Unemployment rises as 700,000 join jobless ranks in January
The Commerce Department reports 700,000 more jobless in January, totaling 7,650,000 unemployed, while employment falls from 395.0 to 57.5 million. President Truman’s advisers caution against reading into recession, citing psychology and potential crop effects, with standby price and wage controls to be proposed next week.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Truman
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
John RB. Steelman
Siste
Congress
Boulder City Nevada Driller Sparks Mineral Boom Revival
In Boulder City Nevada locals recall a century old prospecting era after junk dealer Art G. Klinger drilled a well near Railroad Pass. Core samples show silver gold and copper with copper around six and a half percent. Area was reopened to mineral entry after Senate action.
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Boulder City
Nev
Boulder Highway
Here
Railroad Pass
Art G. Klinger
Klinger
George W. Malone
Cleanhandkerchief Hero Sparks Third Grade Debate
In a playful class moment Willie Willis recalls a test about war and scarcity. He notes most classmates chose diamonds while he argued the rarest item was a clean handkerchief in the third grade.
Forsaken and Forgotten Peril of Fire Cited at St Marys School
St Marys state facility houses 44 mentally deficient girls in a decaying three story wood building with crude wooden fire escapes on front and rear. Superintendent Harry R Riggs fears for lives in a fire as plans for a $270000 dormitory loom. In the meantime the girls receive limited care and education with little psychiatric treatment.
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St, Marys
St. Marys Training School
Harry R. Riggs
Biggs
St. Marys
Masie
Governor Urges State Acquire U.S. Hospital
Gov. Patteson backs the state obtaining a modern 3 500 bed hospital at Martinsburg to address West Virginia mental institution issues. He spoke after a subcommittee visit and commended articles exposing facility conditions. Eight believed dead in a B 25 bomber explosion near New Orleans as it crashed into Lake Pontchartrain with eight aboard.
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John G. Morgan
Patteson
Martinsburg
West Virginia
del. J. Horner Davis
D.kanawha
Senate
Newton D. Baker Hospital
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Here
Coast Guard
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Fort Worth
Tex
Keesler Field
Adyther
Oscar Carlson
RFD 4
Bradley warns air forces can't deliver early knockout
Gen. Omar Bradley told a Boston audience that relying on American air power for a knockout blow in the opening months of war would be reckless. He urged readiness to strike with a full strategic air offensive while warning against overreliance on air power at the expense of broader defense.
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Boston
Omar Bradley
Russia
Bradley
United States
Lowg
Army
Staggers Says VA Plans to Keep Martinsburg Hospital
Rep. Alan B. Staggers said the Veterans Administration does not intend to close Newton D. Baker hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia. He cited VA officials who noted a real need for the hospital and mentioned a state study group planned by the WV Legislature to consider purchasing the property.
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Rep
Staggers
Washington
Veterans Administration
Rep. Staggers
D-Wvap
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W- Va
West Virginia
Mame
Brageers
House Veterans Committee
Senate
House
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Senator Wylie Plans Immediate Hospital Inspection
Dr. Ward Wyile of Wyoming, chair of the Senate committee on public buildings and humane institutions, announced plans for an immediate hospital inspection. He said arrangements were under way to charter a transport airplane for the mission.
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Ward Wyile
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and Humane Institutions
Sen. Wylie
Mindszenty Withdraws Frailty Letter During Trial
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty withdrew as invalid a prior letter claiming confession would be forged or due to weakness. He admitted writing it in November and said his view then differs, now favoring a halt to the trial and dialogue with the regime. Britain and the U S protested Hungary's refusal to admit observers as the trial proceeds.
