Lower Prices In Effect Today On Some Food
Bread and other staples drop in Midwest and southern chain stores as grocery prices fall after last week's commodity declines. The reductions include bread one cent, flour 16 to 17 cents per 25 pound bag, lard 3 to 8 cents, bacon 4 to 8 cents, and steaks 73 cents per pound in some chains. Meat prices may stay high due to scarce supplies, with inflation viewed as broken by analysts.
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Chicago
A. W. Zelemek
New York
International Statistical Bureau
Pittsburgh
Midwest
South
New Jersey
Indianapolis
Memphis
Red Press Hails U.S. Price Drops
Moscow reports Soviet controlled papers hail declines in U.S. commodity prices and predict a negative economic mood. Izvestia and Tass link President Truman’s price action to political blame on Republicans and note hopes that Marshall Plan aid could offset U.S. crisis signals.
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United States
U.S
Dispatch
Chicago
Truman
Congress
Izvestia
Tavestia
Tass
New York
Marshall Backs Shift of Reich Plants Amid Russian Pact Violations
Secretary of State Marshall urged continuing shipments of German plants to Western Europe despite Soviet breaches of the Potsdam agreement. He argued dismantling idle German plants would aid Europe’s recovery and signaled more German machinery to the West while coordinating with Britain on East deliveries. Senate committee to review $6.8 billion aid for 16 European nations.
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Rmich
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Marshall Sala Eoeain
Germany
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Poland
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Senate Foreign Relations
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Paris
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Ame
Yanks Alerted In Korean Tiff
In Seoul a wave of demonstrations and sabotage against the United Nations Commission left 22 Koreans dead in the U S occupation zone and 18 civilians plus four policemen killed nationwide. U S Army says leftists sparked unrest as authorities brace for more violence while trains run daytime and talks with the UN continue in Lake Success awaiting a mini assembly.
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Korea
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U. S
United Nations Commission
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Pusan
Inchon
U.N
Ukraine
Lake Success
N. Y
I Seel
Experts Hinted Price Dips In Talks With U S Aides
Washington Feb 8. A group of prominent businessmen told top government economists that inflation had near or reached its postwar peak and forecast a price drop. They argued President Truman overstated inflation danger and noted cautious purchasing. Meetings were private, outside Washington, with names withheld.
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Washington
Truman
Prentiss L. Coomey
Ernest A. Tupper
Larber
Dior designer pares back New Look for spring parade
Paris fashion figure Christian Dior opens his spring showing with restrained silhouettes. He keeps last season’s 13 to 14 inch hems, trims waist with corseted shaping, and tightens fullness using buckram petticoats to cover three subway seats.
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Paris
Christian
Dior
Mon
Beauty queen 17 slain by bandit near Beaumont
Marjorie Winn a Redlands high school senior and homecoming candidate was fatally shot in a car early today near Beaumont. Jimmie Sloan 18 of Redlands described a shotgun attack by an unidentified man who fled in a car later found abandoned on US 99. Riverside and San Bernardino deputies hunt for a suspect 30 to 40 years old. Her father Harold Winn a Redlands druggist and mother Mrs Roy Langford of Redlands mourn the victim. Sloan a USC student was unharmed.
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Sivan
Gil
McCracken
U.S. Highway 99
Beaumont
Riverside
San Bernardino
Miss Winn
Brunet
Redlands High School
Harold@ Winn
Redlands
Roy Langford
Young Sloane
University of Southern California
India bans Moslem leagues amid communal violence rise
New Delhi orders outlawing the Moslem League National Guard and the Khaksars for fueling hatred and violence. Police arrest RSSS members across India and probe Gandhi's assassination link while the Alwar royal administration faces scrutiny.
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Khaksars
Hindu India
RSSS
National Volunteer Corps
India
Mohandas Gap
Alwar
Te Singh
N. B. Khare
Gandhi
Associated Press
Maharajah
Moslem League
M. A. Jinnah
Pakistan
Jinnah
League
Leevale Blaze Leaves 30 Homeless In Raleigh County
Fire swept through Leevale in Raleigh County destroying four Leevale Colliery Co. two family houses. The blaze started about 10 30 a m in a four room unit and spread before Whitesville firemen arrived. An estimated 95 000 loss to buildings and 32 000 for furnishings. Volunteers saved 16 other dwellings with help from Whitesville pumper.
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Leevale
Leevale Colliery Co
R. W. Burdette
Whitesville
Brooks Bell
Burdette
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Holy Land Gunfire Kills Nine Persons
In Palestine today five Jews and four Arabs were killed by gunfire across locations including Haifa Holon Tel Aviv Taffa and Rehoboth. An 11 year old Jewish boy was among the dead and a food convoy attack near Hartur claimed a fatality. The unofficial death toll since the UN vote rose to 1098.
