Cost of Food Lowest Since End of OPA
New York reports a sharp decline in commodity prices, sparking cautious reassessment of 1949 forecasts. The AP index fell to 169.40, a seven point monthly drop and lowest since Feb 1947, with wholesale food costs at $5.89 per pound and major cuts in hog, corn, and wheat prices across key markets.
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New York
Associated Press
Cunard
Bradstreet
OPA
Kansas City
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Brannan
General Motors
Bureau of Labor Statistics
C. IT. 0
United Textile Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Congressmen feared spending spree threatens veterans bill
Washington reports House Democratic leaders fear a spending spree in the new Congress as they rely on presidential vetoes and opposition to higher taxes to block costly measures. Rankin prepares a veterans pension bill valued at about 2 billion dollars for the first year, while post office committee heads consider pay raises for postal workers, with leaders expecting easy passage in the House if not checked by the Senate or the President.
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Washington
House
Republians
House Post Office Committee
Post Office Committee
Rep. Murray
D.tenn
Ake Rankin
Newspapers Set All-time Record
New York reports U S daily and Sunday newspaper circulation reached an all time high in 1948. Daily circulation totaled 52 285 297 up 1 2 percent from 1947 while Sunday circulation stood at 46 308 081 up 2 7 percent. The year saw 12 more dailies bringing the total to 1781.
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New York
U. S
Governor Silent on Possible June Special Election
SACRAMENTO Feb. 4 Ur Gov Warren says he has given no thought to calling a special election in June if a repeal initiative to Proposition 4 qualifies for the ballot. He notes uncertainty over the initiative’s sponsor and effects and says he won’t decide until it develops. Any repeal attempt would need 204,672 signatures to qualify.
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Sacramento
Warren
San Francisco
Solons Probe Prices of Bread and Commodities
Washington February 4 Senate banking committee chairs Maybank announces a probe into high prices for bread lard and soap. The small business subcommittee will lead hearings next week to determine why consumer prices stay elevated despite reports of falling producer prices from farmers meat packers and exporters.
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Washington
Senate
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Constitution's Hop Said 1954 Preview
The navy's Constitution, a 92 ton airliner, flew from Moffett Field to Washington in nine hours 32 minutes with 90 aboard, the largest passenger flight to date. Lockheed engineer Hall Hibbard predicted commercial planes like it within five years at low cost, while the Navy calls the craft an invaluable national resource and a beacon for future air travel.
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Moffett Field
Calif
Washington
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Navy
Constitution
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Lockheed
Labor Law Debate on Taft Hartley and Emergency Strikes
Lawmakers clash over Taft Hartley provisions and the proposed administration bill. Roth defends keeping independent federal conciliation, urges reforms to national emergency strike rules and cooling off periods. Truman cites inherent powers while Taft warns any such power without statute endangers liberty.
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Roth
National War Labor Board
Rothako
Labor Department
Federal Conciliation Service
Administration Bil
Taft
Truman
Clark
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
United States
Blow at Broom Forces Navy Dust to Breathe
A British government team led by F. P. Ellis and W. F. Raymond reports sweeping the mess hall deck stirs dust that may cause tuberculosis. They find the Royal Navy’s TB rate over 35 years at 2.8 per 1000 men, higher than the army and air force.
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London
Royal Navy
F. P. Ellis
W. F. Raymond
Navy
Army
Air Force
Paraguay Ex President Goes Into Exile
ASUNCION Paraguay Feb 4 Juan Natalacio Gonzalez ousted president of Paraguay left for exile in Buenos Aires after a palace coup Jan 30. He was succeeded by provisional President Gen Raimundo Rotn.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Juan Natalacio Gonzalez
Buenos Aires
Gonzalez
Raimundo Rotn
Presidents powers in labor dispute debate grows
A Senate hearing on emergency labor powers features President Truman and Taft sparring over authority to block strikes. Arthur Goldberg of the CIO endorses the administration bill with minor clarifications. Senators Morse Aiken Pepper urge clear, specific powers while Truman cites Lincoln as historical precedent.
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White House
Taft
Clark
Truman Taft
Taft Ia
Congress
Truman
Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Morse
Sen. Morse
Mr. Truman
Ex-DP Leon Jolson Builds U S Success Story
An immigrant from a displaced persons camp in Germany rose to president of a sewing machine sales firm within a year, surpassing $1,000,000 in business with $25,000 net. He secured a $2,000 loan from United Service for New Americans and later donated $1,000 to the relief agency, urging others to share his luck. The article also notes a junk dealer drilling a well and finding ore samples with copper, suggesting a mining rush similar to early 1900s prospecting.
