U.S. to Slap Rent Ceilings on San Diego
The government sanctioned Rent Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods to impose federal rent control on residential areas in San Diego and five other defense housing zones. The order will roll rents back to near prewar levels with area specific base dates and sections targeted.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
San Diego
Calif
Woods’ Office
Davenport Rock Island-Moline
Iowa
Ilinois
Arca-Blackfoot- Idaho Falls
Idaho
Savanah River
Woods
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Robert A. Lovett
Congress
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Blaze at Renmark Hotel Displaces 175 Guests in Denver
Early morning fire at the Renmark Hotel on 17th and Welton streets drove 175 guests from beds. Police cordoned off streets as firefighters entered the smoke-filled building with inhalators. No injuries reported from the two alarm blaze.
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Denver
Renrmark Fotes
17Th
Welton Sts
Government Allows Dealers to Pass Through Car Price Increases
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Price Stabilization authorized automobile dealers to pass along factory price hikes to buyers after GM filed new lists. GM asked increases of 4.02 percent for Pontiacs and 3.20 for Buicks, with other makes raising 4.06 for Olds and 4.83 for Cadillacs. Ford and Chrysler also filed plans that could raise prices within five days. OPS noted low chances of rejection for Ford and Chrysler changes.
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Washington
General Motors
Office of Price Stabilization
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
OPS
Ford
Chrysler
Albatross Kill Defies Sea Legend On Research Vessel
In Port Angeles Washington a University of Washington research assistant John Slipp shot a rare white albatross sighted near the John N Cobb vessel off Cape Flattery. Crew faced repeated gear failures, a broken winch shaft, 542 hours to reel 1700 feet of cable, a broken rib for Ted Moellendorf, and Slipp’s seasickness before the ship returned to Seattle.
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Port Angeles
Wash
University of Washington
U. S Fish and Wildlife Service
John N. Cobb
John Slipp
Cape Flattery
Australia
Slipp
University Museum
Washington
Slpp
Coleridge
Ted Moellendorf
Seattle
Cook
Agreement Reached on Germany Pact
The Big Three foreign ministers announced a peace contract to make western Germany part of the European defense effort. They instructed Allied High Commissioners to begin talks with Bonn to end occupation and involve Germany in western defense, endorsing a European army and Schuman plan.
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Washington
Western
Germany
Iran
U.S
Bonn
U. S
Dean Acheson
Herbert Morrison
Robert Schuman
San Francisco
Russia
Allied High Commission
Witness testifies Boyle aided loan for Lithofold
E Toole former treasurer of American Lithofold Corp testifies RFC granted a twice refused loan three days after William M Boyle Jr. telephoned the RFC chairman. Boyle an official of the Democratic National Committee allegedly asked RFC chairman Harley Hise to meet Lithofold officials regarding the loan as Senate investigators probe RFC loans to the St. Louis firm. Toole discusses diary entries about efforts to obtain loans in 1948 and 1949 and mentions a February 28 1945 meeting with Lithofold officials and others.
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Washington
Jd. E. Toole
American Lithofold Corp
RFC
William M. Boyle Jr
Boyle
Democratic National Committee
Harley Hise
Litho
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
St. Louis
Litheford
National Democratic Party
Rec Joans
Toole
Ric Joans
Francis D. Flanagan
Toole J
Cecil Green
Lithofold
R. J. Blauner
James P. Finnegan
Weather outlook with improving skies and wind shift
Mostly clear tonight with low clouds and fog in the early morning. Slight warming expected tomorrow afternoon as winds shift from light variable to westerly at 12 to 20 mph.
Eisenhower drive to gain GOP nomination gains momentum
Hugh D Scott says General Eisenhower gave a green light to the Eisenhower for President movement. The Evening Bulletin reported Scott believes Eisenhower will run only as a formal draft if he runs, and that support within the GOP will intensify with figures like Duff and Dewey pushing the effort. Darby plans to visit Washington to bolster the drive.
