Senate GOP seeks Congress control of European recovery plan
A group of about 24 Republican senators led by Sen. Joseph Ball pushes to replace State Department oversight of the ERP with an independent administrator reporting to a watchdog Congressional committee. The plan would let Congress set aid terms and require the administrator to ensure funds are used as intended, signaling a major shift in foreign aid policy.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
State Department
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Revisionists
Ball
Committee
United States
Clyde M. Reed
Kans
GOP
Minnesota
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Charles P. Taft
Ohio
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Lewis H. Brown
Johns Manville Corp
New York
William Batt, Sr
Philadelphia
Haukedahl Takes Oath of Office As Police Chief
Stanley G. Haukedahl was sworn in as chief of police in a brief city hall ceremony. He succeeds acting chief Emil Clausen, who had held the post since Sept. 27, and will begin duties Sunday after resigning from the state highway patrol. Haukedahl pledged to enforce laws impartially, revamp the record system, and pursue a firm but fair approach to traffic violations while avoiding ticket fixing. He proposed a warning ticket program for minor offenses with follow-up by the district attorney’s office.
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Stanley G. Haukedahl
Haukedahl
B. A. Herrmann
U. S
Wisconsin
Emil Clausen
Herrmann
Hauke
Remains Of Ernest Perri Return To Kenosha
The body of Pfc. Ernest Perri 23 a Kenosha native killed in action after the Normandy invasion arrives Monday at noon with military escort from the Chicago Graves Distribution center. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Salvatore Perri and left a widow and son Richard. He was educated in Kenosha and worked at Coopers Inc before enlisting in October 1943 at Fort Sheridan. He died in combat following Normandy landings and is survived by parents two brothers a sister and his widow. Irma preceded him in death.
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Ernest Perri
36Th Armored Infantry
Normandy
Kenosha
Chicago
Perri
Salvatore Perri
Coopers, Inc
Fort Sheridan
Camp Blanding
Fla
Antionette Mellone
Holy Rosary Church
Richard
James
Joseph Perri
Lillian Tarsitano
Irma
Telegraph Union Dispute Settled
Washington reports that Western Union Telegraph Co. and three AFL unions reached a wage settlement adding eight cents per hour. Adolph Brings said about 55,000 employees voted to accept the raise and extend the contract to April 1 1949, ending the threat of a nationwide telegraph strike.
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Washington
U.P
Western Union Telegraph Co
AFL
Adolph Brings
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Marshall Rejects Russian Protests Over Mediterranean Actions
Secretary of State Marshall will issue a formal note rejecting two Russian protests against U S air force and naval activity in the Mediterranean. Moscow complained of plans to reopen a wartime Libyan airfield and U S warship visits to Italian ports, claiming violations of the Italy peace treaty.
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Washington
Marshall
U. S
Mediterranean
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Union
Libya
Italy
How $100 Of Your Tax Money Is Divided
A historical tax distribution report by B. A Herrmann itemizes how each $100 tax dollar is allocated across city departments and services. It lists library, schools, county, state, recreation, museum, waste, engineering, inspection, streets, sewage, parks, health, hospitals, council, police, fire, bonds, and pensions with precise dollar amounts.
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State
Industrial Commission
Board of Review
Fire Department
B. A Herrmann
Kenosha Man Beaten Robbed by Racine Pair
Detectives probe a beating and robbery of 20 year old Robert Curran in a Racine alley Friday night. Curran said two men from a Racine bar beat him, stole $17, then his companions drove him to Kenosha hospital for treatment.
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Kenosha
Racine
Robert Curran
Eighteenth Avenue
Cecil Sova
Thirty-second Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Curran
Dets
John Boswell
Leo Zavacki
Fred Compola
Ted Dosemagen
Compola
Dosemagen
Nelson
Boswell
Zavacki
St. Catherine's Hospital
St. Catherine's
Sora
Americans Paying Millions To Keep Up Superstitions
United States study finds Americans spend millions yearly on fortune tellers dream books lucky charms and knickknacks. John R Saunders of the American Museum of Natural History cites a 10 year study noting 125000000 spent on fortune tellers and a million in the Deep South on charms voodoo bags and love potions. He notes June weddings relate to ancient beliefs and that superstition remains common on farms and in cities.
