Fresh veto warning as excise cuts clash with revenue goals
President Truman warns he will veto any excise tax cuts that do not be offset by revenue gains. House Ways and Means faces a $760 million shortfall as it pushes about $1.075 billion in excise cuts while considering higher corporate taxes to balance the bill. The panel aims for cuts to take effect as soon as the law allows, with August to October 1 possible start dates.
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Washington
Housee
Truman
Congressional
House
Way and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Congress
Barrage by McCarthy on Truman heats Senate clash
McCarthy on the Senate floor accused President Truman of defending Communist interests and withholding government files. He aired a 4000 word speech and said he will press charges despite critics. Truman agreed to let the Foreign Relations panel review State files on 81 accused persons but refused raw FBI files to protect the FBI and loyalty program.
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Washington
Truman
McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Congressional
Margaret Chase Smith
Mrs. Smith
Republican
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State and
Justice Departments
Amerasia Magazine
Justice Department
State Department
FBI
Bus-Cab Crash Injures Eight in Chicago
A Chicago Transit Authority bus and a taxicab collided near Loomis Street, sending eight people to hospital. The bus swerved through a filling station driveway missing pumps by three feet before striking the home of Dominick Quinn, shoving part of the house eight feet and collapsing the front porch. One cab passenger and another house occupant were uninjured.
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Chicago
U.P
74Th Street
Chicago Transit Authority
Loomis St
Dominick Quinn
Ruling Judges Unseat Shiocton School Board Trio
Circuit Judge Michael G. Eberlein declared the three Shiocton high school board members elected in a disputed vote illegal. The judge had already announced his decision in a memorandum ruling.
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Shiocton
Wis
Temperature Drops Across State With Weekend Cold Snap
Northerly winds spread Friday night as intermittent rains eased. Low temps reached 34 in Land O Lakes and 30s in the north, while Kenosha logged 1.77 inches of rainfall and 57 at noon. Forecast calls for fair, slightly cooler tonight and warmer tomorrow.
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Land O'Lakes
Kenosha
Ripon Hospital clash reaches judge in effort to practice
Dr. J Martin Johnson seeks a permanent injunction to allow him access to Ripon Municipal Hospital despite a 1948 ban for alleged unfair conduct. The case before Circuit Judge L J Fellenz includes testimonies from former superintendents Louise Madoff and Mabel Wilkie and touches on hospital procedures and alleged nurse delays.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Ripon
L. J. Fellenz
J. Martin Johnson
Johnson
Leonard F. Schmitt
Louise Madoff
Mabel Wilkie
Miss Madoff
Auburn
Wash
Miss Wilkie
Wilkie
Helen Howe
Tokyo Police Ban Demonstrations After Red Plans
Tokyo suppresses a planned Communist march and a general strike amid memorial ceremonies for American soldiers. Eight Japanese arrested for assault on U S troops were convicted. Kaneji Onishi sentenced to 10 years hard labor. Police outnumber Reds 27 000 as 100 000 union workers surface in a muted strike.
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Tokyo
Japan
Berlin
Imperial Plaza
Hibiya Park
General MacArthur
U. S. Counter Intelligence Corps
Signal Corps
Kaneji Onishi
MacArthur
Britain Abandons Coal Steel Pool Talks
Britain and France failed to salvage a Western Europe coal and steel pooling plan as six countries moved ahead without Britain. France Belgium The Netherlands western Germany Luxembourg and Italy agreed on an immediate objective to pool coal and steel and create a binding high authority. A Paris conference to draft a treaty is to convene around June 15.
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Paris
Britain
France
Europe
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Luxembourg
Italy
Robert Schuman
British France clash over European plan for six nation talks
British and London officials balk at a full dress conference and prefer a preliminary discussion on procedure. Paris aims to pool six nations’ heavy industries for peace and solidarity, with Britain kept informed but not yet admitted to the talks. In Milwaukee, City Attorney Mattison pushes for local rent control as state law expires, seeking a plan to cover all cities and possibly a special legislative session.
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London
Britain
Paris
Robert Schuman
Milwaukee
U.P
Walter Mattison
Charles Toto
Oscar Rennebohm
Mattison
Supreme Court
Superior College Student Killed By Power Line
Ray Bloom a 21 year old student at Superior State Teachers college was electrocuted Friday night at Patterson State park twelve miles south of Superior while attending a class picnic. He touched a high tension line after climbing a tree during the outing.
