Senate Upholds Plan to Revise Commerce Dept
Washington reports the Senate upheld President Truman's plan to reorganize the commerce department by a 43 to 29 vote, defeating Senator Wiley's resolution to kill the plan. The chamber faces a midnight deadline for action on 21 Truman plans and continued votes on general services administration proposals.
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Commerce Dept
Washington
Truman
Commerce Department
Wiley
General Services Administration
Capitol Hill
House
Mr. Truman
Hoover
National Relations Board
Independent Maritime Commission
Federal
Trade and Power Commissions
FTC
FPC
Commerce
Department
Patent Office
GM and UAW Reach FiveYear Contract Accord
Detroit reports General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers agreed on a five year contract preserving cost of living wage protection and pensions of over $100 for about 270000 workers nationwide. UAW official T A Johnstone indicated a GM pension settlement was imminent as talks continued since March 29.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
United Auto Workers
T. A. Johnstone
GM Department
Johnstone
UAW
Chippewa Falls Youth Dies as Car Overturns
An automobile left the highway and overturned in a ditch near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin killing Lyle Bakeman eighteen. Another passenger Robert Berg seventeen was hospitalized with chest and back injuries. Bruises were suffered by the driver Harold Batton seventeen of the town of Sigel.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lyle Bakeman
Robert Berg
Harold Batton
Sigel
Accused Wife Killer Committed to Hospital
Circuit Judge M. G. Eberlein ordered Walter Ferry 34 Marion committed to Central State hospital for the insane after a report by Dr. Walter Urben director of Mendota state hospital The indefinite commitment follows the accusation Ferry is charged with killing his wife with a butcher knife in Shawano Wisconsin.
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Shawano
Wis
WU P
M. G. Eberlein
Walter Ferry
Marion
Central State Hospital
Ferry
Walter Urben
Mendota State Hospital
Madison
Tuneful Toots and the Ghost of Casey Jones on B and O Line
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway installs musical chime whistles on a train and eight yard engines to ease earshot complaints. A NY firm provides a single tuned whistle with a pleasant yet penetrating tone. The piece laments loss of Casey Jones's famed whistle and notes engineers' move toward standardized, anonymous sounds.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Casey Jones
Casey
Tennessee
Three Nations Protest Soviet German Military Force
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France protested to Moscow over a 50000 man Soviet backed German force in eastern Germany. They urged immediate dissolution of the militarized units citing betrayals of Yalta pledges and warning this could become a new German army.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Germany
State Department
Chicago to Get Defense Survey On Atom Bombs
Washington reports an emergency civil defense plan is being prepared for A bomb worried cities. NSRB will run special surveys in Washington Seattle and Chicago to test a fall in program assuming atom bomb damage. By September 1 a permanent plan will be ready for states and communities.
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Washington
National Securities Resources Board
NSRB
Seattle
Chicago
Eric Biddle
Illinois
NLRB
Amerasia Case Data Promised By Sen. Tydings
Washington reports revive the Amerasia wartime secrets case as Sen. Tydings pledges a full account. The House session revealed secrecy, with Rep. Hobbs accusing a cover up and detailing 1946 testimony about OSS chief Bielaski and a raid uncovering confidential documents. Six were arrested in 1945 including Jaffe and Roth.
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Sen. Tydings
Washington
Congress
Tydings
D.-Md
Amerasia Magazine
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
House
Rep
Hobbs
D.-Ala
Navy
Andrew Roth
Roth
Naval Intelligence
Brooks
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Brooks-Bielaski
New York
Philip Jaffe
Lt. Roth
Emmanuel Larsen
John S. Service
Jaffe
Larsen
Service
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Milwaukee Furniture Store Fire Causes Major Damage
A three alarm blaze gutted the second and third floors of a combined store and warehouse at 333 W Juneau Ave in Milwaukee. Firemen estimated damage at 90000 dollars after a 1:03 am discovery by police. Hundreds of firefighters contained the flames as the fire spread from storage on the second floor to the third.
