Inflation Fight Shapes U S Budget Outlook and Tax Plan
Secretary Snyder urged prompt enactment of the Administration’s 10 billion dollar first round tax increases while delaying a second round until next year. New budget estimates show a near 5 billion dollar surplus this year and higher next year, reducing the prior deficit forecast. Congress welcomed Wilson’s inflation warnings and pledged stronger wage and price controls to curb rising costs amid defense spending.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Treasury
Dancer Surrenders in Long-Closed Slaying Case
Carla Ferrari, 22, a dancer named as a witness in the 1946 gun slaying of Frank Evans and Fred Garrow, turned herself in at a Pittsburgh police station claiming she is wanted. Homicide detectives detained her for the district attorney as DA Rahauser reopens the unsolved case linked to Frank Valenti.
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Pittsburgh
Carla Ferrari
Frank Evans
Fred Garrow
William Rahauser
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Evans
Garrow
Leech Farm Hospital
Frank Valenti
Valenti
Rahauser
Warren, O
Tony
Miners Observe John Mitchell Day Across Nation
Miners idle nationwide as soft coal mines halt work to honor John Mitchell, early United Mine Workers president credited with winning the eight hour day. Parades and programs in 27 states mark the annual observance, shifted to today since April 1 fell on Sunday. The holiday is provided for in the UMW contract.
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Pittsburgh
John Mitchell
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman to push continuing ECA to aid Europe
President Truman said he would ask Congress to keep the Economic Cooperation Administration operating to support essential programs for Western Europe’s recovery and for building military capacity amid renewed threats to world peace. He noted the Marshall Plan’s third anniversary and cited substantial economic recovery while endorsing a broader ECA role under new policy announced by William C. Foster.
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Truman
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
Free World
Europe
ECA
William C. Foster
Big
Marshall Plan Agency
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Mr. Truman
Marshal Plan
London
Flood Waters Recede After Wide Damage
Floods across Alabama Mississippi and geographies receded as rivers Tombigbee Warrior and Coosa lowered below flood levels. In Alabama Selma may crest at 48 feet with 11200 people displaced earlier, Des Moines and Raccoon rivers eased, New Jersey Passaic Valley receded despite occasional showers, and western weather turned mild.
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Deep South
Iowa
New Jersey
Alabama
Warrior
Coosa
Mississippi
Georgia
Selma
Three-State
Kentucky
Gulf States
Woodstricken
Des Moines
Raccoon
Passaic Valley
Hudson
Mohwawk
New York
Boy, 16, Admits Slaying His Uncle And Two Aunts
A 16 year old boy named William A Nickle confessed to killing his bed ridden uncle Charles Brown 49 and aunts Mary Brown 42 Myrtle Brown 45 in Dover New Jersey to ease his trouble getting out at night to see his girlfriend. Police said Nickle fled in his uncle s car to Delaware where he planned to visit his parents.
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N. J
Delaware
William A. Nickle
New Jersey
Nickle
Pearson's Corner
Del
Charles Brown
Mary
Brown
Myrtle Brown
John J. Valley
UN Patrols Cross 38th Parallel North Korea
Allied tank infantry patrols crossed the 38th parallel into North Korea yesterday and today then pulled back to main lines. On the central front Communist forces mass for a possible spring offensive in the Chorwon Humhwa Hwachon triangle. Twenty B 29s bombed main supply routes hitting three vital bridges.
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South Korea
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Western Front
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Hantan
Changgo
Chunchon
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North Korea
MacArthur
Chorwon-Humhwa-Hwachon
No April Fools Triplets Born To Clevelanders
Cleveland AP report says Joseph M Mantz Jr and Lillian welcomed triplets on April 17 after a doctor’s announcement. The three newborn girls A B and C arrived seven weeks early, weighing 3 lb 5 oz, 2 lb 10 oz, and 2 lb 8 oz, all in incubators at Huron Road Hospital. They have an older brother, 16 months old Michael Allan.
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Cleveland
Joseph M. Mantz, Jr
Lillian
Mantz
Mantzes
Huron Road Hospital
Michael Allan
Pistol Slaying at Alabama Alters Freshman Life
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a 21 year old GI freshman was killed by his roommate James L Calvin 24 son of a hardware merchant. Luther Jerome Veazey 27 of Greenville Mississippi Navy veteran was shot four times yesterday afternoon near their apartment. Corbin a Marine veteran and senior said Veazey threatened him and that Veazey advanced with a knife then Calvin fired first to scare him off.
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Ala
University of Alabama
James L. Calvin
Luther Jerome Veazey
Greenville
Miss
Veazey
Navy
Corbin
Monroe Ward
Ike Warns On Delay In Defense Action
Paris AP reports General Dwight Eisenhower warned that any delay in congressional action on defense measures would delay the whole preparation for Western Europe defense. He spoke at his first news conference since taking command of the defense of Europe moments after midnight.
