Probes Sought Into Democratic Campaign Loan Write‑offs
Senate Elections Subcommittee may examine Internal Revenue Service rulings allowing campaign loans to the New York State Democratic Committee to be written off as bad debts. Senators Williams and Gillette urge hearings while Rep. Kean seeks testimony from revenue officials.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
New York State
Democratic Committee
Rep
Kean
Revenue Bureau
House
John B. Dunlap
E. I. McLarney
McLarney
Sen. Williams
Del
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N.C
Marshall Field
Chicago
David Schulte
Field
Schulte
Reynolds
Europe
Truman Gives TV Tour Of White House And Plays Mozart
President Truman led a televised 45 minute tour of the revamped White House watched by millions. Six cameras followed him through public rooms while he played Mozart on a grand piano and shared anecdotes about past residents and rooms including the East Room and the China Room with a Collie portrait of Coolidge nearby.
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Washington
Harry Truman
White House
Executive Mansion
Truman
NBC
Frank Bourgholtzer
China Room
Calvin Coolidge
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Coolidge
Council Nearing Decision On 3 Major School Projects
The Common Council weighs three proposed school projects including a southeastern area school a new French Island school and a 10 room Emerson School addition A complete bond of 875000 was proposed but a 12 to 8 majority fell short of the three fourths needed The council may approve bonds in whole or part this week and elect a new board member Friday from five candidates listed with City Clerk Alice Dickson
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Common Council
Board of Education
Southeastern Area
French Island
Emerson
Walter Bigelow
Alice Dickson
C. L. Ringquist
S. 20Th St
Gene Luening
Market St
Leon Miller
Feverish Week Ahead In National Politics
A packed political week spans primaries in Florida Ohio Maryland and Alabama with New Mexico voting. Delegates are allocated in Ohio Florida and Alabama while conventions take place in New York Illinois Nevada Michigan and Utah. Maryland hosts a presidential preference vote with delegates to follow.
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Florida
Ohio
Maryland
Alabama
New Mexico
New York
Illinois
Nevada
Michigan
Utah
Robert A. Taft
DOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Richard Russell
Georgia
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
Kefauver
Theodore R. McKeldin
Europe
Douglas outlines Democratic lines on prosperity and anti Red
Senator Paul Douglas addressed Illinois Democratic workers noting domestic prosperity and efforts to check Communist aggression as core campaign themes. He urged frank campaigning and attributed current government conditions to minor officials while praising Democratic foreign policy as a world leadership in curbing Red aggression.
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Champaign
Ill
Paul Douglas
Illinois Democratic Workers
Illinois
Douglas
U.S
Girl Rider Dies After Fall From Horse
Kathleen Wheaton, 12, was fatally injured Saturday when thrown from a horse she was riding in Milwaukee. The incident occurred during a riding event as witnesses reported the horse bolted and fell.
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Milwaukee
Kathleen Wheaton
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Fair Sunday with moderate temperature. Highest in the afternoon around 82 degrees.
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la Crosse
GOP Women Favor Change in Wisconsin Redistricting
Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women's Clubs adopted a resolution urging constitutional change to permit area based legislative redistricting in addition to population. The group praised Hoover reforms and Sen. McCarthy, and urged ending federal state fund matching. Gov. Kohler voiced neutrality, noting good arguments on both sides. Wayne Hood urged opposition to current reapportionment and urged a party plank for area based drawing.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Wisconsin
Hoover
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Walter Kohler
Wayne J. Hood
Republican Voluntary Committee
Republican Party
Lt. Goodwin Freed From Biggs Quarters After Court Martial
Lt Verne Goodwin was released from Biggs Air Force Base where he was confined since his court martial for refusing to fly. He returned to his Las Cruces New Mexico home and said he planned no immediate actions. Biggs officials said his discharge would be issued Monday under honorable conditions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Verne
Goodwin
Biggs Air Force Base
Air Force
Las Cruces
N.M
Biggs
Washington
Peabody, Mass
Derman stabbed in pocket knife incident in Cheltenham
John Derman faced a shoe on Saturday when an open penknife in his trousers pocket stabbed his stomach. The hospital reported he severed an artery but is now recovering. Police are investigating the attack in Cheltenham, England.
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Cheltenham
Eng
John Derman
Area High Bands Parade Draws Large Sunny Crowd
Crowds lined Main Street under blue skies to watch 37 Western Wisconsin high schools march in the district music festival parade. Viola Graded School led the procession with blue skirts and yellow blouses as judges watched from a truck platform downtown.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse State College
Burns Park
Imusic
State Street
Main
Fourth Streets
Doerflinger
Main Street
Breakdown In Truce Talks In Korea Deepens Deadlock
MUNSAN Korea Sunday shows no progress in key truce issues as top armistice delegates meet briefly. UN spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols says no agreement reached on prisoner repatriation neutral truce inspectors and limits on airfield construction.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckols
United Nations Command
Russia
U.N
Five MIGs Shot Down by Sabre Pilots Near Manchuria
The 5th Air Force announced five Communist MIGs were shot down by American Sabre pilots in sunset battles near Manchuria. The toll was raised to five after examination of gun camera film, with additional damage to a propeller-driven fighter reported.
