Price Problem Shelved as Market Forces Predominate
Washington reports Congress deferred wage price and rationing action, relying on supply and demand. Senator Tobey predicts the peak price range has passed and a postponement will extend while the banking committees wait to observe market trends. Rent controls may see quick action with a new bill expected Friday.
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Washington
Congress
Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
Agers
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
U S to Receive 15000 Tractors From England in 1948
Washington reports a congressional committee was told American farmers will receive 15,000 tractors from England this year. Harold Pinches of the Harry Ferguson Co. said Coventry's Standard Motor Works is manufacturing Ferguson tractors at about 200 units daily for shipment to the United States.
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Washington
England
House Agriculture Committee
Aperson
Harold Pinches
Harry Ferguson Co., Inc
Pinches
Standard Motor Works
Coventry
Ferguson
Mayors Study Atomic Defense in 1940s Plan
Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull urged U S mayors to designate civil defense directors and to expand fire and public works capabilities for debris removal and utility repairs. He called for medical, welfare and evacuation units, radio logical safety teams, and a secure control center to be used under any circumstance.
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New York
Harold R. Bull
Army
Civil Defense Board
Bull
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Bedford Judicial Bill Endorsed By County Committee
Bedford County Democratic committee backs a bill to move Bedford into the sixth judicial circuit and dissolve the thirtieth circuit. The resolution passed 19 to 2 as the group met in Bedford Virginia on February 17. Delegate DuVal Radford of Bedford introduced the measure in the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford County
Democratic Committee
General Assembly
DuVal Radford
River Rescue Called Off as Flood Waters Rise
A river search for two men presumed drowned after a boat capsized on the New River near Ripplemead Virginia was abandoned by three rescue squads due to muddy high water. Recovery efforts will resume Saturday if conditions permit. the victims are identified as C E Dudley and Clyde B Harris, both Radford area workers.
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New River
Ripplemead
Pearisburg
H. F. Goolsby
Giles County Life Saving Squad
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
C. R. McPeak
Radford
C. E. Dudley
Rockford
Clyde B. Harris
Giles
Roanoke
Fencer's Neck Pierced By Foil At Penn
A University of Pennsylvania student, 19 year old Henry Koenig, had his neck pierced by a steel fencing foil during a gymnasium match. Fire rescue clipped the foil ends and Koenig was rushed to University Hospital for immediate surgery after the blade remained protruding on both sides of his neck.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Henry Koenig
University Hospital
Koenig
Low Temperatures Forecast for Bluefield Area
Freezing temperatures were expected to return to Bluefield this morning as residents brace for a cold snap. The day prior saw a 28 degree drop with 9 pm reading at 36 after a 64 degree high at midday. O C Kenney noted a trace of rain yesterday morning.
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Bluefield
O. C. Kenney
Farley Criticizes Wallace in Colgate Address
James A. Farley denounced Henry A. Wallace as forming a third party by defectors from both major parties. Farley stated he does not want a third party in the country during a Colgate University lecture opening.
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Farley
Wallace
Colgate
Hamilton
N. Y
James A. Farley
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic National Committee
Colgate University
Influenza Cases Reported Across West Virginia
West Virginia health officials reported 121 influenza cases in the week ending February 14. Boone County accounted for 45 cases as the influenza spread was recorded across the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
N H. Dyer
Boone County
Wallace's Man Wins Bronx Special Congressional Victory
In a Bronx 24th district race, ALP candidate Leo Isacson defeated Democrat Karl Propper 22,697 to 12,578 with all districts counted. Isacson praised Henry A. Wallace and the third party while pledging to improve on past ALP performance.
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New York
Labor Party
Henry A. Wallace
Bronx
Wallace
Leo Isacson
ALP
Edward J. Flynn
Karl Propver
Dean Alfrange
Joseph DeNigris
Republica
Isacson
Congress
Propper
Fleanor Roosevelt
William O'Dwyer
Commodity Sag Follows Market Rise
A market downturn follows a recent rise as grain prices slip on the Chicago exchange and wholesale indices retreat. Meat and food prices drop in major cities while pork and cattle values fluctuate. Senator Tobey warns the break may delay anti inflation bills and National Grange urges halting excessive grain gambling.
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New York
Chicago
Washington
Tobey
J. T. Sanders
National Grange
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Train plunges 30 feet from trestle near Lenoir
One trainman died and two were injured when a Carolina and Northwestern freight train derailed late today near Lenoir North Carolina. The second engine crashed through a 150 foot trestle pulling 11 cars into a creek as the structure gave way. No cause was officially given.
