OPS Food Lids Are Expected To Cut Prices
Grocers nationwide move to a new price control system under Office of Price Stabilization orders. By April 30 they must complete the switch to fixed markups across 38 food categories, with ceilings posted in stores and weekly refiguring after April 30. The plan aims for more price decreases than increases but bulls on farm price moves may offset reductions.
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OPS
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V DiSalle
DiSalle
OPA
Rosenbergs and Sobell Convicted in Atom Spy Case
In New York AP reports Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and David Greenglass were convicted of passing wartime atomic secrets to Russia, with potential death sentences. The jury deliberated seven hours after a trial linked to Klaus Fuchs and a ring involving Yakovlev. Greenglass testified he provided Los Alamos secrets to the Rosenbergs for relay to the Russians.
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Russia
United States
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Klaus Fuchs
England
Nagasaki
Japan
David Greenglass
Ethel Rosenberg
Greenglass
Anatoli A. Yakovlev
Greengrass
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Hosenbergs
Contempt case looms as Croft defies Senate panel
Washington AP John Croft linked to Northern Kentucky gambling refused to answer Senate crime investigators questions after a brief closed session. He was released on 10000 bond facing possible contempt charges. O'Conor said Croft and four other witnesses would get another chance tomorrow to talk and avoid prosecution.
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Louis Rothkopf
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Greasy Thum) Guzik
William G. O'Brien
Kleinman
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O’brien
Capone Syndicate
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Kreimman
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O’conor
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Yorkshire Club
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Merchants Club
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Bahamas
Cincinnati
FBI
Florida Keys
Miami
James H. Brink
Ohio River
Newport
Tobey
New Hampshire
Wiley
Wisconsin
Nto
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Communists Rebuke MacArthur Peace Bid in Tokyo Broadcast
The Peiping radio dismissed General MacArthur's peace offer as impertinent and a "single laugh," claiming the United States and Britain seek a direct invasion of China while the Chinese people vow to defend Korea. Meanwhile front reports describe steady Allied gains around Kapyong, Chunchon, and Uijongbu as Communist forces resist with heavy mortar and tank fire.
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Red
China
MacArthur
Peiping
Kores
Korea
United Nations
Washington Administration
Chinese Committee For the Defense of Peace
Kyodo
United States
Britain
Kapyong
Nate Polonetsky
Chunchon
Pukhan
Seyhan
Uijongbu
Redlands
Flaming Food Cafe Destroyed By Blaze
Akron AP reports the Bubble Bar known as the House of Flaming Food was destroyed by a fire that began in the cellar after midnight. Operator Nick Yanko estimated damage at 75000 dollars. Firemen could not determine the cause.
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AKRON
Nick Yanko
Auriol Urges French Will To Fight And Restrain Aggression
President Vincent Auriol told a National Press Club luncheon that France will do all in its power to resist and deter aggression and to keep peace. He rejected claims France will not fight, calling them cruel and unjust and cited 130000 troops in Indo China to prevent Communist takeovers, with 28000 dead since 1945 and costs reaching 2.45 billion dollars.
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Washington
Vincent Auriol
France
National Press Club
Russia
Communistropaganda
Indo-China
West Greets New Red Plan For Big Four
Western sources greeted Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Anrei Gromyko's proposals for a foreign ministers conference agenda with cautious optimism. The United States Britain and France met at the French Foreign Ministry to discuss the new suggestions and postponed today's planned meeting with Gromyko to allow more deliberation.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Anrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Studebaker Orders 20 Percent Layoffs in US plants
SOUTH BEND Ind AP Studebaker Corporation announced a 20 per cent layoff due to government restrictions on steel copper and other materials About 4000 of the 20000 employees will be laid off next Monday P O Peterson vice president manufacturing said Studebaker also eliminated spare tires from its cars joining other auto makers in the move.
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South Bend, Ind
Studebaker Corporation
P. O. Peterson
Studebaker
Senator Vandenberg in serious condition in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Michigan Senator Vandenberg Republican of Michigan remains in serious condition at home. The illness status was unchanged today as medical staff monitor his condition closely.
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Grand Rapid, Mich
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bie
UN Road Marker Tests Abandoned
Columbus AP State Highway Department abandoned its test of United Nations road markers after curiosity seekers created a traffic hazard on an eight and a half mile stretch with 24 signs. Highway Director T J Kauer said the termination stemmed from safety concerns, not criticism from motorists who opposed foreign signs.
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Columbus
United Nations
T. J. Kauer
Strokesman
U S Casualties Rise To 57 120 In Korea War
Washington AP reports total American casualties in Korea now 57 120, up 1 306 from the prior week through March 23. The breakdown shows 8 511 killed 37 918 wounded 10 691 missing in action with 902 total combat deaths and 9 340 currently missing after 1 063 have returned and 111 are prisoners of war.
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Washington
Korea
U.S
WSB Talks Stalled on Wage Stabilization Board
Washington AP reports Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston may urge Congress to revive the Wage Stabilization Board unless management and labor accept his peace proposal in days. Johnston met for two and a half hours with labor chiefs but no progress appeared.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Management
Labor
Johnston
All-Girl Crew Schooner Missing Off Florida Keys
Navy and Coast Guard intensified air and surface searches for eight girls and their skipper after the 43 foot Tropicair disappeared in rough seas off the lower Florida Keys. Planes and cutters scoured Gulf Stream and Dry Tortugas areas while two reports matched a similar schooner, possibly the Princess. Tropicair had previously sailed with St. Petersburg Havana racers and carried a four day food supply.
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Fla
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Tropicair
Weather Bureau
St. Petersburg
Key West
Gulf Stream
Tropican
Gulf Branch
Princess
le Hederman
Havana
Five percent sales tax proposal and spending cut urged
The Committee for Economic Development urged a national 5 percent retail sales tax and a $6 billion government spending cut to balance the federal budget. It also proposed a possible $10 billion tax rise, tighter credit controls, and a private savings push to create a 2 to 3 billion dollar surplus in 1952.
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Committee For Economic Development
Businessmen’s
Seven Feared Trapped In Colorado Snow
A seven person group including two children was feared trapped in Devils Head area after a blizzard dumped heavy snow on the Rampart Range between Denver and Colorado Springs. A rescue party from Lowry Air Force Base and local patrols searched forest roads for the missing group.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Devils Head
Rampart Range
Colorado Springs
Trolley Crash Injures Four On Detroit Superior Bridge
A street car collision on the Detroit Superior bridge during morning rush hour injures four passengers. An eastbound car stalled on the bridge span and was struck from behind by the following car, prompting hospital treatment for those hurt.
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Cleveland
Detroit-Superior
G Oeland Transit System
Discarded Clothes Clue In California Slayings
Riverside California AP report says a man’s clothes found in a garbage can near March Air Force Base add a lead in the killings of Doris Cook 18 and her husband, both shot to death. The bodies were found near a quarry two miles from the base as authorities questioned Sgt. Lawrence J. Walker Newark New Jersey. Robert W. Quinn led investigators to the quarry where the woman’s body was found after a hunch. Police say Mrs Cook was forced into another car and later shot in the quarry area.
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Svuilway
March Air Force Base
Lawrence J. Walker
Newark
N. J
Robert W. Quinn
2 Cook
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