Federal construction spending raised by $600 million
The Truman administration scrapped the $900 million cap on federal public works for the current year, allowing 14 agencies to spend a total of $1.2 billion on construction. Reconversion Director John R. Steelman announced the move, with more agencies expected to gain increases and final action anticipated next week.
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Truman
John R. Steelman
Congress
Steelman
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Interior, Agriculture, Justice
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State
Consumers Resist High Costs After Price Decontrols
Chicago reports widespread consumer resistance as CPA controls end and meat prices rise above old ceilings. Dealers and meat institutes urge shoppers to seek bargains while activists in Helena and Portland organize strikes against butter and milk price hikes. Livestock markets spike on arrivals though cattle and hog prices show mixed trends with upcoming trading.
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Chicago
CPA
OPA
American Meat Institute
New Jersey Independent Butchers’ Association
Helena
Mont
Portland
Ore
Mystery Women Supposedly Aided Windsor Jewels Theft
Scotland Yard probes two fashionable mysterious women as possible eyes and ears behind the 80 000 jewel theft from the Duchess of Windsor. Royal heirlooms and a king’s gift rings were stolen while police in Belgium Holland and France search for clues amid a global jewel thief investigation led by Commissioner Ronald Howe.
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Edward
Duke of Windsor
Edward VII
Belgium
Holland
Surete
Ronald Howe
Royall Likely To Resume Law Practice In North Carolina
The unofficial Army and Navy bulletin reports Undersecretary of War Kenneth C. Royall plans to resign soon to return to his law practice in North Carolina. He rejected rumors about seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1948 and has not commented publicly. Royall, a former North Carolina State Bar president, has worked in Washington for five years after serving as an army colonel and brigadier general and as a special assistant to former Secretary Stimson.
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Army and Navy Bulletin
Kenneth C. Royall
North Carolina
Royall
Bulletin
North Carolina State Bar Association
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Stimson
Weather Outlook: Mild, Varied across Regions, Sunday
The Associated Press reports mild weather prevailing across most of the country on Sunday with higher temperatures than Saturday in many areas. Northwest regions expect rain, mountains may see snow, and Kentucky Tennessee to the Atlantic may have light showers. Gulf coast warms to the 80s, Great Lakes stay cool, while readings in cotton growing areas and other stations show mixed conditions.
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Weather Bureau
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Mountains
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Tennessee
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Miami Man Appeals Right to Wear Pink Stepins
John Demmer 65 stands before Peace Justice Henry L. Oppenborn seeking to overturn indecent exposure charges by arguing he has the right to wear women’s lace trimmed pink stepins in his apartment. He says he owns seven pairs because men’s shorts aren’t available.
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Miami
Fia
John Demmer
Henry L. Oppenborn
Demmer
Oppenborn
Court of Crimes
U S Believed Giving Credit To Turkey
Washington reports the United States extended credits of 25 to 50 million dollars to Turkey to speed railroad and industry modernization amid tensions with Russia over the Dardanelles. The Export-Import Bank approved 25 million last July, but no funds were publicly transferred under the special arrangement.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Dardanelles
Tobacco Prices Continue Upward On State Belts
Eastern North Carolina flue cured tobacco prices rose for a fourth week with the general average peaking. Increases ranged from 50 to 4 dollars per hundred and most gains were 1 to 2 dollars while middle belt prices were irregular with gins and losses paid. Nondescript grades jumped though most cutters fell.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Student killed in San Francisco car crash
Robert Johntz, 27, a University of California senior from Winston-Salem North Carolina, died when the car they rode struck a guard rail and plunged down an 18 foot embankment early today. Two companions were injured. His mother Mrs A F Johntz, Winston-Salem, is listed as next of kin.
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San Francisco
Robert Johntz
University of California
Winston-Salem
N. C
A. F. Johntz
British Outline Proposes Global Lifeline Defense Network
London reports outline a sweeping plan to reinforce Britain's lifelines to the Orient with massive bases on Africa’s east and west coasts linked by a 3000 mile arterial highway across equatorial Africa. Colonial Secretary Creech Jones and Whitehall War Office sources describe a proposed Nigeria base alongside an earlier Kenya plan, as defense chiefs prepare an imperial strategy under A. V. Alexander.
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Orient
Africa
Whitehall Colonial Office
War Office
Egypt
Middle East
Stly Losso
Mediterranean
Arthur Creech Jones
Nigeria
Whitehall
Kenya
Creech Jones
Equatorial
A. V. Alexander
Alexander
United States Urges Unity at United Nations Security Council
U S Delegate Herschel V Johnson calls for end to unfounded charges and frequent vetoes as 51 nations gather for U N General Assembly. John Foster Dulles reiterates bipartisan policy and reliance on moral principles of the charter guiding peaceful world order. Delegates prepare plans as Queen Elizabeth brings in 15 delegations including Molotov to New York.
