Baruch drives push for veto free atomic control treaty
A nine page report on an international system of control and inspection for atomic energy faced debate as United States delegate Bernard Baruch sought a vote to require the word veto in the treaty. Russia abstained and Poland hoped for unanimity before the showdown. The plan would prohibit weapons, require disposal of stockpiles, allow inspections, and promote peaceful use of atomic energy while defining international crimes and enforcement.
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United States
Bernard Baruch
Commission
Russia
Poland
U. N. Security Council
Baruch
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
Deleygates
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Ba- Fach
Senate
Fair Enough on Mutuel Odds and Illicit Gambling
The piece argues that published mutuel odds enable illegal betting readers use off licensed premises. It claims 20 percent arbi trary tax by wholesalers, labels bookmakers and underworld as accomplices, and compares to British pools taxed for public revenue. It concludes legalization unlikely, as operators would abandon legality.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
G. O. P. Edges Democrats in Electoral Vote Split
The Republicans lead in the national vote and hold a strong plurality across twelve states with 157 electoral votes. They won 57.5 percent of the total vote, gained 17 House seats in the midwest, and carried key western states while Democrats kept strength in the south.
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New York
U. S
Maryland
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Mid-West
Arizona
Montana
New Mexico
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Senate and House Republicans clash over leadership fights
In Washington a power struggle unfolds as Senate Republicans seek chairmanships including the commerce post for Reed and leadership for White, while Taft Vandenberg and Tobey draw fighting lines. House Republicans plan a four contender race for speaker under Martin.
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Senate
Congress
Vandenberg
Taft
Committee On Committees
Michigan
Ohio
Reed
Kansas
White
Maine
New Commerce Committee
Butler
Nebraska
Senate Republicans
House Republicans
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Clarence Brown
Jenkins
Dirksen
Illinois
MccCormack
Senate Democrats
Barkley
Kentucky
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce
Appropriations
Senate Banking Committee
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Bilbo
Mississippi
Wagner
Democrat
House
Knutson
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Commerce Committee
Ep Mange
Doctor Banister Still Missing In Alaska Search Continues
Mrs. Etta Mae Jordan of Memphis reports hopeful signs for Dr. R. Banister missing since evacuations near Seward. Army planes and exhaustive searches found no trace as weather and deep snow hinder recovery efforts. Banister, a trained physician educated in Monroe, formerly practiced at Riverside Sanitarium and now based in Seward with four children.
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Etta Mae Jordan
Memphis
Tenn
Seward
Monroe
Banister
Alaska
Aline Banister
Louisiana News Highlights 1946 1947 Remarkable Events
Summary of Louisiana topics including Maestri vetoes and bills by Gov Davis, Minden lynching case and civil liberties charges, Noe jury tampering indictment, Henry Frnka named Tulane head coach, September Louisiana primary results with Passman and Boggs, LSU Cotton Bowl berth after 9-1 season, Higgins wartime contracts probe, Mardi Gras revived, Fair Grounds rain pause, International House dedication, port strikes, flood control cuts, Sugar Bowl January 1946 win by Oklahoma A&M, and 1947 Peach? Georgia game prep.
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Davis
Minden
John C. Jones
James A. Noe
Federal Grand Jury
Henry Frnka
Tulane University
Louisiana
Otto Passman
McKenzie
Hale Boggs
Maloney
Louisiana State University Tigers
Dallas
Arkansas
Oklahoma Aggies
St. Mary’s Gaels
North Carolina
Georgia
Russia and Potsdam era duties and dangers described
A committee report condemns Soviet noncompliance with Potsdam and Yalta terms citing rearmament in German plants, expulsion of journalists, religious suppression, and stalled Allied plans. It urges harsher measures including Germany evacuation and redrawing borders for Democratic progress. It calls for tightened export controls and a hold on lend lease settlements with Russia.
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World Bank
Monetary Fund
United States
Russia
Peenemunde
Germany
Yalta
Potsdam
Bilbo Faces Senate Threats Over Campaign Funds and Indictments
The Senate weighs possible actions against Bilbo over claims of intimidating Black voters in Mississippi and accepting funds from war contractors. A war investigations committee report due Thursday may offer stronger charges while Republicans debate timing and political impact. Bilbo returns to Washington confident of exoneration.
