Envoy Protests To Stalin Over Radio Jamming
Washington August 17 AP The U S ambassador Alan Kirk pressed Premier Stalin to speed action on protests against jamming of Voice of America broadcasts Acheson disclosed Kirk warned of the long running Soviet jamming plan and asked the Foreign Office to consider solutions to end the interference. The House appropriations committee later urged boosting Voice of America funding by 11 5 million for new stations to fight jamming.
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Washington
W S
Alan Kirk
Stalin
Voice of America
Dean Acheson
Kirk
Acheson
Foreign Office
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Army
Wedemeyer
British Broadcasting Corp
Russia
Cigaret Price Bill Vetoed By Stevenson In Illinois
Gov Adlai E Stevenson vetoed the cigaret price fixing bill and allowed other measures to pass during the six month session closed July 1 The governor also let a pay raise for future governors to 25000 a year become law and permitted a liquor shot guarantee bill to become law without his signature He approved a notice publication bill for school related elections and legal matters Stevenson called the cigaret bill a mandatory price fixing measure and said it harms consumer welfare in a free enterprise economy
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
General Assembly
Weather Summary for Thursday and Tuesday Projections
Fair Thursday with scattered thundershowers at night. Temperatures near unchanged, low tonight around 70, high Thursday near 90. Tuesday low around 71, morning 75, high near 90, and 6 pm at 84. Precipitation 0.09 inches from yesterday to 7 am today. Crab Orchard Lake spillway level Sunday and Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway Sunday. No late Mississippi river reading at Grand Tower.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Four Fires Probed at Morrison Area Farm Home
Peoria Aug 17 Four mysterious fires since Sunday night on a Morrison area farm are under investigation by Walter Parker deputy state fire marshal. The most damaging blaze last night destroyed a barn. Owner Ernest Sadden estimated losses at 12000 dollars. The first fire was found in a farmhouse clothes closet Sunday night followed by a closet blaze Monday and a Davenport chair fire.
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Peoria
Morrison
Walter Parker
Ernest Sadden
Sadden
Theft Delays Girl's Chance to Walk
Detroit August 17 AP Sally Parrett seven year old girl with spastic paralysis faced a setback when the custom leg brace for walking was stolen from her father’s car. Doctors had planned removal of a plaster cast and fitting a brace to let her walk, but the loss means weeks of waiting for a replacement and a new promised tricycle remains in question.
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Detroit
Mich
Sally
Edward J. Parrett
Grace Hospital
Ives Seeks Defeat Of Truman Labor Plan No. 2
Sen Irving Ives urged the Senate to defeat President Truman's reorganization plan No 2 which would move the Employment Service and unemployment insurance service from the Federal Security Agency to the Labor Department He argued the plan echoes Hoover commission suggestions but omits several agencies it should include Administration allies push for passage as Tobin promotes transfers in the Senate corridors
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Washington
Irving I Ves
R-N.y
Senate
President Truman
United States Employment Service
Federal Security Agency
Labor Department
Ives
Truman
State Advises Against Delay In Full Terms
Health authorities urge schools open on schedule to keep children together and limit exposure during polio outbreaks. Closing schools should be a last resort. final decisions rest with school boards and local health officials. Illinois polio cases rise to 1058 with 72 deaths. Springfield quarantine remains in effect with 55 cases and 10 deaths.
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Springfield
Roland R. Cross
Illinois
State Health Department
Harry Eielson
Purdue Cashier Nabbed On Desertion Charge
Lafayette Indiana August 17 AP Sheriff Harry Jackson traveled to Cheboygan Michigan to secure custody of William Walter Hollenshe 39 Purdue University cashier sought for child desertion authorities in Cheboygan said Hollenshe admitted leaving Lafayette after officials found a 4000 to 5000 shortage in his accounts university controller Dr R B Stewart said an audit is not yet finished
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Lafayette
Ind
Harry Jackson
Cheboygan Mich
William Walter Hollenshe
Purdue University
Hollenshe
Cheboygan
Holhe
R. B. Stewart
Dr. Stewart
Hollensbe
Storms Kill 16 in Eastern Slovakia Floods
Eastern Slovakia reports sixteen people dead as storms and floods sweep the region. Officials also acknowledge flood damage in Northern Moravia near the Polish border.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Moravia
Rent Control Area To Be Cut By One Third
Federal Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods says budget cuts will decontrol one third of rent control areas in the country. Lists are being prepared in Washington and announced in a week to ten days with a second list before Oct 1. About 1 000 counties remain under control and the changes should not affect communities over 100 000.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tighe Woods
Washington
Woods
Legal Gambling Urged To Eliminate Sales Tax
Springfield August 17 AP Sangamon county Young Republican group urges legal gambling to meet expenses. President William V Wanless of Springfield says the 2 percent sales tax could be repealed and a 15 percent gambling tax adopted. A license fee for slot machines is proposed.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
William V. Wanless
Young Republican Organization
Approve 3 Day Station Week for Rail Freight
The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized a five day week for railroad freight station employees effective Sept. 1. About 50 railroads and Railway Express Agency, Inc. sought the change under a nationwide agreement. Passenger stations remain unaffected and express offices may also close on weekends where feasible. The commission ordered that emergency and seasonal shipper needs be met on the closed days.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Cairo Man Named Master in Chancery for Divorce Division
Cairo former state's attorney in Alexander county Peyton Berbling will be appointed master in chancery over the divorce division of the First Judicial circuit. The position approved by Judge H L Zimmerman and other judges, with a $4000 yearly salary from the state and two assistants yet to be named. The circuit covers Jackson Williamson Saline Union Johnson Pope Alexander Massac and Pulaski.
