Senate panel revamps rent bill to end ceilings soon
Washington United States Senate banking subcommittee plans a redraft to end rent ceilings in several cities and permit higher rents in others. Chair Tobey orders a new bill by February 16 and considers a 30 day emergency extension. The measure would decontrol Norfolk Memphis Denver Tulsa Portland Seattle Portsmouth Newport News and Hampton Roads if vacancy rates meet the test. A 15 percent rent increase would apply where operating costs rose 30 percent since controls began.
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Washington
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Iday
Charles W. Tobey
Subcommittee
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Congress
Tobey
Norfolk
Memphis
Denver
Tulsa
Okla
Portland
Ore
San Antonio
Seattle
Portsmouth
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Census Bureau
Cain
Senate Eyes Tax Cut Act
The Senate will tackle GOP tax cut legislation after the European recovery program passes. The Senate budget committee endorsed a $37.2 billion spending ceiling for 1949, with the European aid bill and tax measure set for floor debate by March 1 and early April respectively.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
House Budget Committee
GOP
Robert A. Taft
President Truman
Nazi Hangman of Paris Hangs Self in Prison
Paris dispatch reports Gen Otto Von Stuelpnagel the Luftwaffe officer famed as Paris hangman killed himself in Cherche-Midi prison at age 70. His attorney said the suicide stemmed from fear of a death sentence and prolonged detention without trial.
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Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Cherche-Midi
Marcel Heraud
Stuelpnagel
Gate City Flour Price Cut Reflects Market Slide
Pocatello housewives gain from a national grain market drop as a local flour price cut hits 72 cents on a 50 pound bag from 4.39 to 3.67 while wholesale prices fall about 70 cents a hundred pounds over a month. Bakers hesitate as supplies run down and prices uncertain. Chicago market leader Richard Uhlmann says wheat has peaked and further declines are possible.
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Arting
Russell Black
Pocatello
F. A. Burton
Airlines Fires Pilots After Strike at National Airlines
National Airlines discharged all striking pilots for refusal to report for flight duty. Chief pilot Joe Bailey sent telegrams to each pilot stating they have voluntarily left the employ of National Airlines, Inc.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Joe Bailey
National Airlines, Inc
Germans In Allied Zone Receive Charter For Self Government
The United States and Great Britain granted Germans in their occupation zones a charter of limited self government to take effect Monday. It creates an economic council, an upper Laender senate, an executive committee, a high court, and agencies to run western zone administration while excluding political or police powers. The charter is not a constitution. Germans will craft that later.
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Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Corman
Germany
Europe
Russia
Economic Council
House of Representatives
Laender
Rat
Senate
Pocatello Ward Employees Donate To Pool Drive
Stan Day of Montgomery Ward counts a $34.75 collection from store employees for a swimming pool project in Pocatello. The mayor confirms it is the first retail employee donation and expects more from both big and small contributors.
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Pocatello
Montgomery Ward’s
Heavy Loot a Taken in Theft in Athena Ore
Thieves tunneled into the U S national bank vault at Athena Oregon during the night stealing 800 to 900 pounds of silver coins valued at 8931.05. Police describe the burglars as a group small in size with a single long narrow hole less than a foot and a half wide and the alarm failed due to a short circuit.
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Athena
U. S. National Bank
Road Action Is Unlikely in U S 205 Designation
Public Works Commissioner E W Sinclair warned that designating as U S 205 the Sugar City Idaho to Shoshoni Wyoming road is unlikely due to opposition from Montana interests. Idaho delegates favored the move at a Idaho Falls meeting with counties backing the route east from Sugar City to the Idaho Wyoming border. A committee was formed to seek gubernatorial and highway department action to place the road in the primary system, contingent on all states agreeing.
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Boise
Public Works
E. W. Sinclair
Wyoming
Montana
Shoppers Face Road Map as Prices Sit Tight
Retail prices are expected to hold steady for most foods despite a drop in Chicago commodity prices and weak Wall Street. Grocers and packers say the shelf prices depend on supply and demand. if the slump persists, meat prices could fall first, followed by broader price shifts and possible future shortages.
Nampa Bulldogs Upset Pocatello in Big Six Clash
Nampa high school's Bulldogs surged in the second half to beat Pocatello 38-30, snapping the Indians from second place in the Big Six standings. Loren and Wayne Blickenstaff sparked the rally as Caldwell led the league with four wins and one defeat. Pocatello meets Caldwell next in the final Western tour game.
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Nampa
Ind
Nampa High School
Bulldogs
Pocatello
Indians
Boise
Caldwell
Loren
Wayne Blickenstaff
Sixth Ward Wins Pocatello Stake Basketball Tourney
The Sixth Ward hoop squad defeated the LDS Institute cagers 40 to 27 at Inkom, leading from start to finish to claim the Pocatello Stake Basketball Tournament title despite a late fourth quarter rally by the Institute quintet.
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LDS Sixth Ward
LDS Institute
Pocatello
Inkom
Institute
College Scores Late Results Across Several Matches
Colorado State beat Colorado College 69 60 and Washington topped Oregon State 52 26. Greeley Teachers defeated Colorado College 69 60 while Montana 57 Eastern Washington 52. St Marys 51 Nevada 46 Oregon 64 Idaho 46 Rice 68 Texas Christian 54 Texas Tech 54 Texas Mines 41.
