President Postpones Tax Action Amid Congress Delay
President Truman delaying action on the $4 billion income tax cut bill as Congress finished action yesterday. The measure would cut taxes 5.25 to 30 percent over time with a new $500 exemption for those over 65 and requires a veto or signing within ten days. A separate committee voted to freeze the social security tax at 1 percent for two more years.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Canada
Midwest
Congress
Congressional
Partes
White House
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Jackson Gay
Los Angeles
Senate
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R-Cole
Capitol
House
Ways and Means
Southern Coal Talks Halted
Washington reports that wage proposals from Southern Coal operators led United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis to halt talks. Agenda included an 85 cent daily pay rise in exchange for ending portal to portal underground travel pay.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal
UMW
Portal
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Lewis
North
West
Tierney
Joseph J. Ardigo
H. S. Homan
Southern
Northern and
Western
Northwest
Sparta 3 Year Old Walks 25 Blocks to Reunion
A three year old girl in Sparta Wisconsin walked about 25 blocks from home on Jefferson Avenue near Mount Leo while parents shopped and neighbors watched. Police located Bobby Jean Marshall and reunited her with her family before evening.
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Sparta
Wis
Independence
Bobby Jean Marshall
Bobby
Jefferson Avenue
Mount Leee
Sparta Police
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy with local showers this evening. Thursday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Low tonight 58 and high Thursday 74.
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la Crosse
Truman Nominates Wisconsin Postmasters to Senate
President Truman sends to the Senate the names of Wisconsin postmaster nominees Ruth E. Score Elk Mound Albert G Willgrabs Nor walk Jay P Phillips Palmyra Otis L Holman Westby for confirmation in a routine nominations letter from Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Wisconsin
Ruth E. Score
Elk Mound
Albert G. Willgrabs
Norwalk
Jay P. Phillips
Palmyra
Otis L. Holman
Westby
No Hungarian Planes Over U S Zone
The Hungarian government was informed that Maszoviet planes may no longer fly over the American zones of Austria and Germany due to absence of American civil aviation rights in Hungary. Premier Lajos Dinnyes and acting Foreign Minister Erno Mihalysi received the message, noted to come from the American response to prior restrictions on American air activities in Hungary.
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Budapest
Legation
Maszoviet
Austria
Germany
Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
Erno Mihalysi
United States and Argentina Move Toward Defense Talks
Diplomatic progress follows White House meeting as President Truman signals willingness to work with Argentina and other American republics on a mutual defense treaty. A Rio de Janeiro inter American defense conference is anticipated for July or August and U S arms sales to Buenos Aires are among the likely next steps.
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Washington, D. C
Argentina
United States
Buenos Aires
White House
Truman
Oscar Ivanissevich
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South America
Washington
Juan D. Peron
Ivanissevich
Marshall
Dean Ache- Silvaniesovich
Peron
Major Powers Rally Against Russia in Global Police Debate
In the United Nations Security Council, the United States Britain France and China backed the military staff committee report on a global police force as Russia dissented on over a third of its basic principles. Delegates expect two months to reach agreement as debates begin and discussions shift to the force's strength and composition.
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Larry Hauck Lake
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
London
Alexandre Parodi
Council
Balkan Investigation Commission
Eastland calls for decisive stand against Russian aggression
Washington senator Eastland declares the United States must eject the Soviet from the United Nations if necessary to stop Russian aggression in Hungary. He urges rejecting the Italy peace treaty to prevent “enlarging aggressors” and supports swift ratification of Hungary Bulgaria Romania pacts.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
United States
United Nations
Russia
Hungary
Senate
U. N
Bulgaria
Romania
Conally
D-Tex
Texas
Fulbright
Flood Waters Ravage Rutland Vermont City
Rutland Vermont 18 000 population faces a severe flood with four missing, two children among them, and widespread damage. Water mains burst, city water and electricity cut, 500 homes flooded, thousands evacuated by boat, as Proctor also reports severe impact and communications fail.
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Rutland
Vermont
Bernard Cohen
Philip McKenzie
Richard Lavicterre
East Pittsford
Public Works
William Kallie
Richard la Victoire
National Guard
Frank Lapine
Proctor
Drowns When Fishing Boat Overturns On Lake Winnebago
Neenah Wisconsin report: Raymond Schoepel 39 of Menasha drowned when a fishing boat overturned on Lake Winnebago. Florian Kaminski 40 was rescued after clinging to the hull for two hours. Kaminski and 15 year old Donald Tuscherer helped save him.
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Neenah
Wis
Raymond Schoepel
Menasha
Lake Winnebago
Florian Kaminski
Kaminski
Schoepel
Donald Tuscherer
Truman Asks Action On Universal Training
President Truman urged Congress to grant early consideration to universal training. He sent the advisory commission’s report to lawmakers, calling for universal training to strengthen defenses or risk extermination in atomic warfare.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
United States
Truman asks quick action on wartime powers extensions
President Truman urged congressional leaders to speed bills extending the maritime commission’s tanker charter authority for oil supply, the export control act for another year, and allocation and priority controls under the second war powers act. Bills advance in House and Senate committees with hearings set.
