Meat Rationing Plan Faces Setback In Senate Panel
A Senate banking subcommittee rejected the Flanders bill to authorize meat rationing, 3 to 2, delaying early action. Flanders warned the full committee could still reverse, while Tobey questioned that move. A voluntary approach may be pursued, with hopes the issue will be decided by the people amid rising meat prices and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Charles E. Tobey
Flanders
Congress
C. Douglass Buck
Del
Homer Capehart
Ind
A. Willis Robertson
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Charles F. Brannan
Truman
Agriculture Department
Jaman
President Gets Support for Truman Civil Rights Plan
Senator J Howard McGrath, Democratic chairman, backed President Truman's civil rights program at a Troy New York press conference. He warned southern protests and noted the party will not abandon its historic role as a champion of human rights. Two Southern lawmakers urged revolt against the Democrats, but McGrath affirmed party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Truman
McGrath
Troy
N.Y
Congress
John H. Overton
Thomas G. Abernathy
Miss
Democratic Party
Weather Forecast Opens With Six More Weeks of Winter
The weatherman predicts six more weeks of winter with today mostly cloudy skies and occasional flurries. Temperatures remain steady with a high near 25 and a low between 10 and 15 as winter continues.
House Votes Increase Aid For GI Students
The House approved 370 to 6 a Senate bill to boost GI Bill subsistence for veterans in school. Singles would get 75 monthly, with dependents 105 or 120, depending on numbers. The measure heads to President Truman for signature. A second vote, 371 to 5, backed a separate bill to fund on the job training with government and employer support.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Truman
Bernard W. Kearney
N.Y
Pilot Sights Rubber Life Raft Near Bermuda
A US Navy PBM flying boat sighted an aircraft-type life raft 275 miles northeast of Bermuda toward a search for survivors of a British airliner that vanished Thursday. The raft was spotted by Ens. Sheridan L. Colvin, Washington state, with four other planes and two Coast Guard cutters racing to the scene. Initial reports did not indicate anyone aboard the float.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S. Navy
Coast Guard
Ens. Sheridan L. Colvin
Washington State
Businessmen May Now Enter Japan
Tokyo Allied headquarters announced Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s unit lifted all entry quotas for foreign businessmen to Japan. The policy effective immediately allows private investments and restitution of pre-war property, marking the first time such entry is permitted.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Allied Headquarters
Idaho Officers Agree They Should Be Courteous
Southeastern Idaho Peace Officers association met in Idaho Falls with 34 officers in attendance. Sheriff Dean F. Wilkie was named secretary for the coming year and the group urged courtesy and closer agency cooperation to improve law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Southeastern Idaho Peace Officers Association
Bonneville County
Dean F. Wilkie
Preston
Franklin
Lee Hansen
E. A. Owen
Group
Today
Idaho
Owen
E. W. Fanning
FBI
Idaho Rail Workers Back Rent Control and Labor Act Repeal
About 40 representatives from the Idaho Railway Labor Legislative Association met for two days to pass resolutions favoring rent controls, repeal of the Taft Hartley Labor Act, and a long range legislative program. They urged action to fund a Labor Commissioner office, support veteran welfare legislation, and protections for women and children against low wages. The group condemned communism and supported state fish and game funding for conservation. Governing figures included Homer Martin, L B Allison, andGeorge Warren Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Railway Labor Legislative Educ
Pocatello
Idaho Railway Labor Legislative Association
Tom Clark
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
State Fish and Game Department
Carpenters Claim Taft Hartley Exemption for Building Industry
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters told the NLRB that Taft Hartley does not apply to building trades as they do not affect interstate commerce. They filed a brief seeking dismissal of unfair labor charges by NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham. A trial examiner had found Local 74 guilty of a secondary boycott against Ira A. Watson Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
J. J. Fitzpatrick
Ira A. Watson Co
Germans Stage Strike Against Near Starvation Diets
About 1.3 million German workers across American and British zones abstained from work in a one day protest over near starving rations. Stuttgart saw widespread shutdowns including newspapers schools and shops while union leaders closed their offices at midnight. General Lucius D. Clay warned strikes slow production and hinder recovery.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
German Council of States
Stuttgart
Rent Control Action Sought Against Landlords
Washington housing official Tighe E. Woods urged Congress to authorize criminal action against landlords who violate rent control. He asked to extend the law two years beyond February 29, 1950, and to empower suits for overcharges and criminal prosecutions. Woods cited a housing shortage and 2,764,000 married couples doubled up, plus illegal evictions.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
House Banking Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
Mich
House
Wood
Justice Department
Russia agrees to return eight lend lease vessels
The United States and Soviet Union reached an accord after almost a year of talks. Washington said Russia will return eight of the 95 ships it received under wartime lend-lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Groundhog vs Robins Sparks City News in Pocatello
Pocatello Postings notes a local quip about Groundhog predicting winter while robins near Portneuf bridge hint at spring. It adds gossip on James D. Allen leaving the city jail on a vagrancy charge and recalls a past list of Dividend claimants from the Plentywood Cooperative Association.
