Congress Leaders Urge Truman to Act on Wage Price Controls
President Truman met with Democratic and Republican leaders to press for wage price controls amid the wartime crisis. Senator Maybank urged swift national emergency action to regulate prices, while Senator Tobey called for decisive steps. Attendees included key banking and economic committee heads and administration officials as the White House weighs rapid military buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Bank
D-S. C
Tobey
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Senate
House
Senate-House Economic Committee
Atomic Committee
Administration
U. S
Post Office Considers Parcel Post Embargo Over Rail Strike
Assistant Postmaster General says rail yard walkouts cripple mail delivery and could prompt partial embargo on parcel post. Decision due within hours on halting transcontinental package mailings amid Christmas rush and strike spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
John M. Redding
Chicago
Woman Admits Firing Rifle Indiscriminately Near Home
In Knoxville Tennessee a 44 year old woman Mary Reynolds confessed firing a .22 caliber rifle into a wood near her home after dogs barked and a voice was heard. Her shot killed a 14 year old high school boy setting rabbit traps. she was charged with murder and held on $10000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Reynolds
Garfield Swanner
Senate Backers Push $38 Million Yugoslavia Aid Bill
The House approved a $38,000,000 drought relief program for Communist Yugoslavia by a 225 to 142 vote amid two days of debate. A quick Senate-House compromise was anticipated before President Truman signs the measure as part of the lame duck session. Pro-Tito support described as a realistic move to curb Soviet influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yugoslavia
Truman
House
Rep. MacCantan
Senate
Stictator Tito
United States
Belgrade
Stalin
Macy
Rep
Ibicoff
Tito
Dewey Speech to Be Broadcast Across Networks Tonight
Governor Thomas E. Dewey will address the international situation in a radio broadcast from 10 to 10 30 p m over the Columbia Broadcasting System and the American Broadcasting Company. A delayed feed will air on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 11 30 p m to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Company
Goverorn
Mutual Broadcasting System
Rail Yard Strike Spreads Despite Court Order Nationwide
A rapid yard workers walkout expands from Chicago to Washington and St Louis. Freight bottlenecks back up on the PRR system as embargo threats emerge and passenger service is curtailed, with Washington routes bypassed via Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Chicago
Washington
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railroad
St. Louis
Karl Bendetsen
St. 8
Gas Pocket Threatens Lynchburg Downtown
In Lynchburg Virginia downtown area a growing gas pocket threatens explosion risk from a sewer leak. About 75 gallons of gasoline enter the sewer daily and officials cannot locate the source after a September probe. Gas fumes affected a theater and several businesses near Main Street prompting air-clearing ejectors and dye tests that failed to reveal any leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Main Street
Crackles Questions Tax Theory on Income and Earning
The remark probes whether income tax aims to tax beyond what is deserved, questioning the fairness of taxing earnings. The comment reflects skepticism about the theory underpinning tax rates and revenue goals.
Marshall urges rapid buildup of war production
Secretary of Defense Marshall told Congress a rapid expansion of U S war plants is essential to meet the threat of a global conflict He warned an all out war could be triggered by a word from the other side and urged laying down assembly lines and tooling to ready buildup The testimony accompanies an emergency 16 844 1000 000 request boosting Korea war funding to 41 481 000 000 for military forces through June 30 next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Congress
House Military Appropriations
Oth
Robert Lovett
U. S
Mahon
D-Tex
Subcommittee
Defense Department
To Return Ohio Men Here For Assault Trial
Gov. Lausche ordered the return of Cleveland men John Dolezal Jr. and Alfred Lieber to North Carolina to face charges. Dolezal, 23, is charged with rape and robbery, Lieber, 47, with being an accessory after the fact of rape. Warrants were sworn by Miss Mary Alice Sumrell, a Griggs High School teacher, who identified the men at an extradition hearing conducted by John Keefe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank Lausche
Cleveland
North Carolina
John Dolezal, Jr
Alfred A. Lieber
Dolezal
Lieber
Mary Alice Sumrell
Griggs High School
Poplar Branch
Currituck County
N. C
John Keefe
Lausche
W. Kerr Scott
Miss Sumrell
Rocky Mount Lumber Plant Fire Strikes Anderson Mill
