Survey Foresees Lower Food Prices in 1949
Chicago reports retailers and suppliers in the food industry expect prices to ease slightly in 1949 while supplies rise and grocery sales expand. The National Grocers Bulletin quotes officials across meat dairy poultry fruit and ries sectors and Agriculture and Commerce officials on a year of stable costs and broader diets. Charles Sawyer and Charles Brannan outline marketing efficiency and distribution improvements as central aims for 1949, marking an era of plenty.
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Seories of Agriculture and Commerce
Food Industry Review
National Grocers Bulletin
National Association of Retail Grocers
Association
Charles Sawyer
the Bulletin
Wyer
Sawyer
Charles F. Brannan
America
United States
Brannan
Department
GOP Guarding Congress Jobs
Washington report says House Republicans warn Democrats against packing committees or altering seniority. The piece notes possible moves to tilt rules in favor of Truman Democrats, potential chairmanship removals, and the likelihood of a partisan battle over committee assignments and the long standing seniority system.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House Rules Committee
House
Rankin
Veterans Committee
Former Military Dictator Hunted in Ecuador Chase
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador Dec 18 The army has a wanted order out for Col Carlos Mancheno once Ecuador as military dictator A plot against the government thwarted with seven civilians arrested in Guayas province Mancheno ruled the nation for 10 days after Velasco Ibarra was overthrown in 1947
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Guayas
Mancheno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Russia? Clowns Earn Much More Than Doctors, UK Claims
London dispatch reports a Daily Telegraph piece by James Hutchison claiming Soviet wages show clowns and circus performers earning far more than state doctors. He cites 800 to 8,000 rubles monthly for various roles with 1,100 rubles for a state doctor, and estimates exchange rates around 23.5 dollars per ruble?
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London
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Soviet Union
James R. H. Hutchison
Academy of Sciences
Star Moscow
Hutchison
Merit Alianza Budget Advised by Arizona Attorney General
Attorney General Eva De Concini advised the Arizona merit system council to submit a budget for administering the merit program in the next biennium, despite the civil service law. The council expects to be absorbed into the civil service system in January, but litigation could delay that move, allowing the merit program to continue in public health, welfare, and unemployment compensation departments.
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Phoenix
Eva de Concini
Arizona Merit System Council
State Civil Service System Council
Public Health
Welfare
New York Weather Chief Benjamin Parry to Retire
Benjamin Parry, 45 year veteran head of New York City's weather bureau, announces retirement at month end as he deems city weather lousy. The long running Alianza Hispano Americana presidency case nears a March verdict date after closing arguments and expulsion proceedings against Garcia and others.
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New York
Benjamin Parry
New York City
Weather Bureau
Alianza Hispano-Americana
C.,c. Faires
Globe
Garcia
The
Alianza
Sedillo
Judge Faires
Ralph Estrada
Fred W. Fickett
Parker
Cusick
Fickett
By-Pass Service Exam Will Be Adopted For Arizona
Phoenix Dec 18 L D Klemmedson retiring state superintendent of public instruction has approval to appoint department staff with M L Brooks incoming superintendent. Board of education approved. Klemmedson to seek Brooks list of proposed employees. If not appointed by Jan 1 vacancies must be filled by competitive civil service exams.
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Phoenix
L. D. Klemmedson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department
M. L. Brooks
State Board of Education
Klemmedson
Brooks
Civil Service
Seek Reason For Death In Pontiac
Pontiac, Mich. police investigate the death of bondsman Adolph Netzel 44 who was killed in his home after threatening the lives of two fellow bondsmen Carmen Mitchell and Guy Carter 48. State police assist as prosecutors seek causes with autopsy inconclusive.
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Pontiac
Mich
Adolph Netzel
Clyde D. Underwood
Netzel
Mike Selik
Carmen Mitchell
Guy Carter
Oakland County
Mitchell
Carter
Two Dead in Eloy Head-On Crash Near Tucson
Early today two cars collided head on two miles west of Eloy on Highway 84. Dead are Francis Amic and Jewel Amic. Critically injured include Jack Rose and Darrell Evenson. Riethmiller and Loveless also hurt. Evenson not expected to live.
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Eloy
Here
Francis Amic
Gila Bend
Jewel Amic
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Casa Grande
Jack Rose
Amie
Darrell Evenson
University of Arizona
E. D. Evenson
East
Sheridan Street
Phoenix
Don Riethmiller
Tarzana
Calif
Bill Loveless
San Luis Obispo
Tucson
Loveless
California
Bert Babb
Bud Kratzberg
Riethmiller
Rose
Evanson
Evenson
Highway Patrol
Nine Air Force Men Stranded on Greenland Ice Cap
Nine U S Air Force crew members remain marooned on the Greenland ice cap after two failed glider rescues. Rescuers plan ski drops or wheel removal to aid sliding craft, with a third attempt delayed by bad weather. The men reportedly built an ice block shelter and are supplied with food and heating gear.