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Colorado State
Colorado College
Washington
Oregon State
Greeley Teachers
Montana
Eastern Washington
St. Mary’s
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Rice
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Texas Mines
Truman Aide Wryly Tests New White House Post
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan briefly announced himself chief of Truman’s enlarged military staff. Three hours later White House secretary Rosey Ross denied the change. Vaughan joked about premature announcements as the administration clarified that three equal military aides would serve under the president.
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Washington
Harry W. Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
White House
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Rosealle
Ross
Col
Robert Landry
New Orleans
Armed Services Merger
Pocatello Cagers Win In McCammon Tourney Opener
Aero Club of Pocatello defeated Arimo Outlaws 49 to 33 in the McCammon Chamber of Commerce Invitational. Lowe scored 20 for Aero Club, Turner had eight for Arimo. Soda Springs American Legion beat McCammon VFW 41 to 37 with Chatterton at 12. Virginia Wildcats edged Naval Ordnance Plant 41 to 39 led by Davis with 9.
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McCammon
Aero Club of Pocatello
Arimo Outlaws
McCammon Chamber of Commerce
Aero Club
Lowe
Max Turner
Arimo
Soda Springs American Legion
McCammon Vfw
Chatterton
Soda
G. Harris
Virginia Wildcats
Naval Ordnance Plant of Pocatello
Walker
Ewing
Pocatellans
Davis
Virginia
Britain charges Bulgaria over ships carrying Jewish immigrants
London issued a strong protest accusing Bulgaria of either knowingly letting two vessels, the Pan York and Pan Crescent, sail with Jewish immigrants to Palestine or making a serious error in clearing them. The note did not address new claims that the ships carried many Communists aboard.
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London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Palestine
Abandoned Denver Veteran Leaves Children to People
Betty Ann Bradford and her brother were left by their unemployed veteran father William Cantrell. Cantrell apologized, saying he could not support them. The aunt, injured, handed the minors to Denver General Hospital where staff planned to use them in classes as typical toddlers.
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Denver
Betty Ann
Bradford
William J. Cantrell
Cantrell
Denver General Hospital
Stunt man dies in leap from Golden Gate Bridge
Dusty Rhodes famous Hollywood stunt man leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge in three parachutes two rubber suits and a Mae West life jacket and was killed instantly. His widow Lorraine of Port Chicago and brother in law Roy Nation identified him at the coroner's office. The jump marked the 90th fatal leap from the bridge, described as a dangerous magnet for personal crisis.
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San Francisco
Dusty Rhodes
Hollywood
Golden Gate Bridge
Niagara Falls
Rhodes
Frank Cushing
Lorraine
Port Chicago
Bay
Roy Nation
Peers
Oowala
Experts Insist Slump Means End Of Inflation
Basic food prices on national markets sank for a third day as corn wheat oats butter and hogs dropped and wholesale flour followed. The Dun and Bradstreet commodity index hit a 1948 low while officials and traders argued inflation may be ending with retail prices likely to fall. Hog prices eased as New York and Chicago markets anticipated higher beef carryovers next week.
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New York
Chicago Exchange
Wall Street
Chicago
Truman
London
Dun & Bradstreet
Morris Sayre
National Association of Manufacturers
Moline
Ill
Richard F. Uhlman
Chicago Board of Trade
Sayre
Jewel Food Stores
Association of Food Retailers of
Greater Chicago
Board of Trade
Top U S Combat Officer to Greece
Maj. Gen. James Alvard Van Fleet, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, was named chief of the American Military Mission in Greece, replacing Maj. Gen. William G. Livesay and will depart for Athens soon to direct all American army navy and air force groups attached to the aid mission.
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Washington
James Alvard van Fleet
U. S. Army
Greece
William G. Livesay
van Fleet
Athens
London Market Dips on Wall Street and Truman Warning
London shares fell sharply amid nervous traders watching declines in Wall Street and Chicago and President Truman's warning of a possible market crash. The session closed unsettled after its heaviest selling since last July.
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London
Wall Street
Chicago
Truman
Harrriman not named co conspirator in anti trust suit
Secretary of Commerce W Averest Harriman, former Union Pacific board chair, will not be listed as a co conspirator in the government anti trust suit against western railroads says justice department attorney Joseph Crowell at a phase end. The same report notes a separate China aid package set at 9.333 billion dollars for 15 months starting April 1 including 570 million for China.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. Averest Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Western Railroads
Justice Department
Joseph Crowell
AFL seeks national figure to lead $8 million Taft Hartley repeal
AFL high command in Miami searched for a man of national prominence to head the repeal effort against Taft Hartley. Former Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana refused the $20,000 a year post after talks with AFL leaders.
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Wheeler
Miami, Fla
ULP
American Federation of Labor
Anerspeda
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
AFL
Vote buying charged in Butler County election case
A federal grand jury indicted four Republican officials from Butler County and two Negro party workers on vote buying charges tied to the 1946 general elections, as the sweeping probe into southeast Missouri voting practices continued. Fianna Fail fails to win a majority in Ireland with 65 seats counted and six undecided. 74 seats needed for a majority in the Dail.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Butler County
Dublin
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
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