Food Prices May Go Higher, Cost Inquiry Warns
Washington staff of a special Congressional investigation warns that food prices, now about double prewar levels, may rise further. The study for Senate subcommittees notes that rising incomes since 1940 have boosted demand for meats, fruits, and frozen foods while staples like flour and potatoes lag. It cites uneven cost burdens, with low income families and fixed-income retirees hardest hit, and previews nationwide hearings on causes and actions.
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Special Congressional Investition
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Senate House
1 800 GET PAY BOOST Steel Mills Roar End Strike
Rail workers in Carnegie Illinois Steel and Union Railroad ended an eight day unauthorized strike that idled 18,000 workers and cut Monongahela valley output to 10.9 percent of capacity. About 1,800 workers returned to trains with a wage boost, aiding restart of Vandergrift and other works.
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Hurricane moves toward Florida from Atlantic coast
A hurricane with 140 mph winds tracked north northwest through the Atlantic toward Florida. The storm center lay 880 miles east southeast of Miami at 5 PM. Forecasters expected a northward recurve by Sunday morning and planned a precautionary Florida coast alert if needed. Bahamian authorities urged evacuations and precautionary steps for Nassau to Miami air traffic, as plans for alerts continued.
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Missouri Aboard Homeward Bound for Brazil Near Atlantic Storm
President Truman travels aboard the U S Missouri 1300 miles from a tropical hurricane now moving toward the Atlantic Ocean. The ship bound for Norfolk Virginia is not expected to come closer than 700 miles to the storm. Missouri slated to reach Norfolk Friday.
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NBC Bans Crime On Air After National Convention
Atlantic City reports NBC will ban detective crime and mystery programs before 9 30 P M New York Time starting Jan. 1. The unanimous NBC convention resolution seeks to curb juvenile exposure to crime by avoiding lurid or realistic crime drama and ensures crime is not glorified, while portraying police with respect and presenting news factually. A second resolution urges NAB to adopt a broader broadcasting code.
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New York
National Association of Broadcasters
Bus and Truck Crash Kills 7 in Michigan
A one year old baby was killed and at least 13 persons were injured, several seriously, when a Greyhound bus carrying about 43 passengers collided head on with a heavily loaded semi trailer one mile north of Flint, Michigan. State police said the bus was bound for Bay City.
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Bay City
Marshall Briefs Delegates at UN Session
Secretary of State George C. Marshall and the American delegation held strategy huddles behind closed doors in New York as they prepared for the United Nations General Assembly opening with Russia. The group met day and night to map an initiative for the coming diet with Moscow.
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George C. Mar Ishall
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Marshall
Truman approves UN Week foreign policy speech plan
President Truman has read and thoroughly approved a foreign policy speech to be delivered by Secretary of State George C. Marshall Sunday afternoon in New York City to open United Nations Week. The disclosure came from Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross Saturday as the Missouri steamed through white topped seas east of Suriname on a northwestward course toward home.
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George C. Marshall
New York City
United Nations
Charles G. Ross
Missouri
Surinany
UN Meeting Focuses on Palestine and Balkans Debates
Tuesday’s Assembly session saw Marshall briefing the American delegation and advisers on plans for aggressive action in crucial battles over the Palestine issue and the American Russian deadlock in the Balkans. Diplomats from around the world flocked to the city for strategy talks ahead of a vital three month UN session.
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Palestine
Balkans
United Nations
One of the worst hurricanes seen near Puerto Rico
Veterans and observers described the hurricane moving toward the U S Atlantic coast as among the worst on record. Ten Navy airmen and a correspondent flew through the storm center in a four engine plane for over two hours. Winds reached 140 mph, with the sea churning, darkness fell, and the plane battled the powerful storm as it roared across the area. The account ends with the storm still raging as the convoy continues.
