44 Hour Week and Wage Freeze Plan Proposed
Marriner S Eccles urged a 44 hour work week without overtime pay a general wage freeze and limited price controls as anti inflation measures. He spoke to the Senate House Economic Committee as the Economic Stabilization Agency prepared general freeze orders due within 24 hours and the cost of living index hit a new peak pegged to Jan 2.
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Washington
Marriner S Eccles
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Senate House Economic Committee
Capitol
Economic Stabilization Agency
Price of Hides Rolled Back by OPS Order
Washington DC Office of Price Stabilization cuts hide prices effective January 29 restoring rates to those charged in November for cattle hides kids and calfskins. Officials say the rollback will bring prices down by about 15 percent or more from current levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Wage controls debated as living costs surge in 1950
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a peak cost of living index at 178.4 percent of the 1935-39 average on December 15, up 16 percent from November. Prices rose 65 percent in 1950 by mid December with food leading the monthly gain. Senator Flanders calls for stricter wage controls, while Ching of ESA promises flexible bargaining with possible boosts tied to living-cost rises.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Evn
Flanders
R-Vi
Cyrus 8S
Ching
ESA
Losses in Korea nearly equal World War I toll through 205 days
，美国 Defense Department 205 days of Korea war casualties total 46,201 with next of kin notified. By contrast World War I losses in the same interval reached 47,574, including Pearl Harbor and Bataan battles.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
United States
Communists Withdraw Speculation Grows In Korea Front
Allied and U N patrols report Hoengsong reentered with no enemy contact as Red forces pull back from the Han River line. Air power pounds North Korea while Japanese and American sources note losses and a possible large scale withdrawal to the north.
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Tokyo
United Nations
U N
A. P
Tom Stone
Hoengsong
Wonju
No-Man's Land
U. N
North Korea
Chunchon
William J Waugh
Eighth Army
Yaju
Berryville to welcome Gen Hershey on national security
Berryville will host Gen Hershey February 8 at 7 p.m. in the Berryville High School auditorium. The Clarke County Woman's Club arranged the program to address national security, inviting civic clubs veterans groups and the public to attend.
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Selective Service
Berryville
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Gen. Hershey
Television classroom aid moves to Minneapolis pupils
Public schools closed by a janitor strike prompt WTCN TV to offer its facilities for a two hour series of classroom sessions for Minneapolis children. WASHINGTON reports note a Redskins coach contract renewal and Marshall Plan funds for Yugoslavia relief.
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Minneapolis
Wtcn TV
Itf
Washington
Truman
Yugoslavia
Peron drafts railway workers to end three day strike
Buenos Aires reports President Juan D Peron conscripted all railroad workers into the army to enforce his order ending their three day strike.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D Peron
Influenza Epidemic Rages in Europe as Some Nations Wane
Influenza sweeps Europe with millions affected and thousands dead. The United Kingdom suffers the worst impact while Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden show declines. Spain faces rising cases as Czechoslovakia and Poland see flare ups.
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London
Europe
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Spain
England
Trappists Return to Ancient Cistercian Farming Tradition
Trappists arriving from Rhode Island settled on 1200 acres in Clarke County near Berryville to revive Cistercian farming and cattle raising as part of their Virginia monastery project. Fire at Valley Falls Rhode Island monastery prompted relocation and a shift to land-based self sufficiency. The group bought 954 acres near the Shenandoah River for 150000 dollars with additional leased acreage to form the new monastery.
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Virginia
Rhode Island
Clarke County
Castleman's Ferry
Citeaux
Dijon
France
Europe
New England
Berryvile
Cool Spring
Ore Bank
Waterloo
Westwood
Shenandoah River
Policy meeting set for Apple Blossom Festival officials
Apple Blossom Festival officials and department heads meet tonight at Mansfield on Handley Boulevard to set policy and plan the May 3-4 24th annual celebration. Festival President H B McCormac Jr leads discussions with Director General Tom Baldridge and other attendees including civic leaders and volunteers.
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Shenandoah
Macsfield
Handley Boulevard
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Winchester
Tom Baldridge
Jat Festival
Florida
Mansfield
Garland Quarles
Douglas Cather
Paul Anderson
Virgil Strader
Edward W. Barr
John Hawse
J. T. Kremer
Ben Arthur
G. M Williams
W. W. Blythe
William Schenck
Robert Lindsay
Philip Glaize
Joan Boyd
Lamar Keen
al Nelson
Jack Ireland
J. Pinckney Arthur
H. Delmer Robinson
Clarke T. Cooper
Tom Boyd
Taylor Barr
Courtney K. Grim
Gene Sakers
J. Randolph Larrick C. Living Cather
John Rice William Battaile
C. Ridgely White
Charles Campbell
Fred I Brumback
Fred L. Glaize
Sammy Moss to Play March of Dimes Dance Saturday
Sammy Moss and His TV Jamboree Boys from Berkeley Springs West Virginia will provide music for the March of Dimes Dance in Winchester Armory starting 9 p m Saturday night January 27 Slim Sargent of Winchester will call square dances The Elks Lodge sponsors with Joe Butler in charge The public is invited and all proceeds go to the Winchester Frederick County March of Dimes fund.
