STAFF CHANGES: Adm L E Denfeld named to succeed Fleet Adm Nimitz as Naval Operations Chief; Vice Adm Radford seen likely to become Naval Operations vice chief

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MEYERS ACCUSED OF HOLDING STOCKS, BUT MAKING DENIAL; Senators Are Told He Owned $35,074 in Aviation Securities While He Was Air Officer AAF'S ACTION IS ATTACKED Service Failed to Investigate Letter Charging Irregularities to General, Group Hears DENIAL ON STOCKS IS LAID TO MEYERS

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

subcom to investigate procurement officers stock holdings in contractors cos; Col Nuckols testifles on '43 rumors of such holdings by Meyers and others; records show Meyers held aviation stock but failed to list it in AAF confidential questionnaire; anonymous '45 lr charging Meyers fraud revealed; reptd by Maj Gen J W Jones and Col Price to have been sidetracked; both defend failure to investigate

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1947P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (died 2022)^[†]

Patrick Jake O'Rourke was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.

1947Nat Young, Australian surfer and author^[†]

Robert Harold "Nat" Young is an Australian surfer and author.

1947Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (died 2016)^[†]

Stanley Dural Jr., better known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band, but they often performed as merely Buckwheat Zydeco.

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1947Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (born 1873)^[†]

Joseph Allard was a Canadian fiddler and composer. He occasionally recorded under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Allard made many popular recordings, including Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel de Chateauguay, Reel de Jacques Cartier, and Reel du voyageur. During most of his life he was rarely in the public eye, and worked much of his life as a fisherman. After his recordings became popular, he was known as The Prince of Fiddlers.

Headlines from November 14, 1947

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Current Taxes Must Finance Marshall Plan, Says Truman; Vandenberg States Repayment in Scarce Materials Will Be Sought -- Harriman Would Halt Aid to the Soviet-Ruled TRUMAN DEMANDS TAXES FINANCE ERP

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DENFELD IS NAMED TO BE NAVY CHIEF; Truman Picks Head of Pacific Fleet to Succeed Nimitz in Top Service Post DENFELD IS NAMED TO BE NAVY CHIEF SUCCEEDS NIMITZ

MEYERS ACCUSED OF HOLDING STOCKS, BUT MAKING DENIAL; Senators Are Told He Owned $35,074 in Aviation Securities While He Was Air Officer AAF'S ACTION IS ATTACKED Service Failed to Investigate Letter Charging Irregularities to General, Group Hears DENIAL ON STOCKS IS LAID TO MEYERS

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