Truman Seeks New Welfare Plan Approval
President Truman takes personal command of the welfare reform push by meeting six Democratic senators at the White House to urge approval of reorganization plans. Plan 1 would create a Department of Welfare and Plan 2 would move the Bureau of Employment Security to the Labor Department. The fate of Plan 1 hinges on 48 votes. opposition predicts a setback.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Sen
Clyde Hoey
Senate
Mr. Truman
Department of Welfare
Bureau of Employment Security
Federal Security Administration
Labor Department
Hoey
John McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
J. Wiliam Fulbright
Dark
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security
Scott Lucas
Congress
House
Flora Workers Win $10 Monthly Raise in Flora Ill
A 14 week strike ends as Flora mayor Leo Allen and AFL IBEW Local 702 agent Richard Lythgoe sign a contract for 10 monthly raises retroactive to July 1. The agreement covers 20 municipal workers who walked out March 16, with a 40 hour week, overtime and paid vacations. State police guarded city buildings during the dispute.
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Flora, Ill
Flora
Leo Allen
Richard Lythgoe
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Allen
Favo
Four Thousand D P S Arrive In Illinois This Year
Springfield Aug 16 AP Illinois has received more than 4000 displaced persons from Europe since July 1948. Quotas this summer are expected to run 400 a month. About 33 percent are settling in Chicago. The commission, aided by a $5000 state appropriation, is planning to assist refugees in Illinois.
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Springfield
Illinois
Europe
Illinois Displaced Persons Commission
Chicago
Bethlehem Steel Opposes Fourth Wage Increase
Bethlehem Steel Corp. president Arthur B. Homer testified before a presidential fact finding board that the company cannot and will not agree to a fourth round of wage increases. He argued the facts do not justify more raises and inflationary wage pressures must end. The CIO steelworkers seek about 30 cents hourly in a package, with portions for pension and insurance.
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New York
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Homer
Truman
White House
C.I.0. Steelworkers Union
Weather outlook with thundershowers and temps
Thundershowers and partly cloudy skies from tonight through Wednesday with little temperature change. Lows near 72 tonight and highs near 88 on Wednesday. Reports show early morning low 73 and noon high 89 for Monday, with 85 at 6 pm. Moonrise and moonset times noted. lake spillway levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake reported 13 feet below spillway on Sunday. no late Mississippi River reading at Grand Tower.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Illinois Weather Outlook With Above Normal Temperatures
Temperatures are forecast to average 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs near 83 in the north and 88 in the south and nightly lows around 59 to 64. Rainfall totals range from 1 to 1.5 inches in the south to 1 to 1.1 inches in the north as showers and thunderstorms occur, mainly in the south and east late Friday into Saturday.
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Illinois
6000-Foot Ocean Dive Attempt Called Off
Marine explorer Otis Barton halted his solo descent in the Benthoscope after reaching 2300 feet off Santa Cruz Island near Santa Barbara California. Mechanical troubles and rough seas ended the attempt to reach 6000 feet which would have surpassed the prior solo depth record. Barton and William Beebe had set the 3028 foot mark in 1934 off Bermuda.
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Otis Barton
Barton
William Beebe
Bermuda
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara
Calif
MacArthur declines return to testify on Far Eastern aid
Gen Douglas MacArthur formally refuses an invitation to go to Washington to report on the Far Eastern situation. He says he should remain at his post, citing reasons in a public statement of August, as Congress debates a 1.45 billion dollar foreign arms aid bill.
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Douglas MacArthur
United States
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
MacArthur
Toko
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
Final Try in Mo Pac Dispute
In St Louis tomorrow representatives of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and four operating unions will discuss the recommendations of a presidential fact finding board. The National Mediation Board said the unions and railroad failed to resolve issues and warned that a strike could nullify the Railway Labor Act.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
National Mediation Board
Truman
A F L Denies U S Business Low Mood
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor said there is no low mood in the United States. It blames talk of a recession on propaganda to curb wages. The council is holding its quarterly meeting here.
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American Federation of Labor
United States
Vaughan Asked Waitt's Opinion on Successors
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt testified that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan asked him to prepare a memorandum listing eight officers eligible to replace Waitt as chief of the army chemical corps. Waitt said Vaughan also urged him to give a personal opinion at a social gathering. He noted he dictated the memorandum to James V. Hunt, a Washington management counselor.
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Washington
Alden H. Waitt
Harry H. Vaughan
Waitt
Army Chemical Corps
Senate Investigations Committee
Vaughan
Truman
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Karl Mundt
R-3.d
Army
Herman Feldman
Gordon Gray
Gray
Senate
Pay T. Evans
Evans
Quartermaster Corps
Soviet Union recalls envoy to Yugoslavia to deputy minister
The Soviet Union promotes its ambassador to Yugoslavia, Antolo I. Lavrentiev, to deputy foreign minister. Moscow radio announced the duty shift but gave no word on a successor in Belgrade.
