Truman Summoned To Bedside Of Ailing Mother
President Truman was summoned to the bedside of his ailing 94 year-old mother in Grandview Missouri as her condition worsened. Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham said her condition was very serious with a tired heart. The fracture in her left hip has healed to allow walking if not for heart weakness.
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Grandview
Truman
Wallace Graham
Graham
Mary Jane Truman
Gen. Graham
Mrs. Truman
Senior Archbishop Curley Dies at 67 in Baltimore
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley archbishop of Baltimore and Washington died at 10 17 p m after a cerebral hemorrhage at Bon Secours hospital. Born October 12 1879 in Athlone Ireland he led both archdioceses and held senior rank as primatial see of the United States. Funeral plans were announced by Most Rev. John M. McNamara who traveled from Washington.
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Baltimore
Michael J. Curley
Washington
United States
Archbishop Curley
Bon Secours Hospital
Frank J. Geraghty
John M. McNamara
Curley
U.S
Athlone
County Westmeath
Ireland
Schedule Public Hearing on Rezoning for 7th Avenue area
City council set a public hearing for 7:30 p m Tuesday July 1 in the council chambers at city hall to consider a rezoning petition. The request covers sections south of the Milwaukee railroad tracks on 7th avenue seeking to rezone from residential to light industrial.
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Peem Meering
Milwaukee Railroad
7Th Avenue
Common Council
Bees In 70 Bonnets Sparked Car Swarm Yesterday
A swarm of bees entered an open window of a moving streetcar named Bees in 70 Bonnets. Armstrong fought off the insects as the vehicle bumped an auto and then another car, prompting a chaotic brawl among passengers. No injuries were reported.
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Armstrong
Showdown Looms In Balkan Probe
The United States and Soviet Union clash in the United Nations Security Council over a Balkan frontier probe. Herschel V. Johnson and Andrei A. Gromyko led a heated exchange as Yugoslav delegate Kosanovic urged Greece’s accountability for border incidents. The session focused on curtailing powers of an interim U.N. commission investigating warfare along northern Greek frontiers with Albania and Bulgaria.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Balkan
U.S
Herschel V. Johnson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sava N. Kesanovi
Council
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Johnson
Security Council
Gromyko
Alfonso Lo[pez
Colombia
Kosanovic
U.N
Greece
GOP Majority of Committee Favors Income Tax Cut
The Senate Finance Committee backed a plan to cut individual income taxes, arguing it would sustain high employment and output. The panel endorsed a $4.0 billion levy-reducing bill and projected a larger revenue surplus than the President had forecast, urging tax relief begin July as the Senate weighs the measure next week.
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GOP
Ningum—Ury
Senate Finance
Truman
Mau Appeals Building Ruling In City Hall Hearing
Frank Mau files an appeal from the building inspector ruling on parts of lots 1 and 2 block 4 Tallmans addition. The board of appeals will hear the case at 5 p m Monday May 26 in city hall.
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Tallman
Frank Mau
Board of Appeals
Weed Control Meeting Monday Outlines County Duties
The 1947 Green County weed control program begins at 8 Monday evening in the circuit court room of the courthouse. Speakers include Henry Lunz state weed and seed inspector and George Briggs extension agronomist. E. O. Baker is chairman. township supervisors village presidents and mayors and deputy weed commissioners are to attend. public welcome. The session will outline duties and county wide techniques for weed control and eradication.
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Green County
Court House
Henry Lunz
Madison
Department of Agriculture
George Briggs
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
E. O. Baker
Eyes from Murdered Man Restored to Two Blind Men
Doctors in Arkansas recounted removing a cornea from a dead killer and transplanting it to two living blind men. Vollie Bill Bates, executed for taxicab murder, had eyes donated after he twisted them toward a recipient. Michael F. Boucher and Frank McCracken received the first two transplants, with success checks pending.
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Vollie Bill Bates
Mena
Ark
Nametown
K. W. Cosgrove
J. F. Henry
Michael F. Boucher
Hot Springs
Frank McCracken
Bates
Heavy selling drives stocks to lowest point since 1945
Heavy selling knocked stock prices down to a point not seen since January 1945. The week posted its largest loss for a similar period since September last year as 980,000 shares traded. Brokers cited market uncertainties and foreign developments as the main reason for the setback with U.S. Steel Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Allied Santa Fe and Schenley among the leaders.