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Peyton Berbling
Cairo
Alexander County
First Judicial Circuit
H. L. Zimmerman
Marion
First Circuit
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Union
Johnson
Pope
Alexander
Massac
Pulaski
Berthling
Zimmerman
Loyd Bradley
Carbondale
C. Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Berbling
Six Die and One Hurt in Rail Crossing Collision
Six people died when a car collided with the Union Pacific Overland Limited at an Ogallala crossing in western Nebraska near the Colorado line. Ascension Jiminez, a farmer, his wife, two daughters and two grandsons perished. another daughter was hospitalized but expected to survive.
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Union Pacific
Overland Limited
Ascension Jiminez
Ogallala Farmer
Jiminez
Ogallala
Annie
Nebraska
Colorado
Electric Union Officers To Sign Non-Red Oaths
Elmira New York August 17 Associated Press President Albert Fitzgerald of the C I CO United Electrical Workers says he and national officers will sign non Communist affidavits in a couple of months He noted we wont like it The 600000 member U E W is among the last CNC unions whose officers have resisted signing Under Taft Hartley unions may not use N L R B services unless officers sign affidavits
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Electric Union
Albert Fitzgerald
C.i.co. United Electrical Workers
Fitzgerald
U.E.W
C.N.C
National Labor Relations Board
Small Boy's Sobs Bring Help for Injured Parents
A crying five year old along U S route 460 caused a passerby to stop and discover a car wreck in a 12 foot ditch. In the car were Mrs. Joan Daniel thirty five Auburn Illinois and Gene Williams forty nine Rockford both injured. David Daniel five their son was found shaken but alive. They were taken to an Evansville hospital with Williams suffering a skull fracture and Mrs Daniel chest injuries. Investigators could not determine the crash cause.
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Crossville
Ill
Joan Daniel
Auburn
Gene Williams
Rockford
Daniel
David Daniel
Williams
David
Evansville
Ind
Ralph Nelson
Nelson
Missing Passenger Found Safe After Irish Sea Crash
Shannon officials said Antonio Gannieri, an Italian passenger listed as missing, survived the trans ocean liner crash off Ireland. The rescue total rises to 50 survivors while dead or missing drop to eight as the survivor was identified in Galway. Orvis Nelson, airline president, questioned how he was listed as dead. All eight victims have been identified.
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Shannon
Ireland
Transocean
Orvis Nelson
Antonio Gannieri
Galway
Ireand
Nelson
Bitter Attack Marks Five Percenter Probe Clash
Sen Mundt sharply criticizes Maj. Gen Vaughan as pressuring officials to break laws during the five percenter inquiry. McCarthy seeks perjury indictments for John Maragon amid testimony about a $1000 payment to aid the Allied Molasses Co. in 1946 and Vaughan’s alleged rough handling in molasses allocations.
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Mundt
Hoey
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
John Maragon
Milton R. Polland
Milwaukee
Maragon
Allied Molasses Co
Perth Amboy
N. J
Herbert C. Hathorn
Agriculture Department
Vautha
New Jersey
White House
Vaughan
Truman
Hathorn
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Elmira
N. Y
Alex Poirots
Adlai Stevenson
Poirots
Howard Calkins
Ottawa
Oraville
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Harry M. Vaughan
Clyde Hoey
D-N.c
Special Investigations
Harold M. Ross
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Ross
Ab Lied
McCarthy
Polland
Harry H. Vaughan
Kansas City
Senate Brothers
Frank D. Flanaga
Justice Department
Flanagan
N. J. Maragon
New Jersey Company
Harold W. Ross
Allied Molasses
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