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PAGE FOUR ■ Bttw Pearson Exposes Grain Storage Scandal ■ DREW PEARSON ‘ scandal to! explode into will wsult from ft team W' Rtavcmment investigators now ijjylßjP to trace *3,800,000 worth of Übvertunent grain, that has mys teriously vanished from South western storage bins. ■ So far the investigators have found that: -1. Warehousemen have been ped dling the taxpayers' grain for their tarn private profit. ' ~3. Other warehousemen have neg ligently allowed grata to spoil. •St&tfL least 43 instances of missing stain still haven’t been accounted findings have been report ed to Congress ,by. Lindsay War reh’i General Accounting Office, which checked the books of the QoUaS Commodity Office' covering the States of Texas, Louisiana, Ar kansas, Oklahoma and New Mex ieo. A. copy of thia confidential re port has been obtained by this col -FSfrom our examination to date,” the report declares, “it appears obvious. that even a. conservative estimate of shortages, in grain a- Uixe,' wotjld exceed $3,800,000.” *Vhougi£ "shortages were known to have existed in early 1951.’’ Hie report complains that "action ta regard .to the known irregularities thed to be literally forced on Commodity Office. Even after situation had deteriorated to -extent where prominent grain Operators. In this area were demand ing corrective action to protect the trade, the responsible administra tive officials continued to issue Statements that,all was well and that no action on their part was igpeasary. ■ ' ; pM' 1 ' . . f {• ’■ v • ■ SALES - "'-"I' *" • -<i AND SERVICE ,fr I Tour Car For Winter I’ Strickland ■ Motor Co. § -M* K-Mccrton St y 5.... - ■ free Merchandise ; * ML'''-*" 1: see or it - WINDOWS FOR ' * Hw . . i.;' ’ k rs - - ■ ■Qta ‘v/g.*? ' I* ■■■■- r'l^hi&'•'«<.»<r ■•ir'- H | wt IBi A I cl .■ wpi ~w i f j * “It was not until November and i December that any of the cases were referred to the Solicitor’s Of fice,” the report adds. “As of Jan uary 2, 1952, only five such cases have been received by the regional attorney, in three of which court action has been obtained.” SEVEN GUILTY WAREHOUSES However, the investigators’ re port lists seven "admitted or known” cases in which private warehouses sold grain they were supposed to be storing for the tax payers. They are: Shannon Eleva tor, Sudan, Texas; E. and S. Bond ed Warehouse, San Antonio, Tex as; Henderson Grain and Storage Farewell, Texas; Plains Grain and Storage, Pantex, Texas: Hollen stein Bros. Elevator, Umbarger, Texas; W. J. Hughes Grain Co., Panhandle, Texas, and Everette Grain Co., Vega, Texas. The total shortage in these seven cases amounts to $2,485,005. ■The report also lists 14 ware houses, whose books show total shortages of $565,452. What hap pened to the missing grain in these cases, however, isn’t known. These lesser, unexplained shortages were uncovered at San Agelo Wool Co., San Angelo, Tex.; Lemon Grain Co., Booker, Tex.; Gray County Wheat Growers, Pampa, Tex.; Bar nett Elevator Co., White Deer, Tex.: Rock Island Grain Co., Fort Woi;th, Tex.; Fisher Grain C<f„ Woodward, Okla.; Barrus Mill and Elevator Co., Fort Worth, Tex.; Etter Grain, Etter, Tex.; Rhome Milling Co., Rhome, Tex.; E. B. McNeil Grain Co., Thomas, Okla.; Nelson Grain Co., Claude, Tex.; A Ac B Feed Co., San Antonio, Tex.; Great West Mills, Fort Worth, Tex.; and Consumers Fuel, .Canyon, Tex. “In addition to the listed cases, there are 29 establishments in ' Which shortage is known, or be lieved to exist, involving an esti mated value of $631,330," adds the report. BRANNAN TO BE QUERIED Tire worst case of spoilage was dißecovered at Arkadelphia, Ark., in an old flour and feed mill leased , by the Southern Grata and Storage |Co. The company was formed “for the sole purpose of leasing the old mill .. and contracting with the Commodity Credit ' Corporation,” the confidential report charges, . A.total of 179,122 bushels of win ter wheat was stored in the old mill, though the grain-elevator ca pacity was only 131,792 bushels. As a result, the “grain was condemn ed by the Food and Drug Adminis tration as unfit for human con fumptlon and sold to chicken feed manufacturers, causing an estimat ed gross loss of $147,386 in the of the grata. ;U|§ pew appears that because of the limited assets of the Southern Grata and Storage Company, the only source of recovery open to the Government is 880,000 from the bonding company,” the report con times. - Yet the Dallas Commodity Office actually paid. the company $4,863 ta