Rise Seen in Retail Food Prices Amid Tight Markets
Washington on Saturday the Agriculture Department reported danger signs of another sharp rise in retail food prices possibly exceeding December peaks. Farm price gains fade may mislead, with wholesale prices at postwar highs and ongoing strong demand for grains, meats, fats, and oils. Florida citrus and truck crops suffered from a January freeze, pushing prices higher. Strong entities include Agriculture Department and Bureau of Labor Statistics, with notes on hogs, wheat, beef, and the March–summer forecast window.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Florida
Bevin Plans Early Moscow Trip for New Red Alliance
London AP dispatch says Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will depart March 11 for the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Moscow and open talks on a revised British Russian alliance. Bevin aims to meet Premier Stalin on arrival and hold further discussions with Molotov.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Bevin
Stalin
Molotov
Knotty Problem Solved for Bank in San Diego
A mountain of one million knots tied by Robert P. Purrucker, a retired chief petty officer, was to pass to San Diego Trust and Savings as part of his estate. He spent over seven years tying knots in belts purses and watch fobs, stored in cases he built, with the phrase tenots to you. His nephew Raymond B. Shug Jr arranged with a Los Angeles museum to receive the pieces.
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San Diego
San Diego Trust and Savings Bank
Robert P. Purrucker
Raymond B. Shug, Jr
Los Angeles
Twenty-One Chinese Killed in C-47 Crash Near Chungking
Reports from Shanghai say 21 Chinese army air force personnel died when a C-47 transport aircraft crashed on the outskirts of Chungking. Ice on the wings is blamed for loss of control to the pilot.
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Shanghai
INS
Taft opposes Lilienthal for atomic top post
Senate Republican policy chief Taft publicly opposes David Lilienthal’s nomination as Atomic Energy Commission chair, saying he is too soft on Russia and communism. He calls Lilienthal a power hungry bureaucrat and accuses him of tolerating a Communist cell at TVA, signaling a close, party driven battle ahead of a possible Senate confirmation vote next week.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate ‘Republican Policy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Russia
Taft
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Latomic Energy Committee
Truman
Congress
OPA
Vandenberg
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Iowa
Inquest Ordered Into Death of Ellen Wilkinson Cabinet Minister
Westminster coroner ordered a public inquest into the death of Ellen Wilkinson 56, minister of education, who died February 6 after bronchitis and heart illness. Coroner H Neville Stafford set the inquest for next Friday with no exhumation planned. Wilkinson, a fiery Attlee era figure nicknamed Red Ellen and The Parliamentary Atom, led education and was a key Labor insider.
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London
Ellen Wilkinson
Education
Westminster
H. Neville Stafford
Miss Wilkinson
Stafford
Education Ministry
Attlee
Daily Mirror
the Mirror
Labor Party
Labor
Red
Mother and five children burned in Missouri fire
In Nevada Missouri a mother Betty Graham and her five children aged eight months to nine years died in a house fire sparked by a heating stove explosion. Charles Graham husband and father was severely burned while trying to rescue them. he described using kerosene to start the fire.
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Nevada
Betty Graham
Ollie Lee
Wayne
Freda
Marjoria
Mary Sue
R Charles Graham
What Else from a Dog You Name Sweetheart
In Evanston a prize dachshund named Sweetheart prompted a daylight robbery as Mrs. Alfred Holm, while showing the dog, was approached by a man with a revolver who forced her to surrender her fur coat worth 4000 dollars and a ring valued at 3500 dollars before fleeing. Seger didn’t emit a single or ml
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Evanston, Ill
Alfred Holm
Russian Navy Warns of Foreign Spy Threat in Wartime Tone
Moscow dispatched warnings from Lt. Col. P. Ancharsky in Red Fleet urging secrecy on military matters. He warned foreign embassies and readers to guard against spies inside and outside the Soviet Union, detailing methods to avoid wiretaps, disguises, provocation, and information leaks.
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Moscow
P. Ancharsky
Red Fleet
Navy
Ancharsky
Russia
Young Communist League
Soviet Union
Churchill
Britain
United States
Philadelphia youth saves watch and wallet in snowbank tussle
John Laporte, 21, shoved his wrist watch and wallet containing 11 dollars into a snowbank during a tussle with two thugs. Laporte, aided by police, recovered the items after the assailants fled.
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Philadelphia
John, Laporte
Laporte
Quaker Oats Local Talks Resume in Cedar Rapids
Negotiations for a master contract covering five Quaker Oats plants have been dropped. Local bargaining will resume in Cedar Rapids at 1 30 p m Monday. Cedar Rapids contract extended 60 days past Jan 7. United Cereal Workers sought a master contract after a Feb 7 Chicago meeting. company refused. New contracts signed in Akron Memphis and St Joseph. Cedar Rapids and Depew still without agreement.