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Southern Governors Plan Action Against President Truman
The Southern Governors Conference forms a 40 day action committee led by Gov. J Strom Thurmond to press Washington on civil rights and anti lynch laws. They seek a cooling off period before any joint action and anticipate possible independent steps by Gov. Fielding Wright amid continued Southern ire at Truman proposals.
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Southern Governors’ Conference
Todgy
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
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South
Thurmond
M. £. Thompson
Georgia
Trueman
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Wright
Gov. Thurmond
Bitter winter grips central US as storm spans coast
A cold wave pushed east from the Midwest and Great Plains with subzero lows in New York New England and across the Ohio Valley. Gale winds battered Pacific Northwest shipping while heavy snows hit New Mexico and warm Florida enjoys 79 degrees in the same system.
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Albuquerque
Virginia
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Tampa
Coast Guard Rescues Six From Fearless in Pacific Storm
In a nightlong battle with a 78 mph gale off Astoria Oregon the Coast Guard towed the sinking fishing boat Fearless to safety. Six fishermen were rescued while five seamen perished near Victoria British Columbia and Neah Bay Washington. Peter Anderson of Astoria died when a dinghy capsized at the Columbia river mouth.
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Here
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Ludwig
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Associated Oil
Tidewater
Neah Bay
Winter Eases Misery Europe Sees Bumper Crops Likely
A wartime weather survey finds milder winter conditions across Europe. Germany reports far fewer deaths from exposure and malnutrition this year, while France, Britain, and Italy anticipate strong harvests with favorable growing conditions and little flood damage.
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London
Germany
Berlin
France
Britain
Italy
Witness Sought in War Fraud Probe Over Steel Plant Lease
House war fraud investigators seek Paul D. Angell former president of Andrews Steel Co. to testify on the leasing of a run down obsolete steel plant for nearly three million dollars. Angell reportedly left Chicago for Mexico after subpoenas failed.
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INS
House
Henry H. Glassie
Paul D. Angell
Andrews Steel Co
Newport
Glassie
U. S
Chicago
Angell
Bender
R.obie
Mexico
Ansell
Gell
Sam H. Husbands
Defense Plants Corp
Husbands
Eight Miners Die In Sunshine Mine Explosion
Greenwood Ark February 8 miners died in an explosion at the Sunshine coal mine near here. The last three bodies were recovered about six hours after the blast at the bottom of a 1000 foot shaft. State mine inspectors will investigate beginning tomorrow. The recovered include Frank Grile Louis Grile and Albin Grile from Denny Lind community. Also named are Mine Foreman Joe Williams Matt Denne and others.
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Ark
Sunshine
Forts Smith
Frank, Louis
Albin Grile
Denny Lind
Joe Williams
Matt Denne
Motorists Advised To Stay Off Roads
Severe winter weather emptied roads across West Virginia with rain sleet and snow causing near impossible driving. Temperatures fell below freezing as the day wore on and chains offered little aid with state Rt 4 reopened to double lane traffic. Bad ice and snow lingered in Charleston Ripley Lewisburg districts impacting Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Pocahontas and Beckley areas.
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Road Commission
Webster County
Elkins Highway District
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Parkersburg
Moundsville
Charleston
Ripley
Preston
Monongalia
Weston
Commission
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Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Pocahontas Counties
Beckley
Cries Spur Hunt At Crash Scene In Saluda
In Saluda North Carolina unidentified cries near a crashed C 47 plane sparked a search for possible survivors. A second search party joined a military detachment that scoured the wooded area where the cargo airliner hit and burned with ten aboard. One of six injured men died. four bodies were believed cremated but not recovered. The plane was en route from Bolling Field Washington to Greenville Air Base.
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Gay
Sia S. F. Holmes
Maxwell Field
Ala
Norman S. Baylis
Greenville
Foy Wall
Hendersonville
Greenville Air Base
Bollingfield
Washington, D. c
Swift Jet Fighters Guard Panama Canal
The Air Force announced that the 36th Fighter Group based at Howard Field near Balboa has converted from World War II era fighters to P-80 Jet planes. The unit now guards the Panama Canal, with about two planes per fighter group.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Air Force
Howard Field
Balboa
Spine shock absorbers identified as main cause of backaches
San Francisco report based on University of California researchers finds most backaches stem from the spine's shock absorbers becoming compressed by daily weight and motion. The study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery notes intervertebral discs contain a soft water rich center and ligaments that bind them, with ligaments acting as the real shock absorber.
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Rennie Taylor
San Francisco
University of California Medical
Verne T. Inman
J. B. Dec. M. Saunders
Journal of
Shrinking Spines Under Pressure After Daily Activity
Report notes a resting body loses about 30 pounds of fluid pressure while lying down and weight and movement while upright raise pressure to high levels. European study suggests compression shortens the spine by up to three quarters of an inch for men and about two and a half inches for women after a day of activity.
Jingling the News Down and Out
The Truman family doctor reports their grain has been sold amid market uncertainty. The note hopes the sale stands, as observers weigh the outcome in a cautious economic climate.
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