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Milwaukee
Juneau Ave
Green Bay Ave
Edward Wischer
Girl 2 Fatally Struck by Car in Wauwatosa
Two year old Madelyn Ende was killed by a car while her grandfather Herbert Ende watched. She suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries after the right front fender struck her and she was thrown in front of the vehicle. The incident occurred near the parents' house in Milwaukee area.
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Wauwatosa
Madelyn Ende
Madelyn
Herbert Ende
Delay Decision On Adjournment In Washington
Washington leaders delayed a firm adjournment date for Congress to next week as Truman and congressional leaders discuss advancing or delaying portions of the fair deal. Senators Taft Wherry and Lucas push for an early adjournment while planning campaigns, with July 15 and August 1 discussed as possible goals.
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Administration
Congress
Senate
Lucas
White House
Truman
Barkley
House
McCormack
Mass
Mr. Truman
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Wisconsin rent control statement expected soon
Governor Rennebohm said he would issue a statement within a few days on rent control in Wisconsin. He declined to say if a special legislative session would be called. Jake LaMotta and Rocky Graziano signed for a 15 round title clash at the Polo Grounds on June 28. The Czechoslovak government urged the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in Prague to 12.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Navy modernization approved by House plans 50 000 tons new ships
The House approved a 350 million dollar navy modernization program including an atomic powered submarine and a guided missile ship and conversion of up to 200 000 tons of existing vessels. Milwaukee firm White Construction Co bids 78 103 to pave two miles of Highway 45 in Kenosha County.
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Washington
House
State Highway Commission
Madison
White Construction Co
Milwaukee
Kenosha County
Warm spell hits Kenosha with 70 degree noon
The mercury rose to 70 degrees at noon in downtown Kenosha as the warm spell moves across the state. The lake shore lags a day, with Menomonie reporting 83 in the afternoon. Showers are expected tonight and tomorrow as warmer air persists.
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the Mercury
Kenosha
Lake Shore
Menomonie
Burns Cause Death On Wisconsin Farm
Robert Rex aged 33 died Monday night from burns suffered on April 26 at his farm home in Waukesha Wisconsin. The incident occurred on his property and authorities were investigating the exact cause of the fire.
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Waukesha
Wis
Robert Rex
Acheson Plans Secret Report On Atlantic Pact Talks
White House aides arrange for Secretary of State Dean Acheson to brief Congress in a secret executive session at the Library of Congress after his London meeting with Atlantic pact foreign ministers. President Truman and Senate leaders were briefed as Acheson planned the report for May 31 with subsequent questioning by lawmakers.
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London
State Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Germany
Soviet Zone
Berlin
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Russia
Acheson
Congress
Secretary of State
Library of Congress
Washington
U.P
White House
Dean Acheson
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
House
George C. Marshall
Lucas
Defense Rests In Libel Suit By Adler And Draper
Hartford court hears final defense in a $200,000 libel case filed by entertainers Larry Adler and Paul Draper against Greenwich housewife Hester R. McCullough. McCullough testified she believes Adler and Draper are concealed Communists, harming their professional reputations.
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Hartford
Conn
Larry Adler
Paul Draper
Hester R. McCullough
Greenwich
Frederick H. Wiggin
Adler and Draper
Memorial Day Observance Asked by President Truman
President Truman urged Americans to observe Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and to remember those who served in the nation’s wars. He called on citizens nationwide to pause in reflection and gratitude on the holiday.
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Truman
Washington
National Guard Training Camp Readies 32500 Reservists
Chicago troops will train 32 500 national guardsmen organized reservists and ROTC cadets at Camp McCoy Wisconsin this summer Fifth Army headquarters said the summer training camps will run from June 4 to September 2.
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Chicago
McCoy
Wis
R.O.T.C
Fifth Army
Rain Puts New York In Puddle and Muddle
Rain drenches New York as reservoirs rise and officials celebrate while skeptics worry about floods and drought. Harvard professor Dr. Wallace E. Howell tests cloud seeding, denying distant weather control and drawing critics from farmers parks and civic groups.
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New York
New York City
Harvard
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