Governors Back Foreign Policy Unity After European Aid Talks
Governors praised a bipartisan foreign policy resolution while avoiding a firm endorsement of the Marshall European aid plan. They urged cost disclosures before commitment and supported universal military training and reclamation funding, stressing national interests and historic liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Marshall
Europe
Tion
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
W. Preston Lane Jr
Maryland
Robert Blue
Iowa
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Congress
Senate
Rebels Retreat From Greece After Invasion Push
Greek army reports indicate 2500 guerrillas withdrew eastward toward Mt Grammos near the frontier after a large government counterattack north of Ioannina. Minor clashes continued in Mt Gamila as troops monitored possible border spurs with Yugoslavia and Albania.
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Athens
Greece
Albania
Mt. Grammos Tange
Mt. Gamilarea
Ionnina
Florina
Konista
Markos Vigiades
Eleftheria Eslada
Negradhes
Ioannina
Rent Hikers May Face Real Estate Tax Boost
Omaha Douglas county landlords who raise rents may face higher real estate taxes for the next two years. County Assessor Joe Stolinski said rent increases will be an important element in the 1948 assessments as boosted rents indicate increased property value.
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Omaha
Douglas County
Joe Stolinski
Greek fighting blamed on U S financial aid, says Soviet paper
Berlin dispatch reports Taegliche Rundschau claims Greece’s civil conflict stems from American financial support. The Soviet paper says Greece fights democracy in a civil war aided by the United States.
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U. S
Berlin
Taeglicke Rundschau
Greece
Truman Blamed For Delays In Flood Control Push
House Republicans accuse President Truman of delaying flood control by ordering army engineers to withhold requests for new projects last January. They contrast this with a requested 250 million dollar 10 year Mississippi basin plan. Rep. Curtis supports speeding flood work, while Case urges immediate action.
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Washington
U.P
House
Truman
Army
Frederick A. Muhlenberg
A. L. Miller
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Missouri Valley
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Matthews Nominated Minister to Sweden
H Freeman Matthews of Maryland was nominated by President Truman to be minister to Sweden. Matthews, a foreign service officer, heads European affairs for the State Department with the rank of career minister. He accompanied Truman to Potsdam for the Big Three meeting and has long advised on European matters.
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Washington
H. Freeman Matthews
Maryland
Truman
Sweden
Matthews
State Department
Potsdam
Meat Price Dip Fall Forecast
The American Meat Institute predicts moderately lower meat prices this fall amid a 15 percent rise in meat supplies by autumn. J. R. Eggert notes higher demand as wages rise and supplies stay seasonably low, while warnings about inflation and economic stability accompany the statement to the joint congressional committee.
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Washington
American Meat Institute
J. R. Eggert
Institute
Joint Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Eggert
Sparkman
Congressional Joint Committee On the Economic Report
London Crowd Faints Repeatedly at Birth of a Baby Film
Londoners fainted six times at the revived film The Birth of a Baby prompting revivals by audience members. Reports describe four, eight, and six swoons per performance with cases including a bank manager, a Scots guardsman, and a newlywed groom. The heat blamed, some insist the film explains pregnancy well, a 14 year old girl says she wants to be a doctor.
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London
West End
Germany
Italy
Lilian Salmons
Ford Fires 32 Foremen and Union Walkout Threats
A Wisconsin legislative conference committee reached a compromise on a school aid bill totaling 6.575 million dollars annually without new taxes, aiming to end days of deadlock between the senate and assembly. The plan would shift funds from the general fund and increase transportation aids, with a nine member study committee to report next session. The senate also confirmed three appointments to state banking and welfare boards.
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Madison
Wis
Legislative Conference
Senate
Assembly
Sen
Miller
Richland Center
General Fund
Fellenz
Fond du Lac
H. L. Garner
Charles H. Lieh
Chippewa Falls
State Board of Public Welfare
Hedy LaMarr Divorces Third Husband John Loder
Hedy LaMarr testified in Superior Court that her husband John Loder caused her great mental suffering through extreme cruelty. The judge approved a settlement: Loder pays 300 dollars monthly for the three children while LaMarr retains all community property and Loder gains visitation rights.
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Hollywood
U.P
Hedy LaMarr
John Loder
Miss LaMarr
Thurman Clarke
Loder
Gene Markey
Fritz Mandl
John Anthony
Denise Hedwig
James LaMarr
New York
Private Parking Sparks Neighborhood Tiff in Charleston
Police Sgt. Bernard Sims said a woman who placed a wooden sawhorse on the curb to reserve her parking spot was persuaded to stop. No law covered the action, but the neighborhood dispute ended with her promise.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bernard Sims
Joint Convention Opens with State Officials Addresses
The Wisconsin joint convention of County Treasurers Clerks of the Circuit Court and Registers of Deeds enters its second day in Kenosha Eagles Clubhouse with remarks from Axtell and Harris. Committees named. sessions split by office discuss juror handbooks clerk duties treasurer taxation deeds current laws. The program includes Nash Motors tour and a banquet with J Kelcher. The gathering continues with separate Friday sessions and a 1948 convention city vote set for 1:30 PM joint session.
