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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1947
Page
10
Most Marin County major grocery stores reopened today after a weeklong dispute with clerks over wages and hours. Stores operated without union clerks as AF of L. members returned to their posts.
Chicago November 12 Negotiations between railroad lines and 350000 operating employees may decide if another nationwide rail strike occurs. Talks begun October 7 at Union Station remain secret with 44 proposed rule changes on the table and Brotherhood demands for a 30 percent wage rise, minimum $3 daily.
A dubious report circulated in Prague and London claiming Russia possessed a nuclear bomb and that Soviet authorities planted a baiting story to lure Western intelligence. The Atomic Energy Commission denied July claims while sources in Paris and London offered conflicting notes about Soviet capability and German science at Atomgrad in Arctic Siberia.
North Platte Neb November 12 nine carloads of grain and other foods were headed to Friendship Train as it rolled across the state. Additional Colorado cars were attached at North Platte. Loaded cars stood ready at Kearney Grand Island Fremon and Omaha as Nebraskans contributed foods and cash for Europe.
SAN FRANCISCO Nov 12 UP Proposals for abolition of rent controls and a five year program to construct and sell 5 000 000 new homes headed for the floor at the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention The 40th annual gathering opened its first general session with executive committee approval of a demand that Congress repeal rent controls and that 1 000 000 homes be built and sold each year for five years President Morgan L Fitch of Chicago said politicians have put housing into politics and warned against collectivist trends while urging free enterprise and individual property ownership The committee declined to join Washington in calling for tax exemptions to aid the 5 000 000 home objective and recommended further study of the issue to ensure housing benefits reach those in need.
Washington dispatch reports wide Republican split over extending rent controls. Senator McCarthy warns it may be impossible to continue ceilings beyond Feb. 23. House Banking Committee head Wolcott says extension will be considered if rental demand isn’t met by March. Several bankers doubt housing will catch up by Feb. 29 expiration.
Mexican report says funeral arrangements for Prof Frank Medworth, Australian UNESCO conference delegate, who slashed both wrists in his hotel room, were incomplete awaiting instructions from Sydney.
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