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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1948
Page
8
Washington report states the Supreme Court agreed to review the legality of peacetime rent controls, after a Justice Department request to review Federal Judge rulings. The decision signals a major test of housing policy and constitutional questions surrounding government regulation of rents.
U S District Court in Cleveland ruled the 1947 rent control act invalid. Judge Paul Jones held Congress cannot regulate rents under war powers as the nation is at peace and con sidering the act expired December 31, 1946. The decision affects Cloyd W. Miller owner of a Cleveland apartment house. the Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court.
Washington AP report says Attorney General orders a federal grand jury investigation into the food industry in the St Louis metropolitan area focusing on milk production and pricing. Four Justice Department assistants join U S Attorney Drake Watson in the probe. they arrive with authorization letters and will convene the grand jury immediately.
SINGLE LEADER R Minn and another member said Congress must pay any cost to do the job right. Judd likened today to the wartime push into Europe and said we cannot invade Normandy without using all reserves. He agreed a strong Republican bloc in the House will oppose Marshall on overall recovery program control. Penicillin requires six to eight hours for maximum effect.
For years Dr Edwards relieved patients bothered by constipation with Olive Tablets his famous product now sold in all drugstores. Olive Tablets act on both upper and lower bowels to produce more natural like movement without harsh stimulants.
Senator Thomas says since entering the Senate he has severed all business connections and engaged only in representing Oklahomans. He explains investments in income properties, bonds, stocks, and commodities with profits public and legal, citing high living costs and campaign expenses. The controversy centers on insider profits in commodities, including claims against Edwin W. Pauley who says he earned about one million dollars in three years. Pauley accuses Stassen of false statements and vows to expose him if he testifies before a Senate panel.
The GOP blasts rising consumer goods costs and warns of new scarcities. Senator Sparkman says trims are nearly maxed. Senator Wherry urges deeper outlay cuts, though defense spending should stay. Johnson predicts cuts to 34 billion with 2 billion from foreign aid. Brewster regrets slow domestic cuts. Dworshak calls out wartime waste. Ives seeks reductions without harming core functions. Connally asserts heavy military outlays are necessary amid world chaos.
The plan outlines funding to maintain current military strength and inaugurate a universal training program, with major totals for international aid, veterans, social welfare, debt interest, natural resources, atomic energy, and transportation. It highlights significant increases for education, health, and infrastructure while trimming general government spending.
The Supreme Court ordered Oklahoma to provide immediate law school training facilities for a Negro applicant at the all white University of Oklahoma law school. The order requires equal facilities as for white applicants and to provide them as soon as for any other group. The justices did not rule on declaring segregation unconstitutional.
In a postwar housing era a modest home near Park Avenue stands as a refuge for Janice and Graham Huary amid modernization. Janice seeks solitude as her mother’s gaze follows, and the scene hints at a deeper family friction to be continued.
President outlines a long list of federal spending aims including anti inflation, labor, housing, health insurance, and social security expansions. He stresses education, flood control, housing, atomic energy, and a long range housing program as essential to national strength and welfare.
A garbled OCR excerpt lists many large corporations and industries such as Bethlehem Steel General Electric General Motors Union Aircraft United Airlines Standard Oil Allied Stores Chrysler United States Rubber and others. It includes scattered percentages like 165 and 11 percent, with stray numbers and letters.
The FBI Army and War Assets Administration were named as knowing about the sales. FBI declined comment and WAR officials were unavailable. Representatives Taber and Auchincloss demanded an explanation of the sales amid the dispute. The piece notes Gibraltar was captured by the British from Spain in 1704.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson asked Congress for stand by authority to control wholesale meat prices while suggesting retail price ceilings are unlikely. He told the Senate Banking Committee that select price controls may be needed and wholesale control could suffice.
Conley Canada, 24, of Miamisburg, is to be arraigned next Monday before Judge Rex Weaver in Miamisburg Court on a manslaughter charge in the death of Betty Hughes, 18, of Dayton. He was driving a car that struck a second vehicle in which Hughes was a passenger near Route 25. She died at Miami Valley Hospital from injuries. Police say Canada was on the wrong side of the street when the accident occurred.
A list of programs and hosts appears for a radio schedule including P M News Easy Aces News Don Meeks Music Masterworks Fulton Lewis Jr Henry J Taylor and High Adventure, indicating this broadcast lineup for a station segment.
Classified notice listing Inland Container Corp. employment for draftsmen and a permanent paper mill equipment position. Mentions ad writer assistance and mail applications to SHARTLE BROS Maddiee Clerk St.
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