Truman Says Outlook Good Despite Advisers Warn
President Truman defended the economic outlook as favorable for the nation, saying he does not expect large job or production dips next year. He noted he will urge Congress to act on advisers proposals while opposing strike disruption and stressing keeping prices and wages in line. The remarks came amid questions about the advisers and the Economic Council led by Dr. Edwin C. Nourse.
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Ashington
Sena
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Economic Council
Council
Edwin
C. Nourse
Dewey Signals 1948 GOP Presidential Bid
Governor Thomas E Dewey aides predicted he would announce his candidacy for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. He met for hours with New York Republicans in Albany to discuss federal state relations ahead of the 80th Congress and was joined by Senator-elect Irving M Ives.
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Albany
Clov
Dewey
Peete Erecssegtes
G.O.P
Congress
New York State
Warm-up Predicted As Cold Season Opens Early
The forecast notes winter starts at 5:54 AM Sunday with the coldest season entering early. Tem peratures may rise above freezing Friday and stay in the high 30s to low 40s for several days. Tonight's low around 1 is expected to persist.
Weather Forecast for Syracuse Area Today and Friday
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies and continued cold in the Syracuse area today and tonight. Tonight's low near 16 degrees, Friday's high around 30 with a low near 22, sunset at 4 32 P M, sunrise at 7 32 A M. Record highs and lows noted for prior years.
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Syracuse
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York
Soviet Urges Expanded UN Greece Frontier Inquiry
Soviet delegate Andrei A Gromyko pressed to widen a United Nations inquiry beyond the Greek frontier to study conditions across all Greece. He also proposed uniting Greece’s complaints against Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria with three neighboring border countries to cover border areas, signaling a shift from three months earlier when Russia vetoed a border area proposal.
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Russia
United Nations
Greece
Andrei
A.gromyko
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Chomyko
Firefighters Halting Threatening Gas Tank Blaze
Courageous firemen at 12:30 PM today brought under control a raging tar vat fire near a 13 million cubic foot natural gas tank at the Michigan Consolidated Westside Gas Works. Officials warned the surrounding neighborhood could have been wiped out if flames reached the gas tank.
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Michigan Consolidated Westside
Fire destroys grain elevator amid 3 million dollar loss
A late night blaze destroyed a 50 year old wooden grain elevator in Milwaukee area, valued about 1,100,000 with 11,100,000 bushels of barley and other grain. Fire spread to adjacent concrete tanks but containment and salvage prospects remained unclear. Local officials and St. Paul firefighters aided by Minneapolis equipment.
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Joseph. Hicks
Chicago
Froedtert
Grath: & Malting ‘Co
Milwaukee
Hicks
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Packers Union Seeks Higher Pay in New Armour Contract
Packinghouse workers announced negotiations for a new contract with Armour and Co. aiming for a wage increase per hour in the coming agreement. The move follows ongoing talks on pay and benefits for labor.
Train Collision Kills Eleven in Japan Snow Crash
A snow slide near Taguchi Station in Nagano, Japan, killed eleven Japanese and seriously injured seven. Two locomotives and two passenger cars were overturned in the incident.
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Nagan
Japan
Taguchi Station
Grid fix probe draws in U S agents
Federal agents stepped into the investigation of an attempt to fix the championship football game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears. The probe centers on Alvin J. Paris as an alleged front man while Jerome Zapowitz, 28, a gambler, was held in Tombs Prison on $10,000 bail. Police tapped Paris telephone lines as part of the inquiry.
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Binghamton
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New York
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Bureau’ of Internal Revenue
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Petting Sing
Alvin J. Paris
Ito
Jerome J .Zapowitz
Euan ' Zapowitz
Ros Lice
Paris
Christmas Plans For Truman Stay At White House
President Truman will spend Christmas Day with his family in Independence Missouri for a 24 hour visit. He will broadcast a national Christmas Eve message at 5 17 P M EST prior to the traditional tree lighting on the White House South lawn as part of holiday ceremonies.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Elouse
White House
Truman Signals $500 Million Credit Aid To China
President Truman outlined a policy to keep the $500 million Export-Import Bank loan to China intact to promote a united democratic China and world peace. Diplomats expect the loan to be held back until threats to stability are removed, with inclusion of Communists in the Chinese government cited as a longstanding issue.
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Washington
United States
China
Truman
Prumaniac
Government budgets swing to a surplus as tax receipts spike
With the first half of the fiscal year elapsed, government operations moved back into the black as tax receipts surged. Quarterly payments due December 15 boosted a single day surplus to about 176.97 million, reversing an earlier 79.32 million deficit and widening the year’s income over spending.
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Washington P
Withdrawal of Soviet backing hailed as Western victory
Marquis Childs reports that the withdrawal of Soviet support from a northern Iran puppet regime is celebrated by Western powers led by the United States. The piece frames the change as a significant geopolitical win amid Cold War tensions.
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Iran
United States
Marquis Childs
Mexican mother delivers in coal bin home in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana a Mexican mother Faustina Gamez gave birth to a daughter after living with her husband Antonio Gamez and their ten children in a nine by twelve foot coal bin. The family rents the dim basement for forty dollars a month while a charity group arranged hospital care for the mother and baby.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Antonio Gamez
Faustina Gamez
Gamez
Rumors Link Iran to Azerbaijan Killings
A Moscow radio broadcast quoted a Tehran newspaper to claim Iranian and Central Government troops killed hundreds in Azerbaijan Province and attacked Russian institutions and citizens. The report alleged over 600 Azerbaijanis were murdered and about 300 arrested in Tabriz in recent days.
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London
Moscow _radio
Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Broadcoast
Tehran
Dad
Strike Bans Threatened
Washington republicans warned swift and drastic anti strike laws may follow labor paralysis in basic industries in 1947. A House leader said there is no current plan to punish labor, but a nationwide strike could force strong action.
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Washington
Congress
House
Costlier Ads Coming Higher Rates Seen In U S Newspapers
An editorial reprinted from the Wall Street Journal notes rising costs for US newspapers. Payrolls, newsprint prices, and overall expenses have climbed since 1941, prompting higher ad rates while papers insist readers get more value per advertising dollar.
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Samuel Shane
Bilbo Defends Gifts to Public Servants as Custom
Senator Bilbo declares gift giving to public servants an old custom in a Senate War Investigating subcommittee session. He defends receiving two Christmas gifts, including an automobile and furniture, and attacks ex secretary J Edward P Terry as Judas Iscariot. He says gifts came from real friends with no strings.
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Senate
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Ferguson
Washington
Van
Judas Iscariot
D- Miss
Sovern
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Mississippi
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Ito
Terry
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Reidge
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Caesar
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