Spat Threatens GOP Housing Bill Clash At Convention
The House GOP splits on housing as Walcott plans a substitute for the Senate backed Taft-Ellender-Wagner measure. Walcott delays details, aims to force a floor fight Monday or Tuesday, hinting a diverging path from Watt's bill and a possible early end to the session before the convention in Philadelphia.
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Walcott
Fail
Wolcott
Watt
Congress
Philadelphia
el- Inder
otIsiana
Democrat
Wagner
New York
Taft
Woselt
Senate
Lost Straw Girl Reopens Search at Lusts Squam Lake
The 20 year old Sue Straw disappeared last July during a family summer outing at Colorne’s Point Fort Dearborn area. Robert Hewitt a diver probes an upstream lake section as Troopers assist. The family restarts the search to find closure and possible evidence.
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Smith Coll
Sie Pelice
Robert Hewitt
Miss Strawtty
Simmer
Col. Parker Siaway
John FR. McLane
The
Straws
Anne
Mclane
Tryp State Troopers
Zoning Ruling Sought as Planning Board Faces Authority Question
The planning board asks City Solicitor Samuel Levy to rule on whether it may require plans from real estate operators. Chairman John W. O Durgin contends the board may have exceeded its authority. Maurice E. Witmer defends board use oversight and demands clearer land use knowledge.
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Gordon
Durgin
Paui Griffin
S. Gordon Task
Planning Board
Spinney Road
Task Laber
Superior Court
Maurice E. Witmer
Elwyr Park
Witmer
Direln
Samuel Levy
Mila
Sedan Burns On Superhighway Near Kittery Toll House
A two door sedan owned by John Brogan of Crawford street Cambridge Mass burned yesterday on the superhighway about two miles beyond the Kittery toll house. Deputy Sheriff Harold P. Grace of Kittery investigated the fire which officials said started from an overheated motor and the blaze was extinguished by local crews.
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Kittery Toll House
John Brogan
Crawford Street
Cambridge
Mass
Kittery
Harold P. Grace
Taft Hopes For Midwestern Backing In Convention Run
Washington reports that Republican hopeful Robert Taft counts on late midwestern support as the convention nears. Stassen and Dewey endorse Vandenberg foreign policy, while Lodge heads the resolutions committee. Democratic reaction to Truman's western trip is divided amid patronage tensions in Nebraska.
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Robert A. Taft
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Joseph W. Machin
Massachusetts
Boston
Martin
Bay State
Leverett, Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Senate
House
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Nebraska
Glass of Wine Please Oops Wrong Bar
A New Jersey police report recounts 22 year old Sosa entering a bar, stepping onto a brass rail, and ordering wine by mistake. He was arrested for intoxication after the officer observed the scene and issued an $18 fine as instructed by Charles Defasio.
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Sosa
Charles Defasio
Palestine Battle Rages as Leaders Weigh Truce
Arab troops clash within eight miles of Tel Aviv amid heavy artillery. Weapons range threatens the city as Tadud and the Arab triangle in north central Palestine see intensified action. Russia seeks observers. Bernadotte’s plan awaits Arab reply. 50 50 chances for a four week armistice. Jewish forces, including Irgun, resist surrender to the envoy’s terms.
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Wilhelma
Tadud
Palestine
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Folke Bernardotite
Israel
Cairo
Bernadette
Irgun Zyat Leum
Bernedotte
Senate Avance committee backs one year foreign trade act
The Senate Avance committee voted 3 to 0 to extend the foreign trade agreements for one year with limited changes. A Millikin Vandenberg compromise requires the President to notify Congress within 30 days and later justify to Congress within 40 days if he ignores tariff commission recommendations.
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Vandenberg
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Milkin
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Tariff Commission
Niet
Taft
Ohio
Governors Conference Draws 45 Leaders for Three Days
Forty five governors from American states and territories will attend the 40th annual Governors conference opening Monday for a three day session. Alabama governor "Kissing Jim" Folsom cancels due to illness. Georgia governor Melvin E Thompson and others may be unable to attend. Territorial governors largely plan to attend except Virgin Islands governor William H Haste. Washington governor Walgren and North Dakota governor Randahl have uncertain plans. Arizona's Dan E Garvey uncertain after succeeding Sidney P Osborn.
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Shel
Alabama
Coil
Albert
Baker
Concord
Gay
Charles M. Dale
Georgia
Melvin E. Thompson
Louisiana
Earl Long
Earle C. Clemants
Kentucky
William H. Haste
The
Virgin Isands
Monk. Walgren
Washington
Dale
Harry S. Truman
West Coast
Pred G. Randahl
North Dakota
Senate Debates Civil Rights Amendments in Late Session
The Senate faced a long night with seven civil rights amendments dispatched yesterday and plans to push a limited draft revival. The House awaits Senate action before moving its bill. Debate touched on poll tax suspensions for armed forces and potential Dixie Billender votes, with Taft defending GOP stance amid a 19 to 25 draft plan and an 18-year-old volunteer pathway.
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Senate
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Langer
Taft of
Onto
GOP
Luicas
Taft
Lucas
Dixie Allbuster
Senator Lodge
United States
Mine Owners Recoil From Pension Cost
Washington June 8 AP miners death and disability benefits valued at 14 million dollars became a sticking point as John L. Lewis demanded operators cover the promise. Talks at the Statler Hotel faced a new deadlock with Charles O Neill noting lack of operator board representation and funds from a 1946 welfare pool. Trustees have moral obligation to nearly 20 million yet no pension plan agreed. About five million remains in the old fund but spending runs 1.5 million weekly, risking early depletion before the June 30 contract expiry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Statler Hotel
Charles O' Neill
Ezra
Blast at Hillcrest country club kills several
An explosion at the Hillcrest country club during breakfast sent debris and heat roars across the area. Police feared multiple deaths or buryings as fire crews battled the blaze, with two bodies reportedly recovered and others unaccounted for.
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Los Angeles
Hillcrest Country Club
Culver City
West Los Angeles
Police Board Mum on Charge of Mistreatment
Reports of a complaint alleging mistreatment of a prisoner by a local police officer were dismissed by Police Commission Chairman Orel Dexter. Attorney Charles J. Griffin said he filed the complaint on behalf of the plaintiff, Raymond Mirosola, with Mirosola’s May arrest, bail, and subsequent conviction details noted. The commission also granted the Policemen’s Benevolent Association permission for a ball on Sept. 26 to benefit the sick fund, with no ticket pressure or sales to merchants. A police appointment application for Earl Edwin Rogers was placed on file.
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Dexter
Polce Commission
Commission
Charles J. Griffin
Portsmouth Herald
Cdent
Griffin
Herald
Raymond Mirosola
Pleasant Street
Mirosola
Joseph R. McCormack
Mirasola
Jeremy R. Wald
Waldron
Police Department
Benevolent and Protective Association
George W. Gillespie
Earl Edwin Rogers
Park Street
Delegates Collect $38,990 for Total Mileage Expenses
Concord report shows 451 delegates at the 13th New Hampshire constitutional convention drew 38,990 in mileage at the same 4 cent per mile plus 1 and a half cent base. Two delegates refused the allowance, Woodward and Hines, citing idle status in Concord.
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New Hampshire
Gerah J. Woodward
Waterville
James I. Hines
Windsor
Natfin A. Tirere l
Goffatown
Woodward
Hines
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