Tax Cuts and Rent Top GOP Agenda for Congress
The GOP moves to extend rent controls and cut government spending as Congress reconvenes. Taft outlines anti inflation proposals, including price controls and possible credit limits, while planning a $57.6 million annual income tax cut and new spending cuts.
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Taft
House Banking Committee
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Wolcott R-Mich
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Ways and Means Committee
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House Appropriations Committee
President Truman considered limited inflation curbs
Meyers outlines a feeble plan to curb inflation with export controls and voluntary industry allocation. Republicans mocked the program as unworkable while Truman weighs a refined measure offering continued export restrictions, grain consumption limits for distillers, and voluntary industrial allocation.
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Yers
Utmos
Myers
Walcott
Myera
House
Joseph Martin
Eader
Charles A.) Halleck
le Tunt Mouse
Robert Raft
Ohio
Senateepublican
Meyers
Ruman
CIO Groups Urge Wallace To Head Third Party Ticket
Detroit AP Henry A Wallace was urged to run for president by CIO local union officials in a telegram made public by James Couser Ford local 600 CIO United Auto Workers. The message asked Wallace to head an Independent ticket to mobilize the people’s vote for a progressive Congress. About 49 CIO local officers were listed as sponsors.
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Detroit
Henry A. Wallace
CIO
Wallace
Progressive Congress
James Couser
Ford
United Auto Workers
Couser
Twins Wed Twins Find Apartments in Reading
Twin brides Mary Jane Hoffmaster and Fern Hoffmaster wed twin grooms Merrille R. Stoudt and Melvin R. Stoudt in a double ring ceremony at St Marys Episcopal church. The couples plan to occupy adjacent apartment floors, Merrille on the first and Melvin on the second.
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Reading
Mary Jane Hoffmaster
Merrille R. Stoudt
Fern
Melvin
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Merrill R. Stoudts
Melvin R. Stoudts
Despondent Teacher Immolates Self Near Sleepy Hollow
Olive Blake, 61, a retired teacher formerly of Trenton New Jersey, killed herself by pouring oil on her clothing and lighting it near Sleepy Hollow road close to her brother Roper Blake’s home in Falls Church Virginia. Police found an oil jug burned matches and a note citing illness as the cause of her despondency.
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Falls Church
Olive Blake
Trenton
N. J
Sleepy Hollow Road
Roper Blake
Miss Blake
Konitsa Battle Near Stalemate as Guerrillas Attack
Reports indicate government troops hold a line north and northwest of Konitsa while guerrillas press toward their goal. Guerrilla artillery and mortars have shelled Konitsa, as attackers seek to sever routes to the Bourazani bridge and the Albanian border. Government forces move to retake critical links.
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Prophet Elias Heights
Kalpaki
Bourazani Bridge
Greece
Albania
Amnsil
Jituna
Ronisa
Alos
32 Persons Missing From Suakea Liner to Philippines
A late typhoon struck central Philippines causing 32 missing aboard the Suakea liner en route to the Philippines after boats and life rafts were launched. Survivors including three U.S. War Department employees and a Swiss family were rescued, while casualties were reported in Laguna province and Cavite. Captain Ange Hyernan led the crew as the vessel wrecked five miles offshore near Samar.
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Ange Hyernan
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U. S. War Department
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Shanghai
Ada Espenshade
Chicago
Anne Malek
Louise — S. Hosse
Pastenger
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Samuel Bakke
Danish East Asiatic Company
Manila
Philippines
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Laguna
Luzon
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South China Sea
Islands
Red Crosse
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Catbalogan
New Marriage Blood Test Law Aims to Cut Venereal Disease
The State Board of Health enacts a marriage blood test law requiring proof of freedom from syphilis before license issuance. Dr W H W Smith cites halved disease rates in counties with testing and follow up. rapid treatment at Birmingham clinic possible for those testing positive. Previously only men needed a doctor’s certificate and blood tests were not compulsory.
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W. H W. ¥. Smith
Health Department
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Venereal Disease Control
Smith
Barmanham
Jet bomber contracts and orders from wartime fleet
A compilation lists multiple jet bomber programs and orders: Curtis XP-87 2 2 jet fighter. North American four jet ABC bomber with limited speed details. Consolidated-Vultee XB-48 and B-236 giant bombers ordered by Air Force. Martin XB-43 six jet bomber with high speed. Boeing B-50 variant nearing 400 mph with 215 on order. Northrop YB4Q largest jet bomber. Hoong XBAT OP experimental jet bomber. additional orders for other two experimental models and first service next spring.
