British Commons Passes Economic Crisis Bill After All Night Session
The British House of Commons approved the labor government’s economic crisis bill by 178 to 64 and sent it to the House of Lords for final passage before adjournment. Churchill attacked the measure as dictatorial while Liberal Davie s secured a press-protection amendment. Morrison defended powers.
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British Commons
London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Clement Davies
Herbert Morrison
Raymond Blackburn
Peter Roberts
Labor Party
Morrison
Churchill
Hughes Probe Seen as Issue In 48 Election
Washington reports say the Howard Hughes warplane inquiry became a political hot potato in 1948. The senate subcommittee recessed hearings until November amid theories about missing PR man John Meyer and political motives, while Hughes attacked Brewster and pledged to resume work after a brief trip.
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Hughes
Washington
Howard Hughes
Capitol Hill
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Homer Ferguson
John W. Meyer
U.S
Owen Brewster
Sen. Brewster
Maine
Sen
Claude Pepper
Fla
Court Affirms City Ordinance on Photographers and Merchants
Municipal Judge Edward Ruetz upheld a city rule requiring transient merchants and photographers to pay 1.50 daily fees, post 800 bond, and file daily reports. Robert A. Johnston, 19, Knox Indiana, fined 25 dollars for violating the ordinance as Metropolitan Studio vows to appeal. The ruling contrasts Racine’s similar measure, denying local transient discrimination.
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Edward J. Ruetz
Ruetz
Metropolitan Studio
Chicago
Ill
Robert A. Johnston
Knox
Ind
Johnston
K. Thomas Savage
Racine
Kenosha
U S Takes Stand Over Greece Move At UN
The United States charged Communists with seeking to seize Greece and warned of action beyond the United Nations if Russia vetoes. Herschel V. Johnson outlined a plan to accuse Albania Bulgaria Yugoslavia and the Greek Communists of aggression and keep border monitoring in place while urging a settlement.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United States
Greece
United Nations
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
Balkans
General Assembly
Council
Johnson
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Communist Party of Greece
Security Council
Publisher Frank W Roche Dies at 72 After 30 Years at Topics
Frank W Roche longtime publisher of Automobile Topics dies at 72 in Pelham Manor N Y He sold the publication to the automobile and allied industries upon his retirement in 1940 Born in Lowell Massachusetts
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Pelham Manor
N. Y
Frank W. Roche
Automobile and Allied Industries
Heas
Lowell
Mass
Beauty secret revealed at national convention
A beauty secret was bared today at a convention of the National Beauty Cul turists League. Charles R. Richardson, a Philadelphia wig maker, said American women buy more than 100000 wigs a year.
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Baltimore
National Beauty Culturists League
Charles R. Richardson
Philadelphia
Lost Cabin Cruiser Patricia G Sought By Coast Guard
The coast guard, using four boats, is searching for the Chicago cabin cruiser Patricia G after it radioed for help last night claiming fuel exhaustion. Owned by John J. Gill, it departed Chicago at 5 30 p.m. bound for St Joseph Michigan. A brief night and morning search found no trace, and the effort continues.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Patricia G
John J. Gill
St. Joseph
Mich
Patrician
Rushed Washington VA workers warned after exits scramble
Assistant VA boss Francis Dryden issued a memo urging calm at 5 pm as three workers were knocked down in a crowd rushing for the exits. The note highlights safety concerns amid a busy end of day rush in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Veterans Administration
Francis Dryden
Heat wave lingers as midwest braces for relief
Kenosha and Wisconsin endure high temperatures with 85 at the sewage plant and 91 at 10 am, while Prairie du Chien and Madison top state readings. Forecasters expect cooler air and scattered showers tonight into Wednesday, aided by Lake Michigan breezes. The 1947 corn crop faces moisture shortages as heat persists across the region.
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Chicago
Midwest
Prairie du Chien
Menomonie
Madison
LaCrosse
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Racine
Atlantic Coast
Chicago Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Gulf States
Rocky Mountains
Corn Belt
Presidio
Tex
Toastmasters Lower Boom on After-Dinner Jokes
At a Minneapolis convention 1500 Toastmasters International members critique after-dinner jokes and long talks. Ralph C. Smedley, founder, praises discipline while Joseph P. Rinnert and Smedley urge speeches to add value. Delegates represent 15000 members across U S Canada and Alaska.
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Minneapolis
A.P
Toastmasters International
Ralph C. Smedley
Santa Ana
Cal
Smedley
Congress
California
Senate
International
Joseph P. Rinnert
Los Angeles
Rinnert
Organization International
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
U. S
Canada
Alaska
Clark Orders Price Inquiry into Food, Clothing, Housing
County board meets in August session and takes no action on County Employee Local 70 wage raise. It passes a pension and probation committee resolution to empower the county judge to grant a double pay hike for two pension department workers. E L Goyke leads the employee delegation. Irwin L. Klos cites study results and stalemate over tax-rate limits. He says no concrete revenue ideas yet and a future meeting with the union for wage talks is possible.
