Rent Control Issue Strong In Congress
Washington December 30 President Truman faces a push to continue rent controls with a shift toward state administration of ceilings while preserving federal oversight to curb severe gouging The plan aims to ease congressional opposition and expand housing aid for low and middle income families Officials and lawmakers weigh extending nationwide ceilings and the states rights option amid uncertain housing needs and future legislative action
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
administration
council of economic advisers
Spence
D-Ky
house banking committee
White House
Sparkman
D- Ala
Convicted Rape Killer Appeals Death Penalty
Ray Dempsey Gardner 28 of Columbus Ohio filed a formal appeal in the Utah Supreme Court against his death sentence for the killing of Shirley Gretzinger, a 17 year old babysitter. Gardner, denied a new trial, remains on death row with execution scheduled for January 21. Chief Justice Pratt issued a stay pending appeal.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Ray Dempsey Gardner
state supreme court
Gardner
Columbus
Ogden
Utah
Shirley Jean Gretzinger
district court
Eugene E. Pratt
Hard Coal Talks Recessed Until 4 P.M. Next Tuesday
New York December 30 talks between United Mine Workers and anthracite operators recessed for four hours. Thomas Kennedy vice president said no progress on wage welfare or other disputes after a two hour meeting. About 80,000 miners affected as the union orders a three day work week.
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NEW YORK
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Veterans' Check Issuance Set
Veterans Administrator Carl B. Gray announced checks for service insurance dividends will begin mailing from Washington on January 16 and continue through June 30. About 200000 checks go out daily to roughly 16000000 policy holders, with receipt based on the last three digits of serial numbers.
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HOUSTON
Carl B. Gray
tfe
Washington
Gray
treasury department
treasury
University of Houston
Cow’s Tail Off Culprit Sought
MURRAY Utah Dec 30 Somebody cut the tail off J M Taylor’s cow Taylor wants to know who did it Somebody snipped two feet off bossy’s appendage with a sharp instrument between the night and morning milkings The cow suffered severe loss of blood Taylor said a search of his farm failed to reveal the tail eliminating all possibility that the amputation was accidental Deputy sheriffs called into the case expressed the belief someone severed the tail to obtain it as a prize in a scavenger hunt party
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MURRAY
Utah
J. M. Taylor
Taylor
bossy
Convicted Rapist Denied Probation in Morals Case
BELVIDERE ILLINOIS December 30 Convicted rapist George Frost 34 was denied probation and must serve a five year sentence. Circuit Judge William M Carroll said he would have considered probation if Frost were about 17 but could not due to ages of the defendant and victim Clara Jane Grebee testified to an October rape. Frost was the first of ten men tried on morals charges involving five teenage girls. The state says the men lured the girls with sodas then took them to fields and haymows.
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BELVIDERE
ILI
George Frost
William M. Carroll
Frost
Clara Jane Grebee
Clara Jane
Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Presents Credentials
Dr. Ales Bebler presented his credentials as Yugoslav security council delegate to U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie. He will take seats on the council January 1 for a two year term in the U.N. headquarters Lie's office.
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LAKE SUCCESS
UPI
Ales Bebler
security council
U.N
Trygve Lie
Bebler
Lie
Critics Win Lose In Navy Orders
The Navy announces promotions and transfers altering high command. Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan moves from Pacific command to shore duties in aeronautical work, possibly in Jacksonville, while Arleigh A. Burke is nominated for rear admiral. Other officers also face rank changes pending Senate approval amid ongoing policy hearings.
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WASHINGTON
navy
Gerald F. Bogan
Pentagon
pacific
jadmiral
Arleigh A. Burke
congress
senate
Bogan
Matthews
naval operations
Adm
Lews Denfeld
John G. Crommelin
Crommelin
house armed sevices committee
army
air force
Denfeld
Defense Johnson
Atlantic
Mediterranean
fleet air
Los Angeles Quietest City in Nation in 1949 Survey
New York Dec 30, Pittsburgh leads as the noisiest city in a Van Der Schalie lab survey. Los Angeles ranks the quietest with wide streets keeping traffic moving and motorists less prone to honk. The nine quietest after LA include Denver Danbury Cheyenne Jackson Detroit Minneapolis Springfield Sioux City Fargo.
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NEW YORK
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Van Der Schalie
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Houston
Miami
St. Louis
Denver
Danbury
Conn
Cheyenne
Jackson
Detroit
Minneapolis
Springfield
Sioux City
Iowa
Fargo
N. C
Women Indicted In Bridges Case
San Francisco December 30. Government indictments charged two women with attempting to pressure a prospective witness in the Harry Bridges perjury trial to alter testimony. The grand jury also indicted Bridges and two aides. Named defendants were Jean Murray, 33, who described herself as an internationalist and itinerant philosopher, and Betty Teixeira, 29, former San Francisco supervisor’s ex-wife and state assemblyman’s associate active in left wing movements.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO longshare
Jean Murray
Betty Teixeira
state senate committee on un-American activities
Roosevelt Fee Enters California Governor Race
Los Angeles attorney Welburn Mayock joins James Roosevelt in the California Democratic gubernatorial bid. Mayock criticizes Roosevelt as unfit for party and state, while Roosevelt plans to run in both parties and campaign against GOP contenders. Earl Warren has not announced. Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight hints at possible draft.
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LOS ANGELES
California
Welburn Mayock
James Roosevelt
Jimmy
Roosevelt
Truman
Mayock
Eisenhower
GOP
Earl Warren
Goodwin Knight
Extortion Figure ill from Medicine Extortion Figure ill from Medicine
Pi-, Ben Klekner, head of a Hollywood television school, was recovering from what police said appeared to be an accidental sleeping medicine overdose. He was treated at Santa Monica hospital after his stomach was pumped. Detectives noted he had heart illness and had taken sleeping pills matching his heart medicine. The trial of two girls, Helen Keller and Toni Hughes, on conspiracy and extortion charges continued.
