Truman bids to keep grain controls for ethanol makers
President Truman pressed Congress to extend his power to ration grain for distillers and ethanol production, citing national security and severe wheat and corn shortages. Rep. Wolcott accused administration exports of corn to whiskey makers, as the House Banking Committee rejected a one month extension.
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United States
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
U.S
Anderson
Capitol Hill
Spence
Kentucky
Banking Committee
Runaway Girl Is Ordered Back Home
In San Francisco on January 29 a 15 year old runaway, Jacqueline Harner, was ordered home to her mother by juvenile court referee Mrs. Helen Bloch. The court held she would remain a ward of the Juvenile Court under Los Angeles authorities. She had been sought during an eight day kidnap, found January 21 with a 19 year old Navy seaman, Wallace Weiss, in a hotel room. Weiss faced a delinquency charge but was released to Navy authorities.
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Jacqueline Harner
Helen Bloch
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Jackie
Navy
Wallace Weiss
Hood River
Ore
L. Harris
Plan to ration meat and control prices debated
Washington hearings on a sweeping meat rationing and price control plan face uncertain approval as Congress stalls, with President Truman signaling indecision. Brannan outlines a system of rationing and price controls for meat fats eggs and dairy, estimating 32.25 million dollars yearly and 5,000 new staff, while critics call it impractical. Separate Fort Meade meeting discusses 1948 summer training for National Guard and Organized Reserve Corps across seven states.
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Senate
Agriculture Department
Henvever
Congress
House
Truman
Charles Brannan
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Flanders Rvi
Brannan
Brannen
Allan Boling
National Farm Bureau Federation
Senate Banking Committee
Fort Meade
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
Regular Army
Maryland
Second Army
H. C. Evans
29Th Infantry Division
Carrigton Coulter
Maryland Organized Reserve Corps
Coulter
Satisfied With Progress Of State Roads Program
Chief Engineer William F Childs Jr of the State Road Commission said Maryland's 175 million dollar road and bridge program is progressing satisfactorily. He noted plans to have about 40 million dollars of work under contract by end of 1948, with half by June.
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Balttmore
William F Childs, Jr
State Road Commission
Maryland
Maryland Association of Engineers, Inc
L F. Kooken
Baltimore
John B. Funk
Colorado River Length Clue in 56 Es and 105 Miles
A fragment notes 56 es long and 105 miles of the winding Colorado River. It highlights the river’s measured extent and a possible survey reference within a historical locality.
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Colorado River
City To File Answer Soon In Damage Suit
The city will file an answer next week in a $2000 damage suit brought by photographer Charles W. Roelke against Lieut. Frank K. Dorsey of the Frederick Police Department. The claim stems from a fatal September 28 accident when Roelke photographed the scene and a Hagerstown youth was struck and run over.
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Charles W. Roelke
Frank K. Dorsey
Frederick
Richard E. Zimmerman
Clarence R. Eshleman
Hagerstown
Roelke
Hiltner and Roelke
Lieut
Dorsey
Hagerst
East Patr
Fairgrounds
Zimmerman
Search Continues For Missing Coast Guard Plane
New York January 29 The U S Coast Guard says the search continues for a missing two engine Coast Guard plane near Maryland since January 24 The craft carried four crew members Visibility was zero due to a snow storm Baltimore Municipal Airport lost radio contact while the plane was en route from Newark New Jersey to Washington It had been rerouted to Baltimore because of snowfall in Washington and an unsuccessful landing attempt.
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Coast Guard
Maryland
Baltimore
Newark N. J
Washington
National
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