Grocers Split on Value of Price Posting Trial
An AP survey finds Fargo grocers largely approve ceiling price charts though many shoppers ignore them while Jacksonville vendors report little public reaction and Fresno voices oppose the plan as wasteful and harmful to free enterprise.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Uly
Fargo
N. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Fresno
Calif
N. D
Congress
Russell Pavey
OPS
Pavey
Guardhouse Not Bad in Army's New Plan
Dayton story describes Wright-Patterson Air Force base reform where disciplinary confinement becomes a retraining program. Retrainees work, study, and receive counseling under unarmed supervisors to restore self respect and address underlying issues.
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Dayton
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Sleeping Sickness Fatal to 30 in Central California Valleys
The California Health Department reports 30 deaths and 499 illness cases from a mosquito borne sleeping sickness outbreak spreading through the Central Valley. Spray campaigns and barriers are deployed to curb the Culex Tarsalis vector, with dozens of towns targeted and potential spread to Shasta County possible before summer’s end.
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California
San Francisco
State Health Department
Quito
Train Hits Car Derails Near Racine Killing Motorist
A high speed electric Chicago to Milwaukee train struck a car near Racine Wisconsin and derailed killing the motorist Episono Leal 31 Racine. Motorman Hiram M Bryant of Waukegan Illinois said the 75 mph impact left one car flat on its side and sixteen people in hospitals with injuries.
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Racine
Wis
Hiram M. Bryant
Waukegan
Ill
Chicago North Shore
Milwaukee
Episono Leal
U S Tax Take Tops 64 Billion
Washington reports a record 64,971,210,298 collected by the Internal Revenue Bureau and social security contributions in the fiscal year ended June 30. Federal agencies aside from the bureau added 2,364,500,000 for fiscal 1952. Fiscal 1953 is projected to total about 75,000,000,000 before refunds and social security set asides.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
Truman
Miners urge UMW officials to give up pay during memorial
A Shenandoah Pennsylvania local of the United Mine Workers asks John L. Lewis and UMW leaders to donate their salaries to the union health and welfare fund during the memorial holiday for coal miners. The letter argues members cannot collect unemployment and demands local unions have a say in their affairs while dues continue.
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Shenandoah
United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Mundt Sees Eisenhower Backing McCarthy if Nominated
Senator Mundt, co chair of the Republican Speakers Bureau, said on a radio program that Eisenhower would endorse and campaign for McCarthy if he is renominated in Wisconsin. Senator Monroney called the claim incredible and urged Eisenhower to clarify his stance on McCarthy and General Marshall. Monroney argued McCarthy’s attacks on Marshall strain party loyalty and Eisenhower’s past support for Marshall. Mundt added Eisenhower will back the GOP team and may align with McCarthy’s views if nominating conditions favor it.
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
A. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Mundt
James P. Kem
Missouri
William E. Jenner
Indiaa
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Monroney
George C. Marshall
Sen. Mundt
Gen. Eisenhower
Marshall
Gen. Mundt
Anderson calls for stronger enforcement after Gull Lake raid
Gov. Anderson urged expansion of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension personnel and arrest powers for liquor inspectors. He criticized licensing bodies for reissuing licenses to repeat violators and pressed to centralize on sale liquor permits under the liquor control commissioner. He vows no laxity in enforcement and warned of "fireworks" if agencies fail.
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ST. Paul P
Anderson
Gull Lake
Pequot Lakes
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Liquor Control Commissioner
Been Ticketed You Are Not the Only One
City street department and a patrolman issued many overtime parking tickets after a recent spike. A 75 ticket count in six days surpassed historical averages, reflecting a crackdown on leniency toward late parkers.
Gull Lake Club Owner Faces Vice Charges
Gambling charges were filed against J. E. MecMahon who runs the Deauville Club after a Gull Lake raid by Cass county deputy C. B. Austin and Elmer Madson. They identified themselves as law enforcement and found blackjack poker and dice games with dice cards and $50 in cash seized. Sheriff Roy Wickland later checked a nearby club near Pequot Lakes, found it locked and unoccupied.
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Walker
Minn
Gull Lake
C. B. Austin
Cass County
Austin
J. E. MecMahon
Deauville Club
Elmer Madson
Crime Bureau
Roy Wickland
Crow Wing County
Pequot Lakes
Terror Is Rife in New York, Moscow Radio Claims
Radio Moscow alleged in a broadcast that New York City faces extreme danger as crime escalates in streets and subways. The report cited the World Telegram and Sun and charged that robbery and corruption by the ruling class threaten the nation, while noting cost of living pressures.
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N. Y
Radio Moscow
Washington .P
Radio
Moscow
U. S
New York City
New York
State Department
Jersey City
Baltimore
World-Telegram
Sun
New York World Telegram
United States
America
Boy Unconscious Week After Auto Crash at Blue Earth
A 14 year old boy, John Morgan, remained unconscious a week after a car crash near Blue Earth. Deputy Sheriff Earl Fletcher said Morgan rode with 14 year old Gary Parne, the driver, when the car skidded on loose gravel and left the road into a ditch.
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Blue Earth, Minn
John Morgan
John Bidwell
Earl Fletcher
Morgan
Gary Parne
Fletcher
Legged thief steals Fred Parker cash in rooming house
Police report an 85 year old man named Fred Parker found a paper sack of money missing from his rooming house bed after pinning it to his artificial left leg before sleep. No suspect identified at this time.
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Indianapolis
Fred Parker
Herald Want Ads Draw 15 Inquiries In One Night
An ad in the Herald brought 15 callers to the house the first night with the first caller making a purchase. The note says the low cost result-getting want ads generate daily success for users.
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Herald
Oil Firms Accused of Burdening U S Taxpayers
The Mutual Security Agency accuses Standard Oil of New Jersey and California, Gulf Oil, Socony Vacuum, and Texas Company of price discrimination that heightens costs for Marshall Plan aid. It cites a two price system and alleges profits harmed European buyers and American taxpayers.
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Washington
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
U. S
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Standard Oil of California
Gulf Oil Company
Socony - Vacuum Oil Company
Texas Company
Senate
Small Business Committee
Middle East
Justice Department
Walter Adams
Senate Committee
MLA
United States
Standards
Socony - Vacuum
New York
Standard of New Jersey
Brasket Leads U S Junior Chess Championship
Kurt Brasket of Tracy Minnesota held the lead in the U S junior chess championships in Omaha after six of nine rounds with a 4 ? 4 score. One of five tied for second with 4 3 was Milt Otteson of St Paul.
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Omaha
Kurt Brasket
Tracy
Minn
U. S
Milt Otteson
St. Paul
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W. E. Law
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Winn and Lovett
Fresno County Grocers Association
Malcolm Merrill
Health Department
Merrill
Shasta County
Oregon
U.S
Sen. Monroney
By Jack Bell
Gull Lake Club
By John A. Scali
Bronx Zoo
Central Park
Thailand
Haven
Korea
Korean
S. Kenwood
G. Milton Kelly
New Jersey Standard
Esso Export Corporation
Economic Co- Operation Administration
ECA
Esso
Adams
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Royal Dutch Shell
David Proctor
Gulf Oil Corp
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil
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