Texas City Claims Act: Hearings ... H.R. 40451955 - 267 pages |
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... score . But there was no finding that the negligence is found there . Mr. DONOHUE . Perhaps I am not approaching it as I should . The Government undertook to ship this ammonium nitrate to France . Is that correct ? Mr. LIFTIN . That is ...
... score . But there was no finding that the negligence is found there . Mr. DONOHUE . Perhaps I am not approaching it as I should . The Government undertook to ship this ammonium nitrate to France . Is that correct ? Mr. LIFTIN . That is ...
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... Ammonium nitrate , fertilizer grade , or FGAN as it was frequently called , is made up of these active elements from Army plants in Indiana and Ohio . They made the anhydrous am- monia which is a liquid . They sent that to these Army ...
... Ammonium nitrate , fertilizer grade , or FGAN as it was frequently called , is made up of these active elements from Army plants in Indiana and Ohio . They made the anhydrous am- monia which is a liquid . They sent that to these Army ...
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... ammonium nitrate fertilizer at the time of the Texas City explosion , rather than the biased , one - sided arguments ... grade , in this case knew of these well - known dangers , even though each bag was plainly marked " Ammonium nitrate ...
... ammonium nitrate fertilizer at the time of the Texas City explosion , rather than the biased , one - sided arguments ... grade , in this case knew of these well - known dangers , even though each bag was plainly marked " Ammonium nitrate ...
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... ammonium nitrate . The purpose of this paper is to show that the people who handled the fer- tilizer grade ammonium nitrate ( FGAN ) in this case knew that it was am- monium nitrate when it was hauled on the railroads , stored in a ...
... ammonium nitrate . The purpose of this paper is to show that the people who handled the fer- tilizer grade ammonium nitrate ( FGAN ) in this case knew that it was am- monium nitrate when it was hauled on the railroads , stored in a ...
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... ammonium nitrate and con- ditioned ammonium nitrate were not new products to the bureau of explosives on April 16 ... grade ammonium nitrate which has as its base ammonium nitrate . Under the provisions of Agent H. A. Campbell's freight ...
... ammonium nitrate and con- ditioned ammonium nitrate were not new products to the bureau of explosives on April 16 ... grade ammonium nitrate which has as its base ammonium nitrate . Under the provisions of Agent H. A. Campbell's freight ...
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ammonium nitrate fertilizer amount April 16 Army attorneys bills of lading Board BOYLE BRICKFIELD BRYAN bureau of explosives Bureau of Mines BURGER carbonaceous cargo cause claimants coated ammonium nitrate combustible committee commodity Congress court of appeals death Department of Justice detonation district court dunnage employees fact Federal Tort Claims fertilizer grade ammonium fertilizer program FGAN fire FORRESTER French Supply Council Government's grade ammonium nitrate Grandcamp handling hazards hearings Highflyer HYDE inherently dangerous insurance companies Interstate Commerce Commission Italics supplied Judiciary labeling LANE liability LIFTIN Lion Oil loaded loss manufacture ment monium opinion Ordnance Department oxidizing material paid paper bags payment percent personal injury Picatinny Arsenal production record responsibility Secretary Senate shipment shipped statement subcommittee subrogated claims Supreme Court temperature testified tests Texas City disaster Texas City explosion tion Tort Claims Act transportation Underwriters Underwriters Laboratories United States Government War Production Board
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Page 196 - Such regulations shall be in accord with the best-known practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is in proper condition to transport.
Page 267 - ... having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows : That the...
Page 196 - Shippers must not use labels which by their size, shape, and color, may readily be confused with the standard caution labels prescribed in this part. (d) Labels...
Page 145 - For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Internal Security, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by sutopena or otherwise, the attendance...
Page 249 - ... based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 145 - ... papers, and documents, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
Page 234 - It is broad enough to include every instance in which one party pays a debt for which another is primarily answerable, and which, in equity and good conscience, should have been discharged by the latter...
Page 220 - An analysis of section 2680 (a), the exception with which we are concerned, emphasizes the congressional purpose to except the acts here charged as negligence from the authorization to sue (p. 32). "Even assuming their correctness arguendo (the district court's findings of the Government's negligence) though, it is our judgment that they do not establish a case within the act. This is for the reason that as a matter...
Page 236 - ... is entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Insured against the person legally responsible for the loss.