Brannan Opposes Price Ceilings Below Parity in Farm Policy
Secretary Brannan testified before the House Agriculture Committee against moving price ceilings on farm products below parity. He stressed parity protection in any Defense Production Act extensions, noting no current need for direct subsidies but not ruling one out as a possible tool in certain circumstances.
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Washington
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
Rep
Abernethy
D-Miss
Marvey
R-Ind
Nothing To Lose By Aptitude Test
Baltimore April 24 College students eligible for the draft may gain a deferment by taking an aptitude test. Col Henry C. Stanwood Maryland's director of Selective Service said tests and scholastic standing could be considered by local boards. Tests will be offered in Maryland colleges and high schools on May 26 June 16 and June 30 with July 12 as an alternate date. The Drackenburg mountain chain in Africa rises in places to over 11 000 feet.
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Baltimore
Henry C. Stanwood
Maryland
Selective Service
Stanwood
Col. Stanwood
Washington Gas seeks standby gas storage near Rockville
Washington Gas Light Company asked the Power Commission for authority to build a standby gas storage plant near Rockville Maryland with a delivery capacity of 100 million cubic feet including 70 million cubic feet of natural gas stored under pressure and 30 million cubic feet of propane air gas The project cost is 87 100 000 construction would start in July and be completed next spring with some facilities ready by January 1 It would supplement existing standby capacity and address potential natural gas shortages if Atlantic Seaboard Corp supply fails
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Washington
Washington Gas Light Company
The
Power Commission Today
Rockville
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
First Degree Verdict Given Towson April 24
Towson April 24 Erving Herman Denner 25 year old steel worker convicted of first degree murder for slaying 54 year old aircraft worker Thelma Parker. Jury deliberated 35 minutes after a day and a half trial the death sentence mandatory. Parker found near her Essex home strangled and partly stripped. State introduced a signed statement by Donner claiming he hit her in the head and dragged her toward an embankment he later denied signing to avoid questioning and jail transfer. He testified he did not know Miss Parker and did not kill her. He rode in a taxi driven by Harry Balk who saw Donner near the murder scene four minutes before the attack.
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Towson
Erving
Herman Denner
Thelma Parker
Miss Parker
Aircraf
Essex
Donner
Harry Balk
Balk
Jim Chapman
Witness describes killer dragging object. identifies Donner on lawn
A witness testified she heard a strangling noise outside her window the night of a slaying and saw a man dragging an object, then lying beside it and beating it. She identified Donner as the man on the lawn while his attorney urged options for verdicts as the state pressed for guilt.
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Donner
Bennett
Cockey
John E. Raine
Raine
Philip Murray Ill In Pittsburgh At Mercy Hospital
Philip Murray 64 head of the CIO and United Steelworkers is seriously ill in Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh He entered the hospital Sunday after a Youngstown trip and is officially listed as having acute pancreatitis The office says his condition is fair Murray had appeared in good health recently but tired and had been in meetings with labor policy groups before returning to preside over a two day Steelworkers session He suffered a virus attack prior to his hospitalization
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Mercy Hospital
Murray
Youngstown
United Labor Policy Committee
President's Advisory Board
Unclear notes on health trip and pressure figures
Fragmentary passage mentions February hospitalization in Washington and a trip to Florida for recovery. It cites two pressure figures and a mid March return home, with an odd final line referencing 59 000 feet. Details are garbled and entities are uncertain.
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Jon
Floridan
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H. RM. Alexander
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