Johnston to Issue Own Wage Edict
Washington economic chief Eric Johnston plans a blanket wage control order without full union board approval. A price roll back and freeze are under consideration with delays expected to push action to Saturday. The wage board vote stands 6 to 3 with labor holding back, seeking a flexible formula instead of an immediate freeze. The move aims to curb living costs amid administration drive for rapid controls.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Johnston
Economic Stabilization Agency
Cyrus S. Ching
AFL
CIO
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Truman
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. di Salle
Ching
Department store sales rise in Minneapolis Fed district
Department store sales in the Minneapolis Federal Reserve district rose 38 percent for the year and 7 percent above the national average of 31 percent for the week ending January 20. Only the San Francisco district posted a higher gain at 39 percent, with Dallas at 38 percent.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve
San Francisco
Dallas
Television Classes Return for Minneapolis Students
Minneapolis school children stranded by a janitors strike attended TV lessons on WTCN TV. About 20 percent of the city’s 120000 sets watched as 15 minute programs ran two hours from 9 am. Kids praised it though some wished longer content for older students.
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Minneapolis
Wtcn-Tv
Art Adamson
Bruce Brinkman
Hide Prices Rolled Back In Emergency Price Order
Washington price stabilization officials rolled back prices on domestic cattle hides kips and calf skins to November highs. The second control order in the current emergency, effective January 29, follows a prior automotive price rollback and may reduce prices by about 15 percent or more. A detailed ceiling schedule will be issued after industry consultations.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. Disalle
Disalle
Nab Pair With Load of Coal
Robert Clark Jr. and Clifford Roe, both of Le Roy, are jailed on suspicion of theft after police say they stole a truckload of coal from the Farmers Cooperative Grain and Stock Co. Price, the Le Roy marshal, found them with a ton and a half of coal on a pickup truck and confiscated the vehicle. Sheriff Reinartz and Price made the arrest early today.
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Robert Clark, Jr
Clifford Roe
le Roy
Wallace Sieh
Albert Reinartz
Farmers Cooperative Grain and Stock Co
Reinartz
Robert Price
Former Elks ruler Charles Hart dies at 63
Charles Spencer Hart, 63, advertising executive and former grand exalted ruler of the Elks, died in New York Thursday night. He served as business manager of The Elks magazine from 1922 to 1937 and was born in Cincinnati.
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ELKS
New York
Charles Spencer Hart
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Magazine
Cincinnati
Allied Push Puts Troops Near Seoul
Allied armored columns with air support moved through Suwon and Kumyangjang near Seoul in a two city operation. UN patrols penetrated red territory south of Seoul while St Paul and destroyers bombarded Inchon area. Air power hit 33 Seoul area towns and two major enemy road convoys as ground forces sought the capital.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Seoul
Suwon
Kumyangjang
Kumyangijang
Jim Becker
United States
Becker
Wall Town
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
U. S
St. Paul
Inchon
Wolmi Island
Jumchon-Kaisong
75 000 4Fs May Be Available for Service
Defense officials told Congress they can screen out about 75 000 men for full active military service from 799 000 classified as 4Fs. Anna Rosenberg said lower entry qualifications could win 150 000 deferments, with some others possible for very definite limited service.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Anna M. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Wagner Takes Post in U S Price Office
George E. Wagner of the George Co will depart for Washington on Saturday night to serve as a civilian consultant and section chief in the federal Office of Price Stabilization. Oliver Anderson and Neil Pew will operate the George Co in his absence, while Wagner’s family stays in Austin.
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George E. Wagner
The
George Co
Washington
Wagner
Oliver Anderson
Neil Pew
Mr. Wagner
Austin
Blizzard Warning From Minnesota Weather Bureau
The Minnesota weather bureau warns of blizzard conditions tonight and Saturday with several inches of dry snow, strong winds, and heavy drifting. The storm develops in the northwest and may cover most of the state, lowering temperatures to zero to five below in southern Minnesota. International Falls and Devils Lake report among the coldest temperatures, as bitter cold persists for 24 hours.
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Minnesota
Government Weather Bureau
Northwest
International Falls
Canadian
Devils Lake
N. D
Fort Snelling to House Huge Air School Expansion
The House Armed Services Committee approved a new technical training school at Fort Snelling Minnesota as part of a broad Air Force expansion. The $64.5 million project would begin next month with work starting before final congressional approval. The committee also voted to empower $337 million more for expanding training bases.
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House
Armed Services
Airforce
Vatican clarifies bishops must decide on Rotary withdrawal
L Osservatore Romano notes Catholic bishops locally decide whether to exhort laity to leave Rotary. The Vatican says clergy cannot join or attend Rotary meetings, but priests may attend open meetings for activities aligned with priestly duties. The commentary, by the Holy Office, addresses varied interpretations since a Jan 11 decree.
