President hints at controls as cost of living eases
Weekly analysis notes President Truman to push anti inflation measures while Congress weighs wage and price policy. Ford wage increase and rising prices create a cycle. Dip in the cost of living in October fuels debate on controls ahead of the State of the Union.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Congress
Labor
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Capitol Hill
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Edwin G. Nourse
Mutual Aid Treaty Seeks Western Defense Pact
Western democracies led by Great Britain France and Benelux agreed on a 17 point mutual assistance pact with the United States Canada and five western European nations to deter Russia and communism. The plan opens membership and creates boards to operate after signing while omitting any Soviet mention. The Kremlin reportedly orders peace propaganda as part of a broader cold war strategy.
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Russia
Great Britain
France
U. S
Canada
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Kremlin
United States
Berlin
Tax cut hopes fade as George returns to Senate finance post
Senate action margins shrink as Sen. Walter F. George reclaims chair of the finance committee. He says extra aid to Europe and higher defense spending would block tax reductions. He estimates ERP may rise by one to two billion dollars.
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Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Europe
King George VI Reported Suffering From Vascular Disease
Royal family news notes King George VI in fragile health with thromboangiitis obliterans suspected. Doctors warn of no permanent cure while outlining reduced duties and a stay at Buckingham Palace as the king conducts state business from his bedroom.
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Great Britain
Princess Elizabeth
King George
Australia
New Zealand
George VI
Buerger
George
Buckingham Palace
Atomic Researcher Named Head of Brookhaven Firm
Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, recently acting president of Columbia University, is named head of Associated Universities Inc which runs Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton New York. The lab is government funded to aid university nuclear research. Red Cross considers war zone safety zones for civilians in future atomic war with shelter areas behind combat lines, protecting wounded children mothers and the aged.
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Frank D. Fackenthal
Columbia_ University
Associated Universities, Inc
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
N. Y
U. S
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Palestine
No Brass Proposes Rankless Military Postgraduate Schools
Industrialist and wartime brigadier general Robert Wood Johnson calls for removing insignia from senior officers and converting West Point and Annapolis into postgraduate schools open to all ranks. Johnson, chairman of Johnson & Johnson, outlines the reform plan.
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West Point
Annapolis
Robert Wood Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Firm
Atlantis Debunked by Columbia Scientist
Dr. Mau rice Ewing of Columbia University says the lost continent Atlantis does not exist. He has photographed probed and sounded the ocean floor since 1935 to support his finding.
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Maurice Ewing
Columbia University
Atlantis
Ewing
First Aid to the Ailing House
Reader asks about iron in the water causing yellowing clothes and recommends an iron removal unit with information available from a New York exhibit. A second query suggests removing rust stains from rubber tile by rubbing with very fine steel wool moistened with water.
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Park Avenue
New York
Christmas Budget Boost With Cigars and Tins
A nostalgic holiday ad suggests gifting Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco in colorful containers. It promotes personal greetings on the wrappings and claims the items suit a modest Christmas budget with easy access through a neighborhood dealer.
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Geason
Prince Albert
Santa Claus
P.A
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