Truman names Acheson to lead State Department in new term
President Truman announces Gen. Marshall retires for health reasons. Dean Acheson is named to head the State Department with James E. Webb becoming undersecretary effective Jan. 20. Webb is Budget Director since 1946 and Acheson, 55, has prior service as undersecretary.
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Dean Acheson
State Department
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Acheson
White House
New York
Cordelf Putte
Department
Hoover
Middletown
Conn
Yale College
Harvard Law School
Supreme Court
Louis Brandies
Webb
Oxford
University of North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Truman Signals New Taxes as He Extends Rent Controls
President Truman asked Congress to extend rent controls for at least two years and renews his push for standby wage price controls to curb inflation. He signals an excess profits tax on business and proposes $4 billion in new revenue, with possible excise tax changes including oleomargarine repeal. He warns of recession risk and calls for flexible taxes, social welfare programs, and continued credit and rent limits.
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Merriman Smith
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U.P
Truman
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Swist Congress
State of the Union
Truman Denies Softening Policy On Russia
President Truman rejected Life magazine's claim that he is weakening U S policy toward Russia. He said there is no change in foreign policy and that Franklin never had access to top secret documents. Officials worry about misperceptions impacting allied resolve in the cold war.
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Washington
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Truman
U.S
Jay
Franklin
Life Magazine
United States
Mr. Truman
State Lovett
Defense Forrestal
Heidt Sues To Keep Contino With Show
Bandleader Horace Heidt seeks to bar 19 year old accordionist Dick Contino from cracking their three year contract. Heidt claims he spent heavily training Contino and fulfilled payments from 500 a week rising to 1000 a week. Contino of Glendale must show cause by January 14 why he should not be restrained from playing for others.
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Los Angeles
Horace Heidt
Heidt
Dick Contino
Contino
Glendale
Calif
Noxon Freed After Parole In Son Death Case
Norfolk Mass January 7 John F Noxon Jr 52 once prominent Pittsfield lawyer convicted of murdering his infant son was released on parole after four and a half years at Norfolk prison colony He walked free under lifetime parole terms wife Margaret accompanied him The infant Lawrence died in 1943 by electrocution reportedly while in wet diapers on a silver tray Noxon claimed contact with live wires while fixing a radio He left the gates with two canes and said he would consult the parole board about returning to his law practice
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Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
Margaret
Pittsfield Corporation
Norfolk Prison Colony
Noxon
Lawrence
Parole Board
High Lights Of Truman U S Economic Report
Washington summary of President Truman's economic report to Congress outlines employment at 60 million civilian jobs, production up 3 to 4 percent, prices stabilizing with inflation risks in steel and power, wages rising unevenly, and December cost of living dipping slightly. It notes record consumer income and after tax profits, and proposes a Fair Deal package with a $4 billion tax rise, price and wage controls, rent controls, a 1 million home public housing program, higher old age benefits, 75 cent minimum wage, and a long range farm program.
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Congress
Israel Orders End Of Firing In Palestine Fronts
The Israeli general staff ordered Jewish troops in southern Palestine to observe a 5 am cease fire and hold positions, returning fire only if attacked. The directive covers all Israeli forces to end the Negev and coastal battles in line with UN calls for a halt. Egypt and Israel had fought since Oct. 14 with plans to discuss an armistice under UN mediation.
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Palestine Conciliation Commission
Foreign Office
Joseph B. Kennan
United States
Claude de Boissanger
France
Hussein Cahit Yalchin
Turkey
Negev
el Arish
Doctors Argue Voeckell Sanity in Arizona Trial
The trial of 26 year old Charles B. Voeckell in superior court centers on whether he was legally sane when he attacked Mr. and Mrs. Richard Y. Ginter in upper Sabine canyon on November 12. Four Arizona psychiatrists support insanity while two doctors say he is sane. the defense presents his life history as evidence.
