Congress Riled Up By Reduced Budget For Air Expansion
President Truman’s defense budget trims proposed Air Force expansion. Congress splits along party lines as Vinson pushes for a 70 group force over three to four years, while others urge careful study. Symington supports 70 groups. 60 groups are now active with a 66 group authorization previous.
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Congress
Vinson
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Air Force
Symington
Higher Income Group Target For Tax Boost
President Truman urged faster action on pay raises for top officials while a Senate panel filed a plan to lift the president from 75000 to 100000 and provide expense allowances. The vice president and speaker would rise to 30000 with 10000 in expenses.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
Truman
McKellar
Taft
Ohio
Bigger Better Fair Shapes Up In Kenosha County
Kenosha County Fair association members met in Wilmot High School to plan a bigger fair for 1949 with a $20 000 allotment from the county board for grounds improvements The group discussed a midget auto race track permanent buildings and 85 additional acres The board postponed officer elections to Jan 24 and elected five directors including Fred Baysinger and George Molinaro The executive panel urged tearing down buildings remodeling the home and constructing new exhibit spaces and fences with a driveway to the parking lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha County
County Board of Supervisors
Fred A. Baysinger
Salem
Otto Schenning
Fox River
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Chester Knight
Wilmot
Walter Middlecamp
Somers
M. M. Schnurr
Winn Peterson
Tientsin Gone Chinese Admit Nanking
Official sources said Reds may have occupied Tientsin or terms for surrender but offered few details. Heavy fighting raged in the north as Communist troops closed on Nanking's approaches while Nationalist officials fled the capital.
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Nanking
Tientsin
China
Wisconsin Escapes Severe Winter Weather
Moderate winter temperatures prevailed as a weather system spared much of the lakes region. Light snow was forecast to spread from the southwest across the state tonight into Wednesday with possible freezing rain or sleet in the far south. Overnight lows ranged from 1 degree below zero at Superior to 26 in Milwaukee, while highs yesterday varied from 10 at Superior to 33 at Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin
Lakes
Howard J. Thompson
Superior
Wausau
Madison
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Airlift for Nebraska to rush doctors by helicopter
Nebraska Gov. Val Peterson announced a full scale airlift to reach isolated Blizzard areas. Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay will dispatch four to six helicopters from Lowry Air Force Base to deliver doctors and evacuate emergency cases to hospitals.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Val Peterson
Curtis E. Lemay
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Peterson
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Britain Eases Pressure on Israel Over Desert Clash
London reports a shift in policy as Britain prepares to ease pressure on Israel after last week’s incident when several British planes were shot down. Britain will likely explain at the United Nations rather than press a case, while continuing naval moves to the Mediterranean amid cautious commentary from The Times and Manchester Guardian.
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London
U.P
Egypt-Palestine
Palestine
Israel
Britain
Mediterranean
Akaba
Red Sea
Cyprus
Admiralty
United Nations
Palestine-Egypt
Manchester Guardian
the Times
Farmers Threaten Tough Action Over Hunter Damage
Local farmers meeting with the Kenosha County Conservation Club warned of drastic steps if hunting depredations continue. They cited damaged bean and corn fields, broken fences, injured livestock, and property damage from stray shots. Community leaders urged strict trespass enforcement and accountability for shooters while aiming to protect hunting as a sport.
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Oscar Anderson
Paris Farm Bureau
Kenosha County Conservation Club
Highway 43
Anderson
Conservation Club
J. Lorin Bishop
Three Cars Derailed West of Wausau
A Chicago and North Western passenger train derailed six miles west of Wausau due to a broken rail. The baggage car tipped into a ditch and the mail car left the rails but did not overturn. One uninjured passenger rode the engine into Wausau with engineer Charles Boblitz. conductor Adolph Negan was aboard.