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Paris
Dwight Eisenhower
Western Europe
Europe
Organization of Western European Defense
House To Begin Debate On Draft
The House returns from a 10 day Easter recess to debate a draft bill lowering the induction age to 18, increasing service to 26 months, and laying groundwork for Universal Military Training. Formal debate starts tomorrow with crucial votes next week as the current law expires July 9.
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Washington
House
Ceceline
Senate
Kefauver targets Continental Press as Public Enemy No 1
Senate Crime Investigating Committee Chairman Kefauver named Continental Press, a racing news wire, as Public Enemy No. 1 and said legislation to shut it down will be the panel’s top recommendation. He spoke on Meet the Press after 11 months of hearings and noted he would not vote for William O Dwyer's ambassadorship given what he now knows.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Continental Press
Continental
NBC
Meet the Press
Senate
New York
William O'Dwyer
Kefauver to Publish Crime in America Book
Sen. Estes Kefauver chair of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee will publish a book titled Crime in America with Doubleday and Company. The work is set to be released July 12.
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New York
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver Seeks Crime Probe Reforms Amid O'Dwyer Issue
Mexico reports Kefauver weighing dual curb on crime through a citizens committee and a watchdog Senate panel. He notes vast mail urging continued hearings, disputes O'Dwyer funding claims, and downplays 1952 presidential ambitions while praising Truman and questioning Dewey's Luciano pardon in light of Navy data.
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Senator Hunt
D-Wye
Kefauver
Citizens Committee
Senate Committee
Truman
Thomas F. Dewey
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Navy
Dewey
Senator Says Truman Will Run In 52
Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico predicted Truman will seek another term in 1952. He noted Truman’s prior remarks and said delegates could pledge to him at the convention, with Eisenhower as a possible successor if the President opts out. Senator Edwin Johnson of Colorado doubted a 1952 run and suggested Chief Justice Vinson as a strong potential candidate.
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Washington
Clinton Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Democratic
Democraic National Committee
New Mexico
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Edwin ©. Johnson
D-Cole
Mr. Truman
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Johnson
Congress Told World Periled If French Fall
French President Vincent Auriol warned Congress that if France falls the world and civilization itself would be in mortal danger. He urged coordinated Western defense and regional pacts to deter aggression, citing the North Atlantic Pact. He defended France’s war losses and outlined a five-point peace program for Russia, including UN armament control and a UN army.
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Washington
Vincent Auriol
France
Senate House
Europe
Auriol
America
Korea
Indo-China
Russia
United Nations
Strikes Hit Textile Mills Across the South
In Charlotte a mass picket led by about 40,000 Textile Workers Union members pressed higher pay across five Southern states. Some plants halted production while others ran with reduced crews as negotiations with management collapsed over the weekend. Emile Rieve said the union could sustain a long strike though hoping for a quick settlement. The TWUA cites average Southern wages at $1.21 an hour with a minimum demanded of $1.1444.
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Charlotte
N.C
South
TWUA
Emile Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
Greensboro
Mis Management
Three Die In Fire At Commercial Hotel Vecorah Iowa
A three story eighty year old Commercial Hotel in Vecorah Iowa burned yesterday killing Theodore Barlow 17 Gene Smith 80 and Jim McGovern 70. Seventy five guests most elderly were routed from the 50 room building.
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Vecorah
Tap
Theodore Barlow
Gene Smith
Jim McGovern
Senate Set for Vote On Troop Issue
The Senate debated and voted 62 to 71 against a ban on sending U S foot soldiers to Eisenhower s North Atlantic defense force. The chamber prepared for votes on two troop resolutions, weighing U S divisions abroad and Congress involvement in future troop commitments. Senator McFarland predicted a substantial majority approving the resolutions amid potential late-night amendments.
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Senate
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Europe
Vincent Auriol
France
Congress
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Truman
House
Senator McFarland
Arizona
Hut He
Ralph Forbes Dies After Surgery at 45
New York AP reports Ralph Forbes a Broadway and film actor born in London died Saturday night in a New York hospital at 45 from complications after a recent operation. A matinee idol on Broadway in his heyday Forbes appeared in over 80 film and stage roles after moving to the United States in 1924. He starred in The Green Hat The Swan Stronger Than Love The Little Minister Magnolia Lady and The Man with a Load of Mischief. His last Broadway appearance was Caesar and Cleopatra and his touring revival Getting Married last summer. His third wife actress Dora Sayres survives. his former wives were Ruth Chatterton and Keather Angel.
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Forbes
Broadway
Dora Sayres
Ruth Chatterton
Keather Angel
London
Shaw
Governor Lacsche Signals Support for Banning Bingo and Lottery
Columbus AP report states Gov. Frank J. Lacsche said he would approve any legislation banning bingo and lottery games. He indicated readiness to back measures targeting gaming activities in the state.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lacsche
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