Food Price Index At Highest Point
Washington reports state that the government will order a general price and wage freeze within days to curb inflation. Key steps include expanding ESA staffing, opening regional offices by February, and considering targeted controls on meat clothing tires and hides as officials push toward a blanket freeze amid record food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Max McCullough
OPA
Bureau of Labor Statistices
Nineman Wage Stabilization Board
Draft of 18 Year Olds Endorsed by Senator Morse
Oregon Senator Morse backed the Pentagon draft plan lowering the age to 18 and urged a 25 year mobilization period citing tension with Russia and Communism. He urged shortening college courses and lifelong training to meet a long term manpower program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Morse
Pentagon
Russia
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense Marshall
Marshall
Anna M. Rosenberg
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Crackles Crooks and a Narrow Way
A fragment quote warns it would not be straight and narrow with crooks involved. The line attributes a sly, rebellious tone to the speaker M L P and hints at a streetwise perspective on crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.L.P
Dr. Seagrave Convicted of Treason in Burma
Burma court finds Dr. Gordon Seagrave the Burma Surgeon guilty of high treason for aiding hill tribesmen rebelling against the government. He receives six years hard labor on one count and one year on another, to run concurrently, with an appeal anticipated.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon Seagrave
Seagrave
New
Namkham
George VI
U. S
Joseph Stillwell
Large downtown Madison fire threatens town and homes
A blaze started shortly after noon in the Carolina warehouse at Hunter and Market streets. Fire spread north within about 30 minutes, threatening a block of residences and damaging a grocery store, pool room, and a jewelry shop. Mrs. Charles Pratt of the Madison Post Office reported the scene and described the advancing flames toward Murphy Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Dan
Carolina
Hunter and
Market Streets
Charles Pratt
Madison Post Office
Government Puts Curbs On Stocks
Washington reports broadening anti inflation measures with the Federal Reserve Board raising cash down payments on stock purchases and short sales from 50 to 75 percent. Officials and the New York Stock Exchange note doubtful impact while stressing cooperation with the emergency program.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Robert P. Boylan
Exchange
Wall
Federal Reserve
Mart Steadies After Opening Selling Blast
New York stock market opened with heavy selling after the Federal Reserve Board tightened credit curbs on market operations. The decline pulled many stocks down from a few cents to about 1.50 a share. Major losers included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward J I Case Boeing Douglas Aircraft Distillers Seagrams ITT Home Stake Mining American Cyanamid Union Carbide Union Pacific Nickel Plate American and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Board
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
J. I. Case
Boeings Douglas Aircraft
Distillers Corp.Seagrams
International Telephone
Homestake Mining
American Cyanamid
Union Carbide
Union Pad- Nickel Plate
American ‘An
National Distillers
Zenith Radio
Philip Morris
Lehigh Portland Cement
International Paper
Oklahoma Mother Killed By Son
Cromwell Oklahoma January 17 a five year old boy Larry Orr accidentally shot and killed his mother Fran Orr He later called the telephone operator crying Please help me I shot my mother Seminole County Attorney Tom Smith said the boy thought the gun was unloaded Operators struggled to understand the call before alerting local officials and the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Okla
Fran Orr
Larry
Seminole County
Tom Smith
Vinita Hardwick
Margaret Wysor
Lisse Herwig
Roy Devere
Controversial Bills Before Legislature Debated
RALEIGH Jan. 17 The general assembly debates auto inspection and stream pollution measures as 15 bills enter the hopper. The budget committee studies a 459 million dollar two year plan while warning against high pressure appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
Joint Options Committee
Larry IL. Moore, Jr
Wilson
House
Moore
North Carolna
Coltrane
Eugene C. Shaw
Budget Commission
J. W. Whitfield
Pender
Oscar G. Barker
Durham
Motor Vehicles Department
George Long
Alamance
Police Reinstated in Greensboro Butter and Eggs Racket
Four Greensboro policemen accused of involvement in a local butter and eggs lottery racket are ordered back to duty by City Manager James R Townsend. Detective Sgt. F B Money and Patrolmen R L Pascha R L Ferrell and J H Adams were suspended November 9 after C A York said he paid them to ignore the racket said to net about 1500 dollars daily. The State Bureau of Investigation continues the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Sgt
F. B. Money
R. L. Pascha
R. L. Ferrell
J. H. Adams
C. A. York
James R. Townsend
State Bureau of Investigation
Mander Eats Statement in GBH Case Claim
Sidney Mander faced grievous bodily harm charges after an attempted snatch of a police statement. He reportedly swallowed half of the torn document during the suburban action, prompting police to recount his actions to the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sidney Mander
Mander
Sabotage Hinted In Ship Fire In Baltimore Harbor
A massive blaze swept a Baltimore pier damaging the $5 million pier and two decommissioned troopships, including the George Washington. Six firemen and one coast guardsman were hurt, with investigators cautioning no sabotage is proven yet as fires burned along the 1,000 foot pier and two other nearby piers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Bethlehem Steel Shipyards
Maritime Commission
Coast
Robert Long
Coast Guard
Marine Hospital
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Edmund B. Alexander
Army
FBI
Martime Administration
Martime
Administration
M. J. Kaminski
Maritime Reserve Fleet
Washington
Leonard W. Bassane
Lawrence Wade
Hawkins Point
Alexander
Motor Vehicle Accidents Report for North Carolina
The motor vehicle department reports for the four hour period ending 10:00 a m today: four killed and twenty four injured. The year to date totals include six killed and three hundred eighty nine injured with thirty six deaths and four hundred eighty nine injuries in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Department
Allied tanks and infantry push near Seoul in Korea front
Allied raiders test enemy strength south of Seoul on the central front. In Suwon a 1,000 Red garrison fell to tanks and airpower, with about 500 Chinese casualties reported. Yongwol remained in Allied hands as censorship tightened across battlefront reporting.
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Western
Korea
Han
Clen Clements
Tokyo
Seoul
Suwon
U. S. Army
J. Lawton Collins
Han River
Yongwol
Wonju
Collins
A. P. Feild
Osan
Kumeyangjang
Kaeesong
Chongju
Birthday of Brink's Boston Remembrance of 1950 Robbery
On Brink's birthday in Boston five men recall the January 17 1950 heist in which 1 700 000 vanished from the strong room. Investigators never found the six to eight masked robbers, leaving no fingerprints or conclusive clues and sparking speculation about an inside job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Brink's
Brink's Money Express
Brink
Somerville
North Railroad Station
Plane Crash Kills Ten in Eastern Washington Field
Investigators probe the crash of a Northwest Airlines twin engine Martin 202 near the L E Bundy farmhouse thirty miles north of Edwall. The Spokane Spokane area wreck left engine and wheel fragments visible in a snowbound wheat field.
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Edwall
Wash
Washington
Northwest Airlines
Fred Campbell
Chicago
Seattle
Spokane
L. E. Bundy
Bundy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Minneapolis
Wilson Gillis
CAA
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New Peak
Johnson
Truman
UMST
Gomering
Tobin
Moscow
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Josef Stalin
James J. Metcalfe
Field Enterprises
Mne
Dr. Seagrave
Bulletin
Mart
Oklahoma
Clark L. Ruffner
United States
Robert B. McClure
Ruffner
10Th Corps
Peiping
United Nations
U. N
Kyodo
Gen
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U. S. Air Forces
General MacArthur
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