Residence Price Control Sought by President in Wartime Plan
President Truman called for price ceilings on residential property and restoration of the building materials priority system with emphasis on veteran housing needs. He named Wilson Wyatt special housing expediter and said legislation would finalize price controls under war powers act, pending new law.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Office of War Mobilization
White House
Westbrook Pegler on Chiang regime and U SChina policy
In a radio broadcast critique, Westbrook Pegler argues Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist government is not democratic and uses American aid to suppress a Communist uprising. He notes shifts in U S policy from support during World War II to calls for withdrawal amid civil conflict and rising Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pat Hurley
Chin
State Department
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt
Communist Revolutionary Army
United States
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Stalin
Hirohito
China
Germany aims to regain footing within two years
The United States lays out a long range policy toward postwar Germany aimed at restoring the nation to economic health in about two years. It would require substantial Allied funding to cover necessities and reconstruction as occupation authorities align with Potsdam decisions. The plan presumes Germany retains its current borders including the industrial Ruhr and Rhineland, despite French opposition.
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Washington
Witen
Germany
Reich
State Department
United Sates
U. S
War Department
Russia
Britain
France
Potsdam
Uhr
Rhineland
Rance
Secretary of
Classified Want Ad Offer for Rentals and Sales
An advertisement urges readers to place want ads for fast action in rentals, buying, or selling. It promotes a seven day economy plan and the option to cancel after results, with payment based on days published and cash with order.
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News- Star—World
Good Fellows Seek Donations for Christmas Aid
A column details donations totaling 879.12 from supporters like Charles and Sylvia Masur and Sam Pisternack Jr and F Strauss & Son. Inc. It tells of a poor 11 year old girl in need and urges readers to give to Good Fellows as Christmas relief efforts expand with letters arriving daily.
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Good Fellows
Charles
Sylvia Masur
Sam Pisternack
Sssecsoes
Opal Pattison
Csereses
Marshall says U S not ready when war loomed
Gen. George C. Marshall testified that as early as August 1941 he believed a Pacific war was inevitable and the United States was unprepared. He said he faced pressure for more men and equipment while trying to strengthen Philippine defenses as a deterrent.
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Marshall
U. S
Jack Bell
Washington
George C. Marshall
Pacific
United States
Senate House Committee
Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Army
Alwin D Kramer
Keefe
Japan
Truman Forms Fact Finding Board For GM Labor Dispute
President Truman named a fact finding board headed by Judge Walter P. Stacy to study the General Motors labor dispute. The panel includes Linyrd K. Garrison and Milton Einsenhower. A steel industry board is planned with a steelworkers strike set for January 14 if talks fail. He said the fact finding would last 20 days with a brief pre and post inquiry strike window.
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Washington
Truman
General Motors
Walter P. Stacy
Stacy
Llnyrd K. Garrison
War Labor Board
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State Colege
United Steel Workers
James Roosevelt Turns to Politics in Los Angeles
James Roosevelt, now a former Marine colonel, enters Democratic party politics in Los Angeles. He warns the party must keep labor support and unity among divergent factions. He criticizes Republicans for lip service to liberal ideas while voting against them.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Democratic County Central Committee
Marines
United States
Condition of Patton Good Despite Grave Injury
Gen. George S. Patton Jr remains in good condition according to an official bulletin. Mrs. Patton expressed relief after visiting him at Seventh Army Hospital in Heidelberg where three top consultants departed. The bulletin noted no significant changes and gave vital signs as temperature 100, pulse 66, respiration 24.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton Jr
U. S. Army
Frankfurt
Hugh Carns
Gilbert E. Phillips
A. W. Kenner
Europe
U. S
Ford Dispute At Ford In Spotlight
Detroit December news reports intense focus on Ford Motor Co as it negotiates postwar wages with the CIO United Automobile Workers. The talks, ongoing since November 21 amid a GM strike, could shape industry wide settlements. Ford weighs union demand for a 30 percent wage hike while seeking protections against unauthorized work stoppages and slowdowns.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Wildcat
Steel Strike Plans Drawn Across Steel and Iron Ore Industries
Pittsburgh report says United Steel Workers prepare for a January 14 walkout involving about 700,000 workers in steel aluminum and iron ore. Strike leadership appoints captains as wage demand of 2 dollars per day is pursued across 27 producing states including Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois New York and more.
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Pittsburgh
C. S O.united Steel Workers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
New York
Maryland
Alabama
Michigan
West Virginia
California
Utah
Colorado
Kentucky
Minnesota
Texas
New Jersey
Delaware
Missouri
Washington
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Georgia
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Virginia
United Steel Workers of America
U.S. W. Executive Board
Philip Murray
C. O
United Steel Workers
American Iron and Steel Institute
Byrnes Leaves for Moscow to Address Atomic and Peace Issues
Secretary of State Byrnes flies to Moscow to discuss atomic energy controls and an eventual European peace conference with Molotov and Bevin. He travels with James Conant and John Carter Vincent to shape Big Three policy and seek Russian support for an international atomic commission.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Byrnes
Moscow
Cletus Keating Jr
Locust Valley
Long Island
Molotov
Bevin
United Nations
United Nations Commission
London
United States
Britain
Atomic Energy
James 8B. Conant
Harvard University
London Foreign Ministers Council
Europe
Foreign Ministers Council
Japan
State Department
John Carter Vincent
Balkans
Mark Ethridge
Romania
Bulgaria
H. Freeman
Probe deaths of two women puzzle across cities
Police in five cities investigate the deaths of two elderly women and the disappearance of a third. Alfred Leonard Cline, 55, ex-convict, is jailed for forgery tied to signatures on Eva Delora Krebs Cline’s estate documents. The case spans Portland, Dallas, Tampa, and Chicago, with cremation records and misidentified identities linking to Mrs Eva Krebs and Mrs Alice Carpenter.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
John Engler
Folsom
California
Colorado
Cline
Gerald Ryan
Chicago
Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Engler
Gene Ferguson
Portland
Ore
Edmund Brown
Willis Fritz
Dallas
Tex
W. E. Haley
Eva Delora Frankhouser Krebs
Charles E. Krebs
Alice W. Carpenter
H. C. Holloway
T. O. Pope
Haley
Carpenter
Krebs
Mabel E. Chase
Tampa
Fla
A. C. Cline
Sally W. Carpenter
Isabel van Natta
Ferguson
Nazi slave labor system exposed at war crimes trial
At Nuremberg the prosecution details a vast system forcing more than four million people from 14 nationalities into slavery for German war plants and farms. Fritz Sauckel Alfred Rosenberg and Albert Speer sit among the top aides blamed for crimes against humanity as evidence shows babies thrown from trains and widespread brutality.
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Wes Gallagher Mernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
United States
Thomas J. Dodd
Reich
Dodd
Fritz Sauckel
S. S
Alfred Rosenberg
Ukraine
Albert Speer
Reich Munitions Mininister
Rosenberg
Speer
Hitler
Bear Creek Gas Permit Issued in North Louisiana
The state conservation department granted a permit for production of 1 620 10 000 cubic feet of natural gas from the Bear Creek field in north Louisiana during December. Gas is to be fed into Southern Natural Gas Company main line from Logansport to Monroe and then into lines serving southeastern states.
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Shreveport
State Conservation Department
Bear Creek
North
Louisiana
Southern Natural Gas Company
Logansport
Monroe
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