Senator Eastland Calls House to Probe Portal Pay Case
Senator Eastland urged a House impeachment inquiry into remarks by Federal Judge Frank Picard about portal-to-portal pay. Testimony before the Senate subcommittee cited Picard saying he was pro labor and should have guards paid. the remark was later stricken from the record.
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Washington
Eastland
Miss
House of Representatives
Frank Picard
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Theodore R. l Iserman
New York
Portal
Iserman
Picard
Chrysler
Isermann
Mt Clemens
Mich
Gasperi resigns as Italian Premier after political crisis
Premier Alcide De Gasperi submitted his resignation and that of his cabinet to President Enrico De Nicola at the Giustiniani palace. He cited inability to handle Italy's crisis and called for national consultation to form a government based on popular representation. Mass protests over shortages and unemployment add to the turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Gay
Italy
de Gasperi
Enrico de Nicola
Giustiniani
United States
Enrico) de Nicola
Socialist
Republican Congress
Bilbo Undergoes Second Operation
Theodore G. Bilbo Mississippi’s Democratic U S Senator elect was taken from the operating room at Touro Infirmary New Orleans after a two hour and 25 minute operation for cancer of the mouth performed by Dr. Alton Ochsner. Attendants said his condition was very satisfactory.
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New Orleans
U.P
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
U. S
Touro Infirmary
Alton Ochsner
Bilbo
Talmadge Refuses to Recognize Thompson as Acting Governor
Georgia politicking amid dual control as Governor Talmadge rejects Lieutenant Governor Thompson as acting chief yet vows to honor a court ruling. Thompson sets up an acting governor office while students plan a capitol march. House invites Talmadge to address joint session as Senate considers, and AG Cook backs Thompson in court challenges.
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Talmadge
Thompson
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
State Senate
Ln Ol. Na
University of Georgia At
Athens
State House of Representatives
Senate
Eugene Cook
Ellis Arnall
State of
Senate Journal
Marvin Griffin
Col
R. W. Collins
National Guard
Rome
Collins
House of Representatives
Madison Minister Killed in Crash Near Orfordville
The Rev. W. Clyde Wilson, 54, of Madison, died after his car skidded on ice, breached a fence, and rolled down a gully near Orfordville. His son James, 18, escaped injury. Wilson, a former Parkside Pastor and Oregon church leader, had been synodical director of the Wisconsin division of the Presbyterian general council since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Clyde Wilson
Orfordville
James
Wilson
Beloit
Parkside Presbyterian Church
Oregon Presbyterian Church
Wisconsin
The
Presbyterian Church
General Council
English Labor Leader to Speak in Kenosha on Policy
British cabinet member Patrick Gordon-Walker will discuss the Labour government’s arms, achievements, and problems in Kenosha at the Union Club Tuesday at 8. Sponsored by AFL and CIO locals, the free talk is part of a 20 city American tour by the Union for Democratic Action. He is a prominent Labour MP and Deputy Prime Ministerial figure with a wartime radio propaganda background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Patrick Gordon-Walker
Kenosha Union Club
AFL
CIO
Gordon- Walker
Union For Democratic Action
Labor Party
Gordon-Walker
House of Commons
Brain Trust
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Council
Oxford University
Germany
British Broadcasting Co
Voice of
Britain
Fond du Lac Man Dies After Struck by Truck
Fred Holly aged 63 died when a truck struck him on a highway near Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Driver Ron iald Dague 35 Milwaukee said Holly walked along the left side of the highway then suddenly raised his hands and staggered into the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
U.P
Fred Holly
Here
Roniald Dague
Milwaukee
Joseph Murray
Holly
Veterans in House urge aid and housing for fellows
A random survey of World War II veterans in the House shows strong calls for housing for fellow veterans and opposition to a soldiers' bonus. Members favor cashing terminal leave bonds now, lifting student and work-study ceilings, expanding hospital facilities, easing back taxes, and expansive support for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Grounded Plane Delays Marshall In Taking Oath
General George C. Marshall will take his oath as secretary of state tomorrow at the White House. A weather delay forced his plane to Chicago delaying plans from today. Byrnes signed treaties with Hungary Italy and Bulgaria as Marshall’s arrival lagged.
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Marshall
Washington
George C. Marshall
White House
Chicago
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Byrnes
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
State Department
Spartanburg
S. C
Moscow
Chamber Talks Produce Ideas For Activities
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce plans a 1947 activity program after nine assemblies at the Wisconsin Gas and Electric hall. Proposals include storefront modernization along Sixth Avenue, open air dancing at Southport Park, a joint accident and fire prevention campaign, harbor improvements, trolley route guides, season promotions, and better city planning. New industry expansion and extended parking meter time were discussed along with inviting out of town visitors and improving courtesy to outsiders.
