Meat price drop at wholesale level despite high profits
Chicago report shows meat on the hoof prices fall sharply from postwar peaks though still 25 to 50 percent above preOPA levels. Major packers earned less per dollar of sales in 1948 while sales rose to 7.112 billion dollars.
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Chicago
Upi
American Meat Institute
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
OPA
Meat “Institute
The
Meat Institute
Truman
A. F. Guckenberger
New York State Food Merchants Association
Army Leader Admits War May Be Near
Secretary Royall told the House Armed Services Committee that war is possible though not imminent. He urged keeping the draft as a spur to enlistment while planning for years of crisis and advocated a 70 group air force and no immediate drafts.
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House ‘Armed Services Committee
Royall
Maurice J. Tobin
House
Richard B. Russell
South
Truman
Russell
NSION
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Congress
Congress
Labor Department
Publican
Easure
Senate Labor
Senate
Nlrb Gencounsel
Ediation
Ent
Russia
Imperial couple marked for silver wedding in palace audience
The imperial household board from the president to the court servants offered greetings to Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako on their 25th anniversary during an informal audience on the palace grounds in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Imperial Household Board
Emperor Hirohito
Nagako
Von Papen Freed After Nazification Appeal
Franz von Papen, once a top Nazi diplomat, was freed by a deNazification appeal court after serving four years of an eight year sentence. The report notes his release from prison and mentions Scotland being nicknamed The Land of Cakes.
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von Papen
Muernberg
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Denazification
Landlords in Tulsa balk at rent control stance
Rev. Wallace J. Murphy executive secretary of the Tulsa Property Owners association says President Truman’s remarks on landlord resistance to federal rent controls are unclear. Murphy denies politics in the eviction plan and notes landlords would have 60 days notice though property may not return until April. He regards the move as a last lawful option and contemplates attending a Washington meeting financed by supporters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Wallace J. Murphy
The
Tulsa Property Owners Association
Truman
Murphy
Washington
Congress
Dixie Gilmer
National Property Owners’ Association of America
Wright Patman
Dallas
Corey
Patman
Blindness Forces Parent to Decide on Sons Surgery
A Brooklyn war veteran Abraham Goldstein and his wife Anita face a grim choice as doctors remove one eye from their 11 month old son Michael and both eyes from their 2 1/2 year old daughter Karen to halt cancer. Doctors say the procedures were successful and the family waited to learn if cancer spread could be stopped.
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New York
Brooklyn
Abraham Goldstein
Anita
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Karen
Michael
Goldstein
Idaho Legislators Face Budget Strain and Public Interest
The Idaho legislature debates growing general fund budgets while public visitors observe from the gallery. Lawmakers note past expenditures from 1940s levels and question how long taxpayers can sustain higher costs as they proceed with committee hearings and third readings.
Rough Treatment Begins at State Affairs Fields
A fragment notes rough handling in the realm of state affairs including agriculture and highways as a starting point. The text implies broader political or administrative pressure influencing policy areas and public action.
Passing Laws Looks Easy
An ice cream bill moved from filing to passage through Senate and House committees with extensive hearings and changes. Citizens spoke, questions were asked, and controversial features were removed before final approval. Lawmakers claimed they knew the bill well after weeks of scrutiny.
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Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
House
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Kenneth C. Royall
Bers
GOP
UTO
Barkley Washington
Presint Trumgn
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Eady
Jet Hat
Richard L. Johnson
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Scotland
Land
Enna
Oxfords
Modern Shoe & Sport Goods Co
Idaho
Boise
Toy
Skyroplane
SKYRO
Pocatello Post
Pocatello
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