Transit Board, TWU to Meet Over Union Demands
New York City officials and Local 100 Transport Workers Union agreed to meet next Monday to discuss wage and hour demands. A union official urged keeping a transit slowdown unlikely before the talks. Fog shrouds New York City for a second day disrupting air and harbor travel. Coast Guard notes thick fog in lower New York Bay and slower ship movement. NYU Bellevue Medical Center receives another $500,000 Rockefeller grant in securities, second gift in three years.
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War Resources Board maps total civilian effort in war
An official source said the National Security Resources Board is outlining total civilian effort for wartime. Plans include a war production agency model and a new war risk insurance plan possibly run as a joint government private venture.
Red purge widens rifts in French Communist Party
The French Communist Party reveals a major purge of lecet and departmental leaders amid claims of failings and straying from party discipline. The central committee resolution signals deep internal crisis affecting France’s postwar stability and risk of economic unrest.
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Deaths of prominent figures in Asheville Providence Stamford
Charles A. Webb 83 board chairman of the Asheville Citizen and Times died in Asheville North Carolina. James Henderson 63 cartoonist for the Providence Journal died in Providence Rhode Island. Charles Davenport Lockwood 72 former law partner of Homer S. Cummings died in Stamford Connecticut.
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U.S. Eyes Formosa Defense Amid Communist Threat
A Malacanang source said the United States will counter the Communist threat to Formosa and back Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Washington planned economic and diplomatic support without new military aid to turn Formosa into a fortress, aiding Chiang’s Nationalist stronghold near the Philippines.
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New York Plans Water Holiday to Conserve Supply
New York to test a water holiday this week as rain prayers rise across denominations. City reservoirs fell by 863 million gallons in 24 hours, totaling 85.255 billion gallons or 33.7 percent of capacity. Officials warn rationing could come if storage drops to 50 billion gallons. a three to six hour daily water pause may be announced.
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Senator Johnson backs wartime tax cut to spur business
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado says he agrees with Secretary Sawyer that cutting wartime excise taxes would stimulate business. Sawyer noted in a grass roots survey that many businessmen favor eliminating or reducing excise levies.
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Edwin C. Johnson
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96 Year Old Man A Bad Investment
Minneapolis report notes George B Mansfield of Rapid City South Dakota has outlived expected mortality and received full death benefit from his life insurer before his 96th birthday on January 16. The insurer paid the policy claiming he is officially dead by standard mortality tables.
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George B. Mansfield
Rapid City
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Rider Wins British News Pictures of the Year
Robert Rider of the Associated Press London photo staff won the top prize in the second annual British News Pictures of the Year contest. His 10 photograph entry topped 77 portfolios in the picture portfolio class for 1949.
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One Man Opinion on Stadium Band Controversy
Walter Kiernan voices satire on unions dictating crowd noise at games. He jokes about referees and musicians, mocks Petrillo and Lewis, and imagines a marching army facing a silent field if band bans persist.
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Petrillo
Fight Brews On Housing Policy Fight
New York City Construction Coordinator Robert Moses and State Housing Commissioner Herman Stichman clash over housing policy. Both claim mayoral support as Moses attacks the states tax exempt housing plan as too lenient without city approval. Stichman says Mayor O Dwyer endorsed the program at its inception.
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Herman ‘Tr. Stichman
New York City
William O'Dwyer
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Stichman
Ivance
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Train Thumb Severed by Electric Switch Incident
George Masnager, 67, sat on Santa Fe tracks in Los Angeles yesterday when an electric switch snapped shut. He rose as a train approached and the wheels clipped off his right thumb before the train passed. He sustained no other serious injuries.
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George Masnager
Santa Fe Railway
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