Interim Aid For Europe May Last Only To July
Senators Taft and George warned the long range European recovery program may not start before July 1. Ball opposed setting any new date but supported limited stop gap aid beyond April. House hearings on the plan are slated next month and Marshall may testify.
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Taft
Ohio
George
D-Ga
Ball
Minn
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France
Italy
Austria
China
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Eaton
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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State Marshall
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Vandenberg (Rmich
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GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
Thousands Struck by Willamette Flood in Oregon
The Willamette River flood crested northward from Eugene stranding thousands in relief shelters. One child drowned in a flooded ditch as six days of rain and warm chinook winds swell mid valley creeks. Red Cross evacuated about 1400 in Lane County while Army Engineers move flood controls into effect and ports and highways face washouts.
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North Carolina Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Forecast shows continued cool conditions today and tonight across North Carolina. North Carolina weather bureau records log 24 hour low and rainfall through 8:37 a m with details titled Thursday January 1 rising and setting times and official temperatures and precipitation data.
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Oil Shortage Grips North Atlantic Area
North Atlantic area faces an acute fuel oil shortage as New York Mayor William O Dwyer appeals to the U S Maritime Commission for 20 additional tankers to replenish dwindling supplies. Boston Philadelphia and New Hampshire report emergencies while Governor Dale urges truck drivers to allow passage of essential goods.
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Charles M. Dale
New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
Robert F. Bradford
Bernard Samuel
George P. Rockwell
Maritime Commission
Congress
O'Dwyer
Commission
European Plane Crashes Claim Sixteen Lives
Two crashes in Europe last night killed sixteen people and injured seven. An Air France DC-4 from Brussels crashed on approach to Bourget Paris, killing fifteen aboard including three Americans. A British European Airways Viking struck a tree at Northolt. The pilot died and six others were hurt. A Polish woman survived the French crash.
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Weather Fair In All But Oregon Area
Thousands were temporarily homeless in the Columbia River valley as rain swollen rivers overflowed farmland along the coast after a week of steady rain. Rain persisted in parts of the region with 1 to over 2 inches in the last 24 hours. The forecast called for more rain while other parts of the country enjoyed fair weather and near normal to high temperatures.
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Bennett E Meyers Pleads Innocent In Federal Court
Maj. Gen. Bennett B. Meyers pleaded innocent in federal court to charges of lying to the senate war investigating committee about private wartime business deals and inducing perjury. Judge David A. Pine set a Feb 16 trial and gave defense 10 days to file motions.
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Bennett B. Meyers
Senate War Investigating Committee
David A. Pine
Meyers
UN secret pipeline to siphon information from capitals
Trygve Lie has set up confidential information hubs in cities worldwide including Moscow Warsaw Prague Iris Washington Shanghai Rio de Janeiro Mexico City Copenhagen New Delhi and Geneva. The offices collect and disseminate UN intelligence and report back to Lie with confidential overseas summaries, with future hubs in Jerusalem and three Latin American, Asian, and African cities.
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Congressman's NC district backs universal military training
Rep Deane says about 60 percent of North Carolinians he heard from favor universal military training. He notes petitions are coming in and cites support from the American Legion and many family members. He warns voluntary controls may fail and a government check of resources is needed before foreign aid.
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Deane
D-Nc
American Legion
GOP Set To Fight Tax Cut Proposal
Washington report details Republican opposition to a broad income tax cut while Truman weighs targeted relief funded by higher business taxes. Democratic leaders discuss similar ideas including raising exemptions to 700 and applying community property rules, with Senate and House members split on excess profits taxes for corporations.
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Death toll rises after bomb attack at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem on January 7, a crudely made armored car bomb at the Jaffa Gate caused heavy casualties and arson smoke rose above the old city walls. A second bomb near Mamillah road killed an Arab policeman and a Jew and a British constable as attackers fled through a Muslim cemetery. Two British soldiers were wounded on King George Avenue.
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Dewey Blames Truman For Living Costs In NY Speech
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey told the New York Legislature that rising living costs stem from President Truman’s policies and wartime inflation. He proposed a tax free program to curb inflation, keep rent controls, and warned wartime wage controls were relaxed in 1945.
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Five Alarm Fire Destroys Brooklyn Waterfront Pier
A 1,000-foot pier and its cargo burned in a $1.5 million five alarm blaze on the Brooklyn waterfront. Lower Manhattan and much of the harbor lit up as fire crews fought the fire with 300 firefighters, five fireboats, and 35 land pieces. Four firefighters fell overboard and were treated for submersion as the blaze continued into daylight.
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Battle for Konitsa Nears End in Greece
Greek government forces press west from Konitsa toward 1500 to 2090 guerrillas in hills near the Albanian border. Guerrillas reportedly planned to dynamite a minister’s train but were thwarted. Capital rumored at Lykorrakhi. air attacks feared. three landing strips said to be prepared in Grammo mountains.
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Ypsilinti
Thesportia
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George Stratos
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Tojo Declares Conscience Clear After War Trials
Former Premier Hideki Tojo, after six days on the witness stand, bowed to the eleven judges awaiting his fate and issued a statement through his attorney. He said allied governments would have had essential points more clearly proven if examined with him, insisting his conscience is crystal clear.
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Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Truman asks Congress for $40 tax cut per person and $3.2B corporate tax rise
President Truman urged Congress to grant each individual taxpayer an immediate $40 credit and increase corporate taxes by $3.2 billion to offset the cut. He framed it as a cost of living measure for small taxpayers, while opposing a broader GDP tax cut plan. He also pushed to fund the European recovery program, expand social security, raise the minimum wage, extend rent controls, and advance a universal training program amid a broader security agenda.
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The Coming Russian Terror Fourth Installment
Editor notes Stanislaw Mikolajczyk recounts a perilous 1939 crossing into Hungary dodging Red Army tanks. He recalls passing a tank column, soldiers saluting Poles, then internment with about 4000 officers at Camp Hangony as they sought to reform Polish forces and resist.
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