Freezing Prices and Wages Show Glimpse of Easing
Washington explains the temporary price and wage freeze amid inflation fears. Wages may rise for some workers while prices for foods edge up. parity rules delay freezes for farmers until parity is reached. DiSalle leads OPS with Ching and Johnston coordinating wage rules. enforcement seeks FBI help as staff shortage hampers policing.
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ESA
Wage Stabilization Board
Michael V. DiSalle
Cyrus
Ching
Johnston
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
S.O.S
FBI
Douglas
D-Ill
Eric Johnston
Remai
Coal wage‑price freeze tests early exemption hopes
Washington AP reports coal industry sources expect an early exemption from the freeze order to allow a $1.60 daily miner wage increase and price hikes planned for February 1. Officials warn delays may trigger a coal-field strike, while wage stabilization efforts pursue a flexible formula to replace the freeze amid enforcement moves and resignations.
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Washington
Naval Force Raids Inchon as Troops Drive Near Seoul
Gun-toting South Korean sailors landed at Inchon in a dawn raid while Allied tanks and troops pressed toward Seoul. Four hours of action east of Inchon preceded a tank thrust four and a half miles north of Suwon near Korea’s airfield, with American Turkish British and South Korean forces in the advance.
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Inchon
Seoul
Suwon
Korea
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Cayuga
Hank
Heartbreak Highway
Kumyangjang
Eighth Army
United Nations
MacArthur
Ichon
Yoju
Reds
U. S
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kumyangiang
Osan
50Th Army
Kumyangjang-Ichon
Hall
Suwo
Korean Peninsula
Yongwol
Tom Stone
Rabbi Criticizes Nimitz Record On Pro-Communist Issue
Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, national director of the Jewish League Against Communism, called Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s leadership of Truman’s internal security commission a “bad record” on loyalty. He said Nimitz, a naval hero, is being used to whitewash pro-Communist elements and questioned the commission’s effectiveness in a Yonkers New York meeting.
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Jewish League Against Communism
Benjamin Schultz
Chester W. Nimitz
Truman
New Commission On Internal Security
Nimitz
Schultz
Marshall
Temple Emanu-El
Yonkers
N. Y
Women’s Patriotic Conference On National Defense
University of California
China
Admiral Radford foresees more amphibious actions in Korea
Tokyo AP dispatch reports Adm. Arthur W. Radford saying the U S would launch additional amphibious assaults if the Korean war continues. He said the Pacific fleet can stay in Korea and that conversations with officials have yielded optimism about future operations.
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Tokyo
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Korea
Radford
Influenza Toll Rises in England and Wales
The Health Ministry reports 1,099 deaths from influenza in England and Wales last week, up 213 from the prior week, across 126 towns including London.
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England
Wales
Health Ministry
England and
Representative Bender Questions UN Effectiveness and Leadership
Representative Bender of Ohio criticized the United Nations as not an effective debating society and said it has lost the capacity to reach decisions. He argued there is no emerging personality to provide global moral leadership.
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Washington
Repreentative Bender
R-Ohio
United Nations
Bender
Alabama GI Describes Korea Front as Yo Yo Run
Pfc. John Morrison of Florala Alabama marched through Suwon Korea with AP reporter Jim Becker noting his remark that after three passes through the town he felt like a yo yo amid the back and forth fighting.
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Korea
Alabama
Pfc
John Morrison
Florala
Ala
Suwon
Jim Becker
U S bans Russian crabmeat over forced labor claims
The Treasury Department barred imports of Russian crabmeat alleging it is produced by forced convict and indentured labor. This marks the first Soviet product import ban since 1933 diplomatic ties began.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Treasury Department
U. S
Tudor Dies In Chair For Slaying Of Springfield Girl
Dwight David Tudor, 28, executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the 1948 murder of 14-year-old Mary Ann Page near Springfield. Tudor, a former Army medic wounded at Anzio, confessed the shooting after driving the victim and a friend to Boone Station School. He claimed insanity but was found legally sane. he stated she offered no homeward path and he would have fired more if possible.
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Springfield
Columbus
Dwight David Tudor
Ohio Penitentiary
Army Medica
Anzio
Mary Ann Page
Boone Station
Clark County
State Supreme Court
Tudor
Frank J. Lausche
Danny
Page
Boone Station School
Lima State Hospital
Nine Yugoslavs jailed for alleged plot against Tito
Belgrade reports nine middle aged Yugoslavs convicted of a plot to overthrow the Tito government by force were given prison terms from eight months to 16 years. One defendant was acquitted.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Draft May Hit New Husbands and WWII Veterans
House Armed Services Committee weighs extending the draft to World War II veterans and men aged 19 to 26 who recently married. Chairman Vinson questions deferment rules and signals study of adding married men to the pool while resisting immediate 18 year old conscription. The panel seeks Defense Department input on tightening deferments and manpower.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Korea
Defense Department
Department
Acheson Says French Talks Won’t Bind Us
Secretary of State Acheson told Congress that U S French talks starting Monday will not form any formal agreement. Senator Connally said the briefing covered plans to bolster France defenses and link U S aid to French efforts, amid worries over Communist influence in the French Assembly.
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Washington
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol Hill
Committee
Truman
U. S
Pleven
France
Senate Group
America
U.S
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Far East
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
General Assembly
GI Dies Five Days After Son Is Born
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania AP report Corporal Kuzminski killed in Korea five days after his son’s birth On September 15 he became a father He had been decorated twice in World War II His sister Stella a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps died on duty in July 1944
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Wilkes-Barre
Benjamin Kuzminski
Kuzminski
Stella
Army Nurse Corps
McCabe Urges Higher Taxes Before Congress
Federal Reserve Board chairman Thomas B. McCabe told Congress the nation can afford much higher taxes as he urged quick enactment. He said the economy is prosperous and able to absorb more taxes while warning that further restraining credit could be needed to fight inflation.
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Philadelphia
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Thomas B. McCabe
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
McCabe
Scott Paper Company
Chester
Total federal freeze on nondefense steel construction planned
Albany New York reports a forthcoming federal order to halt nondefense steel construction for 18 months after June 1 affecting highways colleges schools and similar facilities with hospitals likely exempt. The order could start in 30 days and be adjusted as world events change per Defense Mobilization Board guidance.
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Edward Phelps
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E Dewey
U. S. Defense Mobilization Board
AFL Blasts Freeze On Waves
Miami Beach AP report says the AFL Executive Council recesses as it considers the wage price freeze announced in Washington. President William Green calls the action unfair to labor noting rising prices while wages stay flat.
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Washington
Miami Beach
AFL
William Green
Barberton Names Luther H Culbertson Fire Chief
Luther H. Culbertson, 55, veteran of 22 years with the Barberton fire department, was named fire chief by Mayor Theodore L. Parker after serving as acting chief since the death of Chief Edward H. Perry on December 22.
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Barberton
Luther H. Culbertson
Theodore L. Parker
Culbertson
Edward H. Perry
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