Building Codes and Racketeers Tied to Housing Costs
Maj. Gen. I. B. Fleming argues federal and local building codes enable price gouging by racketeers in housing materials and construction. He cites monopolistic bidding and overregulation, urging reexamination of codes to curb rents and profiteering in public and private housing. The critique targets city councils legislators and officials influenced by lobbyists.
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Doctors Study Trumanns Plan At AMA Meeting
Chicago, Dec. 4 President Truman's five point national health program and nationwide prepaid sickness insurance are to be discussed by the American Medical Association delegates. The Wagner Murray Dingell bills are labeled vicious and compulsory by several state medical leaders in preliminary remarks before the policy body.
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Three Killed in Wichita Falls Trailer House Explosion
An explosion and fire at a Wichita Falls trailer house killed Ellis W. 67 Herring 59 and J D Mecken 37. Firemen searched for a possible fourth victim as Chief George Osteen said a coal oil can near the stove exploded. Charred debris marked the scene.
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Officials Eye Iran Impasse In Washington
American officials studied possible moves to break the Iran stalemate as Russia rejected a U S proposal to withdraw all Allied troops by January 1. Washington pressed Moscow to halt interference with Iranian troop movements while stating U S forces will still redeploy by year’s end.
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Airmens Rise to Top Navy Commands in Aviation Drive
Secretary Forrestal outlined a new navy plan granting qualified naval aviators three of six top posts under the chief of naval operations. Aviators would also command fleets, with Towers and Mitscher slated for future leadership roles, reinforcing aviation's growing influence in sea power.
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Roosevelt warned of rupture with Japan before Pearl Harbor
Congressional investigators presented a message from the late President Roosevelt to the Philippine high commissioner stating that the new Japanese aggression could trigger U S hostilities with Japan. He cited possible attack directions and noted Japan massed forces near the region as preparations for a quick move against U S forces. Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles recalled Britain’s access to Japanese codes in 1941 but did not confirm how Britain treated the decoded material.
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Pearl Harbor Day observances planned in Monroe area
Monroe and West Monroe officials and AMVET post plan Pearl Harbor Sunday services and a December 7 memorial flight over the business district at noon. A floral tribute will be dropped into Ouachita River after the flyover honoring the dead of World War II.
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House to Get Labor Bills in Christmas Push
President Truman urges Congress to authorize fact finding for key labor disputes and bar strikes or lockouts for a period. House leaders plan hearings led by Norton to consider the measure, with May seeking to attach it to a broader bill amid bipartisan support.
Norther winds bring early cold in Louisiana and Mississippi
Weather bureau officials described the overnight temperature drop as a norther not a cold wave. Snow flakes fell in Monroe and Jackson reported 37 degrees with a low near 24 forecast for the Jackson area. Lows ranged from 24 to 41 across cities including Shreveport Baton Rouge Lafayette and Lake Charles.
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Cane syrup firm under injunction in sugar rationing case
Chandler Laboratories of Philadelphia faces a preliminary injunction barring use of sugar from four Louisiana refineries and forbidding sale of a batch produced between October 25 and November 26 while OPA charges are resolved. About 40 million pounds of sugar and $8.5 million are involved in a 13 week contract. Hearing for a permanent injunction set for February 11.
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Shawcross Opens Case For British Against Nazi Leaders
Sir Hartley Shawcross opened Britain's case at the Nuremberg trial accusing Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Joachim von Ribbentrop and other top Nazi leaders of murder and robbery and of directing aggression that caused the world war. He said they were not mere tools but the men who built Hitler's power and planned acts of aggression in his name.
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Diet listed war crime suspects unsettles Japanese diet
Tokyo reports 26 names on General MacArthur's wanted list for war crimes as Japan confronts a grim financial outlook with expected tax rises. Kyodo cites plans to reimburse 120 billion yen in Manchuria and allied losses, while Japan's press voices unease at the accusations and the government response.
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Auto Workers leadership opposes Truman plea on GM strike
Detroit reports that United Auto Workers top leadership oppose President Truman’s call to end the Geneva Motors strike. R J Thomas says he is not sold on the plan and warns a government fact finding board could be biased. Walter Reuther and George Aldes demand tangible gains before rescinding the walkout. A national GM conference of over 200 delegates will decide the strike's fate with the council's findings sent to locals.
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Four in Manila Holdup Captured After Big Bank Theft
Four Manila youths with a sub machine gun staged the Philippines’ biggest bank robbery. They seized 430,100 pesos from messengers at the Philippine Bank of Communications and were captured eight hours later with 399,000 pesos recovered. 31,000 pesos remained missing. Police chief Col. J. P. Holland said the robbers used a jeep to flee as messengers exited.
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