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Washington
Truman
Maritime Commission
Martin
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committees
House Committee
Senate
Circus Elephant Escapes and Performs on Lansing Lawns
Burma the performing elephant from Mills Brothers circus escaped the big top on Tuesday and gave an unscheduled show on Lansing south side lawns and gardens. A housewife alerted police, witnesses followed, and a state trooper along with two trainers recaptured Burma in a backyard. She had broken her chains and wandered off unnoticed before being towed back to the circus grounds.
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Lansing
Mich
Burma
Mills Brothers Circus
Lansing South Side
Swift Strike Ends As Union Accepts Wage Plan
The 1 day old strike by local No 448 of the Food Tobacco and Agriculture Workers CIO ends after union vote to accept a company wage rise. Settlement includes 10 cents hour increase, two cents sick leave, and two and a half cents equity plan, with about half of 160 striking workers to return to work Wednesday.
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Parcel Post
Paul Grange
William Stockland
Perry Lester
Anton Pederson
George Jacobus
Harry Shanley
Stewart
Leslie Burch
la Crosse County
Committee Advances Plan to Unify Military Under One Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approves legislation to place the army navy and air force under a single secretary of national security. The bill directs unified direction and authoritative coordination while keeping the services separate.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Drownings Mar Pupils At Wisconsin School Picnics
Wisconsin reports a second drowning of the season at school picnics. Kenneth Weyers 17 drowned when a canoe overturned on Chain O Lakes near Kaukauna while awaiting graduation. Classmate Lynnis Vander Loop 18 was rescued. Weyers was son of Herman and family. Rescue crews searched Brown's Lake near Racine for Leroy Wieczorek 14 who drowned during St Johns eighth grade outing.
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Waupaca
Wis
Wisconsin
Kenneth Weyers
Chain O'Lakes
Kaukauna
Leroy Wieczorek
Brown's Lake
Racine
St. John's School
Weryers
Lynnis Vander Loop
Vanders
Clifford Weyers
Weyers
Herman Weyers
Holland
A. G. Weiler
Fraser backs British step on dominion India transfer
Prime Minister Peter Fraser told newsmen he believed Britain was taking the right course by transferring power to India on the basis of dominion status.
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Wellington
N. Z
Peter Fraser
Newsmen Today
India
Patience Fortitude Boston Patrolman Shows Mercy to Dog Biter
Patrolman John McMorrow shows understanding after a dog bites him he accepts the owner’s plea that the pet was kicked by a man in uniform.
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Boston
John McMorrow
Moran pleads guilty in beaver trapping case in Caledonia
In Caledonia Minnesota Charles Moran pleaded guilty in the third judicial district to trapping beavers without a license. Judge Karl Finkelnburg fined Moran 100 dollars or 90 days and Moran chose to serve the sentence. The arrest followed a November 26 1946 incident near Brownsville. A separate trial awarded Gregor Link 230 dollars in damages for a November 13 1946 automobile accident on Freeburg road. Adjournment set for Monday at 1 30 p m with jurors called back.
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Caledonia
Minn
Third Judicial District
Charles Moran
Karl Finkelnburg
Moran
Brownsville
Fred Fisher
Gregor Link
Stanley Jacobson
Hector Construction Company
Link
Freeburg
Ship Emperor sinks after hitting rocks near Isle Royale
The 7000 ton freighter Emperor struck Canoe Rocks near Isle Royale in Lake Superior after departing Port Arthur for Ashtabula. It sank within five minutes with 12 fatalities including a woman cook. Eleven crew members remained missing while 21 survivors were rescued by coast guard units. Names include Capt. Eldon Walkinshaw among victims and Mrs Edna Schultz of Owen Sound.
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Windsor
Ont
Lake Superior
Canada Steamship Lines
Cook
United States Coast Guard
Fort William
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Port Arthur
Ashtabula
Norman Reach
Montreal
Eldon , Walkinshaw
Collingwood
Passage Island Light
Thunder Bay
Isle Royale
National Park
Michigan
Coast Guard
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Traverse City
Canada Steamship
Sault Ste. Marie
Canoe Rocks
Isle Royal
Kimball
Emperor
Edna Schultz
Owen Sound
Jane Buzzie
Marie Luzula
Britain Will Not Retain Bases In India After Independence
Viscount Mountbatten told a New Delhi news conference that Britain will keep no bases in India once full independence is achieved under the new plan. He said Hindustan and Pakistan will have dominion status during the transition, with princely states gaining independence or choosing to join either nation. He warned against Balkanization and pledged to use military strength if needed to maintain peace during the transition.
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New Delhi
Viscount Mountbatten
India
Britain
Hindustan
Pakistan
Mountbatten
Parkistan
Braden Resigns as State Department Aide
President Truman accepted Spruille Braden’s resignation as assistant secretary of state effective June. Braden, a former ambassador, had been at odds over U S Argentine relations and cited family responsibilities for returning to private business after a conference with President Truman and Argentine Ambassador Oscar Ivanissevich.
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Washington
Truman
Spruille Braden
Braden
Rtment
Argentina
Oscar Ivanissevich
White House
Marquette Medical Dean Eben Carey In Critical Condition
Dr. Eben J. Carey, 57, dean of Marquette university medical school, remained in critical condition at Columbia hospital. Doctors said recovery chances were doubtful as he fights a six week liver infection. known for poliomyelitis research and contributions to nerves muscles bone and anatomy.
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Milwaukee
Eben J. Carey
Marquette University Medical School
Columbia Hospital
Carey
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