Hoffman Urges Restoring ERP Funds Amid Cuts
Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G Hoffman told the Senate appropriations committee that house cuts to ERP funding would eliminate essential machinery and equipment to revive Europe’s productive capacity. He warned the emergency is here and urged restoring the full $3.3 billion, arguing reduced spending would hinder recovery and threaten Europe’s economic health.
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Washington,p
Marshall
House
Europe
Marshell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Washington, P
European Recovery Program
Keiday House
Paul G. Hoffman
Hottman
Congress
Hoffman
Vandenberg Reich
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations
Koffman
Jahn Taher
R-N. Yd
Nouse Ways and Means
HCA
Hofman
Busnessman
Denison Hospital Vote Set for July 12
Crawford County residents will vote July 12 on a $500,000 memorial hospital to be built at Denison. An approval of a $200,000 bond issue is required. A traffic light decision at the Manawa road and highway 275 intersection will be announced soon. Carl R. Gray VA chief to speak at Omaha Field hospital groundbreaking on June 24.
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Denison
Lee R. Watts
Corning
State Highway Commission
Manawa
Manawa Road
Highway 275
Omaha Field Club
Carl R. Gray
Will
Crawford County
Memorial Hospital
Voters Back Repeal Of State Sales Tax On Necessities
Iowa Public Opinion Panel finds 72% of respondents favor repealing the state sales tax on necessities like groceries and medicines, with 24% opposed and 4% undecided. Support is slightly higher among lower income residents, women favor repeal at about 80%, farmers oppose more than average, and differences by age are small.
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Iowa
Sev
Chamber Proceeds to Fight City Over Meter Funds
The Chamber of Commerce board vows to seek a legal remedy if the city council uses parking meter funds to raise police salaries instead of funding off street parking. William Fogler leads the push for action through the chamber’s legal committee. President Leon Morse supports decisive steps. Nine directors vote in favor amid heated debate.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
William Fogler
Retail Merchants Association
Chamber
Foster
Leon Morse
Weather forecast for Council Bluffs and Nebraska five day period
The Weather Bureau reports a Saturday of partly cloudy skies and continued warmth with highs in the mid 80s. Temperatures will run slightly above normal with scattered showers likely Saturday, amounts under a half inch, and warmer conditions Monday and Tuesday with additional showers possible. Nebraska shows showers in the west on Saturday and east on Sunday, with more Tuesday or Wednesday. rainfall under an inch, statewide temperatures 5 to 12 degrees above normal, total precipitation 7.09 inches and a deficit of 3.85 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau Council
Bluffs
Nebraska
Armed Peace Prevailing in the Holy Land
Max Boyd reports a UN brokered truce in Palestine as hostilities ease for at least four weeks. Observers note mixed claims ofArab attacks and Jewish successes around Latrun and Majdal while peace talks in Rhodes proceed under UN mediation.
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Max Boyd
CATRO
Palesttine
Holy Land
United Nations
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Rhodes
Latrun
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Damascus
Heirut
Lebanon
Riad el Solh
Nazareth
Afula
Jenin
Haifa
Palestine
Abdullah
Old City
Jericho
Folke Bernadotte
Trans- Jordan
Tewfik Abu Abuda
U. S
Cairo
Bernadotte
Thord Bonde
Sweden
13 Year Old Girl Drowns Protecting Brother at Lake Manawa
Violet Mae Coleman, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Noah Coleman of 8013 South Forty-fifth Street Omaha, drowned in Lake Manawa while trying to prevent her four year old brother Richard from entering the water. The incident occurred near shore shortly after 5 pm when she disappeared after stepping into a hole and could not be revived despite a long search and attempts at resuscitation.
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Violet Mae
Noah Coleman
South Forty-fifth Street
Omaha
Lake Manawa
Violet
Duane
Patsy
Richard
Mary Kohel
Taft Defends Congress Against Truman Criticism
Philadelphia Taft accused President Truman of an attack on representative government during a Union League address. He branded Truman's western tour as an effort to condemn Congress and praised Congress as the bulwark of liberty while warning of communism and planned tax increases if Truman’s program advances. Taft urged continued Congress sessions to finish constructive programs and to elect an administration committed to liberty and limited federal power.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. ‘Taft
Truman
Congress
Ohio Republican
Union League
GOP
Tial
Taft
Mr. Truman
Russia
United States
Ohioan
School Board To Name New Superintendent In June
Four member majority on the Council Bluffs school board pushes to interview six candidates for the superintendent post to replace G. W. Kirn. Russell Mourer, 47, of Missouri Valley, is privately favored by Allphin. A closed vote opinion and motions are debated as the board seeks a definite decision before June 15.
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Council Bluffs
L. Alphin
Charles Langmade
G. W. Kirn
Allphin
Russell Mourer
Missouri Valley
Malone
Kirn
Lawrence Sietsbeck
California
Siersbeck
Palso
Wice
Loyd Grimes
Central Missouri Teachers College
Warrensburg
Charles Davis
Scottsfluff
Neb
Otto Cakes
North
Stersbeck
Cavitt
US opens ERP negotiations with Marshall plan allies
Washington Friday began talks with Marshall plan nations to govern American European recovery operations. British ambassador Sir Oliver Franks met Assistant Secretary of State Willard Thorp for 75 minutes and said initial discussions should trim differences, though a few points may still require hard bargaining.
