Black Market Practices To Be Studied
A congressional panel investigates steel black market activities involving eight major firms U S Steel Bethlehem Inland American Rolling Mills Jones Laughlin National Steel Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube The probe aims to expose semi secret supply channels and curb inflationary pressures with hearings set to begin Monday at 2 pm EST with top company officials present
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Macy
R-Ny
House Public Works
U. S.steel
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel
American Rolling Mills
Jones & Laughlin
National Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Macy
Macy's
Macy’s
Meat Ration Plan Being Considered
Senator Flanders plans a bill to set up a rationing machinery for meat allowing the Agriculture Department to draft plans and prepare coupon books on a hold in reserve basis. A separate approval by Congress would be required to implement the program.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
Anderson
Congress
Agriculture Department
Executive Department
Truman
More Marines Dispatched For Mediterranean Duty
Washington reports the dispatch of additional marines to the Mediterranean for shipboard training. Officials say the move is a limited, noncombative step approved by the State Department but seen as potentially signaling stronger backing for Greece and Italy against communist pressure.
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Washington
Jan
Mediterranean
State Department
Lovett
United States
Moscow
Balkan
Greece
Italy
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Guerillas Widen Attacks Around Konitsa Greece
Greek press reports say guerrillas failing to seize Konitsa continue ineffective attacks around the town near the Albanian border. They keep up intermittent fire as Green army reinforcements flow in from the west. War Minister Stratos cites guerrilla casualties: about 500 killed, 1,500 wounded, 100 captured. army losses 59 killed, 220 wounded, 70 missing.
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Athens
Rts
Konitsa
George Stratos
The Coming Russian Terror
A serialized memoir by Stanislaw Mikolajczyk edited by Bob Considine begins with a stark warning about Poland under oppression after Hitler and the Soviet era. It frames Poles as front-line victims and links their plight to broader threats to democratic rights worldwide.
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Bob Considine
King Ventures Syndicate, Inc
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Tojo
Load Of TNT Marked For Palestine
Seventy seven freight cases to Palestine loaded on a barge at Jersey City with two cases found to contain 5 000 pounds of TNT. Police said the TNT could blow Jersey City and five other Jersey cities. TNT came from Tel Aviv Haifa shipments. customs in New York tracing.
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Jersey City
N. J
Paletine
Gravesend Bay
Patrick W. Flanagan
Flanagan
Jersey Cities
Flannagan
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Flannag
Toravesend Bay
New York
Frank Laughlin
U. S. Customs Service
Oved Trading Co
West 42Nd. Street
New York City
Mar-Tech Export Corporation
West 42Nd Street
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Trojan Powder Company
Allentown
Jesse B. Bronstein
Missing Jersey Coed Found In Daytona Beach Hotel
Barbara Virginia Berry an 18 year old from Merchantville New Jersey long missing since New Year’s Eve was located in an Ocean Front apartment hotel in Daytona Beach Florida. She called her parents from the hotel and produced identification papers credit cards and a social security card. She had been spending two days in Orlando before coming to Daytona Beach and has secured a job there with her father weighing sending clothing if she stays. Police will take no action unless requested by her father Lloyd E Berry.
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Daytona Beach
Fila
A. O. Folsom, Jr
Barbara Virginia Berry
Merchantville
N. J
New Jersey College For Women
Folsom
New Jersey
Aday
Drexel Hill
News-Journal
Orlando
iDaytona Beach
Cancer Specialist Called To Moscow To See Patient
Stockholm based Dr. Elis Berven, renowned Swedish cancer specialist, leaves for Moscow after a mysterious call cited by his son. Russian officials accelerate plans as a visa is issued and the doctor travels via Helsinki awaiting a Russian plane. The patient identity remains undisclosed amid speculation and secrecy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Elis Berven
Moscow
Stalin
Dr. Berven
Berven
Helsinki
Hans Olav Berven
Theson
Russia
Aftontidningen
Herbert Olivecrona
Brain Sur
Attlee Attacks Communism in Radio Speech
Prime Minister Attlee denounces Russian Communism as a new form of imperialism threatening Europe. He says Eastern Europe’s Communist party has renounced individual freedom and democracy and rejects Western spiritual heritage in a broadcast aimed at peak listening hour.
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London
Attlee
Jnew
Europe
Communist Party
Britain
Morgan Philips
Labor Party
Marshall Returns Monday To Push Aid Plan Drive
Secretary of State Marshall will return to duty Monday to launch a campaign for adoption of the 17 billion euro recovery program bearing his name. He will be joined by Charles Bohlen in Madison Wisconsin with a first address, then testify before the Senate foreign relations committee.
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Wagton
Marshall
Charles FE. Bohlen
State Department
Madison
Wis
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Mr. Truman
Ishall
Pinehurst
N. C
London
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
St. Lawrence
French Leader Wins Victory In Test Vote
Paris reports Prime Minister Robert Schuman won a test vote backing a controversial 125,000,000,000 franc income tax measure for reconstruction amid opposition from Communists and farmer deputies. A confidence vote on five amendments is set for Monday as the government seeks broad parliamentary support.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Chamber of Deputies
Rene Mayer
Four Groups Will Divide GOP Anti Inflation Program
President Truman splits key scarce item controls among four federal agencies under the Taft Wolcott law. Anderson handles farm products while Krug oversees fuels, Johnson coordinates transportation, and Harriman covers remaining goods. A working committee will guide industry agreements, with AG Clark approval and antitrust immunity after allocation deals.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Tom C. Clark
War Production Board
WPB
Cabinet Food Committee
Commerce Department
Steel Industry
Congress Faces Knotty Problem In Election Year
Washington January 3 Congress faces a tough election year task aiding Western Europe to escape economic chaos and communism while avoiding higher living costs at home. President Truman will deliver three messages on the European recovery program and budget, with witnesses including Hoover and Baruch. The Senate committee will hear up to 40 witnesses on a four year 17 billion dollar plan for 16 nations.
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Washington
Congress
Western Europe
Truman
Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Marshall
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
GOP
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Central Executive Committee
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