Wilson asks Congress for two more years of price controls
Wilson urged extension of the Defense Production Act to two more years, saying inflation can be curbed only by keeping down both prices and wages. He noted some easing in shortages like copper and aluminum but cautioned it may not continue. He called for restoring full credit controls and beef slaughtering oversight, and supported maintaining postwar cost-adjustment protections. He spoke as testifying kickoff witness for hearings on extending the act that expires at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Herlong
Brannan
O'Dwyer's Pal Moran Sentenced in Shakedown Ring
James J. Moran a longtime ally of former Mayor William O'Dwyer and now ambassador to Mexico was sentenced in New York to 12 to 15 years for leading a $500000a year extortion ring. He headed a fireman led scheme charging fuel oil firms for permits. Moran had been appointed to a lifelong $15000a year water board post by O'Dwyer before his resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Moran
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
Moran
O'Dwyer
O’dwyer
Borden Wildcat Fractures Hole Near Fluvanna
The Superior Oil Co. No. 6597 C. D. Jones Borden wildcat west of Fluvanna fractured the Mississippi top at 7,961 to 7,979 feet and 3,000 gallons. project shut in for fracturing then testing and swabbing for completion. Other wells include Fisher County RHK Drilling No. 1 Willingham perforated 4,920–4,930 and 4,838–4,843 feet, acidized with 800 gallons, swabbed and flowing. Kent wildcat and nearby wells drilling in lime shale sand and chert. Crown Central Petroleum No. 1 near Gail drilling below 6,170 feet. Ernie White Howard County wildcat below 2,790 feet. Texaco No. 1 Wasson in Howard County continuing for drillstem test at 7,870 feet with prior test attempts unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Oil Co
C. D. Jones
Borden Wildcat
Fluvanna
Fisher Well
Fisher County
RHK Drilling Co
Willingham
Kent
Stanolird Oil & Gas
J.J. Emery
Central - North Kent
Wildcat
Sun No
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
Joe York
Gail
P. R. Rutherford
Ernie White
Howard County
Texaco No
Wasson
Douglas' Number Called On Tidelands
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel fires back at Senator Paul Douglas over a radio speech on pending federal tidelands legislation. He argues Illinois would gain from submerged lands ownership and cites the Illinois Central case. Daniel warns that federal control would threaten Great Lakes title and Chicago shoreline improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Price Daniel
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Daniel
Sen. Douglas
Texas
Louisiana
California
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Supreme Court
Illinois Central R. R. Co
Ilinois
Great Lakes
Great Lakes States
Lakes
Price Drops Worry Planning Officials
Washington reports that agriculture moves into a critical planning stage for this year’s production. Price declines and tight labor plus machinery shortages cloud forecasts as the Agriculture Department surveys farmers to gauge plans. March 19 results will shape defense and reserves targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Off-Shore Land Bill Faces Senate Vote Over Coast Lands
The Senate takes up a dispute over whether states or the federal government control offshore oil lands. A administration backed bill would let the federal government administer mineral leases, with 37 percent of revenues to states and the rest to the federal treasury, while a rival amendment seeks to surrender federal claims to lands within the three mile limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
California
Louisiana
Texas
Sens
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Interior
Federal Treasury
Congress
Truman
White House
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
House
Federal Administration
Third Traffic Fatality for Scurry County in 1952
Funeral services are pending for Glenda Jo Ann Garbe 14 of Post Highway who died at 5 35 o clock yesterday from injuries in a car crash Saturday night in Snyder Avenue 6 and Twenty eighth Street She was the county s third traffic fatality this year the accident also left her mother critically injured and a sister slightly hurt Another Scurry County fatality earlier this year was James Moody Tyree 23 who died January 17 and T C Fagan 29 who died February 24 Miss Garbe born January 10 1938 moved to Snyder last April and worked for McClatchy Bros Trucking Co Survivors include parents a sister Jacqulyn another sister Polly in hospital a paternal grandfather and a maternal grandmother in Port Lavaca Funeral services will be held in Port Lavaca.