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Philadelphia
Hugh D.scott
R.-Pa
GOP
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Evening Bulletin
Washington
Carl W. McCardle
Scott
Eisenhower
U. S
James H. Duff
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Duff
Dewey
Truman
Harry Darby
Kansas
Darby
Ousted Tax Man Indicted in Federal Case
Boston reports former Massachusetts collector of internal revenue Denis W. Delaney, fired by President Truman, indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking 12500 dollars to influence decisions and of issuing false certificates claiming 170000 in tax claims for three individuals and one corporation were settled, though they were not. Six counts include making statements and signing false certificates. Delaney had served as collector since 1944 and was suspended June 25.
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Boston
Danis W. Delaney
Truman
Massachusetts
Delaney
Oast
Charge Banker With Theft of $550,000
NEW KENSINGTON Pa Sept 14 AP for the second time in a month a prominent banker was charged with embezzling more than a half million dollars in this western Pennsylvania town William Paul Smeltzer 60 assistant cashier of the First National Bank is charged by the FBI with embezzling 550090 over the past 22 years He had kept full charge of the bank ledgers and reportedly took about 25000 yearly for more than two decades The case follows the earlier arrest of Ludwig Schlekat president of Par nassus National Bank who was charged with embezzling 360000 and was released on 50000 bond.
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William Paul Smelter
First National Bank of New Kensington
Pittsburgh
FBI
Smeltzer
Associated Press
New Kensington
Pennsylvania
William Paul Smeltzer
First National Bank
Ludwig Schlekat
Parnassus National Bank
Schlekat
William Paul Smeltzer Jr
Smeltzers
William Russell
Chiefs Hint at Retaliation if Foe Strikes
U S military leaders warned of possible Air Force retaliation in Korea if Communists launch an all-out aerial attack. Maj Gen Frank F Everest said strikes on Manchurian bases would follow if such an assault occurred, supported by defense officials noting UN plans to meet contingencies.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Korea
Frank F. Everest
Fifth Air Force
Manchuria
United Nations
U. N
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Manchurian
Rashin
Marines Drive Deep Into North Korea Front
United Nations forces push into North Korea with the Marines leading the eastern advance. Dense fighting causes heavy enemy casualties as Reds attack Marine lines under cover of darkness. On other fronts, UN troops breach near Kumbwa and west of Kansong engage armor and by-passed units before nightfall.
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Eighth Army
Ters
Korea
U. S
United Nations
North Korea
U.N
Kumbwa
Kansong
U. N
Warren urges biparty foreign policy and early Japan rearmament
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Earl Warren calls for a bipartisan U S foreign policy to guide world affairs. He favors early rearming Japan after peace treaty ratification and proposes a Pacific pact parallel to the Atlantic pact without mandating joint armies. He urges cross party cooperation at home and credits the Japanese treaty as proof of gains.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
United States
Warren
Japan
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
California
Acheson
Prince Becomes Pilot for British Airline
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 27, son of ex King Peter, took a pilot job with British European Airways Corp in London. Born in England, he is nephew of the Duchess of Kent and served in the RAF in the war. After demobilization in 1946 he managed a washing machines firm.
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London
Prince Alexander of
Yugoslavia
Peter
British European Airways Corp
England
Duchess of Kent
Explosions and Fire Ravage Boise Warehouse
A series of chemical blasts and a later fire damaged the Tennyson Transfer and Storage Company warehouse in Boise. Insurance adjuster estimated the loss at $350,000.
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Boise
Idaho
Tennyson Transfer and Storage Co
Ladjuster
Texas town swamped after 14 inches of rain in 12 hours
Alice Texas faced isolating floods as 14.21 inches of rain drenched the area in 12 hours. Amphibious vehicles evacuated residents while 21 000 people faced property losses. Red Cross officials warned the crest would fall but roads remained impassable and rail lines washed out. Volunteers aided evacuees from nearby towns and the Corpus Christi Naval Base assisted.
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Alice
Texas
R. E. Hariie
Jim Wells County
Red Cross
San Diego
Hariie
Curtis Vinson
The
Alice Echo
Lee
Corpus Christi Naval Base
San Antonio
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Houston
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