Inflation Fears Mount Yet Forecasts See Steady 1950
Washington observers warn of inflation risk while predicting a prosperous 1950. President Truman unlikely to pursue standby anti inflation powers. Government spending and wage boosts fuel inflation potential, yet most economists expect no major price surge next year. Deflation risk remains for key industries as disinflation ends. Private and public analysts cite red ink and GI insurance refunds as factors shaping prices and production.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Douglas
D-II
federal reserve board
Code of fair practice eyed in anti-trust study
Washington December five U P reports that Secretary of Commerce Sawyer announced a broad study of federal anti-trust policies. Aimed to reduce confusion about laws and clarify legal conduct for businessmen. Sawyer said business groups confirm many want to obey the law but face unclear prohibitions and permitted actions.
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WASHINGTON
Secretary of
Commerce Sawyer
Sawyer
Big Bombers Made For Arctic Uses
The B 36 bombers, after two years of cold weather testing, are being modified to operate from Arctic bases. The updates would extend the 10 000 mile range bomber to reach deep into Eurasia, where Russia is said to house atomic and other war goods manufacturing plants.
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WASHINGTON
Arctic
Eurasian
Russia
Right to Work Law Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a 8-0 decision with Justice Douglas not taking part, upheld an Arkansas right to work law that bans force or threats to prevent lawful employment. The ruling also touches on Taft-Hartley prohibitions and a CIO challenge tied to a 1945 strike at North Little Rock, with key figures Roy Cole and Louis Jones cited. The other matter involved a Los Angeles county anti Communist loyalty program, with Justice Frankfurter delivering a unanimous ruling and noting ongoing appeals in state courts.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Jackson
Arkansas
Douglas
CIO
North Little Rock
Southern Cotton Oil company
Roy Cole
Louis Jones
California
county board of supervisors
High Winds Kill 10 in Germany
Berlin reports ten people killed and sixteen injured as 80 mile per hour winds toppled war weakened buildings across northern Germany. Five deaths occurred in Berlin while sea traffic sought shelter with over a hundred vessels in Weser and Elbe river mouths.
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BERLIN
Germany
Weser
Elbe
Truman Bolsters Vacation Staff To Draft Talks
President Truman expands his vacation staff at Key West to draft three major messages to Congress. John R. Steelman. Charles B. Murphy. George Elsey join, with Clark M. Clifford, to prepare the state of the union, budget and economic messages. Donald Dawson travels from Miami to assist. Brig. Gen. Wallace E. Graham arrives from Peru after health work. Truman stays active with swimming and sunbathing, reporting he feels fine.
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KEY WEST
Fla
Truman
congress
John R. Steelman
Washington
White House
Charles 8. Murphy
George Elsey
Donald Dawson
Miami
Clark M. Clifford
Charles G. Ross
Wallace E. Graham
Lima
Peru
Guatemala
Ross
Bridges Faces Secret Witness in Bridges Trial
SAN FRISCO December 5 Government lawyers announce a new secret witness to testify against Harry Bridges. Henry Schrimpf an ex Communist Longshore boss who worked with Bridges during the 1934 general strike is expected on the stand for cross examination. The government will also question more witnesses and then call a witness whose name has not been mentioned before. The new witness is described as key and more important than John Schomaker who testified in 1933 that Bridges was a disciplined Communist.
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SAN FRISCO
Harry Bridges
Henry Schrimpf
west coast
Shrimpf
lke Bridges
Australia
F. Joseph Donohue
John Schomaker
Donohue
Schomaker
Bridges
Communist party
Red Recognition Bantry Dropped in U.N. Debate
Nationalist China withdrew demands for United Nations action to condemn the Chinese Red regime and signaled willingness to a Latin American compromise. T. F. Tsiang, China’s chief delegate, said the issue could be sent to the year-round assembly for ongoing examination and study.
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LAKE
China
United Nations
T. F. Tsiang
general assembly
Squirrel Attack Prompts Shot by Pasadena Officers
Laura Waugh, 42, told police a submissive looking squirrel bit her while she fed it in her back yard. It chased her toward the house and raged on the porch until two officers shot the animal. She was treated for bites scratches and shock at the hospital.
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PASADENA
Calif
Laura Waugh
Miners Return To Coal Pits
The United Mine workers restart after a brief strike, returning to 12:01 a m operations on a three day week. Shifts resume at 7 a m across western Pennsylvania with miners hopeful for a five day schedule but operators resist wage increases.
