Voluntary Car Rationing Urged Amid Inflation Talks
Washington dispatch says White House plans voluntary gasoline conservation to curb driving. Republican leaders push anti inflation measures in a special session, with Taft indicating a GOP program ready for conference action. Plan favors voluntary controls, aimed at cutting government spending, tax changes, and price measures, while avoiding mandatory rationing.
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Congress
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Interior Department
Senate
House Economic Committee
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House
Truman
Tait
Iocomera
Jeemneav
Robert E. Friedman
Oil and Gas Division
Senate House Economic Committee
Friedman
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
Anti-Trust Suit Sparks Hollywood Meeting Blowback
The 36th annual Investment Bankers Assoc of America convention in Hollywood denounced the government anti trust suit charging the association and 17 member firms with conspiracy to monopolize investment banking. Julien H. Collins urged unity claiming the action harms every firm and provokes costly litigation.
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Hollywood
Fla
Investment Bankers Assoc. of America
New York
Julien H. Collins
Chicago
Association
Marshall Challenges Molotov On Germany Unity Price
London dispatch reports US Secretary of State Marshall challenging Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to name Russia price for German unity. Molotov rebutted Western plans, Bevin condemned Molotov as misleading, and talks focused on Germanys economic future amid stalled concessions.
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Marshall
Red
Reich
London
U. S
George Co. Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Germany
Molotoy
Britain
France
U S to Protect All Americans In Holy Land
The State Department said new measures to protect about 10,000 Americans in Palestine and adjacent regions are studied. Citizens abroad are urged to avoid provocative actions and risky behavior while passports continue to be issued for travel with valid reasons.
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U.S
Holy Land
Spectacular Blast Kills Worker at Standard Oil Refinery
In El Segundo California a spectacular explosion destroyed a 127000 barrel gasoline storage tank at Standard Oil refinery killing James E Morris 20 of Santa Monica and injuring at least one other. The tank contained sulphur cracked gasoline and was mostly underground. Flames rose about 150 feet after the blast which occurred early December 5 and the fire continued for hours.
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EL Segundo
Cal
Standard Oil Co
Harry Harley
James E. Morris
Santa Monica
Standard Oil
Tai Us Oat
Los Angeles
Dan
Bern
Burglar Still Crafty After Brain Surgery
Pittsburgh report says Millard F. Wright, a 38-year-old burglar, remained evasive crafty and cunning nine months after a delicate brain operation attempting to curb criminal tendencies. The brain surgery severed nerves in the frontal white matter but did not alter his egocentric behavior, still aiding his burglary case term of two to twelve years.
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Pittsburgh
Behavior Clinic
Millard F. Wright
Wright
Millard
House Foes Press New Cuts To Europe Aid
Washington December 5 Republican lawmakers pushed new reductions to the administration 597 million quick aid to Europe program amid debate on a 590 million relief measure. Rep Lodge warned that delaying troop withdrawals and guaranteeing Italy’s essential nationhood may require continued U S lines of supply into Austria and Trieste. Others urged caps and deeper cuts while noting the Senate’s higher total may force a reconciliation of House and Senate figures.
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House
Europe
Lin Hely
Lodge
Lodge (R.-Conn
Austria
Trieste
Italy
Belgrade
U. S
France
Truman
Senate
China
Rep
Jonkman
R-Mich
Buck
New York
Pered N. Y
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Truman Completes Speech in Florida Everglades Park dedication
President Truman finishes conservation policy remarks on his Florida vacation ahead of the Everglades National Park dedication at Everglades City. More than 20,000 attendees, including Seminole Indians, will witness the ceremony with officials Pepper Holland Gow Caldwell Krug and others. The event is broadcast on NBC and Mutual with a TV newsreel by AP photographer Griffin.
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Fla
Truman
Florida
Everglades National Park
Everglades City
Everglades
United States
National Broadcasting‘ Co
Mutual Broadcasting‘ System
Associated Press
Henry L. Griffin
Foxes Wax Fatter as Farmers Grow Leaner on Profitless Pelts
Washington hearing reveals fur farmers suffer under wartime shifts as stockpiled silver foxes flood markets. Francis of Ogden testifies that higher costs and plummeting pelts prices squeeze 1,280 U.S. fox farmers, demanding government aid while profits collapse.
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Washington
Dec
Reid F. Murray
Wis
Francis
Joseph H Francis
Ogden
Utah
U. S
L Can. National Board of Fur Farmer
Itl
Rep
Andie
Roma Slum Battle Ends with Casualties and Political Fallout
In Primavalle Rome clashes between police and demonstrators leave five wounded on each side, a wounded lieutenant, and a deathly injured protester after police fire in self defense amid hunger claims and a constitutional vote. In Paris, France orders police to fire on mobs as strikes cripple cities including St Etienne and Arles, with Sarkozy’s government facing protests and troop reinforcements.
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Primavade
Paris
Vincent Auriol
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
France
St. Etienne
Lyon
Arles
Marseille
Moses Boiarsky Dies at Age 60 in Charleston
Moses Boiarsky 60 longtime Charleston resident and first juvenile court judge died at home after a long illness. He led Charleston Federal Savings and Loan and served on the police civil service commission. Service set at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Barlow mortuary chapel with Rabbis Cooper and Cashdan officiating. Burial in Bnai Jacob Cemetery. Survived by wife Rae Dorothy Boiarsky son Ivor two sisters a brother in Toledo and others.
