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December 18, 1948

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40-HOUR RAIL WEEK AT SAME PAY AS 48 PROPOSED BY BOARD; Presidential Panel Suggests Retroactive Wage Rise of 7c for Million Non-Operators CHANGE SET SEPT. 1, 1949 Union Heads Are Disappointed, Schedule Chicago Meeting to Consider Proposals Board Proposes a 40-Hour Week At Pay of 48 for Railway Workers

By Joseph A. Loftusspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- An emergency board in a report to President Truman recommended today that the railroads cut the basic work week of a million employes from forty-eight to forty hours without wage loss and add 7 cents an hour to their present earning rate.

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U.S. Clings to Post Office Garage, Balking White Plains Housing Plan; POST OFFICE LEASE HOLDS UP HOUSING

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

E Strateman charges refusal of Fed PO Dept to relinquish garage lease bars White Plains Housing Authority from bldg pub project; NAACP branch message to Pres Truman protests delay

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Peiping Like a Doomed City; Nanking Outpost Withdrawn; PEIPING IS LIKENED TO A DOOMED CITY TWO FRONTS IN CHINA

By Henry R. Liebermanspecial To the New York Times

shells land within yds of Peiping s airfield; conditions, Peiping, described; heavy fighting reptd, 3 mi nw of city; E China Bandit Suppression hdqrs withdrawn from Pengpu to Chuhsien; Govt troops withdraw below Huai River line; Communists reptd seeking to cut off Tientsin from Tangku

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Tripled Supersonic Speeds Predicted on Wright Day; MARKING FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF WRIGHTS' FLIGHT TRIPLED AIR SPEED PREDICTED BY BELL

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

Wright plane Kitty Hawk presentation; illus; Pres Truman message

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NEW DATA ON SPIES BROUGHT OUT HERE; McDowell Reports Important Information Given in Secret by Two Witnesses NEW DATA ON SPIES BROUGHT OUT HERE

By Alexander Feinberg

Repr McDowell, constituting House com subcom of one, examines 2 witnesses in NYC, believed to be Dr M Yergan and G Hewitt

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Notable Births

1948George T. Johnson, American basketball player^[†]

George Thomas Johnson is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward/center born in Tylertown, Mississippi and from Dillard University, he played in 13 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons as a member of the Golden State Warriors, the Buffalo Braves, the New Jersey Nets, the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Seattle SuperSonics.

1948Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

William Nelson is an English singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer and experimental musician. He rose to prominence as the chief songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of the rock group Be-Bop Deluxe, which he formed in 1972. Nelson has been described as "one of the most underrated guitarists of the seventies art rock movement". In 2015, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the Progressive Music Awards.

1948Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter^[†]

Mimmo Paladino is an Italian sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is a leading name in the Transvanguardia artistic movement and one of the many European artists to revive Expressionism in the 1980s.

1948Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Lucien Voulzy, better known as Laurent Voulzy, is a French singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.