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LOS ANGELES
Ben Klekner
Klekner
Hollywood
Santa Monica
Ila
W. Stembler
Gangster Kills Wife in Frenzy
Chicago reports Julius Jones a former gangster who once testified against associates in 1933 woke in a daze and fatally shot his wife Grace after paying an escort to bring her home from a tavern. A man, John Fitzgerald, was wounded mildly. Jones said he feared his old gang and fired six shots from a revolver under his pillow.
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CHICAGO
UPI
John Enright
Julius Jones
Grace
Jones
John Fitzgerald
California Woman Dies After Crash
Mrs. Cynthia Dunkin of Atwater California died in a local hospital from injuries she sustained in an ice coated highway crash on December 8. Her husband Mr. Dunkin was uninjured when their car overturned three times in the same accident. The fatal injury was a broken neck.
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GARDEN CITY
Kas
Cynthia Dunkin
Atwater
Calif
Korea recognizes Indonesia in postwar move
Seoul reports the Republic of Korea has formally recognized the United States of Indonesia, noted as a new postwar country. The decision marks another diplomatic tie as regional leaders redefine statehood after conflict.
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SEOUL
republic of Korea
United States of Indonesia
Too Many Taps Opened Again In New York
New York City water use rose after rains despite a critical shortage. Water Commissioner Stephen J. Carney reported public consumption jumped by 50 million gallons from the prior day’s nearly 900 million and warned residents were lax in conservation efforts.
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New York
UPI
Stephen J. Carney
Salt Water Not Liked in Texas
Temple residents face salt water in drinking supply as experts trace salinity to a four-inch pipe draining oil field wastes into Colony creek, a Leon river tributary. Mayor Dan Perry urged state action after identifying a salt lake at the pipe mouth.
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TEMPLE
Tex
Leon
Texas
Colony creek
Leon river
Colony lreek
Dan Perry
Bob Hope tops box office in 1949 poll dethroning Bing Crosby
Hollywood reports Bob Hope leads the 1949 Motion Picture Herald box office poll, ending Bing Crosby's five year reign. Crosby placed second with Abbott and Costello third, John Wayne rising to fourth, and a top ten including Cooper Grant Grable Williams Bogart and Gable. Westerns favor Roy Rogers while Anna Neagle leads British exhibitors.
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HOLLYWOOD
Bing
Crosby
Bob Hope
Hope
Motion Picture Herald
inner circle
Humphrey Bogart
Clark Gable
Grable jegs
Miss Williams
Cooper
James Stewart
Randolph Scott
Red Skellan
Clifton Webb
Loretta Young
June Allyson
Alan sadd
Ray Rogers
Dan Dailey
Olivia De Havilland
Robert Mitchum
Claudette Colbert
Gregory Peck
Spencer Tracy
Jane Wyman
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Gabby Hayes
Tim Holt
William Elliott
Anna Neagle
Michael Wilding
Danny Kaye
Crosby square
Communists Gain Diplomatic Ally Recognized by India and Burma
India and Burma have recognized the Chinese Communist government led by Mao Zedong, marking a shift away from Chiang Kai-shek. Britain and its dominions may follow at the Commonwealth conference opening Jan. 8 in Calcutta. Reasons cited include control by the Communist regime, opposition to Chiang, and acceptance of international obligations.
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NEW
Chiang Kaishek
Nationale
tegen vers ff
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Burma
Peiping
Great Britain
commonwealth
Cele
China
Train wreck in sub zero weather injures many in Canada
A Canadian Pacific rail wreck 8 miles southeast of Calgary in sub zero conditions left one dead and over 40 injured. Survivors recounted darkness and severed limbs as rescuers, a wrecking train, and power crews labored to reach and assist victims. The wreck involved the main line and a westbound passenger train, with Bert Beforn killed.
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CALGARY
Alberta
Der
here
geeper
cain
Niagara Fale
Bert Befforn
Zeveamold
arethet
iran
One-Bottle Man Fends Off Robber at Bar
In Sashville Troe Der 30 UPA reports a single-holster bandit threatened a liquor store. AL Rogers, clerk, says the intruder ordered whisky then pulled a pistol and grabbed a second gun from under the counter. Rogers struck with the bottle and the assailant fled.
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SASHVILLE
holterman
AL Rogers
Rogers
hia
Sheriff Shoots Kills Assailant After Resisting Arrest
Unionville Ma Dee Je Sheriff Stilman Beary shot and killed Jake Stover of Unionville after Stover resisted arrest at a cafe. Stover, a semi pro boxer, hurled beer bottles striking Beary in the eye. a later grappling in an alley led to Stover being mortally wounded.
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UNIONVILLE
Dee
Stilman Beary
Jake Stover
Stover
Beary
Relief survey in quake-hit areas north of Manila
Field agents of the Ted Cross investigated hardest hit areas north of Manila to determine if relief measures were needed after the December quake.
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MANILA
Dec
Ted Cross
Mercy Killing Doctor Released On 25000 Bond
A doctor connected to a mercy killing case was freed on a 25000 bond amid lengthy court proceedings. The report notes ongoing legal actions and the suspect’s release while awaiting trial.
Taft Disavows Monetary Aid
Taft disavows any monetary aid while a garbled segment hints at political debate. The unreadable text contains names and fragments suggesting a public process or pledge, but core facts remain unclear.
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Taft
New Starlet Sought At $150 Weekly Offer
A bargain rate of 150 dollars per week is advertised for a new starlet position. The notice lists unclear names and scattered phrases, with garbled text obscuring full details about the role and employer.
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James B. Ostergren
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Pat Weise
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