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Charleston Federal Savings and Loan Assoc
Charleston
McClung St
Barlow Mortuary
Samuel Cooper
Louis J. Cashdan
B'nai Jacob
South Hills
Boiarsky
University of Cincinnati
Holley
Charleston Police Civil Service Commission
Neely
B'nai Jacob Synagogue
Virginia Street Temple
Charleston Lodge No. 202
BPOE
West Virginia Bar Assoc
Rae Dorothy Boiarsky
Canada Newsprint Price Hike by Abitibi Pow er and Paper Co
Abitibi Sales Co announces a $62 per ton price increase for newsprint, effective January 1, affecting Abitibi Power and Paper Co. producers. The current Canadian price runs about $46 per ton, with roughly 80 percent of Canada’s annual newsprint output—about 4.5 million tons—sent to the United States.
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Abitibi Sales Co
Abitibi Powér Snd Paper Co., Ltd
Canada
United States
U S Confirms Reports of Red Buying Panic
The U S Embassy in Moscow reported a wave of buying in Russia, said by Undersecretary Robert A. Lovett not indicating Soviet economy collapse. He advised not overemphasizing the buying spree and noted censorship blocked news from Moscow. Page 2 continued.
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U. S
Washington
Russia
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Soviet Union
State Department
Ten Hollywood writers indicted for refusing to testify
A federal grand jury indicted ten Hollywood writers directors and producers for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer a House investigation committee on Communist membership. Indicted are Edward Dmytryk Herbert Biberman Robert Adrian Scott Albert Maltz Dalton Trumbo Samuel Ornitz John Howard Lawson Ring Lardner Jr Lester Cole and Alvah Basse. Eight cited on two counts. eight refused to disclose membership in the Screen Writers Guild. Trials set for January with possible penalties up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine per count.
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House
Congress
Edward Dmytryk
Herbert Biberman
Robert Adrian Scott
Albert Maltz
Dalton ‘Rumbo
Samuel Ornitz
John Howard Lawson
Ring Lardner
Lester Cole
Alvah Bassie
Lawson
Dmytryk
House Committee On un-American Activities
Screen Writers Guild
Capitol 1
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Clark
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Clifford L. Durr
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Black
Edgewood Acres tragedy ends in murder suicide
A 29 year old father of five described as insanely jealous shot dead his wife Clarence Earl Newhouse 26 and then killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun outside their Edgewood Acres home. Beatrice Newhouse 26 planned to leave him and had packed clothes for herself and their two children aged four and six. The coroner classified the case murder and death by own action. One child was home during the incident while another was at a nearby residence.
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Edgewood Acres
R. ‘S. Cummings
States Police
South Charleston
Clarence Earl Newhouse
Beatrice
Max J. Goldman
Kanawha
Cpl. Cummings
Newhouse
Forest Fire Hits Charleston City Limits
A forest fire within Charleston city limits burned several acres along a hillside north of Piedmont Road near the state capitol and Hill Crest sanatorium. City firemen and state forest crews fought multiple blazes, with flames lighting the hillside and several smaller fires scattered over the area. Four new fires were reported in Mingo county including Vulcan on Tug river and Left Fork of Bens Creek. At least two fires were reported in Boone county.
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State Conservation Commission
Piedmont Rd
State Capitol
Hill Crest Sanatorium
Veazey St
Mingo County
The
Conservation Commission
Vulcan
Tug River
Bens Creek
Boone County
Arabs Open 5-Mile Front Near Jaffa
Rioting Arabs clash along a five mile front near Tel Aviv and Jaffa as five days of unrest over partition escalate. Reports cite 44 killed in Aden, widespread violence in the Arab world, and British troops deployed to restore order amid fires and sniper exchanges.
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Palestine
Arabia
Aden
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Associated Press Court
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Lebanon
Mecca
Arabian
Khartoum
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Affrica
Derna
Libya
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Bagdad
U.S
Beirut
Damascus
Fawzi Bey Kawkazi
Arab Jaffa
Salemeh
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Hatikvah
Zablawi
Unfreezing of Britain loan authorized by U S
The United States agreed Britain may draw the remaining 400 million dollars of her American loan, frozen last August. Treasury Secretary Snyder announced in a letter released by the British treasury. Unfreezing will allow Britain to continue purchases to maintain its austerity program without adding inflationary pressure in the United States.
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United States
Britain
Snyder
United Kingdom
U. S
U S Clamps Embargo On Arms Shipments
Washington December 3 The United States imposed an embargo on licensed shipments of arms and ammunition to Palestine and six nearby countries amid Middle East turmoil Licensing of all shipments is suspended Official records show small total value over the last 22 months with no Palestine licenses in 1949 and most other licenses minimal Egypt 1640 Lebanon 2820 Syria and Trans Jordan none Saudi Arabia 2368 Iraq 432 Surplus war material excluded from licensing Although combat materials were said to be scarce
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United States
Palestine
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State Department
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Trans- Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
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