New Year Brings Hope for Consumers and Markets
U S reports signs of easier credit and cheaper food items in 1950. The Agriculture Department forecasts a record peacetime pork supply and a drop of eight to ten cents per dozen in eggs. The Federal Reserve Board notes easing installment terms and a growing money supply, with possible tax cuts on luxury items and rising costs for steel and coal.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Hike In Steel Price To Hurt Farmers
An Ohio Farm Bureau Federation spokesman warned that rising steel prices will widen farmers’ costs. John W. Sims noted farm prices are slipping while steel costs jump, citing a $4 per ton increase by U.S. Steel and other firms boosts. He argued farmers face higher prices for machinery as steel profits soar in twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
John W. Sims
Th Organization
U. S
Sims
Lausche appoints Della Adams to Cosmetology Board
Columbus AP reports Governor Frank J. Lausche named Mrs Della M. Adams of Ida as a member of the Ohio State Board of Cosmetology yesterday. Adams joins the board as it oversees licensing and standards for beauty professionals across the state.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Della M. Adams
Idma
State Board of Cosmetology
Safest year looming for coal miners
Pittsburgh RP reports optimism for 1949 safety in U S coal pits as industry officials credit safety education and equipment. With four-day workweeks during holidays, leaders say a calendar year without a major disaster is possible, noting 397 deaths in 1949's first ten months and 430 million tons produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Coal Association
United States Bureau of Mines
Russia to hear about St Nick on VOA broadcasts
WALINGTON AP Now even Santa Claus is in on the conflict with Russia. The jolly old gent will play a leading role on the Voice of America broadcasts to the Russian people this Christmas season. The idea is to show the Russians what a fine season Christmas is in the land they are taught by their government to hate and fear. Heavy emphasis also will be placed on the religious significance of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walington
Santa Claus
Russia
Voice of America
Del Corso Named Superintendent of Warrensville Workhouse
Cleveland AP reports Colonel S T Del Corso 36, VA training specialist, was appointed by Mayor Thomas A Burke late yesterday as superintendent of the Warrensville workhouse.
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Cleveland
Colony Club slot raid yields $1612.20 in Chesapeake
In Chesapeake the Colony Club slot machines yielded 1612.20 after a court ordered opening. An additional 786.80 was found in a club drawer and a bingo pot was implied. Eight men arrested faced gambling charges and were released on $1000 bonds. A ninth man escaped custody.
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Tronton, O
Colony Club
Chesapeake
Wilbur Payne
Com
James Collier
Ipleas
A. A. Rutkowski
W. ©. Rollison
Huntington
W. Va
Ernest McComas
Ray Bryan
Earl Erskine
Ironton
Everett Dean
C. L. Cabell
Carlton Robison
Earl Massie
Peter A. Burke
Lawrence County
Burke
Charles Palmer
T. S. Kinney
Alvin Harper
Kitts Hill
Glen Subbs
Irenton
W. S. Haskins
Continental Club
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
Two Die In Crash Near Cedar Rapids
Two Fort Warren soldiers en route home for Christmas were killed in a traffic crash near Cedar Rapids at about 1 a.m. The victims were John Neuckle of Conneaut Ohio and Leon T. Farley of Buffalo New York. Four other servicemen from Fort Warren were in the car, two of whom were hospitalized with injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Warren
Wyo
John Neuckle
Conneaut, O
Leon T. Farley
Buffalo
N. Y
Something For Nothing and the Illusion of Easy Wealth
A critical verse examines the lure of luck and giveaways that promise wealth with little effort. It contrasts the restless dream of riches with the reality that hard work yields a tidy sum, while many chase fortune by gambling and shortcuts, risking disappointment.
FBI probes dynamite plot against CIO UAW in Detroit
The FBI moved to investigate a dynamite plot targeting the CIO United Auto Workers in Detroit, reflecting the federal government’s first formal intervention in the UAW CIO troubles. Detroit police offered no clues to the blast at union headquarters while rewards neared a quarter million dollars.
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Detroit
FBI
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Howard McGrath
Uawcio
Union
UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
Detroit Times
Jack Pickering
Strike halts Cleveland transit. unions walkout after vote
Strikers halted Cleveland Transit System buses and streetcars as AFL Transit Union Local 268 members voted 496 to 287 to strike over 96 hour paid vacations. Mayor Burke condemned the move calling it a breach of promise and potential Ferguson Act penalties loom. CTS logs over 1,000,000 rides daily with 1,600 vehicles.
