GOP pushes new measure on inflation in Senate
Republicans rush to push Taft proposed anti inflation plan through the Senate by nightfall to enable House action this week. The measure would allow voluntary industry wide agreements to ration scarce goods, extend export and transportation controls, and restore wartime grain powers, with Democrats considering strategy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Taft
Senate Banking Committee
White
R-Me
Tobey
R-Nh
Banking Committee
Mr. Truman
Democrats Banking Committee
Supreme Court Denies Yale Slayer's Appeal
Clinton Daniels of East Liverpool must serve a life sentence for the Christmas day slaying of Clarence Dickey. Daniels and accomplices were charged with murder during a robbery attempt on Dickey and his brother Frank for a case of milk. The jury recommended clemency, sparing the electric chair. The killing occurred Christmas morning 1935.
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Columbus
Clinton Daniels
East Liverpool
Clarence Dickey
State Supreme Court Today
Burl Rogers
Dudley Adams
Daniels
Dickey
Frank
Submarine Stays Under for Couple of Weeks Off New England
Rear Admiral Charles S. Styer disclosed that an American submarine remained submerged off New England for a couple of weeks and could have stayed longer. The vessel used a snorkel breather tube copied from captured German U-boats.
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Washington
New England
Charles S. Styer
Foreign Aid Financing and Army Bill Faces House Vote With Few Changes
President Truman signed the stop gap foreign aid bill of 597 million dollars while the Appropriations Committee cut 88 million from the 597 million emergency aid request and trimmed army needs to 230 million. The package totaling 1.118 billion moves to the House floor for passage with minimal changes and awaits Senate approval. The committee also started hearings on long term aid via a 500 million dollar government corporation and asked for details on German reparations dismantling and European recovery effects.
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Washington
Truman
House
Appropriations Committee
Taber
Senate
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Rep
Francis Case
R-Sd
France
Italy
Austria
Germany
Japan
Korea
Congress
Navy Aiding Two Disabled Army Vessels
In the north Pacific Navy rescue ships head to aid two Army vessels disabled by storms. The El Caney is rudderless and 100 miles from origin after a torn rudder and damaged propeller. The FS-245 struck a rock near Herbert Island and awaits Tekesta for salvage and towing to safety.
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UPI
Navy
North Pacific Ocean
Bolster
Tekesta
Herbert Island
Aleutians
Sequam Island
B 29 Crashes Near Davis-Monthan Killing 12
A Jamaica bound B-29 crashed shortly after takeoff from Davis Monthan Field Tucson. Twelve of the twenty crew were killed in the flaming wreckage five miles southwest of the base in an uninhabited desert area. Maj. D. D. Burke identified the air crew and announced the deaths.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Field
D. D. Burke
Western Union Talks Reported Stalemated
Philadelphia report says contract negotiations between Western Union and 50 000 Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL have stalemated. Union plans a nationwide strike Tuesday after rejecting a company offer as insulting, with talks recessed by H Ross Colwell regional director of the U S Conciliation Service.
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Philadelphia
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
H. Ross Colwell
U. S. Conciliation Service
NEA cites breakdown in North College Hill schools
The NEA says a Cincinnati suburb suffered a breakdown when Catholics gained a five member board and took in a Catholic school with tax funds. In-fighting led to the superintendent’s firing, a student strike, a riot, arrests, resignations, and the Catholic majority leaving. It condemns board conduct that split the community over religion despite not judging the lawfulness of public funding for sectarian schools.
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Washington
National Education Association
Cincinnati
North College Hill
NEA
North Hill Board
Bevin Reports on Big Four Conference Collapse
A government source says Britain may reconsider its foreign policy after the Big Four foreign ministers fail to agree on Germany. Bevin opens cabinet with a report on the rift and Britain and the United States discuss merging German occupation zones to aid Europe’s reconstruction. Bidault and Marshall discuss the plan. talks on Austria reopen with cautious optimism for future Western cooperation with Russia.
