France Devalues Export-Import Franc Amid British Protests
Paris cuts the export-import franc value by half to 214 to 1 dollar amid British objections and IMF concerns. A three-step devaluation plan includes a free market for currencies and gold, then internal measures and gold revaluation. Britons wary of pound impact as markets react worldwide.
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France
Paris
UPI
Grove
Rene Mayer
International
Monetary Fund
Washington
National Assembly
London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
House of Commons
Stock Exchange
International Monetary Fund
Sir Stafford
Sterling
Bank of Denmark
Capetown
Cairo Exchange
Emile Levy
Senators Seek Tax Cut With Budget Guardrails
Senate Republicans endorsed enacting a tax reduction this year but withheld commitment to Knutson bill levels. They aim to preserve a debt payoff surplus of not less than 2.6009 billion dollars while considering reductions from 2 to 5 billion. House debate on Knutson’s plan set for Thursday.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House Republicans
Knutson
Senate Republican
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
House
Ways and Means
Harold Knutson
Millikin
Truman
Bandits Rob Cozy Coach Tavern in Oshkosh
Two masked bandits entered the Cozy Coach tavern in Oshkosh Wisconsin early today and robbed the till of 150 dollars while leaving eight patrons unharmed. One robber brandished a revolver as they fled before Sheriff Clarence Smith could pursue.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Clarence Smith
23 Collisions In City Traffic Over Week End
Kenosha police reported 23 traffic collisions over the weekend with two injuries after a period of quiet. Blamed on ice coated streets, the incidents included Natalie Vogt, 22, who sustained a forehead cut when a car driven with Robert H. Brokaw rear ended a parked vehicle owned by Gustave Gross.
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Kenosha
Natalie Vogt
Seventh Avenue
Robert H. Brokaw
Thirty-fifth Avenue
Gustave Gross
Sheri
Traffic Toll in City and County Rise in 1948
A city and county report tallies 1948 traffic tolls with numerous deaths and injuries from accidents. Authorities urge stricter observance of traffic laws and safer driving across streets and highways.
Why We Have Traffic Laws Against U Turn Rules
Wisconsin traffic code bans U turns at intersections with signals signs or officers. turning around is illegal to prevent sudden reversals. The rule protects motorists by avoiding abrupt direction changes and reduces risks for vehicles behind or ahead.
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Wisconsin
Ice and car crashes flood city weekend report
The report lists multiple traffic incidents across the city. Eugene Laskis, 27, skidded on ice on Thirtieth avenue,injuring his face and was treated at St Catherine's hospital. Gerald Gayhart, 20, was charged with failure to give name at an accident after a collision on Twenty-second avenue. Russell Hermansen, Racine, hit a porch on Sheridan road. Nels Madison, Racine, rear-ended a parked car on Fifth avenue. Robert Ammerman, 6333 Thirtieth avenue, skidded into a westbound car on Twenty-second. No serious injuries reported beyond minor cuts and vehicle damage. Further details reference continued coverage on Page Nine.
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Gerald Gayhart
Sixteenth Avenue
Twenty-second Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Alfred Laurin
Seventeenth Avenue
Laurin
Gayhart
Sheridan Road
Russell Hermansen
Racine
Frederic A. Chandler
Hermansen
Nels S. Madison
Forty-third Street
Leo Henry Pias
Fifth Avenue
Fifth
Robert Ammerman
Thirtieth Avenue
Robert
Page Nine
Krug Proposes Industry To Make Synthetic Oil
Secretary of the Interior Krug urged Congress to fund a 9 billion dollar program over five to ten years to build a synthetic oil industry. He warned the U S cannot rely solely on petroleum as demand grows and production lags. The plan envisions producing about 2 million barrels daily using steel and other inputs, leveraging coal and corn cob derivatives.
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Krug
Washington
Congress
Vascania
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Muscatine
Iowa
Council Officer And Citizen Can't Get Together
Baltimore vice president William J. Muth of the city council was awakened at 3 30 a m by a citizen outlining a transit service improvement scheme. When Muth offered a callback at a reasonable hour the caller declined to share his number saying he was a night watchman and would be awakened if the phone rang in daytime.
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Baltimore
William J. Muth
Baltimore City
Muth
Infant Skeleton Found in Portland Farm Home
Monroe County Sheriff H. R. Biegel reported the discovery of a newborn baby girl skeleton in a town of Portland farm house. The skeleton was believed to be more than six years old and was found between the attic rafters of the home owned by Anton Chapiewsky who died last May.
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Sparta
Wis
U.P
Monroe County
H. R. Biegel
Portland
Biegel
Anton Chapiewsky
Foreign Aid Would Cost Kenoshans $16 023000
Washington reports Senator James Kem calculates Kenosha's share of Marshall plan aid totals. He breaks down the local impact to $7,056,000 for the city and $8,967,000 for residents, yielding a combined burden of $16,023,000 based on postwar appropriations through mid 1947 and related programs.
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Kenoshans
Washington, D. C
Wns
Kenosha
James Kem
Missouri
Congress
Kenn
Marshall Plantations
United States
Kem
America
Kenosha County
Kenosha Fuel Situation Survey Amid National Shortage
County Fuel Committee and local dealers held a meeting at the courthouse to review oil supply, shortage risks, and conservation steps. Dealers reported adequate stocks for most customers, some arting shortages, and cooperation including deliveries to rival customers.
