Fed chief warns wage price policy may lift living costs
Marriner E. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said President Truman's wage price policy could raise the cost of living by another 10 percent over prewar levels, with a possibility of 40 percent if OPA estimates rise beyond 30 percent.
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Washington
Marriner S. Enochs
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
OPA
Adda
House Banking Committee
Eccles
National Association of Manufacturers
Reserve Board
O Daniel May Seek Old Job in Texas 1946 Governor Race
U S Senator W Lee ODaniel may enter Texas governor race after attending Le Tourneau Institute dedication in Longview. He is cited as the likely candidate to defeat Dr Homer Rainey with other contenders named amid party fights.
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Dallas
U.P
U. S
W. Lee Odaniel
Texas
le Tourneau Institute
Longview
Washington
O'Daniel
Rainey
Homer P. Rainey
Texas University
Mao
Beauford Jester
John Lee Smith
Coke R. Stevenson
Grover Sellers
Jerry Sadler
Academy Winner Leo McCarey Faces Drunkenness Charge
Academy winner Leo McCarey appears in West Los Angeles Municipal Court on a drunkenness charge after a restaurant disturbance. He previously served a suspended 30 day sentence for reckless driving and was fined 200 dollars last April with a two year liquor abstinence condition.
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Hollywood
Leo McCarey
West Los Angeles
McCarey
Bob Ensign
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair and mild with strong westerly winds 25 to 35 mph. Tonight fair with little temperature change. Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. West Texas fair and mild today and tonight. Tuesday fair and colder. New Mexico fair today tonight and Tuesday with colder northwest portions. Low Tuesday 15 to 25 northwest. 35 to 45 southeast. High Tuesday 50 to 60 north and 70 to 80 southeast. Weather watch readings show 71 high, 38 low, noon 77. Asphalt slate shingles and roofing ad for John Maynard Lumber Co. 800 W. Fifth.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bombay Returns to Almost Normal After Four Riots
Bombay eased after four days of violence with 1282 official casualties including 226 dead. Mutinous Indian Navy seamen dockyard workers and strikers returned to work as the British report the situation as practically normal. Civilian deaths reach 223 and injuries 1037 by Monday morning with service casualties at three dead and 19 injured.
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Bombay
First American built airstrip opens in Japan
Johnson Field, the first American built airstrip in Japan, opens in Irumagawa. It is named for Col. Gerald R. Johnson of Eugene Oregon, Fifth Air Force ace who died in a crash near Tokyo last November.
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Irumagawa
Johnson Field
Japan
Col
Gerald R. Johnson
Fifth Air Force
Eugene
Ore
Tokyo
Direct Manila Shanghai air service announced
Far East Air Transport Company will start direct Manila to Shanghai service on March 11. Maj. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Meider of Pittsburgh, Pa., general manager of the line, announced the plan today.
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Direct Air
Manila
Shanghai
Far East Air Transport Company
Maj
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Meider
Pittsburgh
Earl Nolen Wins First Prize in News Tip Contest
Earl Nolen of 508 Jackson wins the $5 first prize for News Tips in last week's contest. He reported the city barn fire and helped the reporter at the scene. Nancy Coffee earns $3 for tipping on the cattle truck overturn and wandering cattle. Mrs H B Vaughan gets $2 for a sunburn tip.
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Earl Nolen
Jackson
Nancy Coffee
H. B. Vaughan
North Arthur
Schwellenbach Attacks Case Labor Bill As Ill-Advised
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told the Senate Labor Committee that the Case Labor Dis putes Bill is hodge podge legislation and inferior. He warned the bill could spark industrial warfare and harm labor standards while noting ongoing strikes and job losses nationwide.
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Associated Press
Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Committee
Ocean's Rumbles Proclaim Birth Of New Island
In Tokyo on February 25, the U S Navy reported a new island rising in the Pacific about 200 miles south of Yokosuka. Lt Daniel J Ransohoff said the 200 by 150 by 50 feet landmass is growing with black smoke and steam, undersea explosions, and red hot boulders. No nearby land or prior record of existence. Navy photographers document the birth amid quake speculation.
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Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
U. S. Navy
Daniel J. Ransohoff
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokosuka
Ransohoff
France seeks 2 to 2.5 billion loan from United States
Paris reports the government says the United States may provide a loan totaling between 2 and 2.5 billion dollars to aid France's reconstruction. The disclosure appears in a Yellow Book detailing Washington negotiations on economic aid for French agriculture and industry. Former Prime Minister Leon Blum will travel to Washington to push the talks.
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Paris
United States
France
Washington
Leon Blum
Herve Alphand
Foreign Office
Argentine Leaders React to Peaceful Election Outset
Buenos Aires reports opposing leaders expressing satisfaction with orderly voting yesterday and promising to accept the result as Argentina’s will. Both sides foresee victory, with a decision on whether Juan D. Peron or Jose Tamborini will win expected in about 30 to 40 days.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Iron Man
Labor Party
Jose P. Tamborini
Democratic Union
Danish King Christian X Ill With Pneumonia
Copenhagen reports King Christian X of Denmark is resting after a night troubled by a slight pneumonia diagnosis. Palace bulletin notes he showed improvement and slept through the night.
