Machinery fights back in push for wartime mobilization
Senate leaders warn against broad reorganization powers while the Truman administration presses for emergency contract renegotiation authority. Talks with meat packers and auto firms unfold as the government seeks wage and price controls. The White House argues for temporary measures to meet rising costs and prevent bankruptcies in key suppliers.
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Congress
Tsuman
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Auto industry curbs model sales amid price rollback dispute
Pontiac and Cadillac dealers suspend new model sales pending examination of a discriminatory order. Ford, Chrysler, and Nash have not matched the rollback action. GM warns wage contracts tied to the cost of living may be jeopardized, while UA W chief Reuther vows to oppose wage freezes. Escalator clauses hinge on government stance, with labor leaders warning of contract impact.
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Magnuson
D.-Wash
McCarran
D.-Ney
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Economic Stabilization Agency
Michael V. Disalle
ESA
General Motors
G. M
Ford
Chrysler
Nash
Ching
Truman
Brewster R.me
Barkles
House
Rayburn
Furth
Set
Pontiac
Cadillac
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Nash Motors
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
Walter P. Reuther
Washington
Ruether
Allied forces pound Korea as jets clash and Red troops surge
News recounts Allied shelling from battleship Missouri and cruisers against North Korean targets while warplanes hit 100 sites across the peninsula. F 86 jets faced MIG 15s near Sinuiju, one MIG damaged. B 26 bombs Sinuiju airfield, B 29s strike Pyongyang Wonsan Chonju Sonchon. 635 Communist troops claimed killed. Reds reportedly field 150,000 in north Korea with eight divisions ready to strike. Moonlight broadcast notes 38 parallel towns cleared.
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U. N
Missouri
St. Paul
Rochester
Reds
North Korean
Sinuiju
Manchuria
MacArthur
North Korea
Parallel 38
Moscow Radio
Good Fellows Drive Supports Christmas Baskets and Auction
Loyal supporters present cash gifts and a turkey auction to fund 360 Christmas grocery baskets. J C Liner donates a $50 food certificate while George Franklin pledges a prized turkey to be auctioned via KMLB radio Wednesday at 9 p.m. Deliveries Saturday use Twin Cities municipal trucks. Principal G E Boggs forwards a dollar from fifth grade to the Good Fellows.
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J. C. Liner
Holly Ridge
George Franklin
B. B. Martin
KMLB_ radio
Martin
South Grand
Charlie's Restaurant
Twin Cities
G. E. Boggs
Central Grammar School
Monroe
Good Fellows
Agriculture production figures by state many items
Nation totals and state outputs for crops and livestock appear as figures for soybeans sugarcane pecans potatoes and sweet potatoes. States listed include Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas with multiple year and production numbers. data covers tonnage bushels and counts, illustrating shifts in yields and outputs across the cited period.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Sewer meeting at Legion Home in District B
A meeting of the Sewerage District B commissioners with city officials and engineers is set for tonight at the American Legion Home on Forsythe Avenue at 7:30 p m to hear protests on continuing sewer installation. If protests are lacking bids for laying lateral lines will be advertised for 30 days then opened and awarded. District B covers Loop Road area from Blanche to Highland and south to Frederick Street. property owners in this area are urged to attend. Commissioners listed: G S Manning chair J W Webster secretary Frank Davis Eugene Huggins Tom Greer.
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Commissioners of Sewerage District
American Legion
Forsythe Avenue
Loop Road
Blanche
Highland Avenues
Frederick Street
G. S. Manning
J. W. Webster
Frank Davis
Eugene Huggins
Tom Greer
Bailey Attends Capital Parley for Monroe Chamber
H G Bailey Jr manager of Monroe West Monroe Chamber represented the chamber in Washington at the U S Chamber advisory meeting December 7 and 8 and later with Louisiana legislators for the American Chamber of Commerce executives board meetings December 14 and 15. He noted sessions covered national matters with local impact and said future Twin Cities Chamber plans would be announced after president elect Ivy Jordan takes office.
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Monroe-West Monroe
Bailey
Twin Cities
Ivy Jordan
Louise Anne Street Home Burglarized
A residence at 1311 Louise Anne was burglarized Monday night as Monroe police report. Entrance was gained by cutting a back door screen and lifting the hatch. Missing items include a Central Savings dime bank with $21, a blue pinstripe suit valued at $20, a nurse's uniform, and $3.98. The Cincinnati site referenced ties to mound builder civilization.
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Louise Anne
Monroe
Laura Richardson
Central Savings Dime Bank
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Grace P. Hudson
Monroe Insurance
TOD
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Benrus
Elgin
Hamilton
Gruen
Girard -Perregaux
Fed
Remington
Schick
Parker and
Gmort
Ronson
Remington Royal
SMITH
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