Liberal Move Emerges Within Democratic fold for 1948
Washington reports a new liberal push linked to the Union for Democratic Action urges supporting a Democratic party aligned with New Deal values for the 1948 election. Bowles and leaders say work inside the party, not a third party, is the path to liberal leadership, with Roosevelt supporters urging progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union For Democratic Action
Willard Hotel
Chester Bowles
Bowles
UDA
Shoreham
Democratic Party
Wagner Strikes Back at Critics Over Labor Act Changes
Washington reports the Wagner act author defiantly counters anti labor aims in the new Congress. He calls for a three man mediation board with more funds to ease labor management relations and opposes compulsory arbitration. Republicans push revisions while defending collective bargaining.
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Washington
Congress
Wagner
D-N. Y
U. S
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Rep
Hartley
House Labor Committee
Taft, Hartley
Howard Smith
D.-Va
Portal to Portal Pay Suits Reach 3 Billion Total
The Associated Press reports retroactive wage lawsuits filed by employees against industry surpassed three billion dollars. New filings yesterday totaled about 331.5 million, below Thursday’s 855 million, pushing the national total to more than 3.045 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portal To Portal
Ex-Convict Held Father Says Daughter Drugged
Professor Emerson E. Kimberly claims he has evidence that his 20 year old daughter Mary Virginia was drugged during a two day trip with ex convict Richard H. Hemming. The OSU senior returned from Cleveland by train after Hemming was jailed on a suspicious person charge. Kimberly plans to press more charges related to an alleged abduction, while Hemming says she left Columbus willingly with plans to marry.
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Columbus
E. E.kimberly
Ohio State University
Mary Virginia
Cleveland
Lorain
Richard H. Hemming
Kimberly
Hemming
Frank Cary
Upper Arlington
Bowling Green
Ohio
Ohio State
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Emerson E. Kimberly
Truman Ready For Speech to Congress
President Truman neared final draft of his state of the union message but unclear when Congress would allow a joint session. Tentative plans call for a personal appearance before lawmakers Monday. The Bilbo seating dispute could disrupt the schedule, aides said.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Theodore Bilbo
D-Miss
White House
Eben Ayers
Bilbo
Senate
GOP
House
Barkley
Taft
Ohioan
Everybody Wants Seat in Senate Including Bilbo
In Washington a pair of tourists asked Senator Bilbo of Mississippi for passes to the visitors' gallery. Bilbo joked that he would like to enter the Senate too while continuing to sort his mail.
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Senate
Bilbo
Washington
D-Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Miss
Washington, D. C
Taylor
Idaho
Expansion of 4-H work planned for Kenosha youths
Kenosha county plans to expand 4-H for farm boys and girls in 1947 led by Miss Glee Hemingway, county home agent. A leadership meeting January 9 at 8 pm will outline new clubs in communities without groups. A rural athletics and crafts revival under the Kenosha County Recreational Council will also begin, with a leadership training school set for January 18.
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Kenosha County
Glee Hemingway
Hemingway
Kenosha
Court House
Roads Cleared In County as Snow Subsides
Kenosha county towns dig out after the season’s worst snowstorm as drifts up to six feet lessen. Officials say roads will be near normal by nightfall with all county, city, and state routes cleared. Temperatures dipped to 19 below zero at La Crosse, Milwaukee hit minus six, while Madison logged 15 below.
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Kenosha County
LaCrosse
Kenosha
Harold H. Herzog
Herzog
Frank Grasser
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Federal Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Mercury
Madison
H. J. Thompson
Federal Meteorol
Rumor of Royal Romance Denounced by Communist Daily
The Communist Daily Worker attacks alleged engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip of Greece as a political maneuver. It says discussions on royal matchups have occurred at high political levels to present a simple love match without imperial implications.
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London
Communist
Daily Worker Today
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Britain
Mediterranean
110 Year Precedent Breaks as Senate Opens
Senate Secretary Leslie L. Biffle presides through an opening session with no VP or officers in place. He handles the Bilbo filibuster amid tensions as Republicans name Carl Loeffler to succeed him, while Taft notes the unusual long presiding stint.
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Washington
Senate
Leslie L. Biffle
Arkansas
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bilbo
Biffle
Taft
Ohio
Buc
Carl Loeffler
McKellar
Taft Outlines Sweeping GOP Plan for Congress
Senator Taft outlined a broad GOP program for the 80th Congress targeting most economic sectors. He urged abolition of remaining wartime powers, revisions to labor and housing laws, tax cuts, and cuts in the budget, with immediate action on wage and case bill issues and pre war/New Deal law reviews.
