Truman asks Congress for 17 billion for European aid plan
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 17 billion dollar 51 month program to aid 16 Western European non Communist nations starting April 1 1948 through June 30 1952 with annual votes and a 6.8 billion initial outlay to spur European recovery and world peace. Germany is included in the plan.
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Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Germany
House Approves Stopgap Price Remedy
Washington AP Congress approved a Republican stopgap plan to curb high living costs with voluntary measures. The House passed it 281 to 73 after brief debate, sending the bill to the White House. the Senate had backed it 77 to 10. Support came from 78 Republicans and 102 Democrats, with 20 Republicans and 44 Democrats opposition.
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Congress
Senate
House
Vito Marcantonio
A-L-P
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Truman Signs Law To Publish Commodity Trader List
President Truman signed a Congressional resolution ordering Secretary Clinton Anderson to publish the names of about 14 000 persons who traded in commodity markets over the past two years. The list, to be released next week at earliest, could include small traders and big operators with criteria still under study. A separate bill proposes criminal penalties for officials who speculate, with fines up to 10 000 dollars and prison terms up to three years.
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Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
White House
Anderson
House
Agricultural ' Department
George MacKinnon
Minn
Agriculture Department
State Department
Weather Forecast For Saturday In The Region
Intermittent rain and slightly warmer conditions are expected with a high near 40 degrees. The low last night was 23 degrees. Sunrise is 7 57 a m and sunset 4 58 p m. Dense fog remains ten miles south of Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Navy Returns Son to Help Widowed Mother at Christmas
Mrs. Lewis Moldenhauer of 823 South Fourth Street welcomes home her son, Navy fireman first class Howard James Moldenhauer, on December 27 after discharge in San Francisco. The relief came through Senator Glenn H. Taylor, the American War Mothers, and the Red Cross amid a family history of five sons in service and prior wartime hardships.
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Howard James Moldenhauer
United States Navy
San Francisco
Glenn H. Taylor
Idaho
Democrat
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Moldenhauer
Florence
Ernest
Harry Ayers
Bannock County
Navy Department
Philippine Islands
Lloyd
Arthur
USS
Hull
Leyte
Robert
E Arm
Truman Seeks Global Peace Through European Recovery Plan
President Truman outlines a plan to aid Europe’s recovery, warning that failure could drive nations toward totalitarianism and threaten worldwide peace. He frames the program as a joint US effort with European partners to defend free institutions and secure enduring prosperity. The speech stresses the link between poverty and instability and the need to act now.
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United States
Perjury Indictment Faces Meyers and Lamarre
Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers and her husband Bleriot Lamarre were indicted by a grand jury on perjury charges connected to war contract investigations. Meyers faces up to 60 years in jail if convicted on six counts. Lamarre faces three counts for allegedly misleading investigators. Bench warrants were signed by Judge David A. Pine but arraignment dates were not set.
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Washington
Bennett
Meyers
Senate
Air Force
Bleriot H. Lamarre
David A. Pine
Hearings Planned on Marshall Plan Amid Four Year Term Debate
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Arthur Vandenberg announced hearings to begin Jan 7 on the 17 billion dollar European recovery program. He said he would withhold a final judgment until the facts are in and expected Secretary of State George C. Marshall to testify first. Meanwhile Edward J. Kelly seeks a spring Mardi Gras to raise 6 million dollars for Mercy Hospital in Chicago with a venue on the lakefront or near the stadium around May 1.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Truman
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Chicago
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Mercy Hospital
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Chicago Stadium
Latin America
Economic Cooperation Administration
Secretary of State
Europe
Super ‘Sion
U.S
Howling dog rescuer and holiday tidbits from Pocatello
Mrs. Bessie M. Atkinson saved a shivering black and white dog found outside 255 South Hayes St in bitter air. Across town the Goodwins from Cambridge, England, received a dormitory gift at ISC Residence hall after a Christmas party. Fire safety tips warn against inflammable decor as local reminders include tax deadlines and student antics at the high school Christmas party.
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Bessie M. Atkinson
South Hayes St
Fred Goodwin
Cambridge
England
ISC
Goodwin
Pocatello
British Isles
Goodwin’s
Victor Duke
Mr. Goodwin
Mayor Urges Bond for Interceptor Sewage System in Pocatello
Mayor Geo Phillips urged voters to approve a 130000 bond for an interceptor sewer, calling sewage the city’s top health threat. He warned 60 percent of Pocatello sewage enters the Portneuf River and urged action to prevent epidemics and enable future growth.
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Poatello
Idaho Wildlife Federation sets committees for Jan meeting
Theo H Wegener Boise president announces committee terms for the Idaho Wildlife Federation annual meeting January 11 12 with cochairmen for ten groups to report on conservation programs and make recommendations to the State Fish and Game Commission Delegates will join committees upon registration with names listed for legislation big game upland birds bearing animals primitive area public lands and research roles including Roy Stockman Grangeville and Roy tty Pocatello for primitive area duties A list of other chairmen and district vice presidents is provided.
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H. Wegener
Idaho Wildlife Feedration
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Laurin Pietsch
Sandplevint
Burton Perrine
Twin Falls
Wegener
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R. Scholar
Clyde O. E. Adamson
Carey
George Bond
Rigby
Charles Noonan
Kingston
K. E. Hungerford
Moscow
A. W. Klotz
Research
Auto Takes Off Lands in Portneuf Narrow Riverside Drive Mishap
A 1936 sedan rolled off Riverside Drive in Portneuf ending in the river after Newel Anderson parked on an embankment near his home. Dan Kunz and his family escaped injury when his brakes avoided a collision as Anderson’s car slipped toward the river. Tow crews worked at midnight to recover the waterlogged vehicle.
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Newel Anderson
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Mr. Kunz
Dick Barrett
Rosewood Ave
Foreign Aid Bill Passed Despite Filibuster and Cuts
Washington reports Congress approved a 914 million dollar foreign aid bill and 540 million for army operations in Europe, with 522 million for Austria France and Italy and 18 million for China. Truman requested more for Europe, House conferees trimmed 150 million, Senate leaders left door open for later request. Also includes western land reclamation and welfare spending. Police in New York called emergency squad to open a station cell door.
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China
Far East
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House
Austria
France
Italy
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Orient
New York
Clinton Street
Marshall Says WWII Peace Must Wait on European Stability
Secretary of State George C. Marshall declares at a national address that the final settlement of World War II must await the outcome of the cold war in Europe between Communism and Western democracy. He blames Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for London peace conference failure and warns no further talks until political stability and a genuine peace basis exist.
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U. S
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United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Austria
Congress
Moscow
Freighter James S. Harrell Flashes Distress in North Pacific Storm
The 7,000-ton James S. Harrell sent a distress signal Friday reporting a fierce North Pacific gale. Flooding in three holds threatened to burst the ship’s sides as she carried about 40 crewmen. This marked the fourth ship battered in four days in the great circle sea lanes south of the Aleutians, forcing distress calls.
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James S. Harerell
Harrell
Great Circle
Aleutians
Top Points In Proposed Marshall Plan
Washington outlines a 17 billion dollar Marshall plan to aid 16 European nations through gifts and loans by 1952. The program begins April 1 1948 with 6.8 billion appropriated for 15 months, tapering to about 2.2 billion in the final year, funded by initial 0.5 billion in RC funds and Export-Import bank handling.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Denmark
Eire
France
Greece
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Italy
Luxembourg
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