Government caps used car prices to curb inflation
Washington AP The Office of Price Stabilization bans selling new cars above list price when resold as used cars and imposes ceiling prices based on five guide books. Effective March 2 dealers may charge up to new car list price if guide quotes exceed it, with ceilings extended to accessories per official books.
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Washington
Office of Prices Stabilization
O.P.S
Bruce Morris
Agency
Automobile Pricing Division
Morris
Big Four Paris talks hinge on Soviet armament issue
Washington reports the United States Britain and France press Moscow to discuss Russian and satellite armaments as a cause of tension ahead of a planned Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris next month. Moscow may veto the plan despite Western hopes for dialogue on arms and European issues.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Russia
U. S
Britain
France
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Germany
Kremlin
Europe
London
Stalin
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
Heavy rains and winds lash Southern Illinois area
Severe weather in southern Illinois brought heavy rainfall totaling over 2 inches in parts and high winds that damaged power lines and toppled trees. The Big Muddy River rose toward the Murphysboro water plant, with ferries closed and roads inland largely impassable. Local officials warned of possible evacuations in the Murphysboro flats as the river crept higher.
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Illinois
Marshall-Browning
du Quoin
Harold Hill
U.S
Carbondale
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Murphysboro Water Company
Water Company
Riverside Park
Jackson County Red Cross
Murphysboro
R. L. Morgan
Jackson County
Cave-in- Rock
Shawneetown
Cave-in-Rock
State Highway Division
Southern Illinois
Royalton
Zeigler
Zeigler Mine
Associated Press
Herrin
Energy
Carterville
St. Louis
Venice
Ill
Alton
Washington Park
Indianapolis
World Peace Council Opens Berlin Session
The World Peace Council opens a three day session in East Berlin calling on world communism to oppose rearming West Germany and Japan. It forms committees to draft resolutions targeting Soviet inspired aims and the defense of former axis partners.
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Berlin
Germany
East Berlin
West Germany
Japan
Weather Summary for the Area
The forecast calls for a fair day with chilly tonight and warmer Thursday. Low tonight 20 to 25, high Thursday 50 to 55. Tuesday high around 64 with 36 at 7 am and 39 at noon. Sunrise 6 47 am, sunset 5 41 pm. Humidity 75 percent at 8 30 am. Precipitation totals 1.55 inches from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today, 0.59 inches Monday. Winds around 4.16 mph average over 24 hours.
Lightning Strikes Carbondale City Hall Again
A bolt hit the northwest corner of Carbondale City Hall at about 4 30 PM Tuesday, toppling bricks and tearing coping. Fire Chief Carl Crain estimates the damage at 600 dollars. About three years earlier lightning damaged the northest corner causing 700 dollars in damage.
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Carbondale
City Hall
Carl Crain
National Guard Policy Stands Baffle Congress
The army plans to release guardsmen when their federal service ends next year, keeping six guard divisions likely for overseas use. Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor announced no new guard divisions will be called unless world events change, puzzling lawmakers who question why funding and equipment are being prepared. Senators Bridges Jenner indicate Capitol scrutiny and policy shifts may follow.
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Washington
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Congress
H. Styles Bridges
Senate Armed Services Committee
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
National Guard
New Truax Coal Mine Opens Near Du Quoin
Burning Star mine No 2 of Truax Traer Coal Co. began production Tuesday near Du Quoin. General superintendent Fred Huff said daily output could reach 5000 tons and the mine would run about 25 years. It employs 60 union miners and an additional shift will start at Burning Star No 1 near Elkville to process No 2 coal.
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Truax-Traer Coal Co
Burning Star
du Quoin
Fred Huff
United Mine Workers
Huff
Burning Star No
Elkville
Liberal government seeks sweeping wartime emergency powers
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent's Liberal government asked Parliament for broad powers to control prices wages rents and manpower to be used as needed. With 190 of 262 Commons seats the measure appeared likely to pass.
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Ottawa
Ont
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Liberal Party
Commons
Rain Soaked Allies Break Wonju Bulge in Korea
Allied forces shattered the Reds Wonju bulge in central Korea while blocking two Han River crossings in the west as relentless rain turned fronts to mud. U S Fifth Air Force planes supported ground troops and Missouri bombarded Tanchon as St Paul shelled Inchon.
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Tokyo
Japan
Wonju
Korea
Han River
G.i.s
Han
Seoul
East Central
United Nations
West Central
Chipyong
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Missouri
Tanchon
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
St. Paul
Inchon
Yellow Sea
Raleigh Woman Killed After Leaving Bus
Mrs. Walter Baldwin of route 1 Raleigh was killed at 5 20 p m Tuesday after stepping from a bus between Raleigh and Galatia. State police at Du Quoin identified the driver as Mrs. Helen Robinson of Eldorado. The accident occurred as Baldwin crossed Route 34.
