Quick Freeze of Wages and Prices Under Johnston
Washington reports ESA head Eric Johnston plans a rapid national wage and price freeze with broader controls on credit rent and home financing. The move follows Valentine’s resignation and aims to empower the new administrator to supervise mobilization economics and set policy while expanding ESA operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eric Johnston
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Johnston
Tires
United States Chamber of Commerce
Motion Picture Association of America
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Charles E. Wilson
Truman
The
Michael V. DiSalle
Center
International
Possible U S Study On Arming Chinese Guerrillas
Washington officials studied the idea of arming anti Communist guerrillas on the Chinese mainland to curb Red power in the Far East. Policy officials rejected extreme measures that could trigger a world war in China while boosting Formosa’s defense and risking broader conflict with Moscow.
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Washington
Far East
United States
China
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
United Nations
Korea
Europe
Moscow
Redeed Caine Guy Simple
Mine Wage Boost Meet Fire From Senator Ellender
Senator Ellender demanded government nullify the soft coal wage increase and block coal price rise, urging an immediate wage and price freeze. Senator Capehart opposed any action, defending the miners and operators as having legal rights to higher wages and prices. Ellender linked the move to anti inflation goals and criticized administration handling of stabilization policy.
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Washington
Ellender
D-La
Capehart
R-Ind
John L. Lewis
Louisiana
Alan Valentine
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Ireland and Britain Hit by Europe’s Worst Flu Outbreak
London reports 890 deaths in the past week as England and Wales tally nearly double the prior week. Cork and Dublin suffer most in Ireland with schools closed in Cork and officials ill in Dublin.
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London
Ireland
Britain
Europe
England
Wales
Registrar General’s Office
Cork
Dublin
Market Has Slow Day In Quiet Trading Session
New York market edges through a narrow day with prices moving a dollar or less. Stocks showing gains include Baltimore & Ohio Nickel Plate Pan American Airways Twentyfirst Century Fox Westinghouse du Pont Dome International Telephone Studebaker United Aircraft J I Case. Declines feature U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Lockheed National Distillers Anaconda Penn American Dodge American Dynamic Allied Chemical American Can American Woolen New York Central Southern Railway Gulf Oil United Airlines among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pan American Airways
Twentieth Century-Fox
Wests Electric
du Pont
Dome
International Telephone
Studebaker
United Aircraft
J. I. Case
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Lockheed
National Distillers
Anaconda Per
Philps Dodge
American Dynamid
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Woolen
New York Central
Southern Railway
Gulf Oil
United Air Lines
Para
Government trims civilian synthetic rubber allotment
The National Production Authority announced a cut of about 7 650 tons in this month's civilian synthetic rubber supply for tires and other products. Officials said no early tire shortage is expected, noting that tire production has recently been high.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Aiken
U S. C
Ku Klux Klan
Association of Carolinas Klans
Barnwell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Truman Links Stalin to Hitler and Mussolini at Dinner
President Truman said there is no difference between Soviet Premier Stalin and Hitler and Mussolini, asserting they all believed in enslaving the people. He defended U S resolve to win and urged courage against aggression and inflation amid debates over troop deployments and U S policy abroad.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Society of Business
Senate
Europe
U. S
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Joe
Politburo
Russia
Herbert Hoover
United States
Gibraltar
Louis the 14Th
Great Britain
Louis Mth
Mr. Truman
Connally Opposes Binding Troop Limits to Europe
Senator Connally of Texas rejects any ceiling on U S troop commitments to Western Europe saying emergencies may require rapid ground deployments. Senator Taft of Ohio pushes for an overall limit though hints at about five divisions. Both focus on policy and timing as the senate debates defense measures and UN actions regarding Korea.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
U. S
Truman
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
United Nations
China
Korea
Red
U. N
McClellan
D-Ark
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep. Martin
Eisenhower in Germany Seeks German Path To Western Defense
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Germany from Luxembourg on the Atlantic pact tour to promote a united defense against communism. He stated that Germans should align with the West by free will and stressed no actual neutrality in civilizational conflict.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rhein Main
Eisenhower
Heidelsberg
U. S. ‘Army
Europe
West
Service Brass Boosts UMST Plan for Long Term Draft
Washington reports uniformed leaders from the army navy and air force urged a universal military and service training plan to meet manpower goals. General J Lawton Collins and Admiral Forrest Sherman pressed drafting 18 year olds for at least 27 months with age limit and length of service debated. They testified to a Senate preparedness subcommittee amid Korea concerns.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Senate
Collins
Hoyt Vandenberg
Pacific Battle Front
U. N
Korea
Sherman
Naval Operations
Pentagon
Chiefs of Staff
UMST
Robbery Report In St Joseph Descriptions
A man walked into the St Joseph police station to report a robbery. He said two men beat him and stole $24 along with all his clothes, leaving him only his underwear. Police accepted his account as stated.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Communists Hit Wonju On Three Sides In Korea Push
Communist forces attacked recaptured Wonju from three sides amid tight fighting on the central Korean front. MacArthur said the UN would maintain its position as talks proceed, while US and Allied troops harassed massing Reds along the line and prepared for possible new offensives.
