Seamen Slap Down Veto On Tax Cut And Strike Threats
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and Assistant Secretary Gibson travel to New York to urge end to CIO seamen work stoppage tied to a no contract no work dispute. NMU President Curran warned 1,150 ships could be affected in days, with ports reporting hundreds of crews quitting. Federal conciliators postponed talks with owners and union groups as preparations for further delays and potential lockouts continued.
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New York
Schwellenbach
John Gibson
CIO
United States
Gibson
Michigan Cio
Fred Livingston
William N. Margolis
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
Seattle
Puget Sound
West
Checkers
Supercargoes
Long -Horemen
Cooks and Stewards
American Communications Association
NMU
ACA
Texas
Curran
Justice Refuses To Bar Wallace From Speaking In U S Theater
Federal Judge James M. Procter refused to bar Henry A. Wallace from address at Watergate amphitheater in Washington. The ruling dismissed a petition by Rep. O Connell and the American anti Communist association to deny Wallace use of the government venue. Wallace plans to speak on peace and the 1948 campaign, while O Connell vows to take the issue to Congress.
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Washington
James M. Procter
Henryy A. Wallace
Watergate
American anti-Communist Association
Rep
O’konski
R-Wis
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Wallace
Krug
Cjs
Lincoln Memorial
Four Fatal Crashes Prompt U S Inquiry Panel
President Truman appointed a five man board to study air safety after a series of deadly crashes last year. Key incidents include a Capital Airlines crash in West Virginia killing 45 aboard, a United flight at La Guardia that killed 43, an Eastern Air Lines crash, and a B-29 collision in Vermont. Also noted were private plane losses near Fort Lauderdale and Windsor Locks, with staff sergeant Curtis Green injured at Fort Knox. Fossey named chair to lead the inquiry.
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Fearon
Truman
Itr
Capital Airlines
Keys . W. Va
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
New York
Eastern Air
Springfield
Ariz
Army
Pittsburgh
William R. Wolf
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
William H. Greenleaf
Connecticut
National Guard
Windsor Locks
Conn
Fort Knox
Curtis F.green
Fossey
Stassen Refuses to Concede New Jersey Votes to Dewey
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential hopeful, said he would not concede New Jersey's votes to Dewey. He noted his war service kept him behind in party contacts and said he remains a presidential aspirant, not a vice presidential one, stressing the party's direction over his nomination.
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Mantoloking
N. J
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
New Jersey
Thomas E. Dewey
New Or
Dewey
Stassen
Indian Party Warns States on Hindu Nation Split
The All-India Congress party warned Indian states to align with Hindustan or Pakistan as British rule ends in August. It adopted a plan dividing India into Hindu Hindustan and a Muslim Pakistan and rejected any state declaring independence from the union.
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NEW Delhia
India
All-India Congress Party
Hindustan
Pakistan
Mosler
Congress
Eco
Hyderabad
Avancore
Newsprint Supply Falls to Record Lows in Transit
The end of May shows the lowest newsprint supply on record with 28 days on hand. Comparisons reveal 32 days in 1946, 43 in 1945, and 36 in 1941, highlighting a persistent scarcity as shipments remain delayed.
Weather forecast for Le Crosse area
Fair conditions with a slight warmup tonight as temperatures drop to 63 degrees. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a high near 60 degrees.
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le Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Six Die In Wisconsin Weekend Accidents
At least six people died in Wisconsin over the weekend in separate accidents. Names include Ruth Ness 45 of Eau Claire Arnold Talbert 47 of Eau Claire William Hoyman 20 Neenah H Stanley Owens 40 Oshkosh David Ince 32 Racine and Scheidler 67 Chippewa Falls. The toll rose after a motor cruiser collision in Oshkosh and a highway crash near Eau Claire.
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Wisconsin
Ruth Ness
Eau Claire
Arnold Talbert
Eau William
James
Sacred Heart Hospital
Mervin Gass
Holcomb
Kenneth Chase
Chippewa Falls
Talbert
D-X Oil Co
Ness
Hoyman
J. and Mrs. Motorcycle Club
Ince
St. Mary's Hospital
Racine
Scheidler
Chippewa County
Plane crash lands near highway 100 injures none
Two men escaped serious injury when their airplane crash landed in a field near highway 100. The incident occurred Monday in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Highway
Rivers Near Normal as June Brings Warm Weather
Unseasonably cool with a high pressure ridge from Hudson Bay to the lower Mississippi valley. Rivers in the area are near normal levels with the Mississippi expected to rise for several days while La Crosse and other gauges show modest changes.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
Lansing
Sanial
Neillsville
Galesville
Root River
Kickapoo
Portage
Wisconsin
Hudson Bay
Mississippi Valley
Four Hurt In Two Car Crash At Losey and State
Four persons were injured in a two car crash at Losey boulevard and State street Sunday morning. Antony and Hauser were the drivers, with injuries including elbow and ankle bruises, cuts, and a bruised leg. all taken to a local hospital in police ambulances. Damages totaled about 700 dollars across the two cars.
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Losey Boulevard
State Street
Erling Antony
South Second Street
Robert Hauser
Antony
Jennie Baardseth
Alice Antony
South Second
Charles Dessle
Market Street
Hauser
Main
Third Streets
Harriette K. Perry
Black River Falls
James E. McLoone
North 16Th Street
Perry
McLoone
Hugh Fay
la Crescent
Minn
Harlan D. Houghtaling
R. 2
Fourth
Badger Streets
Fay
Three Jews Condemned to Die as U.N. Inquiry Opens
In Jerusalem a military court death sentences were handed to three Jewish terrorists tied to the May 4 Acre jail break that freed 251 prisoners and killed 16. Two other defendants got life terms while Irgun vows retaliation amid an Arab general strike hampering the U.N. inquiry.