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III
Copenhagen
Kiig
Christian X
Denmark
Oklahoma Officers Kill Burglary Suspect in Glencoe Bank Battle
Pro County officers surprised burglars in the Glencoe State Bank at 4 40 AM and killed one man in a 15 minute gun battle. Cashier Clarence McGinty said officers fired at least 40 shots and that the dead man carried a Ralph Davis driver’s license from Joplin Missouri. The second suspect fled. bank vault contents were torn and estimated at 700 to 1000 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Glencoe
Okla
Glencoe State Bank
E. G. Schroeder
Stillwater
Ralph Davis
Joplin
Tom Brown
Brown
Clarence McGinty
McGinty
Russia Squeezed by Allies Fostering Western Bloc Claim
Russell A. Nixon told a Senate subcommittee that the United States Britain and France are provoking disunity among the four powers to block Russia from joint postwar asset hunts. He cited I G Farben as regrowing and criticized British opposition to destroying the German cartel system and the American zone denazification effort as ineffective.
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Washington
Russia
Russell A. Nixon
Germany
Senate
United States
Britain
France
Nixon
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Sweden
Argentina
U. S. State Department
I. G. Farben Chemical Trust
Farben
Wife Watches Thief Steal Six of Husband's Suits
Mrs. James S. Miller reported to police that a burglar stole six of her husband's suits while he slept to avoid waking him due to his heart ailment. The incident occurred in Philadelphia on February 25. The notice includes an unrelated real estate ad and a dinner venue reference at Thomas'.
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Philadelphia
James S. Miller
Teen Scout charged in slaying of 3 year old girl
A 14 year old boy scout from Forest Hills High School is held on homicide for strangling three year old Sybil Gurfein to stop crying. He was found with the body in her Queens apartment after being arrested in New Jersey as a runaway suspect.
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New York
Jack Turk
Forest Hills High School
Queens
Whippany
N. J
Sybil Gurfein
Jack Gurfein
Gurfein
Want Lend Lease Material Controlled
Senator Brewster proposed that the United States tell Britain to keep American lend lease equipment out of current fighting in colonies or reclaim it. He asserted the U S has the legal right to place restrictions on 4 705 000 000 in lend lease gear held by Britain and questioned whether it could stop its use against Jews in Palestine and to suppress uprisings in India and Indonesia.
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Washington
Brewster
Maine
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Thomas B. McCabe
Britain
Palestine
India
Indonesia
GOP Searches for Chairman Successor
Washington February 25 1948 prominent Republicans discussed possible successors to Herbert Brownell Jr as chairman of the Republican National Committee Brownell, who led the party from the 1944 Chicago convention, has resigned effective April 1 and no definite choice has been made though names considered include Senator Kenneth Wherry Senator Arthur H Vandenberg Representative Charles Halleck and Representative Clarence J Brown
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
GOP
Brownell
Chicago
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Senate Fights Over Minimum Wage Bill Faces Tough Vote
In Washington the Senate prepares for a rebuffing clash as Truman backs raising the national minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour with a two year plan to 75 cents. Sen. Pep per forecasts approval with major provisions intact amid Republican and Southern Democrat opposition. The bill would cover about 2 million farm workers and debate is set within two weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Labor Committee
Claude Pepper
Florida
Robert A. Taft
Truman pledges justice for Holocaust crimes
President Truman told a United Jewish Appeal delegation that the Nazi genocide against 5,700,000 Jews will be answered in justice. He cited wartime trials at Nuremberg and urged aid to 1.5 million homeless, hungry Jews remaining in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
United Jewish Appeal
Nuernberg
Europe
Ammonia Tank Blast Hospitalizes Fifty In Grand Rapids
Police report an ammonia tank exploded at a food products plant in Grand Rapids Michigan today hospitalizing about fifty people. The blast caused injuries and prompted emergency response from local authorities and medical staff. The plant and surrounding area were secured as investigators began assessing the scene.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Tire production nearly matches 1945 auto output
The Rubber Manufacturer's Association announced that in 1945 approximately one tire was produced for every automobile on the road, reflecting near parity between tires and cars produced during the year.
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New York
Rubber Manufacturer's Association
Mrs. Elizabeth Sellars Dies at 70 in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Sellars age 70 wife of County Commissioner Lon Sellars died at 10 AM after a month in hospital and an operation three weeks earlier. She was active in the Christian Church and survived by her husband two sons John and James a daughter Edith Earl Hormann and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
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Elizabeth Sellars
Lon Sellars
Sellars
Illinois
Texas
Susan Sellars
Seattle
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Buyers must wait years for new cars says Ford chief
Henry Ford II told reporters in transit from California that showroom purchases would be possible again only after at least 18 months. He said Ford plants would resume production in about 30 days but cautioned that full output timing depends on parts supply and labor productivity.
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Chicago
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Detroit
California
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