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W York
Leon Jolson
Germany
Jolson
Italy
United Service For New Americans, Inc
Jewish Relief Agency
Klinger
Oldsters
Arkansas Woman Aged 59 Has Baby
Helena Arkansas report of a 59 year old wife and nurse giving birth to her sixth child, a 5 pound 4 ounce son. Her husband is 65 and five older children are dead. Dr Eva Dodge calls the case very unusual. The mother will be 60 in April.
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Helena
Ark
Fred J. Turley
Eva Dodge
Universit of Arkansas Medical School
Turley
Nevada
Couple Reunited After 13 Years
Bakersfield report on Herman Peterson and his wife who were separated by war for 14 years. Mrs Peterson went to Halberstadt Germany in 1936 to dispose of inherited property and fell ill. He later traveled to Germany to find her but she could not travel. She remained there through the war while he returned to the United States. After the war he could not locate her until she reached out via friends in San Francisco.
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Bakersfield
Herman Petersons
Peterson
Halberstadt
Germany
San Francisco
Gold and Silver Boom in Boulder City
Boulder City Nev February 4 reports a new rush with over 100 gold and silver claims staked along a four mile stretch led by Art G Kilnger. The boom shows investors and miners flocking to the area amid eager speculation and prospecting activity.
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Boulder City
Boulder
Nev
Well
Sic
Old
Art G. Kilnger
Store Owner Tells of Cider Party Loss
Mount Vernon Ohio February 4 Mrs Icel Hensler reports $295 in merchandise from her general store was auctioned off during a hard cider party. She left Willam Welker in charge at Millwood. Several men auctioned the goods while passing around cider jugs. Hensler filed an embezzlement charge against Welker who pleaded innocence and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Icel Hensler
Salathiel Bumpus
Millwood
Willam Welker
California Gets Chicago Flowers From Winter Trade
California receives flowers from Chicago as cold weather devastates open field growth. Tulips daffodils irises jonquils lilies and related varieties are air shipped in large quantities, per M W Stevenson district traffic and sales manager of United Air.
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Chicago
California
M. W. Stevenson
Wales
United Aires
Car Stalls Flagged to Stop by Brakeman at Crossing
Henry Adams, 27, a Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad brakeman, flagged down Train No. 17 as his car stalled at the Ohio Street crossing. The diesel engine slowed and barely tapped the car, causing only a dented fender.
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Vaid ET
Ly Rep
Henry Adam
Adam
Ohio St
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Truman plan to form negotiator corps for international talks
The New York Times reports the Truman administration aims to create a special corps of negotiators to represent the United States in future conferences. It would keep Acheson in Washington, keep State Department leaders nearby, and use experienced negotiators on call for UN sessions, ministerial meetings, and commissions like the Austrian peace talks and Ruhr Authority.
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New York
New York Times
Truman Administration
United States
Washington Dispatch
James Reston
Acheson
Washington
State Departments
State Department
United Nations
Council of Foreign Ministers
New International Ruhr Authority
Lke
Burma Rebels Flee and Free Prisoners Near Rangoon
Karen rebels fled toward Hlanga north of Rangoon as government troops moved into Insein, freeing 1600 prisoners after catching the jail ablaze. British Capt. D. Vivian, jailed for arms supply, was released. Reports say Mon Saa n, a Freedom League secretary, was killed on the east coast near Moulmein.
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Rangoon
Burma
Hlanga
Insein
D. Vivian
Ilegally
U Laws
Traffic Crash Kills Clergyman's Wife
Mary Hall a 34 year old woman died instantly when her car struck a truck on a highway near Santa Barbara as she traveled with Reverend George Hall and his wife to a party. An inquest was scheduled to determine the cause of death. Gerald C Craig of Whittier was the truck driver.
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Santa Barbara
Mary Hall
Pacific Coast
George Hall
Routo
Gerald C. Craig
Whittler
New Atomic Cocktail Claims Quick Sobering Effect
TFOS ANGELES Feb 4 A new atomic cocktail designed to sober the drunk in hours was described by Dr Marcus Crahan Los Angeles County Jail physician to an Institute of Alcoholic Studies The mix of concentrated vitamins and glutamic acid in water costs 4 50 a loge Developed at University of Southern California alcoholism is the largest single medical potential in the world claiming 2000 California deaths yearly Dr Haven Emerson Columbia University urged viewers to compare polio death horror with alcoholism and warned Americans have developed the cocktail cult as a vicious misuse of alcohol
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Tfos Angeles
Marcus Crahan
Los Angeles
Institute of Alcoholic Studies
University of Southern California
California
Haven Emerson
Public Health
Columbia University
Institute
Emerson
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National Security Resources Board
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Etta Long
Mason, Mich
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Allan MacDonald
Ela
Solons
Qvashington
William M. Collins
First Constitution
Moffett
Burlington Railroad
Starling
Colo
Cheyenne
Wye
Dan
Sherman Sigler
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Sterling Advocate
A. P. Wirephato
Arkansas
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