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Jerusalem
United Nations Commission In Palestine
Acre
Irgum Zvai Leumi
U. N. Commission
Irgun Repea
Blood
U. N
Palestine
Cairo
Mufti
Holy Land
Pravda Attacks Marshall Aid for Europe Plan
Pravda criticized Secretary of State Marshall’s proposed coordinated aid for Europe saying it merely extends the Truman doctrine and amounts to political pressure and interference in other states. Foreign observers doubted Soviet participation in the program.
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Moscow
Pravda
Marshall
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Dennis Contempt Trial Delayed For One Day
Washington reports the contempt of Congress trial of Eugene Dennis secretary of the U S Communist Party was postponed on Monday for one day extending proceedings into the week. The defense cites scheduling conflicts as the reason for the adjournment.
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Washington
Eugene Dennis
U. S
Communist Party
Congress
Des Moines River Flood Crest Reaches Keosauqua
Keosauqua, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids faced rising floods as the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers crest. Keosauqua saw its business district inundated up to nine feet, Ottumwa housing 10,000 homeless with $10 million+ property damage estimated, and Cedar Rapids river levels threatening campus and city structures.
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Keosauqua
Des Moines
Mississippi
Keon
Iowa
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Norwood Teal
S. E. Decker
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Herschel Loveless
Keokuk
Burlington
Louisiana
Iowa River
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapidis
The
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Robert C Dunn Named Editor Of Monroe Evening Times
Robert C Dunn, former La Crosse newspaperman, becomes editor of the Monroe Evening Times. He spent 18 years on the La Crosse Tribune staff before moving to the Chicago office of price administration as assistant regional information executive for two years.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Robert C. Dunn
la Crosse
Monroe Evening Times
Dunn
la Crosse Tribune
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
Truman Tax Arguments Against Tax Cut Bill
President Truman lists six points opposing the tax reduction bill. He says it harms government finances, fuels inflation, worsens economic mismatches, undercuts debt reduction, and is neither fair nor equitable. He argues any surplus should reduce the public debt and favors aid to low income groups.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Republicans Blast Veto in Stinging Tax Fight
Republicans in Congress condemn President Truman’s veto of the tax bill claiming it undermines economic needs and fuels a 1948 campaign issue. Treasury Secretary Snyder defends the veto saying it preserves fiscal soundness. Carroll Reece accuses Truman of thwarting the will of the people.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Snyder
Carroll Reece
National Republican Committee
Thousands Attend Viroqua Mass at City Park Bowl
A huge patriotic religious gathering filled Viroqua City Park Bowl for a diocesan memorial Mass honoring World War I and II fallen from many faiths. The event was hosted by Mayor Bernard Lewison and featured Father Bach explaining the Mass as a real sacrifice with Latin rites translated for all, as Bishop Treacy presided with veterans, clergy, and thousands in attendance.
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Viroqua
Wis
City Park Bowl
Bernard Lewison
Albert Roemer
St. Mary's Parish
John Patrick Treacy
la Crosse
Joseph Cogent
Lo School
Christ
Calvary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Catholic War Veterans
Aquinas Band
Bach
Treacy
GOP Concedes Tax Cut Vote Likely Fails
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion tax reduction bill stalling income tax cuts this year. Republicans anticipate a two thirds vote required to override, but say the senate cannot support it. House leadership expects a vote, while critics denounce the proposal as fiscally unsafe and ill timed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
McCormack
Mass
Truman names five to probe plane safety in aviation overhaul
President Truman appoints James M. Landis to head a five man panel to investigate aviation safety after 146 deaths in 16 days. The group includes Jerome Hunsaker Theodore Wright Milton Arnold and H B Cox with a broad mandate to search all aviation facets including aircraft engines weather human factors and maintenance. The panel opens its first meeting tomorrow in Washington as lawmakers previously focused on weather landing aids amid a wave of late 1946 crashes.
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Truman
James J. Strebig
Washington —S
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Landis
Harvard University Law School
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jerome Hunsaker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Theodore P. Wright
Civil Aeronautics Admin
Milton W. Arnold
Air Forces
Air Transport Association
H. B. Cox
House
Senate
Truman May Delay Taft Hartley Action Until Deadline
Press Secretary Ross said the president may not act on the Taft Hartley labor bill until shortly before the Friday midnight deadline. No formal action is expected until after Truman's return from Princeton University where he speaks tomorrow.
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Washington
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
Mr. Truman
Princeton University
Truman vetoes tax cut bill sparks political fight
President Truman vetoes a tax reduction bill amid a presidential election year. Knutson and Carroll Reece attack the move as political. Truman argues tax relief should wait until inflation stabilizes and debt is reduced. The decision ties to broader aims of national relief and international peace. Page 2 continues.
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Knutson
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National Association of Marine Cooks and Stewards
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
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Russia
Turkey
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House un-American Activi
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
National Press Club
Europe
Secreary of Commerce
Hungary
Blue Mountains
Leesburg
Associated Press
Bomber
Jersey
Indian Party
U.N. Palestine
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Ways and Means Committee
Reece Raps
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