Snyder Favors Balancing Budget Through Taxation
Treasury Secretary Snyder urged a balanced budget citing a high national income and called for tax reductions and spending cuts as he testified before a Senate House subcommittee. He noted a $5 billion tax cut contributing to a large deficit and warned reforms must begin now to manage a $257 billion national debt.
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Snyder
Senate House
Truman
Treasury
Congress
Manu
Two tales of human nature from the press
A Chicago man left a $3009 cash package at a newsstand and received a dollar reward after it was safeguarded by a clerk. On Thanksgiving Eve a Washington woman found a dropped pocket and the railway official offered a $20 reward, illustrating differing notions of reward.
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Chicago
Washington
Big Party At The South End Fire Tonight
A large event labeled the Big Party is planned at the South End Fire site for tonight at 8 30 PM. Organizers urge attendees to arrive early and note security procedures in effect.
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South End
Vigorous Federal Spending Aimed at Unemployed Areas OK’d
Steelman urged a vigorous federal spending program in hard hit regions to relieve unemployment. The plan would use government procurement to boost local demand while a coal strike ended. Truman approved continuing these efforts and prepared for a January state of the union message.
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Dustry
Steelman
United Mine Workers
Congress
Eccles Critics Treasury Easy Money Policy
Former Federal Reserve chairman Eccles denounces a general easy money bias and warns Treasury actions fuel inflation. In a letter to Senator Douglas he expands on prior testimony to halt further Treasury influence on Federal Reserve decisions.
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Washington
Dec
Treasury
Eccles
Reserve Board
Truman
Treasury Administration
Douglas
D-Ill
Senate House
Federal Reserve System
Gas Main Blast Hits Allentown Downtown
A gas explosion in Allentown at 12:15 a.m. on 8th and Liberty ripped the street, caused fire and cave-ins, and evacuated about a score of homes. No serious injuries reported as four mains ignited and water and gas service disrupted for hundreds of buildings. damage to an old hotel and surrounding structures is expected to run to the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Allentown
8Th
Liberty St
Garage Fire Damages Home of Dr E W Lacy Jr
Fire damaged a double frame garage and contents at 806 St Stewart St the residence of Dr E W Lacy Jr Estimated loss around 2000 Fire Chief Taylor Barr said the blaze began in the southeast corner near closed doors Cause undetermined No injuries reported Four fire trucks responded and confined the fire to one side with screens and stored items destroyed
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E. W. Lacy Jr
St. Stewart St
Taylor Barr
Barr
Shryock Elected Kiwanis President and Three Directors Named
F Amos Shryock of Greystone Terrace was elected Kiwanis president in Winchester. Harry Ebert, Robert Glaize, and Winslow Popter elected as directors with a fourth seat to be decided between Ronald Smyre and Tom Turner. Shryock, a former Winchester mayor, has long served the club and moves up from vice president.
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F. Amos Shryock
Greystone Terrace
Winchester
Ae Suc
Wit
Ies Presidene Goon
Shryock
Harry
Ebert
Robert Glaize
Winslow Popter
Ronald Smyre
Tom Turner
Harry W. Butler Jr
Marvin’ Gore
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Randolph Macon ,College
Elizabeth Hall
Edward Shokes
This City
Walter Lawrence
Baltimore
Shyrock
Christ Episcopal Church
the Elks
Rouss Fire Ca
Twenty Die in Brazilian Plane Crash Near Sao Paulo
A transport plane crash near Sao Paulo, Brazil, killed twenty people. Officials said a woman and her five year old daughter survived. The aircraft was traveling between Sao Paulo and Ribeiro Claro and had no foreign passengers aboard.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Real Airlines
Ribeiro Claro
Pruning and Mouse Control Demos Draw 130 Growers
About 130 attendees watched pruning and mouse control demonstrations at orchards. Pred Dreiling and local markers with VPI horticulturist led sessions at Cedar Creek grade and D K Russell’s Welltown Pike. Demonstrations covered zinc phosphide bait use and placement at several stations, plus power equipment and spraying for thorough pruning.
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Pred
VPI
Ralph
Cedar Creek
D. K. Russell
Welltown Pike
All-woman Jury Acquits Man After Judge’s Lashing
An all-woman jury in Philadelphia acquitted James Comber, a 31 year old bartender, of murder after a dramatic verdict. Tears filled the courtroom as Judge Joseph Sloane rebuked the panel for a supposed miscarriage of justice and warned drunkenness is no excuse.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Sloane
James Comber
Hubert E. Madden
John P. Walsh
Comber
Sloane
Yes
Consul Ward and Embassy Staff Arrange Exit
Consul Ward and embassy staff plan exit from a communist city between December 6 and 17. The move involves coordinated actions with foreign officials amid tensions and safety concerns. No additional details available.
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Consul Ward
Communist City
Billion in Arms to Flow to Europe
The Atlantic alliance plans a billion dollars in American arms to Western Europe within weeks. The defense committee endorsed strategic concepts for integrated North Atlantic defense and a program to produce and supply armaments and equipment.
