Argument Flares Over Proposal To Ration Meat
Washington debates meat rationing and price controls as Senator Wherry argues rationing needs price ceilings and would curb production, while Senator Flanders pushes for preparatory legislation without price limits and Secretary Anderson signals readiness for recommendations.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Flanders
Agriculture Department
Congress
OPA
Chester Bowles
Boyles
Marines Sail For Mediterranean From Morehead City
An undetermined number of United States Marines boarded two ships today with orders to clear the port by 2 PM for duty in the Mediterranean. They were originally scheduled to sail tomorrow. Long lines formed as Marines began boarding transports and continued until late morning.
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Morehead City
N. C
Jan
United States
Mediterranean
Vigil Of Dogs Guarding Dead Master Prompt Police Killings
In Erie Pennsylvania twelve guard dogs surrounded the shack where 68 year old Fred Koch lay dead from a heart attack. Police and a dog catcher killed the animals after breaking a window to reach the body as neighbors watched. Koch had befriended the stray dogs over a long period.
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Erie
Fred Koch
Koch
Mrs Harrison Dead
Mrs Benjamin Harrison widow of the former president died today in New York at age 89 marking the passing of a prominent widow in national public life.
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New York
Benjamin Harrison
Greeks Press Guerrilla Hunters Around Konitsa
National forces widened the Konitsa perimeter to drive guerrillas from the north and west. Lykomoro height near the Albanian border fell after fierce fighting. 30 guerrillas died in passes and 15 on slopes. Koutsouphliani near Konitsa also captured. Guerrillas harassed engineers restoring Bourozani bridge and a 1,500 to 2,200 strong force withdrew toward Pogiani. Abduction of 15 girls at Visiani and possible new offensive across the Albanian border were noted.
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Athens
Konitsa
Sarandoporos
Aoos
Lykomoro
Koutsouphliani
Bourozani
Delvinaki
Pogiani
Visiani
Philiates
Hamburg Dockhands Strike for Higher Wages
Several hundred Hamburg dock workers began a strike demanding higher pay. A union spokesman said the action was unauthorized and started by political elements who threw rocks to block early shift workers from reporting for duty.
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Hamburg
Grain Trading Records Sought From Graham and Pauley
A Senate appropriations subcommittee obtained records of grain trading by Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham and Edwin W. Pauley. Subpoenas were served on Graham's brokers at Bache and Company as investigators review federal employee speculation. Graham reportedly held 50 000 bushels of wheat futures last September.
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Washington
Senate
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Graham
Edward F. McGinnis
Sarah B. Herschel
Bache and Company
New York
McGinnis
Senate Appropriations
Kimball Sanborn
Earl W. Cooper
Capitol
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Edwin W. Pauley
Royall
Agriculture Department
London Women Storm Stores for Bargains
Thousands of women crowded West End shops for early postwar clearance sales in London. Shoppers rushed to outlets on Oxford Street smashing a display window as prices dropped and ration coupons were halved under Board of Trade rules to clear old stock.
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London
West End
Oxford Street
Board of Trade
Pedestrian George W. Miller Killed at Cincinnati Crossing
George W. Miller, 60, a pedestrian, was killed yesterday when struck by a railroad locomotive at a grade crossing in Cincinnati Ohio. The accident occurred near the crossing as he walked along the tracks. Investigators said no immediate cause was determined.
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Cincinnati
George W. Miller
Colorado Physician Wins AMA Family Doctor of the Year
Dr Archer Chester Sudan of Krema ling Colorado received the general practitioner gold medal and certificate from the AMA during the mid winter meeting in Cleveland. He has 21 years as a family physician serving an 80 mile radius around Kremaling. The award honors exceptional service among about 100 000 physicians and marks a new national recognition for family doctors.
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Cleveland
Archer Chester Sudan
Kremaling
Colo
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
W. Due East
8.C
Jacob T. Oliphant
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
Indiana
Colorado
AMA
Acce Eptee
Congressman's claim on Soviet war production and forced labor
Rep. Franklin J. Maloney asserts that Russia uses forced labor in thousands for a vast war production push behind the Urals. He cites sources from a German churchman and notes Soviet crews conscripting workers from German and Austrian occupied areas. He says major factories were moved behind the Urals and expanded since, while the Soviets restrict access to their zones.
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Philadelphia
Franklin J. Maloney
Ural Mountains
Europe
Maloney
Ural
Urals
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Afraid-of-Dark Burglar Captured in Akron Case
An 18-year-old confessed burglar in Akron says he feared the dark and entered only lit houses. He told police he avoided unlit homes because occupants could see him while he could not see them, adding he had pulled two or three jobs a month since 1946 to improve his chances.