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House
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
House Committee
Russia
Sol Bloom
New York
Foreign Affairs Committee
State
War Departments
Senate War Investigating Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbo
Knutson
Minnesota
Ways and Means
Millikin
War Investigating Committee
Wail Doxey
Wiggins Named Treasury Undersecretary Nominee
President Truman selects A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsville South Carolina banker publisher and former American Bankers Association president to be undersecretary of the treasury succeeding O Max Gardner who becomes ambassador to Britain. Gardner remains until replacement confirmed.
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Washington
Truman
A. L. M. Wiggins
Hartsville
S. C
Treasury
White House
Wiggins
American Bankers Association
O. Max Gardner
Britain
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Gardner
Bank of Hartsville
the Press and Messenger
Snyder
South Carolina Bankers Association
Southern Retail Merchants Conference
South Carolina Press Association
Atlantic Coastline Railroad
Reconstruction Finance
Sha A
Federgerve
Markets Brief from New York and Chicago Trade Hubs
Markets show irregular advances in New York with selected stocks rising, rails in demand for bonds, and cotton under pressure from liquidation. Chicago wheat and corn mixed with light trade, oats steady, hogs up about a dollar to around 23.35, while fed cattle weaken by about 50 cents.
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New York
Dec
Chicago
Cotton futures ease after year end liquidation in New Orleans
New Orleans markets show futures slipping as year end selling dominates, with nearby contracts down about one bale and spot cotton closing steady though a bale lower. New York activity remains uneven with profit taking and expectations of parity guidance affecting midday levels.
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New Orleans
Stocks Show Mixed Strength At Year-End Trade
New York stocks displayed uneven gains and losses in quiet year-end trading. Leaders faced moderate declines while American Telephone and Johns Manville posted isolated gains amid tax related cash sales and steadying midday trends.
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New York
American Telephone
Johns-Manville
Chicago
Chicago Grain Prices Drift Ahead of Year End
In a quiet pre holiday session on the Chicago Board of Trade, Wheat fell 12 to 7/8 higher with January at 2.10 7/8. Corn ranged 58 lower to 14 higher, January at 1.29 12-5/8. Oats were steady to 1/2 higher, March at 73 5/8-12. The exchange closes at noon tomorrow and all day Wednesday.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Livestock Market Report From Chicago on Dec 30
Salable hogs 12 000, total 16 500. Hogs up around 1.00 higher with top 23 35 for 180 250 lb. Cattle 23 000 salable, calves 1 000. fed steers and yearlings weak to 1.00 lower, most steers 19 50 25 00, top 28 00. Best heifers 25 00, cows 13 00 15 50, beef cows 18 00, vealers 24 00 down. Stock cattle very scarce.
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New York
Chicago
USDA
Potatoes Market Reports Arrivals and Prices in Chicago
USDA notes Friday arrivals 561 shipments by road. Saturday 683. Sunday 36. Supplies moderate with slow demand and steady tone for top stocks. Idaho Russet Burbanks 3.05 to 3.35. Colorado Red McClures 2.75 to 3.10. Minnesota North Dakota long whites 2.40. Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 2.80. cobblers 1.80 to 1.85.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho
Butter and Eggs Market Report From Chicago
Butter unsettled with two day receipts 907 365 pounds and varied scores. Eggs show nervous tone with two day receipts 18 249 and multiple U S standard and extra classifications noted alongside current receipts 36.
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Chicago
U. S
Panthers Travel in Private Car After Escape
Panthers from Dallas to California escaped from a baggage car en route to El Paso. Trainer Dr. Noble Hamiter moved them to a different car with a chair and pipe. The animals lacked water for 24 hours but had food during their delay and a dog, chickens, and a barrel of fish traveled with them.
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EL Paso
Tex
Los Angeles
Campaign For Freedom
Dallas
California
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Noble Hamiter
Landscape painter William Wendt dies in Laguna Beach
William Wendt, 81, renowned landscape artist, died at his Laguna Beach home after a recent heart attack. His works are in permanent displays at the Chicago Art Institute, Union League of Chicago, Cincinnati Museum, and other venues.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
William Wendt
Wendt
Chicago Art Institute
Union League of Chicago
Cincinnati Museum
Sti Clu
Death of Lady Hawkins Widow of Anthony Hope Hawkins
London report notes the death of Lady Hawkins widow of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins author of Prisoner of Zenda She was daughter of C H Sheldon of New York City Sir Anthony married in 1903 and rose to fame in the 1890s for romantic works. Cadman Delayed in Los Angeles Composer Charles Wakefield Cadman aged 65 Christmas Eve reported seriously ill in hospital with a heart disorder. Known works include Blue Waters and other popular pieces.