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Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
Rotary Club
Vatican
Rotary
Vatican Press Office
Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
Tells Court School Strike is Unlawful
The Minneapolis janitors strike that closed schools was called unlawful by city attorney John F. Bonner before the Minnesota Supreme Court. The school board appeals Judge Weeks ruling dissolving a temporary restraining order. union advocates argued the strike did not violate law. Bonner warned the action harmed 68,000 students and threatened state sovereignty.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
John F. Bonner
Minnesota Supreme Court
Mineapolis Board of Education
John A. Weeks
Hennepin County District Court
Weeks
Bonner
Minnesota
John A. Goldie
Samuel Sigal
AFL
Government to Boost Tax on Gasoline
Otis H. Ellis of the National Oil Jobbers council forecast higher federal gasoline taxes at the Northwest Petroleum association convention in Minneapolis. He warned only full wartime needs would force rationing, noting a tax rise of one and a half to three cents. C. H. Arnold of Fargo became president with Myles Hall of Duluth as vice president.
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Minneapolis
Otis H. Ellis
National Oil Jobbers Council
Washington
Northwest Petroleum Association
C. H. Arnold
Fargo
Myles Hall
Duluth
Autopsy to Determine Cause in Cloquet Fatal Fire
Walter Esala, 40, died when flames swept his Cloquet residence Thursday night. Coroner Dr. R H Puumala ordered an autopsy to decide if death was due to suffocation or burns. Neighbor Toivo Wilson found Esala deceased after smelling smoke and entering the burning home.
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Cloquet
Minn
Walter Esala
R. H. Puumala
Carlton County
Toivo Wilson
Esala
Wilson
Remington Claims FBI Said 20 Percent of U S Government Were Communists
In federal court William R. Remington, a former government economist, testified that an FBI agent told him in April 1947 that 20 to 25 percent of government workers in Washington were Communists. He is on trial for perjury after denying Communist ties before a federal grand jury. The agent was not named.
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New York
William R. Remington
FBI
Washington
Remington
Department of Justice
Elizabeth Bentley
Rifle Mishap Fatal for Rochester Farmer
A 63 year old Plainview farmer Ervin Deittrich died in St Marys hospital after a .22 caliber rifle discharged while he crawled under a barbed wire fence chasing a dog raiding a flock of sheep. He was father of nine.
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Rochester
Plainview
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ervin Deittrich
Deittrich
Snow Queens Arrive for St Paul Winter Carnival
Thirty three snow queens from Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota Washington Montana Wyoming and Colorado move into St Paul for rehearsals and a parade appearance. The queens will attend the coronation of the Queen of the Snows next Tuesday with the southern Minnesota group named including Marcia Fink Joan Erickson Joan Shetka Janet Wild Joane Bunge Jackie Melhiem Patricia Slaggie Ruth Albrecht.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Marcia Fink
Albert Lea
Joan Erickson
Mankato
Joan Shetka
Montgomery
Janet Wild
New Ulm
Joane Bunge
Redwood Falls
Jackie Melhiem
St. James
Patricia Slaggie
Winona
Ruth Albrecht
le Sueur
Grand Meadow seeks donations after opera house fire loss
The Grand Meadow library board asks for book replacements and monetary gifts to replace books and equipment lost when the opera house burned on Christmas Day. The librarian will accept donations at the American Legion auxiliary room from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting January 27, with the library opening date to be announced.
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Grand Meadow
American Legion Auxiliary
Electrician Suffers Head Injury at Hormel Plant
Robert Vietor a 34 year old electrician at Hormel plant suffered a head injury in the dry sausage department at 9 30 am Thursday. He was struck by a falling plank from a 10 foot scaffold and was unconscious briefly. He received treatment at the plant infirmary and was later sent home.
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Robert Vietor
Cleveland
Hormel
Vietor
Draft Plans Target New Married Men In Manpower Study
The House Armed Services Committee focuses on men who married since Korea to decide if the draft age should drop from 19 to 18. The UMST bill, backed by Defense Secretary Marshall, aims to universal service and longer service. Senate hearings begin with 10 witnesses as the plan moves toward revisions. Vinson presses for data on lower standards and untapped sources of manpower.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Defense Department
Marshall
Women’s Patriotic Conference
House
Senate
UMST
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Anna Rosenberg
Government Appeals Verdict In Vivien Kellems Case
The government asks a federal court in New Haven to overturn a jury ruling that Vivien Kellems did not wilfully violate the withholding tax law.
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New Haven, Conn
Vivien Kellems
Compromise Peace Plan Offered to UN by Canada
Canada proposes a six point Korean peace plan to the UN political committee, calling for a cease fire before talks, a conference in New Delhi or here within a week, and a 48 hour reply from Peiping on participation. Lester Pearson frames it as testing Communist China’s real intentions and seeks broad withdrawal of all non Korean forces including Chinese. The Arab-Asian group seeks priority for its resolution amid stalled debate and a possible weekend vote. Britain backs priority for the conference while opposing a sanctions committee against Red China.
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Korea
U. S
China
Benegal N. Rau
India
Britain
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Turn to God Says Lutheran Minister at Conference
Rev. E. J. Conrad of Minneapolis urged national repentance and prayer as the sole solution to the world crisis at the 15th Annual Midwestern Lutheran Evangelistic Conference. He warned leaders focus on atomic bombs but said turning to God could delay World War II and prevent western defeat.
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Minneapolis
E. J. Conrad
Conrad
Kline Unable to Address GOP Meet in Chicago
Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said he could not address GOP leaders on the Brannan plan. Washington GOP officials had billed him as principal speaker for a one day national committee meeting. He learned of the speaking request at Washington airport before boarding for Chicago.
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Chicago
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
GOP
Washington
Kline
National Committee
New York
Europe
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