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Lenoir
N. C
Carolina and Northwestern
U S Officers Seized and Harassed in Pyongyang
Two U S army liaison officers Major Darrel G. Costello and Major Richard C. Biggs were shoved and arrested by Korean personnel in Pyongyang while Soviet officials watched and did not intervene. The incident occurred February 8 during a parade as North Korea formed a new government. The camera was seized and later returned after the officers protested. Lt General John R. Hodge noted Soviet officers may operate freely in South Korea.
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Seoul
Pyongyang
Darrel G. Costello
Imogene
Iowa
Richard C. Biggs
Berkeley
Calif
People Army
Costello
Biggs
John R. Hodge
South Korea
British Gunfire Meets Arab Mob In Angry Riots
In Tripoli, Arab mob stones British military admin offices and is met with gunfire and tear gas. Three Arabs killed, eight wounded, several Britons hurt. Emergency declared with 6 pm to 6 am curfew as Khutta militants push for independence and Arab league affiliation. Deputy foreign ministers of four powers convene in London on empire’s future.
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Tripoli
Libya
Tripolitania
Khutta Party
Tripoliania
Textbook Allowance Would Be Boosted
Richmond Virginia Feb 17 A senate education committee reported favorably a house bill to distribute 90 cents per pupil for textbooks to localities up from 60 cents. The bill had many house patrons and seeks to raise per pupil funding for texts.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Senate Committee On Education and Public Institutions
Hitler's Physician Seeks Death in Medical Experiment
Nuernberg Feb 17. Hitler's personal physician Dr Karl Brandt, condemned for experimenting on concentration camp inmates, asked the U.S supreme court to die in a medical experiment rather than by hanging. Authorities said the request may be considered but later rejected. The Supreme Court had refused appeals of Brandt and six other Nazi doctors awaiting execution at Landsberg prison.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Hitler
Karl Brandt
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brandt
Landsberg
Myers Indicted On Tax Charges
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, already charged with perjury, is indicted on a tax evasion charge for 1941 showing income of 36301 while declaring 3808. Baltimore reporting indicates involvement with Aviation Electric and dummy presidency claims. Lamarre, also indicted, testified before the grand jury. Bail set at 1000 as Meyers defended himself from Long Island estate.
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Baltimore
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces
Meyers
Washington
Senate
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Grand
Aviation Electric Company of
Dayton, Co
Lamarre
General
Meyer
Aviation Electric
General Meyers
Long Island
Ex Truman Aide Alleged Parole Fee Testimony
Mrs Louis Campagna testified before a congressional subcommittee that she paid Paul Dillon ten thousand dollars to help her husband, former Capone associate Louis Campagna, obtain parole. Dillon previously claimed no fee for aiding the four ex gangsters in their release.
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Chicago
Capone
Paul Dillon
Truman
Louis Campagna
Campagna
Philip D'Andrea
Paul
Ricca
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gice
Dillon
St. Louis
Senate
Truman Urges Women To Fight Inflation
President Truman told women at a Labor Department conference that they hold the consumer power to curb living costs. He said women control much of the nation's wealth and influence daily spending on food clothing education and better living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Labor Department
Boy saves three by driving car on father’s lap
A eight year old boy seated on his father’s lap drove a 12 mile car trip to the Cottage hospital after a gasoline explosion blinded three drillers north of Burley Idaho. The boy Roy Lee Grindrod sat on his father Lois Grindrod’s knee to guide the car and helped direct injured men to care. The hospital credits the boy’s quick action with saving their sight.
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Burley
Idaho
Cottage Hospital
Lois Grindrod
Roy Lee
Kenneth
Roy
Paul Chessly
Here
U S Sailors Missing After Midway Launch Capsize
In Hyeres France officers and seven sailors from the U S aircraft carrier Midway are missing after a naval launch capsized while ferrying personnel to the ship after a shore party. French coast guard and naval craft search for eight missing as 29 others were rescued. The Midway delayed departure to Naples by 24 hours. the vessel remains on a Mediterranean cruise.
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Hyeres
France
French
Coast Guard
U. S
Midway
French Riviera
French Coast Guard
Naval
Naples
Navy identifies seven of eight missing men after launch sinks near Hyeres
The Navy announced seven of eight men missing when a motor launch swamped en route to the carrier Midway near Hyeres France. The eighth man, a marine, will be identified after next of kin notification. No bodies have been recovered and no details of the accident were available. Identified was Harold Oakley Williams machinist mate third class, son of Fred O Williams of Princeton West Virginia.
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Washington
Navy
Midway
Hyeres
France
Harold Oakley Williams
Fred O Williams
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
W. Va
Abbitt Clinches Fourth Virginia Seat in Tight Race
Petersburg Feb 17 Watkins M Abbitt a Democrat and former Appomattox county prosecutor was elected to Congress from the Fourth district to replace the late Patrick Henry Drewry of Petersburg. With 128 of 153 precincts reporting Abbitt led State Senator Morton G Goode by over 2000 votes and appeared set to win remaining units.
