Truman Presses Congress for Strong Price Control Law
President Truman vows to press for a robust price control law to replace a new one tied to the Defense Production Act. OPS rushed price rollbacks and roll-forwards, setting new ceilings on radios, appliances, textiles, and building materials as lawmakers debate enforcement and wages.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
GOP
Representative Halleck
Disalle
Mr. Truman
OPS
Silver Balloon Poses Mystery Over Ohio
A huge silver balloon 150 to 200 feet wide drifted from Cleveland toward Harrisburg at 30 000 to 50 000 feet. Pilots and observers saw seams on its surface and authorities suspected a weather balloon. Selfridge Field interceptors pursued it but returned for fuel, and Pittsburgh Base sought updates on the drifting object.
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Youngstown
United States
Cleveland
Warren
Mercer
Harrisburg
Fred Branden
Selfridge Field
Akron
Greater Pittsburgh
Chester Watson
Cleveland Hopkins
Acheson Rejects Buffer Zone Plan In Korea Talks
Secretary of State Dean Acheson flatly rejected a Communist proposal for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel in Korea. He said the line is not defensible and the talks at Kaesong are military in nature, with the Reds attempting to turn them political. UN and Communist teams refused to budge on lines for a cease fire, insisting the buffer be drawn along current battle lines.
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Washington
State Acheson
Korea
Acheson
Peewee
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Kaesongere
North Korea
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner Joy
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Joy
Red
William P. Nuckles
Nam Il
Nuckols
Pee Repo Oy
Hague
Few Tenants To Be Hit By New Rent Lids
Washington AP says few tenants will face the full 20 percent rent increase allowed under the Defense Production Act as ORS officials note most already granted increases under prior laws or local adjustments will absorb 5 to 6 percent of the ceiling. The ORS will prioritize restoring rent ceilings in jammed defense areas after Defense Secretary Marshall and Mobilization Director Wilson certify communities as critical housing areas. About forty defense and military centers have been labeled critical to ease credit controls to spur new housing construction, though this may not suffice to reimpose ceilings.
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Washington
Office of Rent Stabilization
ORS
Office of Housing
The
Economic Stabilization Agency
Love Blooms After Forty Years In Hughes Romance Reignites
Adolph Urpman, 85, an insurance man from Zanesville, rekindled romance with Alice Rist after 49 years. They met in Hannibal in 1911, drifted apart during WWI, and reconnected after Urpman read she was hospitalized in West Virginia. He proposed and they wed last Saturday in St Clairsville, ending decades of separation.
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Zanesville
Adolph Urpman
Hannibal
Monroe County
Urpman
Martinsville
W. Va
Upman
St. Clairsville
Adolph W. Urpman
Alice Rist
Yankee Deal For Garver Reported
New York Journal-American reports a tentative Yankees Browns swap for right-hander Ned Garver of St. Louis. A failure to agree on terms could derail the deal if Garver finishes the current season with the tail-end club.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Journal-American
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Ned Garver
Korean War Casualties Reach 80079 Total
Washington AP reports U.S. battle casualties in Korea rose to 80079, up 356 from last week. The increase marks the smallest weekly rise since the initial summary last August.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Allied Defense Heads Meet Over Small Arms Standardization
Defense ministers of France Great Britain and Canada will meet U S Army Secretary Pace in Washington to coordinate standardization of small arms among the four nations armed forces.
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Washington
France
Great Britain
Canada
U.S. Army
Pace
Navy secret hoard oyster forks shrink to three thousand
Washington AP says Navy’s hidden stock of oyster forks was far smaller than feared. It owns 10 693 dozen total, only 3 252 usable, with 10 422 dozen too poorly made for general use. House subcommittee released testimony showing wartime purchases cost 731 189 dollars. Admiral Fox said the Navy would not buy them again.
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Washington
Navy
House
Tabor
RNY
Charles W. Fox
Bureau of Supplies
Mahon
Texas
Fox
Truman to End Tariff Concessions With Czechoslovakia
President Truman plans to cut off all American tariff concessions to Czechoslovakia, a move announced by the State Department. The action follows the arrest and trial of AP correspondent William N. Oatis, with travel bans to Czechoslovakia already in place, though some trade would remain possible under existing contracts.
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Washington
Truman
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Oatis
GATT
Geneva
U. S
Normal August Seen For Ohio Valley Area
Weather Bureau issued a long range forecast yesterday expecting August to run warmer than normal for most of the country. Temperatures in the Ohio Valley are forecast to average near normal and rainfall to be near normal as well.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Fool Mountain Takes Key Ridge In Five Day Assault
Allied infantry stormed Fool Mountain in East Korea during a five day battle as truce talks continued at Kaesong. The crest, defended by North Korean forces on three guardian hills, fell after repeated assaults and heavy shelling, leaving Allied casualties and only five prisoners.
