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April 19, 1946

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HOUSE APPROVES OPA BILL, 355 TO 42, AS PROTESTS MOUNT; 205 Democrats Vote for Revised Measure Which Bowles and Porter Call 'Impossible' MURRAY URGES CIO ACTION Truman's Comments Are 'Not for Print,' but He Hopes for Better Results From Senate Veteran Conference Is Urged Would Guarantee a Profit REVISED OPA BILL PASSED BY HOUSE

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

P Murray wires affiliates to support price control

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US grants full recognition to Tito Govt based on assurance that existing US-Yugoslav treaties and agreements will be observed

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OPA IN DRIVE HERE TO FORCE MEAT OUT OF BLACK MARKET; Entire Enforcement Staff Goes to Wholesale Market Areas in Surprise Campaign SUPPLIES FOUND PLENTIFUL Some Dealers So Rattled by Visit They Refuse to Accept Deliveries Arriving Then Highly Successful Day" OPA IN DRIVE HERE ON MEAT DEALERS Received Secret Instructions Explanation Shouted Down No Decision for Investigation

By Charles Grutzner

entire OPA enforcement staff surprise investigation of wholesalers forces supplies out of black markets, NYC; Gottesman comments

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$7,000,000 IS VOTED FOR CITY PAY RISES; Another $10,000,000 Increase in Budget May Be Needed for Transit Workers Further Increase Possible $7,000,000 IS VOTED FOR CITY PAY RISES

By Paul Crowell

United Parents Assns of NYC protests Comr Moses proposal to defer construction program

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SPAIN SAYS SOVIET PLANS AGGRESSION; Note to U.S., British Envoys Said to Complain That Reds in France Obtain Arms SPAIN SAYS SOVIET PLANS AGGRESSION Spain Closes Allies' Loophole Anglo-Spanish Trade Growing

By Paul P. Kennedy By Wireless To the New York Times

Brit Left-Wing groups aroused by Bd of Trade rept on increasing Spanish trade

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Notable Births

1946Tim Curry, English actor and singer^[†]

Timothy James Curry is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London, 1974 Los Angeles, and 1975 Broadway musical stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show.