Action Promised on Ltd Violations in Beef Market
Washington Aug 17 AP the government moves to curb a suspected black market by enforcing cattle price ceilings and planning sharp changes to ceilings. OPS head DiSalle says most enforcement staff will target slaughter prices and abnormally high purchases. Beef industry advisory committee to meet next Wednesday to discuss ceilings amid abolition of slaughter quotas. Congress renewed defense act to bar quotas, with a drive to restore government power to impose them.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSate
Office of Price Stabilization
GPS
Beef Slaughtering Industry Advisory Committee
OPS
Congress
Daring Bandit Feeds On Neighbor To Hoover Sleep
Aug. 17 in La Jolla a robber held up Hermand D. Cornell of Fort Worth next to FBI chief J Edgar Hoover as he slept. The thief stole 800 dollars from Cornell at 4 40 a m, missing jewels valued around 100000 held by Mrs Cornell who left for Fort Worth yesterday. Mrs Cornell had been robbed last May at Beverly Hills Hotel with 15000 worth of jewels taken.
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Cornell
Fort Worth
Beverly Hills
President Urges Hire of Handicapped for Defense
President Truman urged employers to place handicapped citizens in defense plants to help win a just peace. Public employment services reported a 100,000 job gain for the handicapped last year, a 50 percent rise. He spoke at the National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week meeting and designated Oct 7 as the observance. He presented a trophy to George Barr, a Chicago employer, for best performance in behalf of the handicapped. The winner also runs his own business with many handicapped workers. Continues on Page 46.
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Washington
Truman
Committee On
National
George Barr
Chicago
Forest fires blaze across Northern California forests
Assonified Press reports more than one thousand firefighters battled nearly twenty fires across California’s timber regions. A major blaze near Eureka grew to 200 acres south of Highway 101 while crews of 500 fought lines in Los Padres National Forest near San Luis Obispo. Other 1500 acre and 1200 acre fires burned in Lassen and Humboldt County areas with several smaller blazes being contained.
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California
Eureka
Highway 101
Richardson Grove State Park
Los Padres National Forest
San Luis Obispo
Black Mountain
Lassen National Forest
Susanville
Pepperwood
Humboldt County
Cedar Creek
Hawkins Bar
Six Rivers National Forest
US match workers send gift to Korea in light of truce talks
The Matchworkers Union AFL publishes a plan to air express a case of American matches to Lt Gen Nam Il, North Korea's chief negotiator, via Vice Adm. C Turner Joy. The message asserts free men’s products outperform those of regimented labor and hopes the gesture will influence Nam Il at cease-fire negotiations.
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Oswego
Matchworkers Union
AFL
Korea
Fred Kroonan
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U. N
Kloonan
Joy
Nam Il
Microwave link spans continent for long distance calls
A continental microwave radio beam system will soon enter operation to handle long distance telephone service. Officials indicate the project will improve reach and reliability across the network, with pages and sections listed for related coverage across the paper.
Sister Kenny confirms illness as Parkinsons disease
In Los Angeles on August 1, Sister Elizabeth Kenny acknowledged reports that her condition is the early stage of Parkinson's disease. She said the nerve disorder is causing loss of use in her right arm and leg, and she estimated about two more years of life. She noted pain in the arm, and that it lessens during sleep, while arriving for an infantile paralysis conference in Copenhagen.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kenny
Copenhagen
Rosalind Russell
Frederick Brisson
Miss Russell
Sister Kenny
Kenny
Brisson
Russian planes stage low parade over Berlin air area
About 70 armed Russian fighter planes flew a low level formation over the western sector of Berlin, violating the four power air safety pact. Nine Soviet jets buzzed the American Templehof base Tuesday night in a bold display against Allied air control.
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Berlin
Attra
Templehof
Los Angeles Hoodlum Roundup Predicted by U S Attorney
In Los Angeles U S Attorney Ernest A. Tolin announces a government roundup of major hoodlums. Agencies will deploy about 90 agents to investigate gangsters, with about a dozen arrests expected in two to three weeks.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Ernest A. Tolin
Tolin
Weather outlook shows clear tonight with morning fog
Mostly clear weather tonight and Saturday with low clouds or fog in the early hours. Temperatures expected to change little tomorrow as conditions stay steady.