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Glenda Jo Ann Garbe
Jessie Garbe
Post Highway
Miss Garbe
Scurry County
Snyder
Avenue 6
Twenty - Eighth Street
James Moody Tyree
T. C. Fagan
Snyder Hospital
Polly Garbe
Port Lavaca
Garbe
McClatchy Bros. Trucking Co
Jacqulyn
R. E. McDaniel
Fulfurrias
Albert F. Garbe
Freer
Olive Johnson
District Court Case Is Settled
A $78,000 damage suit in district court was settled this morning by agreement between plaintiffs and defendants. Mrs. Bonnie Marie Hughes and her husband Tommy Hughes sued Snyder Hospital Clinic and Dr W R Newton for injuries from a roller stretcher collapse before birth on March 28. Judge Ben F Thorpe noted dismissal with prejudice once affidavits are filed, preventing any future trial on these circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marie Hughes
Tommy Hughes
Snyder Hospital Clinic
W. R. Newton
J. Ray Martin
Snyder
James Little
Big Spring
Ben F. Thorpe
De Gaulle Gains Momentum as French Cabinet Fails
Paris dispatch says Gen Charles de Gaulle's influence grows as Pinay fails to assemble a stable cabinet from non Communist parties. The crisis deepens as taxes falter and French defense funding strains the U.S. aid debate. De Gaulle advocates a European confederation with mutual defense undertakings while opposing a single European army.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Edgar Faure
Paul Reynaud
Rene Plevin
Nee
Europe
Truman voices peace on Voice of America new radio ship
President Truman spoke from the Voice of America's floating transmitter Courier in Washington appealing to Russians and Chinese to drop hate and terror. He said the United States aided them in World War I and urged rulers to pursue peace while noting the ship’s 80 crewmen and 10 officers aboard a 5800 ton cutter to carry truth worldwide. The State Department said his words were heard across Europe and the Far East with 37 transmitters and 45 languages planned for rebroadcast.
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United States
France
Washington
Tom Connally
de Gualles
RPF
Rally of the French People
Truman
Russia
Red China
Voice of America
U. S. Coast Guard
Courier
China
Germany
Japan
State Department
Mr. Truman
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Tangier
Munich
Ceylon
Manila
Honolulu
British Broadcasting Co
Oscar C. B. Wey
Donald MacQuade
Caribbean
Ne gro veteran testifies in Mississippi sheriff trial
Murry Gray a 25 year old Korean veteran flown from the Korean front to Jackson will describe the alleged July 1950 beating at the hands of five Mississippi peace officers. The defendants pose are former Pike County Sheriff Robert B. Lee and four deputies plus a patrol officer and a constable.
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Jackson
Miss.p
Mississippi
Murry
Sunshine) Gray
Gray
Magnolia
Miss
New Orleans
Pike County
Robert B. Lee
Lee
Andrew Jones
Frank Smith
Nolen Wall
J. J. Montfourt
Hydrogen plant site land profit sparks legal gap
An insider profited 75000 dollars on 91 acres near the Savannah River atomic plant site in South Carolina after the site was announced on Nov 28 1950. The Senate Atomic Energy Committee said the Justice Department cannot prosecute for lack of a supporting law and urged a new statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Carolina
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Justice Department
Bie
Savannah River
Joint Committee
Temperatures Dip Below Freezing Overnight
The weather observer Mrs. D P Strayhorn reports a low of 22 degrees last night and at 7 30 this morning with yesterday's high at 60 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Attlee Beats Left Wing Challenge Over Defense Policy
In a closed Commons session on March 4, Prime Minister Clement Attlee secured a decisive victory over Labor Party left wingers challenging his leadership on Britain's defense policy. The vote reportedly ran about three to one in the 295-member party.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Attlee
Commons
Reds Contend 44 000 Prisoners Not Named In UN List
Rear Adm. Libby pressed North Korea and China over 50 000 missing Allied troops as truce talks stalled. Gen Lee Sang Cho countered that the figures do not exist and accused the Allies of fabricating them. Both sides clashed on prisoner of war exchanges and voluntary repatriation as talks linger without progress.
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Munsan
Korea
R. E. Libby
Libby
Reds
U.N. Command
Lee Sang Cho
Red
Soviet Russia
U.N
Lee
U.N. Glist
Weather Outlook for Texas Overnight Cold Snap
Fair and colder this afternoon and tonight across Texas with frost likely in north and central portions. Lows range from 28 to 40 degrees with colder readings in the north. Northeast winds along the coast diminish as temperatures rebound Wednesday.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Tidal Waves and Quake Leave Trail of Death in Japan
A powerful earthquake and tsunami across Northern Japan killed at least 31 people and left hundreds injured while destroying more than 2,500 homes. Kushiro and towns along Hokkaido suffered major damage as fires erupted and rails and harbors were disrupted. U S forces aided victims, with Ridgways orders allowing aerial surveys to map the devastation.
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Japan
Tokyo
Kushiro
Hokkaido Island
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Hokkaido
U. S. 24Th Division
Honshu
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S. Army
Shiranuka
Kiritappu
Hamanaka
Obibiro
Urakawa
Nemuro
Kawaguchi
Gen. Ridgway
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Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Lisbon
NATO
Douglas
de Gaulle
Schuman
National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Ua Aay
Truman Headquarters
Harry S. Truman
Manchester
N. H
Necro
ABC
Bevan
Columbia University
Assam
India
Massachusetts
Weston College
Pacific Ocean
Cape Erimo
Hachinohe
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