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Budapest
INS
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U. S. State Department
Selden Chapin
Hungary
Chapin
Britain
London
Perage
Partdy
Vilmos Olty
Ministers of Justice
Vatican
Catholic Church Weekly Tablet
Mindszenty
Kalman Kiczko
St. Stephen
Germany
Rome
Sylvester
Carbide and Carbon Curtail Institute Expansion
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp officials clarified rumors of a broad cutback at the Institute plant noting that several production units have been rescheduled. Construction on large units began in December with some layoffs by the Ford, Bacon and Davis contractors as costs rose. Further curtailment depends on chemical industry conditions and construction costs.
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Carbide, Carbon
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Institute
Ford, Bacon and Davis, Inc
Carbide
Taft Sees Step To Salvage Act In Senate Hearing
Senator Taft predicted two thirds of the Taft Hartley act will stay in force as Congress weighs revisions. He cited administration support for most provisions and noted only five remain contested. Industry witnesses opened hearings as the labor bill to repeal the act moves forward.
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Washington
INS
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Oak
Tutt-Hartley
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Almon E. Roth
Solons Expect No Filibuster In Senate Clash
Washington sparks indicate southern Democrats will oppose a new cloture rule. Sen. Russell says the GOP bid will fail with Democratic support. In Charleston West Virginia a slow House Senate week ends with seven bills sent onward and hearings scheduled Monday on medical school and health department reforms.
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Washington
IRS
Rules Committee
Russell
D.-Ga
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Cal
House
State Health Department
House Veterans Affairs Committee
del. Woodyard
D\McDowell
Ex-GI says Axis Sally duped him into statement
Gilbert Hansford, an American soldier wounded in Normandy, testified he was duped by Mildred Gillars claiming to be a Red Cross worker. He described Axis Sally tapping prisoners and hospital patients to record propaganda for Nazi broadcasts. Hansford identified Gillars and recounted the Red Cross disguise used at a Paris hospital.
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Washington
Normandy
Ret
Red Cross
Toleran
Gilbert Hansford
Jon “Sally
Broadcat
Cincinnati
United States
Hansford
Mildred Gillars
Hospital de Las Paris
Pitle
Paris
Miss Gillars
Sally
Hansfird
Opy
U N Cites Basis of Big 4 Parley for Peace Talks
U N officials at Lake Success say the General Assembly resolution urges major powers to end disputes and pursue a four power summit. The measure outlines a procedure for top level talks and obliges the powers to act. It opens the way for a broad review of the cold war by Truman Stalin Attlee Queuille.
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Lake Success
INS
U. N
General Assembly
Assembly
Truman
Stalin
Attlee
Queuille
United Nations
Tryave
Lie
Moscow
France
Britain
U. S
Stalin open to four power talks adds Britain and France
Reuters reports Stalin willing to expand talks with the United States to include Britain and France. Attlee and Queuille may join discussions with Truman, aligning with American rejection of bilateral talks on German issues outside the United Nations framework. In the USSR, Tass framed Truman and Acheson’s stance as opposing a peace pact.
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London
INS
Stalin
United States
France
Britain
Revue
Moscow
Reuters
Clement Attlee
Henri Queuille
Truman
Jeen
Dean Acheson
U. S
United Nations
Soviet Union
Acheson
U.S. S
Marcantonio Takes Stand as Reds Trial Clashes with Judge
Rep Vito Marcantonio testified in the conspiracy trial of 11 Communist leaders as courtroom friction rose. Judge Harold Medina warned defense attorneys to stop provocation and threatened action to protect court proceedings amid repeated exchanges.
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New York
INS
Vito Marcantonio
Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Xieding
Jain
Harry Sacher
18Th Congressional
Manhattan
Shah of Iran Shot During Prize Ceremony
Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, age 29, was shot and slightly wounded by journalist Fakhre Rai as he distributed prizes to university students in Tehran. The gunman was attacked by a crowd. The incident follows student protests over Anglo-Persian Oil and British Bank activities.
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London
INS
Reuters
Tehran
Fakhre Rai
Mohammed
Riza Pahlevi
Khim
Shah
Seterday
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
British Imperial Bank
Iran
Fawzia
Farouk
Farida
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