Prices of Major Foods Sink as Market Turbulence Eases
In Chicago on February 13 price declines hit butter and meats, with futures for rye, soybeans, and corn crashing to daily limits. Wheat fluctuated, May corn down sharply since January, and stock and bond markets showed modest gains amid ongoing volatility. Global flour prices fell, while wholesale meat prices continued to slide in key markets.
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Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
London
Singapore
Tokyo
Minneapolis
New York
Associated Press
Meat Scarcity About May Foreseen as Prices Fall
New York dispatch reports meat and butter price cuts spark shopper debate on longevity. Economists note May shortages possible as meat receipts rise and meat prices drop seasonally. Butter supplies also high amid storage fears and margarines competition. Some call a price war while others doubt wholesale drivers. Consumer demand shifts and store pricing tactics complicate the trend.
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New York
Wheat Carryover Drive Aims to Repeal 150 Million Bushel Reserve
In Congress today a drive to repeal the 150 million bushel wheat carryover requirement was launched. Senators Sons, Young of North Dakota and Bushfield of South Dakota introduced the bill to remove the carryover provision added last fall in the stopgap Europe aid measure. Officials said the government already has authority for support buying and no new power will be granted, signaling a moratorium on further economic legislation until price trends stabilize.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Senate
Sons, Young
RND
Bushfield
R-Sd
Agriculture Department
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Agriculture
Anderson
Department
Willie Willis Polite Thanks Amidst Pouting Tension
A compact note recalls Willie Willis attempting politeness while expressing thanks for small favors like passing butter, yet frustration and pout persist, revealing a clash between courtesy and irritability in daily exchanges.
Russia to Model Eastern Zone After Allied System
Berlin report says Moscow orders creation of a 25 member German economic commission in the eastern zone mirroring the Frankfurt set up for western zones. Russian officials deny it forms an east German government, warning it could unravel Four Power machinery. Delegations from Poland and Czechoslovakia noted as context.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Potsdam
Vassily Sokolovsky
Frankfurt
Sokolovsky
der Abend
Economic Commission
Yalta
Europe
Poland
Czechoslo
Wholesale prices retreat from peak eight months earlier
Washington observes seven key farm items returning to late 1947 levels amid a wholesale drop of 17 percent since February 4. Wheat barley corn cotton hogs steers and wools lead the decline, while house furnishings fuel and materials hold steady. Economists say food costs drop could ease family budgets as other wholesale goods respond slowly. Treasury Secretary Snyder advocates trimming controls to essential needs and asserts faith in free enterprise. meanwhile two GOP senators push to repeal the export-restricting wheat law.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyders
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Association of Stock Exchange
Twister Rampage Kills 5 Persons in Mississippi
A tornado near Newton Mississippi killed five people and injured over twenty as it damaged at least five homes. The dead include M F Phillips 61 Mrs Phillips about 50 and Virgie Page 61 with others, one unidentified body was reported. Highway workers searched debris for more victims. The storm struck south of Newton around 12 30 p m crossing Highway 15 and leveling homes before moving northeast.
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Newton
Miss
M. FP. Phillips
Phillips
Virgie Page
Robert Page
Kidnaped Bride and Groom Reunite Despite Opposition
BLACKSHEAR Ga Feb 18 Doniver Teston and his 14 year old bride Littie say they still want each other though Donivers mother frowns on reconciliation A photographer sees them pose and Littie returns worn from a six day ride with another man They agree to live together despite the parents disapproval.
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Blackshear
Doniver Teston
Sittie
Doniver
Littie
Ride Husband Want Each Other in Annulment Case
Doniver allegedly forgot charges in an annulment suit filed three days ago accusing Littie of conspiring with James Devis to trap him in a sham wedding for an illicit affair with Davis. Doniver later said he had made no charges. The affidavit exists in Bacon County Superior Court where the couple wed. Attorney Homer Causey said outcome remains unclear as the bride has returned. A photographer later photographed Sitte and her mother at Doniver's home.
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Doniver
Littie
James Devis
Davis
Superior Court
Bacon County
Homer Causey
Sitte
Sittie
Bond Issues Win In Light Balloting For Baseball Park
Charleston voters approved a 350,000 bond issue for a Kanawha City baseball park and recreation center by a wide margin and authorized 75,000 to repair the Virginia Street bridge over Elk River. Returns from 94 of 95 precincts show baseball park for 3,670 to 969 and bridge repairs 3,983 to 646. The park will cover about four acres of a 12-acre tract bought for 110 dollars and will add a major recreation area with softball, basketball, tennis and more, funded from park revenue rather than new taxes.
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Ball Park
Virginia Street
Charleston
Kanawha City
Virginia St
Elk River
Baseball Park
Washington St. B
Kanawha Valley
Furth
Senate Committee Endorses Four Year European Recovery Plan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13 to 0 for a four year European recovery program with 3.4 billion dollars for the first year. Chairman Vandenberg said the 12 month total of 5.3 billion equals the proportional share of the 15 month request. The panel seeks a rapid review by Congress and plans to settle remaining details in closed sessions. The move aligns with Secretary Marshall's plan and the United States lifted objections to an early meeting of recovery nations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Congress
Total Fe
Ant
State Department
Vandersberg
George
D.-Ga
Can George
Marshall
United States
Family perishes in Utica fire after second-floor plea
Utica New York February 13 to 17 a devastating early morning fire killed eleven members of a family including two mothers and nine children. A 13 year old girl pleaded for relatives to follow her from a second floor balcony as the home collapsed. Fourteen residents escaped while three were hospitalized and ten bodies were recovered from a three foot rubble pile. The list from the fire prevention bureau includes Ruth Hoage and Shirley Hoage ages 24 and 29, Virginia Dana 19, Mark 8 months, Catherine 2, Gerakline 10, Audrey 5 and Charity who was an infant. The girl said she jumped to save babies but the rest chose to await firefighters. The cause remains unexplained.