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Sammy Moss
TV Jamboree Boys
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Winchester Armory
Slim Sargent
Winchester
The
Elks Lodge
Joe Butler
Winchester-Frederick County
March of Dimes Fund
Major John Eney To Address JCC Banquet Tomorrow
Major John Eney of the United States Army will speak at the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce Founders Day and Bosses Day Banquet at the George Washington Hotel at 6:30 p.m. He served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team attached to the 24th Division and was later sent to Walter Reed Hospital as a war casualty. The event will also present the Outstanding Young Man and Outstanding Boss awards for 1950, with C. Ridgely White as toastmaster.
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John Eney
United States Army
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Maj
Eney
la More
Walter Reed Hospital
Winchester
Frederick County
C. Ridgely White
An Umbrella For Clement Attlee
Newark veterans of foreign wars sent a cable to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee with an umbrella and a note. The message joked about appeasement and Peiping and referenced Attlee's stance on China and Korea.
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N. J
Great Britain
Clement Attlee
Newark Veterans of Foreign Wars
Attlee
Chamberlin
Peiping
VFW
United States
China
Korea
51 Cents of Food Dollar to Farmers
Washington officials estimate the farmer now gets about 51 cents of every food dollar. This is up from 46 cents before Korea and below a 54 cent peak in 1945, with a 32 cent low in the 1930s. The rise cited reflects higher farm product prices outpacing processor and distributor margins over the past seven months.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Korea
Evening of entertainment and refreshments for families
A community notice invites families to an Friday evening event with entertainment and speaking, 8 p m, Friday the 26th, including refreshments. Separately a help wanted ad seeks a man over 26 for Pingley and Carper Cleaners, apply in person.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Asian Arab nations push peace formula under Peiping wink
Twelve nation Asian Arab bloc seeks a seven power Far East conference without a Korea cease fire. Peiping signals may favor the plan, while U S diplomats dismiss it as unlikely and press for China being labeled aggressor. Rau to speak at the U N committee as India hints Peiping would host talks possibly in New Delhi.
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Perpine
Korea
Peiping
U. N
India
Sir Benegal N. Rati
United States
Rau
China
New Delhi
U.N
U N. Drann
U. S
Warren Austin
Russia
Red China
Nehru
Bank Robbers Hit Bank of the Ohio Valley in Pittsburgh
A young Black couple robbed the Bank of the Ohio Valley on a morning with an early Brinks Express delivery arriving soon after. They obtained 1199 dollars after a teller was handed a note and instructed to open the vault, then fled as a cashier shouted. Bank officials confirmed the amount.
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Pittsburgh
Bank of the Ohio Valley
Brinks Express Company
John N. Bragdon
North Side Bank
Michael Kushner
Kushner
Agnes Yannas
Supreme Court appoints Lemuel F Smith to Virginia high court
Governor Bat tle names Judge Lemuel F Smith of Charlottesville to the State Supreme Court of Appeals filling the vacancy created by Justice Abram Staples. Smith, born April 21 1890 in Albemarle County, has served 21 years on the Eighth Judicial Circuit and faces election by the 1952 General Assembly.
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Richmond
Battle
Lemuel F Smith
Charlottesville
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Capitol
Abram P. Staples
Smith
Kennon C. Whittle
Martinsville
State Senate
Tuck
Governors Conference
Chicago
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Staples
Albemaine County
Shadwell Farm
Thomas Jefferson
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Tax Overpayment Donated In Richmond Couple Case
A Virginia couple reported a $75.80 overpayment on their joint income tax return as a donation to the U S treasury. Internal Revenue Collector Stuart L. Crenshaw marked the refund as do not refund after the note requested the refund be sent to the treasury.
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Richmond
Internal Revenue
Stuart L. Crenshaw
U. S. i Treasury
Re appraisal to lower military entry standards 799,000 men eyed
United States Defense Department plans to lower physical and mental service requirements to widen manpower. Anna Rosenberg told the House Armed Services Committee that 799,000 men previously rejected for mental or physical reasons will be re‑evaluated. The proposal aims to admit about 150,000 limited service personnel while examining pension liabilities.
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Washington
Anna Rosenberg
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
Rosenberg
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Polio Study Links Cortisone to Higher Susceptibility
The New York Times reports experiments described by Dr. Gregory Shwartzman of Mount Sinai Hospital showing cortisone increases animals' vulnerability to polio. Tests on Swiss mice and hamsters paired cortisone with polio virus, accelerating disease progression.
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New York
The
New York Times
the Times
Times
Gregory Shwartzman
Mount Sinai Hospital
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Shwartzman
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