Congress examines twin housing issues and rent controls
Congress advances two housing efforts led by Taft and Ellender. The Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill aims to build 5,000,000 homes in four years with federal aid and a national housing commission, while a Taft McCarthy rent plan seeks area based adjustments and decontrol, keeping ceilings until March 1, 1948.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Taft
R.-Ohio
Ellender
D.-La
Wagner
D.N. Y
McCarthy
R.-Wis
OPA
Durant founder of General Motors dies at 85
William C. Durant, 85, longtime founder of General Motors, died in his Gramercy apartment. He had been ill since October 1942. Durant built a car empire from a Flint carriage shop to GM, Chevrolet, and Consolidated Motors, facing multiple takeovers and bankruptcies before his death.
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New York
William C. Durant
General Motors
Durant
Gramercy
Flint
Mich
David Buick
Durants Folly
G. M
Chevrolet
G. M. Board of Directors
Consolidated Motors
Star
Locomobile
Mason
Funeral plans set for Lois Hull in Wisconsin
Black River Falls Wisconsin memorial details await Rep Merlin Hull of Wisconsin 6th district as Lois Hull age 50 dies Sunday. Her funeral arrangements follow her death and await her father’s return from Washington.
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Black River Falls
Wis
U.P
Lois Hull
Washington
Merlin Hull
Wisconsin
Kenosha Accepts Gift of Simmons Field For City Use
The Kenosha City Council accepted in principle a gift of most of Simmons Field on South Sheridan Road from Simmons Company for an athletic field. Pending meeting of conditions due to material shortages, the city plans to arrange workable terms and may adjust requirements. The report also approved building covered bleachers at Lake Front Stadium for the interim period and sought a state housing permit. The council referred the Pedley property street extension to the plan commission for reconsideration and deferred police salary increases to a special committee.
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Simmons Company
Simmons
Sheridan Road
Kenosha
Athletic Committee
Lake Front Stadium
73Rd Street
13Th Avenue
Pedley
City Plan Commission
Police Department
Steinmetz
Coates
Nelson
Congress urged to form Civilian Mobilization Commission
Rep Robert Tripp Ross proposes an 11 member Civilian Mobilization Commission to draft plans for complete civilian economy mobilization and protection of government agencies. Sen Brien McMahon warns Russia’s refusal of an atomic inspection plan could prevent peace, urging rapid national readiness and industry decentralization. The commission would promote self defense against surprise attack, enable peacetime to wartime conversion, and report to Congress annually with full legislative approval.
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Washington
A.P
Congress
Robert Tripp Ross
N. Y
Brien McMahon
Conn
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
McMahon
Russia
U. S
Brooklyn
Ross
Civilian Mobilization Commission
National Security
For
United States of America
United States
Commission
Wheat Hits All Time High on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago brokers bid March wheat to 3.01 to 3.05 a bushel as futures traded at new highs for the 99 year history of the board. Demand surged with short March deliveries eager to cover, while sellers offered little.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Sanity Exam Planned For Pastor In Milwaukee Arson Case
Reverend Dr. John Lewis faces sanity tests after arson charges for a January 25 blaze that damaged Calvary Presbyterian Church. A sanity commission was appointed by Municipal Judge Steffes, with report due Friday, while Lewis waived preliminary hearing and remains bound for municipal court. If found sane, trial would proceed. if not, commitment to a state hospital could follow with possible parole to private custody.
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Milwaukee
John Lewis
Presbyterian
Herbert J. Steffes
Sanity Commission
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Harry V. Meissner
McCauley
Meissner
Steffes
Joseph Tierney
Tierney
Lewis
State Hospital
Calvary Presbyterian
State
Brooklyn Cop Disposes Of Land Mine In East River
Transit lines inspector John Campbell found a land mine on a Brooklyn street. Police roped off the area removed the fuse and dropped the explosive into the East River. Authorities theorize the device may be a veteran’s trophy.
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New York
John Campbell
Transit Lines
Brooklyn
Campbell
East River
City contractor vows to finish W W II housing project
Markus Thomsen, Kenosha’s contractor for water gas and sewer mains at the W W II Veterans Emergency Housing project north of Bonnie Home, promises to stay on the job until completion. He notes nine apartments already have water service and will be fully occupied by Friday, with eight more buildings and 24 apartments progressing under fair weather this week. City manager Axtell reports 33 of the 84 planned units are now under city control, with federal authority still constructing 51. original completion target is August 20, 1946. Sterilization of backfilled mains requires 48 hours. Two families moved into nine apartments last weekend.
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Markus Thomsen
Bonnie Home
A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
Federal Public Housing Authority
Thomsen
Axtell
City of
Truman Winds Up Florida Keys Vacation
President Truman completes a week in the Florida Keys with a relaxed day in the sun and a movie on the schedule. He will fly back to Washington tomorrow aboard his special plane the Sacred Cow, departing shortly after lunch from the commandant’s quarters at the temporary White House.
