Senators Probe Rising Corporate Profits and Tax Plans
The joint economic committee hears Senators discuss how excess profits should be used and how much should fund plant expansion, worker wages, or shareholder returns. Witnesses include Harvard economist Sumner Slichter as the hearings explore peacetime excess profits taxes and the impact on small businesses.
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Flanders
O'Mahoney
Indus
Sumner Slichter
Harvard University
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Congress
O’mahoney
Cost of Living Drops Slightly For First Time in Seven Months
A Washington official notes rents up 33 percent from a year ago but under 14 percent since August 1939 while inflationary forces linger. He says price trends may rise again after the current adjustment and cites psychology as a decisive factor if the public decides to end high prices.
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Washington
Williamson Dam Hopes Lifted by Regional Water Session
A joint Taylor Georgetown session on water conservation pressed for building two dams near Georgetown. Col Norman noted the Williamson County dam would be placed downstream after an Army Engineers survey. Attendees included W K McClain Fred Pool Charles Hairston Eugene Spence and other officials. The Army corps also recommended a Lampasas River dam in Lampasas County.
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Army Corps
Lampasas River
Lampasas County
Defense Session Stirs Capital
An unheralded National Security Council meeting at the White House stirred talk of China and Europe policy. Truman did not attend. Marshall attended along with Forrestal Royall Sullivan Symington and Arthur M. Hill. A top official said aid to China could reach about 5 trillion dollars.
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National Security Council
White House
Truman
Marshall
China
Europe
Council
Counci
Defense Forrestal
Army
Royall
Navy
Sullivan
Air Force
Symington
Arthur M. Hill
National Security Resources Board
United States
US Recognizes Peru Revolutionary Government
The United States on Sunday night granted diplomatic recognition to Peru's new revolutionary government, according to reports from Washington. The move confirms formal ties with the regime emerging after political upheaval in Peru.
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Peru
Washington
United States
Churches Plan Joint Thanksgiving Services
The article lists multiple Austin area churches scheduling Thanksgiving services and related events. St Marys Cathedral holds high mass at 9 am, First Church of Christ Scientist hosts 11 am services, St Martins Lutheran 8:30 am, First English Lutheran 7:30 am, St Johns Lutheran 9 am, and All Saints Episcopal 9 am with Holy Eucharist.
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Amsterdam
Austin Council of Churches
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church of Christ Scientist
E. B. Winkler
Virginia Tabb
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
First English Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran
Austin
St. John’s
Cc. L. Bohls
Evangelical Free Church
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Paul F. Roselle
St. David's Church
Euchrist
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
10000 Yanks Needed To Aid China Mission
The article notes the effort to halt the Communist advance toward Nanking. It reports discussions by Mr. Truman with General Marshall after Marshall’s return from Paris and a planned press conference. Estimates place military costs at 500 million dollars annually, with other figures suggesting totals near five billion dollars across military and economic aid.
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Nanking
Truman
China
Marshall
Paris
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Senate
Indonesian Troops Kill 400 Communists in Java
Indonesian Republican government troops reported 400 Communist deaths in a liqui dating operation west of Madioen. Dutch forces said further Communist units advancing northward from the mountains west of Madioen are now within 16 miles of Pati, about 100 miles northeast of the Republican capital.
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Batavia
Java
Madioen
Pati
Eves
Baking Precaution for Loosening Cake Edges
A guidance note advises running a spatula around the cake edge to loosen it before turning. Ensure the spatula contacts the bottom of the pan to release the cake.
Inflation Fight Guided by Nourse and Truman
President Truman directs inflation policy while economic indicators show two months of easing in consumer cost of living and wholesale prices near January levels. Savings rise, demand softens for high priced goods, and home building lags. Nourse favors controls when needed and warns against relying on past signals.