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Tokyo
Wonju
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Taegu
Pusan
Barnard
Vents
Ane
U. N
Matthew Ridgway
U. S. Eighth Army
Yongwol-Tanyang
Winston-Salem Journal Wins Press Awards 1950
The North Carolina Press Institute session in Chapel Hill awarded 1950 prizes. Winners included Ro Thompson for a mother tragedy story in the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, Chester Davis for Readin Readin and Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks, and Carl A. Wiegold for photographs.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Press Institute
Cet
Ign Fang
Duke University
Durham
Oni
Ro Thompson
Winenteam Journal
Chester
Davis
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
Carl A. Wiegold
Winston- In Journal
C. A. McKnight
Charlotte News
Aestate
North Carolna Ress Association
Edward K. Graham
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
James T. Cleland
America
Britain
Russia
Hosiery Firm Plans Spruce Pine Plant Opening
The Spruce Pine chamber reports a northern seam less hosiery company will open a plant in Spruce Pine. The $60,000 building should be ready about May 1, with about 150 workers initially and up to 300 eventually. The company name was not disclosed in the announcement.
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Spruce Pine
Chamber of Commerce
Pickles Seek Name Change in Johnson County Court
Mr and Mrs James Dale Pickle filed a petition in Johnson County District Court to change their name to a different surname. The filing appears to request legal name alteration for a family.
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Olathe, Kans
James Dale Picklesimer
Johnson County
Peter
United States presses for strong stand against Peiping
The U S outlines a plan to condemn Red China as aggressor at the U N Security Council style meeting. Diplomats brief non Communist nations to back a resolution in the 60 nation political committee while facing Soviet bloc opposition and Asian Arab bloc resistance. The Arab Asian bloc including Afghanistan Burma Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Lebanon Pakistan Saudi Arabia Syria and Yemen plan a meeting with possible revival of a seven power Far Eastern conference.
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Peiping
U. S
Asia
Washington
Europe
U.S
Korea
U.N
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
W. Y
Crinkles of Style and Speech in a Crackles Note
A brief note in Crackles style about dresses to be shorter and a playful warning that a man notices a woman’s lines as she reveals her shape. References M. L. P. and a flirty tone urging concise wardrobe choices.
Russian Jets Avoid Fights With Allies Over Korea
U S Fifth Air Force reports two encounters with MIG-15s over northwest Korea with no damage. Twelve MIGs flew two passes at four F-80 Shooting Stars near Sinuiju. six Red planes attacked from above and below but no shots fired. Five MIGs then pursued two F-84s but missed. Lt Glen P. Rice and Lt Robert H. Bechtel confirmed no fire. Five groups of B-29s from Okinawa targeted rail yards at Kwongwon Namchon Jom Hambhung with 192 tons of explosives. Weather clear. no enemy fighters or anti-aircraft fire. Far East Air Forces notes 480 bomber sorties on Saturday, 61 in close support.
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U. S
Glen P. Rice
San Gabriel
Calif
Robert H. Bechtel
Rapid City
S. C
Okinawa
Kowon
Sariwon
Chungwa
Namcohn Jom
Hambhung
Far East Air Forces
United Nations
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Defense Mobilization
OPA
DiSalle
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
Fred M. Vinson
University of Rochester
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Communications Commission
Oe Bell Telephone System
James J. Metcalfe
Field Enterprises, Inc
Hits
Texan
Gen. Ike
Dent Don Huthuarters
Yongwol
Tanyang
Osan
Seoul
Eighth Army
Pyongchon
Inchon
Carrier Task Force 77
Air
U. S. Oe
Winston-Salem
Carolina Klans
M.L.P
Springs
W. Va
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