Truman Price Flaw Touches Off New Storm
Washington reports President Truman moves to press Congress for stronger price control powers as inflation fears rise. Senate members Capehart and Maybank rail against administration plans and demand open debate while White House aides discuss tactics with mobilization chiefs.
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Truman to Seek More Changes to Defense Production Act
President Truman told the Advisory Board he plans another message to Congress seeking amendments to the Defense Production Act. He urged advisers to craft a possible message objecting to price rollbacks and a ban on slaughtering quotas while the act limits the administration’s economic controls.
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Russia Refuses To Return 670 Ships In Lend Lease Dispute
Washington reports Russia again refuses to return 670 small lend lease naval ships as US demands 800 million dollar settlement. Moscow signals potential rise in final offer though amount unspecified and will返 two American ice breakers from Arctic pain. A Boris Karavaev led delegation promises to sail ships to Bremerhaven in November if ice allows. In setback Moscow cites old sale agreement and claims 498 of the 670 remain. A separate incident in Gettysburg notes a collision after a car door was opened into another vehicle on Baltimore street.
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First Atom-Powered Sub Awarded to Electric Boat
The Navy awarded the contract for the first atom powered submarine to Electric Boat Company of Groton Connecticut. The announcement offered few details but indicated progress toward practical atomic submarine propulsion, with experts noting potential for long range high speed underwater travel.
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Atom powered airplane and atom submarine eyed by experts
The AEC on March 23 authorized negotiations with General Electric for a nuclear reactor for aircraft propulsion. Navy experts like Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood predicted the atom submarine could outpace and outfight enemy snorkel types, offering long underwater endurance and stealth.
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Navy’s new undersea marvel eyed for stealth and speed
Lockwood cited engineers estimating the A sub could cruise submerged at 25 to 30 knots, faster than the 20 knot underwater speed of current U.S. subs. The program is funded by a $2 billion ship construction plan approved by Congress earlier this year.
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Navy
Congress
Nude body found near Cusseta in rural Georgia
A nude, lash-marked young woman was found in a sand pit along a country road four miles south of Cusseta on August 21. Authorities did not determine the cause of death or identify the victim. Three Negro men en route to a funeral discovered the body.
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Fragmentary Report on Suspected Crime and Fur Trade Note
A fragmentary passage from The News of Frederick Maryland dated August 22 1052 describes a heavy lash marked victim condition and a coroner declining to confirm rape. The text also notes beaver fur trapping and trading forming a core part of early American fur industries.
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