Capehart price controls expand but optional
Capehart amendment allows price hikes on thousands of items including food clothing fuel and chemicals with ceilings optional for manufacturers to seek or adjust. Food index rose nearly 1 percent led by produce dairy while meats and fats fell. Truce talks in Korea stall with six months of negotiations and possible renewed fighting as cease fire terms loom. President Truman returns to Washington amid tax probe concerns and Lovett outlines Air Force growth in next budget.
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Michael V. di Salle
Congress
OPS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
America
Truman
Florida
Washington
White House
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
House
Ways and Means
Revenue Department
Abraham Teitelbaum
Teitelbaum
Chicago
Capone
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Fla
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Naster
Nathan
Howard McGrath
Internal Revenue Bureau
Severs’ Wicelun Candle
Grass Roots Medicine Hero Wins AMA Family Doctor Award
Dr. A C Yoder 84 of Goshen Indiana receives the American Medical Association 1951 Family Doctor award for service to his community. A former high school principal he earned his medical degree in 1902 from Rush and has practiced in Goshen since. He rode a bicycle to calls early in his career and later used horse and buggy in bad weather. He served as Goshen city health officer for eight years and plans no retirement.
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A. C. Yoder
Goshen
Ind
American Medical Association
Indiana
Indiana Medical Association
County Medical Society
Yoder
Los Angeles
Lagrange County
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Korea War Casualty Totals Rise With New DoD Figures
The Department of Defense reports Korea war casualties through November 29 total 1,493,582 enemy deaths and 53,149 civilian internees. Communist battle casualties reach 1,095,543 with 151,864 non battle losses and 136,455 prisoners. U N casualties exceed 100,000.
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Department of Defense
Korea
Army
U.N
January Sales Offer for Housewives and See America First Campaign
Main Street stores begin January promotions with up to 50 percent savings on stock to clear inventory for spring. Advertisements urge shoppers to seek quality labels and virgin wool fabrics while garden and drapery purchases rise. The See America First campaign promotes tourism, with 90 million travelers expected and 15 billion dollars in spending across the nation. The March of Dimes winter campaign doubles its drive as polio cases strain funds, with 1951 care reaching 45 000 prior-year patients and a yearly average now around 30 000 cases.
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Secretary of Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ays Main Street
Merchants Point
America
Hotel Greeters of America
The
American Hotel Association
Maine
Coney Island
Mississippi
Chicago
San Francisco
Texas
Foundation
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Odessa polio cleanup mobilizes entire town
Odessa Texas mobilized from bankers to clergy to fight polio with rakes and disinfectant as 62 cases and nine deaths marked the year's toll. Banks closed and many businesses operated on skeleton crews while trucks, gloves, shovels, and steam spraying units poured into streets.
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Odessa
Texas
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Gaur
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Holly Woo
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