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Seoul
Korea
Manchuria
5Th Air Force
Western Union Declines Mediation Over Telegraphers Strike
Western Union said it will not attend a scheduled mediation in Washington to end the nationwide telegraphers strike. The company accused the AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union of misrepresenting the meeting and said both sides had not agreed to a three man conciliation panel. Telegraphers average $1.44 per hour for a 48 hour week, seeking 16 cents more and shorter hours.
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New Yorks
Western Union
Washington
AFL Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Clyde M. Mills
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Traffic Violator Dies Hour After Bond Posted
Roy A. Johnson Jr. of Perry, 34, died in a Tallahassee hospital one hour after posting a $35 bond on a reckless driving charge. State Trooper Eldridge l Beach said Johnson drove on the wrong side at high speed. his head on collision injured W. C. Richardson of Auburndale, his wife, their three children, and Mrs. Etta Calloway.
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W. C. Richardson
Auburndale
Etta Calloway
France Toll Fees Cost U S Troops in Return for Defense
Paris reports port charges in France add heavy costs to U S military movements with $6 per officer and over $2 per enlisted man levied as peage fees. Negotiations aim to cut these levies including pilot tug and wharf charges on ships carrying arms and troops. About 20 000 U S troops are based in France with others transiting.
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Paris
United States
France
U.S
U.S. Military Sea Transportation Services
MSTS
U.S. Navy
McGranery Nomination Sees Senate Hearing Revival
The Senate Judiciary Committee will take up President Truman's disputed nomination of James P. McGranery for attorney general. Ferguson plans to compel McGranery's appearance if he does not testify, amid questions over his role in the Amerasia case and past Justice Department actions.
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Washington
Senate ‘Judiciary Committee
Truman
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Wince Lenge
Philadelphia
Ferguson
Justice Department
Congress
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
Pres. Truman
PAD Decrees Slash In Fuel
Denver reports a 30 percent gasoline cut for civil aviation effective May 6 at 2 01 am CST by the Petroleum Administration for Defense. Airlines and private planes face 65 percent use in the 28 day period, halting sport or pleasure flights. The measure, aimed at fueling airline operations, follows a prolonged oil workers strike with no settlement yet in sight.
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Denver
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
PAC
Chicago
Walter F. Mullady
American Trucking Associations
Mullady
California
Boy 15 Admits Fires They Say Included Dad's Death
Chicago police say 15 year old Nelson Letts confessed to five fires on the South Side Friday night and Saturday morning. One blaze occurred at the Letts home where his father Kenton Letts 50 suffocated on stairs. Nelson said he started the fires to get even with his father who abused his mother Laura 49 and drank heavily.
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Chicago
Walter Storms
Nelson Letts
South Side
Letts
Nelson
Kenton
Young Letts
Storms
Laura
Armed Youth Wounded in Milwaukee Area Manhunt
Sheriff's deputies wounded 20 year old armed fugitive Daniel Ferry along the Menomonee River in Granville after a vehicle theft from a cemetery led to a larceny warrant. Ferry was hospitalized with a stomach wound.
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Milwaukee
Menomonee River
Granville
Daniel Ferry
Tri-State Sections and Page Indicators
Summary of page navigation items: Conservation News editorials radio log sports theaters and Tri-State deaths alongside women's news and weather map references across pages 8 10 11 12 17 18 19.
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Ee Wee Conservation News
Women’s News
White House Talks on CIO Steel Wage Fight Stall
The White House session with steel executives and CIO workers broke up near 10 p.m. with no progress and will resume Sunday at 8 a.m. CST. Earlier, Supreme Court blocked Truman’s plan to grant 650,000 CIO steelworkers a pay raise, ordering no wage or working condition changes without management consent. The court’s 7-2 decision also agreed to review the seizure legality, while government control of the industry continues.
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Washington
White House
Steel Management
CIO Union
Supreme Court
Truman
Sauuday
Sec. of Commerce Sawyer
High Tribunal
Frills Cut as U S Army Ends Free Servants in Germany
The U S Army in Frankfurt says it will drop about 45 million dollars worth of free personal services by ending wages for maids and other servants funded by West German costs. Release starts immediately and ends June 30. Negotiations linger over non-duty trains and broader living costs.
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Richard K. O’malley
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
State Department
U.S
Army
Millionaire Seaman Weighs General Court Martial Gamble
Pearl Harbor reports Bruce S. Hopping a millionaire seaman and former New Jersey lumber executive plans to seek a general court martial instead of a special one. He and four crewmen face charges of conspiring to complain about naval discipline. He argues for full records and witnesses, seeking a longer sentence and possible dishonorable discharge.
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Pearl Harbor
Bruce S. Hopping
U.S. Navy
M Marshall
Hyman Greenstein
New Jersey
Navy
General Court
Hopping
Ripleys Lumber Co
Port Newark
N.J
Aiene
Caters
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Ruth Nelson
Elda Komisar
Pepin
Kathleen Keeffe
Trempealeau
Ted McDonald
Gays Mills
Tribune
Mozart
Tag Truman
ED Creagh
Associated Press
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Rocquencourt
John Foster Dulles
Penknife
Claims Union
By Charles Lane
Mittee
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Amerasia
Boy
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HST
Tribunal
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