Senate panel approves bill to raise rent ceilings ten percent
A Senate Banking Subcommittee approved a measure to lift federal rent controls by Dec 31 and allow a ten percent rent increase from last ceilings. The plan would transfer enforcement to courts, with optional state programs, and retain PA oversight only until year end. Buck outlined twelve provisions including decontrol of new housing and hotels and a $500 or triple damages limit.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Office of Price Administration
Buck
D-Del
Department of Com
District of Columbia
Trusteeship Over Islands Rated Fair by Russia
Secretary of State Marshall said Russia advised that a American trusteeship over the Jagamashianam dated islands would be entirely fair noting the islands were won largely by American armed forces with greater sacrifices. Russia is the only power to concur with the proposal submitted to the United Nations. Marshall also spoke on other issues including Iran, India and Korea as he prepared for the Moscow talks with the Big Four.
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Marshall
Russia
United States
Pacific
United Nations
Rgn
Dean Acheson
Romania
Truman
Red Cross
India
Congress
Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Korea
R. Hodge
Sades
Oa Sana
Fliers Saved By Valiant Rescue
WESTOVER FIELD Massachusetts February twenty five. Eleven American airmen survived a three day ordeal after a B 29 crash in northern Greenland and were flown back to base. Lieut Bobbie Joe Cavnar landed the rescue C 54 at 7 55 a m EST after a 2310 mile nonstop flight from Thule Greenland. The crew climbed from the plane exhausted but none in serious condition. Lieut Vern Arnett, pilot of the downed B 29, spoke about the belly landing and rescue before hospitalization.
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U. S
Greenland
Thule
Goose Bay
Labrador
U. S. Army Air Force
Westover Field
Mass
North Pole
Bobbie Joe Cavnar
Okmulgee
Okla
Army Air Transport Command
Gavnar
Army
Lieut
Vern Arnett
Riverside
Calif
Cav
Four-power ministers end Vienna peace talks on schedule
Deputies from Britain France the United States and the Soviet Union adjourned after six weeks of effort to finish a draft Austria peace treaty. German and Austrian delegations planned a final meeting to approve a report outlining disagreements on treaty procedure and set submission to the Moscow council of foreign ministers in March.
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London
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Weather forecast for the Carolinas and nation
North Carolina remains clear to partly cloudy with continued cold and light mountain snow flurries. Extended through Wednesday with slightly warmer temperatures, then colder again Thursday through Saturday with low precipitation. Temperatures and rainfall observed across major cities show varied readings, including Asheville and Spartanburg, with no significant storms expected into the weekend.
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North Carolina
Carolinas
Retail Food Prices Decline While Staying Above Year Ago
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1.1 percent drop in retail food prices from mid-December to mid-January, yet prices remain 41 percent higher than a year earlier. The index is at 183.8 percent of the 1935-1939 average, 2 percent under the November high and 26 percent above the June level, with butter eggs citrus limes lard cured pork poultry dropping while vegetables meats cereals bakery and beverages rose.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bevin Blames Palestine Ills On Truman
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin charged that President Truman wrecked peace talks on Palestine by urging immediate admission of 100000 Jews to the Holy Land during last fall’s U S elections. He said negotiations with Jews and Arabs were hopeful in October before Paris peace talks intervened.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
U. S
House of Commons
Bevin
United Nations
Paris
Ten-Year Aim For Von Papen Denazification Verdict
Franz von Papen faces a possible new trial as Bavarian denazification officials plan to appeal his eight year sentence to seek a ten year maximum. Minister Alfred Loritz will request the Nuernberg prosecutor appeal, while von Papens attorney Egon Kubischek will seek acquittal or reduction.
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Munich
Franz von Papen
Iun
von Papen
Ihreters Denazification
Germany
Alfred Loritz
Nuernberg
von Papens
Egon Kubischek
Pork at $1 a Pound Seen as Hog Price Spike
The Agriculture Department notes wholesale hog prices surge to highs in Chicago bidding up pork costs. retail shops may charge about $1.00 a pound for center cuts with bacon possible as live hogs top $29.00 per hundredweight. Officials cite strong demand and tight hog supply as factors.
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Chicago
Agriculture Department
Russ Jeter
Peter
Marvin Henning
Truman Threat Groundless Report Says
The White House called a report that an attempt on President Truman's life was made as completely groundless. Assistant Press Secretary Ayers said there was no basis for the broad cast and noted Truman was in his office when questioned. The Paris newspaper attributed the report to Radio Luxembourg.
