Rent Controls Face State shift as Truman weighs strategy
Washington debate centers on continuing federal rent ceilings versus shifting control to states. A White House official notes possible state responsibility to set prices while retaining federal power to act against gouging. Senate and committee leaders urge caution with April timing and funding needs. A national coalition of tenants forms to oppose scrapping federal controls.
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Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Spence
D.-Kry
House Banking Committee
White House
Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Tighe Woods
National Housing Expeditor
National Tenants’ Council
Harry Mopsick
Linden
N. J
Woods
Dewey remains eastern Republican leader despite weakened power
Marquis Childs critiques Governor Dewey's diminished influence while noting his continued position atop the party's eastern wing. Editorial context appears on pages 30 and 31 with features including comics, crossword, horoscope, and various sections.
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Dewey
Marquis Childs
Cau
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dean
Mary Haworth
Doctor charged in mercy death case at Goffstown NH
Dr Hermann H Sander faced a murder charge for allegedly injecting 10 cubic centimeters of air into Mrs Abbie Barreto a cancer patient who died 26 days earlier A medical referee said that amount of air would not kill a person and that more air may have been injected Dr Sander sought bail as relatives of the deceased urged restraint on the case
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Goffstown
N. H. UP
Hermann HH. Sander
Abbie Barreto
Robert E. Biron
William H. Craig
Biron
Sander
Crew Against China Trip
Hong Kong based Isbrandtsen line plans three ships through Nationalist blockade to Shanghai despite State Department warning. Flying Arrow crew, led by Engine Room Union delegate Martin Kearney, cite fear of mined waters but are restrained by crew funds to sail.
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Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen
Flying Arrow
Isbrandtsen Company
New York City
Shanghai
State Department
China
Martin Kearney
Engine Room Union
Isbandtsen
Eix-Mobster Kalls Wife in Nightmare Of Gangwar Days
Chicago police report Julius Babe Jones 52 said he woke with a nightmare and opened fire, killing his wife Grace Jones 47 as she entered a one room kitchenette with friend John Fitzgerald 48. Fitzger ald injured but not seriously. Jones claimed he believed a former henchman was seeking revenge.
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Eix
Kalls
Chicago
Julius
Babe” Jones
Grace
John Fitzgerald
Corcoran Takes Oath as Mayor in Syracuse
Thomas J. Corcoran was sworn in as mayor in the presence of Mayor Frank Costello and ex mayor Thomas Kennedy. Kennedy and Corcoran discussed city highway plans while officials prepared for the transition and a public oath ceremony is set for Monday at Hotel Onondaga.
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Thomas J. Corcoran
Edward R. Apps
Frank J. Costello
Thomas J. Kennedy Look
Corcoran
Thomas E. Kennedy
Costello
Kennedy
Leon HH. Abbott
William Robinson
Syracuse
Oswego Bivd
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Common Council
Hotel Onondaga
Supreme Court
Francis D. MecCurn
Mario Rossi
Edmund J. Nowinski
Florence James
Clair Fitzgerald
Corcorani
Kenneth J. Brazell
Morell K. Brewster
New Common Council
Jordanian King Incorporates Palestine into Hashemite Kingdom
The Arab News Agency reports in Cairo that King Abdul lah of Jordan has formally incorporated Jordanian occupied Palestine into the Hashemite Kingdom. An Amman dispatch says a royal decree will be published in the Jordanian official gazette on January 1 announcing the move.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdullah
Palestine
Jordan
Amman
Syracuse nightlife ends 3 A.M. closing on New Year’s morn
Public drinking hours extend to 3 A.M. per County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board with no all night permits. Several venues list fixed tariffs after 9 P.M. while others offer breakfast from 3 A.M. Highlights include the Derby’s Half-Century oyster drink and Andre’s Singapore Sling.
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County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Syracuse
Lorrenzo’s
Andre's
India Recognizes Peiping as China’s Government
India and Burma move to recognize Mao Zedong's Peiping regime and sever ties with Chiang Kai-shek. Nehru's government becomes the first Commonwealth nation and among non Soviet states to accept the new government, with Britain expected to follow after the Colombo talks. Reasons cited include Communist control, broad public support, and adherence to international obligations.
