Illinois Governor Blames GOP for Whitewall Car Headaches
Governor Stevenson, facing a GOP threat to cut $1 million for new cars, defends his car budget while promising cuts. He says the budget amount of $1,333,000 is just $117,000 less than Republicans spent in the prior two years and notes the state owns 1,950 cars, many inherited from the previous administration.
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Trieste Camp Lists 60,000 Refugees and POWs Through Transit
The AMG reports more than 100000 eastern European refugees and POWs passed Trieste transit camps since May 1945. 60,741 refugees and 20,511 POWs plus 19,351 Italians left the territory for DP camps, with Red Cross groups aiding care. A recent voyage aboard the Dundalk Bay sent 1025Polish and Baltic refugees to Australia. New buildings are planned to improve conditions and the AMG seeks use of Trieste camps for Western Hemisphere and Australia sailings.
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Allied Military Government
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Italy
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Poland
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Germany
Australia
Britain Plans Immediate Start On Rebuilding Bombed Cities
The government announces that reconstruction of central districts in heavily-bombed cities will begin next year, signaling a priority move to restore urban cores and housing. The plan appears to outline phased work and funding implications for postwar recovery efforts.
Poor Man's Philosopher on Human Hand
HAL BOYLE muses that hands are a vexing human problem as modern life leaves the ape memory in us a force. He notes how adults fidget and how women crochet offers the best outlet, while men juggle habits and a yo-yo finally solves his own hand restlessness.
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New York
Eiven
Discover Citizen In State Archives In Washington
In Olympia Washington a former citizen’s ashes are kept in the state archives. Supervisor J A Dagvue notes the urn is stored in the state banking division. The urn reportedly came from a Seattle bank that failed around 1921 and was never claimed.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
State Archives
J. A. Dagvue
State
Seattle
Negro Presides Over Wisconsin Legislature For First Time
Milwaukee Democrat Assemblyman Leroy J. Simmons became the first Black official to preside over Wisconsin’s legislature. He relieved Speaker Alex Nicol and later attended a luncheon by the AFL CIO. Simmons has served in the assembly since 1944.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Leroy J. Simmons
Milwaukee Democrat
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Simmons
AFL
CIO
Could USSR and U S Collaborate Economically
Moscow radio says collaboration between American and Russian economic systems is possible and desirable on the eve of the Big Four conference. A proviso remains a spirit of amity and non interference in internal affairs. The piece recalls long Russo American tensions since 1933 recognition and Comintern activity, noting spy rings and investigations in North America and Britain.
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Voice
Kremlin
Cominform
Comintern
Canada
United States
Britain
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