Truman outlines tax changes and stimulus to spur growth
The President in a midyear economic report to Congress says prices have fallen about nine percent from the 1948 peak while unemployment rises and real earnings hold steady. He calls for new laws to boost jobs, production, and buying power, including tax repeal on transportation, higher minimum wage, extended unemployment benefits, and farm income supports. Economists see the move as an effort to calm markets as Congress weighs anti trust and Europe aid debates.
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Truman
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New York
Tom Clark
Europe
CIO Auto and Steel
CIO
Robert R. Nathan
War Production Board
Nathan
Agriculture forecasts record crop year with high supplies
The Agriculture Department reports a near record wheat crop of about 1.2 billion bushels and corn around 3.53 billion, with oats strong and heavy carryovers in feed grains. Prices are expected to ease as peacetime crops mature, benefiting meat production and consumer costs.
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Agriculture Department
Department
FCC proposes 42 ultra high television channels expanding service
The Federal Communications Commission opened a plan to allocate 42 new ultra high frequency television channels plus 12 existing ones to broadcasters. The move could enable about 2,245 stations in 1,400 U S cities and sign a path to lift last October’s permit freeze. The FCC will seek industry comments and hold hearings August 29 while reviewing color TV options that fit current receivers.
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Federal Communications Commission
United States
FCC
Navy claims secret device to detect snorkel submarines
Senate testimony by Vice Admiral J. D. Price reveals a new airborne anti submarine system may detect the German built snorkel subs feared by the Navy since World War II. Details are not disclosed but experts say radar likely involved and two years on order plan 39 percent land based and 31 percent carrier based planes equipped.
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Germany
Washington
Navy
Senate
J. D. Price
Naval Operations
Broadcasts in Morse Code Try to Bypass Soviet Jam
Sidelights report Voice of America Morse Code signals sent to pierce air wave blockade as officials say penetrating tones are harder to jam than voice transmissions. Coverage also notes other 1949 awards and Hiss Chambers case developments with congressional reaction.
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Voice of America
State Department
Protest draft by World Council of Churches over Soviet interference
A nine member World Council of Churches committee representing 150 church groups in 44 nations drafts a protest against interference with church affairs in Soviet satellite states. Also noted: Beauford H. Jester, governor of Texas, dies in his sleeping car berth in Manchester England. Marien Kaczmarek, 40, a former Polish artillery officer, is convicted of spying for a foreign power.
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World Council of Churches
Britain
Marien Kaczmarek
Manchester
Eng
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Berlin Blockade Breach Spurs Western Alarm and Rail Shift
In Paris the Big Four agreed to lift the Berlin blockade but Soviet moves reopened limits on western traffic. Helmstedt highway cuts from 300 to 96 trucks daily as airlift remains vital. Britain faces a national emergency to quell a dock strike amid a fraught economy and Attlee cites Communist wrecking tactics.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Germany
West Berlin
U.S. Army
Britain
London
George VI
Attlee
Quotes Paint Kissing As Health Aid Across Nations
Illinois Health Department calls kissing a pleasant greeting and boon to mental health. President Truman notes inflation abatement and a transition to stability, growth, and higher purchasing power. Li Hanley of New York condemns free speech used to destroy the nation, calling for silencing dissent.
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Illinois Health Department
Truman
Joe E. Hanley
New York
Calendar of National and Local Observances
The list notes Loyal Temperance Union Day on July 21 by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. July 22 marks Poland Liberation Day with events forthcoming. July 25 celebrates the 84th Salvation Army anniversary as Save the Horse Week begins. July 24 starts National Farm Safety Week and Pioneer Day is observed in Utah.
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Loyal Temperance Union
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Belgium
Poland
Salvation Army
Save the Horse
National Farm Safety
Utah
Pacific Powers Weigh Pacific Union Against Communism
Chiang Kai shek and Quirino proposed a Pacific union of nations to counter communism with mutual aid. They invited South Korea Thailand Indonesia Australia and New Zealand into a bloc while the United States showed cautious support and emphasized development of close cooperative relations.
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State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Baguio
Chiang
Quirino
Thailand
Siam
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Acheson
Michael J. McDermott
McDermott
Pacific
Aviation Week of Wreckage Reels From Global Air Disasters
A string of crashes leaves fourteen Americans dead after a Dutch airliner hits heavy rain near Bombay. An un scheduled Los Angeles crash follows a violent passenger altercation aboard a 46 seat airliner. Other losses include a French military plane, a US C-54 in the Russian zone, and a Coast Guard seaplane accident with all survivors.
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India
Santa Susana Pass
Los Angeles
French Morocco
Berlin
Coast Guard
Pacific
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Wild Willy” Sternquist
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