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Akron
French Assembly Backs Premier Schuman Vote
The French national assembly supported Premier Robert Schuman by defeating two amendments to the anti-inflation bill. MPs refused to exclude 1,100,000 farmers from the tax bill and rejected exempting small artisans from the income tax choice. Vote tallies were 306-273 and 308-272.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Chiang Kai-Shek warns KMT purge to strengthen government
Chiang Kai-Shek told the Kuomintang central executive committee that disloyal elements and dereliction of duty must be purged to fortify the government in its struggle with the Chinese Communists. The address was made in Nanking on January 5.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Chiang
Quarantine Ordered in Columbus and Grandview Dogs
A dog quarantine for Columbus and Grandview was ordered today. Six families faced rabies treatment as their dogs died or showed symptoms.
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Columbus
Grandview
William Reynolds Dies at 57 in Logan Foundry Work
William Reynolds aged 57, foreman at Logan Foundry Co., died suddenly at home on Saturday night from an apparent heart attack. He had worked at the plant since September after moving from Newark. The body was taken to Sinking Springs, Ohio, for funeral services and burial. Survivors include his wife.
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William Reynolds
Logan Foundry Co
West
Hunter Street
Reynolds
Newark
Sinking Springs
Jap Mad Doctor Sentenced to Hang in Tokyo Trial
Yokohama reports Hisakichi Tokuda known as the mad doctor was sentenced to death by a U.S. Eighth Army commission for the murders of four prisoners of war during medical experiments.
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Yokohama
Hisakichi Tokuda
U.S. Eighth Army
Hotel group drops meatless and eggless days plan
Philadelphia Hotel Association members abandon meatless Tuesdays and eggless Thursdays due to noncompliance, announced by President Joseph Mears.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hotel Association
Joseph Mears
Ten Children Killed as Train Hits Bobsled
Archbold Ohio residents recount tragedy as New York Central Chicagoan plows into a tractor drawn bobsled killing ten children from three neighboring families and injuring two others. The train continued to Chicago after a 57 minute delay. speed about 80 mph.
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Archbold
Jesse Wyse
New York Central
Wyse
John
Governor and Bride Honeymoon in Florida
Governor and Mrs. Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio honeymoon in the Miami area after arriving in a converted bomber plane. The 53 year old governor and his 40 year old bride told reporters they want to be left alone. She is visiting Miami for the first time. the governor has not been here in 20 years.
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Miami
Fla
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Indianapolis
Ralph M Bowen 34 Ends Life at Home in Logan
Ralph M Bowen a 34 year old Logan garage operator died from a self inflicted bullet wound at his home 165 Jennison Avenue on Saturday evening. Acting coroner Dr C F Shank ruled death by own action. Bowen a WWII veteran and member of the American Legion had been despondent for some time. Military funeral services are set for 2 PM Tuesday at Heinlein Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. His wife Goldie Hazel Bowen is the only immediate survivor.
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Logan
Jennison Avenue
C. F. Shank
Bowen
Goldie Hazel Bowen
Floyd Duffy
Jack Waldron
Sol Ellinger
Clifford Hopkins
Masonic and Moose Lodges
American Legion
Orchard Street
Army
Heinlein Funeral
A. N. Grueser
Oak Grove Cemetery
Petrillo to Face Committee Quizzing
Chairman Hartley announces James Petrillo will be called before the House labor committee next week to explain the American Federation of Musicians ban on making new records.
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Washington
Hartley
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Bottled SOS from Five Marooned on Unknown Island
Coast Guard probes a penciled SOS found in a bottle in San Francisco Bay dated November 24. Five marooned people named Mary Rose, Donna McLaury, June Simmons, Joey Brown, Bob Clark and William Hatfield claim to be on Bones Island not on any map, 48 miles from Blake Island.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Bones Island
San Francisco Bay
Blakes Island
Mary Rose
Donna McLaury
June Simmons
Joey Brown
Bob Clark
William Hatfield
Elmer J. Engle
Richmond
Calif
Blake Island
Puget Sound
Boston
Seattle
Los Angeles
Stassen Outlines Five Point Program to Hold Reds in Check
Former Minnesota governor and Republican candidate Harold Stassen unveiled a five point plan in New York aimed at curbing Soviet power by 1950. He urged limited government powers to fight inflation and control exports, a sound Marshall Plan, stronger military and air power, halting certain Soviet imports until cooperation, and a global campaign to combat Communist propaganda.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
Kremlin
Stassen
Palestine Bound Explosives Probed
Federal and city investigators probed crates labeled used industrial machinery found to contain TNT. The TNT was discovered when a crate burst during loading of the American Export Lines freighter Executor at a Jersey City pier. Police estimated 26 crates held about 65 000 pounds of TNT enough to devastate 100 square miles.
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New York
Jan
Palestine
American Export Lines
Executor
Jersey City
Missing Eyeglasses Restored to Owner
Connersville Indiana post office returned to normal operations as letter carrier Ben McKenney got his missing glasses back. He had searched thoroughly after they disappeared during the Christmas season, but they were found mailed from Fort Worth Texas in a mailbag that had fallen from his person.
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Connersville
Ind
Ben McKenney
McKenney
Forth Worth
Tan
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