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Consolidated-Vultee
Air Force
Aig Om
Blaze Foils Te Holt Memorial Service For Fire Victims
A memorial service was halted after a blaze broke out at the Te Holt Memorial service scene. Firefighters contained the basement fire quickly, with the blaze discovered early by responders and extinguished within minutes, preventing further tragedy.
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Blaze Foils
Te Holt
Andresen Demands Names of 200 Government Commodity Probers
Washington reports that Rep Andresen’s House committee on commodity speculation seeks the identities and agencies of 200 federal workers in Chicago alleged to have traded on inside government information. He requests names and addresses of all affected employees, their bureaus, brokers handling the trades, and details on a purported government insider pool. A parallel Knowland Senate inquiry and a seven member House panel will pursue the matter.
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API
aKdisaenthe Minny
House Iing
Secretary of Agriculture
Andersen
Chicago
Andresen
Anderson
House Committee On
Commodity Exehence Authority
Ac Cour
Senate
House
Knowland
Calif
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commodity Exchange Authority
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congressman Would Probe Fuel Shortage Noted in Charlotte_vote
Congressman Hamilton C. Jones of Charlotte said he would ask Rep. Robert L. Doughton to convene North Carolina’s 12 Representatives and two Senators on January 6 to discuss government action on a fuel shortage. He proposed a congressional investigation into its causes.
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N. C
Hamilton C. Jones
North Carolina
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Robert L. Doughton
House
Attacks and casualties amid Haifa fighting and desert dispatches
Reports describe shootings and raids across Haifa and surrounding areas with Jews and Arabs killed or wounded. Separate dispatches note international moves and naval actions, including Jewish refugees and a Panamanian flag incident, as forces bolster positions and security amid unrest.
Ankara anti communist riot forces resignations at university
In Ankara an anti communist street demonstration of about ten thousand, aided by 300 police and firemen, led to four university professors' dismissal and Dean Sevket Aziz Kansu's resignation. The mob attacked the dean and university offices while targeting Soviet embassy, amid tensions following Bulgaria related political refugees and Dimitrov insults. Diplomatic sources note the Simeonov case and Truman Doctrine backing fueled the unrest.
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Turkey
Anakara University
Sevket Aziz Kan
Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Dim
United States
Russia
Dothan personnel director duties list and city hall plan
The duties of the director include directing department activities, appointing staff with board approval, attending board meetings, drafting rules, establishing a classified service, administering payrolls, maintaining a personnel roster, conducting investigations, and reporting annually. The notice notes the Syrian government warned compromise on a proposed right of way by March 1, amid Middle East unrest affecting survey work.
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Dothan
Citizens Supervisory Committee
Mideast
Palestine
Honest Man Returns Lost Wallet Note Says Debt Repaid
Mitchell South Dakota AP reports Leo Bauer lost sixteen dollars on his way to a dance more than ten years ago. A local shop proprietor found the wallet containing two twenty dollar bills and nineteen dollars. An unsigned note explains repayment and expresses remorse and good will, ending with holiday wishes.
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Mitchell, S. D
Leo Bauer
Los Bs Bilfeld
Dance
Mitchell Eleeine
Propficiae
Bauer
Four Electrocuted In Kentucky Town
In Martin Kentucky four persons died when a radio aerial contacted a high tension line of 6 900 volts. Robert Flanary 38 was first killed and his six year old son John Hugh Flanary died after touching his father. Hugh Norris 30 and his wife Edith 28 were killed while trying to help, leaving a widow and three children. A crowd of about 300 gathered as the coroner reported the fatalities.
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Norris
Edith
Shepherd
Flanary
Policeman and Negro Die in Florence Jail Shootout
In Florence South Carolina a police officer and a Negro prisoner were killed while another officer was wounded, one critically, during a jail cell confrontation at about 8 30 p m Officer Grady Martin and James Taylor died Sgt G M Bailey was reported critically wounded and Officer R S Bellemy was lightly wounded Bellemy's account says he and Martin and Bailey entered Taylor's cell to quell a disturbance when Taylor produced a gun and opened fire killing Martin and injuring Bailey and Bellemy before Bellemy returned fire and killed Taylor. Taylor had been jailed for an unspecified charge.
