Truman outlines postwar price controls and labor aims
President Truman urges extension of price control authority and a cap on housing prices while calling for continued Selective Service if needed. He backs the Senate version of a full employment bill, warns of inflationary risk, and proposes fact finding boards to curb strikes. Budget figures for 1947 are presented with a small deficit financed from treasury reserves.
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Truman urges wage hikes and fair employment plan
President Truman calls for minimum wages rising from 40 to 65 cents, then 70 and 75 cents, and urges extending the wage hours act. He backs a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission and wage hikes across government service to aid reconversion and expansion. He argues business can sustain higher wages while lowering prices under proper policy and collective bargaining.
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Truman outlines 12 point foreign policy vision
The President reiterates his 12 point plan first announced in New York. He backs UNO aims to prevent war and curb atomic weapons, notes four power control of Germany is imperfect, and preserves U S leadership in Japan while supporting a strong democratic China. He seeks loan approval to Britain. In armed forces news he calls for merger and universal training and estimates demobilization pace with millions still to serve. If volunteer drives fail, extend Selective Service beyond May 16.
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Communists Seek Thorez Presidency in Post Gaulle France
Paris dispatch reports the Communist Party led by Maurice Thorez demanding the presidency in a new coalition after Charles de Gaulle's resignation. Jacques Duclos says the Communists will seek the post with Socialist backing, though observers doubt a successful takeover.
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Leaders to hear De Gaulle resignation read in meeting
Tomorrow's session will hear De Gaulle's resignation letter read officially as party heads start debate to elect a new president. Communists push for a left wing government with Socialists and radicals, a revival of the 1936 popular front, with Duclos arguing it would be logical given Communist party size.
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Mills Silent Empty Spaces in the Old Corral
The steel strike expands to 750000 workers across 1200 plants in 30 states at midnight. CIO and AFL packers near 300000 workers face seizure plans. CIO IH workers demand 30 percent wage gains while GM and other major plants see ongoing walkouts. Congress and President Truman push fact finding to curb the stoppage.
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Cheering Message To Taxpayers Update on National Debt
Washington dispatch notes per capita national debt is dropping from a projected 292 billion to 27 billion by next year. With population up and finances improving Roosevelt’s figure shows about 1935 dollars per person.
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Iranian Premier Resigns After Failed Talks With Russia
Premier Ibrahim Hakimi resigned after failing to negotiate with the Russians over Azerbaijan. He said he presented Iran’s case to the United Nations and is ready to step down. Observers name potential successors including Qavan Ahmad Sultaneh Ali Khan Mansur and Pirnea.
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Truman outlines prospects and controls for postwar economy
President Truman projects solid business prospects if inflation is checked and industrial peace is achieved. He urges continued rent and price controls, consumer credit restraint, and expanded price authority for housing, plus subsidy support. He also seeks broader social security, higher unemployment benefits for civilians and veterans, and federal employees covered by Social Security.
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Nations Accuse France and South Africa of Land Grabbing
In a UN general assembly session in London, Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand charged France and South Africa with treating the trusteeship charter as a scrap of paper and attempting to retain League of Nations mandates. He urged mandatory powers to convert mandates into UNO trusteeships. The discussion followed Moscow's atomic energy commission resolution, which 46 to 0 passed the political and security committee, with the Philippines abstaining on the commission's composition.
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Lettie Landers Wins News Tip Prize in Tragic Reports
News tip contest awards first prize to Lettie Landers for report on tourist court fire that killed a woman. Second prize goes to A F Berg for reporting a man injured after falling four floors in Fisk building elevator shaft. Third prize mailed to Rob Roy Rogers for sled incident.
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Greek Monarchists Open New Rebellion at Kalamata
In Kalamata and nearby Sparta rebels estimated at 1500 to 2000 attacked the Peloponnesian port aiming to overwhelm the garrison before government reinforcements arrived from Athens. The government mobilized motorized detachments and a destroyer. at least 60 killed. Martial law imposed. royalists seized 490 Democratic leaders in Kalamata.
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Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Mostly cloudy and cold conditions persist across Amarillo and vicinity with a low 17 tonight. Panhandle South Plains El Paso Pecos Valley and eastern areas see occasional snow then a mostly cloudyTuesday with slight warming in the afternoon. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies east and warmer Tuesday with mountain lows zero to 5 below and 45 to 60 highs along the southern border.
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Amarillo Golden Gloves Opens Eight-Class Tournament
The 10th annual Amarillo Golden Gloves tournament begins at 8:15 PM in the Auditorium USO, running four nights through Thursday with eight weight-class finals. About 74 amateur boxers compete in Golden Gloves and School Division brackets, aiming to send eight champions to the Fort Worth state tournament February 13–18. Teams include Amarillo Boxing Club Lefors Lockney Clarendon Lockney Memphis and Shamrock with advance tickets at Maxor Drug Fisk Building until 6 PM.
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Rankin Urges Probe Into Rapido River Fiasco
Representative Rankin urged a House investigation into the Rapido River attack in Italy two years earlier. He asked the House un American Activities Committee to probe if no other group acts. The call followed a Texas division reunion where the 36th Army Division pressed Congress to review the operation and military leadership.
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