Senate Rejects Amendments to Tax Cutting Bill
The Senate voted 44 to 27 against increasing personal income tax exemptions on a Republican tax cut bill. Sen. John L. McClellan proposed raising exemptions from 500 to 750 for individuals and 1500 for heads of families, arguing it would aid low income workers. A second McClellan amendment to tax on family partnerships was defeated 54 to 24.
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Washington
McClellan
Senate
MacClellan
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Truman
Wisconsin Senate Rejects Gambling Referendum Plan
Wisconsin lawmakers rejected a proposed constitutional change to allow a gambling referendum. The 18 to 14 vote indefinitely postponed the measure submitted by Sen. La Fond. The same session saw bills on universal fishing licenses and press and radio restraint of trade advanced or defeated in both houses.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Sen. la Fond
Two Rivers
Assembly
Rennebohm
Senate Labor and Management Committee
Southern Coal Talks Underway in Private Negotiations
Negotiators from the Southern Coal Producers Association and the United Mine Workers open contract talks as a potential shutdown looms with the government set to restore soft coal mines to private owners. UMW Chief John L. Lewis assigns John O Leary and southern leaders to handle southern discussions while Lewis negotiates with other industry reps. Talks are at separate hotels. a settlement date remains uncertain. The southern bloc, about 25 percent of US coal output, previously blocked a contract aligned with Lewis. Northern and western operators have been meeting with Lewis for a week.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
John O'Leary
Lewis
Chicago Fire Truck Collides With Bus Fatal Crash
A fireman died and about 36 people were injured when a fire truck responding to an alarm collided with a loop-bound bus at 43rd Street and South Park Avenue on Chicago's south side. Firemen used torches to free trapped passengers. several firefighters were injured as the bus ran a red light while the truck reportedly ran a stoplight.
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Chicago
43Rd Street
South Park Avenue
Homer Lawson
Ford offers wage increase to 130000 workers in push and pull
Ford Motor Company proposed a 15 cent an hour raise for 130000 CIO United Auto Workers and a 10 percent raise for 20000 salaried staff under June 1 implementation. The offer ties wages to other issues and excludes 3800 striking foremen without contracts. Union rejection followed with no immediate comment.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
CIO
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Allies deadlock on reparations mison procedure over oil for Russia
In Vienna the Allied commission on Austrian reparations reached a procedural deadlock in its third week of study. Oil for Russia emerged as the central issue driving the dispute among the allies.
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Vienna
Allied Commission On
Russia
Memorial Day Speaker Named for Wisconsin Service
Rev. George B. Wood ex chaplain of the 82nd Airborne will deliver the Memorial Day address in Library Park. The service includes a parade, readings, songs, a rifle salute, and nautical services led by local veterans groups with a large parade expected at 9:30 a.m.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Army
Wood
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Milwaukee
82Nd Division
Library Park
Frank Hubbard
Norman C. Greening
Carl M. Gardner
American Legion Post
Raymond Leng
Mount Carmel Church
Assemblage
America
J. R. Gottfredsen
American Legion
Logan
Harold M. Bode
Lincoln
John Davies
Edward Cady
The
Sons of Union Veterans
God Bless America
Gottfredsen
American Legion Band
G. B. Wood
Greening
Buddy
Peter Sprindis
Veterans of Foreign Wars Firing Squad
VFW Drum and Bugle Corps
Stephan ‘Sherman
Beth Hillel Temple
Sprindis
Women's Relief Corps
Navy Club
Marine Corps League
Naval Reserves
William P. Schmitt
Schmitt
Kenosha
Railroad Trainmen Strike Halts 240 Buses Across Routes
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen struck the Burlington Transportation company today idling 240 buses on routes from Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. A company spokesman said 375 drivers quit at 6 a.m. after an 11th hour negotiating session broke up at 3 a.m.
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Chicago
U.P
Brotherhood of Railroad
Burlington Transportation Company
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Kenosha Taxi Fleet Adds Two Way Radios
The Checker Cab company announces two of its taxis are equipped with frequency modulation radios to link cabs with the home office. FCC permit allows 25 units initially with plans to equip the full fleet, enabling quick contact and broadcast to moving cabs. City officials join in viewing the new transportation advance.
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Kenoshans
Roy Fleischman
Checker Cab Company
Fleischman
Federal Communications Commission
Kenosha County
Fleischmann
A. E. Axtell
Felix Olkives
Edward Kertz
Kenosha
Teen Confesses to Killing Four Playmates in Michigan
Oliver Terpening Jr., 16, admitted shooting four neighbor children as they picked flowers near his farm. He said he did it for a thrill but now regrets the killings. Barbara Smith 16, Stanley 14, Gladys 12, Janet 2 were victims. Terpening faces life imprisonment after pleading first degree murder.