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Wausau
Wis
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Here
Merrillan Junction
Manitowoc
Rib Mountain
Charles Boblitz
Antigo
Adolph Negan
Kaukauna
Wisconsin Plans 100000 State Fish and Game Projects
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission approves about 100000 from the fish and game fund for hatcheries rearing ponds trout stream work and radio units for the law enforcement division. Beaver and otter seasons set in multiple counties with specific dates and bag limits. Additional allocations fund trout stream improvements hatcheries and farm equipment across several sites.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Fish and Game Fund
Commission
Dane County
Conservation Department
Black Earth Creek
Cross Plains
Black Earth
George Hadland
Hayward Trout Hatchery
St. Croix Falls
Wild Rose Fish Hatchery
Washington to receive Milwuakee cruiser by March promise
Diplomatic officials said Russia promised to return the American cruiser Milwaukee to the United States before March 1. The pledge followed ongoing talks on naval disposals and wartime assets.
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Washington
Russia
Milwwukee
United States
Fish in coat reveals seven year old tale
In Benton Harbor Michigan a seven year old girl Diana Davidson claimed she fell through a melted snow puddle. While her mother prepared a bath a six inch fish fell from her snow suit. Diana admitted disobeying orders and slipping onto the ice of the St Joseph River where eight year old Louis Franz pulled her to safety.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Diana Davidson
Wayne Davidson
Diana
St. Joseph River
Louis Franz
Forrestal Not Likely to Leave Defense Post
James V. Forrestal told White House reporters after meeting with President Truman that he plans to remain as secretary of defense. He said he would submit a routine resignation but does not expect it to be accepted, and he aims to continue in the cabinet. He spoke on security act changes and a forthcoming message to Congress. He did not discuss a 70-group air force.
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Air Force
Army
Navy
Gurney
S.D
Armed Services Committee
Ferguson
Mich
McCarthy
Wis
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Symington
Truman
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Washington
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Forrestal
White House
Chennault Proposes New China Volunteer Air Group
Claire Chennault, builder of the Flying Tigers, offers to head a new American volunteer air group for China to fight Chinese Communists. He says the unit must be properly constituted, supplied, and coordinated with the Chinese Air Force he helped create.
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Shanghai
Claire I. Chennault
Flying Tigers
China
Two Detroit Firemen Die in $200,000 West Side Blaze
Two Detroit firefighters, James A. Daggett and Clifford E. Bannon, died of suffocation in a West Side apartment building fire that caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Four other firefighters were overcome by smoke, and more than 20 tenants escaped in night clothing.
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Detroit
West Side
James A. Daggett
Clifford E. Bannon
Severe Western Snow and Ice Grips Nation
A historic southern California storm dumps six inches of snow in Los Angeles and passes through Texas Oklahoma and the Pacific coast with ice and subzero temperatures across the Rockies and Midwest. Power failures and road closures disrupt travel as isolated communities face shortages while the Southeast enjoys warm 70s and 80s sunshine.
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California
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Dixieland
Louisiana
Atlantic
Florida
Tennessee
Virginia
Plains
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Rockies
Delay Decision On Acheson Appointment Hearings
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed a decision on when to start hearings on Dean Acheson as secretary of state after a two and a half hour briefing by Undersecretary Robert A. Lovett. Chairman Connally said a ruling would come in the afternoon on timing and witnesses. Lovett described the Russian politburo as a 14 member body led by Stalin, capable of any action to retain power.
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Washington
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Connally
Texas
Iftee
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Stalin
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Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
George
Georgia
Representative Doughton
North Carolina
Rep. Taber
R. N.Y
Rep
Eberharter
D-Pa
E. V. Ryall
Orville
Associated Press
Legislative Council
Air Force Today
Robert Winnie
Charles Halleck
Ind
John Taber
N.Y
Taber
Funds For Radio
Evening News
Joey Raiter
William Wedelstedt
Pleasant Prairie
Joey
Diane
Chennault
Pasadena
Colorado Boulevard
Birmingham
Ala
Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Pacific Coast
Gordon
Nebr
Tinton
S. D
Black Hills
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Mercury
Havre
Mont
Pembina
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pocatello
Ida
Burns
Ore
Amarillo
Tex
Acheson
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