Retail Price Revisions Allowed Under Fair Trade Rules
Washington officials cleared the way for wholesalers and retailers to apply for ceiling price adjustments to meet state fair trade levels. The Office of Price Stabilization issued an order effective April 21 allowing price relief under specific conditions amid a general price freeze that bars raising ceilings.
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Ashington
Office of
Don
Texas
Vermont
Missouri
District of Columbia
OPS
OFS
Senate urged to revive crime probe extension
Republicans pressed the Senate to extend the crime investigating committee into January next year and to act next Monday. Sen. Wiley and Sen. Tobey said the panel has leads to pursue in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington and other cities, despite a Bar Association study urging limited extension to aid anti crime legislation. Patterson led the commission, saying its work exposing interstate crime is finished and new laws should be pursued promptly. The committee expires at month’s end after delivering recommendations.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sen. Tobey
R-N. H
GOP
Special Commission of American Bar Association
Tobey
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Bar Association Commission
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Kaiser Frazer Starting Hourly Layoffs Due to Parts Shortage
Kaiser Frazer Corp said it will lay off 25 percent of its hourly rated workers tomorrow because of a shortage of parts. The Detroit plant notes the move is temporary as supply concerns ease. Major union sources caution that the cut could affect production schedules in the near term.
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Kaiser-Frazer
Detroit
Kaiser
Frazer Corp
Dulles and Ridgway Discuss Japan Peace Treaty
John Foster Dulles conferred with Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway for about four hours in Tokyo on April 17 to discuss progress toward a peace treaty for Japan. They planned further talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Toshida while reaffirming U S commitment to a speedy treaty and praising MacArthur’s role.
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Dulles
U. S
Japan
Ridgway
Shigeru Toshida
MacArthur
Truman
Five-year Plan Boasts Soviet Postwar Output Surge
The Soviet Union announced its first postwar five-year plan ended with industrial production 73 percent above 1940. Moscow cited 1950 output totals in steel, machinery, tractors, and grain combines, while noting lagging light industry and consumer goods.
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Soviet Union
Moscow Dispatches
State Planning Committee
Statistical Administration
U.S
Federal Reserve
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Tumber and Paper Ministry
Fish Industry
Legislative Roundup Poker Parlor Ban Stymied by Board
Foes of big-time poker parlors sought Assembly action to overrule a House committee's defeat of a bill to outlaw draw poker in California. The committee referred the bill for interim study after the session, while supporters argued on floor odds and lawmen underscored Gardena clubs as crime hubs with large revenues and questionable ownership.
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Acramet
State Assembly
House Committee
California
Hoarda
Herbert R. Kleckstein
R.long Beach
Klockstein
Assembly
Lester A. McMillan
Los Angeles
Jong Committee
Gov. Warren
Edmund G. Brown
Alan Lindsay
District Attorneys
Peace Officers’ Associations
Gardena
Adams W. Bolton
Farber
Monterey Club
Frank Martin
Ernest v. Primm
Palace Club
Reno
Samuel Rummell
Mickey Cohen
California Legislation Advances in Little Lindbergh Case Reform
Sacramento April 17 A judiciary panel approved a bill easing the Little Lindbergh law allowing parole for kidnappers when victims suffer bodily harm. A separate measure stiffens penalties for false fire alarms causing injury or property damage. Other actions include a plan for muting California resources in defense efforts, a veteran benefits bill, and new deficiency appropriations approved by Gov Warren for pay increases educational aid veterans and civil defense.
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Sacramento
California
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Sarideaeeh Oar
Gov. Warren
State Disaster Council
Office of Civil Defense
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Atlantic Ave
Simmons
Ragt Davis
Okesne
Olla
Tulsa Mohawk Zoo
International Association of
Associated Press
Humphreys
Biltmore
Shoreham
Morrie Landsberg
Arthur W. Coats Jr
Yuba City
Coats
Assembly Military Affairs Committee
Air Force Academy
Camp Beale
Oroville
Feather River
American River
Military Affairs Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Committee On
Korea
State Senate
Dorothy Liebes
Oscar Hesse
Verlor
Dutch Boy” Paint Stores
Pine Avenue
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