15 Dec 1949
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
1
In a ruined Swift & Co meat packing plant scene, 16 people died and 9 others were critically injured after a blast that rocked the building near the stockyards. Gas leakage halted by nightfall, with guards patrolling the site while officials investigate the cause.
Washington December 15 The Cotton farmers vote on whether to revert to pre war production controls in a 20 state referendum. A rejection could trigger a futures selling wave and a broader downturn in major commodities, though officials expect two thirds to support the controls.
Washington December 15 Senate investigators halted their probe into the high cost of coffee as prices appeared to stabilize. Senator Gillette of Iowa reported a pause in public hearings until January. He noted grocery ads showing 56 cent coffee per pound versus 34 cents previously, but voiced cautious optimism for a return of the nickel cup of java amid steadier supplies. Philip Hauser, acting census director, said a spot stock check found current supplies near last year’s levels.
Miami described the Dutch motor ship Corps as sunk after an overnight disaster. Ten of eleven aboard died. thirteen survivors reached safety, eight in a Miami hospital and five aboard the Williamsburg bound for Philadelphia. One body recovered, cook Bruyn Van Rosenburg buried at sea.
A double tragedy on the C A Doughit farm eight miles northeast of Rotan left Basilio Perez and four other adults and five children dead. Eleven skeletons were found in the charred four room house, victims all died in sleep from a fire likely started by a damaged kerosene cookstove. The victims included three generations, a 14 year old girl, and a pregnant woman. Identifications came from transient laborers on the farm.
New York December 15 The battered typewriter that became a key exhibit in Alger Hiss first perjury trial was introduced by the defense in Hiss second trial The government says Hiss copied secret documents on the machine and passed them to a pre war Soviet spy ring Hiss denies wrongdoing Boston lawyer John L Hall testified Hiss loyalty and integrity Chambers contradicting witnesses testified yesterday
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower reaches Fort Worth Texas to address the annual chamber of commerce membership meeting tonight. The visit underscores his public speaking schedule during a busy political period.
Snowy haired William McRae, a familiar Bardowie Street resident, faced two masked bandits in a Glasgow news counter holdup yesterday. One robber pressed a gun and demanded exit, but McRae complied and the assailants fled.
In Los Angeles on December 15, Toni Hughes, 29, called a mob leader during cross-examination of Ben H. Klekner, 49, head of a television school, who told of extortion threats over $9,000 linked to his alleged romantic liaisons with Helen Keller, 27.
Delegates from 16 Indonesian states flew to Jogjakarta to pick a president for the new United States of Indonesia. The government will take over from the Dutch within two weeks, ending 300 years of colonial rule.
In Greenwich Connecticut delegates from 19 million churchgoers gathered as a three day conference opened to discuss how a consolidation of Protestant denominations would affect individual local churches. Some leaders favor a unity plan preserving local units while others doubt past attempts due to excess autonomy. Forty five figures from fourteen denominations plus inter church council consultants attend, sponsored by seven denominations.
Sacramento Calif Dec 15 a California legislative committee disagreed with Dr Alfred C Kinsey on sex crime policy urging no new laws amid hysteria and arguing for research into causes. The judiciary committee backed six bills increasing penalties including death in gas chamber for certain child crimes and life terms for repeat rapists.
Sympathy walkouts spread among telephone installers in Springfield Missouri and Little Rock Fort Smith and Texarkana Arkansas. Western Electric workers there stayed away yesterday then returned. In St Louis union president J H Brashear said at least 50 installers have walked out across the Arkansas cities with few details available.
Washington reports that Russia halted discussions on an Austrian peace treaty after demanding payment of Soviet occupation claims first. A State Department press officer disclosed the break in talks.
Peiping radio claimed the Nationalists killed over 500 political prisoners before retreating from Chungking on November 30. It named Yang W-Chene as a leading victim, recounting his prior role in the Chiang Kai-shek kidnapping and the subsequent events that led to his detention on Formosa. The broadcast described bodies found in a Chungking garden and listed family remains recovered in the aftermath.
Paul Robeson the Negro singer and others filed a federal court suit seeking 2 million dollars in damages. The action names two Westchester county veterans organizations and 14 others in connection with a disturbance after a rally near Peekskill New York several months earlier.
A key lawmaker predicted that President Truman will seek and Congress will approve a continued federal rent control beyond June 30 1950. Rep. Bar rat O'Hara said rent ceilings must remain, citing Harrodsburg Kentucky where rents rose 10 to 300 percent, and warned Chicago and other cities could face collapse if controls end.
REY WEST, Fla, Der te GAP said today that treacury and geedse: Iaking studies to determine whethir wertme eccee teerg can be repeated. He declined to say whether he would support new taxes but noted a study by a committee of experts is under consideration. The report indicates wartime tax strategies are being reviewed to balance the federal budget without new taxes.
A Capitol debate over a Lustron prefab loan program affected by an RFC funding note recalled by a state senator. The discussion involved Rep. Darehe and Valparaiso University figures, naming former GOP figure Freek Sundstrom as the executive tied to the amendment and loan sequence.
Gas fire and a series of blasts damaged five stores near Woodward and Schoolcraft in Detroit. Four firefighters and six others were injured as explosions sent flames into the business district, with warnings prompting evacuations and authorities scrambling to control the blaze.
Bednasek appeared in justice court in Towa City and entered an innocent plea on a degree murder charge. He waived indictment by a grand jury after withdrawing a request for a preliminary hearing in the case involving Margaret Anne Jats son.
O'Mahoney announces a price increase for steel at C10 affecting buyers and suppliers. Officials warn market shifts may impact contracts and cost structures across construction and manufacturing sectors.
The readable text mentions Philippines and a GM chemical fed back to a government project. It references a meeting or event involving a person named Asin and a place or term Ube. Overall the fragments suggest a derailed report with unclear names and locations.
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