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New Delhi
India
Chiang Kai-shek
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mao Tze-tung
Burma
Peiping
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Colombo
Ceylon
China
Communists Balked In Island Landings
Chinese Communist attempts to land on Matsu Island and against Hainan were smashed by government reports. The effort against Matsu near Formosa was the most determined, with the Nationalist stronghold referenced. The second operation targeted Hainan.
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Kong Kong
Matsu
China
Formosa
Central
Hainan
Pinck to Retire From State Post
Albany NY Guy W Pinck deputy chief engineer in the State Department of Public Works announced he would retire Feb 1 Pinck a former state commissioner of canals and waterways has 38 years of state service and has been deputy chief since Aug 3 1944 Previously he was division engineer at Syracuse
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Albany
Guy W. Pinck
State Department of Public Works
Pinck
Solinski
Kelly
Yhief
Plan for Elevated Toll Road Across Midtown Manhattan
Planner Robert Moses proposes an elevated toll highway to ease midtown congestion. The route would run above 30th Street between East and West Side Drives with tunnels, estimated to cost about 26 million dollars.
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New York
Robert Moses
mid-Manhattan
30Th St
Poe the Genius Barbara Hutton Quotes on Poe's Genius
Barbara Hutton quotes about Edgar Allan Poe on a Venice terrace. She recalls a manuscript selling for $16,000 and notes Poe earned only $10 in his lifetime for The Raven. She adds that Poe was a genius and defines genius as a man discovered after death.
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Barbara Hutton Troubetskoi
Woolworth
Excelsior
Venice
Edgar Allen ‘Poe
Poe
Fire at Foote Building Triggers Probe Into Origin
A six story Foote Building at 3168 Warren Street suffered a three alarm blaze that gutted the downtown structure with damages over 300000. Fire officials launched an investigation, noting the fire likely started in the basement as water was pumped out to aid the inquiry.
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Warren St
William J. Connelly
Foote
Elkst
Bidault Wins Test Vote In Confidence Showdown
Premier Georges Bidault secured a confidence vote in the National Assembly by 302 to 295. The measure favored raising the industrial production tax from 12.5 to 13.5 percent, urged by the cabinet, with Communist and Gaullist followers opposing.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Airline Sues for $500,000 in Midair Collision
Eastern Airlines sues Bolivian pilot Erick Rios Bridoux in U S District Court for 500000 dollars claiming reckless ramming caused a DC 4 crash near Washington on November 1 killing 55 people. The suit seeks only loss of the plane.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Erick Rios Bridoux
U.S
How to Live to Be 100 Featured by American Weekly
Learn the old age secrets of John Dewey George Bernard Shaw Connie Mack and other famous oldtimers in How to Live to Be 100 in the American Weekly magazine attached to Sundays Herald American.
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John Dewey
George Bernard Shaw
Connie Mack
American Weekly
Cold morning across upstate New York with record lows
The morning readings ranged from eight below to nine above across several cities. Utica and Rome had five and Albany nine above, while Buffalo and Rochester showed sixteen and unknown. An anticipated warmup is forecast with a low around 15 tonight and a return to milder temperatures tomorrow.
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Canton
Massena
Utica
Rome
Albany
Here
Buffalo
Rochester
Alex Sadowski
Solinski Named New Deputy Police Chief in Onondaga
After two hours of interviews, the Onondaga County Civil Service Commission certified Lt Mathew J Solinski of 713 Lodist for the post of third deputy chief of police. Chief John A Skinney announced the appointment along with certifications for two captains, Lt Harold F Kelly of 214 Mariposa St and Lt George A Kalvin of 518 Durston Ave.
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Onondaga County Civil Service Commission
Mathew J Solinski
John A. Skinney
Harold F. Kelly
Mariposa St
George A. Kalvin
Durston Av
Kinney
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