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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
1
A Michigan Republican warned that the recovery program faces peril as political opposition grows. He urged support for policy measures to sustain economic aid, citing potential delays and shifting voter sentiment ahead of upcoming deadlines.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan denounces the House foreign aid reduction as a cynical back door cut that guts European recovery efforts. He testifies at open hearings urging full 6.533 billion for a year, arguing the aid program pays dividends and is in the national interest. Spectators fill the room as he warns against shifting to fifteen months and weakening America’s foreign policy.
In Washington on June 9 AP reports Senator Clyde Reed of Kansas pressed Senator Vandenberg of Michigan about his presidential ambitions. Reed asked if Vandenberg would answer as senator or president pro tempore. The room laughed as Vandenberg said he would answer as president pro tempore of the Senate while testifying on ECA funding.
The federal grand jury will reconvene Monday instead of Friday, per the district court clerk. No reason for the postponement was provided.
Bangor police told a caller to consult a poultry expert after she asked if an inspector could investigate a setting hen that had deserted its eggs. The odd request came in on June 9 and reflects a humorous misunderstanding of police duties.
Rain in Newark forces postponement of the Graziano Zale middleweight title bout from tonight to tomorrow night at Ruppert Stadium in the same ring.
Lester G Pettibone a 47 year old lineman for Kansas City Kansas Municipal Light Department was charged with reckless driving after a Grandview boulevard collision with a southbound truck on Twelfth street driven by William Conkling 19 of 812 South Mill street Pettibone previously involved in a Friday night overturning of another truck at Seventh street and Simpson avenue Both drivers were arrested and released on bond
Melvin P. Hatcher, director of the water department, urges residents south of Forty seventh Street to limit lawn sprinkling in late afternoons to ease low water mains pressure. A voluntary plan assigns odd addresses to water on odd days and even addresses on even days, with full use expected after August 1 when new equipment is installed.
Mission road residents in Johnson County Kansas from Seventy-fifth to One Hundred third streets circulated petitions to complete the unsealed road under a benefit district plan. The proposal adds a 6-inch rock base and 1-inch bituminous mat over 3.5 miles at about 57000 dollars with 15 percent paid by district owners and the rest by county and township. County commissioners named Mission road a secondary road. grading and rock work are funded by state and federal funds. A mass meeting at Linwood school discussed adding a bituminous surface after residents learned the plan omits it.
Mrs. Ida Bosche 82 of St. Louis widow of George B. Bosche a wholesale fruit and produce merchant died in a Notre Dame hospital after months of illness while visiting her daughter Mrs. Albert R. Agmar in San Francisco.
Grant I. Rosenzweig, a Kansas City lawyer for sixty years, leaves Yale University and the Appleman Home for Aged Jews about 200000 each, a 60000 statue fund to a public statue project, and 186000 total to relatives and friends. The statue committee includes Commerce Trust, park officials, the mayor, Chamber of Commerce, and Bar association president.
A Mihai spokesman in Athens says Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma has her parents consent for the wedding to Mihai in Athens. He states Prince Xavier spoke in Paris without authority and that Anne’s parents fully approve the marriage.
June 9 AP report: soft coal operators propose a contract with no wage raise but pension and welfare disbursements. John L. Lewis offers a conditional plan to avoid a July 1 work stoppage, requiring pension terms and retroactive pay if an agreement is reached. Operators seek 50 percent welfare funds for pensions and no increase in tonnage payments.
Two generators at the state capitol power plant broke down in Jefferson City causing many offices to lose lights and disabling elevators in all state buildings. State Building Director John F. Powell called it a bad breakdown and blamed old equipment dating to 1933. He said he has begged the Legislature for funds to replace it.
Former Gov Payne Ratner said he still has not decided whether to enter the Kansas Republican Senate race. He noted inquiries from many counties since Senator Capper’s retirement decision and said the race is open to voters. He will decide as he weighs obligations to his law firm and clients.
