Internally Strained House Foreign Affairs Board Faces Logjam
The piece notes Sol Bloom's death increased workload for House Foreign Affairs as Democrats frequently skip meetings leaving Republicans to steer foreign policy. It cites John Kee urging attendance, plus Pfeifer telegraphing members to vote. Also highlights Forrest Warren's humanitarian work and Chicago Tribune editor Mc Cormick praising Peron, plus Magnuson warning of declining U S merchant fleet and seamen amid wartime relief shipments.
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Sol Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol
John Kee
West Virginia
Charles Eaton
New Jersey
New Democratic
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Brooklyn
Warren Magnuson
John Steelman
Senate
White House
Magnuson
Denmark
England
U.S
Price cuts ripple through economy amid inflation relief
The weekly analysis notes broad price reductions across autos, appliances, and metals, with consumer hesitancy easing as buyers watch prices. It cites reduced costs on radios and ice cream, and hints at a readjustment requiring tougher policy to unify military services under Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson.
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Philadelphia
Louis Johnson
West Virginia
Armed Services
United States
Johnson
Secretary of Defense
James V. Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Forrestal Receives Distinguished Service Medal at White House
James V. Forrestal, retiring secretary of defense, visited the White House to bid farewell to President Harry S. Truman. Truman pinned the Distinguished Service Medal on Forrestal, citing that he had materially advanced national security. Forrestal called the honor beyond him.
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James V. Forrestal
Defense
White House
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Forrestal
Buck Passed Rent Bill and Board Lowers Down Payment
Congress passed a rent control bill extending existing controls for 15 months while enabling state and local governments to demand decontrol. It preserves eviction controls and imposes triple damages on landlords for overcharges. The Federal Reserve cut stock down payment requirements from 75 to 50 percent signaling easing inflation concerns after loosening installment credit for big purchases.
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Congress
OPA
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Emil Schramm
Kentucky wife may swear out warrant against husband
Assistant Attorney General Squire N. Williams says a wife can legally swear out a search warrant against her husband in Kentucky. Williams noted the ruling did not address whether this applies to his pockets and added no state statute prevents women from taking such actions in a statement to attorney Harry R. Burke of Prestonsburg.
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Kentucky
Squire N. Williams
Williams
Harry R. Burke
Prestonsburg
Truman vows floor fight over Wallgren nomination to N S R B
President Truman plans to battle Wallgren's rejected nomination on the senate floor after the armed services committee declined to approve him. The 7 to 6 vote sparked potential pressure from Maryland Democrat Millard Tydings to move the fight forward, with Magnuson noting possible support to bring it to debate.
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Harry Truman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Senate
Wallgren
Truman Associates
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
End of World Peace Conference Sees Russian Delegates Plan Tour
A seven member Russian delegation led by Dmitri Shostakovich attended the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace. U S officials urged the delegates to leave promptly while visa extensions were possible. Separately a Calcutta village mob attacked a train after a local soccer match, injuring eleven.
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Russia
Dmitri Shostakovich
Shostakovich
U.S
Tom Clark
New York
United States
State Department
Calcutta
Golden Drug May Shorten Measles Fever, Small Study Says
Dr. Harry F. Dowling of George Washington University reports nine cases where aureomycin appeared to shorten the fever stage of measles. He cautions the small group cannot prove a cure and urges further trials, noting fever fell within six to 24 hours after rash onset.
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Harry F. Dowling
George Washington University
District of Columbia Medical Society
Boy Without Ears to Grow Hearing Aids in Abdomen
Eight year old Jimmy Meadors of Hartstown Pennsylvania will undergo a series of operations to grow ears inside his abdomen for tissue development. Plastic surgeon Dr. S M Dupertuis leads the project scheduled over two years. Cartilage shaved from ribs will be molded into ears and later transplanted to the head. Jimmy currently hears normally with intact auditory canals and eardrums. The Greenville Rotary Club arranged the procedures.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy Meadors
Hartstown
Jimmy
Children’s Hospital
S. M. Dupertuis
Greenville Rotary Club
Greenville Steel Car Company
Veteran Offers Decorations For Family Apartment
John W. Rose an 80 year old Air Force veteran offered to swap 20 war decorations earned on 65 combat missions for a furnished or unfurnished apartment. The Pittsfield Massachusetts man a repairman placed the Berkshire Eagle advertisement stating he and his wife have never had a home of their own and live with his parents.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John W. Rose
Berkshire Eagle
Stealing to Get Medicine Fails to Win Acquittal
Irving Himmelstein 45 pleaded guilty to stealing to obtain doctors and medicines for his wife Sally 38 who has Bur ger’s disease and amputations. Judge George J Joyce after noting the family’s hardship sentenced him to five to ten years. The couple’s two daughters watched as he was taken to Sing Sing.
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Irving Himmelstein
George J. Joyce
Sally
Himmelstein
Leon Fishbein
Joyce
Sally Himmelstein
Sing Sing
Stamp Deluge Seen Harmful to U S Philatelists
Washington report notes ongoing surge of 1949 commemorative stamp proposals in Congress. Bills seek honors for Leif Ericson, Buffalo Bill, the Battle of Stony Point, Titusville Oil Well, and more, risking overproduction and harming hobby.
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Washington
U. S
Post Office Department
New York Girl Wins 60 Dollar Cherry Pie Contest
Betty Latimer an 18 year old high school senior from Fredonia New York won the 1949 national red cherry pie baking contest. The winner presented a cherry pie to President Truman in Washington and earned 60 dollars for third place Sara Sue Phegley of Carlisle Indiana also received 60 dollars with second place earning 75 dollars. The contest was sponsored by the National Hatchet club.
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U.S.A
Harry Truman
Chicago Tribune
Truman
Harry Vaughan
Tribune
Colonel McCormick
Peron
Argentina
Col. McCormick
Latin America
Buenos Aires
Vaughan
McCormick
Western Hemisphere
Washington
U.S
Europe
New York
Chicago
Betty Latimer
Fredonia
N. Y
Wis
Sara Sue Phegley
Carlisle
Ind
The
National Hatchet Club
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Fred H. Wilkerson
National Aeronautical Association
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Palm Beach
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