Peiping Hints Buffer Impasse Solution Near
In MUNSAN Korea Aug 17 AP four man subcommittee tackled the Korean buffer zone deadlock amid indications the Communists are ready to compromise. The first session ended informally with delegates posing together for a photo and laughter heard during closed doors. Peiping radio quoted the chief Communist negotiator saying an adjustment of the 28th Parallel demarcation line based on terrain and mutual defense is possible.
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Munsan
Korea
Long Beach
D. m
United Nations
Henry L. Hodes
U. N
Lee Sang Cho
U. S
Arleigh Burke
Hsieh Fang
Kaesong
Peiping Radio
Caribbean Gale Heads Toward Jamaica This Week
Miami forecast office reports a tropical storm in the Caribbean gaining strength to about 100 mph as it nears Jamaica. Forecasters warn residents to prepare for a hurricane while the storm tracks near the island, which hosts Kingston and major sugar cane and banana regions. Jamaica lies about 90 miles from Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
Jamaica
Thel
Caribbean Sea
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Kingston
British West Indies
Cuba
European Troops Shown Ready for Any Emergency
Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, assistant secretary of defense, said U S troops in Europe are ready for emergencies after a two week overseas tour. She praised their backbone guts and pride and noted a new maturity and sense of responsibility among officers and men from North Africa to Germany.
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Washington
Anna M. Rosenberg
U. S
Europe
House Overrides Truman's Veto of Pension Hike
The House voted 318 to 45 to pass a bill increasing monthly pensions to $120 for certain veterans disabled not by service but requiring full-time aid. Current rates are $60-$72. Senate action pending. Truman had vetoed Aug 7 citing cost and non service‑connected disability concerns.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Senators Rule Against Report on MacArthur
The Senate inquiry committee rejected a formal report on its MacArthur hearings by a 20 to 3 vote. The panel will allow individual members to file views in the hearing records to be added later, aiming to avoid bitter controversy during Korea peace talks. The measure preserves the hearings while enabling Republican views on Far East policy to be circulated in the appendix.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry
Russell
D.-Ga
Douglas MacArthur
Sen. Saltonstall
Truman
Far East
Yalta
Cain R
MacArthur
Korea
China
Formosa
Achésonand I
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saltonstall
Sens
Cain
Bridges
RN. H
Knowland
R.-Calif
Arsonist Sets Five Blazes in Corona
Arson investigators expect a quick arrest of the firebug who started five fires in Corona yesterday. Four blazes broke out in the afternoon and a fifth later that night. prompt employee action helpedContain them until fire crews arrived.
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Corona
Augs
Crime Hearings Wind Up Today
Washington August 17 The Senate crime investigating committee winds up more than a year of open hearings on rackets and gambling across the nation Final day of open sessions is noted by committee counsel Richard G Moser The final report is due by September 1 Senators show little talk of an extension of time for the inquiry
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
New Jersey
Maryland
District of Columbia
Richard G. Moser
House Passes Four Billion Money Bills in 196? Budget Move
The House approved three government funding measures totaling 4.086 billion dollars and set aside 1.677 billion for action next week. Pay cuts of 10 percent are planned across affected agencies with a target to reach July 1 payroll levels. Key sums include 2.512 billion for Labor and Federal Security, 360 million for Agriculture, and 511.865 million for a fiscal year ending next June. The bills require Senate action and use a House plan to trim vacancies rather than immediate 20 percent cuts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Agriculture Department
Civil Defense Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Production Agency
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Too Good To Let Go Sheriff Seeks Parole For Jail Inmate
Annapolis reports Sheriff Joseph Alcon Gually asks the state for parole for Blaine Decker 38 who runs the county jail. Decker has managed menus, finances, transport, and guarding duties for three years at half the standard wage under an old law. Despite a year left to serve, the overworked inmate plans to stay on until a replacement is found while the governor weighs clemency.
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Annapolis
Joseph W. Alcon Gually
Blaine Decker
Secretary of State
Decker
Sheri Alton
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