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Haifa
Tn Sionth
Athlit
Jerusalems
Jaffa Cate
Jericho Road
Florence
S. C
Florence City
Grady Martin
James Taylor
G. M. Bailey
R. S. Bellemy
Bellemy
Martin
Bailey
Taylor
Mrs Rosie Y Peters Dies At Midland City
Rosie Young Peters aged seventy nine died suddenly at her daughter's home Midland City route two about 8 30 p m Friday Survived by one brother E J Young of Jacksonville Fla Funeral services set for 10 a m today at Bethlehem church Rev Roby J Lee Headland officiating Burial in church cemetery Headland Mortuary directing
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Rosie Young Peters
Lee Pybus
Midland City
E. J. Young
Jacksonville
Fla
Bethlehem Church
Roby J. Lee
Headland
Rights to hearing and counsel in loyalty cases
The text outlines that an employee has the right to a hearing before the loyalty board of their employing agency and to be represented by counsel. They may present evidence and appeal to the agency head and Richardson's Loyalty Review Board, but cannot see the FBI confidential report or cross examine accusers. Richardson defends FBI role and notes the loyalty board is advisory.
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FBI
Truman
Wye'y Board
Tech-Iealy
Who Is Men Cor Through Of Selling $2 Bills
A report describes Men Cor Through Of Selling $2 Bills buying a shiny 1906 model for 1800 dollars all paid in two dollar notes.
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Cook
Auto Workers Hint New Wage Demands Grow 1948 Push
In Saginaw Michigan 12 000 CIO auto workers joined a rising push for a 25 cent an hour wage hike. A conference of five UAW locals announced the demand to the international union ahead of 1948 contract talks. The union says a sizable raise is needed unless Congress rolls back prices, marking a potential third postwar wage round since August 1945.
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Saginaw, Mich
CIO Auto
CIO
United Auto Workers
International Union
UAW
Snowbound City Reflections and Funny Observations
Report on snow disruptions drawing visitors from Jersey City to view a new engineering achievement. Notes Old Dobbin’s return on another front and a Brooklyn rental firm unable to judge a stone, prompting a horse and sleigh rescue. A Broadway juggler comments hope for vaudeville, Hoboken ends late, and Queens theaters stay open, while forecaster James Osman, snowbound in his office, reassures the public by phone.
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Dobbin
Brooklyn
Broadway
Hoboken
James Osman
Jim
New Jersey
Record of Great Snowstorm Strands City and Deadly Toll
The storm dumped over three inches in the metropolis at its peak with 15 hours of snow. Emergency crews cleared roads on New Jersey route 25 as hundreds were marooned. eleven deaths in New York state and fifteen in New England. City buses and trains stalled. plans grounded. Mayor O Dwyer flew back from California.
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Eugene G. Schultz
New Jersey
New York State
New York City
Albany
New England
Boston Weather Bureau
Hudson's Bay
Maine
Merritt Parkway
Worchester
Newburyport
New York City Omnibus Company
New York
William O'Dwyer
California
Los Angeles
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
Minneapolis
LaGuardia Field
Wallander, Inc
Civilian Defense Corps
Red Drew Eyes Texas Prep Scrimmage After Warm Spell
Harold Drew indicated Alabama football would add one more workout this afternoon and possibly a scrimmage before the Texas game. He praised the team’s condition, noted weather helped practice, and said rough work may be limited. Gilmer and backups worked on passing while kickers punted as the B squad ran Texas plays in a dummy scrimmage.
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Harold “Red Drew
Alabama
Drew
Texas
Hurlin
Harry Gilmer
Johnny August
Monk Mosley
Ed Salem
Tide
Folsom Campaign Sees Speakers Amid Amendment Push
Number 22 project unfolds with Folsom touring Leeds Tarrant and Fairfield then Birmingham as supporters arrange radio addresses in Cullman Opelika Demopolis and Mobile. The amendment would let a snowmaking body convene on a three fifths call and cap sessions at 10 days four year terms. Both sides avoided predictions and the Governor warned not to count votes before election day.
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Leeds
Tarrant
Fairfield
Birmingham
Temple Theater
Senator Allen
Cullman
Paul Hooton
Randolph
Opelika
Ira Pruitt
Sumter
John Gillis
Clarke
Demopolis
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