Price Control and Rationing Deep in 1948 Politics
Washington argues price and wage controls and rationing now loom as major political issues for the 1948 elections. President Truman seeks power to reuse controls, but Congress and leaders Taft and Martin oppose. Living costs have risen sharply since 1946, and any revival of controls hinges on political maneuvering.
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Washington
Truman
Cones
Con
Gress
Man
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Ince
OPA
Melrose Hosiery plant adds new two story unit
Operations have begun in a 30,000 square foot Melrose Hosiery addition on English and Phillips streets. The building houses seamless knitting on the upper floor and storage on the ground floor with 800 knitting machines capable of 50,000 dozen hose per week. A separate Glenn Hosiery mill unit of 8,000? square feet is nearing completion.
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Melrose
Melrose Hosiery
English
Phillips
English Street
Ann
Glenn Hosiery Mill
Truman campaigning on living costs and controls
The 1948 campaign casts Truman appealing to voters by blaming Republicans for blocking cost controls. Taft warns against peacetime controls as a police state while noting wartime limits prove you cannot control all. Truman seeks power to regulate core items like food, clothing, fuel, rents and potential allocations for scarce steel to support critical needs.
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Truman
Congress
Taft
Mr. Truman
Oil Barrel Gas Content Affects Safety and Storage
A barrel of underground oil can contain up to 1000 cubic feet of dissolved gas. This information highlights potential safety and storage considerations for oil reserves and transport.
Clues Point to Identifying Lost Blonde Woman
Police in Romney West Virginia seek to identify a 22 year old blonde found on a Cincinnati to Washington bus. A gold locket with a pictured man and a silver ring engraved Berlin are key items. She is about five eight, blue eyed, 135 pounds, well educated, and recalls Cincinnati and vague Columbus memories.
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Romney
W. Va
Berlin
Cincinnati
Washington
Potomac Valley Hospital
Keyser
Columbus, O
Funeral services for Dr Frank A Sharpe held in Greensboro
Greensboro November 22 funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Dr Frank A Sharpe former president of the North Carolina Medical Society who died at his home Thursday night from a heart ailment. The obstetrician was educated at Davidson College and the University of Virginia and served on the city health board for four years. He was a World War I veteran and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons who once served on the Mayo Clinic staff in Rochester Minnesota.
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Greensboro
Frank A. Sharpe
North Carolina Medical Society
Davidson College
University of Virginia
City Board of Health
American College of Surgeons
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Clyde Culler prominent contractor dies in Winston-Salem hotel
Clyde Clifton Culler aged 56, a founder and officer of Naylor Building Supply, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon in the lobby of the Robert F. Lee hotel in Winston-Salem. He was then with George W. Kane Construction of Greensboro.
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Winston-Salem
Clyde Clifton Culler
Walkertown
Robert F. Lee
Culler
Naylor Building Supply Company
George W. Kane Construction Company
Greensboro
German Hygienist Dr Marvin Vogel Killed in Dresden
Dr Marvin Vogel a 60 year old German hygienist and former director of the German Hygiene Museum at Dresden was killed in an accident in the Soviet occupied zone at Dresden reports said today no details were provided about the incident
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Berlin
Marvin Vogel
Dresden
Vogel
German Hygiene Museum
New Jersey Bans Wearing of Empress Hatpins in Public
New Jersey officials prohibit wearing of emarees hatpins in public venues citing safety and decorum concerns. The rule targets ornamental headpieces worn for fashion or ceremonial purposes and enforces penalties for violations.
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New Jersey
Year’s Record for Fire Losses Set In 10 Months
New York report shows estimated U S fire losses for the first ten months of 1947 totaling 572 928 000, surpassing any full year in U S history. October alone added 54 946 000, with two major fires contributing to the surge.
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New York
U. S
W. E. Mallalieu
General Aes
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Grace Line Pier
New York City
Maine
Insurance losses estimated for fire and lightning near end of October 1946
The figures reflect fire and lightning losses under fire insurance policies on an incurred basis. An allowance is included for reported and uninsured losses, with the period ending October 31, 1946.
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Tober
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Seatle Toesentatives
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ESSO
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Arthur
Iralia
English ST
Thomasville Highway
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Sheraton
Goodyear Shoe Repair
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