Truman Ends Meat Price Controls to End Wartime Restrictions
President Truman said removing meat price ceilings is the only remedy for a nationwide shortage and expects steaks and roasts to appear on butcher counters in two to three weeks with higher prices than current ceilings. He reversed his stance, blaming a selfish group who encouraged sellers to gamble against price control as the country moves toward ending wartime restrictions beyond rents.
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WASHINGTON
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United States
Hog Prices Jump As Meat Controls End
Chicago October 15 A P hog prices rose as much as 8.75 a hundredweight in early livestock sales after President Truman announced removal of meat and livestock price controls. Under prior ceilings hogs at 16.25 with a 1.75 subsidy to packers, with early prices for good sows and gilts ranging from 18 to 25 dollars. Officials said meat supplies may not appear in shops for about ten days due to farm-to-counter shipping lags. Truman's move drew Republican criticism while the American Meat Institute welcomed the step, noting current stocks and pipelines are strained. Continued on Page Two.
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General Steel Products Corp
Flushing
Queens
Texas
New York
Kearns
Left Hand Corner Hobo Politician Kenna Dies at 88
Kenna, who aided a Chicago political dynasty built with rough tactics, died last week at age 88. He aligned with Coughlin, longtime Loop power broker, and helped run the famed Workingmans Palace saloon and bath parlor network. The pair shaped local politics from 1892 until Kenna’s retirement in 1943.
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CREW ESCAPE FROM CRASHED CONSTELLATION NEAR NEW CASTLE
A four engine Constellation airliner from Trans World Airlines crashed and burned after hitting a car and trees along a highway near New Castle Delaware. Officials say all seven crew members escaped without injury and there were no passengers aboard.
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Trans-World Airlines
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Dreamboat Forced Back From Paris to New York Attempt
The Pacusan Dreamboat returned to Orly after mechanical trouble delayed an attempt to break the Paris to New York speed record. Army B-29 Hawaii to Cairo taxied back at 1:10 pm after 2 hours 45 minutes aloft. Col Irvine hoped to finish the 3,600 mile flight in 11.5 hours, aiming to beat a 14h39m record set by a TWA constellation.
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Army Transport Command
Orly
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Col Irvine
TWA _ Constellation
Dreamboat
Cairo
Arctic
Honolulu
Britain Aided Allies Says White Paper
London reports Hugh Dalton states that Britains mutual aid to 14 allies and neutrals from 1941 to 1945 totaled 2.0785 billion pounds. About 60 percent went to the United States, roughly 15 percent to Russia, with the remainder shared among France Poland Greece Czechoslovakia Norway Belgium the Netherlands Yugoslavia Denmark Turkey Portugal and China.
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LONDON
Hugh Dalton
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Russia
France
Poland
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Turkey
Portugal
China
Nazi Hangings To Begin At Midnight
The 11 condemned Nazis at Nuremberg were served a final meal at 5:30 pm as they faced execution planned for early Wednesday. Officials indicated no official announcements would be made until after the last man is hanged, with Goering declining forced exercise and most turning to prayer in their final hours.
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Richard McConnell
Wilhelm Keitel
Herman Goering
Goering
four power commission
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Joachim Von Ribbentrep
high command
Alfred Jodl
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
Fritz Sauckel
Arthur Seyss
Netherlands
Julius Streicher
Wilhelm Prick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Rosenberg
Binder
Ease Material Shortage War Assets Disposes of Surplus Barracks
War Assets Corporation moves to ease housing material shortage by selling surplus barracks blocks and other structures to universities in Ontario and Alberta. Demolitions at Debert NS and Nobel ON will salvage lumber for civilian housing. additional sales to McMaster University and University of Alberta. city uses two barracks at Lethbridge airport for housing observers and families.
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Housing Enterprises Ltd
Ontario
Alberta
Debert
Nobel Ont
RCAF
Virden Man
Hamilton
McMaster University
University of Alberta
Edmonton
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Alta
Kamloops BC
Canadian National Railway
Lorne Street
No & Bombing and Gunnery
Newsprint Prices Rise $10 A Ton in Canada
Toronto October 15 Abitibi Power and Paper Company Ltd raises newsprint price by 1 per ton for customers as J W Ambridge, president, announces. A similar increase from International Paper Company of Canada follows, spurred by U S Office of Price Administration action increasing price ceilings.
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TORONTO
Abitibi Power and Paper Company Ltd
J. W. Ambridge
Exhiler
Baeper Satey
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Canada
United States
Office of Price Administration
Brecheen Is Given Credit For 4-3 Win
Harry Brecheen relieved for St Louis to earn a 4-3 victory over Boston in Game Seven of the 1946 World Series. The left hander joined other pitching greats with three decisions in the fall classic. Enoy Slaughter’s aggressive base running sparked the eighth inning scoring, as Harry Walker’s double brought home the decisive run.
