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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
7
President Truman summoned Congress to convene at noon on Monday November 17 1947 to address inflation high cost of living and Western Europe aid. He asked 580 million dollars in stopgap funding and urged swift action on the Marshall plan with a national radio address planned for Friday night.
President Truman asks Congress for 647 million dollars to tide Italy and France over until March 31. Supporters hailed the request while critics doubt figures. leaders foresee quick action after hearings and a possible Christmas recess to cover foreign aid.
The White House is crafting suggestions for Congress to curb inflation. President Truman announced after a two hour and 35 minute cabinet meeting the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a fractional dip in wholesale prices of one tenth of one percent for the week, leaving prices 40 percent above the June 1946 level as the index hits 157.9 percent of the 1926 average. Cabinet members emerged from the session mum.
Former representative Katherine Edgar Byron and Samuel Bynum Riddick will wed Saturday at 4 p m in Williamsport Maryland. The ceremony is at the bride's mother's home with her son William D Byron Jr giving her away. Riddick works for the Federal Housing Administration. The couple's histories include Byron’s 1941 House term and two marriages for the bride.
Mr and Mrs C Wade Young of Harmony Grove announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor Ann to Joseph Bertram Orndorff, son of Mrs Alvie Etzler of Braddock Heights. No wedding date has been set.
A car ran off Route 26 a mile west of Libertytown dashing a hedge fence and damaging a power pole. The crash cut power for over an hour with no injuries reported. the car was moved to a garage and removed by the time State Trooper Charles McLane arrived.
Rev Paul L Althouse names the Bible the world’s greatest treasure on Bible week. He notes 30 million copies reprinted annually and 1 070 translations. The King James Version stems from 54 scholars appointed by King James, not the monarch’s hand. President Paul M Carmack chairs the event.
A Freder ick and Edwin and Noble Thomas received a court recorded agreement permitting them to keep title to an oil burner they installed in their home near the new airport. The meeting in Woodlawn included Walter C. Peterson and others. The Francis Scott Key Hotel hosted the gathering in its male dining room.
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