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Washington
White House
Radio Luxembourg
Truman
Ayers
Paris
Labor Bills attacked by Dubinsky and Livingstone
David Dubinsky, head of the AFL Ladies' Garment Workers union, told senators that proposed labor law changes would injure democracy and curb bargaining and the closed shop. Raymond Livingstone of Thompson Products condemned NLRB bias and linked it to Nazi Germany.
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Washington
David Dubinsky
AFL Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Dubinsky
Capitol
Raymond §. Livingstone
Thompson Products, Inc
House Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Livingstone
NLRB
Nazi Germany
Senate
Garment Workers
Organized Labor
Atomic Deadlock on Atomic Control Faces UN Veto Clash
The United States plans to ask the UN Security Council to refer the control of atomic energy to the Atomic Energy Commission to reconcile American and Russian positions. British support and efforts to record all members views precede a possible council plan to send the issue back to the commission. The core disagreement centers on veto power and jurisdiction over peaceful use.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
UN Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Council
Austin
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
UN Council
Bleachers Collapse Kills Two at Purdue Wisconsin Game
At Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana two students died and about 200 were injured when wooden bleachers at the end of a western conference basketball game against Wisconsin collapsed just before halftime. Coroner W T Cox identified the dead as Roger Gelhaus sen 24 of Garrett and William Feldman 20 of East Chicago.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Wisconsin
W. T. Cox
Tippencanoe County
Roger Gelhausen
Garrett
William J. Feldman
East Chicago
Purdue
Joseph Clark
Trade Pacts Are Modified
President Truman announced a tightened reciprocal trade program with an executive order. The changes formalize and mandate existing procedures and introduce new procedural adjustments after talks with Senators Vandenberg and Millikin and senior State Department figures.
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Washington
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Millikin
R-Cole
Dean Acheson
Williaml. Clayton
War Veteran Detonates Bomb in Restaurant Booth
A 715 year old war veteran Frederick Ed Sauer of Wilkes Barre Pa blew himself up with a homemade bomb in a Philadelphia restaurant telephone booth. He earlier called his estranged wife and his attorney Henry Snyder and warned of ending his life. Thirty others escaped injury as the blast wrecked the booth and damaged the dining area. Police suspect a device made from blasting powder.
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Washington
Frederick Ed. Sauer
Wilkes Barre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Sauer
Henry 4. Snyder
Jean Hoston
Saver
Controversy Arises as House Debates Anti Closed Shop Bill
Raleigh February debate on an anti closed shop measure that would end union dues check off. The bill, sponsored by Representatives Hathaway Scott and Martin, faces strong opposition from labor groups as a stormy hearing unfolds in the House Committee on Manufacturers and Labor.
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Raleigh
House of the General Assembly
Capitol
Neons
Senate
Navy
Hathaway
Gates
Scott
Beaufort
Martin
Bennington
House Committee On Manufact and Labor
Wake Forest Trustees Back Hospital Transfer Plan
Wake Forest leaders propose moving the Baptist hospital and Bowman Gray school to a Wake Forest campus in Winston-Salem. A $6,000,000 fund for the transfer and a $17,000,000 fundraising drive are planned, tied to Reynolds family income gift from an $11,000,000 estate.
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Trustees of
Wake Forest
William J. Conrad, Jr
Ba Jist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray School of
Asoot
Estate
Ad- Wake Fo
Vai Forest
Win- Then
Gray School
Medical School
Wake Forest College
Reynolds
Winsor-Salem
Durham Seeks Carroll For School Post
Durham officials say Charles F. Carroll, High Point schools superintendent, has been approached to succeed W. F. Warren as Durham school head. Board member confirms contact but notes Carroll is one of several candidates. search not narrowed to a single individual.
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Durham
Charles F. Carroll
High Point
W. F. Warren
M. A. Briggs
Carroll
Britain Turns West For Mild Winds To Break Siberian Cold
London reports Britain hopes for warm air from the west to ease a Siberian cold spell. Forecasters caution only a 24 hour forecast with wintry conditions likely to persist as Midlands readings hit two below zero and fog disrupts daily routines in London and along the Thames.
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London
Britain
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Midlands
Thames
O Mahoney Backs Lilienthal for Atomic Energy Chair
Senator O Mahoney said he will support the confirmation of Davai E Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission. Senator Wherry warned there is grave doubt the nominee will win senate approval and the vote outlook remains unresolved.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Davai E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Atomic Energy Committee
Lilienthal
Wyoming
Associated Press
TVA
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