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London
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
France
Europe
Georges Bidault
Bevin
U. S
George C. Marshall
Bidault
Bidault-Marshall
Russia
Jury Issues True Bills In Auto Larceny Case
Cleveland auto dealer Jack Singleton was indicted on five counts of larceny by trick for cash orders on undelivered cars. The Cuyahoga Grand Jury, after hearing 21 witnesses, returned the true bills. Singleton, arrested on Thanksgiving eve, has not posted a $110,000 bond.
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Cleveland
Jack Singleton
Cuyahoga
Singleton
New Cold Wave Heads For Parts of Midwest
A new cold front moved into the Midwest with temperatures staying well below normal across the central and southern regions. The coldest readings were in North Dakota and Minnesota, Pembina reporting 20 below, while Minnesota logged 16 below yesterday.
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Midwest
Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Pembina
N. D
Independent Ticket Urged for Wallace
The Progressive Citizens of America urged Henry A. Wallace to run for president next year on an independent ticket. Dr. Frank Kingdon resigned as PCA co chairman over the vote and said he bore no personal criticism of Wallace.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Citizens of America
Frank Kingdon
PCA
Kingdon
Wallace
1947 Crops Seen Equal To Wartime Average
Agriculture Department issues its final report for 1947 crop production and says total output should be about 4.7 percent below the 1946 peak. The year’s production is expected to match the wartime average of 1942 to 1945 with little change from prior estimates.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Henderson Sane At Hearing In Murder Case
Charles R. Henderson was declared now sane by Judge O F Rowland at a sanity hearing. A tentative second degree murder trial date of December 29 was set, with reports from Lima State Hospital and Athens State Hospital finding him sane for the present. Defense seeks key witness Paul Cuckler, now in Tennessee.
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O. F. Rowland
John Gwinn
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
C. H
R. W. Finsterwald
Gordon B. Gray
Finsterwald
Paul Cuckler
Henderson
Cuckler
Tennessee
Deer Hunters Fined One Year After Offense
Two Clifton men Oscar Henry and Isaac Lewis were fined a total of 150 dollars plus costs by Amesville Mayor Thomas E. Clark for shooting a buck on Hooper Ridge in Ames Township on Dec 16 1946. Henry paid 100 dollars and costs, Lewis 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty. The carcass was left at the scene and the deer had its 6 point antlers removed. State Game Protector B F Swartz led a year long investigation with Pomeroy police assistance.
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Clifton
W. Va
Amesville
Thomas E. Clark
B. F. Swartz
Glouster
Hooper
Pomeroy
Henry
Lewis
Swartz
Ohio C company Loses 2nd Boat In Two Days
The Ohio River Dredging Co. reported its digger No. 28, a 110 foot vessel, sank in the Ohio River near Miller Ohio while being towed from Crown City to Huntington for overhaul. Seven aboard jumped into sand barges and escaped as the digger capsized. No cause given.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River Dredging Co
Slack Barrel
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Miller
Crown City
Huntington Landing
Digger
Corning Field Wells Sold By Clarence Z Ruth
Industrialist Clarence Z Ruth announced the sale of 156 oil wells in the Corning Ohio field and 2,700 acres of leases to National Gas and Oil Corp for over 250000. He retained some gas wells including a Medina unit producing 5 200 000 cu ft daily, the largest of its kind in Ohio fields.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Clarence Z. Ruth
Corning
Ohio
Ruth
National Gas and Oil Corp
Medina
Blind Landlady Beaten and Robbed in Cleveland
Mrs. Anna Gerlack a 56 year old blind landlady told police she was beaten bound and robbed of 200 by a man who came to inquire about renting a room yesterday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Anna Gerlack
Rebuilding Of Pottery In Scio Is Accelerated
Scio Ohio Pottery Co rebuild gains help from Ohio and West Virginia cities after a fire. A large steel shipment from Weirton and 2000 building blocks from New Martinsville arrived within days. Uninsured losses reached about 2 million dollars while payroll bonuses last year totaled 705 thousand. Community aid includes meals for workers and donations of milk bread cigars gloves and labor support from local companies and mayors. Owner Lou Reese anticipates resumed operations by year’s start at about half capacity.