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Chicago
Robert Forster
Cedar Rapids
Forster
United Cereal Workers (Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
CIO
Akron
Ohio
Memphis
Tenn
St. Joseph
Depew
N. Y
Louis
Jedlicka
Wesley J. Kopecky
Arthur Poe
Experts Identify Cause Of Downtown Blast In Los Angeles
Three specialists announced findings that a mixture of perchloric acid and acetic anhydride triggered Thursday's downtown electroplating plant explosion. Police Chemist Ray Pinker Fire Captain Carl Halter Arson Squad and G L Cheney said the blast matched wartime one ton block buster power. The report followed talks with plant officials and counsel.
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Los Angeles
Ray Pinker
Carl Halter
G. L. Cheney
Veterans Insurance Deadline Extended
The Veterans Administration extended to August 1 the period for about 10 million World War II veterans to reinstate government life insurance. Gen. Omar Bradley announced the extension after President Truman signed the legislation. Lapsed term policies can be reinstated by paying two monthly premiums if the holder is in as good health as at lapse.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Omar Bradley
Truman
Bradley
National Service
Opal Dixon Convicted In Des Moines Bank Robbery Case
An all woman jury convicted Opal Dixon, 35, of entering a bank with intent to rob the Des Moines Bank and Trust Co. for the $2,950 hypodermic syringe robbery Jan. 22. The verdict carries a mandatory life sentence. sentencing is set for Feb. 28. A warrant was issued for a St. Louis bank robbery if acquittal occurred. Dixon, mother of two, faced no other charges.
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Des Moines
Opal Dixon
Dixon
Des Moines Bank and Trust Co
Russell Jordan
Jordan
St. Louis
Jewelry Salesman Robbed of 10000 in Allen Park
DETROIT UP Two bandits held up jewelry salesman Frank Tadcasi 50 as he unlocked his car trunk after leaving a store. They forced him into the car, took watches gems and cash, then switched to another vehicle and drove off. One struck him in the eye during the getaway.
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Detroit
Allen Park
Frank Tadcasi
Taccasi
House Owned by Fulton Lewis Burns to Ground
Leonardtown Md AP fire department reports an 111 room English style house owned by radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars. Origin undetermined. The house was unoccupied when the blaze started Friday night. Neighbors say Lewis and his wife are on the west coast.
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Leonardtown, Md
Leonardtown
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Lewis
Sayre Confirmed for U N Trusteeship Council Role
Washington reports the senate confirmed Francis B Sayre to serve as United States representative on the United Nations trusteeship council. Sayre is a Washington native and diplomat, with the nomination advancing after debate in the chamber.
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Washington
Senate
Francis’ B. Sayre
United States
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Sugar allotment boosts U S supply to prewar levels
Washington reports the International Emergency Food Council will allocate 6.8 million tons to the United States from the 1947 world sugar harvest, up 1.47 million tons from last year and near prewar usage. Industrial rations rise by 10 percent on April 1 and July 1. households await possible increases.
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Washington
United States
International Emergency Food Council
Agriculture Department
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
Java
South America
Dominican Republic
New Polaroid-like Camera Delivers Photo In One Minute
New handheld camera announced by Edwin H Land offers a finished photo in sixty seconds by simply turning a knob. Demonstrations featured two versions, portrait and news-sized, with daylight operation and no darkroom. Officials say production is months away with price details to come.
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New York
Optical Society of America
Edwin H. Land
Boston
Polaroid
Land
Hoover Ends European Tour With Return to U.S.
Herbert Hoover departed London aboard an army plane for the United States on Saturday ending a three week European tour on a food mission for President Truman.
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London
Herbert Hoover
United States
Europe
Trueman
Zero Temperature Predicted Tonight in Cedar Rapids
Light snow covered about three fourths of the state while temperatures sank below zero. Spencer logged 17 below while Cedar Rapids dipped to 5 above near dawn. Cedar Rapids escaped the heavier snows as forecasts called for near zero lows tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Spencer
Atlantic
Ames
Des Moines
Charles City
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Mason City
Oskaloosa
Weather Bureau
Solons Hear Wagner Act Repeal Plea
Washington reports that three foremen, a former AFL organizer, and a Michigan shop worker urged drastic curbs on union activity to protect free enterprise and management rights. They called for repealing the Wagner Act, replacing it with a labor self-organization and collective bargaining guarantee, and proposed supervised votes before any strikes.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
AFL
Michigan
Anthony Gruszka
Milwaukee
Wis
Gruszka
United Automobile Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Douglas Dean
Niles
Mich
Clark Equipment Company
Berrien Springs
America
Industrial Tieup Threatens Ireland
Dublin reports a fuel shortage that could halt all power stations and cut heat and light to homes shops and offices. Widespread rail and road travel has ceased with officials warning trains may not run for three weeks as Ireland faces potential total industry paralysis.
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Dublin
Eire
Wire Electricity Board
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
G.O.P
State Department
Wallace H. White
Maine
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
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Associated Press Science Reporter
Hoover
U.S
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
Floyd H. Rhead
Sparks-Withington Company
Jackson, Mich
Joseph E. Cox
Delco Products Corporation
Dayton
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