Senators Urge Extended Curb On Rent Costs
A Senate sub committee proposes a broad revision of rent control extending to April 30, 1949 with no cap on increases if a long term lease is agreed. The plan expands local power, ends controls on amusement park construction, and keeps the Federal Housing Expeditor in charge.
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Senate
Rim
Cain
R-Wash
Bricker
Buck
R-Del
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen
Taylor
Idaho
Banking
House
Federal
Congress
Sullivan outlines vast Navy carrier and new ships plan
Secretary of the Navy John L Sullivan announced a 60,000 to 80,000 ton aircraft carrier and eight experimental vessels including super-fast submarines. The program, funded at 230 million dollars in 1949, would take up to five years and requires Congress approval. The Kentucky and Hawaii guided missile ships are suspended, funds redirected to the new build.
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Congress
Kentucky
Hawaii
Sulivan
Sectary of Defense Forrestal
Bureau of the Budget
Sullivan
Snow Returns To Valley Area In West Virginia
Snow swept across Kanawha county and surround area disrupting travel with wet heavy flakes making roads slick. Road crews prepared to keep primary routes open though many secondary roads remained treacherously slick and chains were urged for nearly all travel. City traffic slowed in Charleston while southern, Ripley, Sutton and Richwood reported heavy falls and ice on top of existing snow. Further details continue on page 22.
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Kanawha
Road Commission
Tyler Mountain
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Coal Mountain
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Charleston
Ripley, Sutton
Richwood
Airline ceilings listed for mountain flights
The Civil Aeronautics Board raised minimum clearance over the highest terrain on mountainous routes to 2006 feet when flying by instruments or at night over unlit areas, up from 1000 feet. In clear weather the margin increases to 1050 feet from 800. The rules apply to air lines and irregular operators and follow a prior safety inquiry board recommendation.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Special Air Safety Inquiry Board
Public Hearing on Europe Aid Bill Nearing Passage
Washington February hearings closed as Senate Foreign Relations prepares a multi billion dollar Europe recovery bill. Officials say US aid to free nations and Western Germany will be authorized with possible civilian and military components for China’s war. Truman plans to submit the proposal to Congress within a week to ten days, with debate on total cost and program duration.
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Vandenberg
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Germany
National Advisory Council
Top Financial Authority
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Chiang Kai-shek
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State Department
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Senate
Foreign Relations
Senate Group Backs FEPC in Labor Bill Fight
Washington Feb 5 The Senate labor committee approved 7 to 5 a bill to bar job discrimination against Negroes and other minorities. Debate may follow after anti-poll tax and anti-lynching measures, opposed fiercely by Southerners amid Truman civil rights support. Southern governors and lawmakers urged secession or strong party unity in response to the national civil rights push.
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Arge
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Truman
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln
Florida
Eisenhower Declines War Provocation Misreadings
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the National Press Club that no great nation would deliberately provoke war at this time while noting America’s army was woefully under strength by about 100000. He will leave as Army chief of staff to become Columbia University president in June and urged volunteer recruiting. Bradley succeeding him sat nearby as Eisenhower warned against politics in military leadership.
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Washington
D. Eisenhower
Pan
Russia
National Press
Eisenhower Praises Red Marshal Zhukov at Press Club
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower expressed admiration for Soviet Gen. Zhukov calling him an able and intelligent commander who led the Red Army into Berlin. He noted a wish to award an honorary degree after his Columbia presidency, but said the decision was not his. Zhukov was Ike’s wartime counterpart in the Allied occupation following VE Day.
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Zhukov
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Berlin
National Press Club
Columbia University
Zhukoy
Wherry Credits GOP for Ending OPA in Debate at Atlantic City
Senator Wherry charged Senate Republicans pushed to end the Office of Price Administration so production could rebound. He said GOP opposition to inflation measures and Truman price controls spurred a drive to limit government interference. Taft supported the view that Congress gave a workable OPA in 1946 but Truman lifted controls too soon. The row ties to inflation policy and campaign strategy as 1946 debates linger.
