Housing Office Seeks Rent Hike Without Mayor's Backing
The Charleston Housing Authority applied to federal rent control officials for higher ceilings at Littlepage Terrace and Washington Manor, without Mayor Andrews' knowledge. A regional housing official surveys local rents while Mason C. Donn says the policy targets areas below private rent levels. the mayor warns it could collapse area rent control. The Cleveland office is overseeing the survey to decide on the increases.
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Charleston Housing Authority
Andrews
Siteepage Terrace
Washington Manor
Clyde Jarrett
Housing Authority
Cleveland
Office of
Charleston
Housing
Littlepage Terrace
Mason C. Donn
Zveater
Public Housing Administration
W. C. Cameron
Office of Housing
East Threatened By New Cold Wave
A new Arctic air mass pushes across the eastern half of the nation as Midwest snow flurries spread. Minnesota may dip 15 to 20 below, Wisconsin 5 to 15 below, and northern Illinois to zero by Thursday morning, with much of the gulf coast and Central Atlantic states expected to feel the chill by night.
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Associated Press
California
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Gulf
Central Atlantic States
Charleston
West Virginia
Canada
Uncle Henry Says Poor Man Denied Justice Over Tonic
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen reports Uncle Henry claiming a poor man cannot obtain justice after his drivers license is suspended for a year for overindulgence in tonic after feeling unwell.
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Henry
Louisiana Runoff Set as Long and Jones Lead
In New Orleans a Democratic primary runoff race forms between Earl K. Long and Sam Houston Jones after both led a field of four. Long plans to release income tax records dating to 1914 as the Feb. 24 runoff nears, with charges of financial skulduggery flying between the two early.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Sam Houston Jones
Jones
Long
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
U. S. Ren
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Huey P. Long
Explosion at Savanna ordnance plant rocks Illinois region
An explosion at the Savanna ordnance plant in Savanna Illinois rocked a wide northwest Illinois area on January 21 causing tremors and broken windows along the town’s main street. Army officials reported no casualties and said few details were available. Reports of the blast reached Peoria about 100 miles away.
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Savanna
Illnois
Mississippi River
Peoria
15 year old piano prodigy found with sailor after escape
In San Francisco on January 21 a 15 year old piano prodigy Jacqueline Horner who fled her home to seek freedom from a restrictive life was found in a hotel with Wallace Wells a 19 year old sailor from the navy tanker Cimarron. Police declare she will run away again but she returned to her mother. The long search spanned tawdry bars and transient hotels before the rescue.
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Janqueline Horner
Hollywood
Adele Horner
San Francisco
Jacqueline
Wallace Wells
U. S
San Fancisco
Jacqueline Horner
Cimarron
Petrillo Denies Plot to Stem FM
Petrillo told the House Labor committee he warned FM broadcasters he must confer with major networks before any deal and denied a conspiracy by the musicians union to curb the FM industry. He said it was a matter of good business and answered questions about conversations with FM leaders.
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Washington
Tames C. Petrillo
House Labor Committee
Rep
Gwens
Il1
American Federation of Musicians
Charleston Symphony Broadcast Praised Across States
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s Orchestras of the Nation program on the WBC network drew broad praise from listeners in ten states, with telegraphic congra tulations from Texas and Florida and cards of listening pleasure from many more. Noted composer Clarence Cameron White lauded the program and Modarelli’s Ode to Lincoln, urging frequent performances by American orchestras.
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Charleston
Bayard F. Ennis
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
WBC
H. L. Snyder
Texas
Florida
Clarence Cameron White
New York
Moéarelli
Lincoln
Ana Scuréa Compostion
de Forest
W. Ingerham
Ohio University
Athens
Modarelli
Ingerham
Antonio Madarelli
Marie M. Heusner
Martinsburg
Grand Jury Slams Local Police Over Crime Ties to Liquor
The Kanawha county grand jury criticized city county and state police for lax action in crime control. It cites about 85 percent of local crimes linked to liquor and non intoxicating beer, illegal sales to minors and intoxicated persons, and lack of regular checks. The report commends the jurors and judge Hall for their three day investigation, noting cooperation gaps among law agencies.
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Kanawha County
Intermediate Court
James O. Lakin
Grand Jury
Cyrus W. Hall
Staige Davis
Hall
Davis
Charleston
Powder Magazine Blast Kills Four in Colton
A powder magazine at California Portland Cement Co. plant exploded in Colton California killing four workers. Windows shattered for miles, including Bank of America and Colton Union High School area. Ambulances were dispatched. schools remained in session with no injuries reported. Coroner R E Williams notes four fatalities.
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Colton
Cal
Poda
California Portland Cement Co
R. E.williams
Williams
San Bernardino
Bank of America
Colton Union High School
Tito Reported Ready for War Within Weeks
Paris dispatch notes Tito allegedly warned of war with Britain and the United States as a matter of weeks and claimed Yugoslavia possessed a weapon stronger than the atomic bomb. The reports are disputed, with Dumas doubting authenticity after initial publication and tracing origins to La Voce and Dissidence 40.