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James Montgomery
House of Representatives
Representatives
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Taft
President Truman
Truman
White House
Congress
Arl
Administrative Board
Supreme Court
Kefauver Seeks Regular Quiz Sessions With Cabinet Leaders
Rep Kefauver of Tennessee proposes a bill to allow Congress to summon executive branch members below the president for weekly or biweekly Q and A sessions. Rep Monroney backs the plan as a trial, echoing Britain’s parliamentary practice for cabinet questions.
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Washington
Congress
Hame
Truman
Rep
Kefauver
Tennessee
Rep. Monroney
Oklahoma
Britain
House of Commons
Members of Commons
Author Carlson reports beating after Brooklyn meet
John Roy Carlson author of Undercover and The Plotters walked into a police station early today and said he was attacked and beaten by three men after leaving a mass meeting at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He suffered head and facial bruises and planned to seek treatment at Holy Family Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
John Roy Carlson
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Holy Family Hospital
County Officials Take Oath For New Two Year Terms
Eight county officers sworn in Friday afternoon by County Judge W. W. Davis for new two year terms starting Monday. Recipients include Sheriff Milton LaViolette and others, with Rasmussen appointed to fill an interim treasurer term. Democrats and Republicans split the slate. Savage returns to private practice. Strangberg Niederprim veteran incumbents. Schend starts second term.
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W. W. Davis
Milton LaViolette
Hugh Southmayd
G. Adolph Strangberg
James A. Crossin
Harold P. Rasmussen
John R. Niederprim
Urban J. Zievers
Register of Deeds
Harold Schend
U. S
Wisconsin
Rasmussen
Zievers
George Lauer
Treasuer
County Bond of Supervisors
LaViolette
Strangberg
Schend
Southmayd
Crossin
Niederprim
K. T. Savage
Savage
Tel Aviv Gun Battle Cuts All Phone Lines
London U P dispatch reports a fierce gun battle raging in Tel Aviv with all telephone lines cut. The exchange telegraph noted the city faced disruption as fighting continued.
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Tel Aviv
London
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Palestine
Two Fugitives Apprehended After Brooklyn Prison Break
Two of nine Raymond Street prisoners who escaped in Brooklyn were recaptured within 36 hours as 17 000 police hunted them. Alfred Minutolo, described as the brains of the raid, was nabbed in a church near Hackensack New Jersey, while Salvatore D Aulla surrendered to Brooklyn police after riding the New York subways since the breakout.
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Henry A. Wallace
New York
America
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
UDA
Wyatt
Roosevelt
United States
U.P
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Alfred Minutolo
Hackensack
N. J
Salvatore D’aula
Speed Action on Tax Slash Bill
Washington Republican Knutson of the House Ways and Means committee says his plan to cut taxes by 20 percent for incomes up to 300000 will go to a House vote with only government witnesses. He notes a $3.35 billion 1947 cut and expects no revenue loss, arguing higher growth will boost revenue.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Snowgram confusion ends as woman erases distress signals
Mrs. Gale Vincent of La Grande Oregon sent a snowbound message misread as a crash plea. Army navy and state police dispatched search planes from 300 miles away but found no crash. Sgt Lewis Johnson and Vern Kirkland learned she misused the code and wiped the messages, deciding to forget the whole thing.
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Army
Navy
la Grande
Ore
Gale Vincent
Here
Lewis Johnson
Vern Kirkland
GOP Leaders Seek to Check Filibuster Move
Republican leaders in the Senate weigh tactics to end the Bilbo filibuster as they seek a two thirds margin to limit debate. A morning caucus considered untying the stalemate amid calls for a continuous session and possible joint session with the House to resolve Bilbo’s seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Bilbo
Brewster
Ferguson
Mich
Fireman Saves Choking Bay Boy in Swift Rescue
In Green Bay Wisconsin fireman Dan Donovan used his he hand and fingers to remove a wooden construction knob from 10 year old Warren Elsner’s throat after he swallowed it during play. The knob lodged near the collarbone and the boy was unconscious upon removal but recovered with oxygen therapy. The physician credited Donovan with saving the child’s life.
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Green Bay
Wis
Warren Elsner
Vera Elsner
Dan Donovan
Warren
Donovan
Greek Guerrillas Stage Skirmishes Across Central Greece
About 10,000 guerrillas from Northern Greece moved into Thessaly and the hills of Central and Southern Greece. Reports say eight clashes occurred as bands of 15 to 200 seized sheep and bread in undefended villages. Fighting with gendarmie, army and armed civilians was reported at several locations.
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Athens
A.P
Greece
Thessaly
Ministry of Public Order
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Progressive Citizens of America
National Citizen Political Action Committee
Wallace
Associated Press
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