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Walter Baldwin
Route 1
Raleigh
Galatia
du Quoin
Helen Robinson
Eldorado
Baldwin
Young Denies Seeking Fees For RFC Aid
E Merl Young a former government messenger testified before a Senate banking subcommittee that he never received fees or commissions tied to an RFC loan. He contradicted Dallas attorney Ross Bohannon who alleged Young sought an 85000 dollar fee to influence a 10100000 dollar Texmass and Massachusetts oil venture loan. Bohannon said Texmass firm did not hire Young and secured the loan on its own. he preferred Democratic national chairman William L Boyle Jr. to handle the job. Chairman Fulbright opened the hearing saying the aim was to show witnesses were not acting out of hate in alleging political influence in RFC loans.
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Ross Bohannon
Dallas
Texas
Young
Texmass
Bohannon
Truman
R.F.C
LeMay Says Big Bombers Deter Russia
Lt Gen Curtis E LeMay who commands the U S long range atom bombers said their threat rather than ground forces would deter Russia from starting a general war in the next two to three years He favored sending U S troops to serve in a combined European defense force and opposed a Senate resolution demanding prior congressional approval for any troop deployments He called strategic bombers the greatest deterrent to Russian aggression.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
U. S
Europe
Russia
le May
Senate
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
LeMay
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
Defense of
Stolen Crown Jewels Guarded at London Tower
Report notes the Crown Jewels are heavily guarded at the Tower of London after a Westminster Abbey coronation stone theft. Custodians remain calm while guarding measures are emphasized amid security concerns.
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London
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
Tough Year for Road Crews Heavy Snows Keep State Highway Division Busy
Springfield reports heavy snowfall this winter burdening 2700 snow and ice crews. Water penetration weakens sub soils causing road damage under traffic. Snow drifts seven to eight feet foul drainage, prompting extra bulldozers to punch holes and restore drainage. Equipment breakage adds to the challenge.
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Springfield
State Highway Division
Frank N. Barker
Barker
Illinois Sets State Corn Crop Quotas for 1951
Illinois farms are asked to plant 9.3 million acres of corn, up 12 percent from 1950, as part of U S Defense program quotas announced at Decatur by 40 state and federal farm officials. The 1951 Illinois guide also sets soybeans 3.75 million acres, winter wheat 1.827 million, oats 3.6 million, and hay 2.4 million with respective changes from 1950. County guides will be released soon.
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U. S. Defense
Illinois
Decatur
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arthur Wood
Charles Brannan
Philippine Army Says 22 Huk Guerrillas Killed in Five Clashes
Manila reports from the Philippines army state 22 Communist led Hukbalahap guerrillas were killed in five clashes with troops yesterday.
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Manila
Philippines
Severe Winter Weather Damages Illinois Highways
The state highway division reports severe winter weather and heavy snowfall have damaged light surface roads in Illinois. A spokesman says weather conditions cause gravel and old concrete pavements to break up faster as moisture weakens subsoil support.
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Springfield
State Highway Division
Illinois
Kilmer Memorial Elm Trees Ordered Cut Down
County commissioners in Pittsburg PA ordered two thirds of the elm trees around Joyce Kilmer’s memorial at South Park chopped down to allow a placque inscribing his famous line to be read by passersby.
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Pittsburg
Joyce Kilmer
South Park
Cross Atlantic In Record Time
A British Canberra jet bomber landed in Gander Newfoundland at 11 25 a m Central time after a 2100 mile nonstop flight in four hours 42 minutes the fastest Atlantic crossing yet. It set records as the first jet plane to fly the ocean without refueling starting from Aldergrove RAF base near Belfast.
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Britain
Canada
Atlantic
Aldergrove Royal Air Force Base
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Stratton Seeks Reduced Budget for State Treasurer Office
Springfield reports State Treasurer William G. Stratton, a Republican, asked the budget commission to approve 1,096,590 for the treasurer’s office for the next two years, down from 1,195,280 in the last biennium, signaling a campaign lean toward governorship.
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Springfield
William G. Stratton
Stratton
State Budgetary Commission
National Peach Council reports huge 1951 crop loss
The National Peach Council at its tenth annual conference in St. Louis says severe winter nearly wiped out Missouri and Illinois peach production for 1951. Missouri output could fall to 50 000 bushels from 950 000 in 1950, Illinois to 50 000 from 1 155 000. Earl R. French of A and P notes cold waves killed about a third of the national crop.
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St. Louis
National Peach Council
Missouri
Illinois
Earl R. French
A. & P. Food Chain
Benton Race Horse Owner Killed In Collision
In Brittany Louisiana on February 21 a Benton Illinois race horse owner David C Wilhelm 45 died when his car collided with another vehicle on Airline Highway en route to Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs Arkansas. His wife was injured and the Texas couple Mike Guthrie 75 and his wife 71 suffered internal injuries and cuts.
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Brittany
Benton, Ill
David C. Wilhelm
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Douglas MacArthur
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U. S. Eighth Army
Chechen
RFC Aid
E. Merl Young
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Texmass and
Massachusetts Oil Development Company
England
George A. Miller
University of Illinois
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Miller
Cross Atlantic
Gander
Newfoundland
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