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Nourse
Congress
Austin Salvation Army aids homeless Muller family after Thanksgiving fire
Captain James D. Lemon of the Salvation Army appeals to Austin citizens for aid after a Thanksgiving eve blaze left Henry Muller and his 11 dependents homeless. The two room home housed four beds and seven grandchildren among ages from three months to 18, with two daughters recently mothers. The army provides food and clothing and promises furniture and bedding, while requesting donated items at 105 East Second.
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Austin
James D. Lemon
Salvation Army
Henry Muller
Muller
Captain Lemon
Lemon
Citizens of
East Second
Provisional Body Favored by Germans Provisional Body Favored by Germans
Two fliers circling over Rio Hondo Field Harlingen were shot at Sunday by hunters on the ground. Jack Gould and M. E. Burks Jr. were in Goulds plane when they saw decoys thinking geese. A buckshot pellet struck Gould in the ankle and the windshield was damaged as the aircraft was peppered with shot.
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Rio Hondo
Jack Gould
M. E. Burks Jr
Gould
Far Eastern Experts Named to New Posts
Two career diplomats in Far Eastern and Asiatic affairs were named to high posts in the State Department on Tuesday. John M. Allison of Holton Kansas becomes deputy director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs and Max W. Bishop of Gravette Arkansas is named chief of the Division of Northeast Asian Affairs.
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Washington
State Department
John M. Allison
Holton
Kans
Department
Max W. Bishop
Gravette
Ark
Obituary Notices Include Hargrave Del Rio Gibbons in Austin
Mrs Naomie Elizabeth Hargrave 90 died at home after a long illness. Survives include two sons J S Hargrave H M Hargrave and three daughters. Funeral at First Nazarene Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Also noted Raul DelRio 39 owner of Crystal Barber Shop and J M Gibbons 71 with multiple relatives and services pending.
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Naomie E. Hargrave
Naomie Elizabeth Hargrave
John Hargrave
Austin
J. S.argrave
H. M. Hargrave
K. C. Kuhlman
R. F. DuBois
Beaumont
W. M. Hunt
First Nazarene Church
J. Erleen Moore Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
John Kuhlman
Billy Hunt
Neville Hargrave
Gary Kirk
Murray Eggeling
Jasper Jones
Cook Funeral Home
Raul DelRio
Crystal
Consuella DelRio
Sophia DelRio
Joe Raul
Charles Henry del Rio
Sophia Cardenas
Elizabeth On
Tillie Burnett
Joe Jr
Eddie
Ernest
Oscar
Daniel del Rio
J. M. Gibbons
Avenue F
Auburn
Ala
Church of Christ
Myrtle Reid Gibbons
J. D. McClung
Lieutenant Gibbons
Annapolis
Florence Ritchie
Montague
Slaughter Indicted On Lobbying Charge
Former Missouri Democrat Representative Roger C. Slaughter was indicted by a federal grand jury on lobbying without registration to Kansas City Chicago and Minneapolis grain interests. He defends the charges as false and politically motivated and vows to fight.
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Washington
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Truman
Vial
House
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Congressional
Slaughter
Justice Department
North American Export Grain Association of
New York
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Toronto Blackout To Be Discontinued
Toronto officials announced the evening blackout from seven to seven forty five PM five nights a week to conserve power will be discontinued temporarily. Hiram McCallum said the cut-off, now in its third week, affected nearly all city power except street lights and streetcars. Heavy rainfall recently has increased output at power sites.
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Toronto
Hiram McCallum
Houston Man Held In Oklahoma After Cafe Stabbing
Duncan Oklahoma November 23 UP a Houston Texas man James E Adair 40 remained held without charge as investigators concluded the fatal stabbing of Bernard Shadden a Marlow Oklahoma used car dealer Shadden died Sunday from injuries suffered Friday in a Marlow cafe Adair denied the stabbing and has been in custody for two days
Ross Sterling Remains in Critical Condition
Former Texas governor Ross Sterling remained in critical condition at a Fort Worth hospital on Tuesday. He was admitted September 21 for a heart condition, later complicated by a cold, with his health status described as critical.
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Fort Worth
Ross Sterling
Texas
Sterling
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