OPA Set to Ease Its Grip on Utilities
Washington Oct 26 Harry R Booth OPA utilities counsel and chief of the public utilities branch resigns signaling reduced intervention as price decontrol expands. Booth notes 90 percent of foods decontrolled and asserts state and federal laws will curb rate hikes with price levels below 1941.
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Washington
OPA
Harry R. Booth
OPA Utilities
Public Utilities Branch
Booth
Price Agency
Illinois Commerce Commission
Cotton Market In Slump Reverts To Pre Boom Quiet
New York reports show King Cotton under scrutiny as prices swing. Futures fell 2.15 to 3.30 a bale Thursday and 6.75 to 8.15 Friday with 500 pound bale ranges from 135.75 to 165.75. Industry officials at the cotton textile institute forecast a return to normal competition and rising consumer demand ahead.
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New York
King
New York Cotton Exchange
Worth St
Cotton Textile Institute
Claudius T. Murchison
Rogge case sparks move to have Clark handle sedition trials
Attorney General Clark plans to personally handle mass sedition cases after dismissing prosecutor O John Rogge for disclosing alleged Nazi schemes to influence elections. Rogge said he would continue to expose fascism while Clark cites Rogge’s confidential report as evidence of rule violations. The Rochester-Swarthmore linked controversy centers on a 391 page Rogge report and a 1944 trial that ended in mistrial.
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Clark
O. John Rogge
Rogge
Justice Department
Seattle
Swarthmore College
Department of Justice
Will Nandie
Edward E. Eicher
Europe
Ship Masters Not Required To Join Union
East and gulf coast ship operators and AFL masters mates and pilots agreed to end a 26 day strike. The accord allows masters to remain nonmembers while recognizing the union as sole representative of licensed deck officers and includes wage increases and no discrimination based on union status. Pickets on east and gulf coast ships to be removed, with MEBA to return to work Monday on government ships.
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New York
Gulf Coast
AFL
U. S. Maritime Commission
Frederick Livingston
West Coast
Engineers’ Union
MMP
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
CIO
Marine Commission
Maritime Commission
MEBA
Sunday Forecast Quiet and Mild Across South Carolina
The weather outlook for Sunday calls for fair skies and mild temperatures across South Carolina with light winds and no precipitation expected. Residents are advised to enjoy outdoor activities as conditions remain pleasant throughout the day.
Churchill Questions Russia’s War Readiness in Commons
London reports quote Winston Churchill asking in the house of commons whether Russia has 200 divisions on full war footing in Europe. The query is heavily echoed by the Sunday press in London this weekend.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Russia
Europe
Sunday Press
Calcutta Riots Still Killing. 26 Dead as Troops Deployed
Rioting between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta continues with at least 26 killed and 50 injured. Police fired on six occasions. troops, police, and fire brigades operate amid arson and looting. Nearly 200 rescued as transport halts and drivers refuse service for protection.
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Bengal
Hooghly River
Indian National Ambulance Corps
Fire Brigade
F. R. Bucher
British Eastern Command
Noakhali
Tipperah
P. M. Thapar
Chandpur
Bucher
Sugar Stamps Get Reprieve From OPA
OPA extends canning sugar stamps No 9 and 10 through November 30 to ease shortages from the maritime strike. Each stamp remains valid for five pounds. Western beet sugar shipments to the east are supported with government funds to cover extra freight costs from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CPA
First Plush Private Railcar For a US President Costs $10
The president used a private armored railcar for the first time in White House travel, costing taxpayers $10. The car weighs 286,520 pounds with bullet proof glass, assigned to presidential use since early in the war and formerly owned by the Association of American Railroads.
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Washington
White House
United States
Charles G. Ross
The
Truman
New York
Air Corps
Williamsburg
Potsdam
Women Outnumber Men In Wilmington Census Figures
The 1946 Wilmington special census shows 22,110 men and 25,373 women, a population of 47,483. Women exceed men by 3,263, indicating more women in town than men compared with the 1940 census when 15,763 men and 17,644 women were recorded.
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Washington
Wilmington
N. C
Bureau of Census
United States Seeks Breakthrough with Russia at UN
Adlai Stevenson announced U S determination to break barriers to agreement with the Soviet Union on core differences at the United Nations. Warren Austin said chances for permanent peace hinge on each nation’s responsibility in UN bodies. Stevenson pledges positive leadership and full debate on the veto issue to shape practical international policy.
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New York
United States
Russia
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
U. S
Warren R. Austin
U.N
Stevenson
General Assembly
Assembly
Austin
UN Nearing Showdown On Explosive Veto Issue
The United Nations assembly ends its first week focused on the veto power as nations signal possible limits rather than charter revision. Norway Chile and Turkey push for restrictions while Russia faces pressure to modify its use. Nearly 40 countries remain to speak ahead of full debate next month.
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United Nations Assembly
Russia
Security Council
Norway
Chile
Turkey
Halvard M. Lange
Huseyin Ragip Baydar
Jority
Felix Nieto del Rio
Lange
How To Return A Class Ring
Detroit man Edward R. Swiderski used a sky drop from a private plane to return a girlfriend’s class ring at Mary Grove College. He received a year's probation on a reckless flying charge after claiming the ring was intended for a hurried return to avoid upsetting her parents.
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Detroit
Edward R. Swiderski
Exclusive Mary Grove College
Swiderski
Recorder
Gerald W. Groat
Fire at Westminster College Beta Theta Pi House Kills Fire Chief
Two fraternity members burned seriously as a blaze destroyed the Beta Theta Pi house at Westminster College Fulton Missouri. Fire Chief Grant Duncan collapsed and died of a heart attack during the fire. Thomas Campbell 22 and Otto Grosse 22 were arrested on arson charges with $10 000 bonds.
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Beta Theta Pi
Hugh Williamson
Westminster College
Williamson
Thomas Campbell
Ironton
Otto Grosse
Granite City
Ill
Grant Duncan
Campbell
Thomass. Mead, Jr
Slater, Mo
Henry C. Straub
Webster Groves
Pope Cites Decline of Churches in Radio Appeal
Pope Pius XII, broadcasting from Castel Gandolfo, warned that a major sin today is the loss of the sense of sin. He urged laity to aid stronger religious instruction as Catholic missions flourish abroad, while noting church weakness at home and stressing education in schools and universities.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Summer Castle
Eighth International Congregation of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Boston
Halsey Calls Atomic Bomb Unholy Weapon
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr labeled the atomic bomb an unholy weapon and urged it be outlawed now and forever. He spoke to the Navy League during a Navy Day dinner, saying the effort is a global task for the United Nations.
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New York
William F. Halsey, Jr
Navy League
America
United Nations
Government Struggles to Sell $8 Billion in War Assets
War Assets Administration faces slow bidding on $8 billion of plants and pipelines as private firms hesitate to buy surplus wartime facilities for future production. Growth of rockets jet propulsion and atomic research drives government to stay in real estate business longer than planned. Target date for liquidation is July 1 though officials doubt it will be met.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
TNT
WAA
Plum Brook
Sandusky
Ohio
Tennessee Negroes Get New Trial
Two colored men, John McKivens and Robert Gentry, convicted by a white jury of participating in February racial violence in Columbia Tennessee, were granted a new trial by Circuit Judge Joe M. Ingram. The state may drop charges if no new proof is found, with possible retrial in January at Lawrenceburg.
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Tenn
John McKivens
Robert Gentry
Joe M. Ingram
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Ingram
Lawrenceburg
Hugh T. Shelton
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