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SCIO
Scio-Ohio Pottery Co
Ohio
West Virginia
Weirton
W. Va
New Martinsville
Wheeling
Detroit
Cadiz
Moundsville
Lou Reese
Harrison County
Boat Capsizes Near Manasquan Inlet Killing Four
A 16 man fishing boat the Paramount V capsized in heavy seas off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey as it neared the inlet. Four men are known dead three remain missing nine were rescued by a Coast Guard boat after the vessel rolled on its side about 50 yards from the inlet. Bodies were recovered from the water and one found in the cabin after tow to shore.
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Manasquan Inlet
N.J
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Seven Billion Surplus Seen For U S by March 31
Washington reports the government may be seven billion dollars in the black by the end of March as tax collections peak. The surplus could extend through the 1945 fiscal year ending June 30, exceeding the president's earlier estimate of about 4.67 billion.
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U. S
Washington
Violence Eases in Holy Land After Fatal Jerusalem Attack
In Jerusalem one British police sergeant was killed and another seriously wounded during the night. The 260th death in 17 days of Arab Jewish clashes was reported as violence appeared to taper off. The lull followed the UN partition decision that sparked the unrest.
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Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Bonus Applications Expected About Feb 1
The State Linking Fund Commission said it expects WWII bonus application forms ready about February 1. Bids for printing the bonus bonds will be received January 8, and the commission hopes to begin payments of the 300 million dollar bonus by June 1.
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Columbus
State Linking Fund Commission
Walter Dew, famed Crippen hunter, dies at 84
London obituary notes Walter Dew former chief inspector at Scotland Yard who earned fame for tracking Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen after a trans Atlantic chase. He died last night aged 84 lingering on the Crippen case legacy.
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London
Walter Dew
Scotland Yard
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Senators Demand Anderson Appearance Over Trade Data
GOP leaders move to compel Agriculture Secretary Anderson to testify on grain and commodity trading data. Taft says Anderson must provide all information under subpoena or joint resolution, amid probes into possible leaks and inside information. House panel plans a seven member inquiry into commodity speculation. Pauley defends past holdings while pledging not to use inside information.
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Senate
Anderson
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Congress
Truman
Agriculture Department
Ferguson
R-Mich
House
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Pauley
Groves Nominated for Three Star Lieutenant General Rank
General Leslie R. Groves heads atomic activities and was nominated by President Truman for the three star rank of lieutenant general. The Senate was asked to approve. Groves oversees the Manhattan Engineer District and the armed forces special weapons project and serves on the atomic energy commission liaison committee.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Truman
Grove
Senate
Groves
Commission
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
ITU Charged Again With Refusing to Bargain in Good Faith
The National Labor Relations Board reinstated a charge against the AFL International Typographical Union for refusing to bargain in good faith. The charge had been dismissed December 9 at the union's request by NLRB trial examiner Arthur Leff, who is overseeing the nationwide case brought by the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Ashington
AFL International Typographical Union
National Labor, Relations Board
Arthur Leff
NLRB
ITU
American Newspaper Publishers Association
61 Day Strike Ends At Publishing Company
A 61 day strike at the A L Garber Publishing Co. ends as CIO lithographers call off the walkout in exchange for reduced hours and higher pay. Top men will earn 2 05 per hour versus 1 85 under the old contract.
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Ashland
A. L. Garber Publishing Co
CIO
Derailment Blamed on Broken Wheel North of Warren
Erie railroad officials attributed yesterday's derailment near Warren to a broken wheel. Three freight cars derailed at a crossing, two of which carried printing paper, without reported injuries.
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Warren, O
Erie Railroad
Here
Parity Price Urged as Core Farm Program
Senator Edward J. Thye urged continuing parity price support to stabilize farm prices at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention. He highlighted soil conservation, abundant production, nutrition improvements, and ongoing research as key elements, praising TVA development and noting potential national projects like western reclamation and the St. Lawrence seaway.
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Chicago
U. S
Edward J. Thye
Thye
TVA
St. Lawrence Seaway
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