Conciliation Commission Approved Amid Berlin Tensions
Dispatches from Berlin report six visiting American congressmen assured Gen. Lucius D. Clay that congress and the U S are backing the plan to remain in Berlin. In Athens the Greek coalition government proposed a program to crush communist guerrillas and asked parliamentary confidence. In Spain the Falange to hold municipal elections for first time since the civil war a decade ago.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Congress
Athens
Greece
Spain
Falange Party
Snow Storm Death Toll Stands At Four
Snow storm deaths rose to four as two brothers Myron Johnson and Emerald Johnson froze near Stromsburg after their car ran dry. Sheriff said they tried to reach a farmhouse. A third death, John F. Steinberg, 74, in Seward, Neb., followed a heart attack while shoveling snow. Another death tied to the storm occurred in a farmhouse fire near Elsie, Neb., likely from a stove explosion. Gas for power may someday come from water hyacinth, a troublesome floating weed.
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Myron Johnson
Emerald
Stromsburg
Omaha
Gunnard Peterson
Seward
Neb
John F. Steinberg
Chris Knoche
Elsie
Howard Bechtel
Builders See Ample Materials and Labor for 1949 Program
A commerce department industry committee projects 1 200 000 dwelling units this year including farm homes and notes iron and steel outlook depends on defense spending. Millwork gypsum and cement trends vary with construction demand and pricing rules. Labor supply should ease in 1949 though not surplus. FHA invites investors to develop mass housing rental projects for moderate income families with government guaranteed yields of 2 percent per year, requiring sound economics and rents around 100 dollars monthly.
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Commerce Department
Supreme Court
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Production Outpaces Buying Power In Third Quarter
The report shows production outdistancing buying power with higher payroll and construction spending. Foreign aid and price support outlays rise while net foreign investment plunges to 700 million dollars per year. Business investment stays strong at 39 billion, driven by construction inventories and equipment. Personal income grows mainly from wage and salary gains offset by declines in business and farm proprietor income. Corporate profits remain undeclared due to incomplete data.
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Pagelea
Truman weighs shakeup as Wallgren visit ends
President Truman plans possible administration changes while Washington Governor Wallgren, a longtime crony, flies to Washington with the president and family from a Florida vacation. House Speaker Rayburn forecasts cooperation with Democratic leaders in the new Congress amid speculation over Wallgren’s future role after January.
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Jon C. Wallgren
Washington
White House
Naval Submarine Station
Wallgren
Mrs
Truman
Margaret
Walgren
Rayburn
Congress
Florida
Marine Barracks Recreation Hall
John A. Kennedy
San Diego
Calif
Miami
C. C. Adell
Naval Station
Donald MacDonald
Williamsburg
Jesse B. Gay
Ross
Dock Strike Extends To Southampton
Sailors barred from shore with orders to return by 10 p m and 600 more ready at Cherbourg await embarkation. The Queen Elizabeth crew refuse to sail to Halifax until the New York strike is resolved, urging that the effort be helpful. Cunard plans a mid Atlantic run to decide whether to head to New York or Halifax depending on the New York dock strike outcome.
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Cherbourg
Joe Ryan
New York
Halifax
Cunard
mid-Atlantic
Weather and curious facts mix from old newspaper fragment
Weather table lists temperatures and rainfall for numerous cities with uneven OCR errors. The second note shares small science trivia: olive oil in water keeps leather soft, gasoline yields water, elephants and oysters produce offspring and eggs respectively.
CIO Right Wing In Saddle Now Discredited By Council
A fragment reports intense internal dispute within the CIO accusing the council of disloyalty to CIO policy and constitution, condemning adherence to Communist party dictates and flagrant disregard of industrial union council rules.
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Communist Party
CIO
The Maharajah of Kashmir India Earns Vast Personal Income
The Maharajah of Kashmir in India holds an annual personal estate income of ten million dollars. The figure underscores the wealth tied to his private holdings rather than state revenues.
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Kashmir
India
Roses Grow In Any Soil On Antarctic Continent
A note claims that any soil capable of producing garden crops will also grow roses. The statement places Antarctic soil in the context of general gardening potential.
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