Dewey attacks Truman taxes as Stassen leads Wisconsin bid
Henry Leader reports from Racine Wisconsin where Governor Thomas E. Dewey assailed President Truman and Henry Wallace as endorsing bankrupt policies toward Russia. Dewey urges a vigorous peacemaking effort and campaigns for Republican delegates to the national convention. He predicts MacArthur leads the field in Wisconsin with Dewey aiming to win more delegates than Stassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
United States
Dewey
New York
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Vernor
Stassen
Milwaukee
Kenish
Kenosha
America
Stalin
Charlies Pfennig
NBC
O Ut
Henry Wallace
Local Weather Forecast Leaves Cold Note
The report warns of a very cold Friday with a low near 22 degrees and a high around 35 degrees. Strong winds or wind chills may accompany the cold as the day progresses.
Cancel Special Train to Rochester Ice Show
The coal strike and fuel shortage forced cancellation of the special train to the Rochester ice show. Everett Woehrmann of the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce said the Office of Defense Transportation ordered the stop, but Greyhound buses will provide chartered transport from Market Square at 5 p.m. Saturday.
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la Crosse
Everett Woehrmann
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester
Office of Defense Transportation
Greyhound Bus Company
Woehrmann
Market Square
April Fools Day Traditions Across History
A look at the origins of April 1 pranks from Noah’s dove to Christ’s era and the calendar reform in France and Britain. The piece notes changed New Year timing, gift exchanges, and common tricks like bricks under hats and swapped sugar for salt.
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Christ
France
Great Britain
Eve
America
Tax Lien Filed Against Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers
New York report states a $246,356 tax lien for evasion of personal income taxes from 1941 to 1946 was filed against Major General Bennett E Meyers wartime Air Forces officer. He is serving a prison term for persuading a business associate to testify falsely before a senate committee. The lien was filed by the IRS first district. Meyers to be notified by mail with six years to respond before a civil suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces’ Ing
Senate
Collector of Internal Revenue
First District
U. S. Attorney's Office
Meyers
Arbs batter Jews with mortar fire in Jerusalem clashes
At dawn Arabs pounded the Montefiore ghetto and Silwan village with mortars near Jerusalem. Jews answered with prolonged sniper fire until sunrise when British troops moved in to restore quiet. Casualty details were not released.
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Jerusalem
Montefiore
Silwan
Mount of Olives
Wisconsin Traffic Deaths Decline to 38 in March
Wisconsin traffic accidents killed 38 people last month, down from 50 in March 1947, according to the state motor vehicle department report.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stassen Calls Tax Cuts to Halt Boom and Bust
Harold E. Stassen urged that in peace time no one pay over half of income in taxes and backed tax cuts to aid small new businesses. He proposed 90 percent parity support for crop prices and a mass housing program with private builders selling units to tenants. He campaigned in Wisconsin for delegate votes ahead of next Tuesday’s convention.
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Madison
Wis
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Ossen
Wisconsin
Coal Shortage Slashes Steel Output and Lays Off Thousands
The 18 day coal walkout reduced blast furnaces by 38 with five more to close, hitting steel and railroads nationwide. 400,000 United Mine Workers celebrate John L Lewis day as 30,000 other workers balk, with major rail lines furloughing thousands and Birmingham steel down to 68 percent capacity.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Mitchell
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Virginian
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
New York Central
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Birmingham
Wallace Accused Of Parroting Soviet Line In Debate
George V. Allen, new assistant secretary of state and head of overseas propaganda efforts, charged Henry A. Wallace with parroting Soviet propaganda. Allen, speaking to overseas press and radio clubs in New York, urged Wallace to stop vilifying Americans as heard on Moscow radio during his two years abroad.
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New York
George V. Allen
America
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
Iran
Washington
Henry Wallace
Moscow
Allen
Wallace
State Department
Overseas Press and Radio Executives Clubs
Voice of America
Chile President calls extraordinary session on Communist ban
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile announced an extraordinary congress session for April 15 to debate banning the Communist party amid political tensions in Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Communist Party In
Truman summons advisers for soft coal strike conference
President Truman convened top advisers at the White House to map the next move in the 18 day soft coal strike. Attendees included Attorney General Clark Secretary Schwellenbach Secretary Krug and Cyrus Ching head of the mediation service. The meeting followed calls for action and was described as continuous study and discussion.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
Schwellenbach
Interior
Krug
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Charles G. Ross
White House
Steel plants idle as coal shortage curtails output nationwide
Rail lines and steel mills across several states suspend operations due to coal shortages. Ensley’s rail mill idled 500 workers while Republic Steel in Birmin etc reports 50 coke ovens down. Youngstown plants cut furnaces from 25 to 17 as 1,200 to 1,300 idle, with 3,000 idle nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Fairmont
Morgantown
Sharon Steel Co
Buffalo
Cio-United Steelworkers
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Corp
Hanna Furnace Corp
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna, N
Johnstown, Pa
PSC Approves Telephone Company Bond Issue
Madison Wis La Crosse Telephone Co received PSC approval to issue 400000 first mortgage sinking fund bonds due Sept 1 1968 at 3 percent interest to finance plant additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSC
Telephone Company
Madison
Wis
la Crosse Telephone Company
State Public Service Commission
U S envoy Taylor Arrives in Madrid for Franco Talks
Myron Taylor, the U S special envoy to the Vatican, landed in Madrid from Lisbon and will confer with Generalissimo Francisco Franco that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Myron Taylor
U. S
Vatican
Lisbon
Francisco Franco
Senate House foreign experts mold compromise aid bill
A joint task force of Senate and House foreign experts moves to finalize a compromise 6.205 billion aid measure aimed at Europe Greece Turkey and China. Both chambers must pass the bundle before the week ends with Truman to sign.
