Dim Future Forecast For Bills Helping South in GOP Congress
Southern leaders warn of a dim outlook for democratic gains in a GOP Congress. They predict cuts or delays on aid to education health and rural programs, with focus on farm price supports and regulatory exemptions, as Republicans push industrialization and infrastructure while limiting southern priorities.
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Washington
South
Congress
Comores
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Flannagan
House Appropriations Committee
Rural Electrification Administration
Chrysler raises auto prices across Plymouth Dodge De Soto Chrysler
Detroit price hikes raise Plymouth Dodge De Soto and Chrysler models by 8 to 104 dollars. Chrysler cites current costs as the reason. The increases affect four door sedans including Plymouth and New Yorker models.
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Detroit
Mich
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler
15 Million Trees For Christmas
Washington reports upward of 15 000 000 Christmas trees will brighten homes this season amid a record gift collection. Forester Arthur M. Souder says foresters favor using young evergreens in this way as a weeding-out process, with some trees marked for cutting to prevent crowding salable timber.
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Washington
Forest Service
Yuletide
Arthur M. Souder
Wolves Warned Co-eds Study Bone Bending at UC
Cincinnati reports Jim Baker, ex Marine and judo champion, is teaching women at the University of Cincinnati the art of bone bending. He holds classes every Monday, claiming women learn judo quickly and that hips are key to the sport.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Jim Baker
Baker
U. C
Government Bullets on Treating a Black Eye Spark Debate
A cryptic note questions the usefulness of a new government bulletin titled How to Treat a Black Eye. The comment suggests more value lies in guidance on explaining the injury, while urging continued attention to public notices and advertisements.
OPA Conducts Own Funeral at Headquarters Office
Washington reports that a mock funeral at OPA headquarters marked the impending end of the agency. Price Administrator Paul Porter and Leon Henderson officiated as officials and a coffin was brought in as part of the rite. Attendees included 50 to 75 officials from the consumer goods price division and a few outsiders. Farmers in 1947 are expected to receive higher egg prices than this year.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Leon Henderson
Consumer Goods Price Division
Porter
Henderson
Stalin Named One Of World’s Most Hypnotic Eyes
New York dispatch reports Premier Joseph Stalin is listed by the Institute of Modern Hypnotism as having among the ten most hypnotic eyes in the world and as a “mass hypnotist.” Included in the list are Joe Louis, Toni Seven, Helen Hayes, Tyrone Power, Emmett Fox, and others with brief descriptive phrases.
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New York
Joseph Stalin
Institute of Modern Hypnotism
Institute
Joe Louis
Toni Seven
Emmett Fox
Max Sherover
Helen Hayes
Jean Tennyson
Tyrone Power
Michael Martlett
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Emperor Hirohito
Patton criticizes agriculture heads over department official
President James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union blasts a top Agriculture Department official for remaining in his post two months after deciding to join the sugar industry. He accuses policy ties with processors while Secretary Anderson denies. Patton notes Robert H. Shields left his $10,000 job Oct 30 to join the U S Beet Sugar Association at about $40,000.
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Washington
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Patton
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Robert H. Shields
Production and Marketing Administration
Shields
U. S. Beet Sugar Association
Question on love and commitment in marriage dialogue
A terse dialogue asks how one proves love for his daughter before marriage. The reply asserts unwavering commitment, saying they would marry her regardless of her employment status.
Brazos River Carries Texas Soil to Sea
Brazos River, a lazy Texas stream, is estimated by Texas A. and M. College agronomists to carry 16,000 acres of soil to sea each year. An agronomy class found the mid river state carries about 16,000,000 tons of suspended sandy and clay soils plus organics past College Station annually.
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College Station
Brazos River
Texas
Texas A. & M. College Agronomists
Mid-River State
Hitler Died Aboard U-Boat, Bottle Message Claims
Berlingske reports a bottle message from the Danish coast asserts Adolf Hitler did not die in Berlin but aboard the submarine Nauecilus, sunk after a 1945 collision near Gedser light ship. Jane's fighting ships lists no such U boat.
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Copentagen
Denmark
Berlingske
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Gedser
Jane's Fighting Ships
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