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Charles B. Voeckell
Voeckell
Richard Y
Mike) Ginter
Upper
Sabine Canyon
Ginters
Ginter
Arizona
Bryce H. Wilson
Wilson
Lindsay E. Beaton
Charles N. Sarlin
Denies Guilt In Miami Gaming
John Juka pleaded innocent on gambling charges filed by the social action committee of the Gila county ministerial association. Justice of the Peace John Carpenter set a prelim hearing for 1 p.m. January 19. Thursday, John Swetish was fined 200 dollars and given a six month suspended jail term after pleading guilty to gambling charges in Globe, with the penalty imposed by Justice Clyde Shute.
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Miami
John Juka
Social Action Committee
Gila County
Justice of the Peace
John Carpenter
John Swetish
Justice of the Peace Court
Globe
Swetish
Homer E. Scogings of Ajo to be buried Sunday
Funeral services will be held in Ajo Sunday for Homer E. Scogings 38 who died in Phoenix on Wednesday. Scogings born in Utah resided in Ajo about five years and is survived by wife Myrtle of Ajo his mother three sisters and two brothers. He had been a patient at St Monica s hospital three days.
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Ajo
Homer E. Scogings
Scogings
Utah
Myrtle
St. Monica's Hospital
Quotations From Truman's Economic Report To Congress
President Truman states that the nation enjoyed another year of prosperity driven by private enterprise and free institutions. He warns inflation risks persist in steel and electric power shortages and rising public utility costs while noting some regions show inflation abating, urging cautious policy to maintain prosperity.
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Truman
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United States
Inflation policy and the need for flexible government measures
A cautious view on inflation argues for a broader set of government tools to act as brakes or accelerators as needed. The speaker contends prosperity can continue with proper action, boosting investment, consumer spending, and government transactions to create ample employment in the coming year. Profits in 1948 again surpassed.
All-Out China Aid Urged by Former Ambassador
Former Ambassador William C Bullitt urges a top American general and 600 officers to direct and control U S aid to China to halt the Communist advance. He says Chiang Kai-shek would welcome such a general but the move is seen as unlikely in policy circles. Bullitt warns $800 million over 17 months could stem Reds at the Yangtze while Nationalists regroup.
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Chiang
Generalissimo
United States
Napoleon
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Orient
Bullit
Moscow
Paris
Committee On Foreign Aid
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Yangtze River
Nanking
Suit to test legality of Arizona civil service law
Phoenix January 7 A suit to test the legality of the states civil service law will be filed in the Arizona supreme court late Friday or Saturday. Deputy State Treasurer Filomena Hernandez seeks pay for January 1 and 2. Auditor Ana Frohmiller rejects the claim citing the new law not yet in full effect. The case could affect the January 16 payroll and the timing of civil service board confirmation.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Whitney, Ironside and Whitney
High Court
Ana Frohmiller
Filomena Hernandez
Civil Service
Civil Service Board
State Senate
Frohmiller
Charles L. Strauss
Louis B. Whitney
Supreme Court
Founder Of Verner Stores Dies At 79
Thomas E. Verner, 79, founder of the Verner furniture stores and longtime Phoenix resident, died Friday in Good Samaritan hospital Phoenix.
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U.P
Thomas E. Verner
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Mauna Loa splits. lava rivers threaten Hawaii villages
Famed Mauna Loa erupts, lava spews in three rivers from a five mile crack across the crater. Western flow moves 15 miles toward Hawaii's west coast, threatening coffee towns while an eastern stream toward Hilo remains minor. Observers monitor, noting crater resembles a teacup of bubbling lava.
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Mauna Lea
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Hawaii
Air Force
Hawaii Island
Hilo
Peter J. Brylinski
Chicago
Orval Collings
Wheeler Field Public Information
Old Pueblo weather warms after cold snap
The Tucson forecast signals rising temperatures through Saturday despite high clouds. After four frigid days, the weatherman now predicts near sixty degrees for Friday with Mt Lemon observers noting 12 inches of skiing snow and Bear Wallow ski tow set to operate this weekend.
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Colorado River Group Hears Bill On Water Rights Pact
Colorado River water users association discussed a proposed bill to allow a Supreme Court decision on California and Arizona water rights. California Atty. Gen. Shaw supported the pact sharing 7.5 million acre feet among Wyoming Utah Colorado New Mexico and Arizona.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Arizona
Colorado River Water Users Association
Asst
Arvin B. Shaw
Colorado River
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Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
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