Truman Blasts Wallace Shift in Campaign Tactics
President Truman escalates campaign by disavowing Wallace and his Communists, signaling a turn to tough attacks on Republicans. Wallace replies with plans for ABC radio address while Wallace supporters seek equal media facilities. Analysts deem the move a deliberate pivot, as Truman warns of coming risks and unity at home.
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Truman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
New York
Sons of St. Patrick
Congress
ABC
Harry Truman
Mr. Truman
House Gop
Pennsylvania Station
Proclamation Designating Blue Cross Hospital Week in Kenosha
The proclamation designates March 22 to 27 1948 as Blue Cross Hospital Week in Kenosha Wisconsin in recognition of the Associ ated Hospital Service Inc of Wisconsin reaching 650000 members and paying over 8 million dollars for care in voluntary hospitals. The move marks seven years of service and aims to highlight hospital care for workers across the state.
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Blue Cross Hospital
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Associated Hospital Service, Inc
General Bails Out of Plane Near Berlin
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor the U S war crimes prosecutor in Germany and his wife were injured after bailing from a C 47 over Russian occupied territory near Berlin. Taylor suffered a back wrench and hip injury while his wife sustained a leg injury paramedics were sent to return them and seven other Americans to the U S sector of Berlin.
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Berlin
Telford Taylor
Taylor
U. S
Germany
Government orders 25 percent cut in passenger train service
The United States government under wartime powers ordered a 25 percent reduction in coal burning passenger train service effective midnight March 21, 1948. The move, prompted by coal mine stoppages and low coal stocks, bans diesel substitutions and suspends coal powered special trains, while negotiations with mine operators and unions continue.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Cyrus S. Ching
Ezra van Horn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ching
van Horn
Lewis
New Type of Housing Problem In Pottsville
Seventy year old Jack Egan confronts a rare housing dilemma when thawed ground collapses mine honeycombed Broad Mountain near Pottsville. His one room house and 75 feet of railroad track are buried under earth twenty five feet down. Egan, a bachelor, returned home to find the structure swallowed by cave ins after a night away.
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Pottsville
Jack Egan
Egan
Broad Mountain
Senators Push Tax Cutting Bill In Senate Vote
Thirty two Republican senators urged passage of a four point eight billion dollar income tax cut despite calls for higher military spending. Chairman Millikin said debate began and aims to conclude this week while President Truman seeks universal military training and draft revival.
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Millikin
Colo
GOP
Senate
Truman
Congress
Aid Grant to Wisconsin for Cancer Research
The federal security agency announced a $24 462 grant in aid to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for cancer research.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Like a Daisy: Secrets of the Social Security Admin
The article details the U S Social Security Administration’s strict privacy, noting its Baltimore accounting division holds extensive personal data for 88 million cardholders. It explains information is shared only with authorized persons and staff guard records, with Kenosha field office reporting frequent queries about locating missing spouses or others and the agency refusing general release of records.
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Social Security Administration
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Candler
Baltimore
Edward Delfield
Kenosha
Driscoll Named Commander of VFW Post 1865
Harry A. Driscoll was elected commander of Junker Ball post 1865 Veterans of Foreign Wars at Gold Chevron Memorial hall. Other officers include Ernie Beck senior vice commander Peter Orth junior vice commander Albion Johnson quartermaster 1948 49 Roger Starnes advocate Ovil Couture chaplain Dr Harry L Schwartz surgeon Ernest Peterson trustee. Installations set for Sunday April 4 at 2 pm with George H Petersen presiding.
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Harry A. Driscoll
Gold Chevron
Driscoll
Ernie J. Beck
Peter G. Orth
Albion Johnson
Roger Starnes
Ovil P. Couture
Harry L. Schwartz
George H. Petersen
Post
Matt Taylor
Walker Perkins
Albert W. Anderson
Horace J. Mellum
Petersen
Post Department
George H. Johnson
Milwaukee
Beck
Orth
Quartermaster Johnson
Floor Collapse Kills 1 85 Hurt In Chicago St Patrick Day
A dance floor collapse at the Connaught Men’s Social club celebration in Chicago killed a woman, Mrs. John Hunt, 35, and injured 85 others, many children, as a support girder failed and the floor sank. Investigators seek whether occupancy exceeded legal limits in the third floor hall.