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Tork—ur
U.S. Steel Corp
Chrysler Corp
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda Copper
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Schenley
Oklahoma sinks after 54 years as Pearl Harbor survivor
The battleship Oklahoma, once a Pearl Harbor survivor, sank at 7:35 a.m. about 540 miles from Honolulu while under tow for scrapping in Oakland. Launched in 1914, the 29,000-ton vessel had 1301 men aboard during its active years before being abandoned by the Navy.
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San Francisco
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Pacific
Navy
Oakland
Calif
Coast Guard
Badly and Young Brothers, Ltd
Scrap
Hercules
Monarch
Nevada
Moore Drydock Co
Junk
New York Building Corp
Senate relief fund figure ends further abroad aid
Senator Vandenberg indicated the 350 million dollar foreign relief measure may close the session to such spending. He forecast no new relief requests, despite Truman hopes for more aid. A conference committee agreed to the terms, and the bill directs action on a UN fund with 15 to 40 million for food relief, shaping a 310 million dollar package for Austria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Trieste, and China with 15 million reserved for emergencies.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Senate-House Committee
United Nations
Europe
conference —_ committee
United States
Austria
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Trieste
China
Rennebohm Signs Natural Gas Bill and U.S. Appropriation
Acting Gov Rennebohm signed measures giving the Public Service Commission exclusive authority over natural gas operations and appropriating 482757 to the University of Wisconsin. The action repeals a local veto power and funds a university emergency program with 361141 for classrooms and labs and 121616 for a revolving student equipment fund.
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Maison—Rowing
State Public Service Commission
University of Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Western Electric Settlement Fades
The National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers said negotiations with Western Electric Co. to end a 6,000-strong strike in 24 states failed over a no-strike clause. Despite the breakdown, settlements with Southwestern Bell Co. and Michigan Bell Co. pave the way for about 52,000 striking workers to return. Southwestern Bell offers $4 42 weekly raises for non-supervisory staff across five states. Michigan Bell provides $3 and $4 weekly raises for 10,000 traffic and accounting employees, to be voted on and enacted by Tuesday.
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New York
National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers
Western Electrrc Co
Milton G. Bolz
Bolz
Southwestern Bell Co
Michigan Bell Co
Southwestern
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Michigan
Five year old Krueger killed by car in Boyceville
Five year old Lorena Krueger daughter of Mr and Mrs Maynard Krueger route 1 Boyceville was killed instantly yesterday when struck by a car in front of her home.
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C. Boyceville
Wis
Lorena Krueger
Maynard Krueger
Route 1
Boyceville
New Normal School Head Has Excellent Background
Otto W. Lund named principal of Green County Normal School as term begins Monday September 1. Lund comes from Ver non County Normal School Viroqua with a rural teaching background and seven years as county normal principal. He holds degrees from Whitewater and Central State Teachers colleges plus Northwestern study and served in the navy during World War II. He directs Western Wisconsin Teachers Association and serves as adjutant of the VFW post in Viroqua and Kiwanis trustee. His children attend Cleveland institutions.
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Green County Normal School
Otto W. Lund
Vernon County Normal School
Viroqua
Lund
Whitewater State Teachers
Northwestern University
Evanston
Western Wislocos Teachers Association
La 1
V.F.W
Viroqua Kiwanis Club
Normal School
Howard Teasdale
FBI Arrests Duluth Boy For Weckler Ransom Note
A 15 year old Duluth youth, identified by FBI officials, was arrested on a extortion complaint connected to a ransom note sent in the Weckler case. Agents followed the suspect after he received a package at a bus depot and later saw him drop a note at a Duluth Western Union office. The youth will be arraigned in St Paul before U S Commissioner W T Goddard within a day or two.
