Armistice Talks Begin Between Jews and Arabs in Tel Aviv
Preliminary armistice discussions between Israel and the Arabs began in Tel Aviv with UN involvement as hopes for peace rise. The talks aim to lay groundwork for direct negotiations and consider cease fire terms, including Egypt's potential participation and the Faluga garrison surrender.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Haifa
Faluja
Gaza
U. S
George Miller
William Riley
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Farouk
Truman Seeks Two Year Rent Control Extension
President Truman called for at least a two year extension of rent controls and proposed raising four billion dollars in new taxes, chiefly via an excess profits tax on businesses. In his third annual economic report to Congress he reiterated calls for stand by wage and price controls and warned inflation and recession remain risks. He outlined recommendations from his State of the Union and stressed government powers to curb or stimulate the economy as needed.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Truman
Clash over Taft-Hartley repeal bill and Truman tax plan
Washington reports a sharp clash as Senator Elbert Thomas introduces a bill to repeal Taft-Hartley restoring Wagner act provisions. Senator Ives opposes full repeal while CIO official Goldberg backs swift passage. The debate includes Truman's proposed $4 billion tax hike, extended rent controls, wage and price actions, and housing goals.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Arthur Goldberg
The
CIO
Congress
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Resigning Marshall Names Acheson Secretary of State
President named George C. Marshall to resign as secretary of state and Dean Acheson to take the post. The appointment follows Marshall’s announcement and signals a shift in U.S. foreign policy leadership during a tense period abroad.
Milwaukee Strike Ban Test in Wisconsin Public Utilities Case
Milwaukee faces a test of a state law banning strikes in public utilities as the AFL Streetcar and Bus Men's union dispute with the Transport Co. heads to a January 28 hearing before Circuit Judge Daniel W. Sullivan. The case examines injunction rights and criminal provisions of the law as the union seeks relief while mediation attempted.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The
Transport Co
Division 998
AFL Streetcar and Busmen’s Union
Daniel W. Sullivan
Sullivan
Associated Press
Sulivan
State Attorney General’s Office
State Supreme Court
Kenosha Library System Among Nation's Finest
The Kenosha library network, spanning seven branches, serves a city of 50 000 to 60 000 with 111 000 volumes and a 431 381 annual circulation. Miss Dorothy Huth, head librarian, notes a forthcoming bookmobile while city officials note 3 of a 100 tax dollars fund the library, among the best in the nation.
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Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
Unitarian Church
8Th Avenue
Midwest
United States
Canada
Dorothy Huth
B. A. Herrmann
Wage hike set for Four Wheel Drive workers in Clintonville
Production workers at the Four Wheel Drive plant in Clintonville Wisconsin will receive a ten cent per hour wage increase under a new two year contract reached with AFL CIO United Auto Workers unions.
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Clintonville
Wis
Four Wheel Drive
AFL
CIO
United Auto Workers Unions
McCarthy Denies Bar Ethics Violation Over Senate Run
Milwaukee Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy rejected ethics charges from the State Bar Commission alleging a conflict between his circuit judge tenure and his U.S. Senate candidacy. He asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to dismiss the charges and deemed the action a political plot to discredit him.
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Milwaukee
V.P
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
American Bar Association
Congress
State Bar Commission
McCarthy
State Supreme Court
United States
Bar Association
Supreme Court
Bar Commissioners
Farmer Dies After Ice Slip In Wisconsin Farmyard
Alfred Menne, 37, of Potosi township Wisconsin, died from head injuries after slipping on ice in his farmyard Wednesday. Your prompt includes a truncated report noting the incident and death details.
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Farmer
Potosi
Wis
Alfred Menne
Potosi Township
Forrestal Names Weapons Director For Pacific War Role
The Navy announces Lt. Gen John E. Hull will be director of the weapons systems evaluation group. The panel, drawn from military and civilian experts, will direct its program toward selecting weapons and systems for future wars.
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John E. Hull
Pacific
Algoma OKs 10 Percent Pay Rise for Fire Police and Engineer
The Algoma Wisconsin city council approves a ten percent wage increase for firefighters police officers and the city engineer. The action reflects municipal labor adjustments in the UP region.
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Algoma
Wis
U.P
General Marshall Resigns as Secretary of State
General George C. Marshall resigned as secretary of state and President Truman accepted with deep regret. At 68 Marshall had undergone kidney surgery and slow convalescence. Dean Acheson, former undersecretary, becomes his successor.
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George C. Marshall
Truman
Marshall
Dean Acheson
Kenosha Plans to Boost High School Athletics
A special session of Kenosha educators and Jaycees reviewed measures to raise athletics to a higher level in the public schools. Jaycees members Fred Hartley Charles Goodell and Charles Kasputis joined board athletic committee Chairman Paul Saftig Joseph Hamelink John Gibbs Smith W A Bingham and Superintendent F E Conner to discuss survey results and intramural programs while noting past surveys from October 1947 and 1948 aimed at building up athletic offerings.
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Board of Education
Mbers
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kenosha
Jaycees
Fred Hartley
Charles Goodell
Charles Kasputis
School Board
Paul Saftig
Joseph Hamelink
John Gibbs Smith
W. A. Bingham
F. E. Conner
John Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
The
Kenosha High School
Wauwatosa
Milwaukee Suburban
Waukegan
Chicago
Conner
General's Health Key Factor in Resignation
Washington U P Secretary of State George C Marshall resigns due to health issues after an operation to remove a kidney. Dean Acheson named successor and will carry out foreign policy. James E Webb becomes budget director and Frederick J Lawton named to replace Pace. The resignations take effect January 20.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Truman
James E. Webb
Robert A. Lovett
Frank Pace, Jr
Webb
Bureau of
Pace
Frederick J. Lawton
Budget Bureau
Rules University Cannot Join Foreign Corporation
Madison Wis The University of Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas E Fairchild held today that the university cannot legally become a member of a non profit foreign corporation. He said state law prohibits membership in a corporation planned to handle and store library books and research material in Chicago for several Midwestern schools.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin, Atty
Thomas E. Fairchild
Board of Regents
Fairchild
Memip
Chicago
Air Force pilots set speed record Chicago to New York
Two Shooting Star jets flew from Chicago to New York in one hour 21 minutes eight seconds, the fastest such flight on record. Also in brief UN observers say cease-fire in southern Palestine is respected. General Marshall says no immediate plans after resigning as secretary of state and notes kidney operation success. Oak Ridge announces a 70 million expansion for a uranium plant with work to start in six months and finish in two years.
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Peter J. Brylinski
Chicago
Orval Collings
Wheeler Field Public Information
New York
Air Force
Haifa
United Nations
Palestine
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Plant
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Kenneth Franklin
Buffalo
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Dale
Marlene
Dennis
Ives
Acheson
Secretary of State
Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
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Hilo
Kailua
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Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
B. M. Murray
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Kenoshans
First National Bank
Gilbert M. Simmons
Z. G. Simmons
Simmons
Simmons. Eight Years Later the Children’s Library
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Forrestal
Army
State Department
Jay Franklin
Forrestal-Marshall-Lovett
James Forrestal
Defense
Harvard
Harvard Law
Roosevelt
Treasury
Cordell Hull
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
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Pinehurst
N. C
George Marshall
Oak Ridge
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