Taft Maintains Opposition to Training 18-Year-Olds
Senate Republican policy chief Robert A. Taft reiterated his stance against enlisting 18-year-olds in military service even as draft legislation softens to permit volunteer 18-year-olds. He supports a limited 19 through 25 draft only if needed to reach full strength, with a policy meeting set to decide when the bill goes to debate.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Taft
Congress
House
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
John L. Freeman
Medford
Mass
Freeman
DP Issue May Split Party Line
Washington reports a party split over plans to admit European homeless families into the United States. Senators McGrath and Hatch proposed a substitute bill lowering displaced persons to 200 000 over two years and easing entry rules, replacing a prior 100 000 cap. Debate followed as Wherry pressed for GOP support and hearings.
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Washington
Europe
United States
McGrath
R. I
Hatch
N. M
McGrath-Hatch
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Brass expands Kenosha plant with multi million remodeling
American Brass company begins remodeling the former Kenosha Brass plant to add new tube mill production. The project, backed by several million dollars and creating about 200 jobs, will retrofit the site from Sixty third to Sixty fifth streets on Eighteenth Avenue and raise the roof by 11 inches. Richard H. Barden, vice president, said production of brass tubing should start in about 18 months using state of the art equipment, doubling the mill capacity. The Austin Company of Chicago is remodeling contractor and a $165000 building permit has been issued. The plant will produce small refrigerator and water tubes not previously made at Kenosha.
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Kenosha Brass Company
American Brass Company
Kenosha Brass
Sixty-third
Sixty-fifth Street
Eighteenth Ave
Richard H. Barden
Barden
Kenosha
Austin Company
Chicago
Buffalo
American Brass
Washington
Pennsylvania
Lewis
New York
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Health and Welfare Fund
Tokyo cancels bull fight over animal welfare concerns
Tokyo police cancelled Saturday’s scheduled bull battle featuring four large bulls dressed in brocade and silk sashes. Authorities feared the bulls might be harmed in the fight, noting Japanese bull fights differ from Spanish style and involve bulls locking horns.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Police Today
Spain
Senators Prepare Civil Rights Showdown In Senate
Fifteen Dixie senators vowed to press their regional education compact bill in the Senate and resist an anticipated anti segregation amendment tied to the civil rights issue. The group signaled they will fight to keep the measure alive amid pressure from supporters of integration.
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Washington—i
Senate
Dixie
Plans Set for Long Distance Phone Walkout
The CIO American Telephone Workers union plans a nationwide strike of long distance operators, with 23,000 workers in 42 states represented. John J. Moran led talks with AT&T mediators. wage gains, shorter work weeks, and bigger pensions are demanded. The May 8 contract expired, and a complete walkout could halt interstate communications.
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Washington
CIO American Telephone Workers Union
A. T. and
Federal Mediation Services
CIO
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Moran
Milwaukee Mayor Lectures Congressmen On Political Theory
Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler testified before the house banking committee in support of the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill. He answered questions on socialism democracy and communism, contrasting party philosophies and arguing for public enterprise when private needs are unmet. He labeled communism as dictatorship of the proletariat and described Democratic and Republican leanings.
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Washington
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
House Banking Committee
Zeidler
Wright Patman
Tex
Truman defies Congress over confidential records and world peace
President Truman told a news conference that Congress cannot force disclosure of confidential cabinet records and warned he would veto related secrecy legislation. He said the Mundt bill would require Communist party registrations and that outlawing the party would oppose our principles. He discussed U.S. stance on the Jewish state in Palestine and potential talks with Stalin.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Nave Nela
Congressional
Communist Party
Marshall
Russia
United Nations
Stalin
Mundt
U. S
Europe
Palestine
Coal Industry Executive Attacks Miner Demands Ahead of Talks
John D. Battle of the National Coal Association derides miners as “aristocrats of labor” and warns of rising costs as soft coal talks with John L. Lewis begin in Washington. He cites low coal stocks and forecasts unreplenished supplies before cold weather.
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Washington — (P
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Battle
Lewis
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Health Center Planned Here
Plans to build a low cost dental and medical health center were outlined at a Union club meeting of the Community Health Center Cooperative. The new organization has filed articles of incorporation and aims to open services to residents with one stock share. Arthur Martell leads the incorporators as they elect a board of directors and officers. The center seeks a building within a year with a staff of 20, including 13 doctors and dentists, and cost details to be announced later.
