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January 24, 1948

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Germans Set Stiff Penalties For Persons Hoarding Food; GERMANS PROPOSE HEAVY PENALTIES

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, Germany, Jan. 23 -- The German Bizonal Economic Council concluded an emergency session today with the passage of unprecedentedly stern measures for the collection and listing of food. The measures will penetrate every single household in the United States and British zones, in addition to farms and factories.

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Winter's Cold Record Set; No Relief in Sight for Today; WORLD'S LARGEST LINER SLOWED BY NORTH RIVER ICE FLOES GOLD RECORD SET; NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

By Richard H. Parke

new cold wave sets low for winter

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CITY HELD CLEARED OF ALL BIG BOOKIES; Murtagh Says Gambling Laws Are Being Enforced -- Jury Finds No Police Graft CITY HELD CLEARED OF BIG 'BOOKIES'

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Cleared by Queens grand jury of charges of graft from bookmakers

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CHURCHILL URGES WEST TO COALESCE, FORCE SOVIET HAND; Asks a High-Level Parley With Russia for Firm Peace While She Lacks Atomic Bomb WARNS OF DRIFT TO WAR Holds Bevin Policy Extension of His Own -- Attlee Assails Communist Methods CHURCHILL URGES WEST TO COALESCE

By Herbert L. Matthewsspecial To the New York Times

Prime Min Attlee and MPs comment

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1948Michael Des Barres, the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ^[†]

Michael Philip Des Barres, 26th Marquis Des Barres, is an English actor and rock singer. He appeared as Murdoc in the original MacGyver, Lenny Stoke in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Murdoc's mentor Nicholas Helman in MacGyver (2016). He replaced Robert Palmer in the band The Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert.

Headlines from January 24, 1948

Germans Set Stiff Penalties For Persons Hoarding Food; GERMANS PROPOSE HEAVY PENALTIES

Winter's Cold Record Set; No Relief in Sight for Today; WORLD'S LARGEST LINER SLOWED BY NORTH RIVER ICE FLOES GOLD RECORD SET; NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

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CITY HELD CLEARED OF ALL BIG BOOKIES; Murtagh Says Gambling Laws Are Being Enforced -- Jury Finds No Police Graft CITY HELD CLEARED OF BIG 'BOOKIES'

CHURCHILL URGES WEST TO COALESCE, FORCE SOVIET HAND; Asks a High-Level Parley With Russia for Firm Peace While She Lacks Atomic Bomb WARNS OF DRIFT TO WAR Holds Bevin Policy Extension of His Own -- Attlee Assails Communist Methods CHURCHILL URGES WEST TO COALESCE

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