May Appeals to Eisenhower Revealed in Bribe Trial
Two letters from former Representative Andrew J. May urged General Eisenhower to review a court martial against Captain Joseph Garsson, son of a munitions maker. Eisenhower referred the letters to court reviewing officers, Garsson later suspended his discharge. Paterson testified May pressed war officials for Garsson’s case amid a $55,000 wartime bribe probe.
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Andrew May
Gen. Eisenhower
Washington
Andrew J. May
Dwight D. Eisenhower
May
Eisenhower
Joseph Garsson
Europe
Gersson
Garsson
Murray Garsson
Patterson
Triss
House Military Committee
Soviet Move in UN Defeated Over Palestine Inquiry
At Lake Success New York the UN political committee defeated a Soviet proposal to draft immediate independence plans for Palestine. The 26 to 15 vote with 12 abstentions and two absences lets the inquiry commission study all solutions without tying to independence. Arab delegates warned of a walkout and non cooperation if the majority stance persists.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Holy Land
Inquiry Commission
Palestine
Faris el
Special Assembly
el Khoury
U.N
U.N. Palestine Inquiry Commission
Ruhr Cables Hoover For Immediate Food Relief
Reports from Duesseldorf state the Ruhr province cabled Herbert Hoover seeking urgent aid to ease a severe food shortage described as catastrophic. The dispatch highlights a government plea to the U. S. relief administrator amid wartime scarcity.
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Ruhr
Hoover
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Herbert Hoover
Racine Monitors Sea Lions as Theft Mystery Grows
In Racine Wisconsin officials kept a close watch on two sea lions at the city zoo as police investigated a bicycle theft report. The bicycle was eventually found at the bottom of the sea lion pool after investigators joined the search.
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Racine
Racine, Wis
U.P
George Hubert
Vocational School Plans Works Exhibit
Kenosha’s School of Vocational and Adult Education will open a city wide display May 15 and 16 with an open house to show how job training prepares youth for employment. The event features finished products, tool displays from War Assets Administration, and demonstrations of modern teaching methods across day and evening programs. Eldyn Leschinsky chairs industrial displays. Miss Ida Krause leads homemaking. William D. Klingaman heads evening classes.
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Kenosha
School of Vocational and
War Assets Administration
University of Wisconsin
Eldyn Leschinsky
Ida Krause
William D. Klingaman
Quinn to Head Conservation Congress Group
Edward Quinn elected Kenosha County delegate and temporary chair at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress hearing at the Union Club Building. The session set this year’s delegation ahead of state talks in Madison and approved fish and game recommendations including pheasant and duck seasons and other wildlife rules.
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Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Union Club
Edward Quinn
Kenosha
Kenosha County
Sander
State Conservation Congress
Congress
Leo Peterson
Bristol
James Foster
Somers
Clem Tilton, Jr
Silver Lake
Frank J. Kelch
Phil Sander
Illinois
Dies of Burns in Self-Ignited Car
Delbert Shaw seven dies in a Dodgeville hospital from burns after he and five year old companion Terry Womack set a fire by throwing a match into an old car in Linden Wisconsin. Womack not critically burned and recovering in the same hospital.
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Linden
Wis
U.P
Delbert Shaw
Ala Shaw
Dodgeville Hospital
Terry Womack
Lawrence Womack
Joe Signs Receipt After Holdup At Candy Store
Mrs. Clara Vezina was robbed of $7 at a Chicago candy shop when a man demanded money. She offered to split $10 for change and, after the bandit worried about balancing books, made him sign a receipt reading Received $7 before fleeing with the signed note. Police were alerted.
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Chicago
U.P
Clara Vezina
Zina
Wisconsin Senate approves repeal of home rule on natural gas
Madison Wis U P natural gas supporters won a second big victory in the 1947 session as the Senate gave final approval to a bill repealing Wisconsin home rule law on natural gas The measure passed 20 to 11 and goes to the governor It would shift final decision on gas to the Public Service Commission and remove local veto power The session also postponed debate on a public utility strikes bill and noted a Wisconsin supreme court ruling that federal land taxes can be collected with congressional consent
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Senate
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
State Employment Relations Board
Robert Tehan
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Congress
West Allis
Kearney-Trecker
Reconstruction Finance Corp
High Court
Council Delays Action on Raise
The Kenosha City Council deferred wage increase action after a committee of the whole hearing. Activist speakers urged a $25 monthly blanket raise retroactive to May 1, but deficit concerns dominated. A plan to convene with the county board of supervisors was approved.