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Wisconsin Joint Convention
Registers of Deeds
Eagles
Vernon M. Kelly
Wood County
A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
Peter Harris
Joseph M. Zahorik
Einar Jorgensen
Pierce County
Glen Gowey
Register of Deeds
Medford
Earl Fuller
Oshkosh
Byron J. Joken
Eau Claire Register of
Ldeeds
Neil Jones
Wausaus
Alfred L. Drury
First Judicial District
State Bar Committee
John E. Martin
R. S. Malow
Municipal Accounting Division
Wisconsin Department of Taxation
Lawrence Larson
Juneau County
Nash Motors
Corporation
Eagles’ Club
J. Jay Kelcher
Department of State Auditing
Markus T. Meelly
District Office of Naturalization and Immigration
Chicago
Circuit Courts
Clifford D. Sims
Randolph H. Runden
Racine
Russia to Holds All Steel as World Faces Shortage
Homer Zopf told the Senate small business subcommittee that Russia will retain all steel produced domestically and by its satellites, leaving the world relying on the United States. He estimated global demand for semi finished steel at 100 million ingot tons vs 85 million tons projected world output.
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Washington
Homer Zopf
Senate
Small Business Subcommittee
Russia
United States
Zopf
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Ford fires 32 foremen after Detroit strike violence
Detroit United Press reports Ford Motor Company discharged 32 foremen for violence and terrorism during a recent strike. FAA officials threaten a new walkout and plan to file an unfair labor charge with the NLRB. Ford cites assaults on supervisors and a series of violent incidents during the dispute.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company Today
Independent Foremen’s Association of America
Pat Mullin
FAA Ford
Detroit Area
FAA
Mullin
Ford
John S. Bugas
Ore Train Collision Kills One Trainman at Coleraine
A 180 car iron ore train collided with a locomotive and caboose near Coleraine Minnesota killing engineer Steve Miller of Superior Wisconsin and injuring fireman Alexander Winek 31 also of Superior The crash happened just before midnight Wednesday in Itasca County Coleraine lies about 80 miles northwest of Duluth
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Coleraine
Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Itasca
Marvin Mitchell
Steve Miller
Superior
Wis
Alexander Winek
Duluth
Dunkerque Evacuation Revealed by Ramsay Report
The British admiralty published on June 18 1940 the full Dunkerque evacuation story directed by Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay. It recounts 176 British ships with 35 sunk and 42 damaged and about 700 small boats aiding 123 095 French and 330 000 British troops saved despite heavy German air and naval attacks.
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London
Dunkerque
Bertram Ramsay
Europe
Britain
Admiralty
Ramsay
Channel
RAF
Belgium
Ramdas Sunk Off Bombay In Monsoon Storm
A coastal steamship Ramdas sank eleven miles south of Bombay during a monsoon storm. A Bombay ship ping executive said nearly 700 persons perished as survivors reported two massive waves capsized the vessel.
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Bombay
Re Hearing Set July 29 for Bus Route to Madison
Cardinal Lines faces a July 29 re hearing in Madison on its bid for direct Kenosha to Madison bus service. The company seeks a route via Cambridge Jefferson Fort Atkinson and Whitewater to link with Delavan Lake Geneva and Kenosha, eliminating transfers at Janesville. The commission previously denied the initial petition on May 28 amid support from Kenosha Chamber of Commerce and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Lines, Inc
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Kenosha
Madison
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge
Jefferson
Fort Atkinson
Whitewater
Delavan
Lake Geneva
L. J. Peterson
Cardinal Lines Company
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Cardinal Lines
Northland Greyhound, Inc
Greyhound
Edward T. Kaveny
Public Service Commission
Greyhound Company
Janesville
Rayburn Welcomes Tax Cut Challenge in 1948 Campaign
Speaker Rayburn welcomed a Republican push to make the 4 billion dollar GOP tax cut bill an issue in the 1948 presidential race. He said the party supports proper tax reduction at the proper time but will debate the bill in the campaign. President Truman plans to veto the bill again, with an altered effective date from 1947 to 1948 and tax rates ranging from 30 percent to 10.55 percent for high incomes.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Truman
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Nauvoo
Governors’ Conference
America
Mr. Truman
Francis P. Case
S. D
Case
Twohhildren
Union
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Edinburgh
Scotland
National Association of Girls’ Clubs
Holyrod Castle
Hedy
Nash
National Labor Relations Board
Bugas
Foreman
Bulletin
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