Republicans push voluntary price curb bill through House
The House rapidly passed the voluntary price curb bill amid tight rules and limited debate. The measure, supported by Republicans to curb inflation, heads to President Truman after Senate approval by 77 to 10. Democrats flagged as "super-gag" by a one hour floor time.
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Truman
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Banking Committee
Congress
Rep. Smith
D-Va
The
Virginian
Colder Tonight Faces Anniversary of Syracuse Cold Snap
Weather forecast predicts partly cloudy and cold with a high of 26 degrees for today and a low of 8 tonight. The region recalls Syracuse’s five year mark since its record 26 below zero on December 20, 1942, with similar cold readings noted in Canton and Utica.
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Syracuse
Mercury
Canton
Utica
Soviet Ruble Swap Critique Echoes Across Nations
David Lawrence notes in a column that the emergency action by Soviet authorities, exchanging 10 old rubles for one new ruble, will impress masses worldwide. He argues this move counters propaganda claiming Russia has a stronger economy than democracies, and highlights its reception in various countries.
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Russia
David Lawrence
House May Block Release of Commodity Speculators List
In Washington a Republican hinted the House may refuse to accept a Senate order to reveal the names of big commodity speculators. The Senate had approved a resolution directing Secretary Clinton P Anderson to disclose the list, but House approval is required. A new seven member House investigating committee may pursue its own inquiry into speculation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
August Andersen
R.-Minn
House Committee
Butter to Hit 1.10 A Pound by Christmas in Boston
Marketmen in Boston predict butter will reach 1.10 dollars per pound by Christmas despite reports of a federal probe into rising costs. A U S Department of Agriculture spokesman said wholesale prices were from 6 to 97 cents a pound, a new local high.
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Boston GP
Boston
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Profit Curb Urged
Paris ministers unveil measures to curb excess profits and require an obligatory loan to stabilize the currency. The plan aims to dampen inflation and shore up France's finances amid economic pressure.
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Paris
Ins
Rene Mayer
Heir Acquitted in California Assault Case
John D. Spreckles III, listed heir to the Spreckles sugar fortune, was acquitted by a Pasadena Superior Court jury of an assault charge after a September 22 incident in which authorities said he struck his wife with a poker in their home.
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Calif
Trie
Quit Union Marks Break From CGT in France Split
Delegates representing 1.5 million members of the anti Communist Workers' Force voted to sever ties with the Communist controlled CGT and form an independent labor group. The move amounts to about one fourth of CGT's six million members and critiques CGT as subservient to Russian policy. The split follows a year of Communist party rebuffs including cabinet expulsions and electoral defeats.
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Paris
Workers’ Force
French General Confederation of Labor
C.G. T
C.G.T
Communist Party
Paul Ramadier
Senate Leader Announces Ban on Plant Shipments to Russia
Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg announced on the Senate floor that the State Department has cut off all shipments of dismantled German plants to Russia. The policy is to make no further shipments eastward and any that occur will be westward, during debate on emergency relief appropriations.
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Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
State Department
Russia
Vandenberg
France
Italy
China
Austria
Beard Afire, Girl Santa Is Burned
Betty Ann Croto aged 18 suffered serious facial and hand burns when the cotton beard of her Santa Claus costume caught fire as she was lighting a cigarette at a Christmas party in an Albany boarding house.
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Betty Ann Croto
Santa Claus
Miss Croto
Senate Aid Bill Boost Quietly Advances Through Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee proposed a stopgap foreign aid bill totaling 570 million dollars, 61 million more than the House. It adds 41 million to France Italy and Austria, 20 million for China, and restores 260 million of the House cut for occupation costs in Germany, Japan and Korea.
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Italy
Austria
China
Senate
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Japan
Korea
Satira Trial Ends Noted Havana Slaying Case Verdict Pending
The fatal shooting trial of Patricia Satira Schmidt, accused in the yacht attack that killed John Lester Mee, Chicago naval veteran, concluded in Havana. A verdict is not expected for several days.
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Patricia “Satira” Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Pope Pius XII Christmas Encyclical Set for Tomorrow
Vatican sources say the Christmas encyclical by Pope Pius XII will be published tomorrow inviting all Catholics to pray for peace.
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Vatican
Pius XII
City hall orders elevator operators to quit joking phrases
Ralph Hoff man directed city workers to stop using terms like Flatfoot Alley for police, corner pocket for the mayor, war department for divorce courts, cemetery row for probate court and baby farm for adoption in the Los Angeles area.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Hoffman
War’ Department
Marshall Back from London Refuses to Celebrate Quiet Return
Secretary of State George C. Marshall returned from the London foreign ministers conference and said he was sorry he could not secure profitable results. President Truman welcomed him at National Airport with a firm handshake and urged a good rest. Marshall planned a nationwide radio address at 4 p.m. to discuss the conference outcomes.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
National Airport
Truman
Germany
Austria
London
UN to Discuss Veto Despite Reds
The United Nations Security Council voted 9 to 2 to keep the veto issue on the calendar. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned that any change to Big Power voting rights would be a waste of time. Polish Delegate Juliusz Katz-Simonyi backed him.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Juliusz Katz -Siichy
Reich Papers Seek Free Competition
Hamburg based Freie Presse proposes reviving free competition among German editors in the British Zone. The plan calls for a fixed circulation set by the Military Government based on votes, arguing it would curb sensational papers and allow Germans to choose preferred newspapers beyond ration constraints.
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INS
Hamburg Freie Press
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Burger. Freie. Presse
Evatt Urges Multitude of Nations for German Peace
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt urged a peace conference with all wartime victors to draft Germany's settlement. He criticized power politics behind the Big Four talks in London and called for a voting free assembly to avoid Security Council vetoes. Evatt warned that peace depends on broader inclusion and UN Assembly democracy.
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Sydney
Herbert V. Evatt
Germany
London
Evatt
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Council of Foreig
United Nations Assembly
United Nations Association
Lake Success
Work Halts On Trans-Arabian Pipeline Amid Arab-Israeli Tensions
Hostilities over American support for Palestine partitions force a halt in the western Trans-Arabian pipeline work. Defense Secretary Forrestal calls the line vital to U S interests. Construction stops in Trans-Jordan, Syria, Lebanon. pipeline would run from Abqunyé to Sidon, 31 inches, 230000 barrels daily, final in 1950. Joint project of Texas Company, Standard Oil NJ, Standard Oil California, and Socony Vacuum.
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Lebanon
Abqunyé
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Meditaerranean
Texas Company
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New Jersey
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California
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