Should we return to meat and gasoline rationing
Inquiries from the Federal Building gather mixed views on resuming rationing. Clifford Rockwell supports meat rationing if needed for Europe shipments, while Mrs. Luther Goodman and Janet DeGroot oppose it. Bob Houtchings and Ruth Hooker doubt gas rationing. some question meat limits for overseas supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Rockwell
Berald
Shipping Department
Europe
Luther Goodman
Camillus
Bob Houtchings
Deamstock
Dass Ruth Hooker
Akron
Search Resumed For Childs Body In Wisconsin River
Dragging operations resumed on the Wisconsin River to recover eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler after Buford Sennett confessed to killing her and a companion and dumping her body in the stream. He named the spot and earlier authorities suspected the same location for the body of Carl Carlson. Planners aimed to use a snow plow as a makeshift breakwater against the river current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue River
Wis
Wisconsin
Georgia Jean Weckler
Wallptin State Prison
Buford Sennett
Fort Atkinson
Sennett
Carl Carlson
University of Wisconsin
Sugar black market collapses as Cuban shipment arrives
In Yokohama the sugar black market collapsed today when the first Cuban sugar for general rationing arrived from San Diego. One kan of sugar sold yesterday for 3,000 ven could be bought today for 2,500 ven, about 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
San Diego
Calif
Government study pegs 1947 city family cost at over $3,000 yearly
A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of 34 largest cities finds a typical four person urban family needed between $2,004 and $3,458 annually for a modest but adequate standard of living, with costs rising since June 1947. The report lists home shelter two to five rooms essential appliances, food budgets, clothing, medical care, and transportation as major expense areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate
House
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Unwilling Groom Seeks Divorce After Forced Marriage
Gerald F. Liebold a railroad employee filed a divorce suit in Los Angeles claiming he was railroaded into marriage to Alice M. Liebold in Chicago on November 26 1946. He says the bride and her brothers threatened him with vice and kept him prisoner for two weeks before he escaped to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gerald F. Liebold
Liebold
Alice —M. Liebold
Chicago
California
Nominations Up Before Congress
Senate moves to confirm Truman picks for expanded NLRB and key posts amid limited opposition. White delays vote at Taft’s request while Barkley urges prompt action. NLRB trio Hersog Houston Reynolds plus Denham as general counsel retained. other nominees include Morse Kmetz Foley Richards Ching Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
White
Maine
Taft
N.L.R.B
Labor Committee
Abe Murdock
Utah
J. Copeland Gray
New York
Robert N. Denham
Maryland
Senate Labor Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Jesse M. Donaldson
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Watkins
Murdock
Paul M. Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds, Jr
CIN
Labor Board
Denham
QNE
David A. Morse
New Jersey
John T. Kmetz
Pennsylvania
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Peggy McCarthy
Federal Building
Janet Degroot
Fredonia
America
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
New York City
Cincinnati
Paris
INS
Herbert Zweig
Bob” Guyder
Asag
Raymond M. Foley
Michigan
New Housing and Home Finance Agency
Franklin D. Richards
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Oscar R. Ewing
Cobbs
Cobbs Distilling Corporation
Rhuladelphia, PA
Continents Distilling Seles Ca
Edwards
Simmons
Beautyrest
U.S
Hilde-A
Lawson
Paul T. Henson,inc
E. Genesee Street
Syracuse
Valley
Valley Drive
Goulet Motors, Inc
Baldwinsville, New York
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