Congressmen Favor Excise Tax Cutback
Congressmen push for immediate excise tax cuts to match July 1 reductions. Rep. O'Toole argues a six month delay hurts businesses as fur jewelry luggage and cosmetics sales stall until lower rates take effect. Several lawmakers urge fast action, while some fear unnecessary changes beyond liquors bulbs and theater admissions.
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Washington
Capitol
Tg O'Toole
D-N.y
Gearhart
R-Calif
Rep
Woodruff
R-Mich
Truman
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Republicans bar Bilbo from Senate seat in 90th Congress opening
The Senate denied seating of Mississippi's Bilbo and chose Vandemberg as president pro tempore with a six week delay to hear evidence. Bilbo, reportedly ill with cancer, would draw pay but not take the oath for a new term as Barkley won consent to delay action until Bilbo can return to Washington.
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Bilbo
Senate
Vandenberg
Vandensberg
R-Mich
Carl Loeffle
Edward McGinnis
Chicago
Truman
House
Cloaks
Barkley
Win
Sou Pore
Brewster
Ohio
Leslie L. Bif
United States Senate
Washington
Senate mi
George W. Calver
Capitol
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Baruch resigns from UN Atomic Commission post
Bernard Baruch resigns as U S member of the United Nations atomic commission in a letter to President Truman. Truman accepts and designates Warren R. Austin to lead U S representation at the Security Council as Baruch's successor. The commission completed its work and moved atomic control issues to the council.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
United Nations Atomic Commission
Truman
Baruch
Russia
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Austin
Vermont
Ohio coed case puzzles police in Arlington affair
Columbus reports detail a mysterious disappearance of Mary Virginia Kimberly 20 daughter of an Ohio university professor after two days with a girl friend’s ex convict father. Police Chief Frank Cary and executor Ralph J Bartlett defer questions for weekend while pursuing undisclosed angles.
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E. E. Kimberly
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Mary Virginia
Robert Hemming
Kimberly
Columbus, CO
Upper Arlington
Frank Cary
Ralph J. Bartlett
Franklin County
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Ohio
New Disguise for Barkley
Senator Vandenberg noted Barkley wears a new disguise as he serves as presiding officer of the Senate. Barkley explained that the public voted for change and he is delivering a good one, a continuation of his prior stance on reform.
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Washington, Dan
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Senator Barkley
Vandenberg
Barkley
Man Confesses To Murder Of Rusnak Child
Sidney George Chambers 34, a stationary engineer, confessed to abducting nine year old Marion Rusnak on December 23 as she walked home with a toy drum Christmas present, strangling her and burning the body in a furnace at a canning plant. He lured her to his dorm room after a Christmas shopping trip. investigators found ashes in the furnace. Special squad feared mob violence.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
Sidney George Chambers
Marion Rusnak
Chambers
Waves pound Hawaii as Pacific storm stirs coast
Heavy surf driven by an approaching Pacific storm forced residents to higher ground across Hawaii. Damages total in the hundreds of thousands, with beach homes, roads, breakwaters and utilities hit hard. In Hilo the Puumaile hospital ground floor flooded, staff homes wrecked, and about 200 patients crowded upper floors without water or power. Police and military responders aided relief efforts.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian
Touay
Hilo
Hawaii
Puumaile Hospital
Merger Bill Faces Early Senate Opposition
In Washington on January 4, strong opposition emerged in the new Senate Armed Forces Committee to President Truman's plan to merge the army and navy into a single department. GOP members Robertson and Bridges voiced flat opposition, while Wilson favored it. four others including Chairman Gurney were open minded. Saltonstall and Morse, previously on the naval committee, plus Baldwin with WWI navy links, suggested a likely majority against the merger. Truman plans to renew recommendations this session after last session’s block.
