Truman Defends Unity Against Rift Talk and Real Estate Lobby
President Truman denounced talk of a rift with Congress and attacked the real estate lobby over housing and rent control. He said Congress and the White House are working together for the nation's good and predicted passage of his housing program. Accidents in Wisconsin over the weekend killed seven people including Erwin Luczak and Ethel Traff in La Crosse, Manitowoc, and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States Conference of Mayors
Wisconsin
Erwin Luczak
Milwaukee
Fredonia
Ozaukee County
Herbert J. Orzechowski
la Crosse
Ethel Traff
Alvin
Traff
White House
Statler Hotel
House
Senate
Senate Committee
Mon Wallgren
National Resources Security Board
Drew Pearson Reported In Better Condition
Drew Pearson, columnist and radio commentator, was reported very much better today after chills and fever on Saturday night. His wife said he is improved but will likely stay at home for a few days. Robert S. Allen read his Sunday night script in his absence.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Robert S. Allen
War Possibility Mentioned by Sec Royall Before Senate
Secretary of the Army Royall told the Senate Armed Services Committee that war is not imminent but is at least a possibility. He endorsed a bill to fix the active army at 837000 officers and men plus 750000 in the National Guard. He urged long term planning rather than crisis driven action.
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Washington
Royall
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Truman
Rail workers urged to return to Wabash strike
A presidential fact finding board asked Wabash operating employees on strike since last Tuesday to return to work while the board studies the dispute. In Duluth icebreakers faced cold weather and a storm delaying the harbor opening. Judith Coplon pleaded innocent in Washington to taking secret Justice Department files. Israel and Lebanon reached a second armistice agreement.
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St. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Duluth
Minn
U.P
Woodrush
Duluth-Superior
Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Israel
Lebanon
En Naqara
Helicopter Rescues Four From Mountain Crash in Tennessee
Calderwood Tennessee crews verify a plane crash left four survivors stranded on Hangover Mountain. Pilot J N Newcomb lands in shifting winds to hoist Jack Hardy Orville Rich Mrs Fred Hall and her husband to safety at Maryville. Ground teams move in as weather and a dropped supply pack complicate rescue.
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Calderwood
Tenn
U.P
Maryville
J. N. Newcomb
Glendale
Calif
Europe
Fred Hall
Detroit
Hall
Mrs. Hall
Newcomb
Air Force
Jack Hardy
Hardy
Orville Rich
Henry B. McDaniel
Air Force Service
Maxwell Field
Ala
McDaniel
Rennebohm terminates life term for prisoner
Governor Rennebohm ends the life sentence of James Pastras a 65 year old Racine man after 24 years in prison Pastras was sentenced July 13 1920 for the murder of his business partner and was on parole since October 1944.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
James Pastras
Racine
Pastras
Russia warns Finland against West's anti Soviet bloc
Leningrad Pravda charged Finland with treaty violations and blamed Anglo American imperialists for trying to pull Finland into an anti Soviet bloc. The piece urged closer Soviet ties and argued Finland must pursue internal reform and friendship with the USSR while condemning war criminal amnesties and secret arms activity.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Finland
Leningrad Pravda
Leningrad Soviet
Iran
Karl A. Fogerholm
Communist Party
Europe
Leningrad Party
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Railroad wage pact ends long dispute with 40 hour week
The 11 month battle between railroads and 16 non operating unions yielded a $640 million annual wage boost. A five day 40 hour week with pay for 48 hours takes effect next September 1, plus a retroactive seven cent increase to last October 1. Yardmasters keep six day weeks with 10 cent rise. Over time remains time and a half after eight hours daily or 40 weekly. Overtime restrictions and staggered rest days aim to reduce overtime on Saturdays and Sundays. Some details preserve specifics while embracing the fact finding board plan.
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Chicago
Trussed Body Found in Milwaukee River Shocks City
Four teenage boys were jailed on suspicion of murder after the body of 16 year old Patricia Birmingham was pulled from the Milwaukee river. Detectives said she was killed by someone she knew. Investigators tied a concrete block to her feet and found a rifle and pistol at a suspect’s home. A second body identified as Florence Wynne, 42, was recovered nearby. Kathleen Birmingham, 18, is reported missing after leaving a note about eloping.
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Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
West Allis High School
Milwaukee River
Miss Birmingham
Albert T. Birmingham
Ray Gutowski
Yestaygay
Florence Wynne
West Allis
Kathleen
Mild Weather Heralds Arrival Of Springtime
The nation welcomed spring with milder conditions. highs near 49 in Kenosha and above normal across most regions. A tornado hit Melrose New Mexico damaging a garage and lines, while Miami Florida ended a four and a half month drought with a six inch rain at the international airport and 2.56 inches downtown.
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Kenosha
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Middlewest
Gulf
North Dakota
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Portland
Melrose
N. M
Miami
Fla
International
20000 Pens and Pencils Stolen in Janesville Heist
Holdup men blasted into Parker Pen Co plant No 2 in Janesville Wisconsin bound the night watchman and escaped with an estimated 20000 pens and pencils. Police pursue a car convoy south toward Chicago as officers check sightings and license numbers while the value of the loot awaits official valuation.
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Janesville
Wis
Parker Pen Co
Jasper Webb
Jim Broderrick
Webb
Broderick
Walworth
Chicago
Ralph Gregory
Emergency Funds Approved for State Aid and Departments
Madison Wisconsin Gov Oscar Rennebohm signed a deficiency bill granting 1 904 597 to finance state aids and department activities with depleted funds for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30 1947 The grants include 986 512 for aids 19500 for higher education 227 200 for charitable and penal institutions 364 148 for various departments 93000 from the highway fund for the motor vehicle department and the rest for miscellaneous activities
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Oscar Rennebohm
Motor Vehicle Department
Boy's Club Week Proclaimed in Wisconsin
Governor Rennebohm proclaimed March 28 to April 3 as boy's club week in Wisconsin. He urged continued support for boy's club work and praised these organizations for helping reduce juvenile delinquency.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Truman bans bathing trunks photos from Key West vacation
Washington reports that President Truman refused to allow bathing suit pictures during a Key West vacation. Mrs. Truman opposed the photos, and aides seized informal images shot from a navy blimp. Photographers destroyed negatives or surrendered film amid White House censorship.
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White House
Key West
Fla
Charles G. Ross
Presidential Beach
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West Bend
Edward C. Hartman
Manitowoc
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Crivitz
Thomas F. Dempsey
Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science
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Robert Costen
Carson Rohde
Lincoln
Mary Doherty
High Schol
Bruce Katt
McKinley
Bruce
Lou G. Hawkins
Denver Transfer Company
Denver
Hawkins
West
Ferreri
George Laday, Sr
Elizabeth Ferreri
Charles Fauci
S.C
State Department
Photo Grap
Marion Leygraf
Grace von Drosek
Shorewood
Kathleen Hartwig
Mary Elaine
Richard Schroeder
Wausau
Phillip Joseph
Dennis Quade
John Heybl
Edward Oakes
Wisconsin Rapids
Wallace Nelson
Alfred Hormigold
Oakes
Nelson
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