OPA Cracks Down on Veteran Housing Regulation Violators
The OPA launched a nationwide crackdown on housing program violations including ceiling price and veterans' preference rules. An armed enforcement force, aided by 530 local rent offices, will press the drive as Porter cites authority to arrest and arm agents.
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OPA
Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Clark
Porter
Attorney General's Office
National Housing Agency
General Stilwell Dies After Jungle War Career
Gen Joseph W Stilwell known as Vinegar Joe died in San Francisco at Letterman General Hospital after an incurable liver ailment. The 68 year old, commanding general of the Sixth Army, died peacefully in his sleep with his son Col Joseph W Stilwell Jr and his Army physician at his bedside. He had long fought in the China Burma India Theater and refused special privileges, enduring jungle fatigue.
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San Francisco
Joseph W. Stilwell
Vinegar Joe
China-Burma-India
Col
Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr
Sixth Army
Letterman General Hospital
Burma
Stilwell
Wallace accepts New Republic editorship in wake of cabinet exit
Henry A. Wallace, ousted from Treasury, agrees to edit The New Republic weekly, effective December. He says the role will not hinder his Democratic campaign plans and intends to publish his views on foreign policy amid international tensions and “one world” rhetoric.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Tramars
The
New Republic
Wallace
Weather Forecast for Syracuse Area
The Weather Bureau expects a cloudy and cooler Sunday with morning showers. Monday turns partly cloudy and still cool. Highs and lows are given with record values noted. coastal areas remain much cooler Sunday night.
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C.S. Weather Bureau
New York
Death of General Stilwell Draws Army Tributes
Secretary of War Patterson and other Army leaders mourn General Joseph W. Stilwell. Patterson calls him a faithful friend whose memory will inspire all ranks. General Devers hails Stilwell as an outstanding example of the soldier diplomat.
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Patterson
Joseph W. Stilwell
Jacob L. Devers
Stilwell
General Dies After Prolonged Illness At 3 48 P M Saturday
The obituary notes a veteran general who had a liver condition and underwent a major abdominal operation five days later. He showed stamina and courage, rallied, then relapsed last Wednesday and died at 3 48 P M EST Saturday. Survived by widow Winifred Alison Smith of Syracuse and five children including Joseph Jr Nancy wife of Col Ernest F Easternbrook and Winifred wife of Maj William E Cox.
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Winifred Alison Smith
Syracuse
Joseph,Jr
Nancy
Ernest F. Easternbrook
Fort Benning
Winifred
William E. Cox
Stilwell
Sixth Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Alison
Mbenjamin W
Colwinn
Hungary Fails US Request for Reparations Cut at Conference
At the peace conference the United States failed to win a 100 million dollar reduction in Hungary’s reparations while Slovakia Russia and other nations supported a 300 million package. Delegates backed Danube navigation and a congress to internationalize the river despite Soviet opposition. Willard Thorp urged the cut to prevent economic disintegration.
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Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Norway
New Zealand
Netherlands
Danube
Foreign Ministers Council
Willard Thorp
U. S. State Department
Penn State Triumphs 9 0 Over Syracuse in Archbold Stadium
Penn State defeated Syracuse 9-0 at Archbold Stadium Saturday night. Earlier Cornell beat Colgate 13-9 in Ithaca and Army topped Michigan 20-13. Other scores included Notre Dame 49 over Purdue 6 and Texas 20 over Oklahoma 13.
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Secret 1943 Uranium Sale to Russia Reported
New York Journal American claims the U S government sold 500 pounds of black uranium oxide in 1943 amid a secret transaction opposed by atom bomb officials. The ore refined in Canada was delivered to Col A N Katikov of the Russian purchasing mission in Montana on May 13 1943.
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INS
New York Journal-American
U. S
Russia
Journal-American
Canada
Col
A. N. Katikov
Russian Purchasing Commission
Montana
Katikov
Flood drench city as leaf clogged sewers flood Syracuse streets
Heavy rain flooded large sections of Syracuse with about 60 public works complaints. Charles Billion supervised emergency work as nine crews cleared basins and grills, while police handled flooding calls. One resident could not exit her home on W Bissell Street.
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Syracuse
Syracuse University
Public Works
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Billion
W. Bissell St
Baruch urges US to back freedom and democracy
Bernard M. Baruch, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission delegate, urges the United States to champion freedom principles as essential to victory and survival. He says security must rise from within and warns against top-down paternalism and external pressure. He calls for domestic consensus without inside or outside manipulation.
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New, York
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Baruch
U. S
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
The
College of the City of New York
Cohunn
French attack on Nakorn Panom villages reported
Siamese papers on Saturday said a detachment of French troops attacked villages in Nakorn Panom two days earlier. They reported casualties including dead and wounded, but the exact number was not known.
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Siam
Nakornpanom
Strike Hits 18 Hotels in Washington Disrupts Capital Service
Diplomats and dignitaries faced cold rooms as a sweeping strike froze service at 18 top Washington hotels. Visitors with reservations were turned away, leaving many stranded while officials and guests endured the disruption. The report notes the presence of a Truman family member and international visitors amid the hotel walkout.
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Washington
Truman
U S Seeks Settlement of Lend Lease With Moscow
The United States asked Russia to wind up its lend-lease account worth about 21 billion dollars and to send a financial mission to Washington for discussions. As of December 31, 1945 the U S had lent 11.141 billion and Soviet reverse lend-lease totaled 2.213 million. The note separates lend-lease talks from a proposed 1 billion dollar loan.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Russia
All Night Meat Line Causes Frantic Rush For Scarce Viands
In New York a 4th Street meat market drew about 1000 hopeful buyers on a Saturday as word spread of plentiful meat for Sunday. Police ropeed off parts of the street after officers could not control the crowd. One woman was trampled but recovered, and Manny Kirschbaum, drawn into the store, later received money from his nephew to buy meat. Sales were capped at 20 dollars per customer.
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New York
INS
4Th St
Mannie Kirschbaum
Kirschbaum
Truman To Talk To Nation On Meat Price Policy
Washington rumor swirl as the White House says President Truman will outline a plan for ending the meat shortage in a 10 pm fireside radio chat Monday. Advisers debate whether he will back immediate lifting of price controls on live stock while a close friend says he will support current controls. A packing unit spokesman signals no general decontrol and hints at partisan blame.
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White House
Truman
Fruman
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Secretary Anderson Heads Capitol Lunch for Meat
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson spent a short morning in the Agriculture Department office and then went to the Capitol for lunch saying he expected meat offerings there.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Capitol
Truman urged decontrol push eyed by top aides
Administration aides forecasting decontrol urged President Truman to back price decontrol to restore steaks to American tables by Christmas. Secre tary Anderson and others in economic policy reportedly pressed for decontrol while top officials like Clayton Snyder Clark and Schnellen bach advised the move.
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Anderson
Clayton
the Treasury
Snyder
Clark
Schnellenbach
Robert F. Hannegan
Plane Crash Near Albany With 400 Pounds Beef On Board
Two men were injured when a Connecticut Central Airways plane carrying 400 pounds of beef from a Vermont farm ran out of fuel and crashed in a field about 12 miles north of Albany. George Hogrese and Ray Jennings were hospitalized after stating they bought the meat in Newport Vermont and were en route to Waterbury Connecticut when weather and a low ceiling caused them to lose their way.
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Ray Jennings
Naugatuck
Conn
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