Truman hosts Rayburn birthday luncheon and hat joke
President Truman honors Sam Rayburn with a private birthday luncheon in which he theatrically fixes Rayburns hat. The event includes bipartisan attendance, light taunts about age, and playful Florida grapefruit jokes. Separately, the House small business committee led by Wright Patman will issue a report on monopoly and antitrust reform.
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Sam Rayburn
Sam
Washington
Rayburn
Barkley
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Small Business Committee
Congress
Wright Patman
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Patman
United States
Deficit Worries Economists and Formosa Aid Debate
Economists translate a growing U S deficit into policy concern as Acheson backs token Formosa aid. A new 15 cent wage floor goes into effect, altering labor costs amid ongoing economic debate.
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U.S
Acheson
Nourse Signals Deficit Fears and Budget Climbdown
Former CEA chair Edwin G. Nourse warns of a two year ten billion dollar deficit and inflation risk. He calls for a hard headed plan to balance the budget within one or two years by cutting or deferring many Truman programs in development and welfare. The piece also questions U.S. Formosa aid and President Truman's tax proposal versus broader economic aims.
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Edwin G. Nourse
President
Truman
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U.S
Dean Acheson
Formosa
Acheson
China
Mr. Truman
Congress
Wage law and radio news monopoly clash in early reforms
The 75 cent an hour minimum wage goes into effect affecting interstate commerce workers while unions push for a dollar. President Truman backs social justice and asks for monitoring of the program. Separately, the FCC upholds limits on radio news monopolies as a court rejects Mansfield and Lorain papers’ license bids citing coercive exclusive advertising and potential monopolistic risks.
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CIO
Tobin
South
Reuter
Associated Press
Federal Communications Commission
United States Court of Appeals
FCC
Mansfield
Ohio) Journal
Lorain
Ohio
Mansfield Journal
Samuel A. Horvitz
Isadore Horvitz
Hiss Trial Verdict Sparks Debate On Perjury Case
The jury found Alger Hiss guilty on two counts for passing state department papers to Whittaker Chambers and for seeing Chambers after 1941. Chambers testified that Hiss delivered documents to him. Hiss denied it. If upheld, Hiss faces up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $4,000. Chambers avoids charges.
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Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker
Chambers
Communist Courier
Time Magazine
State Department
Top Baseball Stars of 1950 and Emerging Pitching Hope
The discussion names Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio Jackie Robinson Stan Musial Ralph Kiner Enos Slaughter Don Newcombe Howie Pollet Ken Heintzleman Mel Parnell Rae Searborough and others as likely headline makers for 1950 It highlights bets on Parnell versus Newcombe Williams over .350 Musial versus Robinson and Newcombe winning 25 games with notes on age pace and potential and adds a football note on double platoons and extending playing time for students
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Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Mel Parnell
Ellis Kinder
Joe Page
Rae Scarborough
Bob Lemon
Ed Garcia
Jackie Robinson
Stan Musial
Ralph Kiner
Enos Slaughter
Don Newcombe
Preacher Roe
Ken Heintzleman
Howie Pollet
Frank Frisch
DiMaggio
Musial
Slaughter
Kinder
Robinson
Newcombe
Parnell
Kell
Williams
Red Sox
M.V.P
N.L
FEPC Bill Faces Southern Filibuster Blockade
In the first test of the FEPC bill in Congress President Truman clashed with a southern filibuster led by Sam Rayburn who twice blocked action by prioritizing Alaska and Hawaii statehood measures.
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Truman
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
House
FEPC
Alaska
Hawaii
Sutton proposes color change to catch tax dodgers
Representative Sutton proposes treasury change the color and design of paper money and set a day for exchange of old bills to expose tax dodgers amid charges that federal revenue is inadequate.
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Sutton
Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
Three in One Cabinet To Grace Living Room
Compact three in one cabinet or separate units for radio record player and albums. Pattern 300 provides building directions and a sliding shelf to fit the machine. Pattern 25c available from WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York.
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Bedford Hills
New York
First Aid to the Ailing House by Roger C Whitman
A reader asks how to clean a baby bottle sterilizer with a yellow brown film after shrimp steam. The answer recommends soaking in a half vinegar half water mix, then boiling briefly to soften and scrub off with scouring powder, rinsing well. Cleaning fluid or kerosene may also help.
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Roger C. Whitman
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