Pressure Mounts For Wage Price Controls In 1947
Washington December 14 President Truman faced urged calls from lawmakers to enact wage price controls amid world crisis. Senator Maybank urged national emergency with swift controls while Rep Walter and Senator Tobey noted undecided timing. Leaders of both parties backed rapid military buildup as talks continued.
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Maybank
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D-Pa
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R-NH
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Taft
Ohio
GOP
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Sica Gang Members Held in Slaying
Eight members of the Sica gang are jailed in Los Angeles on suspicion of murdering gambler Mackey Cohen’s mouthpiece Atty Sam Rummel. Atty Russel Parsons will seek writs for release. Police probe alibis and timing between Sunday and Monday night near Laurel Canyon and Sunset Strip, noting past tensions with Cohen’s crew.
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Sica
Mackey Cohen
Atty Sam Rummel
Atty
Russel Parsons
Joe Sica
Joe
Fred
Angelo
Rummel
Laurel canyon
Sica and Co
Cohen
James Hamilton
police
Sicas
Hollywood
Sunset stri
Hamilton
Sunset boulevard
A-Bomb Materials Curb Order Hinted
Washington dispatch reports top atomic leaders at a White House conference amid speculation that Truman may order controls on materials for the A bomb program. Three atomic officials would attend with lawmakers from the Senate and House banking committees, as Congress weighs defense and famine aid bills and seeks details on military funding.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
senate
house banking committees
Capitol Hill
house armed services committee
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Dual Role Handicap, Truman Says
President Truman reportedly told the broadcast advisory council that he is under the handicap of living two lives, one as president and one as a human being. Justin Miller, NAAB president, noted Truman added he sometimes must work hard on the human being, with a smile from the group when asked about letter writing.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
Miller
Mr. Truman
Moscow uses Hertogh case to attack colonial policy
Moscow denounces the Hertogh custody dispute as evidence of British racial discrimination in Singapore. The Communist Party newspaper blames English authorities for stoking Moslem anger and says Singapore is under siege after riots triggered by a court ruling returning 13 year old Maria Bertha Hertogh to her Roman Catholic mother. The curfew was reimposed as riots revived and the child departed by air for Holland with her mother.
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PI—Pravda
Hertogh
Singapore
Communist party
Maria Bertha Hertogh
Adeline Hertogh
Che Aminah
Holland
Second Mishap Reports Spirit of St. Louis Collision
In Altoona Pennsylvania the Spirit of St. Louis rammed the rear of a derailed freight train, pushing the diesel engine and two cars off the track. No injuries were reported. The incident follows a previous collision three months ago with a stalled troop train that killed 33 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen.
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ALTOONA
Pennsylvania railroad
Spirit of St. Louis
Coshocton
Camp Atterbury
Jackson elected to House Un American Activities Committee
Rep. Donald Jackson of Calid. was chosen by the House on December 14 to serve on its Un American Activities Committee, expanding the panel with a new member. The vote reflects ongoing congressional efforts to address alleged subversive activity within the United States.
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WASHINGTON
Donald Jackson
R-Calid
house today
Railroad Strike Spreads Amid Pleas and Court Order
A crippling rail yard strike spread from Chicago to Washington St Louis and Baltimore disrupting freight and some passenger mail service. The army warned of contempt and a federal court order aimed to end the walkout tied to a wage hour dispute.
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W. P. Kennedy
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Philadelphia
Naked Lie Japan rearmament claim denounced
The U S State Department called a Moscow report that the United States and Japan began steps to rebuild the Japanese army a naked lie. It accused Communist propaganda of signaling a Russia China alliance aimed at masking rearmament claims amid Far Eastern commission protests.
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WASHINGTON
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Moscow
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Japan
Russia
China
Red China
Shanghai
Pravda
Far Eastern commission
Army Denies Evacuation Tale
FRANKFURT Germany Dec 14 The U S army today issued a statement denying a news agency report that plans are being made for evacuation of American women and children from Germany Army headquarters in Heidelberg said there has been no change in the current policy as regards de evacuations
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U.S. army today
Army
Heidelberg
Churchill Calls A Bomb Lever In Peace Talks
Churchill declared the atomic bomb is the only lever to gain a peaceful settlement with Soviet Russia and argued against pledges never to use it unless attacked. Attlee said Truman gave satisfactory assurances on any use, while Churchill warned against waiting for an atomic attack and defended the bomb as a key deterrent.