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Cleveland
AFL
Cleveland Transit System
Thomas P. Meaney
Ohio
Meaney
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Harry C. Lang
Lang
Unions International
Robert Stack
Detroit
Cleland Federation of Labor
CTS
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Columbus
Truman Urges Self-Defense as World Divides
President Truman told Arlington Cemetery attendees that the nation must stay ready in self defense while free peoples resist captivity. He warned that only by aiding those living under fear can the world avoid the spread of tyranny, as diplomats from Russia and Poland were absent. Yugoslavia’s ambassador attended, signaling shifting alignments.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington Cemetery
Mr. Truman
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Air Force
Russia
Poland
Mother and Child Sent To Jail in Pennsylvania
In Philadelphia a seven month old baby was sent to jail under a Pennsylvania law against separating mothers from nursing children. Mrs. Lillian Gilyard, 38, appeared with her infant as Judge Oliver G Parry sentenced her to four months in county prison for failing to report $587.50 earnings over two and a half years while receiving $3,000 in state aid. The judge ordered the baby to accompany the mother.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lillian Gilyad
Oliver G Parry
Commonwealth
Gilyard
Parry
Five Die In Charleston Rooming House Fire
A rooming house fire in Charleston West Virginia killed five people including two children. Victims were Yatie Cora Winston 38 and her children Sam my 3a and Beatrice two Henry James 42 and Eugene Clark about 30. Mrs Winston reportedly re entered to rescue the youngsters. Four others escaped. Fire Captain J M Sturgeon said a small gas heater likely started the blaze too close to a wall.
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Charleston
W. VA
Yatie Cora Winston
Sammy
Beatrice
Henry James
Eugene Clark
RFC Grants Aeronca Loan And Back Pay
John Lawler of Aeronca Aircraft Corp announced Recon struction Finance Corp approved a 209000 loan to rescue the firm from a year of difficulties. Local citizens raised 700000 in Aeronca stock purchases to meet loan terms, and 23000 was advanced to pay two weeks of September salaries. Lawler and Aeronca directors will assess the new financial position and decide the future course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawler
Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Aeronca
Lawler
Planes Collide Near Edenton North Carolina
An AP report states a Navy F4U fighter and an Army C47 Transport collided five miles north of Edenton. The fighter crashed while the damaged transport made a crash landing at the Marine Air Base. The fate of the fighter pilot was unknown and initial reports cited no injuries to the transport crew.
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Edenton N.C
Here
Marine Air Base
General MacArthur Seeks Neutral Probe on Repatriation
General MacArthur denounces Soviet hypocrisy and seeks an independent investigation into the fate of 376000 missing Japanese prisoners held by the Russians. He asks Washington to arrange talks with a neutral nation or the Red Cross as tensions rise between Allied Japan officials and the Soviet Mission amid protests outside the Soviet compound.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
International Red Cross
Allied Council For Japan
United States
Kuzma Derevyanko
W. J. Sebald
Arsenal blaze sickens fifty firefighters at Frankford arsenal
A fire in a windowless three story compartmented building at the Frankford arsenal sickened fifty city and arsenal firefighters. Firemen, using gas masks, battled through dense fumes and fog, with authorities saying the blaze was extinguished after four hours and details on cause and damage withheld. FBI and arsenal guards sealed the scene.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Arsenal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Not Running Dewey States Not Running
In Portland Oregon Gov Thomas E Dewey indicated he will not seek a 1952 presidential nomination The 1948 Republican candidate said in a letter to campaign manager John C Higgins that nothing could arise to change his decision and he would work to advance the party principles rather than pursue another bid.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
White House
Oregon
John C. Higgins
Dewey
New York
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Spirit Of Christmas Burns Bright In Destitute Town
Shalimar Maryland hosts a charity surge as aid pours in for 200 residents after the mine closed. More than 3000 dollars raised to feed and clothe children. Six and a half tons of clothing and food delivered, with gifts shared with nearby families across Maryland and West Virginia.
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Shalimar. Md
Lttle
Shalimars
Shallmar
Maryland
West Virginia
Yugoslav General Accuses Russia of Backdated Arms Deals
Belgrade reports that Gen Otmar Kreacic criticized the Soviet Union on Army Day for selling Yugoslavia second-hand arms and worn gunpowder at inflated prices. He claimed Yugoslavia built a modern army with Red Army guidance and warned against Soviet domination, noting Russia supplied unusable artillery and gear repainted as new.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Otmar Kreacic
Tito
Kreaci
Red Army
Alles
Kreach
Yugoslave Ia Artillery Engineering and Seal Corp
Sid Kreach
Soviet Union
Club License Is Suspended In Las Vegas
The Las Vegas city commission suspended the gambling license after reports it failed to pay a rival casino manager $47,000 of a $67,000 craps win. Flamingo manager Jack Duant reportedly collected only $20,000 cash from a 45 minute streak. the case moves to the State Tax Commission for approval.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Vay Club
Jack Duant
Flamingo
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