Senate Rent Bill Faces Criticism Amid GOP Counterproposals
Washington U P Democrats criticize the Senate rent control bill as weak and call for stronger action. Critics note loopholes and propose a sliding scale decontrol plan tied to property value, while supporters say the measure is better than the House version. The bill extends controls a year with a three month moratorium and allows automatic five percent increases.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
J. Howard McGrath
R. I
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Republican Committee
Homer Capehart
Ind
Capehart
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
John Bricker
Bricker
Wisconsin Assembly OKs State Nurses Bureau Plan
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill to create a state department of nurses with a director of nursing education and a four member examination committee working with the board of health. Other actions included bicycle safety laws, rejected rail car wind shields, and a resolution congratulating Hurley on the 1949 state title. A salary minimum bill and a death benefit bill for Mrs. Gladys McKenzie were introduced or advanced. The Senate held a skeleton session with no major actions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
State Department of Nurses
Board of Health
Assembly
Hurley
Carl Verganini
State Affairs Committee
Gladys H. McKenzie
Ewart
McKenzie
Henry Graass
City Finances Outlined at Chamber Meeting
City clerk and finance director B. A. Herrmann explained the March 1 cash balance of 929,491 with 1.2 million in 90 day U S treasury certificates. He noted 86 percent of property taxes collected, issued revenue breakdowns, and plans to retire 223,500 in bonds while noting total indebtedness and new bond issues for schools and athletic fields.
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B. A. Herrmann
Chamber of Commerce
Viggo A. Nelson
Herrmann
U. S. Treasury
Board of Education
Pledges Unified Aid If Attacked
The United States and eight Western nations plan a mutual defense pact in which an armed attack on any member would trigger collective action, including potential use of armed force. It outlines a North Atlantic council, a defense committee, and mutual aid while staying under UN oversight.
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Washington
United States
Congress
North America
Europe
North Atlantic
United Nations
UN Security Council
Security Council
North Atlantic Council
Defense Committee
Algeria
French North Africa
Germany
Austria
Tropic of Cancer
Spain
Ireland
U.S
Dean Acheson
Acheson
France
U. S
China
Pearl Harbor
Income Tax Form Leaves Chicagoan Confused
A Chicago man sent a full 1948 tax payment of 3400 dollars but the assistant collector of internal revenue said the office did not cash the check. He was told to figure his tax again.
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Chicago
Redmond I. Prindiville
Internal Revenue
Prindiville
Senate approves anti filibuster rule amid civil rights debate
Administration leaders promise to test the new two thirds cloture rule with a civil rights measure later this year while noting its unworkable practicality. The reform passed 63 to 23 after a week of night sessions, signaling a shift in Senate debate limits and testing the administration’s pursuit of anti lynching and poll tax bills.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Kenneth S. Wherry
Lucas
Can't Outsmart Irishman on St Pat's Day
James D. O'Hara challenged anyone to catch him without a green tie on St Patrick's Day offering 100 dollars. Friends coordinated with police to surprise him at dawn as a photographer waited. he appeared in pajamas still wearing the green tie with a grin.
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St. Louis
James D. O'Hara
O’hara
Oil Heater Blast Damages Van's Cab Office in Sheboygan
An oil heater explosion early today caused about $7 000 in damage to the Van's Cab Co and Van's ambulance service office in Sheboygan downtown shopping district.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Van's Cab Co
Van's Ambulance Service
Hired girl rescues children in New London kitchen fire
A 19-year-old hired girl named Alice Ortell saved two young children, Christine three and Janese eighteen months, from a kitchen fire at the Raymond Fuestel home in New London Wisconsin. She acted while the parents were away, pulling the children to safety as flames swept the kitchen.
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New London
Wis
Alice Ortell
Raymond Fuestel
Fuestel
Christine
Janese
Milwaukee rental fraud convict sentenced to state prison
Clarence G. Dammerich, 46, was sentenced to one to three years on each of six counts for obtaining money under false pretenses. He rented apartments to complainants and took cash deposits without delivering units. Local court records list the conviction and prison term.