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PITTSBURGH
Dee
United Mine workers
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Chinese flee Chengtu as Nationalists flee to Formosa
Nationalist government evacuates Chengtu for Formosa using planes hired from retired General Claire Chennault after declaring continued resistance against the Communists. Reds advance west, seizing Chongking and pressing toward the city as Chiang Kai-shek vows to fight. Czechoslovak bishops denounce church control laws, warning of religious conflict if not revised, in a 2200 word letter dated Nov 17.
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U. S
Claire Chennault
Chengtu
Chongking
Chiang Khai-shek
Czechoslovakia
Targets of Lobby Inquiry Listed
Six major groups may be the initial targets of a House committee probe into lobbying. Led by Rep. Buchanan the panel has no fixed plan yet, and will likely be guided by a congress report on lobbying by W. Brooke Graves. The report notes active lobbying fields including tariff, natural resources, real estate against public housing, airlines, agriculture, and the dairy versus oleomargarine battle.
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WASHINGTON
house
Rep
Buchanan
D-Pa
library of congress
W. Brooke Graves
legislative reference service
tariff
natural resources
airlines
agriculture
Death by own action notes tell two tales
Chicago police found two notes beside Lewis W. Friedrichs body in a dingy hotel room. One addressed to his mother claims he took his own life and asks not to be sent back to Yonkers. The other to the police says he is broke and offers his body to Northwestern Medical School if accepted.
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CHICAGO
Lewis W. Friedrich
Yonkers
Lewis
Northwestern university medical school
peter’s
Lake Michigan
Supreme Court to Hear Tideland Oil Case
Washington December 5 The Supreme Court agreed to hear two suits where the federal government seeks possession of oil bearing tidelands off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Texas
Louisiana
May Enters Jail To Serve Term For Bribery
ASHLAND Ky Dec 5 Andrew J May 74 former chairman of the house military affairs committee became a federal prisoner for wartime bribery and conspiracy. He was admitted to the government correctional institution near Ashland at 6 30 am after slipping in with U S Marshal John M Moore of Lexington Moore denied a commitment order. May had argued poor health and old age to avoid the eight to 24 month sentence.
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ASHLAND
Andrew J. May
house
government correctional institution
here
John M. Moore
Lexington
U. & marshal
Kentucky
May
Garsson brothers
Henry
Murray
war department
Garssons
Moore
Culver
U. S
Catlettsburg
escape
Hoover to Lead Economy Drive in Washington Speech
Herbert Hoover will return to Washington to urge a government reorganization to cut spending and taxes. He will address the National Reorganization Conference urging widespread savings and criticizing reliance on taxpayer funding, framing it as a GOP theme for 1950 campaigns.
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WASHINGTON
Herbert Hoover
republic
Hoover
New York
Officer Describes Finding Suitcase Bound for Russia
A former police officer testified about discovering a suitcase bound for Russia containing papers and money tied to a plan in 1949. The witness referenced orders from a high official and noted muttered exchanges about shipments and a missing piece, with mixed accounts of who gave the directives and when.
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WASHINGTON, Der
CAPLOA
alytate
Ruscia
gheen wee
Russia
Jordan
hanep neikeeetiion
Bowles Appoints Partner Senator in Hartford (Dramatic Announcement)
Governor Chester Bowles named his former associate William Benton of Southport to take Raymond E. Burton's Senate seat on the Democratic side after Republican Burton resigns December 17. Benton pledged to join the Democrats and backed Roosevelt and Truman era policies amid a large crowd in Hartford.
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Alfred E. Smith
President Truman
wut
Surplus Boosts Turkey Supplies
Washington reports the agriculture department offers to sell 725000 pounds of dressed turkeys to boost Chippewa tas supplies. The turkeys were bought earlier in the fall under a producer price support program. The birds, smaller in size, were purchased as prices rise from earlier, with costs now relatively high.
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WASHINGTON
agriculture department
totas
Repentant Telephone User Wants Record Kept Straight
Philadelphia dispatch recounts a child’s prank and a polite apology. A nine year old miscalled, called the operator dumb, and later apologized after a mother checked the line. The two reconnect and the boy again comments on the operator’s intelligence.
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PHILADELPHIA
Churchmen Debate Aims of Group
Church leaders discuss goals and structure of a religious association as they consider aims and possible reforms. The discussion touches on governance, membership, and outreach emphasis within the organization.
Britain Halts Atom Pile Work
Reported decision stops atomic pile development amid fatigue and technical issues. Officials cite safety concerns and pending assessments as researchers pause progress.
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Britain
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