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Puerto Rico
United States Atlantic Seaboard
Navy
Lewis Refuses To Sign Communist Affidavit
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers and AFL vice president, challenged the National Labor Relations Board to action after he declined to sign an oath denying Communist affiliation. The NLRB had ruled such affidavits compulsory for union officers, risking loss of privileges. Lewis defended his stance and questioned Denham’s plan to enforce the rule.
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United Mine Workers Powerful
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
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NLRB
Robert Denham
Denham
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
AFL
Herald American features and pages listed in the feature section
The notice catalogs Herald American features across pages 25 to 27 including Poets Corner Books Crossword Puzzle City Life Art Chat Political Perspective Woman of Week TALKING IT OVER and page allocations for Amusements 28 Inq Rep'ter 46 City Life 45 Music 24 Classified 53-59 Radio 42 Deaths 45 Social AT-24 Weather 10 Sports AT-49 Editorial 44 Vets News 46 Financial SL Winchell 4. YVODAM'S PICTURES: PAGE 14. The enumeration implies a guide to feature content and page numbers for the edition.
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Winchell
Gandhi tours refugee camp as Moslem crowds cheer in New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi arrives at Purana Qila Fort on an inspection visit to refugee areas in New Delhi. Thousands of Moslem refugees rally to thank him for appeals aiding them against Hindus and Sikhs, as police deploy riot control to separate supporters from the crowd. The fort houses about 350,000 refugees amid the city’s Hindu majority.
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India
Mohandas J. Gandhi
Gandhi
Purtina Quila Fort
Tridle seeks ban on sixth marriage to same wife
Houston, Texas. George Tridle, facing his fifth divorce from the same woman, asks the court to restrain him from marrying Mrs Friddle a sixth time. He says his life has been disrupted by four prior divorces while Friddle pleads she loves him but cannot live with him. Their courtship began in Enloosa, Iowa.
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Tex
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George Triddle
Friddle
Plater
Fridde
Riddle
Ella
San Antonio
Reds Pay for Libel in London Daily Worker Apology
The Daily Worker apologized to Kemsley Newspapers Ltd for a grave libel about their integrity and paid damages with costs indemnity. The apology appeared on the London Daily Graphic front page and involved a columnist accusing the Kemsley press of fabricating foreign news and training youths for guerrilla warfare in Greece. The dispute stems from reports on Yugoslav railway projects used to signal an international brigade.
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London
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Kemsley Newspapers, Ltd
London Daily Graphic
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Wemsley
Greece
Kemsley
Protection urged for country as UN Assembly opens
The United States warned that Yugoslav, Bulgarian and Albanian threats to Greece present a critical international problem as the General Assembly convenes. The State Department issued a white paper outlining the Greek crisis nearly ahead of the UN session.
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Washington
Ayith
LN General Assembly
United States
Greece
State Department
Greece grants amnesty to guerrillas under grace period
The Greek Parliament approved a decree granting amnesty to guerrillas who surrender within a month. The decree takes effect immediately upon publication in the official journal and the grace period may be extended by royal decree on cabinet recommendation.
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Greece Greece Greece crisis and US by pass of Soviet veto
Secretary of State George C. Marshall leads a U S delegation in New York to push UN Security Council action on Greece and counter Soviet veto power. The white paper summarizes the Security Council commission report on Greece and the subsequent debate, but omits new revelations beyond three articles and ten annexes.
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George C. Marshall
New York City
U. S
UN Security Council
Security Council
Jon Greeve
Council
State Department
Greece
Two Jewish Women Arrested as Terrorist Suspects in Palestine
In Jerusalem Palestine, the British said Saturday they arrested two high ranking Jewish women terrorists whose names were withheld for security. One woman had been sought by police for five years. Both were nabbed in a case by British agents as police probe a submachine gun trafficking ring linked to Sami Taha, secretary general of the Arab Jabor federation who opposed the ex Mufti's leadership.
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INS
Palestine
Sami ‘Taha
Arab Jabor Federation
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