Taft Faces Slim Chance On Anti-Inflation Bill Action
Washington reports show a fractured path for anti inflation legislation as Taft signals possible action via a special session while House Republicans resist pushing the measure before adjournment. A cross party coalition attempted to bypass GOP opposition with a Walcott variant, but Senate action by Friday remained unlikely. Treasury data released December 12 shows receipts and expenditures with the national debt near 257.4 billion.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
House
Feaders
Priday Isidlui
Goa
Qumaorata
Wilcutt
Fallud Iantarer
Trufan
Benate Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Speal
Maini
Mass
Flagr
Halleck
Taf
Senate
Wolcoll
Tutt
Martin
Woldosh
Trutian
Truman
Treasury
Posion of the Treasury
Demenwe
Global News Briefs From Los Angeles to Rome
Bulletin items report Los Angeles traffic slowdowns at 1 08 a m PST and a police report. London notes blame on Western financiers for a Bix Bour conference breakdown amid European tensions. Philadelphia announces lifting of trading bans and new bond issues under SEC approval. Rome cites a general strike in Catania and surrounding province to demand unemployment relief, with population around 240 000.
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Los Angeles
California Highway Patriol
Rome
Limita
Catania
Inez Chamber of Labor
Saint
Genersel Sihka
St Wck
Satania
AFL Leaders Hope To Entice Lewis Return
Washington December 16 AFL President William Green pledged to use all power to win back John Lewis and his United Mine Workers into the federation after the UMW quit the AFL last Friday. Green said Lewis balked at the Taft-Farley law and the UMW action harms labor, urging reconsideration and return to the American Federation of Labor to preserve democracy and policy unity.
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Associated Freh
Washington
AFL
William Green
ABL
John Ta Lewis
United Mine Workers
Leis
APL
Sunchet
prRyon
Lo Green
Green
Lewis
UMW
Acison
Labor
San Francisco
ABT
United Mine Workers of America
Lapor
Witla
Mboltik
Aero Lodge A of M Holds Annual Section Election
Aero Lodge A of M held its annual section election at the Today rooms on South Center street. Donald Small was named president, Mrs Josephine Besson treasurer, Cleve Mortol secretary, and Herman Sterges vice president with James Blakey recording secretary. About five employees of Sem Supply Mfg Co voted in the balloting.
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International Association
South Center Street
Donald Small
Josephine Besson
Nancisi
Cleve Mortol
Herman Sterges
Vict
James Blakey
Tee
Sem Supply Mfg. Co
Jassuieiuawa
Slate special meeting on delinquent taxes
City Council discussed delinquent tax collection and requested additional help for the treasurer’s office. Miss Trene Mullen informed the council that the work would not be completed without more assistance, with a special session planned to address staffing and procedures for 1947 collections.
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Trené Mullen
Setion
Muly
Tyne
Newell Beckwith
Wis
D. Fred Kinley
Walter Scott
Homer Berkhaus
Official's Letter To Council On Per Capita Taxes
Trene Mullen writes to the council regarding tax per capita for 1947. She notes audit scrutiny and emphasizes refusal to take on more work without adequate help. She reports 4,505 levied, about 860 for expropriation, net 4,235 per capita, with 3,301 paid to date, about 77 percent collection.
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Ilery Life Corry
Jay
Dst
Quy Lime
T Abs
Explosion at Celanese plant kills one and injures eleven
A blast at the Celanese Corporation of America building in Newark, New Jersey, fatally injuring 42-year-old Donald Lennox of Kearny and injuring eleven others. The explosion sent bricks and rubble into the busy street, shattering windows in nearby homes. Firemen limited a small blaze from the wreckage after the blast.
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Newark
Associated Press
N. J
Celanese Corporation of America
Donald Lennox
Kearny
Hast Omage N. J
Magazine Street
Conti
Slate Meeting Averts Strike Effort in Western Union Row
Philadelphia Dec 16 government called a meeting of union and company officials to head off a nationwide strike by 50 000 Western Union employees on Dec 23. Union leaders voiced cautious optimism though workers show strong support for a walkout.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Western Union
Adolph Briings
Western Union Division
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Nntion
New York Oil
Civil Aeronautics Administration
New York
CIO
Brungs
W. L,allen
International Ctu
Report Band Of Arabs Encircled In Yaarkong Battle
Hagana reports encirclement of a large armed Arab band at Yaarkong near Petah Tikva north of Tel Aviv. Arabs, seen as a scouting party from Tulkarm, were driven into abandoned houses as fighting continued. Three Arabs and one Jew died earlier, raising total casualties in Palestine to 283 with the broader Middle East toll at 374.
