Marshall Pledges U S Aid to Europe's Reconstruction
Secretary of State Marshall urged European nations to craft a joint reconstruction plan and promised American economic help as needed over the next three to four years. He warned against any maneuvers that stall recovery and said U S aid should cure problems rather than merely palliate them.
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Cambridge
Mass
Marshall
Europe
United States
State Department
Marshal
Centralia Blast Findings Told
Washington senate subcommittee reported the March 25 Centralia mine disaster was caused by the use of explosives in a nonpermissible manner. It found negligence across management miners the workers union and bureaus and urged federal legislation authorizing enforcement of a safety code by the Bureau of Mines or other federal agency.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands
Centralia
Senate
Mine Workers’ Union
Gordon
R-Ore
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Baby dies after stray bullet removed from brain
Fifteen month old Frederick Adkins Jr. died early today after surgeons removed a stray .22 caliber bullet from his brain. The injury occurred when he was rocked on his grandmother's porch on the preceding Monday night in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frederick Adkins, Jr
Flood Disrupts Rutland Water Service Ice Cream Free
Flood conditions cut Rutland water supply and halted power. Farmers sold drinking water at 25 cents a gallon while storekeepers gave away ice cream due to refrigeration loss.
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Rutland
U.P
Van Bendegem Re-elected Leader of Kenosha Republicans
At a Wednesday night Navy club meeting, Van Bendegem was re-elected head of the Kenosha County Republican organization for two years. Frances Ritacca became vice chair, C. H. Walter secretary, and Jessel Whyte treasurer. Forty nine delegates were chosen to attend the state convention in Madison on June 21 at the Stock Pavilion.
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Navy Club
Jake van Bendegem
Kenosha County
Republican
Frances Ritacca
C. H. Walter
Jessel Whyte
Madison
Stock Pavilion
Anita Cerveny
Roberta DeRose
Chemist William Dunn Patten, 81, Dies in New York
William Dunn Patten, an noted chemist who claimed to discover the baking powder formula and owner of West Vaco Chlorine Products Co and Willara Corp both of New York, died Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
William Dunn Patten
West Vaco Chlorine Products Co
Willara i Corp
New York
Senate Moves to Close School Loophole in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate approved a bill to require all children to attend school until age 16 unless they have finished high school. Exemptions include illness or mental incapacity and vocational school for those over 14 who finished eighth grade. The measure passed 26 to 3 and goes to the assembly.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
Man Dies After 100 Foot Fall From Steeple in Algoma
Orville J. Sears, 44, of Green Bay, died instantly in a 100 foot fall from the steeple of St. Mary’s Catholic church in Algoma while cleaning the structure. His brother Earl said a gust of wind caused Sears to lose balance while adjusting a platform hook before starting a new section.
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Algoma
Wis
Orville J. Sears
Green Bay
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sears
Earl
Orville
Senate Ratifies Four WW II Treaties in Balanced Vote
The Senate approved by voice vote the four peace treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria and Hungary marking a swift path to action after Italy's treaty passed 79 to 10. The Italian pact preceded a labor bill vote and set the stage for potential White House action amid expected vetoes.
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Washington
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Truman
Fulbright
D-Ark
U. S
Britain
Russia
China
McMahon
D-Conn
Italy
House
Taft
Ohio
White House
Congress
Hartley
RNJ
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Bill
One American Laborite
Miss Snapper Urges U S To Channel Hate Into Democracy
Milwaukee consumer service director Miss Annette Snapper tells Ke no sha Kiwanians democracy needs constructive action to counter postwar European cynicism. She cites Dutch rebuilding, German occupation memories, and warns against letting hatred of Communism or politics derail the republic’s role in shaping the world. The talk notes Dutch recovery and European trade resumes.
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U. S
Annette Snapper
Milwaukee
Columbians Organization
Atlanta
Bilbo
Georgia
Miss Snapper
Europe
Holland
Germany
Children’s Book Prices Stay Steady Despite Inflation
Julius Goldstein of Samuel Lowe Company says child book prices remain constant across markets despite economic shifts. The Kenosha firm, founded in 1940, employs over 200 people, 70 percent women, with expansion likely in July as operations span the U S and foreign shipments and print in English Spanish and Afrikaans for Africa.