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Senate-House
Washington
Sid Nacram
House
Truman
Senate
America
Europe
China
Greece
Turkey
Vandenberg (Rmich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wisconsin Leads In Federal State Highway Contracts
Wisconsin's immediate goal in federal state highway contracts is 68.55 million dollars, the highest in the division that includes Minnesota and the Dakotas. The division targets 176.65 million by June 30, 1950, with carryover and unfinished work counted. Wisconsin must average about 27.42 million annually to meet the deadline, after finishing 48.3 percent of 1947 work.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
S. L. Taylor
Federal Public Roads Administration
Minnesota
Dakotas
Taylor
Reds May Cripple Italy With General Strike
Italy faces a potential general strike during the April 18 election as CGIL leaders threaten action to pressure authorities over the disappearance of Placido Rizzotto. Giuseppe di Vittorio, CGIL president, said the strike could start April 8 if the missing Sicilian labor leader is not found.
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Italy
Rome
Italian General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Palermo
Sicily
Placido Rizzotto
Chamber of Labor
Corleone
Wisconsin and Michigan lawmakers back Europe China aid bill
The House passed a 6.205 million dollar Europe China aid measure with seven Wisconsin and one Michigan Republican voting yes. Opposing were two Wisconsin Republicans and one Michigan Republican. O’Konski was not recorded.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
House
Truman Seeks 3 Billion for Defense and Materials
President Truman asked Congress for an additional 3 billion dollars for national defense and 375 million to stockpile strategic materials. The plan aims to boost trained manpower via draft and universal military training to deter Soviet aggression while staying within inflationary limits.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Martin
Mass
Treasury Department
White House
Russia
United States
Plane crash kills Barney Root near Clarkdale Arkansas
Barney F. Root about 50 a veteran commercial aviator was killed when his cotton dusting plane crashed at Woollard plantation near Clarkdale. Oliver Woollard a local planter witnessed the crash saying the craft struck a power line at low altitude and burned, Root had been operating out of Hughes Arkansas and had arrived six years ago from La Crosse Wisconsin as a contract flier in aerial agricultural work.
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Clarkdale
Ark
Barney F. Root
Woollard Plantation
Oliver Woollard
Root
Hughes
la Crosse
Wis
Arkansas
Americans Use Airplanes For Transportation In Berlin Crisis
American and Allied authorities protested Soviet border inspections in Berlin causing rail and road disruption. Gen Lucius D Clay warned the stoppage could not be broken without force as four eastbound trains were halted at Marienborn near the British zone. Bevin in London received a crisis report amid Allied discussions on the Soviet action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Marienborn
Bevin
Ernest Bevin
London
U S Plans to Stay in Berlin as Russia Tightens Control
Washington confirms U S forces will remain in Berlin amid Russia seizure of traffic control. Pravda deems partition of Germany complete and the Allied council as defunct. Western troops and civilians number about 40,000 with 10,000 Americans. Congress advances a 6.205 billion aid package while Spain invitation remains contested. Greece Turkey aid rises to 275 million. Dardanelles defenses boost as 700,000 Turkish troops guard the straits. Rendova departs for Istanbul carrying former U S air force planes.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Berlin
Moscow
Pravda
Germany
Allied Control Council
House
Senate
Greece
Turkey
U. S
Dardanelles
Rendova
San Francisco
Istanbul
Italy
Russia
Striking Spain From Foreign Aid Bill
Washington lawmakers compromise to remove Spain from the aid list after President Truman opposes the provision. A bipartisan committee of five senators and five representatives drafted the change, with ratification needed by both chambers. Charles G. Ross relayed Truman’s opposition during the talks.
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Washington
House
Spain
White House
Truman
Senate
Vanderberg
R-Mich
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
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Clairton
Henry Leader
Peice Oere
Democratic Party
Reich
Helmstedt
Berlin-Hannover
By Douglas B. Cornell
Defense
Barney Root
Peter Bilecki
Sedro Woolsey
Wash
Clay
The
Associated Press
U. S. Senate
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