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Russia
U.S
Britain
Squire
L. H. Tolman
Orchard Street
Portneuf
Carson Street Bridge
Mr. Tolman
James D. Allen
Pocatello City
Cold Wave Grips Nation Across 3000 Mile Front
Sub zero cold spread from Oregon to New England opening a fourth straight icy week. Fuel officials warned of greater oil and gas shortages as 10,000 more Indiana workers were laid off and about 300,000 eastern workers idled. The U S Weather Bureau issued a cold wave warning for the middlewest with widespread snow and very cold temperatures expected. Bemidji Minnesota fell to 37 below zero as forecasts call for -25 to near zero across several states and a drought-hit California faced continuing weather battles. Wisconsin officials anticipated emergency oil supplies as temperatures plummet further tomorrow.
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Chicago
U.S
Oregon
New England
Indiana
Mississippi
Detroit Automotive
Pittsburgh Steel
U. S. Weather Bureau
Middlewest
North Central States
New York
Hudson Bay Area
Washington
Montana
Canadian
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Middle West
Mercury
Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota
Ilinois
Illinois
Midwest
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Francisco
California
Anthony E. Madler
Wisconsin
Labor Groups Oppose Wallace Third-Party Bid
In Miami AFL executive council urged its 7.2 million members to oppose Henry Wallace. They warned against being misled by what they termed Wallace's false liberalism and said he has been taken in by the Communists. CIO also announced opposition two weeks earlier.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Henry Wallace
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Wallace
The
CIO
Politician Action Committee
Bannock County Receives Forest Fund Allocation
Bannock County yesterday was allocated 2846.72 as its share of the state's advance receipts from national forest funds. Idaho totals 304130.58 across 33 forested counties, with Bannock the fourth largest and Ada the smallest at 52.13, according to United Press reports.
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Bannock County
United Press
Idaho
Lela D. Painter
Idaho County
Ada County
U.P
Charges Dropped In Railroad Case
In Lincoln Nebraska 34 defendants in the justice department railroad anti trust suit had charges dismissed Tuesday under a government accord for lack of evidence. The action leaves 40 individuals and 47 western railroads and banking houses still charged with conspiring to restrain trade.
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Lincoln
Neb
Justice Department
Los Angeles Seeks Payoff for Sea Water to Fresh Water Plan
Los Angeles seeks a legislative reward for a viable sea water desalination process to end drought, provided the cost stays under 150 dollars per acre foot, matching the Colorado River water cost to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Brownouts Asked In California By Pacific Gas and Electric
United Press reports Pacific Gas and Electric urges voluntary brownouts across California to ease a drought driven power shortage. Despite the appeal, a rainstorm moves in from the northwest with forecasters predicting heavy rain and snow that could end the drought in coastal and central valleys as Bakersfield marks the divide between northern and southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
West Coast
Light and Power
California
James Black
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Northwest
Black
Weather Bureau
Bakersfield
Central Valley
Police Seek Businessman in Milan Street Death
Police across 48 states were asked to detain Norwalk businessman James E. Ellis, 55, for questioning in a case concerning the death of Laura Downing, 27, found frozen and nude in her parked car on a Milan street. An autopsy showed Downing was four months pregnant. Sheriff Souter said Ellis is sought for questioning only.
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Sandusky, O
Norwalk
William S&s. Souter
James E. Ellis
Laura Downing
Milan
De Valera Faces Test in Ballot in Dublin Rally Night
Crowds marched through torchlit Dublin streets on the eve of a national election. Polls suggest Prime Minister Eamon De Valera and his Fianna Fail party may win a plurality but lack a ruling majority in the Dail, shaping a tense campaign close.
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Dublin
Eire
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Fianna Fail
Lamont Dies in Sleep at Florida Winter Home
Thomas William Lamont 77 longtime chairman of the board at J. P. Morgan and Co. New York died in his sleep at his Boca Grande Florida winter home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boca, Grande, Fla
Thomas William Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Co
New York
Treaties Not Broken Lovett Says
United States rejects Soviet protests over Libya base under Italian peace treaty and overflights near Russian ships. Lovett states Mehalla base will be used only for communications while Libyan administration lasts. State department to reply to Moscow and Romanian regime over treaty violations and Romanian elections fraud claims.
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Washington
United States
Mediterranean
Far East
U. S
Libya
Robert A. Lovett
Alexander Panyushkin
Britain
Lovett
Mehalla
Tripoli
State Department
Russia
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Leas
Moscow
Bucharest
National Romanian Peasant Party
Juliu Maniu
Chinese Reds Gain Ground in Manchuria Threaten Mukden
Chinese Communist forces pushed toward Chinchow and Liaoyang in southern Manchuria to isolate Mukden from land lines. Government sources called the situation critical at Chinchow near the strategic rail hub between Mukden and Shanhaikwaei, with Kaopangtze and Talingho reported captured near the city.
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Nanking
China
Chinchow
Liaoyang
Manchuria
Mukden
Shanhaikwae
Kaopangtze
Talingho
Feminine New Look Cited As Traffic Hazard
Washington based AAA traffic safety director Burton W. Marsh warns the new women’s look raises pedestrian death risk at night. He notes hem lines and light stockings reduce driver visibility, while swirling skirts hinder braking and accelerator control.
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Burton W. Marsh
American Automobile Association
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L. B. Alison
George W. Warren
Homer Martin
L. B. Allison
Glenns Ferry
Rogatello
Rennt Control
Gate City
Allen
Bastile
T. W. Rush
O“Ormeuf Cooperative Association
Partneuf Cooperative Association
J. C. Atkins
Modesto
Tt. W. Lumont
Romania
Marsh
Benny
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