Attlee Proposes New Austerity Economy Plan for Britain
Prime Minister Clement Attlee introduced a 280 million pound annual savings program targeting government expenditures across housing schools defense and health. The plan raises prices and cuts subsidies with prescriptions at 14 cents and a 25 percent dollar costs slash for imports. He urged a Thursday confidence vote as Britain faces a devalued pound and energy demand spike.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
National Health Plan
United States
Attlee
Hope elected president of Esso Standard Oil
Stanley C. Hope was elected president of Esso Standard Oil Company on Monday. Hope, formerly executive vice president, succeeds M. J. Rathbone who becomes a director after Rathbone joined the patent company.
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New York
Stanley C. Hope
Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso Standard
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Infant Dies Twice After Bean Is Noted In Lung
Teddy Nall 13 months old of Hamlin died twice in Fort Worth after doctors labored to extract a bean from his lung. Surgeons massaged the heart repeatedly during a long operation, but the foreign object remained partially trapped as the child’s condition deteriorated. The frantic sequence spanned Hamlin to Abilene and Fort Worth hospitals as the father administered artificial respiration.
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Fort Worth
Teddy Nall
Tom Nall
Hamlin
Hamlin Hospital
Abilene
Yukon Prospecting Boom Sparks Alaska Gold Rush
Dozens of prospectors flood Yukon River camp after discovery of pea sized gold in a fishwheel. Ambition, tents along Discovery Island, and two 20 acre claims per man mark a rush that leaves the main work of mining uncertain. Clifton Carrol notes uncertainty as to the strike's value while others report color from eight pan attempts.
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Fishwheel
Alaska
Yukon River
Meng
Clifton Carrol
Jim Brown
Jack White
Bay City
Mich
Fairbanks
Carrol
Discovery Island
Fort
Yukon
Fort Yukon
Arctic Circle
Thomas To Stand Physical Check
A federal jury ordered a physical examination of Representative J Parnell Thomas to determine fitness for trial on conspiracy to defraud the government charges. Army doctors at Walter Reed Hospital will assess his ability to stand trial ahead of a November 7 date, with doctors' affidavits cited on health concerns.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Alexander Holtzoff
Thomas
Walter Reed Hospital
William Collins
Holtzoff
House On American Activities Committee
Louisiana Prison Inmate Recaught
Louisia na state penitentiary guards recaptured Monday morning one of three convicts who escaped Sunday from a work camp near Clinton. Wilbert Williams 28 of New Orleans was found about five miles from the camp. The other escapees are Sherman Beckman 18 of Washington Parish and Rufus Brown 18 of Opelousas both jailed for simple burglary.
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Angola
Louisina State Penitentiary
R. E. Lawrence
Wilbert Williams
New Orleans
Opelousas
Lawrence
Clinton
Syrup of Black Draught Public Health Note
A dated advertisement extols Syrup of Black Draught as a pleasant tasting laxative for children. It claims it relieves sluggish constipation from overeating and irregular habits, presenting the product as pure and efficiently made by a long established manufacturer.
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Indiana
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Rio Grande
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Luke
Louisiana
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Texas
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Springs, Ark
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Calcasieu General Electric
Calcasieu
W - Calcasieu
Astin
Stas
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