DuPont Named In Cellophane Trust Action
The government charged E I DuPont de Nemours with monopolizing the cellophane industry through patent fights and price fixing in a federal suit filed by Attorney General Tom C Clark. Foreign co conspirators were named. DuPont allegedly controlled two thirds of US production and used cartel pacts to limit competition. Domestic and international firms implicated include Lacellophane and British Cellophane with the action part of a broader anti trust drive.
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Washington
Justice Today
E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc
Wilmington, del
Tom C. Clark
DuPont
Department of Justice
DuPont Company
Lacellophane
Iete Anonyme
France
British Cellophane, Ltd
England
Canadian Industries, Ltd
Canada
Kalle and Co., A. G
Germany
Societe de la Viscose Francaise
Viscose Development Company, Ltd
Clark
John F. Connett
Omic
United
Foreign Aid Act compromise clears Senate House row
A Senate House conference reached a compromise on the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 authorizing 597 million dollars for Western Europe and China share. The plan funds reconstruction relief and sets future allocations by later appropriations and an aid program for China. President Truman expected to sign promptly as talks move swiftly to final passage.
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Senate House
China
House
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Joint Conference
Wandeng
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Truman
Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wendenberg
Senate-House
Vandenberg
State Department
Nimitz to step down as Navy Chief on Monday
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will relinquish the navy’s top command on Monday and become adviser to the secretary of the navy from the west coast. Admiral Louis E. Denfeld will assume the post, with Nimitz meeting President Truman at the White House to bid farewell.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Nimitz
White House
Truman
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Missouri
Tokay Bay
Weather Summary From Washington D C District Readings
Weather data reports for major cities including Kansas City Key West Knoxville Los Angeles New Orleans New York Portland Raleigh St Louis San Francisco Seattle and Washington. Observations show temperatures rainfall and other measures with figures such as Key West 83 73 and Seattle 52 48 with trace to several tenths of an inch in various locales.
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Axain
Kansas City
Key West
Knoxville
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York
Emiladespite
Portland
Raleigh
Louis
Francisco
Seattle
Tam
Trade Pacts May Extend To Others
Moscow observers link the five year Russia Czechoslovakia pact to a broader European expansion of state planned foreign trade. British talks on long term agreements and a Czech credit are seen as signs of a Soviet response to the Marshall Plan. The deal calls for 1949 1952 supplies totaling 5 billion Czechoslovak kroners annually and outlines mutual exchanges of goods including food fodder oil products machinery and textiles. The two governments agreed to endeavor to extend these arrangements further.
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Russia
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Soviet Union
John L Lewis Leaves AFL Sets Up New Labor Fight
John L Lewis quits the AFL and counts prize assets including a lump sum cash and freedom to run in the 1948 presidential campaign. He frees the United Mine Workers from AFL dues and maintains the labor non partisan league to contest elections and organize beyond coal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
AFL
Lewis
United Mine ‘Workers Union
Uing
CIO
Labor
Thebio
League
Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
UMW
Miners Union
Teachers Seek Special Meet Of Solons for Pay Increase
North Carolina educators urge Governor Cherry to call a special legislative session to raise teacher salaries. NCEA directors in Raleigh and Wilmington push petitions as they assess cost of living impacts and school expenditures. Acting president A C Dawson Jr to replace R L Fritz Jr amid fraud allegations. a plan to revise teacher certification renewal is also recommended.
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North Carolina Education Association
Cherry
Ainaatausantinn Fallace
NCEA
Wilmington
Waynesville
Saomenez
A. C. Dawson, Jr
R. L Fritz, Jr
Hudson
Caldwell County
Fritz
Professional Services Committee
The
Association
Board of Education
State Board of Education
State Department
Soldier Fiance Killed and Italian Bride Marries Sailor
In Iron River Michigan on December 13 a Genoa native, Elena Favereto, 24, learned her GI fiance was killed in an accident. She married Navy veteran John Kondro, 25, an iron mine worker, in a ceremony today.
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New York
Elena Favereto
Genoa
John Kondro
Stassen Says Pauley Under Probe For Grain Deals
Harold E. Stassen charges Edwin W. Pauley has not disclosed grain dealings under Senate Appropriations scrutiny. He plans talks with Senator Bridges and House Leader Halleck on a broad probe of food profiteering and government purchasing in relation to high food prices. Pauley acknowledged grain market dealings but says no use of his office for purchases.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Royall
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stassen
Bridges
Senate Group
House
Halleck
R-Ind
Minnesota
Doylestown
Pauley
Disaster Toll Over Nation Higher In 1947
The 1947 disaster death toll in the United States reached 1 266 by December 1, with 287 disasters across 46 states and Alaska. Major events include the Texas City explosions, April tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, June Midwest and East floods, September Gulf hurricane, and October New England forest fires. Red Cross allocated over 10 million dollars to aid victims, with additional funds from individuals and states.
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Washington
United States
American Red Cross
Alaska
Emergency Relief Agency
Red Cross
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas City
Florida Gulf States
New England
Franco says Spain lacks exportable farm surplus
General Francisco Franco told 3,000 farm owners and workers in front of the national palace that Spain no longer produced the exportable surplus of farm products needed for foreign exchange. He cited an 8,000,000 population rise since World War I and stagnation in farm output.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
National Palace
Bloody Chicago gun battle ends in multiple deaths
A six hour wave of shootings across Chicago and Brookfield left four men dead and two wounded when ex convict Thomas Daley led a gangland style ride shooting targeting John Kuesis and others. Daley died in a police trap after a violent rampage. Witness accounts describe forced car rides and repeated shootings.
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Brookfield
Thomas Daley
John Kuesis
Daley
Kuesis
Mil Schmeichel
James Callis
Jimmy Alex
Andrew Aitken
Aitken
Nick Kuesis
Lowell Fentress
James Morelli
Fentress
Schmeichel
Callis
Frank Baker
Republicans back voluntary anti inflation plan with possible controls
Senate Republicans unveiled a 10 point program aimed at voluntary action to curb rising costs and inventories with consideration of government controls. The plan calls for higher production lower spending debt cuts and tax relief while extending export controls and voluntary agreements to limit inventories and priorities.
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Senate
Millikin
Cole
Congress
Wolcott
House
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate Repucans
GOP
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