President Truman denounces the Republican party as the worst in history and urges voters to back his program. He accuses GOP legislators of obstruction and promises action if Republicans prevail in the November election.
President Truman denounced the Republican-led Congress as the worst in history and urged labor delegates to vote in November 1948 to overturn the Taft Hartley Act. He criticized newspapers the Spokane Spokesman Review and Chicago Tribune, made light of pajamas greeting Missoula crowds, and addressed the Communications Workers of America convention. He warned Voters that continuing the law is their fault if they do not act.
A bomb blast at the LaSalle Hotel caused a window-ledged explosion and hurled two brothers from their beds. Police report injuries but no fatalities as investigators cordon the scene. The motive and suspects remain under review by authorities.
A dynamite blast at 2 AM shattered windows of the La Salle hotel on Linwood Boulevard sending Alvin W Silkwood and his brother William J Silkwood from a first floor room into a shuttered door. The two escaped with minor injuries as police chased suspects seen fleeing the alley. The operator, Al Steinbaum, said no motive tied to labor trouble liquor sales or racketeers.
Arabs and Jews accepted a four week truce in the Palestine war with Israel confirming the 9 point UN proposal through Count Bernadotte. The Arab states and Israel pledged cease fire around 1 a m EST Friday and officials warned isolated clashes could still occur before the armistice.
The U S Eighth Army now in Japan marks its fourth birthday tomorrow. Activated June 10, 1944 in Memphis Tennessee, it campaigned across the Pacific and nears the end of its third year in Japan. Commanded by Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, it remains the largest U S tactical command with daily training to maintain combat readiness.
Columbus voters approved a new pay roll income tax in a special referendum by 34 190 to 24 003. Mayor James A. Rhodes said the measure would inject funds into the city's finances and promote a pay as you go approach. Toledo had adopted a similar levy earlier.
The report notes a score or more former American captains and majors in command roles in the Israeli army. One may have been a brigadier general in the U S armed forces and leads on the southern Palestine front against an Egyptian force of about 5 000. A former U S Eighth Air Force officer commands on another arc. Most are pilots in the Israeli air force. many may not yet speak Hebrew.
The Kansas City area forecast shows fair and warm conditions tonight with a low near 65. Tomorrow may bring thunder showers with a high of 85 to 90. Humidity around 62 percent at 6:30 a.m., 28 percent at 1:30 p.m. Barometer 29.95 inches at 6:30 a.m., 29.93 inches at 1:30 p.m. River stage 8.9 feet, up 0.1. Lake of the Ozarks 4.2 feet below full reservoir. No precipitation reported in the last 24 hours.
Funeral services for Norma Bartee 17 the Buffalo area victim of a shotgun accident were held at the Full Gospel church with her husband Charles Bartee 21 in attendance along with Sheriff Harrison Bartlett who stated charges would be filed though Bartee is held without charge.
Southern Democrats failed to amend the draft bill to allow enlisted men to serve in segregated units by race. The Senate rejected the Russell Maybank amendment by voice vote as Republicans pushed to pass peacetime selective service.
The St. Louis board of education unanimously voted to reappoint Philip J. Hickey as superintendent of instruction in public schools for a four year term. His salary remains $15 000 annually. The board also authorized funding to subsidize the school lunchroom program from the general fund, covering salaries of lunchroom administrators and equipment costs.
The forecast calls for fair, warm weather today with a cool front expected to reach Kansas City around noon tomorrow. Chief forecaster J R Lloyd predicts scattered thunderstorms as the cool air moves in, with cooler temperatures Friday and more possible showers. Tonight's low mid 60s, tomorrow's around 88 to 90.
Rain fell across the Eastern and Southern States with forecasts for wide Midwestern coverage. Thundershowers spread from the Gulf into Canada, then into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes with high temperatures above 100 in Texas and record highs reaching 106 in Phoenix and 105 in Yuma.
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