Supreme Court backs home rule rent controls nationwide
The Supreme Court upholds the home rule rent control law allowing states and cities to manage local rents. The decision comes as five million recipients on public aid face ongoing housing costs amid a federal policy set to expire June 30, 1950.
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Weekly News
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
U.S
Tighe Wood
Justice Department
High Court
Kentucky
Public Aid Under Scrutiny Amid High Benefit Costs
John J. Thurston opening a 10 day congressional inquiry cited that over five million Americans receive public assistance at a cost of about two billion dollars yearly. He noted half the ten billion outlay comes from federal funds while the rest comes from state and local sources and urged fair relief measures under President Truman's Fair Deal. The VA reported about two million recipients will see increased checks effective after January 1, with the largest gains for service connected disabilities and widows with children.
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United States
John J. Thurston
Thurston
Truman
Veterans Administration
V.A
Economy panel critics and global shifts noted in Hoover era talk
More than 500 national leaders gathered at the Shoreham hotel for a cracker barrel on federal economy under Herbert Hoover. Hoover warned of higher taxes and inflation as risks, noted large deficits, and highlighted commission recommendations still gaining press and public support. Across the globe, voters ousted socialist governments in Australia and New Zealand, with Robert Menzies predicting a similar retreat for socialists.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
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British Commonwealth
Australia
New Zealand
Robert Gordon Menzies
Great Britain
Jobless Benefits Reach Half Million Exhaustions
Officials from the federal labor department warn that more than a half million U.S. citizens exhausted their unemployment compensation rights in the July to September period. Despite high employment, many still lacked benefits as exhaustion varied by state. The surge signals potential future problems for the employment security program.
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Federal Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
U.S
Budget Talk Trails Truman Vacation In Tax Debate
While President Truman vacationed at Key West officials prepared the budget message to Congress. Treasury Secretary Snyder visited the President as taxpayers awaited details on proposed tax changes and possible revenue needs beyond 12 billion dollars. Cabinet members hinted at tax cuts, prompting speculation and cabinet friction with Henry Wallace exiting the administration.
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Key West
Fla
John Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
U.S
White House
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Republicans Attacks on 1950 Census Income Questions
Twenty three Republican congressmen accuse the census bureau of a biased plan requiring all persons over 14 to reveal income details. They argue the move targets small earners, claim legal authority is unclear, and question the value of data kept confidential from tax and FBI checks.
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Brown
Ohio
Hinshaw
California
Bureau
Truman
Philip M. Hauser
Washington
Mepublican
FBI
Change of heart for England health program doctor
Dr. E. F. St. John Lyburn had opposed England's socialized health plan yet announced he would quit after being the first to operate under it. He later returned to the program saying patients asked him for continued care and the decision stemmed from their requests.
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E. F. St. John Lyburn
England
Rise of New Year Celebrations Across Time
The article traces how New Year observances varied by culture from September 22 in Persia and Egypt to December 21 in Greece and March 22 for Jews. It notes Pope Gregory in 1582 introducing the Gregorian calendar and Britain’s 1752 adoption of January 4 as New Year. It ends by highlighting the enduring joyful theme of New Year customs.
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Gregory
Europe
52 Working Days in a Year If Holidays Spread Worldwide
Analyzing holiday patterns, the article notes Americans average 52 working days annually after excluding Sundays and holidays. It argues universal adoption of holidays could yield a one day workweek and six days of rest, with legal holidays varying by state and nation. It contrasts American practice with global observances, including New Year across most countries and exceptions like England and China.
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United States
England
Northern Ireland
Wales
Hejaz
China
Founding Fathers Join New Year's Spirit Across Ages
New Year's Day has long held great significance in the United States dating to colonial times. The founding fathers participated in the spirit of the occasion, as spacious colonial days provided a vigorous setting for celebrations.
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United States
America
New Year Festivities Across Nations Highlight Traditions
Across countries New Year customs vary from a king's honor and carnival atmospheres in Paris to gifts and coin baked in Greek cake. In Bulgaria peasants light bonfires to greet friends and announce promotions while Sweden notes officials signing in a royal book.
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England
France
Germany
United States
Paris
Polaud
Lithuania
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Bulgaria
Sweden
Scotch Joyful New Year Customs
The piece describes Scots celebrating New Year with restrained enthusiasm, wassail traditions, and apple and lambs wool decorations. It recalls applehowling to invoke a good crop and the rush of youths to spring at midnight to drink the cream of the well for luck. It notes Monday after New Year’s Day as a big day for local youths.
Clock Watcher in Hollywood New Year View
A lighthearted remark on how Hollywood’s idea of New Year differs from real life and that people may not change their celebrations much in 1940. The note playfully contrasts 1939 with 1950, suggesting little practical impact on personal festivities.
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Hollywood
Feasting Plays Key Role in New Year Holiday Rites
The piece notes how feasting marks New Year celebrations at home and abroad. It cites the American abroad in England on New Year’s Day enjoying turkey duck or goose, with plum pudding as the main regional difference.
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England
Pattern No. 1830 Seventeen Sizes Listed For Fall Fashion
Pattern No 1830 offers sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42 with a size 14 option and soft sleeves requiring 2 percent yards of 35 or 38 inch fabric. The Fall and Winter fashion issue promises sewing information and designer fabric news with the pattern book priced at 25 cents.
Trivia Answers Set From History Quiz
The object in badminton is called the bird. The pen name of Samuel L. Clemens is Mark Twain. Percival surrendered Singapore to General Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the Japanese Army in Malaya. The first serially published newspaper story is Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The U S Army captain who killed 116 Japanese in Bataan is Arthur W. Wermuth.
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Mark Twain
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Daniel Defoe
S “Robinson Crusoe
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