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Milwaukee
Clarence G. Dammerich
Lamarre given suspended sentence over Meyers link
Washington U P News reports H Lamarre once tied to Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers received a one to three year suspended sentence for lying about his connections with Meyers. Meyers, the former air force procurement officer, sits in jail for 20 months to five years. Separately Sen. Wiley proposed three amendments to ease displaced persons law, including a 10 percent outside quota limit and higher orphan eligibility.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Lamarre
Meyers
U.P
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Wiley
Germany
Austria
Valaske Named To School Post In Local District
Herman D. Valaske a 34 year veteran of local public schools was named schools business manager by the board of education Thursday night. The 55 year old drafting instructor will start Monday replacing retiree E C Glerum. Valaske has taught in elementary and junior high grades and since 1929 has been a manual training teacher at the high school.
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Herman D. Valaske
Board of Education
Valaske
E. C. Glerum
6Th Ave
Lincoln
Menomonie
Stout Institute
Still Hopeful About Program
President Truman voiced optimism that the major elements of his program may pass despite opposition from southern Dixiecrats and other foes. He said Congress, a three party body, deserves a chance to act and would review the situation with Democratic leaders at the White House on Monday.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Acheson
Congress
White House
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Rayburn
House
McCormack
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Italy Moves Toward Atlantic Pact Amid Debates Clash
Italian deputies voted 342 to 170 to authorize the government to seek membership in the Atlantic pact after 48 hours of debate sparked by a Communist filibuster. The session ended the longest in Italian history as leaders from Christian Democrats and rival parties secured the move despite protests and violence.
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Rome
U.P
Chamber of Deputies
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Chamber
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Pietro Nenni
Seaway Group Holds Private Session On Government Approval
A special committee of the St. Lawrence Seaway association met privately today to plan obtaining government approval for the waterway. Conferees refused to disclose discussion topics, calling it an organization meeting for a committee appointed by the National association earlier.
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Chicago
St. Lawrence Seaway Association
National Association
Soviet Commander Leaves Berlin for Moscow Conference
Berlin dispatch reports Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky, Soviet commander in Germany, believed to have departed Berlin to attend a military conference in Moscow. The Neu Zeitung cited U P reporting on the potential meeting and its significance amid ongoing postwar discussions.
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Berlin
U.P
Neu Zeitung
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Moscow
Four Below Zero At Land o Lakes
Winter pressed on in Wisconsin with a low of four degrees below zero at Land o Lakes and a dusting of snow in Land o Lakes and LaCrosse. The federal weather outlook placed the chill about six degrees below the seasonal norm. Madison recorded a high of 38 earlier.
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Land o'Lakes
Wisconsin
Land o’Lakes
LaCrosse
Federal
Howard J. Thompson
Madison
Leaders of Both Parties Expect Senate to Ratify Atlantic Treaty
Democratic and Republican leaders signaled the North Atlantic pact will be ratified by the Senate. They vow thorough hearings while seeking cost details before approval by two thirds. Secretary Acheson outlined that treaty commitments hinge on U.S. constitutional decision and collective defense actions.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committee
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Senate Appreciations Committee
United States
Lamour Show Stalls As Emerald Room Crowd Delays Broadcast
Dorothy Lamour explains Irish themed St Patrick’s Day radio program was disrupted by a loud crowd at the Shamrock Hotel Emerald Room in Houston. Ed Gardner co hosted the show with Lamour as 2,000 to 3,000 guests attended Glenn McCarthy’s hotel opening with a $42 dinner. The broadcast eventually aired after a 14 minute delay.
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Houston
Tex
Dorothy Lamour
Emerald Room
Shamrock Hotel
Hollywood
Glenn McCarthy
Ed Gardner
Duffy’s Tavern
Miss Lamour
Ateur
McCarthy
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Mass
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