Foreign Aid Measure Gains in House Debate
The House debates a $6.205 billion foreign aid bill tied to suppressing communism in China and Europe. Rep. Jonkman supports the full amount amid past efforts to cut aid while Rep. Smith considers his position as the Senate weighs separate packages and quick Senate actions. President Truman presses to keep supply lines open while Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, and Austria seek aid, with China funding pending an additional $463 million package.
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Washington
China
Europe
Jonkman
R-Mich
State Department
Foreign Affairs Committee
Smith
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Appropriations
House
Italy
France
Austria
Truman
Senate
Western
Greece
Turkey
Trieste May Protests as Communists Schedule Unauthorized Rally
Anglo American authorities alerted 7 000 civil police after reports of an unauthorized Trieste demonstration this afternoon to protest the western powers plan to return Trieste to Italy. Allied troops were moved to reinforce on the Yugoslav frontier amid reports of line advances and patrols by British forces.
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Trieste
Italy
Draga
City Paving Bid Report Outlines Project Costs
City Manager A E Axtell filed a March 19 report detailing pavement bids to be reviewed by the city council at the April 5 meeting. Estimated costs per front foot vary by street and scope including slab only and curb only options, with several stretches listed from Sixth Avenue to Seventy-eighth Street.
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A. E. Axtell
City Engineering
Sixth Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
Seventy-fifth Street
Seventy-eighth Street
Tenth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Forty-eighth Street
Thirtieth Avenue
Seventy-fourth Street
Seventy Fifth Street
Thirty-third Avenue
Seventy First Street
Fortieth Place
Sheridan Road
Plan to keep draft within narrow limits gains backing
Congress backs plans to exempt husbands veterans and men over 27 from peacetime draft. Senate and House committees weigh age spans 19 to 26 or 27, with veterans exempted. Military data awaited, hearings continue as civilian defense chief Hopley urges local catastrophe units.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Gurney
S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
N. Y
Andrews
House Armed Services Committee
Sharp Building Upswing Noted In Three Days
Weather over the past three days boosted construction with 17 new residences and total value of 169,700 dollars in permits. City Inspector C R Nicolazzo announced permits covered eight for Einer Dahl with Dahl and Sons Inc and multiple other projects including frame and brick veneer houses across several avenues and streets.
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C. R. Nicolazzo
Einer Dahl
Dahl and Sons, Inc
Thirty-seventh Avenue
Thirtyseventh Avenue
J. Peter Larsen
Bert Jurik
Twenty-second Avenue
Nels Nelson
Kenosha Nash
Holger Pahl
Floyd Williams
Seventy-fifth Street
North Shore Dispute Heads to Mediation Board
The National Mediation Board met with representatives of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad and unions amid a wage dispute and threats to walk out Saturday.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Cardinal Denied Bus Route From Kenosha to Madison via Racine
The Public Service Commission denied Cardinal Lines Inc of Janesville permission to run passenger service from Kenosha to Madison via Racine. It found adequate service by Northland Greyhound Midland Coaches and Kenosha Motor Coaches with four daily round trips and cited no public need for added facilities.
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Cardinal Lines, Inc
Janesville
Kenosha
Madison
Racine
State Public Service Commission
Cardinal
Ft. Atkinson
Waterford
East Troy
Jefferson
U. S
Coal Strike Deepens as Truman Forms Inquiry Board
President Truman created a Taft Hartley based inquiry board to report by April 5 on the 10 day coal shutdown. John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers clash over pensions while operators seek rapid facts to back court action against the walkout.
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Washington
Truman
Board of Inquiry
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Bureau of Mines
Union
Expect Quick Rejection of Bill by President
The House approved a 4.8 billion tax cut sending the measure to President Truman. The 289 to 66 vote exceeded the two thirds needed to override a veto, and a quick veto was expected as Democrats split and Speaker Martin and Senator Taft predicted an override. The bill would cut taxes on 52 million earners and remove 7.4 million from the tax rolls.