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Kenosha Council
County Board of Supervisors
L. V.haflich
Council of Municipal
R. Merrill Rhey
Kenosha Trades and Labor Council
Olkives
Howard Coates
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Salisbury
Five Germans Sentenced to Death for Muhldorf Atrocities
An American war crimes court in Dachau sentenced five Germans including a female doctor to death for murders and brutalities at the Muhldorf concentration camp.
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Muhldorf
Dachau
Germany
Italian Premier De Gasperi Resigns Amid Coalition Crisis
Premier Alcide De Gasperi handed his resignation to provisional President Eurico De Nicola as Socialist and Christian Democrat leaders traded blame for the collapse. The three party coalition fractured over Italy's debt and attempts to break the cabinet.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Eurico de Nicola
Christian Democrats
Christian Democratic
de Gasperi
Italy
Giuseppe Romita
Constituent Assembly
de Nicola
Ministry of the Interior
United States
Socialist Party
Rosita
Truman to Visit Alaska If Congress Adjourns
Secretary of Interior J A Krug said President Truman will visit Alaska late this summer only if Congress adjourns in time. The trip's timing hinges on legislative action, with Krug indicating plans depend on congressional schedule.
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Truman
Alaska
Congress
Washington
U.P
J. A. Krug
Pigeon Mystery Baffles Post Office Officials
Camp Hill, Pa. postal workers try to determine how a pigeon ended up in a mail sack. Clerk Lewis Sutton was startled as a pigeon fluttered from a bag while he was emptying mail for sorting.
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Camp Hill
Uncle Sam
Lewis Sutton
Auto Mechanics Boost Pact Ends City Strike
About 200 members of Local 173 UAW CIO voted to approve a wage contract settling the auto shop strike. The agreement provides a 12 cent hourly raise for most mechanics, 15 cents for A bracket, plus six paid holidays. Top earners gain 14 to 17 cents with holidays, exceeding the prior $1.25 cap for A bracket.
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173
Uaw-Cio
Paul Russo
UAW
Kenosha Automobile Dealers Association
Russo
Measure Now Goes to Conference After Senate Vote
The Senate passed its controversial labor bill 68 to 24 and sent it to conference for a compromise with a tougher House version. A substitute bill by Democrats was defeated 73 to 19, clearing the way for Taft’s measure. Senator Taft led the fight as opponents predicted a Truman veto.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy and Labor Committee
United States and Mexico Sign 50 Million Dollar Peso Stabilization Pact
The U S and Mexico announced a 50 million dollar financial agreement to stabilize the dollar peso rate. The United States will buy 50 million dollars worth of Mexican pesos over the next four years starting July 1, with the announcement made in Washington and Mexico City.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
U. S
Navy Vet Rescued After Five Days Trapped in Wreck
Ernest Kenneth Steele, 26, of Richmond California, described surviving five days pinned in his car near a Martinez highway. He endured thirst with water 10 feet away, feared amputation, and spoke after being rescued by two power line workers. He listed hours of yelling as cars passed nearby.
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Martinez
Calif
Ernest Kenneth Steele
Richmond
Wehathae Hin
Waltullitel
Illalipicu
Franklin Canyon
Steele
Yugoslavia Apologizes for Immunity Breach Incident
The United States received a Yugoslav apology for a May 2 incident in Pec in which local officials seized cameras from U S diplomats and later returned them without explanation. Belgrade pledged not to repeat the act and officials promised disciplinary action.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
U. S
State Department
Pec
John M. Cabot
Foreign Office
Belgrade
Cabot
Truman to Send Message on Portal Pay Bill
President Truman will send a message to Congress tomorrow regarding the portal pay bill. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross declined to forecast whether Truman would veto or sign the measure.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Charles G. Ross
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