FDR Papers Made Public Reveal Roosevelts Personal Life
Hyde Park reveals 3 000 000 pages of Franklin D. Roosevelt personal and political papers from birth to last writings. The release shows diary attempts and a fragmentary historical novel. Two days before Pearl Harbor Roosevelt invited Wendell Willkie to Australia as his representative but warned of a serious Japanese threat. A 1926 letter calls Herbert Hoover an old friend. About 16 percent of papers are withheld to protect living people and state secrets. Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at the ceremony as the 45th anniversary of the Roosevelts marriage neared.
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Hyde Park
D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Iile
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Australia
New Zealand
Herbert Hoover
Irving
Herbert Kahin
Franklin D. Roosevelt Aviary
Kahn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hyde Park
Expert Discusses Housing Shortage and Boom
Washington expert Ewan Clague of the Bureau of Labor Statistics warned the U S must start building over 1 000 000 new housing units annually for years to erase the shortage The latest data show 1 025 800 dwellings started last month a record winter boom and 790 000 single family homes begun up 3 from 1948 Apartment construction rose 41 percent New York and Los Angeles led postwar home building accounting for 18 percent of the nation s supply Chicago followed with 95 660 units and other metros trailed far behind in a national trend toward recovery
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Washington
America
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clagula
Clagne
New York
Los Angeles
Clague
Chicago
mith
Building Issue's Approval Delayed by Defense Hearing
The House Armed Services Committee delayed final approval of a $665 million military construction program, calling it urgent. Chairman Carl Vinson said further hearings would push action back a week or more. The plan includes over $150 million for family housing and secrecy-protected projects at bases in the U.S. and abroad, with a Senate-approved $478 million portion, and a later $187 million in extra projects. New items add costs and involve locations such as Great Lakes training center, Scott Air Force Base, and St. Louis aeronautical chart service renovations.
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Washington,P
House
Armed Services committee
government of defense
Carl Vinson
senate
Defense Department
Great Lakes
Scott Air Force base
Belleville
St. Louis
Granite City Girl Dies in Early Morning Fire
Eight year old Dorothy Shane died in a Granite City house fire that began near the living room about 3 30 a m. Her mother Mary Shane 41 and father Owen Shane 38 suffered burns while another son Jerry 3 had minor injuries. Edward 13 slept upstairs and was uninjured. Injured were treated at St Elizabeths hospital Granite City. cause under investigation by police and fire officials.
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Granite City
gir
Dorothy Shane
Mary Shane
Owen Shane
Jerry
Edward
St. Elizabeth's hospital
Shane
Elmer Forcade
Navy Spends 178106 Fixing Missouri Mudbank
Navy reports cost of repositioning and repairing the battleship Missouri off a Hampton Roads mudbank at 178100 dollars. Admiral Forrest P Sherman, chief of Naval Operations, told a Senate appropriations committee the figure, adding only that an error in judgment caused the sinking incident.
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Navy
Washington (t
Missouri
Hampton Roads
Atomic Survivors Can Live Without Drastic Effects
The Atomic Energy Commission stated survivors of an atomic bomb attack can live a reasonably normal life afterward with no fear of drastic radiation effects. Dr. Shields Warren cited two exceptions cataracts and possible higher leukemia risk, noting no proven genetic deformities in Nagasaki or Hiroshima offspring. The commission also announced a new cheap geiger counter and outlined medical measures against attack.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Shields Warren
AEG division of biology and medicine
Warren
joint
congressional atomic energy committee
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
David Cogar
Harvard University
commission
Local Irishmen Celebrate St Patrick Day in Ed wardsville
Downtown Ed wardsville hosted a St Patrick's tribute with local Irishmen proudly displaying green attire and emblems. Women wore green hats and scarves while men wore green ties, carnations, or imitation shamrocks, with one orange tie noted as a symbol of the Orangemen. The report explains the shamrock as a symbol linked to the Holy Trinity and the legend of Ireland.
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Edwardsville
St. Patrick
Japan
intelligencer
northern Ireland
Ireland
Emerald Isle
sham rock
Senate Defers Action On Potato Surplus Issue
Washington WI The Senate on Friday deferred final action until Monday on a compromise proposal to address the costly potato surplus. Agriculture Committee Chairman Elmer Thomas noted he postponed to allow several senators who supported the measure to be present.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Illinois House to Adopt Voting Machines for Faster Sessions
The Illinois House likely to switch to electronic voting next January, with all members voting simultaneously via desk switches to conclude in about ten seconds. Commission chair Paul Powell welcomed the shift, hoping it could shorten adjournment in May and allow veto matters to proceed sooner. A six member panel set up in 1943 studied the plan, bid from International Roll-Call Corp. for about 71,986 dollars was discussed, with further legal review pending.
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Springfield
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Adduci
James J
Zlentek
Joseph
Paul Powell
Vienna
Marshall F. Thompson
international roll call corporation
Richmond
Thompson
Joe Fagan
Fagan
Attorneyeneral
Ivan A. Elliott
County Firemen Hold i Meeting at Cottage Hills
Madison County Firemen's association held its first meeting of the year at American Legion Memorial park Cottage Hills with about 175 members in attendance. Fire Chief Dennis Hentz Albert Schwartzkopf and Simon Kel Jermann Jr from Edwardsville attended.
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ANU LHe AU wHICHe gumue
Allen
Madison County Firemen’s association
American Legion Memorial
Laborite Majority Further Reduced
London. Labor government's slim House of Commons majority falls to five after the death of Adam McKinlay, West Dumbartonshire MP. McKinlay died in Glasgow. he was a former woodworker and housing expert elected since 1928. By-election will fill his seat.
