Wholesale. Prices of Food Soar to All-time Records
Wholesale food prices surged to a record high for the week ended yesterday, with Dun and Bradstreet reporting an index rise to 7.12 from 7.02 a week earlier and 5.03 a year ago. Retail prices followed with butter up over 20 cents a pound and eggs higher, while meat demand waned as housewives balked at high costs. Prices varied by city, with declines in some western markets and steady or rising levels elsewhere. authorities considered margin hikes and urged reduced meat consumption to curb inflation.
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La Guardia Fails to Rally After Collapse at Home
Former Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia, 64, suffered a collapse at his New York home last night and showed no signs of rallying as of early today. Dr George Baehr reported no immediate change and twice daily bulletins will be issued with any updates.
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Truman's Ship Avoiding Storm Aboard U S S Missouri
President Truman's party aboard the battleship Missouri faced a hurricane off Florida's coast. Officers said evasive action would be taken if needed to avoid the storm as Missouri, 900 miles east of St. Augustine, would outrun any shift. The ship plans to debark Friday at Norfolk, with Truman returning to the White House Saturday.
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Spitfire Pilot Drowns After Victory Roll Request
In Bournemouth on September 17 a Spitfire pilot Skyte Flight Lt B Green Canadian drowned after attempting a victory roll for a boy spectator who radioed a request during an RAF Show. The plane dived into the sea following the failed stunt.
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Marshall urges UN action to curb Soviet veto power
Secretary of State Marshall urged the United Nations to save Greece from Communist aggression and protect the world body from Soviet veto abuse. He proposed a 55 nation General Assembly blame Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania for hostile acts against Greece and name a border commission to prevent further trouble. Marshall pressed for a security commission to keep constant watch on world peace problems. Vishinsky, silent amid Marshall's attack, said he would comment in a future speech.
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Floods Hit Tokyo Suburbs as Tone River Surges
Flood waters from the Tone River push toward Tokyo suburbs with unofficial death and missing tallies climbing to 2947 in a typhoon disaster. Hurricanes advance forewarned, tens of thousands evacuated as a truck washout near Ojim claimed two American soldiers. The home ministry reports about 4485 homeless families.
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Massive Alaska Storm Swirl Threat Near Nome Coast
A severe storm described as very heavy and unusual moved across the Bering Sea west of Nome on Sept 17. Arctic winds pushed high seas and heavy surf toward the northern Alaska coast, threatening coastal communities with surge and flooding.
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Forrestal Becomes Nation's First Defense Secretary
Secretary James Forrestal was sworn in as the first civilian head of the defense department uniting the Army Navy and Air Forces. The ceremony in the Navy Department drew top military leaders including Eisenhower and Spaatz as Congress had created a unified defense post with cabinet status. Forrestal plans to base headquarters in the Pentagon next week.
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Dancer's Trial in Cuba Postponed
In Havana a 22-year-old Patricia Schmidt dancer from Toledo Ohio faces a Cuban court for allegedly shooting Jon Lester Mee aboard a yacht in Havana harbor last April. The trial, initially set for today with a three judge panel, was postponed with a new date to be announced within 10 days. Charles Jackson of River Forest Illinois charged with concealing information about the shooting also had his trial postponed.
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Egyptians Boycott American Goods News Note
Egyptian officials announce a boycott campaign against British and American goods. Three Cairo merchants report cancelling orders totaling £30,000 plus $120,000 and seek Soviet legation assistance for the same.
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Bud Asserts He is Victim of Circumstances
Santa Ana set piece recounts George R. Gollum known as Bud denying knowledge of how the cruiser Mary E exploded near Newport Harbor on March 15 with Mr and Mrs Walter E Overell aboard. He claims a nosebleed incident explains bloodstained clothing found in his car and says he did not murder the Overells.
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Relief Shipments by U S Cut Sharply
Washington report says the government will sharply cut November relief shipments abroad to better appraise foreign and domestic food demands and price effects. Agriculture Department notes November grain exports will be 35 percent below October and 43 percent below the July October average. Commerce adds some retail meat prices may drop this fall as meat supply increases.
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Forest fires sweep Mendocino region in strong winds
Wildfire in Mendocino National Forest raged under 30 mile per hour winds, scorching about 20 000 acres and destroying up to 30 million feet of timber. The Army Air Force mobilized 100 firefighters, with plans to rush 200 more, plus helicopters from California as lookouts and families evacuated. Elsewhere in California fires burned 800 acres locally and 3 000 acres across Tulare and Fresno counties, with crews of 200 on duty and Quincy briefly cut power. Castle Rock fire near Sequoia National Park came under control after showers aided firefighting. only damage was to the Castle Grove sequoias.
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Million Driven Out by Pakistan Floods
Massive floods in northern India basins drive an estimated four million people from homes in five districts. Rescue boats rush in as villagers cling to treetops and subsist on leaves amid the deluge from the Ganges and Jumna rivers.
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Solon Asks Meeting on Living Costs
Sen Bridges urged President Truman to summon leaders from government labor industry agriculture business and finance to discuss voluntary action to curb the high cost of living. He warned that without such action public demand for government controls may grow and called for an immediate national conference.
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Challenge Issued as Menzies Questions Bank Nationalization
In Canberra on September 17, Opposition leader Robert Gordon Menzies moved a no confidence resolution against Prime Minister J. B. Chifley. He pressed the government to open a new Parliament session and asked if the people would be allowed to vote on nationalizing private trading banks.
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Florida Storm Barrages Fort Lauderdale Coast
A giant hurricane moved inland across Florida’s lower east coast, with Fort Lauderdale and Miami hit by fierce winds up to 120 mph and heavy rain. One death by electrocution reported. power outages and closed causeways isolated Miami Beach as thousands sought shelter in schools and public buildings. Red Cross says 15,000 to 20,000 refugees in West Palm Beach area. Coast Guard and planes damaged, refugees evacuated, and citrus growers fear crop losses as the storm heads toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Russians Dismantle Reich Rail Lines in Eastern Germany
BERLIN Sept 17 The Russians have dismantled for reparations more than 4373 miles of railroad trackage in eastern Germany per the German Censui Ministry for Transport annual report cited by the Kurier. The report says only three German road lines in the Russian zone remain double tracked.
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