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Kenoshans
Peter Harris
John C. Niederprim
A. E. Axtel
Kenosha
Harris
Anthony E. Madler
Mahler
Wisconsin
Court House
Packers Demand Raise In Meal Packing Industry
The United Packing House Workers CIO announced a demand for a 29 cent hourly wage increase across the nation’s meat packing industry.
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Chicago
U.P
United Packing House Workers
CIO
Quake Devastates Iloilo City Philippines Amid Strong Aftershocks
A powerful earthquake near Iloilo on Panay Island killed at least 25 people and damaged water mains and buildings. Seventeen shocks rattled Panay as residents fled, with crews pulling survivors from a six story cathedral and other structures. An American and four Filipinos died, and damage is expected to exceed 500 000 dollars with tidal effects reported on local fishponds.
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Manila
Iloilo
Central Philippines
Panay
Manila Times
Jesus P. Ramos
Liloilo
James Hoffman
Negros
Cebu
Leyte
Marinduque
Hailo City
Public Works Department
Kina
Alimodian
Oton
San Miguel
Capiz
Iloile
Arturo Alvarez
The
Philippines Weather Bureau
Ban on Exports Of Oil Sought
Washington report states the House Interstate Commerce committee urges an immediate ban on all petroleum product exports citing optimistic supply estimates weather and war risk. It also recommends cutting government oil use reviewing imports curtailing foreign commitments funding coal and shale oil projects and forming a national fuel policy joint committee.
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Washington
House _ Interstate Commerce committee
House
Interior Department
Congress
UW Student and Family Lose Belongings in Trailer Fire
A University of Wisconsin student, his wife, and their young daughter lost all personal belongings when their trailer burned this morning in Madison. The fire started after George J. Gerhardt of Oshkosh, a senior pharmacy student, poured kerosene in the stove.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
George J. Gerhardt
Oshkosh
Chicago Faces School Strike Pressure Over Levy
Chicago officials move to avert a teachers strike as 9 000 of 14 000 public school instructors threaten action without pay. Harold Hunt defends a record 103 461 530 budget and 96 972 000 levy, citing rising costs and needed expansions while urging local financing after state aid failures.
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Chicago
City Council Finance Committee
Harold C. Hunt
Civil Service
Hunt
Chicago Board of Education
Green
Board of Education
Worker Buried Beneath 10 Tons of Powdered Coal
Milwaukee Clyde Gryphon a 20 year old utility worker was killed when he was buried beneath a mass of 10 tons of powdered coal in an accident at the facility.
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Milwaukee
Clyde Gryphon
Jail Locks Down In 14 Day Smallpox Quarantine
In Jonesboro Tennessee no inmate will be admitted or released for 14 days after a prisoner was diagnosed with smallpox triggering a full quarantine at the Washington County jail.
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Jonesboro
Tenn
Washington County
Six Die In Wisconsin Highway Crashes Across Weekend
Six people were killed in Wisconsin highway crashes over the weekend, including two young couples. A couple from Oregon also died in Oklahoma. Names include Katherine Gronauski 19 and William Humphreys 19. Hiram Olson ?. Ernest Benjamin 67 and Julia 61. William Golden 18. The crashes occurred near Fond du Lac Madison Whitewater Ida Bel Oklahoma and Green Bay areas.
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Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Katherine Gronauski
Mount Mary College
Milwaukee
William Humphreys
Eugene
Ore
Fond du Lac
Humphreys
University of Wisconsin
Two Rivers
John
William J. Krecklow
Whitewater
Marion Berg
Rt. 2
Fort Atkinson
Highway 59
William J. Wolfe
Rt. 3
Jefferson
Palmyra
Hiram Olson
Cottage Grove
Wis
Madison
Ernest Benjamin
Julia
Hayward
Idabel
Okla
Clarisa Ann Lowrey
Valliant
Leonard M. Blankinship
Blankinship
Wisconsin braces for new cold wave after brief warm spell
The federal weatherman said a warm spell ends tonight as a cold air plunge hits Wisconsin. Superior will plunge to about 20 below, with -15 in the central north and zero in the southeastern corner. Last night reached -33 at Land O Lakes. Wausau -5 and Park Falls -4. Snow and freezing rain hit Texas and moved east while New England digs out from over 20 inches of snow.
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Wisconsin
U. S
H. J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Superior
Land O'Lakes
Superior-Duluth
Wausau
Park Falls
LaCrosses
Texas
New England
Seaboard States
Seaway debate heats in Senate over St. Lawrence project
Senator Wiley urged quick approval of the $720 million St. Lawrence seaway and power plan, opposing railroad critics who warn of costs. He says the canal system will ease transport shortages, improve national defense, and supply 2,200,200 horsepower, with Canada sharing in funding and tolls.
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Washington
U.P
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Wiley
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
United States
Canada
Association of American Railroads
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
R. W. Va
Great Lakes Chain
Bradley Named Army Chief of Staff Nominee
President Truman nominates Gen Omar Bradley to succeed Gen Dwight Eisenhower as army chief of staff. The nomination goes to the Senate for approval. Bradley has led the Veterans Administration and commanded the 12th Army Group in Europe. Bradley supports universal military training to be pitched to Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Omar Bradley
Army
Dwight Eisenhower
Senate
Bradley
White House
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Veterans Administration
12Th Army Group
Europe
Congress
150 Shelterless Children Die in Shanghai Cold Snap
The Shanghai Benevolent Society reports 150 children froze to death in doorways and wind breaks during a cold snap, with no adults among the dead. Officials warn the total death toll from the cold spell could rise, while the city's homeless population numbers in the thousands.
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Shanghai
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F. A. Hurst
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