Rent Bill Near Senate Action With 15 Month Extension
Washington predicts Senate Banking Committee approval of a 15 month rent control extension with planned hikes of five percent on Oct 1 and further increases for other tenants. The measure limits future increases to 15 percent versus June 30 1947 baselines and allows state control takeovers under certain conditions.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Bankin
Banking Committee
Senate
Truman
Subcommittee
House
Federa
Four Children Found In Unheated Louisville Home
In Louisville Kentucky police found four children two of them under three years old alone in a cold unheated house since Sunday. Their mother Edna Stuckey 19 was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She said she left to get money for food. The children include Janet two Laura Bell two Moore 16 Evelyn Moore 13 with Nora Maupin their grandmother. The older girl said the mother left Feb 28 and has not returned.
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Louisville
Children's Center
Edna Stuckey
Louis Snyder
Janette
Laura Bell
Ivo
Stuck
Moore
Evelyn Moore
Nora Maupin
Floyd Maupin
Reah
Gulf Ports Group Opposes Seaway at Annual Convention
At its annual convention Gulf Ports Group representing Gulf of Mexico ports reaffirmed opposition to the St. Lawrence Seaway project. The resolution labeled the seaway as economically unsound and urged continued limits on expansion.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Gulf of Mexico
Weather in La Crosse and vicinity
Fair and continued cold and Friday. Low tonight 17 degrees, Friday high around 32 degrees. Frigid conditions persist with a brisk wind and clear to partly cloudy skies through the period.
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la Crosse
Israel and Trans-Jordan Seek Equal Forces in Palestine
Acting UN Mediator Bunche said Israel and Trans-Jordan agreed in principle to reduce both militaries to equal strength in specified Palestine zones. They also reached lines dividing Jerusalem and planned observer moves to Aqaba and nearby ports amid ongoing armistice talks.
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Rhodes
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Ralph Bunche
Jerusalem
Bunche
William R. Riley
Red Sea
Seee
Nomination Papers Filed By 34 City Candidates
By noon Thursday 34 candidates filed with City Clerk Fred Kramer for city offices. Filing runs through Monday with office hours 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those seeking seats include 15 for supervisor, 10 for alderman, and one for constable, with names and addresses of each candidate listed for wards and posts.
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Fred Kramer
Wednseay
Kramer
Approve Child Service Survey and Oppose College Measure
The board approved a resolution authorizing the League of Women Voters to conduct a county survey of child services in health education welfare and related fields to identify needs and expand benefits. It also unanimously backed a resolution opposing senate bill 263 and assembly bill 356 creating a unified state university system.
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I Rvisa
Central Council of Social Agencies
Board of Supervisors
Board of Regents
Highway Committee
State Highway Commission
House Group Approves 75 Cent Wage Minimum
The House labor committee recommended a 75 cent national minimum wage, saying the economy could support about 400000 workers. The bill would raise approximately 1,500,000 workers under the federal wage hour law and extend the act to additional employees.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
U. S
War orphaned German children arrive in U S foster care
Sixty six war orphaned children, ages six to nine, arrived at New York’s International Air Terminal guided by the International Refugee Organization. They carry blue boxes with their belongings and were placed under the care of the U S Committee for the Care of European Children while awaiting foster home assignment.
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New York
Germany
Erna Kulmanis
America
Immonts Franks
Jolija Trivonovs
International Refugee Organization
New York International Airport
U. S
Red Filibuster Delays Italian Vote On Pact
Communists prolonged Italy's vote on joining the Atlantic alliance with a lengthy midnight to dawn filibuster in the chamber of deputies. Protests sparked strikes in Milan and Genoa, with police clashing near Rome and at Piazza Colonna. One demonstrator died in Terni and police wounded several as crowds argued over the pact.
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Atlantic Alliance
Milan
Genoa
Piazza Colonna
Terni
Alliance
Alvino Trastulli
Astra
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Chamber of Labor
Sesto San Giovanni
Stalingrad
Stri
L’unita Oe Rapa
Crowded Greyhound Bus Overturns Near Barbourville
A crowded Southeastern Greyhound bus overturned and burned about eight miles south of Barbourville Kentucky. A dozen passengers suffered bruises and cuts with no serious injuries reported. The bus traveled north from Knoxville to Lexington when the driver tried to pass a truck and hit a soft shoulder.
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Barbourville
Southeastern Greyhound
Here
Knoxville
Lexington
Modern Would Make Harum Take Look
WAUKESHA Wis. David Harum could have learned from auto salesman Jerry Graf who took a horse as part payment for a used car He allowed $200 on a pinto pony with saddle and assigned him a serial number The drawback is that a pony unlike a car uses feed and costs $25 to $30 monthly for upkeep until sold.