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Julius Goldstein
Samuel Lowe Company
Fifty-Second
Kenosha Company
Samuel Lowe
Racine County
Goldstein
Lowe Company
Lowe
Kenosha
U. S
Afrika
Ander
South Africa
America
England
Truman Protests Hungary Coup and Taft Economic Tale
President Truman denounced the Hungarian coup as an outrage and said the State Department is conducting a full investigation. He also blasted Taft's boom or bust theories, defending price reductions and foreign aid as essential to world peace, with domestic repair as priority.
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Truman
Taft
Washington
Hungary
United States
State Department
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hubbard Heads Union Vet Group In Wisconsin Encampment
Frank S. Hubbard was elected department commander of the Song of Union Veterans at the Wisconsin state encampment in Madison. Chester Hubbard and other officers were named as leaders, with George Powers and Gordon Cline added as council members. The group now includes grandsons, about 350 members in 12 camps, and Hubbard helped organize the Kenosha Memorial Day service.
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Frank S. Hubbard
Song of Union Veterans
Madison
Chester Hubbard
Kenosha
Victor Hoberg
Sheboygan
Edward Biering
Plymouth
A. W. Stannard
Arnold Dechent
Oscar Doppley
Baraboo
Neil Cranmer
Elmira
N.Y
Sons of Union Veterans
Hubbard
George A. Powers
Gordon Cline
Cline
Herbert S. Siggelko
Frank Scott
Roy R. Lewis
Milwaukee
Siggelko
Sons of Sons of Union Veterans
Wisconsin
Dutch Girl Rewarded for Caring for Yank's Grave
Indianapolis dispatch reports Cookie Koort, a 19-year-old Dutch girl from Heerlerheide, cared for the grave of George Moore who died in the Netherlands. The Moores used a college fund to finance a six month U S tour for her, including a trip to New York and Indiana to meet the Moore family.
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Indianapolis
George Moore
U. S
George A. Moore
Netherlands
Cookie Koort
Heerlerheide
Limburg
Moore
Moores
Coorie
George
America
Burglars Steal 800 Pound Safe From Krambo Food Store
Appleton police report burglars broke into the Krambo food store last night and carried off an 800 pound safe with about $1,000 in cash and $500 to $600 in checks. The emptied safe was found this morning a half mile north of the city near Highway 41.
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Appleton
Wis
Krambo
Herbert W. Kapp
Highway 41
Dairen plants dismantled by Chinese inspection team
A Ta Kung Pao dispatch says a Chinese government inspection party in Dairen found most heavy industries dismantled, as the Russian-held Manchurian port faced ongoing control changes.
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Nanking
Mukden
Ta Kang Pao
Dairen
Angler Returns $100 Conscience Money Sent By Mail
Albany city official Frank J. O'Brien received a $100 check marked money for stolen time. He quips that the giver must have taken time off to fish, joking that for $100 he must have done a lot of fishing.
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Albany
N.Y
Frank J. O’brien
O'Brien
U S to Ignore New Nicaraguan Regime
The United States rejects entering official relations with the new Nicaraguan regime, stating this attitude is pending further developments. The stance was conveyed to Dr Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, ambassador of the deposed government toppled May 25 26.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Chicago Tall People Club seeks taller goods and taller buses
The Paramount Tall People's Club formed to push for higher buses longer shirts and longer stockings. Miss Leona Lange president says tall GIs and others struggle with store shelves and seating while members demand taller bed sheets longer shoes and longer sleeves.
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Chicago
U.P
Paramount Tall People’s Club
Ebhande Lees
ANG Shuiled
LaliguyEta
Leona Lange
PTPC
Miss Lange
Tall People’s Club
P.T.P.C
Griswold Heads Aid to Greece
President Truman appointed former Nebraska governor Dwight Griswold a Republican to direct the Greek phase of a 400 million dollar program to block Communism in the Middle East. Richard F. Allen was named to administer the European relief program. Griswold will oversee 250 million for Greece including munitions and equipment for the Greek army. Both men have prior European experience.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Middle East
Richard F. Allen
Red Cross
Griswold
Greece
Allen
Europe
Nebraskan
U. S
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
State Department
Wheeler May Be Counsel For Senate War Committee
Washington President Truman signed a bill allowing former Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana to become special counsel for the Senate War Investigating committee a position Wheeler resigned from yesterday to take.
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Wheeler
Senate War Committee
Washington
Truman
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate War Investigating Committee
iWheeler
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