Van Zandt PRESIDENT HOLDS ATOM SECRET SAFE

WAR CONTRACTORS ACCUSED OF FRAUD; Controller General Reports to Congress 19 Are Involved in Fund Exceeding $2,000,000 WAR CONTRACTORS ACCUSED OF FRAUD

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