NAVY TAKES OVER
EXPLOSIVES PLANTS OFFICIALS ARRESTED BRIBERY ALLEGED (11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The White House announced that under the terms of a Presidential order, the Navy Department took possession of the Triumph Explosives Company, Incorporated, at Elkton, Maryland, and two subsidiaries, the Milford Ordnance Company and Sussex Ordnance Company, because it is desirous that they should be operated effectively and safely. . The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested the vice-president of the plant and army and navy inspectors on bribery charges, which resulted from an audit by the re-negotiation section of the Navy Department. The inspectors allegedly accepted bribes ih the guise of service fees. The Navy Department’s preliminary investigation indicates more than £250,000 in management irregularities were involved. The White House said that those arrested were Josef Ben Decker, executive vice-president of the Triumph plant, J. A. McCambridge, until recently a civilian army inspector at the Triumph works, and Reginald Gregory, chief civilian navy inspector at the Triumph plant. More arrests ai'e expected. •
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20914, 14 October 1942, Page 3
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165NAVY TAKES OVER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20914, 14 October 1942, Page 3
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