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Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
London
Russia
Moscow
Antolo I. Lavrentiev
Belgrade
Margaret Mitchell Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Atlanta August 16 AP Margaret Mitchell 43 author of Gone With the Wind died today from multiple injuries after being struck by a speeding car while crossing a street with her husband John R. Marsh. Police charged driver High D Gravitt 28 with manslaughter suspicion. Miss Mitchell rose from newspaper writer to famed novelist and her Civil War tale has sold about eight million copies in 40 countries.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
John R. Marsh
High D. Gravitt
Gravitt
Georgia Power Co
Senate to Hold New Hearings on Arms Aid
The Senate plans fresh hearings on the 1.45 billion foreign arms program after a stormy session. Witnesses will include Henry Wallace and Norman Thomas. Additional hearings start tomorrow, with a two day schedule and possible votes later this week.
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Senate
Washington
Tom Connally
Dtexas
Senate Foreign Relations and Arms Services Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Norman Thomas
Charge Account at Movies Credit Plan Proposed
Hollywood reports a new boxoffice charge account plan by the King brothers to boost theater profits. Patrons receive a credit card, the cashier records the card and guest count, and billing comes at month’s end as a see it now pay later system targets theater owners at the upcoming convention.
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Hollywood
King Brothers
Kings
America
Mattoon Officials Plead Innocent in Gambling Probe
Mattoon Mayor G. W. Smith and Police Chief Larkin H. Jones pleaded innocent to charges from a Coles County grand jury investigation of gambling. Ten men were indicted. Leonard Greeson pleaded guilty to keeping gaming devices and was fined 250 dollars. Norman Branson asked to quash an extortion indictment. other defendants pleaded innocent.
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Charleston
Mattoon
G. W. Smith
Larkin H. Jones
Coles County
Grand Jury
Casper Platt
Smith
Jones
Leonard Greeson
Sylvan Bremleve
Matton
Greeson
Brumleve
Norman Branson
Dale Matherly
Carl Cordes
Burl Cahoon
M. E. “Hank” O’day
Ward Campbell
Polio Reaches 100 in Centralia Marion County
Polio tally hits 100 in Marion county during a 46 day span with 51 cases in Centralia and nearby towns. One more infant death reported at Centralia hospital raising county fatalities to three. statewide cases reach 989 with 68 deaths, Danville adds a fatality. Springfield debate over quarantine continuation intensifies as cases rise to 54 with 10 deaths.
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Centralia
Marion County
Central City
Wamac
Springfield
State Health Department
Danville
Lake View Hospital
Betty Brown
Rossville
Vermilion County
Illinois AFL Convention Opens in Springfield
The Illinois State Federation of Labor will hold its 67th annual week long convention in Springfield starting September 26. More than 1,500 delegates are expected with invited speakers including President Truman Governor Stevenson AFL President William Green and Chicago Mayor Martin Kennelly.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Reuben Soderstrom
Soderstrom
Truman
Stevenson
AFL
William Green
Martin Kennelly
Chicago
Fog Blankets Southern Illinois Shrouding Egypt Area News
Thick fog covered southern Illinois from Belleville to the Illinois Kentucky border with 50 foot visibility in places. State police at Du Quoin reported few minor accidents as motorists drove cautiously in the early morning hours.
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Illinois
du Quoin
Belleville
Illinois-Kentucky
Worms Made Easy for Fishermen With Ground-Worne Attractant
Worm experts say feeding worms a chemical lures them, and No Wilt Plant Products of North Olmsted Ohio now offers a ground spray that makes worms surface in minutes for quick collection.
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New York
No-Wilt Plant Products Co
North Olmsted
Ohio
Chemical May Recolor Skin Claims by Walter White
Walter White of the NAACP predicts a chemical may end the color line by whitening skin within years. A New York skin specialist says no current method can turn skin white, and whitening traces to mono butyl ether of hydroquinone found in tannery workers’ gloves. White notes potential social and political upheaval if whitening becomes safe and widespread.
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New York
Walter White
White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Look Magazine
Poppy Cannon
Mademoiselle Magazine
Associated Press
Miners Escape Peabody Fire At Peerless Mine
A mine fire at Peabody Coal Co.'s Peerless mine northeast of Springfield sent over 240 miners using emergency shafts to safety. Six workers hospitaled for headaches and nausea, including Walter Lederle, 57, who stayed overnight. Gas masks aided 60 men, fire after a car crash and trolley cable failure at 1 p.m. lasting more than five hours.
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Springfield
Peabody Coal Co
Walter Lederle
Lederle
Major Says Tokyo Rose Forced to Broadcast
Australian Major Charles Cousens testified in a federal jury trial that a Los Angeles born woman, Iva Togom D Aquino, was forced to do the Tokyo Rose broadcasts for American troops during the war. He described her voice as a gin fog comedy voice used to blunt propaganda impact.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charles Cousens
Sydney
Iva Togm D’aquino
Rural Telephone Plan Discussed By Dongola Co op
Members of the Southern Illinois Electric Co op in Dongola voted to join the Illinois statewide power cooperative and back a Rural Electrification Administration rural telephone system. The plan envisions a 47 million dollar REA grid linking TVA and Dairyland, with two power plants in Southern Illinois and a 3,000 mile transmission network.
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Nois Electric Co-op
Dongola
Illinois Statewide Power Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Illinois
Crab Orchard
Marnne
Illinois Electric Cooperatives Association
Southern Illinois
Dongola Group
Egyptian Electric Co-op
Steeleville
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Harrisburg
Organ i
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
TVA
George W. Endicott
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
REA
Mr. Endicott
Coop
Alexander
Union
Pulaski
Massac
Johnson County
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