warehouse charges in Septem ber, 1951—three months after the Government had billed the same potapany for $9,610. ; “The explanation as to why the gecond payment was made rather than withheld or set off against - - '■ l—■■ i« - 1 ■T""*" ' > m * i*3SH ‘ ' M ANGIER KIWANIS CLUB OFFICERS. Pictured here are the men chosen to guide me Angler Klwanls Club for 1952. Left to right: Leonard o*burn, rice president, Tom Ward, secretary, Clyde Adams, president, and Ellis Parker, treasurer. The officers were installed at a meeting last week by Joe Talley, Governor of the Carolines District Klwanls from Fayetteviltsl (Daily- Record Photo). * Coats Happenings By CLYDE BRYAN I The Coats P. T. A. held it’s reg- ; ular monthly meeting on the eve- * ning of January 10, at seven o’- clock. There was a large number of parents present. It was a short meeting due to the fact that the Senior Play followed at eight o'- clock. i Immediately after the Senior Play Miss Edith Alien held open house for the Seniors, at the Teacherage. Miss Phyllis Timber lake, Mrs. Gladys Phillips, and Mr. James . Valsame received the guests at the door and directed them to the din ing room where Miss Jerry Cobb, assisted by Mrs. Mildred Creech, ! poured punch. Among those enjoying Miss Al- . len’s hospitality were: Frederick : Byrd, D. C. Ryals, Maynard Moran, ; Marvin McLean, Jimmy Vaughn. Dennis Pope, Jean Hawley, Fan- ; ny Sue Langdon, Becky UpcHurch, Melva Williams, Laura Grace\ En nis. LeU Ruth Cobh, Fred Holmes. Gail Pope, James Tadlock, Delano Whittington, W. F. Williams, Doro thy Barnes, Gertrude Byrd, Ruth Denning. Hilda Williams, Peggy Center, Peggy Maness, Jo Ann Fax, Sue Stewart, Howard Smith, Ru the $9,690 charge was that it was an oversight qnd that the payment should not have bean made,” the report points out. \ The Sbhate Agriculture Commit tee will try to get the explanation from the Department of Agricul ture. T ■ ' 1 ' v ’ THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN. H„ B I dolph Miller, Clara Stephenson, ; Howard Miller, Hellen Parnell, Bet > ty Maness, Josephine Johnson, Ray ' mond Jernigan, 818 Howard, .Gar nie Edwards, Johnie Fred Parrish, Bill Gardner, Thomas Cooper, Thelma Jackson, Shirley Gregory, Jeanette Jackson, Melba Clayton, Imogene' Williams: Miss Allen said the good-byes. MISSIONARY' meeting The Mattie Bain Circle of W. M. S. met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. H. Yarley, with Mrs. Reggie Parrish as joint hos tess. 5 Mrs. Curtiss Guy was in charge of the program. The subject was Missions. Those present were; Mrs. M. D Bryant, Mrs. Thomas Williams, Mrs. Mcßay Stewart, Mra J. B. Eller, Mrs. Banka Pollard. Mrs. F. H. Fleming, Mrs. Johnie Barnes, Mra Curtis Guy, Mra L. E. Me- Knight, Mrs. Donald Moore, Mrs. Haywood Roberts and the baa teases. For refreshments a sweet course was served. Mr. E. B. .Taylor, spent the weekend with friends at Parkton, N. C. Mr. Gilbert Lewis went- to the ball game at State College Satur day night, he also spent the week end at State. Mr. James Valsame went to the ball game at State College Satur day night. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Collier and children, Patsy and Paul visited Mr. and Mrs. Roger Collier ta God win, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Klyce Stewart and son Mark Allen have returned to their home in Madison, Wis. after spending sometime with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stewart, pa rents of Mr. Stewart. In a well-hit drive, the backspin of a golf ban will be from 5,000 to 5,000 revolutions per minute, de pending on how the ball is hit. t ! , .» Tobacco Canvas Bdk's Special 24 x 20 - 4 Yd. Wide WITHOUT METAL EYELETS $8.90 —>loo yds. Drew Pearson (Continued From Pace Two) billion dollars a year some of which could have been saved it , we had followed the old adage, “An ■ ounce of prevention is worth a ' pound of cure.” Iran and Egypt Diplomats , also recall the manner in which . Churchill secured from Roosevelt . full control of policy in Egypt, Iran > and the Middle East. The result of that policy, partly spelled out in Egyptian riots and closed British Consulates in Iran, is too fresh to need repetition here .... but the manner in which American war time commanders backed up British supremacy, may have been forgot ten Gen. Benny Giles, lecturing U. S. newsmen who criticized Brit ish policy in Cairo in 1943, said: “Gentlemen, I have noticed that you have been writing political news. 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