Showdown Looms On Wage Policy At White House
The article reports a possible quick clash over wage price controls as resignations from two Wage Stabilization Board industry members reach President Truman. A White House news conference may set policy on whether pay controls stay or end. OWMR board recommendations could shape timing and method of removal.
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White House
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Office of War Mobilization and
OWMA
Window Shopping Causes Mishaps
Mrs. Mildred Y. McKay a leading safety expert urged at the National Safety Congress that women drivers misjudge vision while window shopping for hats. She blamed obstructed vision by hats for accidents and warned insurers still regard women drivers as good risks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mildred Y. McKay
McKay
Cleveland Automobile Club
National Safety Congress
Mrs. McKay
Vinegar Joe Stilwell Critically Ill at Letterman Hospital
General Joseph W. Stilwell commander of the Sixth Army is critically ill at Letterman General Hospital with a liver condition believed linked to exposure in Burma jungles. The 63 year old Asiatic war veteran has long led American and Chinese troops and underwent surgery on Oct. 3 with condition described as critical yesterday.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sixth Army
Letterman General Hospital
Burma Jungles
Vinegar Joe
Oysters Eat All Day Says U S Ocean Researchers
Researchers Loosanoff and Nemejko of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service Marine Laboratory Milford Conn report that oysters feed continuously from flood to ebb and day and night. They studied 1400 oysters and found each filters about 34 quarts of water per hour and most carried full stomachs, showing high feeding efficiency.
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Charles A. Nemejko
U.S
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Loosanoff
Nemejko
Messrs. L. and
Safety Meeting Highlights Gasoline Explosions Risks
Standard Oil employes from 14 Southern West Virginia counties attended a safety meeting where J E B Jeffries explained gasoline explodes only in specific vapor air mixtures. He warned heat sources beyond flames and listed several heat origins including static electricity and hot equipment.
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Standard Oil Company of
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West Virginia
Jeffries
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G. C. Backus
Bluefield
W. E. Rutter
Montgomery
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J. C. Brannon
Boomer
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Beckley
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Rainelle
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Charleston
Virginia Miners Casualty Toll Highlights Danger
Richmond report shows about one in ten Virginia miners suffered injuries or deaths in the year ending September 1. Commissioner Hall notes mining safety remains a major problem as 59 deaths and over 4,100 injuries are tallied while major mines employ about 11,200 workers this year.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
Snabakinnar
John Hopkins Hala Jr
Hall
Cordell Hull Shows Slight Improvement
Bethesda Naval Hospital reports slight but definite improvement in Cordell Hull's condition. The 75-year-old former secretary of state has been in serious condition since a stroke on September 30. An early morning update says Hull rested well and improved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Egyptian brides bathe for first time in red veils to ward off evil
Egyptian brides endure a ceremonial bath wrapped in red veils as a protective rite against evil spirits, reflecting traditional wedding customs.
Smoking in Bed Tops National Fire Hazard List
The National Safety Congress heard that smoking in bed is the leading national fire hazard and one of five principal causes of rising fire losses. John J. Ahern of Mindrs Institute of Technology noted last year’s fires totaled 484 million dollars and industrial losses are up 25 percent from 1945. He cited improper building, electrical misuse, heating equipment hazards, and spontaneous combustion as other major factors.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Safety Congress
John J. Ahern
Mindrs Institute of Technology
Congress
Ahern
Mother Charged In Death Of Her Two Children
In Caribou Maine a 27 year old mother Gretchen Richardson was named in warrants charging murder in the shotgun deaths of her children Priscilla May six and Jerry James four found by their father in their Washburn Wade Street home. She told state police the gun discharged accidentally and she fled the scene. She signed a statement claiming no knowledge of the fatalities.
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Associated Press
Caribou
Wade
Washburn
Irvine E. Peterson
Gretchen Richardson
Bangor
Richardsson
Richardson
Priscilla May
Jerry James
Daughter is Born in Scarbro Eleven Hour Birth
A nine pound daughter was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs John Brock of Scarbro. Mrs Brock is the former Georgia Farmer daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Farmer of Baltimore Md formerly of Mount Hope.
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Scarbro
John Brock
Brock
Georgia Farmer
W. A. Farmer
L Baltimore, Md
Mount Hope
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