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Key West
Fla
U.P
Truman
Florida Keys
Washington
White House
Greece
Paul Porter
U. S
LaGuardia Field
New York
Turkey
Photographer Arraigned on Four Counts in Kenosha
Arraigned in county court on four counts of obtaining money under false pretenses photographer Lloyd Jaffe 29 formerly of 6617 Seventeenth avenue pleaded innocent and was held on 1500 bond. Police say he accepted payment for photos without delivering pictures and left Kenosha about a month ago after a four-count warrant was issued.
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Lloyd Jaffe
Seventeenth Avenue
W. W. Davis
Jaffe
Evansville
Ind
Kenosha
Franklin Hill
Grant Tyler
Arthur J. Riley
Lloyd's Studio
Sixth Avenue
Riley
Lt. Riley
Detective Bureau
Urban J. Zievers
Chamber of Commerce
Miracle in Olympian Wreck Near Miss Without Fatalities
A Denver to Seattle Olympian train overturned after striking a rock slide 23 miles east of Missoula Montana. Eight injured, four hospitalized. engineer Vy Roberts and passengers Mrs Lewis Bright A F Fuller Jr among those treated. One unidentified Portland man also hospitalized.
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Missoula
Mont
O.P
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Here
Vy Roberts
Deer Lodge
Lewis Bright
St. Paul
Illinois veterans bonus drive attracts ex servicemen in Chicago
Chicago based ex servicemen overwhelmed Illinois Veterans Commission offices as they apply for the state veterans bonus the first such program approved in the nation since World War II field offices report high demand and quick processing lines.
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Chicago
Illinois Exservicemen
Illinois Veterans Commission
Marshall and Bevin Hit Molotov Charge
City council debated annexation of Cooperative Homes tract on West Sixtieth Street and deferred action pending a thorough survey on sewer and water service. A housing authority was approved in principle, with a conference report from FHA Chicago noting no immediate advantage.
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Cooperative Homes
West Sixtieth Street
City Council
City Hall
Kenosha
Cooperative Homes Group
City Plan Commission
Leo Vaudreuil
G. A. Ohmstead
FHA
Chicago
Hannegan to Leave Hospital After Spinal Surgery
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, recuperating from a delicate spinal operation at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, will be able to do only light work for at least two months. The Democratic National Committee chairman is expected to leave the hospital within a week. The operation aimed to relieve high blood pressure.
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Boston
U.P
Robert E. Hannegan
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Democratic National Committee
Late Governor Planned Funds For Programs
The late Governor Goodland was drafting a tax plan to fund veterans re habilitation educational and welfare buildings and other state needs at his death. Acting Governor Rennebohm ordered the unfinished message read to preserve public records. The message notes solvency and free cash in the general fund to aid veterans and build or improve institutions. Frank Graass and Vernon Thomson declined to disclose tax specifics, promising bills before week’s end. The governor recalled past allocations of 24 million dollars, urging continued support as costs rise with postwar prices.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Senate
Oscar Rennebohm
Frank Graass
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Thomson
Greatest Sea Search In History Starting
A dawn departure from Pearl Harbor sends the cruiser Tucson and 19 destroyers to locate 12 or 13 missing Fort Dearborn crew members from a lifeboat after the tanker broke in two 1,100 miles northwest of Honolulu. Naval aircraft from Midway join ships under Capt. L. S. Sabin Jr. in a major Pacific search.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Tucson
Pearl Harbor
Fort Dearborn
Central Pacific
Midway
L. S. Sabin, Jr
Norman Kester
Monrovia
Calif
French demand for Ruhr Saar Rhineland split questioned
At the Moscow conference French Foreign Minister Bidault urged separation of Ruhr Rhineland and Saar from Germany with France pushing for long Allied controls and reduced German coal and steel output. Bevin and Marshall rejected Molotov's charges of Western reparations removal as false. Four committees to draft a German peace treaty were proposed but smaller nations were blocked from participation.
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Moscow
U. S
State Marshall
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Bevin
Molotov
Georges Bidault
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
Germany
Bidault
Stalin
Europe
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Union Leader’s Wife Slain in Chicago Shooting
Chicago police report James Crowley 44, president of the Chicago Bartenders Union, was wounded when gunmen fired a 12 gauge shotgun into his car outside their south side home. Elizabeth Crowley, 44, died from a left temple shot. James was hit in the shoulder and arm. Crowley had led the union since 1940 after earlier factions clashed.
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Chicago
James Crowley
Chicago Bartenders Union
South Side
Crowley
Elizabeth
Merrill Avenue
Patrick Touhy
Touhy
Miners Union Deadline Seen for Soft Coal Pact
Pittsburgh predicted by Adm. Ben Moreell former head of the Navy Coal Mines administration that soft coal operators will reach a new agreement with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers before pits are returned to owners by the government next June.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Ben Moreell
Navy Coal Mines Administration
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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R.N. H
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Taft-McCarthy
Banking Committee
Buck
R.-Del
Buick
Simmons Field
Edward Nelson
Kenosha Motor Coach, Inc
Racine
Carl de Flumer
Robert Wahrman
Albany
Robert J. Laffin
Harrison Duntley
John J. Reilly
Julian B. Erway
John E. Wisely
Erway
de Flamer
Daniel McGraw
Brooklyn Cops Dunk
F. Goetz
Milway
Marshall
Robert V. Baker
Sixtieth Street
Allen Steel
Hannegan
Navy
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