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Utica
Watts Burns
Nanng
Mary Hoage
Ruth Hoage
Cartee Gene McNally
Fire Prevention Bureau
Richard Hoage
Shirley Hoage
Virginia
Dana
Mark
Catherine
Gerakline
Audrey
Charity
Barbara Sears Weds Winthrop Rockefeller in Palm Beach Private Ceremony
The civil marriage of Barbara Sears and Winthrop Rockefeller is planned for Palm Beach near the home of Winston Guest with secrecy about the exact time. Sears, 31, a divorced former actress and beauty queen, becomes part of the Rockefeller family as the last unmarried grandson of John D. Rockefeller. Best man will be Laurence Rockefeller and Isobel Rockefeller will be maid of honor. Parents of both couples will be absent.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Pennsylvania
Barbara Sears
Winthrop Rockefeller
Palm Beach Lake Shore
Winston Guest
Bobo” Sears
John D
Habo
Rockefeller
Raging Floods Sweep Country Across Southern States
International News Service reports devastating floods across Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and North Carolina displacing over 1,000 families. In Knoxville about 500 evacuated near the Tennessee Clinch French Broad and Holston rivers. Nashville floodwaters threaten 40 to 43 feet, cutting the city off. Shelbyville sees two story high inundation as National Guard, police, firemen and Red Cross aid rescue efforts continue.
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International News Service
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Clinch
French Broad
Holston
Red Cross
Nashville
Shelbyville
National Guard
Shelby
Miss Vivien Kellems Defies Federal Tax Withholding
Westport industrialist Vivien Kellems told the Los Angeles Rotary Club she will cease withholding federal income taxes from her workers unless paid by the government. She called the tax law an infringement on citizens rights and said Truman must appoint her an Internal Revenue agent or pay her salary and expenses. She argued she is not a tax collector and urged a court to rule on the constitutionality of the law.
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Los Angeles
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Hermployer
Harry’ Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Los Angeles Rotary Club
Kellems
Forrestal bans public disputes among armed services
Defense Secretary Forrestal ordered the Army Navy and Air Force to avoid public quarrels about controversial topics and to provide any public or congressional communications to him first. He announced the policy after noting friction has hindered defense funding and stressed minimizing visible interservice friction at a War Council meeting on February 2.
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Forrestal
Washington
Defense
Navy
Army
Forrestal Mate
War Council
Air Force
Plan to Halt Disputes Shows UN Streamlining Idea
The United States and China formally proposed to streamline United Nations procedures for resolving disputes. They urged avenues to settle differences before reaching the Security Council or General Assembly, suggesting investigative panels and conciliators as ready methods.
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Little Assembly
United States
China
United Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
United Europe Seen as U.S. Hope by Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall said a Western European Union offers a stabilizing, healthy Europe likely to push Soviet leaders toward peace. He endorsed Bevin’s Western European Union plan, warned against limited U.S. aid, and urged sustaining the recovery program to stabilize world trade and prevent Soviet expansion.
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Marshall
West Des Moines
Europe
Russia
West
National Farm Institute
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Middle East
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
London
Bevin
Baby Born Without Mouth Opening Receives Two Surgeries
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a four pound premature girl born with congenital atresia of the mouth had two operations by a dental surgeon at Uniontown hospital. The first separated upper and lower jaws and freed the tongue. the second removed excess tissue and freed the jaw. She now can move her jaws cry and nurse with a special nipple. Recovery is expected to hasten with routine mechanical support.
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Uniontown
Fayette County Medical Society
Smithfield
Uniontown Hospital
Medical Society
Weatherman Misses Guess Amid Warm Charleston Day
After missing forecast by a wide margin, the Weatherman faced a sunlit Charleston with temperatures in the 60s. The U S Weather Bureau clung to old predictions of a cold wave as the Kanawha and Elk rivers rose from thawing snow and rain. Ice packs loosened, causing fog on the Kanawha, while a Marmet dam reading of 20.1 feet signaled rising flow. A two room houseboat owned by J C Hill drifted to Dunbar and was damaged about $100, with about $70 in property stolen after a week afloat the Hulls said. Weather improved then deteriorated again as crews anticipated more changes.
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Charleston
Kenawns
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kanawha River
Marmet
Elk River
Kanawha
J. C. Hill
Elks
Dunbar
Debating Tactics Amid 1940s Campaign Spin
A mock editorial voice argues that Bob would gain by avoiding a debate with Stassen, claiming cleverness in refusal to debate eliminates a loss. Taft era cronies echo the tactic as a political jab, illustrating strategy and spin in campaign discourse.
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Taft
Bob
Stassen
Séian Arnold
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