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Pension and Probation Committee
Pension Department
E. L. Goyke
Klos
County Board
Joseph Rhode
Harry Copen
Archbishop Kiley Here for Funeral in Kenosha
Most Reverend Moses E. Kiley, archbishop of Milwaukee, attends the funeral of Rev. Frederick J. Hillenbrand in Kenosha. The 73 year old pastor of St. George's Roman Catholic Church died Sunday at St. Catherine's hospital after two years of ill health. The funeral at St. George's includes a Solemn Requiem High Mass and is followed by interment in St. George cemetery.
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Moses E. Kiley
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Frederick J. Hillenbrand
Hillenbrand
St. Catherine's Hospital
St. George’s
Waukesha Barn Fire Causes $20,000 Loss
A barn on the John H. Williams farm ten miles east of Waukesha burned last night. About 100 tons of hay and feed were destroyed. Williams estimated the damage at $20,000. Fire Chief Emery Downie said spontaneous combustion started the blaze. Wales North Prairie and Delafield volunteers aided by neighbors with water tanks fought the fire overnight.
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Waukesha
Wis
John H. Williams
Here
Williams
Emery Downie
Wales
North Prairie
Delafield
Hearing Set on South Kenosha Bus Petition
A public hearing on the Peoria Rockford Bus Co petition to establish local service from Kenosha to the state line is set for 1 30 p m Tuesday in City Hall chambers by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission The plan calls for 19 round trips daily from a Kenosha terminal to the state line with stops at about 12 points A fare of 15 cents would apply from the terminal and coin boxes would be installed in four buses ready for service pending state approval Local residents civic and business leaders will support the petition.
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Peoria-Rockford Bus Company
Kenosha
State Line
City Hall
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Waukegan-Kenosha
Peoria-Rockford Company
ICC
State Public Service Commission
Waukegan-Kenosha Line
A. G. Jacobek
South Kenosha
Jacobek
Public Service Commission
Truman to be accompanied by Mrs Truman on Brazil trip
The White House said President Truman will be joined by Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret for the three day flight to Rio de Janeiro. Departure timing remains under review with a late August or early September window and the president will attend the closing days of the inter American defense conference.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Brazil
Margaret
Charles G. Ross
Rio de Janeiro
Boy Uses Mercury Thermometer To Cool Off
In St. Paul Minnesota an eight year old boy named Richard Hauk bit a mercury thermometer and swallowed the mercury column to cool off. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors pumped his stomach to remove the poison.
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St. Paul, Minn
U.P
Mercury
Richard Hauk
Conviction of 31 Buchenwald Camp Operators Reported
A U S military court convict ed all 51 defendants at the Buchenwald war crimes trial in Dachau Germany. Sentences will be announced Thursday. Notables include Ilse Koch widow of the former camp commandant who denied making lampshades from inmate skin. The trial also heard of suspected royal blood and ex American citizen Edwin Katzen Ellenbogen among those convicted.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald
U. S
Ilse Koch
Emil C. Keil
Edwin Katzen Ellenbogen
Prince
Polio Victims Shared Milwaukee Admissions Report
Milwaukee reports its fourth and fifth polio patients at South View hospital. Dr. E R Krumbiegel, city health commissioner, said a 15 year old girl and a 10 year old boy were admitted yesterday.
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Milwaukee
South View Hospital
E. R. Krumbiegel
Newark Officials Drop Personal Tax Bills for Cadmus
Newark authorities will not bill William R. Cadmus for further personal taxes after a letter from his daughter Amy B. Cadmus, stating the family considers him legally dead as of June 22, 1946. The note requests future bills be addressed to Mount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N J.
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Newark
N. J
William R. Cadmus
Amy B. Cadmus
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Section L
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Upper Montclair
Justice Dept to Seek Jail Terms for Anti Trust Violations
Attorney General Clark ordered a full anti trust probe into food clothing and housing price rises. The department will push for jail sentences for individuals and maximum fines for corporations, opposing pleas of no contest. The move follows a three month study by AAG John Sennett and echoes Truman warnings on rising costs.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Justice Department Will Oppose Acceptance By the Courts of Pleas
Department
John F. Sennett
CIO Full Employment Committee
Congress
CIO
Parley Begins in Ruhr Coal Talks
Washington reports British and American negotiators opened discussions on steps to lift Ruhr coal output to aid European recovery under the Marshall plan. Officials say boosting daily tonnage from 220,000 toward 30,000 by December and 350,000 soon after is a key aim, though optimism varies.
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Washington
Ruhr
Atlantic
United States
Paraguayan Rebels Advance Toward Asuncion
A rebel radio in Paraguay says forces are fighting toward Asuncion and predicts the fall of President Higinio Morinigo's capital within a few hours.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Asuncion
Higinio Morinigo
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