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Aswwayee
Jerusalem
Hagana
Tel Aviv
Yaerkong
Petah
Piqua
Jewish Defense Forces
Tulkarm
Winds and Snow Hit Corry District
A night of winds and light snowfall affected the Corry district with 0.62 inches of precipitation recorded as snow after mixed rain. Dangerous driving conditions persisted from the blend of rain, snow and freezing temperatures. Temperatures ranged from a high near 41 to a low of 2 degrees. In Brockway, Pa. Rev. Father Charles Hackerl, Catholic War Veterans chaplain, was seriously injured in a fall and admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie.
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Corry
Brockway
Charles Hackerl
Catholic War Veterans of America
Vincent
Ene
House committee trims foreign aid by 88 million
The House appropriations committee cut the emergency foreign aid program by 88 million, reducing the total requested from 1.0 to 0.7729 billion and shaving key sums for army government and relief in occupied areas. The action leaves 597 million as a maximum and requires separate legislation to fund the programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Austell
Ching
Coneress
Truman
Trumanshad
Congress
France
Italy
Noway
China
Tywian
Alkiedl
Austria
Pravin
Talia
Germany
Japan
Koren
Senator Push To Publicize Grain Traders Names
Washington reports lawmakers press to compel disclosure of grain market traders names amid Senate inquiry. Secretary Anderson and Commodities Authority head testify on legal limits and private briefings as Bridges weighs next steps. Aiming to curb speculation, officials discuss publicizing brokers and possible subpoenas.
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Washington
Der
Wiston
Sengley Perguson
Antony
Senate
reliViduual
Agriculute Anderson
Bridges
Anderson
J. OM. Ment
Commodities Exchange Authority
Truman
Miti
Stassen
W. Pardey
Army
Royall
Senate Committee
Guards On Board Dutch Ship Today
A Dutch passenger ship Van Heutz and its 1,602 passengers faced piracy near Dutch possessions in Asia. About 25 pirates attacked with armed men, looting valuables valued at around $500,000. The ship diverted and returned to port with some passengers reportedly taken off. Authorities note piracy blooms near Singapore and in Bas Bay hideouts.
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Hong Kong
van Heutz
Swalow
U. S
Lus Bay
van Heute
Nort
Singapore
Yall
Fire Threatens Corry Dwelling on East Church Street
A fire at 407 East Church Street in Corry caused about 200 dollars in damage to clothing and a closet and living room. The blaze started in a stove used to dry clothes and possibly spread from a chimney or worn garments. Lass confined the fire to one room. Lille Little discovered flames and alerted the fire department.
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East Church Street
Merrill Little
Lillie
Corry Truck In Warren Accident
A large parked truck owned by Corry Jamestown Mig. Corp. drifted from its space in Warren and struck a car owned by Tere B. Brooks. George Stanford Jr., of 8 Chestnut Street, was the driver. Warren police said the truck rammed the automobile after moving.
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AP Prommating
HU Genese
Warren
Corry Jamestown Mig. Corp
Ony
Jnt
George Stanford, Jr
Chestnut Street
Warret
Tiere B. Brooks
Mother and Three Children Die in Fire in Washington Area
Mrs Martha Ealy age 40 and three of her six children perished in a blaze that swept a frame farmhouse in East Finley township near Washington. The dead include 13 year old sons George and Wright and 8 year old daughter Gerrie.
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Washington
Martha Ealy
East Finley Township
Ealy
George
Wright
Gerride
Boyle Recalls Allies Costly Error Three Years After Battle of the Bulge
By Balbol New York December 1 The author recalls the 1944 Battle of the Bulge marking the third anniversary. He argues the surprise German counterattack exposed Allied weaknesses and nearly broke Western Front cohesion. He highlights the Ardennes fighting by the 28th Infantry and 106th divisions and notes the broader lessons for military calendars.
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Boyle
Bulge
Balbol
New York
Belgium
Germany
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Kausserine Gap
Africa
Separate Peace Talks Off In Indefinite Delay
London dispatch reports high diplomats saying Marshall will begin talks with Georges Bidault on unifying western Germany, exploring merger of zones, and establishing western German governance while rejecting a separate peace with the current German government.
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London
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Svestern
Powest
Germany
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Bathine
Bidawly Tor Hs
Beenoh
Bidawll
U.S
Bovlet Royagh
Molotov
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Uniflea
George Marshall
Tiche
Ixters
Washington
Paris
Weskerm
Russia
Westeest
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