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Washington
United States
Sir Oliver Franks
Willard Thorpe
PROBE to Reveal Recommendations on Local School Affairs
PROBE will disclose its recommendations at a public meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in Community Hall. Don Filbert of the Peoples representatives of Better Education say the results of a teacher poll and study conclusions form the basis for the recommendations.
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Don Filbert
The
Peoples
Columbia Causes New Flood Damage
In Portland the Columbia River breached a dike guarding the city's airport valued at 6.5 million dollars. Floodwaters threaten a 10 000 acre area including Reynolds Metals aluminum plant at Troutdale. Eight hundred men labored to shore up the final barrier as water rises 10 to 12 feet over farms golf courses and homes. The airport began inundation within hours of dawn.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
U.S. Army
Reynolida Metals Company
Troutdale
Little Hope Held for Needed Showers
Weather forecast for Iowa shows continued warm conditions with only scattered precipitation over the next five days. Highs near 82 to upper 80s are expected, with rainfall generally under a quarter inch and many locations receiving none. Creston reports the only measurable amount at .07 inches.
New Broadway Traffic Lights in Operation
New traffic signals at nine intersections on Broadway west of Fourteenth Street began operation Friday. City electrician Lloyd Roper said the units were connected Thursday after noon and were being timed Friday.
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Broadway
Fourteenth Street
City
Omaha Man Chosen SANEY Credit Association President
Dean Ashby of Omaha Nebraska was elected president of the National Retail Credit Association on the closing day of the international credit conference in SANEY Alta.
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Saney
Alta
Dean Ashby
Omaha
Neb
National Retail Credit Association
International Credit Conference
Kaiser Contract Sets Precedent
Kaiser-Frazer settles with CIO United Auto Workers for 18 cent hourly wage rise and a new five cent hourly social security contribution. The deal covers 10,000 hourly and 1,500 salaried workers, mirrors Chrysler in wage terms, and creates a company union fund for sick, accident, hospital benefits and life insurance. Salaried staff receive nine percent raise with $22.50 monthly guaranteed. the social security fund will be administered by a joint Kaiser and Union board.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kaiser-Frazer
Chrysler
Westinghouse offers unions six percent raise and extra holiday
Westinghouse Electric Corp announced on Friday a new contract offer to three unions, including United Electrical Workers and IBEW AFL, totaling a six percent wage increase plus an extra paid holiday for hourly workers. The company said the offer equals an eighty four percent hourly rise, affecting about 800,000 employees across nearly twenty states. Union reaction was not immediately disclosed.
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Firesburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse
Cig-United Electrical Workers Union
United Electrical Workers
Federation of Westinghouse
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
150 Drowned as Danish Ship Sinks
About 150 Danes drowned Friday when the passenger vessel Kjoebenhavn struck a WWII mine and blew up in Kattegat. The 1,668 ton steamer, carrying 400 passengers, sank ten minutes after the explosion near Aalborg en route from Copenhagen. The United Steamship Company named 261 survivors, with fears many more perished.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoebenhayn
Kattegat
United Steamship Company
Copenhagen
Jutland
Battle Develops on Stream Pollution
Des Moines reports a push to expand state health department authority to combat stream pollution. An Iowa Manufacturers Association representative opposes fixed standards, urging written definitions in law. The legislative committee discusses discretionary powers and a universal standard, while health department leaders caution against a single all-encompassing rule.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Legislative Stream Pollution Committee
Greer
Ottumwa
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Iowa General Flood Control Committee
Health Department
A.H. Wieters
House Puts Must on Draft Measure
Washington Pennsylvania report notes Republicans press forward on a peace time draft. House leaders expect swift floor action Tuesday or Wednesday with limited debate. Senate approval earlier signals bi partisan support for a two year draft and universal service. Truman urged defense funding and a permanent program to back aid to Europe.
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Howard Dobson
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Martin
R.-Masé
House Rules
Lea E. Allen
RIL
Rules Committee
Urges Action So U S Will Not Have to Resort to Force
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan urges quick approval of a resolution to organize peace and back UK and European nations against communist aggression. As chair of the Foreign Relations Committee he says adopting the plan strengthens UN procedures and shows we seek nonmilitary security.
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U.S
Ed Nations
Senate
Vandenberg
United Nations
Campaign Platform Forms in Republican Draft for 1948
The Republican platform for the 1948 campaign appears nearing final shape with plans for foreign aid totaling five billion dollars in the first year, immigrant relief for 200000 displaced Europeans, promised military assistance to non communist nations, and domestic tax cuts plus price supports and housing aid. A two year military draft and a large air force are also proposed, while civil rights and education aid remain unsettled alongside several other measures. President Truman attacks private power and public versus private power while Taft and Dewey jockey for position, citing record of Congress as central to the nomination race.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congressional
Europe
Congress
Truman
Seattle
Columbia River
Bremerton
Puget Sound
Washington State
Taft
Philadelphia
Stassen
Bown
Thomas E. Dewey
Oven mishap yields safekeeping money in Maryland pie incident
In Hagerstown Maryland a pie cooling in an oven produced a hidden stash of 125 dollars intended for safekeeping by Mrs Ralph Saladini’s husband. The bills emerged uncharred after a peculiar odor alerted Mrs Saladini, who relayed the incident to authorities.
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Hagerstown
Ralph Saladini
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