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New York
U.P
John R. Saunders
American Museum of Natural History
Cooper Union Forum
Saunders
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Search Pushed For Airliner In Bermuda Area
Bermuda search teams expanded as 37 planes and 3 ships comb the Atlantic for a Tudor Four airliner missing with at least 29 aboard. UK war hero Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham among the passengers. weather improved overnight aiding the hunt.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U.P
Arthur Coningham
Lisbon
Newfoundland
Berinquen Field
Puerto Rico
U. S. Coast Guard
U.S. Army Air Force
U. S. Navy
Coast Guard
Tudor
New York
Atlantic
Delaware Bay
Troubadour
Cherokee
Androscoggin
Orville Wright Dies at 76 A Dayton Pioneer Remembered
Orville Wright, 76, co inventor of the airplane, died in Dayton after a lung congestion and heart disease. He is mourned by family and colleagues at Miami Valley hospital and by Gen. Joseph McNarney and Col. E A Deeds who praised his contribution to peace and aviation. Wright born in Dayton in 1871 and along with Wilbur built the first successful heavier than air flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk North Carolina.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
Miami Valley Hospital
A. B. Brower
Wright
Horace A. Wright
H. S. Miller
Delyle Myers
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Col
E. A. Deeds
National Cash Register Co
General McNarney
McNarney
America
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wilbur
Milton Wright
United Brethren Church
Orville
Tax Bill Vote Due Monday Heats GOP Optimism
Republicans push a $6.5 billion income tax cut facing a Monday House vote aiming for a two thirds majority to override a possible veto by President Truman. Harold Knutson predicts success though others caution. Democrats weigh a three point alternative including corporate excess profits tax and larger personal exemptions.
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Washington
U.P
House
Harold Knutson
R. Minn
Truman
Knutson
Senate
Discount Fear of Meat Shortage
The American Meat Institute told a Senate Banking Committee that fears of a meat shortage are unfounded. R. J. Eggert said per person meat supply next spring and summer will be about half an ounce less than last year but more meat per person than before the war.
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Washington
American Meat Institute
R. J. Eggert
Institute
Senate Banking Committee
Agriculture Department
Flanders
R-Vt
Congress
Eggert
Taxpayers Pack City Hall to Meet Installment Deadline
Hundreds of taxpayers crowded into city hall Saturday to meet the first payment deadline on the installment plan. Full payments are due February 28 with no penalty, while the first one third payment is due today. The treasurer’s office will accept mailed checks postmarked today without penalty.
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B. A. Herrmann
Denver Doctor Philip Hillkowitz Dies at 74 Founder of ASCP
Dr Philip Hillkowitz, 74, founder and first president of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, died Friday in Denver. He helped establish the leading professional group for laboratory medicine and served as its inaugural leader.
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Denver
Philip Hillkowitz
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Jackson County Judge Perry Resigns in Wisconsin
Governor Rennebohm accepted the resignation of Jackson County Judge Harry M. Perry amid a circulating recall petition. Perry offered no reason. resignation takes immediate effect. A successor will be chosen at the April election.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Harry M. Perry
Jackson County
Perry
Nation's Taste in Books Changing Says Librarian
Chicago report quotes Forrest B. Spaulding president of the American Library Association division. He notes a shift toward escapist fiction as readers seek facts amid world tension and radio quiz culture. Younger adults show strong interest in current problem literature, while older readers cling to the past.
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Chicago
Forrest B. Spaulding
Des Moines
Public Libraries
Public Library Division
American Library Association
Spaulding
Gandhi Funeral Crowds Mourn Fast as Procession Reaches River
Tens of thousands gather on the Jumna banks for Mahatma Gandhi cremation after his assassination. Devadas Gandhi places live coals on the pyre as police restrain grieved mourners. The procession moves from Birla House to the river amid cries of Victory To Gandhi.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Devadas Gandhi
Mahatmad
Jumna
Ganges
15 Under Arrest For Gandhi Plot
New Delhi and Bombay police say 15 men were arrested in Bombay as conspirators in the Gandhi assassination. Narayan Gadse, ex militant editor from Poona, admits leading a group that planned Gandhi’s murder and earlier bombing at Birla House January 20. Police link the circle to Poona reactionaries aiming to topple Nehru’s moderate government by targeting Gandhi and other moderates including Maulana Azad.
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India
Gandhi
Bombay
Poona
Tilak
New Delhi
Naraya Vinayak Gadse
Jumna
Jawaharlal Nehru
Birla House
Mahatma
U.P
Mohandas Gandhi
Narayan Vinayak Gadse
Gadse
Nehru
Maulana Azad
Mild Week End Predicted for Wisconsin
United Press reports a mild weekend for Wisconsin with skiing skating and ice boating possible. The Milwaukee weather bureau forecasts increasing clouds and light snow flurries near Lake Michigan with highs around 20 to 25 degrees and lows from five above in the north to twelve above in the south.
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Wisconsin
Federal Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
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