Senate Banking Committee backs four point anti inflation plan
The Senate Banking Committee moves to proceed with four of President Truman's ten anti inflation points, including rent controls, installment buying curbs, tighter bank credit, and higher margins for commodity buying. Action on standby price wage and rationing power is delayed amid expected talks with Treasury Secretary Snyder.
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Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Tobey
R-Nh
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Treasury
Snyder
Banking Committee
Congress
New Hampshire
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House Economic Committee
Flanders
Sparkman
D-Ala
Would-Be 'Thrill Killers' Taken By Authorities
A 12 year old boy and his 8 year old sister were held by Nassau county police after they beat a schoolmate in Farmingdale New York. The victim Lyman Van Nostrand, age 6, was lured into a thicket and knocked unconscious with a knife wielded by the girl while the brother choked and slashed him. The pair allegedly said they wanted to kill the first boy they could. The girl reportedly stated the act was a fun idea. The child was to be kept in bed at least two weeks by a doctor.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Nassau County
James Farrell
Lyman van Nostrand
Farrell
Weather report for Carolina region November 21 1947
Cloudy and cool conditions continue with light drizzle today. Rain develops in the western portion late Friday. Cedar forecasts show a low around 40 with minimal precipitation.
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Carolina
Britain Ready to Divulge Holy Land Withdrawal Plan
Lake Success November 20. Britain will present to the United Nations a general pattern of withdrawal from Palestine with a flexible timetable. Evacuation by August 1 is stated, with possible exit from a seaport area like Tel Aviv by February 1, 1948 to enable Jewish immigration. The Palestine committee has received sub committee reports on partition into Jewish and Arab states and an independent Arab nation. delegates prepare for general debate tonight.
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Britain
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Alexander Cadogan
Tel Aviv
Assembly
Palestine Committee
Blum Likely To Set Up French Regime
Paris reports indicate Leon Blum the 75 year old socialist leader is likely to form a new French government to stabilize the country amid a Communist led crisis and Ramadier’s resignation. Half a million French workers strike as security is tightened and ministers stay to negotiate a cabinet.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Frech
Paul Ramadier
Guy Mollett
Socialist Party
Blum
Ramadier
France
Vincent Auriol
Georges Bidault
Robert Schuman
Edouard Depreux
de Gaullist
Subpoenas Issued Against Educators in NC Case
Caldwell county clerk Fred Hoover said 18 subpoenas were mailed to members of the North Carolina board of education and state officials to testify before the Caldwell county grand jury. The panel probes R. L. Fritz Jr former Hudson school district principal accused of misapplying 1600 in payments to teachers as a criminal action. A one week term of criminal superior court opens next Monday with Judge Allen H. Gwyn presiding.
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Lencir
Fred Hoover
Caldwell County
North Carolina Board of Education
Caldwell County Grand Jury
R. L. Fritz, Jr
Hudson
Allen H. Gwyn
Reidsville
Two Students Devise Roulette System To Beat Wheel
Reno gamblers take interest in Roy Walford and Albert Hibbs former University of Chicago graduates who claim a roulette method focuses on number nine. They report turning a $300 stake into $5000 with secret betting variations and two weeks of steady play. A long run once yielded $11,000 before an 85 loss streak trimmed winnings. Ray Smith of Harold's club says the system baffled him.
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Reno
University of Chicago
Roy Walford
San Diego
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Walford
Hibbs
Chicago
Ray Smith
Harold
Princess Elizabeth Weds Philip at Westminster Abbey
Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey before about 3,000 royals and churchgoers, then rode in a royal procession to Buckingham Palace. King George VI recently knighted Philip, and Queen Mother Mary attended. the abdicated Duke of Windsor and the American-born Duchess were not present.
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Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Canterbury
Philip Mountbatten
Royal Navy
Greece
Mary
Duke of Windsor
Philip
Princess Elizabeth
St. Philip Mountbatten
St. James Palace
Lon
Reds Stand Firm Over Boycott At UN Trusteeship Council
Lake Success November 20 United Nations trusteeship council opens its second session amid a Soviet boycott and a claim the council is illegally constituted. Russia notes no change in stance but participates in elections for two new members Philippines and Costa Rica. Jerusalem may come under council jurisdiction if Palestine partition plan is approved. Boundaries and procedural issues dominate the agenda.