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Waukesha
Wis
David Harum
Jerry Graf
Graf
Pull Back Defenses To West Coast In Pacific Strategy
SEIF ERICKON reports that after four years of Pacific gains the U S plans to shift main defenses toward the West Coast with limited forces for a distant line in Asia. Observers warn that Hawaii may lose air defense as budgets favor Europe and the Mediterranean, leaving Alaska as a more defendable screening area.
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Pacific
Japan
United States
U. S
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Okinawa
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Mediterranean
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Alaska
Hawaii
Segregation Bill Tabled By Assembly
The Wisconsin Assembly tabled a Democratic measure that would bar all segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard and introduced an identical GOP bill at the request of veterans and military affairs. Republicans cited strong voting support for the action.
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Poingreget Wis
Assembly
Wisconsin National Guard
Guard
Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
Superior
Madison
Assemblyman
Ostby
Grain and Warehouse Commission
Start Upper River Traffic March 28
Central Barge Lines announced operations on the upper Mississippi river around March 28. The firm, a major coal carrier, will push the first load aboard the tow boat Truax.
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ST. Louis
Central Barge Lines
Mississippi River
Truax
Republican-Dixie Coalition Threatens Truman Program
Congressional leaders privately concede the Truman program for the 81st Congress is in deep trouble. A Republican and southern Democrat coalition is tightening control, as the House amends the rent bill, the Senate defeats a filibuster fight, and a nomination is shelved.
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Republican-Dixie Coalition
Truman
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Senate
House
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Martin
Massachusetts
Two Children Rescued From Burning House
Viola residents aided by neighbor Ted Elder who rescued two young Russell children from a fast spreading fire that destroyed the Russell home. Firemen fought the blaze as townspeople began a collection for the family. Three Boy Scouts provided clothing and care to the rescued children while officials assessed damage and insurance.
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Viola
Wis
Vila Russell
Ted Elder
Russell
Vernon County
Teddy Ledman
Jimmy Banker
Cecil Granger
Uranium Theft Probe Ties Mexican Secret Police
Mexican secret police investigate a suspected refined uranium theft from a U S atomic laboratory. A month ago a Mexican man was arrested with a small uranium cylinder. reporters were told to withhold the information to let U S agents pursue the case and identify a possible informant.
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Mexico City
U. S
Wabash Trains Idle as 3000 on Strike Pause
Wabash railroad trains remained idle for the third day amid a nationwide strike. About 3,000 operating employees are on strike, with 9,000 more to be laid off if no back-to-work agreement emerges. President Truman signed a 60 day strike postponement while a fact finding board reviews the dispute. Union leaders say once a strike starts there is no compulsion to resume work. Unions include the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
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Wabash
Truman
Py Leow
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Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Cleveland
Washington
Forty Routed In Fire At Minneapolis Hotel
Fire swept the Majestic hotel in Minneapolis causing $500,000 in losses. Forty people were routed as flames spread through the three story structure and firemen battled the blaze for about an hour drawing crowds as smoke rose above the roof.
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Minneapolis
Majestic
Rail lobbyists oppose 130 mile Ohio conveyor belt plan
Rail road attorneys at a Columbus senate hearing challenge a proposed 130 mile conveyor belt to move coal and ore from Lorain to East Liverpool with spokes to Cleveland and Youngstown. They argue it is not a public utility and cannot earn eminent domain, warning job losses for 15,000 to 20,000 workers.
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Ohio River
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Youngstown
Earl C. Shively
Ohio Rail Association
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Shively
Ohio House of Representatives
Jackson E. Betts
Findlay
Frank R. Aible
Eee
E Belt Line
Hoover group split on interior department reorganization plan
The Hoover Commission proposed major reform to streamline the interior department with a broader scope for public works and natural resources. Three members advocated a new department of natural resources while the majority favored absorbing flood control, public buildings, veterans hospital construction, and civilian aviation into a reorganized interior department with shifts of some bureaus to agriculture and commerce.
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State Acheson
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Indian Affairs
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Truman Plans News Conference at Winter White House
President Truman announced a news conference for 8 30 a m Friday at his winter White House on the naval submarine base as he returned from a fishing trip. He praised the party for their effort, noting his two catches led a five fish haul while his physician Brig Gen Graham also fished.
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Key West
Truman
Congress
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Will
Classified ad proves sale immediate for shallow water pump
Mrs. Mark Hewitt reports selling a shallow water pump at 2503 Hewitt the same day after Tribune Want Ads publicized it. The ad was cancelled promptly and readers were urged to place classified notices by calling 3680 for quick results.
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Hewitt
Mark Hewitt
Tribune
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Bob) Evjen
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