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Washington
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Truman
Army
Navy
Robertson
Wyo
Bridges
N. H
Wilson
Iowa
Gurney
S.D
Saltonstall
Mass
Morse
Ore
Naval Committee
Baldwin
Conn
Congress
War and Navy
Department of National Defense
Republicans to fast track labor bill in Senate action
The Republican conference approved a strategy to push a revised Case labor bill for speedy passage while delaying broad pre legislation investigations. They aim for quick House-Senate action, with a mediator board to slow strikes and require unions to file financial reports, while considering changes to the Wagner Act and other labor measures.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Truman
Congress
Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Conference
All
Minn
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
N.J
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Senate
House
Federal Mediation Board
Rep. Case
R-S.d
Case
16 Missing As Ship Hits Mine and Sinks
The Great Northern Telegraph Company said 16 crew members are missing after the Karla struck a mine and sank during cable repair work southwest of Finland. Twenty eight crew members were landed safely at Tallinn.
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London
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Karla
Finland
Tallinn
Stabbed To Death By An Automobile
England January 4 55 year old H Mason was fatally stabbed by an automobile that he started unwittingly pinning him against a garage wall the buckle of a surgical belt piercing his chest.
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Peek
England
H. Mason
Momentous Problems Face General Assembly Session
North Carolina's 1947 general assembly opens in Raleigh with Democrats nominating Rep. Tom Pearsall for speaker and Sen. Joe Blythe for president pro tem. Republicans hold small caucuses as oath of office and formal elections loom. On Thursday Pearsall and Lt. Gov. Ballentine to reveal committee rosters.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Tom Pearsall
Nash
House
Joe Blythe
Charlotte
Senate
Pearsall
Blythe
L. Y. Ballentine
Youth Fatally Shot By Police in Philadelphia Chase
In Philadelphia a 13 year old boy named James Finn was shot and killed by Patrolman Lewis Boyle during a foot chase after he and his 12 year old sibling tried junking with a horse and wagon. The officer said the shooting happened when he stumbled and his pistol discharged accidentally.
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Philadelphia
James Finn
James
Lewis Boyle
Boyle
Thomas
Joseph Summerscale
Attorney Seated on Books for Electric Chair Plea
In JACT'SON Mississippi an attorney for two condemned Black youths proposed seating them on books beneath the electric chair so their heads reach the lethal cap. He claimed the state could destroy both with one current. Governor Wright refused to halt the Jan 17 execution and an appeal to the US Supreme Court may follow. The youths, 15 or 16, were convicted of murdering Harry McKey during a robbery. Blanche Meiers plans a clemency appeal citing racial equality.
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Walter D. Coleman
Natchez
Mississippi
Fielding Wright
Charles Trudell
James Lewis
Coleman
Supreme Court of the United
Harry McKey
Trudell
Lewis
Gov
Wright
Con
Baboon Joe Faces More Amputations in Freezing Dallas'
Zoo superintendent Walter Carlton fears for Joe the Culnea baboon as Dallas endures a seven degree freeze. While other animals seek shelter, Joe still roams outside, risking tail amputations after repeated frost damage.
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Dallas
Tex
Walter Carlton
Old Doe
Joe
Carlton
New Political Group Backs New Deal Plan
A new political organization named Americans for Democratic Action was formed in Washington with 150 members, banning Communists and sympathizers. The organizing committee includes Leon Henderson Roosevelt Jr Wilson Wyatt Elmer Davis and Walter Reuther. The group supports expanding the New Deal program and rejects associations with Communists or Fascists.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
OPA
Leon Henderson
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Wilson Wyatt
Elmer Davis
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Union For Democratic Action
United States
America
New York
Parents Watch As 3 Children Burn to Death
In Hamilton on January 4 a fire destroyed a subs urban home killing three small brothers, Larry 4 Donald 5 and one more child. Parents watched helplessly as the blaze consumed the interior near a cook stove. father was away at an oil field and mother had gone to relatives nearby. Neighbors described frantic efforts to enter the home and rescue the children as flames trapped them.
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Hamilton
Espie P
Larry
Donald
Robert Harmon
Harmon
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