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Winston Churchill
Russia
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ATTLEE
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Truman
U. N
MacArthur
Inchan
Korea Casualties Rise in Week Long Update
Washington reports total American casualties in Korea at 33,878, up 1,436 this week as of Dec 8. The Defense Department breakdown shows 5,870 deaths, 23,477 wounded, 5,143 missing. Army 28,713 casualties including 4,395 KIA and 4,897 missing. Navy 366, Marines 4,517, Air Force 282 with varying KIA and missing figures.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
United Nations
navy
Air force
News Blackout Dropped Over Hamhung Area
Allied military command imposes a security blackout on northeast Korea with tightened military information controls. No formal censorship yet but correspondents receive a list of suggestions limiting details on planned activities and locations of friendly forces to divisions or units only when in clear contact with the enemy.
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Korea
Hero Rescuer and Lifesaver Reunite After 35 Years
Minneapolis man Frank I. De Lange, who is blind, assists La Verne Houk a linotype operator, then learns Houk once saved his life near McIntosh South Dakota in 1915. Houk lost a leg on a freight train after an accident. De Lange applied a tourniquet. They reunite after decades.
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McIntosh
S. D
Frank I. De Lange
La Verne
Houk
South Dakota
De Lange
Mobridge
Legislator Calls Draft of Capital and Men for Defense
Washington December 14 Rep Wickersham Oklahoma urged drafting capital and manpower for national defense. He recalled Josh Lee, former senator and civil aeronautics board member, saying drafting capital with manpower is ripe for a trial. He added that business should accept a reasonable profit during an emergency.
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WASHINGTON
Rep
Wickersham
D-Okla
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
civil aeronautics board
Assembly Adopts Cease-Fire Plan
The United Nations General Assembly approved an Asian Arab plan for a Korean cease-fire by a 52 to 5 vote with Nationalist China abstaining. A three member committee led by Nashallah Entezam would seek a basis for a truce, though Russia opposed the move and warned it could aid a new U S and British attack. Egyptian sponsor Mahmoud Fawzi Bey urged world opinion against war, saying peace shows who helps civilization.
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NEW YORK
United Nations assembly
China
Assembly
Nashallah Entezam
Tran
Entezam
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Britain
Stefan Wierblowski
Egypt
Mahmoud Fawzi Bey
Fawzi
Williams Wins In Vote Recount
Detroit dispatch reports former Michigan Governor Harry F. Kelly conceded defeat after a recount of nearly 1.9 million votes in the November gubernatorial race. Democratic incumbent G. Mennen Williams will be inaugurated as Michigan's first Democratic governor in 36 years. Williams led by 1,154 votes on the official canvass, with recount margin at 4,243 votes after corrections to tabulations.
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DETROIT
UPI
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Kelly
G. Mennen Williams
GOP
Williams
dan
Senate confirms Cross as interstate commerce commissioner
Washington December 14 reports the senate approved President Truman's nomination of Hugh W. Cross of Illinois to serve as interstate commerce commissioner for a term expiring in 1957. Cross's appointment was confirmed today in a Senate vote.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Truman
Hugh W. Cross
Illinois
Allied forces push deeper into Korea beachhead amid growing Red air war
In northeast Korea the U N third division pulls back toward Hungnam after destroying bridges and a span at Songchon river. A convoy of 100 trucks reportedly moves from Manchuria toward Changjin reservoir while jets clash in the Sinuiju sector and MiG-15s engage American F-80s. Farther south the northwest front remains quiet.
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Korea
Manchuria
Washington
China
Soviet Union
U. S
Oro
Hamhung
Hungnam
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Manchurian
Changjin
Sinuiju
U. N
Tax Harvest Gets Under Way
The government opens its largest tax collection season amid defense costs, forecasting at least 16 billion dollars over three months. Since July 8 the fiscal year ran a 1.1 billion deficit, with expectations to worsen by next June 30. Corporate taxes near tomorrow mark the end of the 30 percent rate, shifting to 45 percent on 1950 profits, while individuals face 1949 taxes due by March 15 and possible 1930 taxes ahead of the general deadline.
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HcCormack
D-Mass
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