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Lapeer, Mich
U.P
Oliver Terpening, Jr
Terpening
Lapeer
George W. Des Jardins
Michigan
East Lansing
Barbara Smith
Stanley
Gladys
Janet
Barbara
Marshall Heard At May's Trial
Secretary of State Marshall testified that in 1945 the army was making heavy cutbacks in ammunition orders while ex congressman Andrew J May faced bribery conspiracy charges with Murray and Garsson. Marshall described May as a man of integrity and noted secret dinner meetings with congressional leaders to discuss war strategy and production needs.
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Washington
State Marshall
Andrew J. May
Garsson Munitions Combine
May
House Military Committee
Murray and
Garsson
Garsson Brothers
War Department
Marshall
Army
Garssons
Kentucky
House
Garsson Shell
Scattered Snow Falls in Wisconsin
Scattered snow fell in Wisconsin and neighboring states as a cold air mass from Canada pushed southward. Temperatures dropped below freezing in North Dakota Montana Wyoming and frost appeared in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Canada
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Aerial Welding Job Turns Into Aerial Wedding
Leslie Warner and his fiancée Betty Wicklund answered an aerial welding ad at a Sioux Falls air field but found the offer was an aerial wedding at the air show. The couple, both from Sioux Falls, are honeymooning today in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
A.P
Leslie Warner
Sioux Falls
S. D
Warner
Sioux Falls Air Field
Betty Wicklund
Warners
Vault raid targets ballots and records at Kansas City election HQ
Kansas City Missouri election officials report a vault containing ballots and records from last year's primary and general elections was rifled overnight. Ludwig Graves, chairman of the election commission, said a grand jury had accused vote fraud and urged a recount. Graves noted the intruder appeared to intend theft of records.
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James P Kem
R-Mo
Homer Ferguson
Clark
Steel
Senate
Pittsburgh
Labor-house-senate
Kansas City
Election Board
Ludwig Graves
The
Election Commission
Commission
Truman
Paris Brief: Government Labor Accord Averts 24 Hour Strike
A last minute government labor deal averted a 24 hour nationwide strike by 85 000 French gas and electricity workers seeking wage increases. The agreement ends the walkout that threatened energy shortages across France.
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Paris
Weather Delays Kenosha County Highway Maintenance
Kenosha County faces two month delays in its main tenance and repair program due to persistent rain and wet roadbeds. Highway Commissioner Harold H Herzog says winter damage worsened by spring traffic will require later permanent fixes, with temporary repairs funded for safety now but draining highway funds.
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Kenosha County
Harold H. Herzog
Herzog
Wisconsin Finance Panel Cuts Goodland Budget Record
The joint finance committee proposed a $105,420,152 executive budget replacing Gov. Goodland's $112,329,011 plan and削 nearly $7 million from operating expenses. The $5 million veterans fund request was dropped. surplus forecasts increased, boosting the general fund to about $114 million for the next two years.
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Madison
Wis
Legislature
Walter S. Goodland
Joint
Senate and
Assembly
Goodland
Finance Committee
General Fund
E. G. Giessel
Treasury
Monsanto to terminate contract with atomic energy commission
Monsanto Company ends its two year partnership with the Atomic Energy Commission over a dispute about transferring research work to company laboratories in St Louis Dayton and Springfield Ohio. Oak Ridge Tennessee hosted the project during the arrangement.
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Washington
Monsanto Chemical Company
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
St. Louis
Dayton
Springfield
Ohio
Train of Tomorrow on Nation-Wide Exhibit Tour
The Train of Tomorrow begins a nationwide exhibition tour in Chicago. Built by General Motors and Pullman-Standard, the 216 passenger diesel train features astra domes four car observation Moon Glow lounge and an all electric kitchen. GM president C E Wilson says the project tests ideas for improved rail travel and GM will not enter the passenger car business.
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Chicago
U.P
Train of Tomorrow
General Motors Corporation
Pullman- Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Electro-Motive Division
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
Washington lifts housing permit rules and expands limits
Federal permits will not be required for new houses effective June 1. Housing Expeditor Frank R. Creedon also lifts the one bathroom fixture limit and increases the area limit from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet. Some controls remain including government authorization for non housing work and veterans preference.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Veterans Preference
Question of Veto Again Faces UN Debate
The veto issue returns in United Nations talks as the United States plans to oppose a Russian draft to place all international atomic energy control bodies under the Security Council. Frederick H. Osborn, deputy American delegate to the atomic energy commission, would argue against the Soviet proposal at a closed working committee session.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Frederick H. Osborn
Atomic Energy Commission
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