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London
House of Commons
Adam McKinlay
West Dumbartonshire
McKinlay
Glasgow
Labor
Economy Bloc Kills Mining Bill
Washington supporters and opponents of a 240 million mining aid bill agreed it was killed by the House economy bloc. Chairman Clair Engle said the rejection left no chance to revive it, while Rep. Christian Herter attributed the defeat to an economy vote and opposition to subsidies. Engle warned defense planning could suffer without strategic minerals and predicted further budget fights over weapons production.
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Washington
IPi
Clair Engle
House
iHouse
Christian Herter
U.S
Engle
Baltimore & Ohio seeks to discontinue trains 40 and 41
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asks the commerce commission for permission to stop passenger service on trains 40 and 41 between Beardstown and Flora. The line has operated daily except Sunday, carries passengers, mail, and baggage, and has suffered about 35000 dollars in annual losses. A large delegation urged action at a meeting. no hearing date was set.
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Springfield
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
mals Commerce commission
Beardstown
Flora
county arena
road
Madison
Alta
mont
Pana
Taylorville
Edinburg
Rochester
Pleasant
Plains
Virginia
Death Held Accidental for Thos Lane at Edwardsville Station
Thomas B. Lace of Wolf Heights died accidentally from carbon monoxide poisoning after a March 4 truck run from Granite City to Edwardsville. A coroner's jury heard witnesses including Thornton Wane, Clarence Atchison, Jerry Straube, and Dr. Armin W. Docter. Lane, 31, would have turned 32. an earlier inquest on Joseph Matejec’s hit-and-run death was still pending.
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Thomas B. Lace
Wolf Heights
Sinclair
Kana3
Vandalia
Ben F. Staten
Schneider
Granite City
Edwardsville
Thornton Wane
Clarence Atchison
Lane
Jerry Straube
Armin W. Docter
Atchison
Docter
Joseph Matejec
North Main street
Family of Six Die in Port Huron Fire Tragedy
A mother and father and their four children aged two to six perished when their concrete block home burned at 6:10 a.m. Neighbors said the family had been playing canasta late the night before. The mother was found in bed with a child, the father near the kitchen door as flames swept through.
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Port Huron
Mich
Kenneth Chase
Phyllis
Fiames
Chases
Ray Goushaw
Strength of Atlantic Pact Nations to Be Discussed
Chicago set to hear Defense Secretary Louis Johnson discuss the Atlantic pact nations’ strength in a Friday speech to the Irish fellowship group. Johnson will outline the alliance’s potential, with George N. Craig American Legion head and Adlai Stevenson and Mayor Martin Kennelly also on the program.
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Chicago
Louis Johnson
rcsult
Johnson
National Broadcasting company
George N. Craig
American Legion
Adnais
Adlai Stevenson
Martin Kennelly
Sought Over Collision Raises $185000 in Two Suits
Two accident suits totaling 185000 were filed in circuit court arising from a April collision near Schneiders crossing 0.5 66 south of Hamel that killed two and injured four. Plaintiffs Edwin Tucker Oskosh and Betty Jane Tucker seek 75000 and 100000 plus 10000 for their 3 year old daughter Susan. John George Ales, a soldier, was a nonparty injured. Separate suit by George Smith of Alton seeks 2000 from Gulf Mobile and Ohio for a January 9 1949 crossing crash on Cut Street. No warning bell or crossing guard mentioned.
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Schneider’s
Hamel
Commercial National Bank of Peoria
James M
Nell D. Clark
Peoria
Edwin T. Tucker
Oskosh
Wis
Betty Jane
Susan
Cpl
Max Ales
Eureka
Scott Air Base
Tucker
Wisconsin
George A. Smith
Alton
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio railroad
Cut street
M.&O
Smith
Edwardsville Juniors Prep and Senior Bands Plan Concert
Two Edwardsville junior high bands will give a joint 8 p.m. concert March 25 in the high school gymnasium. The prep band with 58 beginners performs five pieces, the senior band seven, plus five solos and quartets. The junior high group has appeared in parade and PTA events and contributed 15 players to the All County band. In Tonastet, 700 residents join New York effort opposing French champagne sales in protest of French actions against American Coca Cola.
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Edwardsville Junior high school
Cleaon Etzkorn
Etzkorn
Tonastet
Wash
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Ex Official Claims Leader Used Secret Signals During Mine Strike
Lloyd H. Sidener, former president of UMW Local 7455, charged that John Lewis kept miners from returning to work via a secret signal system after a contempt of court citation was ordered. Sidener, ousted for leading a back to work movement, alleges a whistle signal and telegrams hid the real order, while Hugh White declined to comment. The dispute follows a federal injunction ending the strike.
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Canton
United Mine Workers Local
John LL Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener
Lewis
Hugh White
district 12
Sidener
Buckheart
UMW
Richmond Keech
Washington
Keech
Bernard 4
Belgian Miners Begin Stoppage
Belgian miners and steel workers launched a 24 hour strike in Brussels protesting exiled King Leopold II s bid to reclaim the throne. The action followed Leopold s Swiss broadcast claiming a Belgian plebiscite supported his return. Talks indicate possible abdication in favor of Prince Badouin if Parliament rejects him.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold II
Leopold
Switzerland
Prince Badouin
Belgian federation of labor
Socialist party
Senator Murray Denounces Ireland Partition as Fraud
In a Friday Senate speech Senator James E Murray of Montana condemned Ireland's partition as a monstrous fraud. He called the perpetrators treasonous and said they should have been hanged for the despicable crime against the Irish people. He argued the partition lacks historical justification.
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Washington
James E. "Murray
Mont
Ireland
Senate
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