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Enoy Slaughter
Red Sox
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Mike Gonealea
alide
Roy Partee
Fed Birds
Boeing Buys Hereford Bull For 35000 At Wyoming Sale
CHEYENNE Wyo Oct 15 A Hereford bull named WHR Roy Helmeman sold for 35000 at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch annual sale and auction attracting stockmen from 40 states W E Boeing of Seattle an executive of Boeing Aircraft Company paid the top price for the prize winning bull compared with 27509 last year’s high price.
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Wye
Wyoming
W. E. Boeing
Seattlee
Boeing Aircraft
Snow hits Cranbrook during Thanksgiving weekend
The Cranbrook area records the season's first snow with light sleet flurries and a two inch coating on roofs from Crow's Nest to Kimberley. Rockies and foothills behind rise in a gloomy, overcast October scene as residents note the early snowfall.
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CRANBROOK
Rockies
Crow's Nest
Kimberley
Box Car Rolls Into Hotel Lobby in Springfield
A railroad box car derailed from a New York Central freight train and rolled into the Frances hotel lobby in downtown Springfield causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Desk clerk Ben King sustained minor injuries as the car struck the registry desk and registry area.
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Frances hotel
New York Central
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Ben King
Bevin to sail for US for UN meeting in New York
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin will sail on the Aquitania around Oct 27 to attend a council of foreign ministers meeting in New York. He will be accompanied by a UK delegation led by Philip Noel-Baker as secretary.
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LONDON
Reuters
Bevin
United States
Aquitania
council of foreign ministers
New York
United Kingdom
foreign office
Philip J Noel-Baker
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Hartley Shawerees
Hector McNeu
Alexander Cadogan
Moslem League Accepts Offer to Enter Interim Government
Moslem League sources say the working committee accepted a new offer from Viceroy Lord Wavell to join the interim government and help draft a new constitution for India. The plan would give the league five seats in the four ministry lineup, with Congress holding six and other groups sharing the remaining seats. Mahomed Ali Jinnah informed the Viceroy by letter and received a responsive reply, with government and league members hopeful about breaking the stalemate and easing communal unrest.
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Jonah
Moslems to Enter Interim Government
News dispatch notes the Moslem League plans to join the interim Indian government. It states disputes over representation between Moslems and Hindus have eased, with Moslems allotted six seats while three are reserved for another group.
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Cabinet Plan Carried Out As Originally Announced
Objections noted as the Master League had previously objected to the method. the article continues on page two. The piece references the powerful Congress party and mentions Muslims in the context of the plan and objections.
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Congress party
Yugoslavia Withdraws From Paris Peace Conference
The Paris peace conference officially ended as Yugoslavia withdrew from the final session over what it called unjust decisions. Deputy Premier Edward Hardell cited being outvoted and protested the terms. Big Four ministers plan Nov 4 talks in New York to finalize five peace pacts and a German treaty, with the United Nations to ratify.
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Four Japanese Torturers Go On Trial In Yokohama
Four Japanese soldiers faced trial before an 8th Army military commission in Yokohama on charges of assisting in the deaths of at least 69 Canadian prisoners of war. One, Masato Yoshida, allegedly tortured prisoners at Kigats camp, including hot coal near faces, forcing barefoot marches, and locking eight Canadians in a hut that collapsed. Captain John D C Boland of Ottawa prosecuted the case.
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John D C Boland
Ottawa
Penny Ticket Returns One Penny Pool Winner Is Father
London report says Saunders a 38 year old ex soldier and wife with a toddler watched a movie when a screen message announced he had won 15 138 pounds 960 552 in a football pool from a penny investment. Bystanders cheered as he exclaimed it was them.
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LONDON
Cable
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Mark William Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Death takes Gen Stillwell
Gen Joseph W Stillwell commander of the Booth Army and later the Tenth Army died Saturday at Letterman General Hospital after an October 3 operation for an ailment contracted in the Buna jungles His condition worsened from October 9 until death The army awarded him the Combat Infantryman badge on his deathbed in tribute to his front line service.
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FRANCISCO
Joseph W. Stillwell
Booth
Burma
Japan
Tenth Army
Osumawa
Buna
Letterman General hospital
Stilwell
army
Ontario Home Aurora Death of Dr D. Hewitt at 61
Des At Ontario Home Aurora Oct 15 Dr. D. Hewitt former hospital superintendent in Saint John NB and Regina died at his home yesterday in his 62nd year. He had retired four years ago to live in his hometown about 26 miles north of Toronto.
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Miss Helen Jacobson Arrives From Vancouver Coast
Miss Helen Jacobson arrived on Tuesday from Vancouver to spend a few weeks at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs A F Jacobson.
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Helen Jacobson
Vancouver
suerid
A. F Jacobson
Photographs allowed of Nazis bodies after executions
Reuters reports Prime Minister told Commons that only official photographs of Nazi corpses will be allowed after Wednesday nuernberg executions. Also dated items note canceled trans Atlantic flight, a jury chosen for Adams trial, and other wartime news from London Ottawa and Montreal.
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