A major blaze at the Anderson Lumber plant in Rocky Mount raged for hours amid freezing weather. Firefighters faced icy streets as water from hydrants froze, delaying damage estimates for the sprawling facility near the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Anderson Lumber
Violent quake shakes Donner Summit area in California
A violent earthquake was felt at 5:25 a.m. in the Donner summit region of the Sierra. The CAA airways station shook severely but no damage was reported. The tremor reached Sacramento and Reno with the UC seismograph recording 30 minutes of activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Donner Summit
Sierra
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA Airways
Sacramento
Calif
Reno
Nev
University of California Seismograph
Reds May Not Attack Until Next Spring
Paris dispatch notes Western Europe fears a Soviet strike before spring as Moscow would prefer an Asian Munich. Analysts question Soviet atomic progress while US holds weapons for a West invasion and China conflict. Cominform purge in Western Germany signals tighter Soviet control and many agents moved east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
NEA
Europe
France
Moscow
Ooe
United States
Russia
Truman
China
Kremlin
Stalin
Munich
America
Far East
Atlantic
Stock market mixed as buyers stay selective
New York trades showed a selective bid with textile, soft drink, and communication shares rising while motors and radio-television issues drifted lower. Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola moved after a price increase announcement. American Woolen and Wyandotte Woolen rose on Army quartermaster textile demand. Upside were US Steel Bethlehem Steel Union Pacific Sinclair Oil AT&T American Smelting Air Reduction Westinghouse International Harvester ITT. Lows included Chrysler Goodrich Douglas Aircraft Pennsalt Kennecott Cooper General Electric American Tobacco and Standard Oil NJ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coca-Cola
Pepsi Cola
Coca- Cola
Union Pacific
Sinclair Oil
American Telephone
American Smelting
Air Reduction
Westinghouse Electric
International Harvester
Innational Telephone
Chrysler
Goodge
Douglas Aircraft
Philcouth Kennecott Cooper
General Electric
American Tobacco
Standard Oil
N.J
N C Supreme Court Rules Against Smith In Tax Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a Guilford County tax judgment against George F. D. Smith alias Crip Smith for 632162.23 owed on taxes from 1943 to 1947, allowing the state to attach his property to settle the debt. The ruling came as the state seeks to enforce the tax liability in the case filed months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Supreme Court
Smith
Raleigh
Greensboro
State Supreme Court
Guilford Superior
Guilford Court
Luther Hamilton
High Tribunal
Hamilton
Supreme Court
New Hanover
Alpine Motors Corporation
Effice
Defenders Tighten at Hamhung as Jet Battles Rage
Allied forces deepen seaside defenses around Hamhung while a massive jet duel rages near Manchuria. U S Third Division withdraws from Oro and fortifies a six mile east coast arc toward Hungnam as Chinese Red air and ground forces press from multiple directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamhung
Tokyo
Korea
Manchuria
U. S
Oro
Hungnam
Army Denies Evacuation of U S Children
FRANKFURT Germany Dec 14 The U S army denied a news agency report that plans are being made to evacuate American women and children from Germany Headquarters in Heidelberg said there has been no change in current policy regarding dependents It said a Stuttgart conference of Seventh Army commanders was routine not a meeting to discuss evacuation plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army Today
Heidelberg
U. S
Stuttgart
Seventh Army
Corporation Tax Harvest Begins Friday
The government eyes a tax harvest of about 16 billion dollars over three months to cover mounting defense costs. Since July 1, the fiscal year shows a red ink of roughly 1.1 billion, with expectations to worsen by June 30 next year. The 1949 corporate payments due tomorrow mark the end of the 38 percent rate, giving way to a 45 percent top on 1950 profits. The calendar lists key dates including January 1 for social security withholding and refunds, January 15 for 1950 estimates, February 15 for information returns, and March 15 for 1950 individuals and 1950 corporate payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Em Holding
Deane
Also Mentioned on This Page
West
Bikini
Western
Dewey
James J. Metcalfe
Kristina
Eeerins
Pleld Enterprises
Tee
Lynchburg, Va
Ohio
California
By Leon Dennen
Cominform
Neu- Ruppin
Soviet Union
Osman
United Nations
Songchon
Changjin
Seema
Manila
Red Border
A Fits
U. N
Hamhung-Hangnam
U. S. 10Th Corps
Stan Swinton Pg
Mamba
Sea of Japan
Puerto Rico
Army
U.S
Daly
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!