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St. Paul
Minn
FBI
Wisconsin
Duluth
Minnesota
George
Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
E. S. Notesteen
Leslie J. Kunz
Notesteen
U. S
W. T. Goddard
Plan Farm Land Price Conference
A Washington conference on June 9 will gather government and private lending agencies and farm leaders to seek ways to slow the surge in farm land values. President Truman, signaling concern, notes land prices are 92 percent above the 1935 39 average and warns of risks to veterans who buy farms at inflated prices. Invitations will go to the Federal Reserve Board, Farm Credit Administration, major banks, insurance firms, and farm groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange. The exact government measures to curb prices were not revealed.
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Washington
Agriculture Anderson
Truman
White House
Agriculture Department
Federal Reserve Board
Farm Credit Administration
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Vigorous Opponent Softens on Voice Of America Issue
A House foreign affairs subcommittee heard that support may exist for government broadcasts to world areas not served by American media. Taber urged cleaning up the state department unit responsible, including FBI background checks for current and future staff. The panel weighs creating an information and cultural program as funds for Voice of America were previously denied for lack of statutory authority.
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Voice of America
Taber
House Foreign Affairs
State Department
FBI
House
Fishermen Swim Through Rain on Trout Season Opener
Opening trout season at midnight sees heavy rain and intermittent showers as anglers fishing streams report a 5 pounder from New Glarus area. A string of six trout tops the morning haul while mudded creeks spark debate on fishing conditions. a warden cites an undersized trout violator with a seven inch legal minimum.
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Emnervensway
New Glarus
Norman Hicks
Marshall Unable To Attend UW Commencement
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will not attend the University of Wisconsin 94th commencement on May 24 due to a heavy workload and world affairs. George R. Haight of Chicago will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws, and John H. Van Vieck of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will also be honored.
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Inadson
George C. Marshall
University of Wisconsin
J . B. Fred
Fred
Madison
George R. Haight
Chicago
John H. van Vieck
Cambridge
Mass
Fred Said
Wallace Arrival in Austin Triggers Near Riot
Henry A Wallace's arrival for a speech in Austin sparked disorder at the municipal airport as a car with a loudspeaker and Soviet banners was attacked by about a dozen in a crowd of several hundred. No arrests or identifications were reported as the vehicle fled.
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Austin
Tex
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Gregory Gymnasium
University of Texas
Lyndeson
D-Tex
Press Center
Tom Miller
J.ak Dobie
She Universe
American Voto Committee
le Apinter
John W. Potter Dies at 50 Rock Island Argus Editor
John W. Potter editor and co publisher of the Rock Island Argus died at 50 after a trip to Minocqua. His body will be returned to Rock Island for funeral services Tuesday morning. Potter was recognized as an outstanding publisher in Illinois and nationally. Survived by Mrs Potter and three children. brother Ben H Potter and sister Miss Margare Potter also cited. The Potters often stopped in Monroe during auto trips from their summer home and were friends of Mr and Mrs Emery A Odell.
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John W. Potter
Rock Island
Minocque
Ben H. Potte
Margare Potter
The
Argus
Potter
Potters
Monroe
Emery A. Odell
New 4 H Club at Jordan Elects Officers
A new 4 H club named Jolly Jordan Workers elected officers at Jordan Center School. President Ruth Rebly, vice president Arnold Stalder, secretary treasurer Mary Stalder, reporter Marvin Collins. Next meeting set for June 6 at the school house.
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Jolly Jordan Workers
Jordan Center School
Ruth Rebly
Arnold Stalder
Mary Stalder
Marvin Collins
Rouse
National air production plan urged by Echols before Senate
Oliver P Echols president of the Aircraft Industries association urged Congress to enact a five year national air production program to rapid expand the latest air weapons and ensure healthy commercial aviation Americas leadership is at risk without a national policy Miami Constellation airliner set a new Burbank to Miami speed record in 4 hours 54 minutes 57 seconds averaging 340 mph. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker and Dick Merrill were aboard as the plane aimed for a Miami New York record.
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Ashington
Oliver P. Echols
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Congress
Echols
Senate Commerce
America
Miami, Fla
Edie Rickenbacker
Dick) Merrill
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Los Angeles
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Marshall
U.W Commencement
Rock Island Argus
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