Acheson to Head State Department in Truman Cabinet
Foreign Affairs men back Dean Acheson for secretary amid questions of loyalty to Alger Hiss and hard line on Russia. Truman aims a new team with James Webb. Bevin’s Israel stance and Indonesian crisis test Britain and the UN as NATO talks loom.
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Mauna Loa Eruption Lights Up Hawaii Skies
Lava glows from Mokuaweowee crater at Mauna Loa as planes flock to view the eruption. Airliners detour between Honolulu and Hilo for safe passes while a small missing plane draws attention.
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Top Industry Chiefs Say Politics Won't Halt 1949 Expansion Plans
NEA Service reports 16 of America’s largest industrial leaders from GE, U S Steel, Standard Oil of New Jersey, du Pont, General Foods and Kaiser vow no curtailment of 1949 expansion amid political talks. They cite ongoing projects, prior investments, and demand trends as driving forces behind continued growth.
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Washington
Congress
America
NEA Service
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U. S. Steel
Standard Oil
New Jersey
du Pont
General Foods
Kaiser Companies
C. E. Wilson
Permanente Metals Corp
Fairbanks Gun Story Animate a Boston Area Ancestry Tale
Rebecca a Fairbanks heirloom tale centers on a smoothbore flintlock musket hung over the Dedham homestead fireplace. Descendants of Jonathan Fairbanks carried it through American wars, with ownership passing to Henry Fairbanks of St Johnsbury Vermont in 1888 and then to Joseph Fairbanks in Washington by 1929. The gun remains on a Fairbanks hearth into the third century.
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England
Grace
Eben Fairbanks
Rebecca
New England
Fairbanks
Joseph Fairbanks
Nova Scotia
Louisbourg
George Washington
Colonies
Lexington
Concord
Henry Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Geaeee
Joseph Airbanks
Washington
Why snowflakes and Capitol questions puzzled readers?
A reader asks why snowflakes appear as six pointed stars and why the Capitol and White House sit a mile apart. The answers discuss snow crystal structure and a historical explanation involving elevations and a swamp between the two buildings.
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George Oor
England
Capitol
White House
Sidelights On State Legislature in Madison
Gov. Oscar Rennebohm calls his legislature address the hardest job of his life. The new lobbying registration law imposes a $10 fee as officials tease about a Brotherhood of the Golden Seal. Assembly Speaker Nicol earns GOP praise for fair distribution, while Robert Lynch garners cross party votes for speaker. Chief Justice Rosenberry retires in 1950 after long service. Madison hotel raises rates as lawmakers arrive and theater passes are issued on opening day.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar A. Rennebohm
Capitol Lobbying Corps
Fred R. Zimmerman
Brotherhood of the Golden Seal
Arthur Padrutt
Chippewa Falls
Brotherhood
Zimmerman
Robert Lynch
Green Bay
Lynch
Alex Nicol
Wisconsin Cooperative Movement
Nicol
Assembly
Monroe County
Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives
Harvey Abraham
Oshkosh
State Assembly
Arthur May
May
Rosenberry
State Supreme Court
Frank N. Graass
State House
Walter S. Goodland
Seize Bomber Thought Headed For Egypt
Newark officers seized a B-25 at Teterboro Airport believed flown by a British crew and headed illegally for Egypt. U S Attorney A E Modarelli obtained a federal order for confiscation of the former air force plane owned by Leonard La Bella of New Rochelle New York. He said La Bella sought a temporary permit to take the plane out of the country but authorities believe it would violate a government arms ban to the Middle East.
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Madarelli
Middle East
Small Ice Floe Serves Landing Field for Plane
Anchorage Alaska report says Lieut Robert Sprowl forced to ditch over Cook Inlet Friday. A 50 by 20 foot ice floe became the landing field as the engine failed. Grounding occurred but Sprowl escaped unharmed with rescue squadron members lifting him off the ice by helicopter.
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Alaska
Robert Sprowl
Cook Inlet
Sprowl
Campbell Town Tax Office Crowded For 1948 Real Estate
County Treasurer Marvin Johnson and Campbell treasurer Howard Kinney oversaw 1948 tax collection Saturday. Real estate and personal property taxes are assessed in May and paid in January or February of the following year, with dog taxes due alongside other fees.
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Marvin Johnson
Howard Kinney
Campbell
Early clashes as new Wisconsin treasurer faces moves to curb office
Madison Wis The state's new state treasurer Warren R Smith of Milwaukee faces opposition to Rennebohm s plan to remove the treasur office from the state election ballot and shrink its powers by shifting the beverage tax division to another agency Rennebohm also backs an appointive treasurer and attorney general though Smith and Zimmerman oppose.
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Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Warren R. Smith
Milwaukee
Smith
Oscar A. Rennebohm
Treasur
Balot
Rennebohm
Fred R. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Republican Party
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
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State Tax Department
Arthur Wegner
John W. Roach
Roach
Capitol
William McNally
McNally
Beverage Division
David Prichard
John L. Sonderegger
Milwaukee passenger train rear-ends deadhead train in Wisconsin
Traffic on the Milwaukee railroad delayed about three hours Friday night after a passenger train locomotive struck the rear of a deadhead equipment train at Sturtevant Wisconsin. Flagman Vincent Williams of Milwaukee was treated for shock at Racine hospital.
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Wis
Milwaukee Railroad
Vincent Williams
Milwaukee
Racine
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