Rent Control Continuation Predicted By Congress
Washington AP reports a key lawmaker predicts President Truman will seek and Congress will approve a continuation of federal rent controls beyond June 30 1950. Rep Barratt O Hara says controls must continue noting Harrodsburg Ky rent hikes and the potential impact on Chicago and large cities. He cites possible new legislation restricting controls to large cities, while the rent administrator may act independently. About 2 million dwellings already decontrolled leaving roughly 13 million still under control. Four states Nebraska Texas Wisconsin Alabama have moved to end federal control though Wisconsin has a state law and Alabama’s decontrol takes effect in May 1950.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Barratt O'Hara
House Banking Committee
Harrodsburg
Tighe E. Woods
Nebraska
Texas
Wisconsin
Alabama
London Strike Flares Anew In Power Plants
A three day wildcat strike at state owned power plants in London reignited as 2,700 workers voted to resume, yet only some returned. Troops kept partial production, weather reduced demand, and wage talks continue after a 71 cent weekly claim. Barking Station led with 1,600 workers returning, eight dissenters. Brimsdown Taylors Lane Little Brook followed.
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London
British Electricity Authority
Barking
Europe
Brimsdown
Taylors Lane
Little Brook
CAT Planes Dash to Formosa Amid Possible Recognition
Eight CAT planes under Maj Gen Claire L Chenault left Hong Kong for Formosa in a move linked to potential British recognition of Communist China. Eight more Chennault aircraft prepared to depart for the Nationalist island fortress as ground crews stayed behind in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Claire L. Chennault
Formosa
China
Chennault
Jessup to Tour Far East to Counter Communism
Philip C. Jessup, a top Admin istration adviser on Far Eastern policy, leaves Washington by train for a two month survey of Communist menaced lands around Red China. He sails from San Francisco for Japan arriving January 5 and visits Tokyo with General MacArthur before continuing to Bangkok India and Pakistan. He plans to meet US diplomats, discuss Formosa, a Japanese peace treaty, and measures to curb Communism in Indo China and Burma.
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U. S
MacArthur
Washington
Philip C. Jessup
Red China
Far East
San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Bangkok
Siam
India
Pakistan
United States
Mediterranean
Jessup
China
Formosa
General MacArthur
Indo-China
Burma
Senators Halt Coffee Hearings With Price Hikes
Washington AP Senator Gillette suspended public hearings on coffee costs citing a price drop in ads from 84 cents to 56 cents per pound. Officials reported ample coffee stocks and rising exports yet census data showed 100 million pounds moved from stocks in Oct Nov. He warned of market manipulation causing a 650 million dollar cost to U.S. consumers and hinted hearings could resume early next year if prices fall.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Congress
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Philip M. Hauser
John K. Havemeyer
State Department
U. S
Latin America
U.S
Toledo health chief notes polio death of 22-year-old man
Dr. Walter Hartung, Toledo city health commissioner, reported Leon L. Gehart, 22, died yesterday at the Toledo Contagious Disease Hospital from poliomyelitis.
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Toledo, O
Walter Hartung
Leon L. Gehart
Toledo Contagious Disease Hospital
Missing girl sought by helicopter near Kelso
Army helicopter joins five day search for Ruth Aberle, a 16 year old Girl Scout who vanished during a Christmas tree expedition northeast of Kelso Washington. Ground teams and bloodhounds have found no clue as twelve square miles wear torn by searchers. Officials vow to press on until the girl is found dead or alive amid harsh winter conditions.
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Kelso
Wash
Ruth Aberle
Here
Arthur Langlie
Fort Lewis
Seven Square Mile
First Christmas Tree Brightens Blind Two-Year-Old
Two-year-old Suzanne Bish born with cataracts over both pupils finally eyes her first Christmas tree after four operations funded by a campaign led by her American Legion friend. Doctors say one more operation could restore sight, marking a bright Christmas for the family.
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Pico
Cal
Suzanne Bish
Paul Bish
Suzanne
Bish
American Legion
The Bald Fact and the Rise of Patented Hair Loss
A humorous meditation on male baldness tracing the arc from thick curls to a shiny head and the social jibes it attracts. The subject endures jokes about thinning hair, then embraces the bald look as life continues, with wit replacing vanity.
Steel Industry Price Rumors Spark Inquiry Debate
CIO spokesman denounces rumors of pending steel price increases as the Senate House Economic Committee weighs incentives for small business investment. Senator O Mahoney warns a rise would prompt a congressional inquiry. Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel announces revisions to prices and costs, blaming freight rate boosts and CIO pension gains. Industry profits remain high though quarterly earnings show declines from 1948.
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Washington
CIO
Everett Kassalow
Full Employment Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
Chicago
Fairless
Philip Murray
Anthracite Coal Talks Resume In New Optimistic Tone
ANTHRACITE COAL TALKS RESUME IN NEW YORK AS UMW and Pennsylvanian hard coal operators reopen bargaining at the Waldorf Astoria. Thomas Kennedy and Edward Griffith reported progress though no conclusions were reached. UMW President John L Lewis remained a mystery figure, possibly joining today’s session after attending Tuesday’s talks.