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Superior
Wis
Ray Bloom
Superior State Teachers College
Bloom
Patterson State Park
Here
Curley Announces Run for Boston Mayor Again
Former Boston mayor James M. Curley returns from Europe and says he will seek a fifth term. At 75 he claims youth compared to before his European trip. Curley was pardoned by President Truman for mail fraud after serving part of a federal sentence.
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New York
James M. Curley
Boston
Hale
Hearty
Massachusetts
Truman
Wisconsin GOP candidates hit the trail for attorney general race
A parade of Republican hopefuls visits Richland Center Green Bay Watertown Elkhorn Stevens Point Milwaukee and more as endorsements loom at the Milwaukee convention. Notables include Harvey Higley Walter Kohler Gordon Bubolz Frank Keefe and Vernon Thomson with others weighing bids for attorney general and related posts.
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Richland Center
Green Bay
Watertown
Elkhorn
Stevens Point
Milwaukee
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Frank Keefe
Oshkosh
Congress
Senators pressure on Europe defense spending and results
Senators H Alexander Smith and Knowland urged a breakdown of European defense progress and a detailed plan for the proposed 1.2225 billion foreign arms outlay. Acheson acknowledged the security gap of the North Atlantic alliance and suggested future increases may be needed as Johnson heads to upcoming hearings.
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Washington
State and Defense Departments
America
Europe
H. Alexander Smith
Knowland
Calif
State Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
North Atlantic Alliance
Smith
Acheson
Defense Johnson
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Budget Deficit May Be Less Than Forecast
Washington reports the 1950 fiscal year may close with a deficit about $1.4 billion below April forecasts, and possibly near $2 billion better. Spending lags estimates while tax revenues run above early expectations, with May figures showing a potential $1.4 billion drop from the $42 billion spending estimate and revenue near $400–$500 million above April projections.
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Washington
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Truman
Dock Tieup Averted as Union Approves Wage Increase
The AFL Coal Dock Workers Union voted 286 to 57 to accept an eight cent per hour package wage increase, averting a strike at 14 docks in Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin.
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Duluth
Sneaky Invaders Put Ladysmith Station Off Air
Radio station WLDY in Ladysmith Wisconsin went off air when two pine snakes crawled into the transmitter housing and shorted a circuit. The chief engineer found them after entering the equipment nest and the snakes were killed with a shovel. Broadcasting resumed after about ten minutes.
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Ladysmith
Wis
U.P
WLDY
Brisk Gold Brick Scheme Nabbed in New York
Police arrested Henry Stein Irving Levine and Allen Gentry for selling phony gold bricks to fund a foreign currency stabilizing scheme. Bricks measured 16 by 6 by 4 inches. Stein and Levine held on grand larceny charges with $10,000 bail each after allegedly selling 14 bricks for 11,650 to Harry Pearlstein who claimed the bricks were bought purely for investment.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Michael Gagliano
Henry Stein
Irving Levine
Allen Gentry
Harry Pearlstein
Gagliano
Stevens Point Census Shows 773 Increase Over Decade
Stevens Point Wis preliminary figures from the 1950 census report the city population at 16 550, up from 15 777 in 1940 a gain of 773 in ten years according to the district census office.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Magic Lantern Now Detecting Criminals
A new device named Identicast turns a verbal description into a facial portrait in minutes. Invented by Lieut. Hugh McDonald of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, it aided in tracking Charles Hubler, a 29 year old Navy veteran convicted of kidnapping assault with intent to murder and robbery. The machine projects feature variations on film for quick, portable portrait creation and can photograph portraits for distribution to other police departments.
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Lieut
Hugh McDonald
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
Charles Hubler
Marilyn Danson
South Gate
Miss Dawson
Galveston Hit By Cloudburst
A cloud burst dumped 13 inches of rain on Galveston Island in eight hours, flooding streets and ground floors of many buildings. City life slowed as storm sewers and pumps struggled. no injuries or deaths were reported. Nearby Brownsville received 12.27 inches in 30 hours amid thunderstorm damage across Texas.
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Galveston
Tex
U.P
Galveston Island
Texas
Brownsville
President of Sheboygan Toy Company Dies at 44
E. C. Garton, 44, president of the Garton Toy company and head of a major toy maker, died Friday after a sudden heart attack. Garton's father Clarence serves as chairman of the board.
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Sheboygan Toy Company
Sheboygan
Wis
E. C. Garton
Garton Toy Company
Garton
Clarence
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