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United Nations Security Council
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Council
Foreign Association
U.N
Assem Ohnson
Security Council
Johnson
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulles
U.S
General Assembly
Queen Elizabeth
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
V. M. Molotov
Meat Prices Remain Uncontrolled Says Secretary Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson declared in Kansas City that price ceilings on live stock and meat are permanently removed and will not be restored after the upcoming elections. He urged orderly marketing and warned against overloading markets as hog shipments strain slaughter capacity.
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Kansas City
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
WWII Vets Occupy New York Senate Chamber
A group of World War II veterans forced entry into the New York senate chamber in Albany and pledged to stay until housing action is taken. They met with Governor Dewey's counsel Charles Breitel who said no meeting with Dewey or promises of a special session could be arranged. The vets cheered as a carload of sandwiches arrived. capitol guards had previously barred food.
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N Y
New York
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
Jor George W. Searle
Eing
Charles D. Breitel
William Rubens
New York City
Breitel
Dewey
Rubens
Capitol
Waterfront Strikes Stop Army Supplies
The 19 day nationwide maritime tie up paused as talks resumed in New York between government and CIO AFL maritime officials. Masters and Engineers seek wage boosts of 30 to 35 percent and a closed shop while plans to strike foreign flagships were postponed awaiting results of negotiations.
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Baltimore
Seattle
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
CIO
New York
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
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AFL
Youths Loot Boxcar for Chocolate in Newark
Eight Newark teenagers looted thousands of candy bars from a freight car and held a four hour eating spree. Police traced candy wrappers to a nearby clubhouse where cached cases of chocolate bars were found. One youth was caught refilling his pockets, another kept a box under his bed. two others admitted to overindulgence.
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Newark
N. J
Longer skirts for women made legal in wartime order
Washington officials ended wartime cloth saving limits by lifting the L85 rules on April 6, 1942. The civilian production administration removed restrictions on women’s clothing, allowing longer skirts and eliminating the four unit three-piece ensembles that had been banned.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Vandenburg backs up Byrnes talk on policy toward Russia
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan supported Secretary Byrnes in a patient but firm policy toward Russia as President Truman prepared a closely coordinated UN message. White House disclosures outlined Truman’s UN speech timing and his prior approval of Byrnes’ remarks, with high officials noting a potential major foreign policy direction.
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Vandenbu
R-Mich
Byrnes
Russia
Truman
Vandenburg
U. S
America
White House
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Austin
R-Vi
U. N
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Truman-Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Negro Candidate In Georgia Put In Mental Ward
Aurelius S. Scott, a Negro candidate for Fulton county coroner, was held in Atlanta jail for hours at relatives’ request before being transferred to a private mental hospital. His entry into the race sparked turmoil with 23 white challengers and a forecast he could become the first Negro officeholder in the south since Reconstruction. A Nashville sanitarium was booked for him, with about 200,000 Fulton county Negroes expected to vote in the general election. His brother, Cornelius A. Scott, publisher of the Atlanta Daily World, said he would seek disqualification on grounds that Scott did not meet a two year Georgia residence requirement.
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Atlanta
M. A. Hornsby
Nashville, Tenn
Santorium
Aurelius S. Scott
Fulton County
South
Cornelius A. Scott
Atlanta Daily World
Aurelius
Georgia
Gov't and Airlines Edge Toward Safer Air Travel
Government and airlines report progress toward safer commercial flight amid frequent crashes. They cite pending ILS rollout for 79 airports in January and three army radar units as auxiliary aids, while noting ground facilities remain strained and pilots rely on radio ranges and improvised aids.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Chicago
Newark
Fortune Turns Up In Trunk
Minnie Rosser Weigle died August 17 in a New York hotel apartment. Police deemed it routine until two amateur sleuths Timothy J. Healy and Robert Raymond uncovered a trunk with 469 500 dollars in cash hidden amid her disorderly living. Both men are former army officers.
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New York
Minnie Rosser Weigle
Timothy J. Healy
Robert Raymond
New York Stock Exchange
Weigle
Healy
Raymond
Laundry Strike In Winston-Salem Reaches Impasse
Five Winston-Salem laundries face an impasse over a strike with a Monday showdown planned. Managers will advertise on local radio to recruit striker replacements, aiming to break the walkout by mid week as pickets resume their hymn singing and signs after the holiday.
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Tomiew
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