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New York
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Edward Griffith
Griffith
John L. Lewis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Woman Facing Slaying Charge In El Paso
A 22 year old woman Edna Mead is charged with murder after telling officers she found her mother Ada Bradford 63 hitting herself in the head with a hammer. Bradford was found dead in her El Paso home with a crushed head following a quarrel over Edna's marriage to baritone Philip Mead. Mead, a former Columbus art student, studied at a Massachusetts music school on a Boston Symphony Orchestra scholarship.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ada Bradford
Edna Mead
Edna
Philip Mead
Columbus, O
Mead
Massachusetts
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Theft Is Solved in Willoughby High Siren Case
Police Chief James C. Billson said three youths were questioned about the theft of a clarinet from Willoughby High School and the siren from a fire truck. They admitted taking the instrument and claimed responsibility for the siren's disappearance last week.
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Willoughby, O
James C. Billson
Willoughby High School
Repeal Of War Time Excise Taxes Under Study
President Truman said treasury and Ways and Means staff experts are studying whether war time excise taxes can be repealed. He noted balance of the budget remains his aim and said the budget message to Congress in January will cover the plan. The press conference occurred at Key West, with questions on taxes, unification, and new housing legislation.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Washington
House Ways and Means
Navy
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Sawyers
Frank Pace
Arliegh A. Burke
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Edwin G. Nourse
Economic Advisory Council
Clark M. Clifford
J. Copeland Gray
National Labor Relations Board
Fire destroys Texas rental house kills dozen workers
ROTAN Texas AP Twelve or thirteen Latin American migrant farm workers burned to death in a four room rental house on a C A Douhit farm eight miles northeast of Rotan. Blackened ruins found at 9 am. Field worker Gordo Trevino discovered the tragedy and alerted farmer Henry Cosby.
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Rotan
Tex
Here
C. A
Texas
Abilene
Gordo Trevino
Trevino
Henry Cosby
Five Die In Home Fire In Toledo Ohio
A two alarm blaze in Washington Township Toledo killed three members of a family a three year old ward and a roomer. Benjamin Bennett 56 his wife Reverend Mary Bennett 52 both employed Laura Bennett Dana Hutchinson 3 died. Fire chief Eldon LaFollette cited an overheated coal furnace in the basement as the cause with damage about 10000 dollars.
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Toledo, O
Washington Township
Benjamin Bennett
Mary Bennett
Spiritualist Church
Laura
Dana Hutchinson
Lucas County Welfare Board
Bennett
Eldon LaFollette
Trilby
Charged in Slaying Noted in Cincinnati Case
A murder charge was filed against Rose Riyouse, 42, in the double slaying of Earl Palmore, 25, and his wife Jean, 21, Monday night in Cincinnati. Riyouse surrendered after the arrest following a dispute over a light bulb, per Detective Lieut. William Burks.
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Cincinnati
Rose Riyouse
Earl Palmore
Jean
Riyouse
William Burks
Sioux City Swift plant blast kills sixteen and injures many
Workmen searched charred rubble of the Swift and Company packing plant office building for four missing as the blast killed 16 and wounded about 90. Fire officials blamed natural gas, damage projected over 1 million dollars, while investigators from the company and authorities probes.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
Clarence Chappelle
Charles Kuhl
Edwin L. Lande
Compan
Chcago
Pep Tee
Pattertag
Fate Arm in Swift and Company Blast in Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa an explosion tore through the Swift and Company brick building killing Ruth Teager a vacation relief nurse. Melvina Abbe narrowly avoided the blast after requesting headache relief from coworker Frida Walker who had given her aspirin moments earlier. Glendon Merrill Johnson a World War II truck driver was among the dead.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Swift and Company
Melvina Abbe
Freda Walker
Abbe
Stores Razed in Detroit Blast Injures Six
In northwest Detroit flames and a wild gas explosion destroyed five stores near Wyoming and Schoolcraft Avenue after 8 p.m. Four firefighters and a policeman, plus a store employee, were injured. The blast began at Greater Wyoming Market then hit Tom's Grill, K-John Camera Shop, Ridley Cleaners and Brighter Homes Paint Shop. Gas from a high pressure main apparently ignited by a small spark. Police warned residents and halted traffic as emergency crews responded.
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Detroit
Wyoming
Schoolcraft Ave
Greater
Tom's Grill
K-John
Ridley Cleaners
Brighter Homes
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
World Universal Government Seen as Real Protection Against Bomb
Dr. Harold C. Urey urged Western democracies to form a limited political union and invite others to participate, aiming for a world federation to undermine dictatorships in Eastern Europe and Asia. He spoke at an Atlantic Union Committee meeting, advocating a Federal Union via Congress as hearings begin next year.
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Washington
Harold C. Urey
Whch
Europe
Asia
Urey
Atlantic Union Committee
Truman
Conference of the Seven Nations
House
University of Chicago
Britain Holding Atomic Weapon Claim In Mirror Story
London AP report notes The Daily Mirror implied Britain has an atomic bomb. The tabloid cited an unattributed writer claiming Britain's weapon would not be tested alongside American super-atom bombs, but no other source confirmed the assertion.
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London
The
Daily Mirror
Britain
Ronald Bedford
Error corrected in Lancaster County jury verdict slip
Lancaster County jurors signed the wrong slip yesterday naming Charles Clark, 68, of Carroll as guilty for a failure to stop after an accident. The error was corrected and the intended verdict of not guilty was entered in the records.
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Lancaster
Fairefield County
Charles Clark
Carroll
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