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Chicago
Fire Department
John Hunt
Earle Downes
Connaught Men's Social Club
President Truman Returns From New York St Patrick Dinner
President Truman cut short his trip from New York addressing a St Patrick's day dinner and traveled home by special train.
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Dewey
Harry Truman
Thomas Dewey
New York
Fifth Avenue
John J. Sheahan
Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
Split Develops in Congress On Draft and Universal Training
Europe divided on President Truman's call for universal military training and a draft. Western press saw it as progress for freedom. Soviet and communist outlets decried it as war panic. Britain welcomed the stance, while Czechoslovakia and Italy offered mixed comments amid evolving defense plans.
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Dewey Short
R-Mo
Henry A. Wallace
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Szabadnet
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Franc Tireur
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Prague
Italy
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gasperi
France
Belgium
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Marshall to Speak on stop Russia Plan in California
Secretary of State Marshall departs for California to deliver two addresses on the administration’s stop Russia program. He speaks at the University of California Berkeley Charter Day then at UCLA Los Angeles. Marshall flies with President Truman in the Sacred Cow, leaving 8 38 a m CST and due in Oakland about 9 p m California time. He plans to return Sunday.
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Marshall
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Truman
Oakland
Onion Growers Face Up and Down Market Swing
Growers in Racine and Kenosha counties endure volatile onion set markets. Last year 156,000 bushels rotted as demand collapsed and prices fell, while this year demand rose but many farmers underplanted in 1947. Chicago futures atop $5.70 a 50 pound sack, sets moving $2.85 to $3.50 per sack as cooperatives recall prior price controls.
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Meat Handlers Arbitration Bid Is Unsuccessful
Chicago CIO meat handlers failed to secure arbitration as Truman’s fact finding board opened its study of the nationwide strike. The board will report by April 1 after closed sessions, while meat shipments fell to one third and wholesale prices rose amid the three day strike.
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CIO
Truman
Ralph Helstein
CIO Packinghouse Workers of America Union
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Feinsinger
Boston
New England
National Association of Retail Grocers
Cardinal Tisserant Warns Catholic Church Against Communism
Rome Italy Eugene Cardinal Tisserant issued the churchs strongest condemnation yet of Communism stating its doctrines are a very grave danger to religion. He voiced the warning to Italians in a formal Catholic church address.
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Rome
Italy
U.R
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Dispute on Oleo Tax Flares Anew in House
The oleomargarine tax controversy returned to the House as Rep. W R Poage of Texas charged that wholesale butter prices rose eight cents per pound after the Agriculture committee shelved a repeal bill. He added none of the increase went to farmers.
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Washington
House
W. R. Poage
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Poage
Wisconsin State Chamber links 1948 costs to Wisconsin earnings
The Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce argues that 1948 federal spending costs equal about two and a half months of Wisconsin earnings. It notes 21 percent of personal income goes to federal outlay, with roughly half from income taxes and the rest from hidden taxes, and warns 1949 budgets would raise costs further.
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Kenosha County
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Anniesentaaa Ahonin Wen
Acvereu Lennie Wel Tld
Wisconsin State Chamber
Wisconsin
Congress
State Chamber
Truman Seeks Draft Rise and Universal Military Training
Congress splits over President Truman plans to boost U S armed forces with universal training and a revived draft. Forrestal supports increasing strength by 350000 or more, with a draft as the path, while Senate and House committees back similar aid and the Marshall Plan proceeds. Leaders seek decisive measures against communism amid debate over UMT and limited drafting.
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Congress
Truman
UMT
Russia
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
UMIT
B-29 Crash at MacDill Field Kills Ten
A B-29 from Spokane Washington crashed while landing in dense fog at MacDill field Tampa Florida. Ten airmen were killed four injured and admitted to base hospital. Survivors include First Lt Roy M Walsh pilot and three others. Accident board investigates the deadly mishap.
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Fla
Spokane
Wash
MacDill Field
George G. Byrnes
Darlington Woman Dies In Farmhouse Fire
Ida Keister 88 dies after clothes ignite while she cooks in her Darlington Wisconsin home. Her son Harry returns from an errand to find the flames and tries to save her but is unsuccessful.
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Wis
U.P
Ida Keister
Here
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