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John Randolph
Koren
Fool Mountain
East Korea
Kaesong
Morrison Appeals for Free Exchange with Soviet Union
British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison urged a freer exchange of news and visitors with Russia, arguing ignorance fuels fear and a third world war could be averted if Moscow lifted restrictions. Pravda printed his appeal and countered with a harsh denial labeling Western claims as lies. News magazine offered to publish American writers to foster friendly relations, with the Times stating no comment.
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London
Russia
Herbert Morrison
Pravda
Morrison
Europe
Soviet Union
News
New York Times
New York
the Times
41,000-Man Draft Set For October
The Defense Department announced an October draft quota of 41,000 men split 5,000 for the Marine Corps and 36,000 for the Army. This total is 6,820 higher than September’s. Marines will draft 14,180 in August-October with volunteers, while Army drafts rose to 28,000 in September.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Felines Make News During The Dog Days
A motherless 10 day old kitten was freed from a wall by 22 men after an hour of effort following its mother’s death. The cat’s mother crawled through the wall to birth the kitten, likely struck by a car. In New York a tiger-striped kitten was rescued after a 46 hour operation when it fell into a five inch crevice while chasing pigeons under a Manhattan roof. Fatima the Persian cat died at 21 in Long Beach, claimed by her owners as one of the oldest cats in the United States, likened to a 147 year old human.
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Buffaloa
N. Y
Kitty
Manhattan
ASPCA
Long Beach
Calif
Fatima
Fred Williams
Fred King
United States
Williams
171 Casualties Listed in Korea Report
The Defense Department identified 171 additional U S battle casualties in Korea in List No 367 It reports 44 killed 96 wounded 13 missing in action and 18 injured in battle zone accidents The figures reflect additional casualties in the ongoing conflict with Korea during the period covered by the release
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Korea
Food index ticks up slightly this week in New York
Wholesale food prices measured by the Dun and Bradstreet index edged higher this week. The index rose to 6.91 from 6.90, marking a 5.8 percent increase over the year-ago level of 6.53, signaling a modest uptick in early price pressure.
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NEW York
Dun & Bradstreet
Hungary Warned On Deportations By Acheson Action
Secretary of State Acheson accused Hungary's Communist government of Nazi like deportations of its own citizens and said the United States is identifying individual Hungarian officials including the highest authorities responsible for the wholesale persecution.
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Washington
State Acheson
Hungary
United States
Fulbright Urges RFC Loan Probe in St Louis Fiber Firm
Senator Fulbright urges an investigation into a $565 000 RFC loan to a St Louis printing company. William M Boyle Jr, Democratic national chairman, is named in accounts of the loan and President Truman says he is looking into it.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
St. Louis
William M. Boyle
Truman
Federal Pay Hike Urged by House Committee
A House committee recommended a $400 yearly pay increase for most federal employees effective July 1. The proposal covers Civil Service workers legislative staff foreign service personnel Veterans Administration medical and surgery department staff and judiciary employees.
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Washington
House
Legislative
Foreign Service
Medical and Surgery Department
Veterans Administration
Judiciary
Ayres Confirmed For Congress Seat
A House subcommittee ruled Rep. William H. Ayres of Ohio the legal representative of the 14th district after former Rep. Walter B. Huber challenged Ayres victory. The Republican won the seat last November.
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Washington
House
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Ayres
Battle Lines Mostly Quiet Along Korean Fronts
Allied patrols faced light resistance at scattered points as U S forces consolidated a dominating hill mass on the eastern front won after a five day battle. An Eighth Army communique reported no significant enemy activity on that front Wednesday. The Fifth Air Force said its planes flew more than 13 000 individual July sorties averaging over 400 per day and did not wound some 7 600 troops in close support missions.
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U. S. Eighth Army
U. S
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Minor Leagues' Case Pleaded By Trautman
George C. Trautman heads the minor leagues and warns they would die if the rule blocking club movements between territories is dropped He testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee as Congressman Celler said the major league alignment is intolerable and must change The chairman noted no firm stance on granting major league status to the Pacific Coast League
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Washington
George C. Trautman
Congress
West Coast
Trautman
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Representative Celler
Celler
Italian priest expelled to wed American lover in Italy
Luciano Negrini says he was expelled from the priesthood and plans to marry Claire Young, an American-born 21 year old jailed awaiting deportation on August 6. Young’s mother asks America to refuse clearance, arguing the marriage is blocked by Italian law on grounds of Mrs Young’s lack of rationality.
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MILAN
Luciano Negrini
Claire Young
Miss Young
U.S
Eileen Young
Americanaw
Negrini
Italy
United States
Clevelander challenges state cigaret price fixing law
In Cleveland Ohio an East Side station operator Carl Marquardt contests the states price fixing law claiming a Supreme Court ruling on Fair Trade items renders the statute unconstitutional. He was fined $50 and costs for selling cigarettes under the six price above wholesale cost while continuing to offer them at $1.70 per pack. His attorney argues forcing uniform pricing violates anti trust laws and that he signed no Fair Trade agreement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
East Side
Carl Marquardt
Justice of Peace
Myron J. Penty
Marquardt
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles A. Baker
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