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Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Chamber of Commerce
Sixth Avenue
Southport Park
Kenosha
Fox River Park
Chamber
Polish Communist bloc dominates postwar Poland vote
Official returns from 394 districts show the Communist led bloc with 560 278 votes to 53146 for Mikolajczyk in Poland's first postwar election. Mikolajczyk's peasant party improved in Rzeszow but still trailed the bloc. Two American reporters were detained six hours by security police while covering the vote and later released.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Peasant Party
Mikolajczyk
Rzeszow
Toni Howard
Newsweek
Kendall Foss
New York Post
Miss Howard
Krakow
Foss
Wodzislaw
Truman names Wyche for Inspector General of Army
President Truman nominated Maj. Gen. Ira Thomas Wyche to be inspector general of the United States Army. He would succeed Lieut. Gen. Daniel S. Sultan, who died last week.
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Washington
Truman
Ira Thomas Wyche
United States Army
Wyche
Daniel S. Sultan
Publisher Knoepke Dies at 68 in Mt Vernon
Alfred F. Knoepke president of Mumil Publishing of Mt Vernon New York music books died Sunday at age 68. He led the publishing company known for music education titles and regional distribution.
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New York
Alfred F. Knoepke
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Mumil Publishing Company
Ex Convict Returns to Penitentiary After Trial
Francis Russo, former inmate, admitted wrongdoing and returned to prison after his lawyer quoted his actions. Russo was on trial for robbing a north side hotel doorman who could not identify him. The judge sentenced Russo to one year and a day.
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Chicago
U.P
Francis Russo
Russo
North Side
Family Escapes Death After Gas Leak At Pleasant Prairie Home
The Robert McLaughlin family of four narrowly escaped asphyxiation early Sunday when a gas oven filled their home with fumes after an oil burner failed. Five year old Robert Jr alerted parents after sister Sandra, two, passed out. rescue squads restored breathing, and Sandra recovered consciousness. Mrs. McLaughlin also recovered and was reported in good condition.
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Robert McLaughlin
Route 1
Box 356
Highway 31
Pleasant Prairie Township
Robert, Jr
Sandra
McLaughlin
Robert
Senators Question Truman Budget in Senate Review
Congress opens a detailed review of President Truman 37.5 billion dollar budget with calls for cuts. Senator Byrd suggests trimming to 32 billion, Taft cites possible 3 to 4 billion cut, while George warns limits. Tax cuts and revenue projections spark debate on balancing the budget and debt payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Byrd
Taft
Georgia
George
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
391 Believed Lost as Greek Ship Explodes
Survivors of the Himara sinking accuse officers and crew of blocking lifeboats as 391 perished. The Greek ministry says 229 survivors, 534 passengers and 686 crew were aboard. causes unknown, divers to inspect wreck. Royal household members and gendarmes aboard confirmed. minefield passage blamed by some for night sailing.
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Athens
A.P
Himara
Merchant Marine Ministry
Aegean
Ministry
Marine Ministry
Khalkis
Paul
Forty Flossenburg guards found guilty by U.S. court
A six man American military court convicted forty former Flossenburg concentration camp officials and guards of torturing and killing thousands of prisoners. Five were acquitted. Sentences to be announced later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dachau
U.P
Flossenburg
Get Elmer Pierce Detected in Milwaukee Streetcar Slaying
Milwaukee detectives issued orders to capture Elmer Pierce known as the streetcar slayer. The 37 year old ex convict allegedly shot and robbed a filling station in Milwaukee last night after being identified by Virginia Sermet as her attacker on a crowded streetcar. Several witnesses, residents fear rising violence and patrols increased on transit lines. Pierce had prior prison terms for multiple holdups and auto thefts, released in 1942.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Elmer Pierce
Pierce
Niederkorn
Waupun State
Cold Wave Expected Across Midwest Tonight
The weather bureau issued a warning of a cold wave with strong northwesterly winds across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to dip to 20 below in northern Minnesota five to ten below at the Minnesota Iowa line and central Wisconsin and zero to five below in southern Wisconsin and Iowa. Northern Illinois was listed at zero to five above up to 15 above in the south. By Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the cold was set to reach Michigan and Indiana with subzero readings in Michigan and northern Illinois and ten to 15 above in southern Indiana while Chicago would see five to ten above zero tonight and Tuesday night.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Minnesota-Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Drag Lake Chippewa For Eight Year Old
Eau Claire Wisconsin police and sheriff deputies and boy scouts began dragging Lake Chippewa for eight year old Howard Tommy Berg believed drowned after an ice incident. Donald Le Barron, eight year old witness, said he saw Howard fall in but did not report it immediately.
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Eau Claire
Wis
U.P
Sheriff's Deputies
Lake Chippewa
Howard Tommy Berg
Donald le Barron
Howard
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Kans
Inspector General of Army
Tiny Girl
Nicolas Kalini
Drag Lake
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