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London
Lady Hawkins
Anthony Hope Hawkins
C. H. Sheldon
New York City
Anthony
Zenda
Anthony Hope
Cadman
Los Angeles
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Churchill Daughter to Wed Capt Soames in Westminster
Mary Churchill youngest daughter of Britain's wartime prime minister will wed Capt Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards on February 11. The ceremony will be at St. Margaret's Church Westminster in the shadow of Westminster Abbey.
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London
Mary Churchill
Briteain
Christopher Soames
The
Coldstream Guards
St. Margaret's
Westminster
Westsminster Abbey
Ouachita Parish notices and 1947 budget action
Ouachita Parish Louisiana publishes liquor permit notice for Tanner's Grocery and M in Ouachita, and annual bank meetings for The Ouachita National Bank and Monroe National Bank with board elections. An ordinance adopts 1947 budget estimates including revenues from parish tax and license, and detailed 1947 expenditures across county offices and services.
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State of
Louisiana
Parish of
Ouachita
Tanner's Grocery & M
DeSfcrd St
W. W
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Hicks
Breece
A. E. Montgomery
E. H. Hill
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U. N
Molotov
General Assembly
Som
Concordia Parish
DR. R. Banister
Maestri
St. Francis Sanitarium
George S. Butler
Sterlington
Dillard
Irham
FINSL
Air Reduction Allied Mills
Allied Stores
Allis Chalmers Corporation
Peower Cay
Cee American Can Company
American Car
Seseeees
American & Foreign Power
American Locomotive
Canadian Facilic
Bows
Case J I Company
Seesenseeeessee
Celanese Corporation
Freeport Sulphur
General Electric
General Foods
Meawees
General Motors Gillette Safety Razor
Goodrich BF
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Great Northern Preferred
Greyhound Corporation
Gulf Mobile & Ohio
Gulf Oil Wiseesee
Hudson Motors
Illinois, Central
Ssseeseeees Inspiration Copper
Republic Steel Corporation
Reynolds Tobacco B
Ae Aber
Richfield Oil Company
Eeseeseree
Schenley Distillers
Eeerreree
Sperry Corporation
Standard Brands
Eesseseee
Standard Oil
Indiana Standard Oil
New Jersey
Stone & Webster
Studebaker Corporation
Swift & Company
Texas Company
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Tidewater A Oil Company
Timken
Detroit Axle
Timkin
American Smeting & Refining
American Sugar Refining
American Tel & Tel
American Tebaceco B
American Water Works
Anaconda Copper
Eeseeiessees Atchison T & 9
FP Aviation Corporation
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Old Company
Bendix Aviation
Best & Company
Ae Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Boeing Airplane
Borden Company
Bucyrus-Erie Company
Seree-Ere Budd Manufacturing
S.5see- Burroughs
Calumet
Hecla Cisco Cocreve
Esaseve
Celotex Corporation
Cent Aguirre
Continental Oi
Delaware
Dan Abe Crane Company
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Curtiss-Wright
A. Deere & Company
Ssesivcees
Douglas Aircraft ‘ du Pon
Nemours
Long Bell Lumber A
Lorillard P
Louisville & Nashville
Masonite Corporation
Mathieson Alkali
McClelland Stores
Mengel Company
Montgomery Ward
Nash ‘Kelvinator
National Biscuit National Can
National Dairy Products
National Distillers
National Supply
Phillips Petroleum
Seeeeeseee Procter & Gamble
Yaerhs Pure Oil Company
Ceereumen
Radio Corporation
Akon Vite
Remington Rand
Chicago Grain
Panthers
Ouachita National Bank
T.C. Standifer
Ouachita National Bank of
Tdiree
T. C. Standifer
Ouachi
Court House
Justice of Peace &Cornstables
S.ses
Diem
Eereees
Coecrrerascceveans
Aakege
Seereee
Dawn Tina
Purierale
Sas-Cess
Arenas
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