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House
GOP
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Martin
Mass
Taft
Ohio
White House
Riots in Milan as Communist Printers Attack Foreign Papers
Street rioting erupts in Milan for the fourth day as Communist led printers seize and burn foreign newspapers. Police use tear gas to separate foes in Cathedral Square and near La Scala, while anti Communist groups clash with leftists over burning newsstands.
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Rome
Milan
Italy
la Scala Opera House
Cathedral Square
Yanks raid German black market in Zeilsheim
Sixteen hundred American soldiers armed with rifles raided a Zeilsheim black market HQ at dawn. The operation, described as the largest of its kind during the occupation, sealed off the suburb and conducted house to house searches over five and a half hours.
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Frankfurt
U.P
Zeilsheim
Red Cross Campaign in Kenosha Near Halfway Mark
With seven days left in a month long drive, Kenosha county hits $16,611.14 of a $35,000 target as donations lag. Ten year old Cub Scout Edward Stevens donated $10 after selling papers to help the Red Cross, acknowledged by Mrs. Lloyd N. Murphy.
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Red Cross
Kenosha County
Lloyd N. Murphy
Murphy
Edward Stevens
Eighth Avenue
Edward
Gains in Kenosha employment by industries rise in January
Industrial employment grew from 14,370 in December to 14,610 in January per the Chamber of Commerce barometer. Payroll averaged 881,400 with 60.41 per week and 1.45 hourly earnings. Compared with January 1947 gains occurred in most departments. vehicle and utilities activity shifted, births deaths and marriages showed declines, and residential permits dropped.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce
Credit Bureau
Subcommittee Approves State Title to Tidelands
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to grant states ownership of tidelands, aligning title with state jurisdiction and resources. The vote advances the measure for full committee consideration.
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Tidelands
Washington
U.P
House
Canadian Vessels Cleared to Ship Ore Between U.S. Ports
Washington U P President Truman signed into law a measure allowing Canadian vessels to move iron ore between Great Lakes ports during 1948. The coastwise shipment authority, set to expire under wartime rules, is renewed after repeal of those wartime provisions last year.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
U.S. Great Lake
Quick Getaway Scorned by Tokyo Robbers
A four man gang looted a Tokyo carpenter’s home then fled in a rickshaw as a quick getaway was ridiculed by observers. Police report no injuries and ongoing efforts to identify the suspects.
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Tokyo
Television Relay Station Under Construction Near Wilmot
Officials announce groundwork started March 20 for an intermediate relay station between Chicago and Milwaukee as part of a new microwave television system. Crews near Wilmot prepare for a tower with preliminary buildings, while terminals rise in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Wilmot
Chicago
Milwaukee
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Lake Zurich
Lake County
Ill
Prospect
Wis
6000 Eggs for Easter Enroute to British Orphans
Los Angeles report notes writer Bob Garrick arranged 6500 Easter eggs for 17 British orphan homes with a 700 donation plus 50 from Loretta Young. An American Airlines Friendship flight will deliver the eggs to England in time for Easter.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Bob Garrick
Garrick
Earl B. Gilmore
Loretta Young
American Airlines Friendship
England
Pacific States
Body Found on Burning Straw Stack near Kieler Farm
The unidentified man, about 40, shot twice in the head and badly beaten, was found atop a burning straw stack on Francis Dressler’s farm near Kieler in Grant County. Farmers Dressler and Linus Dalsing discovered the body and pulled it from the blaze. Slain man likely dragged from a highway car. blood patches noted nearby. Sheriff Melvin Gillen reported no identification marks.
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Lancaster
Wis
Kieler
Grant County
Melvin Gillen
Francis Dressler
Linus Dalsing
Dressler
Gillen
Witness testifies sale of aircraft engines to Russia
Congressional witness Leroy H. Lucky of Dallas says he bought 46 war type airplane engines from the War Assets Administration last year and sold them for export to Russia and Poland. He testified that the B-24 engines were suitable for bombers or troop carriers and were shipped to Russia by Moore-McCormack Steamship Lines.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
Russia
Poland
Leroy H. Lucky
Dallas
Tex
Lucky
House
Moore-Macormack Steamship Lines
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