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Trusteeship Council
Palestine
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Iraq
Australia
Mexico
Belgium
New Zealand
Western Samoa
Council
Dewey Criticizes Truman For Ignoring China
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey charged the Truman administration with abandoning the Chinese to Communist conquest and urged immediate aid to the Far East. He said China faces urgent danger while Europe awaits decisive aid and noted 100 million Chinese remain at risk as 275 million Europeans are still free. He spoke during a two day New England tour and argued U.S. aid costs are small compared with European needs.
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N. H
Thomas Fe, Dewey
New York Today
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Congress
China
Italy
France
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Dewey
New England
Meyers Denies Profits From Aviation Electric Officials
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers testified before Senate investigators that he received no money from Aviation Electric officials except loan repayments. Witnesses including B H Lamarre and T E Readnover claimed Meyers was the real owner who took about 150000 in profits, while Robert Cuse described a 25000 loan linked to a wartime air forces contract. Meyers also connected with a margin bond deal discussed in June 1944.
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Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Aviation Electric Company
Meyers
Lamarre
Mr. Readnower
B. H. Lamarre
T. E. Readnover
Aviation Electric
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
Gen
Cuse
Wimaleft Co
Case
Air Force
Aviation Electric Co
Dayton
Ohio
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Pepper Killer Faces Prison Sentence
Evelyn Cote, 25, convicted of first degree manslaughter in the death of her three year old son William Burns who died after she gave him a tablespoon of black pepper as punishment. A two to three year state prison term was set with a 30 day stay pending appeal. Burns' father was killed in action in the war.
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N. H
Evelyn Cote
Superior Court
William Grimes
State Supreme Court
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Cote
Thomas Burns
Unselfishness as Key to Happiness for Royal Couple
The Archbishop of York told Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip that true love requires continual unselfishness. He said happiness comes from thoughtfulness, patience, sympathy, and sharing burdens in everyday life as they begin married life.
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London
Truman Calls On Nation For Teamwork
President Truman urged nationwide teamwork to meet responsibilities to Americans and the world. He spoke via a message at the New England conference urging action to curb rising prices causing hardship and to provide aid to Western European countries unable to buy food and fuel for winter.
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Boston
Truman
New England
Richard L. Bowditch
Europe
Potatoes Proposed For Global Relief Use
Congressman Larcade urges the use of surplus canned sweet potatoes and other canned foods to feed the world. He presses Secretary of Agriculture Anderson to commit to employing such foods through the army or existing relief programs, noting opposition from other government departments.
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Larcade
D-La
Domengeaux
Anderson
Johnston Sees Hollywood Cooperation in Un-American Probe
Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association signals cooperation with the House Un American Activities Committee inquiry into Communism in Hollywood. Committee chair Thomas notes the industry is aligning with the inquiry while Johnston condemns ten witnesses for contempt for refusing to answer about Communist party membership. A congressional vote on contempt is planned and a Hollywood trip by a subcommittee looms in January.
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House Committee On UN- American Activities Today
New York
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association
Thomas
R-Nj
Johnston
un-American Activities Committee
Picture Pioneers
Communist Party
UN- American Affairs Group
Hollywood
Marshall Off For Meeting In London
Secretary of State Marshall departs for London to present American policy toward Russia at the big four foreign ministers conference. He travels aboard President Truman’s Sacred Cow with Charles E. Bohlen as counselor. The journey sets the stage for a crucial test of U.S. policy.
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Washington
Marshall
London
Russia
Truman
Chas. E. Bohlen
State Department
Marshall and Byrnes meet as London talks loom
Secretary of State Marshall met with former Secretary Byrnes and President Truman before leaving for the London big four foreign ministers meeting. They discussed U S policy toward Russia at the conference on German and Austrian peace and the stalled German and Austrian questions. A trizonal plan was floated as a possible path if Russia balks, with France joining the United States and Britain to run western Germany.
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James F. Byrnes
Truman
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Molotov
Austria
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Great Britain
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Britain
Communist attack likens de Gasperi to Mussolini in early years
Palmiro Togliatti denounces Premier Alcide de Gasperi in Unita for delivering a speech the party calls conservative and rotten. The piece notes leftist violence and labor stoppages across Italy, pressuring Interior Minister Mario Scelba as he defends the government amid rising tensions.
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Palmiro Togliatti
Unita Today
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Mussolini
Mario Scelba
de Gasperi
Scelba
Jimasuan Democrats
National Congress
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