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U. S. Air Force
Greenland
Ice
Washington
Air Force
Berlin Towers Backdrop: Christmas Spirit vs Cold War
A border clash settles with six British soldiers released by Russians and Pvt. Charles Knill in a British zone hospital after being shot during a rabbit hunt dispute. In Frankfurt Gen. Clay praises France for blowing up Radio Berlin towers near Tegel to aid airlift, while Soviets deny urging demolition. East–west rift snarls Christmas shipments and railway car returns to Germany.
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Berlin
Charles Knill
Duderstadt
Bad Oeghausen
Knill
Brian Robertson
Frankfurt
U.S
Lucius Clay
Radio
Tegel Air Field
Soviet Zone
Germany
California teen faces charges in Pomona fatal crash
An 18-year-old driver William Borah Kuhl of Costa Mesa was released on 500 bond and faces Jan 21 trial on three counts of misdemeanor manslaughter for the December 17 crash that killed Pomona College freshman Don Bacon and senior Geoffrey Ayres. Vivian Horbath died later from injuries.
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Pomona
Calif
Don Bacon
Tucson
William Borah Kuhl
Costa Mesa
Pomona College
Brea Canyon
Vivian Horbath
Newport Beach
Kuhl
Justice Court
California Highway
Harry Sanders
Don
Detroit
Donald Bacon
East Calle
Barcelona
Bolin to resign as justice of the peace of west Phoenix
Wesley Bolin will resign his post as justice of the peace in the west Phoenix precinct at 9 a.m. January 3. The move clears the way for the new county board of supervisors to name his successor before he takes the oath as secretary of state.
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Phoenix
Wesley Bolin
Santa Claus to Visit Armory Park in Tucson Event
Reds continue in strong advances along the front while Tucson hosts a Christmas event at Armory Park. Santa Claus will arrive by jeep from Davis Monthan Air Force Base at 7 30 p.m. Monday, landing a half hour earlier by a special bomber. A concert follows with the Temple Singers directed by Nicholas Vasilieff, Christmas carols led by Tom Barges, and the DM band performing. KCNA and the city recreation department sponsor the program, broadcast by KCNA, with Santa handing out candy and promising to take old toys to the Arctic for renovation.
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Santa Claus
Arizona
Tucson
Armory Park
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
North Pole
Kris Kringle
Temple Singers
Nicholas Vasilieff
Tom Barges
DM Band
KCNA
City Recreation Department
Arctic
New Spy Jury To Call Sayre In Espionage Case
A new federal grand jury in New York plans to question Francis B. Sayre former assistant secretary of state and UN delegate about the espionage probe. Whittaker Chambers testified that Sayre’s aide supplied data to Russian agents. The old jury indicted Alger Hiss on perjury charges.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
U. S
Philippines
United Nations
Paris
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Grand Jury
Hiss
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Elizabeth Bentley
McDowell
John McDowell
R-Pa
House UN- American Activities Committee
Federal
Chambers Woman Freed On $1000 Bail After Fatal Hit
Mrs Whittaker Chambers wife of the key witness in spy hearings was released on a $1000 bond after being charged with causing the death of pedestrian Maggie Thomas 70 who died after a car struck her in north Baltimore Chambers appeared in magistrate court with her husband ex Communist courier who had just testified in New York before a federal grand jury investigating espionage activities.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Maggie Thomas
Chambers
New York
Byrd Faults Air Force for Slow Civilian Payroll Report
Sen. Byrd on December 18 criticized the Air Force for delaying a quarterly report on civilian payrolls. He noted October civilian staff rose by 2,392 to 887,139 while military personnel numbered 1,563,000, and warned about public scrutiny of weak data. Total executive civilian employment dropped 22,814 from September to October.
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Washington
Air Force
Byrd
Virginia Democrat
Senate-House
Armed Forces
Executive Branch
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GOP
John E. Rankin
Miss
J. Strom Thurmond
Wright Brothers
Smithsonian Institution
Merit Alianza Decision Council
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Gila County
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Greg Garcia
C. B. Sedillo
Francisco Cardenas
Clay
Reds
Santa
Nanking
Peiping
North China
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Fu Tso-Yi
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Chu Hsi-Chun
Hopeh
Spencer Moosa
Li Chi-Shen
James D. White
White
Chiang
China
Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee
Li Tsung-Jen
Mrs. Chambers
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