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N. J
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Wherry
Neb
Congress
Senate
Truman
Taft
Assoc
OPA
Department of Commerce
Grain Prices Dip to Limit Across Markets Again
Grain prices and New York stocks slid to the day’s limits in all markets for the second straight day. Wheat fell the full 10 cent limit in Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City, with futures for nearly all grains plunging as inflation fears weigh on the market and household budgets.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Chicago Board of Trade
Flour Prices Fall Amid Two Day Decline in Minneapolis
Flour prices dropped 28 cents per 100 pounds with a total two day decline of 46 cents. Family patent flour in 106 pound sacks quoted at 7.58. Standard patents for bakery flour at 6.18 after price adjustment. Mill feeds down as much as 3.00 a ton. standard middling grade down total 6.00. Standard bran at 70.00 down 2.56 and Red Dog down 1.00 to 85.00.
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Minneapolis
Min Neapolia
Market declines ease on North American stocks and grains
Markets on the North American continent show rye dropping to the limit at Winnipeg while oats and barley resist. New York stock and bond values continued to slide though some extreme losses eased on the New York Stock Exchange, signaling cautious trader sentiment amid ongoing declines.
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Nazi General Blaskowitz Dies By Suicide Before Trial
In Nuernberg Germany Brig Gen Johannes Blaskowitz leaped from a high catwalk at the prison just before his war crimes trial. He died from chest injuries and lung puncture. The 64 year old officer's suicide halted no proceedings as 13 co defendants were brought into the U S tribunal to face charges of crimes against peace and humanity.
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Nunrnberg
Germany
Fen
Johannes Blaskowitz
Nuernberg
United States
Blaskowitz
U. S
GOP to Push Spending Cuts and Price Trends
NewYork February 5 Inflation relief seen as prices may ease as grain prices reverse, signaling potential later declines in consumer costs. Washington lawmakers pledge to cut spending to 37.2 billion dollars, with some Democratic support, amid concerns over budget items and future price movements.
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Truman
Sen
Bridges
Senate
House
Trusman
China
Greece
Parkey
Tightening of Laws Urged To Halt Red Fifth Column
Attorney General Clark urged tightening espionage statutes to counter a red fifth column, backing Congress on strengthening laws and a proposed register system for Communists. He warned against outlawing the Communist party, favoring targeted action on top Reds and noting improved spying techniques.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Clark
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Rep
Mundt
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Justice Department
Russia
Committee On un-American Activities
Congress
Aide Demands Food Dollars Be Rationed
President Truman warned a crash is possible unless prices are curbed. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged consumers to voluntary ration food dollars to lower living costs. Leaders in Congress oppose mandatory rationing and wage-price controls, hoping voluntary action suffices.
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Harring
Washington
Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Anderson
Commodity Index Dips To 1948 Law of 197.5
New York February 5. Prices for food and industrial raw materials fell, pulling the Associated Press commodity index to 187.5 the lowest since early November and the sharpest drop since April. The index, based on wholesale prices of 35 items with 1926 as 100, has fluctuated from a 208.1 record on January 3 to a 164 low on January 55, with wartime gains giving way to declines after 1946.
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New York
Associated Press
Voluntary Food Rationing Discussed By 18 Groups
A meeting of 18 food producer and distributor groups plus neighborhood retailers and consumers debated voluntary rationing to curb rising prices. Anderson urged shoppers to cut purchases, especially meat, to ease living costs. A Brannan-led program would be announced after Agriculture Department review. Wholesale prices eased for a second week with declines led by foods and farm products.
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Will
Anderson
Agriculture Department
Charles F. Brannan
Bureau
Price Cuts Take Time To Show in Stores
New York report notes the delay between commodity market moves and retail prices. Wheat futures slipped to 2.76 a bushel in Chicago, flour dropped 25 cents per hundred pounds, while wholesale butter rose 14 cents a pound as New York officials record retail butter at 1.01 a pound, the highest in their records.
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