House Eyes Wage Price Rationing System Again
The House debates automatic wage price controls tied to living costs as Senate panel backs discretionary presidential power. President Truman may seek an excess profits tax while House supports standby powers on prices wages credit and allocations. Senate and House move toward a broad anti inflation bill with contested credit curbs and exemptions.
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Detroit Jobs Pressure Mounts As Hiring Surges
In Detroit during August 1949 a tightening manpower situation emerges as firms resume wartime hiring. One company reports adding 35 women to its workforce in recent weeks amid rising payrolls and tax drives.
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President To Seek Excess Profits Tax On Corporations
President plans to ask Congress for a multi billion dollar excess profits tax on corporations to fund arming against Communist threats. The move follows broader tax proposals and a push in Congress led by supporters seeking economic powers beyond wartime needs.
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Colonial Home To Be Restored In West Virginia
Charles Town area in West Virginia will restore a colonial home linked to George Washington family members. The project, funded by Washington relatives, includes Harewood on Middleway Avenue, once home to Col. Same Wrelington. Guests reportedly included Lafayette aides and prominent figures from early American history.
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Hagerstown Chamber backs Ober Anti-Subversive Act
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce votes 214 for and 13 against retaining the Ober Anti-Subversive Act in Maryland. The chamber will join state efforts urging voters to support the act in November as it appears on the ballot by referendum.
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Boy Injured In Fall On Stairs In Faireround Area
Richart M Zimmerman aged 2, of Faireround Avenue, fell on stairs yesterday and cut both hands. Edward Thomas, 14, of Locust Street, cut his right foot swimming in a creek near Security. Samuel K Bonebrake, 1067 Beechwood Thrive, was cut in the forehead by patone. All were treated and discharged from the hospital emergency room. Williams Herbert O'Brien of West Church was bitten on the left arm.
Reds complain of incendiary bombs in Berlin report
The Soviet agency ADN accuses the United States of dropping incendiary bombs on a German city occupied by Soviet forces. The report claims two bombs were released from a US plane and cites an anonymous US official as confirming the incident in Berlin area, with no verification of the claim.
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American War Casualties Reported in Korea
Washington reports 2 668 American casualties in Korea as of Aug 6, including 168 killed, wounded or missing. The tally covers only released and family-notified cases, with many awaiting verification and publication amid reporting delays.
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Chicago Thrilled By Daring Dancer Pair
Chicago witnessed a remarkable act by a brother and sister team, Georg and a sister, performing on a 110 foot high platform. They danced alone to rope and in various styles including the thuta and waltz. Spectators reported danger and praised their daring, with the performance described as one of the most audacious without safety measures.
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France To Get Two Warships
France to receive its first two U S destroyer escorts under the foreign military aid program August 12 in Philadelphia. The vessels Samuel F Mills and Riddle will be renamed Arabe and Kabyle as Henri Boulet accepts them from Rear Admiral R E Schuirmann.
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Riddle
Henri Boulet
R. E. Schuirmann
Fourth Naval District
Defense Department
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Submarine Rescue Ship Bound for Turkey and Historical Notes
Turkey will receive a submarine rescue ship on August 15 and two Navy refitted submarines are expected to head there. The record notes 1158 Charleston buildings burned on April 27, 1838, and mentions the royal Stuarts tracing lineage to Robert I of Scotland, son of Walter, Steward of Scotland.
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