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Washington
Europe
Louis
Tee Ee
Congress
Alae
France
Defense Committee
North Atlantic
Extra Virginia Ave School Rooms Nearing Completion
Garland Quarles, superintendent of city schools, said two rooms of the new additions will be ready for occupancy by year’s start. Only two of eight rooms in the two story wing will be used this year as pupils shift to full day schedules. A fifth grade was added and plans call for keeping pupils through sixth grade starting 1950 51 term.
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Garland Quarles
Fore Ave
Quarles
36 Cars of Apples Shipped in State For School Lunches
A total of 36 carloads of apples have been shipped in Virginia under the USDA school lunch program which ends tomorrow. No offers have been accepted since early in the week after the deadline for inspection and shipment before December 3. Roy Downey, shipping representative with headquarters here, has returned to his Norfolk home office.
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Virginia
USDA
Roy Downey
Esta
Norfolk
Marriage Licenses Lag Behind 1948 Figures
City county clerks report 11 month total licenses 1430 city and 978 county, 13 percent below 1948 for the same period. 1948 totals were 2714 with 1630 city and 1084 county licenses.
Fire guts hotel at Sapulpa Oklahoma
Fire destroyed a four story Sapulpa hotel early today with no known deaths. Fire Chief Bill Collyer said a few guests may have been trapped in upper stories while 53 guests were registered and one guest hospitalized for a broken leg after leaping from a third floor window.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Ceung
L. G. Robertson
Humphrey
Nebr
Permits Issued For Four Dwellings On Shawnee Ave
Building permits totaling 22000 are issued for four dwelling houses on Shawnee Avenue. One and one half story frame homes at 300 304 and 308 Shawnee Ave cost about 5000 each with full basements and concrete work due next week. A fourth house at 332 Shawnee by Turner F Sirbaugh costs about 7000. A permit for roof porch and brick work on two more structures totals 500.
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Shawniocoon
E. Ke
E. m
Shawnee Ave
Shawnee
Turner F. Sirbaugh
D. F. O'Connell
E. Cork St
City of Winchester Flies First City Flag at Fire Hall
Winchester unveils its city flag, authorized in the 1920s by Mayor J. F. Ward, now fabricated by the South End Fire Co. It hangs in the fire hall for public display with organizers Marvin Bucher John Boyd H. M. Layman and Harry Rains berger among the South End members. the flag was designed by the late Neil Wood, longtime Evening Star cartoonist.
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Winchester
J. F. Ward
South End Fire Co
Frank Gearing
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Marvin Bucher
John Boyd
H. M. Layman
South End
Harry Rainsberger
South End Company
Neil Wood
Evening Star
Paroled Baltimore Firebug Confesses to Fatal Blaze
George Crispi, a paroled arsonist, reportedly confessed to starting a deadly November fire that killed two children and damaged a three story building. Eight other arson charges were filed as police said he admitted enjoying fires and described oil spill and candle incidents. He was held without bond and faces first degree murder charges.
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Alan H. Murrell
George Crispi
Baltimore
Maryland Training School For Boys
Racial Restrictions Doom FHA Loan Funding Policy
The Federal government announced that no further FHA financing assistance will be given to any racially restricted properties. The decision targets housing practices and aims to end discriminatory lending by the federal program.
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Washington
Firemen Stricken By Fumes At Barberton Blaze
A $100000 Barberton fire left nine firemen in critical condition and about twenty more hospitalized. Chemists studied burned plastics in the downtown building for toxic fumes. patients faced hours of exposure with oxygen aid as officials reported mixed recovery among the crew. Fire Chief Edward Perry and Fireman William Powell were listed in critical condition.
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Barberton
Citizens Hospital
Edward Perry
William Powell
18 Scout Troops Share Exposition Tonight
About 300 scouts and cubs from 18 Shawnee district troops will open a two day Boy Scout exposition at the Ameater Armory tonight at 8. Exhibits include 2d Class work pack frames tents model camps nature Indian lore archery first aid camping and pioneering with a full size rustic suspension bridge as a highlight. Tomorrow features an advancement program led by Henry Covington with refreshments available both nights.
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Shawnee
Ameater Armory
Ree
Henry Covington
Coal's 3 Day Week Stirred Industry Debate
Pittsburgh dispatch reports John L. Lewis demands a three day work week for coal miners provoking industry opposition. George H Love of the operators committee calls the move destructive and inhuman while Lewis argues the plan would cost 30 to 35 cents more per ton and push for new contracts after last June 30.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
George H. Lové
Lewis
Love
John R.steelman
Truman
Key West
Fla
George H. Acr
Virginia Coal Opera Assn
Norton
fWe
Northern
ST Caine
China faces loss of friends in UN amid recognition bid
As 59 nations debate recognizing the Gameroe regime Chiang Kai-shek pleads to the bitter end. Some delegations warn the final result could strand the Nationalists in Taipeh as their last stronghold. Senator Homer Ferguson arrives in Taipeh to inspect Formosa and other pivotal Cold War points.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Thesembly
Here
Taipeh
Formosa
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
Pormosa
Chungking
Peishiyi
Five Day Weather Outlook for Virginia
Five day outlook for Virginia covers Saturday to Wednesday with cooler than normal temperatures. Saturday will be cold with light precipitation possible. Sunday warms slightly with a chance of rain. Monday remains chilly with another cool day and unsettled skies.
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Virginia
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