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Petersburg
Watkins M. Abbitt
Commonwealth
Appomattox County
Patrick Henry Drewry
Abbitt
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
Goode
Robert W. Arnold, Jr
Waverly
T. Robert Cocks
U S Coal Supply Dwindles Shake to Alarm
Pennsylvania mining engineer Andrew B Crichton challenged beliefs of 3000 years of coal supply. He put U S reserves at 223 billion tons versus 3180 billion by the Geological Survey and warned the East holds only about 73 billion tons, or 90 years. He urged updated surveys and noted mine abandonments waste millions of tons.
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New York
Pennsylvania
America
Andrew B. Crichton
Johnston
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
U. S
U. S. Geological Survey
East
Cincinnati Flood Fears Ease After Lower Crest Forecast
Cincinnati weather bureau reduced its Ohio River crest prediction by a full foot. At 3 p m the river stood at 53.2 feet, eight tenths of a foot below the 54 foot forecast for 7 a m tomorrow, keeping flood danger down to about two feet over flood stage.
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Cincinnati
Queen City
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
New Order Halts Oil and Gas Exports for 48 Hours
The commerce department suspended all export licenses for gasoline and fuel oil for 48 hours to assess foreign needs and plan cuts to conserve energy during a harsh winter. Embassies reported possible further savings, with a March 31 east coast embargo expected. Italy agreed to let 10 tankers be used to bring Caribbean oil. A coalition of coal producers formed an advisory council to address fuel logistics, including coal cars and mining equipment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Heselton
R - Mass
Anne
Gulf
Maritime Commission
Italy
U. S
Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
M. J. Rathbone
Esso Standard Oil Company
Interior Department
Krug
Senate group moves to ease big tax cut via Marshall plan funding
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee approved a plan shifting 3 billion dollars of the Marshall plan cost from this year's surplus to boost tax cuts. The move, led by Senator Millikin, would trim next year's spending and free room for broader tax reductions. The measure accompanies a four year European recovery program starting April 1 and seeks to use the 1948 surplus to finance it.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Treasury
Millikin R
Colo
Millikin
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Milikin
Army Describes Jolo Man's Death As Accidental
Maxwell Field officials say the death of Gunter Pield Ala soldier Ezra C. Grizzel from a self pistol discharge was accidental. Grizzel and Pfc Dean H Johnson were on military police duty when Johnson claimed he was joking and drew his pistol thinking it pointed at the floor. The shot struck Grizzel in the chest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gunter Pield
Air Force
Corp
Ezra C. Grizzel
Eleanor Grizzel
Jolo
W. Va
Dean H. Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
Maxwell Field
Gunter
Maxwell
K. T. Barthelmess
Johnson
Grizzel
Col. Barthelmess
High School Coach Stands Against Ku Klux Klan Threat
Rossville Georgia February 17 a broad shouldered 27 year old high school coach Walter Rowland strapped a pistol to his belt to ward off threats of a KKK attack as he wheeled his Lakeview basketball team into a game. He said seven or eight armed friends including law officers were stationed around the gym to fire if necessary. His wife in Bowland the couple’s home remains under protection after she flagrant act against the klansmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossville
Walter Rowland
Rowland
Lakeview
Wallace Gleeful Over His Victory in Bronx Race
Henry A. Wallace hailed the American Labor party win in a Bronx special congressional election as a repudiation of the get tough double standard foreign policy. He spoke tonight in Tampa Florida noting the victory as a political rebuke and urged unity among labor supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fila
Henry A. Wallace
American Labor Party
Bronx
Norfolk Snow Storm Cost Near Thirty Thousand Dollars
Norfolk Virginia February 17 The snow storm that locked the city last week cost about $30 000 public works figures disclosed damages to streets estimated at another $15 000
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Norfolk
Department Public Works
Peace settlement urged at U N Palestine crisis
Philippines senator Vicente Francisco urged a peaceful settlement of the Palestine issue at Lake Success as the Palestine commission warned the U N security council it cannot carry out the partition plan without an adequate armed force. The council moved to open debate next Tuesday to consult governments on the force question. Lisicky and other commissioners said the council must decide questions about force. Francisco did not attend the conference but said he met newsmen afterward.
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Lake Success
Philippines
Palestine Commission
Vicente Francisco
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Karel Lisicky
Czechslovakia
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Safeway Stores, Inc
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Senate Group UK
Jolo Man
Ku Klux Klan
Holy Land
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