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Union Club
Community Health Center Cooperative
Register of Deeds
Secretary of State
Arthur Martell
George Molinaro
Frank Stella
Thelma Barton
John Beni
Simon Fredericksen
Lee Bougnell
Ellis Jensen
Joseph Klacan
Paul Christensen
George Manson
Martell
Kenosha Workers Educational Council
Michael Shadid
Elk City
Okla
Shadid
Oklahoma
St. Louis
At Least Two Die In Transport Plane Crash
In Easthampton Massachusetts a U S air forces transport plane crashed and burned killing at least two men. Two bodies were found near the wreckage.
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Easthampton
Mass
U. S. Air Forces
Fire destroys two Janesville warehouses in $500000 loss
Fire swept two four story brick warehouses in Janesville near the Milwaukee Road and Northwestern depots, gutting one unit and damaging the other. Losses were estimated at up to $500000 with owners including Green Tobacco and Sears Roebuck reporting substantial totals. Firefighters from several communities battled the blaze and one firefighter was injured by a collapsing wall. The cause remained undetermined hours after the fire began.
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Janesville
Wis
Frank Murphy
Beloit
Green Tobacco Company
Walter Green
Liggett and Meyers Company
Sears, Roebuck Company
Cain-Ashcraft Company
Harry Bortner
30 Year Rule Ends As Jewish State Emerges
Jewish authorities move to take control of Jaffa and Haifa as immigration surges, with 360 Jews arriving in Haifa aboard a Panamanian ship. Provisional government to proclaim state one minute after midnight as 30 year British rule ends and UN emergency regime forms. Arab leaders vow holy war. Bab El Wad battle rages west of Jerusalem. About 70 000 Haganah members ready for invasion.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine
Holy Land
Haifa
United Nations Mission
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Adminster
Pan York
Pan Crescent
Cyprus
Alan Cunningham
Cunningham
Amman
Bab el Wad
Remodeling of N W Station Starts Monday
Work begins Monday on a 50000 remodeling of the North Western passenger station in Kenosha. General contract goes to Daniel Chemenowski Co of Milwaukee. temporary ticket offices will move to the south end of the shelter on the elevation platform. Completion expected in late August or September with a modern streamlined station.
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North Western Railway
C. H. Seymour
Daniel
Seymour
Kenosha
North Western
A. E. Axtell
Chamber of Commerce
Roland H. Williams
Chamber Transportation Committee
Hungary and Poland sign five year economic accord
Budapest reports Hungary and Poland signed a five year economic agreement today to boost trade and cooperation between the two nations. The accord aims to foster investment, reduce barriers, and expand cross border projects through joint committees and shared initiatives.
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Budapest
Hungary
Poland
Legislative Appropriation Bill Passes House with Anti Communist Provision
The House approved a $55.859 million legislative appropriation bill adding an anti Communist clause affecting about 1 600 government printing office employees. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Government Printing Office
Senate
Lana Turner in British press conference chase
Lana Turner honeymooning with Henry J. Toppings faced a chaotic press conference described as one of Britain’s strangest. Reporters chased and teased her as she entered the Savoy corridor, then returned for remarks she deemed Englandlovely before Toppings ended the session.
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London
U.S
Lana Turner
Britain
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Furi Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Savoy Hotel
Miss Turner
England
Topping
Mauretania
The
Star
Lana
Rita Hayworth
Mickey Rooney
New Legal Fight On Liquor Tax
Charles J. Goldman, a Milwaukee liquor dealer, filed a complaint with Assistant Attorney General Harold Persons seeking a $2,588 refund paid under protest after a July tax increase on liquor and wine. The case centers on constitutional grounds claiming the tax was levied solely for veterans housing.
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Madison
Wis
Charles J. Goldman
Milwaukee
Goldman
Harold Persons
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Tavern Keepers Assn
High Court
Tavassa
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Wherry
Leo E. Allen
A. S
Mike Monroney
Charles A. Halleck
Senate Appropriations Committee
George C. Marshall
Styles Bridges
N. H
Agriculture Committee
American Slav Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
American Civil Liberties Union
New York State Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions
Judiciary Committee
Lucas
Ill
Nue
John J. Moran
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Board of Inquiry
Lieve
Coal Industry
U. S. Air Force
Murphy
Liggett and Meyers
Edgerton
Milton
Curtis Avery
Trans- Jordan
World
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