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Paris
la Voce
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Yugosslavia
Britain
United States
Yugoslavia
Pierre GS. Dumas
Dissidence 40
Dumas
Lucerne
Switzerland
Lafter Tito
Zagreb
Italy
Austria
Adriatic
Germany Food Strikes Mount in 100,000 plus 1,000,000 Walkouts
In Nuernberg and Cologne 24 hour strikes by 100,000 workers in Nuernberg and 1000,000 in Cologne disrupt food supplies. Trade union leaders meet in Munich to decide on a general strike in the American and British zones amid anti occupation and anti government rhetoric.
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Cologne
Nuernberg
Germany
Munich
Adolf Hitlerplatz
Hans Ehard
Christian Democrat
U S Reveals Stalin Hitler Plot to Split Continents
Secretary of State Marshall released 260 formerly secret Nazi Soviet records showing Moscow backed Germany, plans to divide eastern Europe, and shut out the United States and Britain from Europe Asia and Africa. The documents, compiled from Nazi archives and captured by Allied troops, cover 1939 to 1941 and include Molotov agreements to partition Poland and zones of control. The release aimed to complete the historical record and catch Moscow off guard.
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State Department
Washington
Marshall
Russia
Hitler
Reich
Europe
Germany
West
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
United States
Britain
Asia
Africa
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Batumlana Baku
Persian Gulf
Soviet Union
Bedr
Bodl
Nuerenberg
V. M. Molotov
Poland
Nazi Foreign Office
Moscow
Ber
Hoover Warns on Aid Plan for Europe
Former President Hoover urged Congress to avoid a full four year European recovery plan and trim the 36.8 billion outlay for the first 15 months. He favored a bipartisan commission, labeled aid as gifts up to 3 billion, and warned excessive loans could not be repaid.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hut Hoover
Truman
Snyder
House Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Dean Acheson
Atlantic City
Hoover
Bigger slash in taxes seen by congressional staff
Washington report says the Knutson bill tax cut could reach 6.5 billion dollars, up from 5.8 billion, due to rising personal incomes of more than 50 million taxpayers. Hoover urges relief to sustain productivity and employment as GOP leaders push for at least 3 billion in fiscal 1949 cuts and debt reduction.
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Washington
Congress
Knutson
Colin ¥. Stam
House
Ways and Means Committee
Herbert Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Truman
Martin
R.-Mass
Sen
Taft
R.-O
GOP
Senate
House Republican High Command
Joint Budget Committee
U S Newsmen See Little In Tour Of Red Territory
Soviet occupied Saxony miners in the Erzgebirge employ about 25 000 Germans in zinc lead kaolin mines under a Soviet company. Labor is high paid with top wages up to 3 000 marks monthly and bonuses for production. The extent of uranium mining remains unconfirmed by officials.
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U. S
Red Territory
Balter
Kawis Shamke
Veteram
Frese c Orcayuomy
Ceermany
Thuriegia
Saxony
Menomen
Edwin Shanke
Leipzig
Erzegebirge
Ore
Aue
Marien-/berg
Annaberg
Timoffei Dudarov
Act’ing
Max Seydewitz
Marienberg
Soviet Union
Wismuth A. G
Seydewitz
Seydewit
U.S
Gen
Dudarov
Action on Meat Ration Unlikely in Senate Hearings
Washington January 21 Special Senate hearings on a get ready meat rationing bill set to begin January 28 face bleak prospects for action. Senate Banking Chair Tobey announced a three day inquiry with Sen. Flanders as subcommittee chair to consider Agriculture Department powers for rationing and possible ration books, while the House shows little appetite for granting such powers despite a companion Javits measure.
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Washington
Senate
al Housewives Organization
Tobey
R-N. HB
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Flanders
Agriculture Department
House
Javits
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Torm
British Warships Put on Scrap Heap
Four of Britain’s best known battleships and the 31-year-old battle cruiser Renown will be scrapped as obsolete, lowering royal navy capital ships to a modern-history low. Parliament confirmed the move with regret, saying five modern battleships and nearly a score of aircraft carriers remain to meet any likely emergency. The plan aims to boost steel production as royal navy manpower drops to 140,000 by March, versus about 500,000 in the U.S. Navy. The scrapped vessels include Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Nelson, Rodney, and Renown, with Queen Elizabeth the vessel that helped seal the German fleet’s surrender in 1918. Ware is noted but unfinished in reporting.
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London
Britain
Royal Navy
United States Navy
Elizabeth
Nelson
Rodney
Rentown
Winston Churchill
United States
Canada
Whitney and Truman Row Sparks Rail Talk
A railroad man comments on the Whitney Truman dispute, noting practical insights amid public debate. Stan Arnold remarks that despite opinions, strategic moves matter in industry circles.
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Whitney
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