Senate Moves for Economy Fall Short amid Defense Bill Battle
Washington AP Aug 30 The Senate backed a vetoed to curb spending yet failed to reach the two thirds needed to require Truman to cut 5 to 10 percent. Despite 49 votes for the rider, the measure fell short as defense and economy amendments reshaped a 14.8 billion dollar defense bill. The action sent the defense bill back to the House lowering Air Force funds by 800 million and ordering cuts across army navy and air force totaling hundreds of millions.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Alben Barkley
House
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Air Force
Road Contracts Let By Highway Division
The State Highway division awarded contracts totaling 3,586,653 for road work in Illinois. A 329,988 bid to Chicago Heights Coal Co. covers 20.72 miles of concrete widening on Route 40 from Route 185 to east of Vandalia. Other awards include 789,359 for 7.07 miles on Route 66, 711,745 for 6.83 miles on Route 66, and 312,468 for 8.65 miles of asphalt resurfacing on Route 66 to Plainefield northeast to Route 53.
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Springfield
Tll
Fayette
Effingham
State Highway Division
Chicago Heights Coal Co
Vandalia
Highway Division
Montgomery-Sangamon County
Farmersville
Raymond, Ill
Wye
Route
Plainefield
Egyptian Channel Attempt Ends in Surrender
Egyptian army officer Marie Ibsn Hamad, 30, gave up a bid to swim the English Channel. After 14 hours in rough seas off Cap Gris Nez, the swimmer was pulled from the water and brought to Folkestone by the boat Britannia.
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Folkestone
Eng
Marie Ibsn Hamad
English Channel
Cap Gris Nez
France
Britannia
Hamad
Rent Ceilings Lifted in Vincennes Defense Zone
Lawrence county Illinois and nearby counties in Indiana lift rent ceilings effective immediately. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods says surveys show demand for rental housing has been reasonably met. The move completes the decontrol of the Vincennes defense rental zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Washington
Ilinois
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Ceilir
Illinois
Daviess
Knox
Martin
Vincennes, Ind
Vincennes
Du Quoin State Fair Opens Second Day With Children’s Day
The 27th annual Du Quoin State Fair entered its second day with free admission and special children’s day ride rates. Judging continued for prize livestock and agricultural products while barrows were slaughtered for carcass meat value. Illinois Day featured four harness and Illinois-owned horse contests. Attendance projections exceed 200000 for an eight day run ending Labor Day. Miss Joan Davies left after serving as fair queen amid a Orient No 2 coal mine visit near West Frankfort.
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du Quoin
Illinois Colt Association
Joan Davies
Los Angeles
Orient No. 2
West Frankfort
Weather outlook with cool, showery pattern ahead
Cooler and partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers this evening. Mostly fair but rather cold Wednesday with lows from 53 to 59 and highs between 75 and 80.
Weather Summary For Crab Orchare And Nearby Lakes
The report lists temperatures for Monday with values 57 at 7 am 72 at noon 84 high 65 at 6 pm and 54 at 10 am Precipitation from yesterday 7 am to today 7 am was 0 No late readings for Crab Orchare Little Grassy lakes and Mississippi River Sun rose 5 24 am and set 6 36 pm.
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Little Grassy Lakes
Mississippi River
Illinois Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Trend and Weekend Warmup
Illinois will see temperatures about 35 degrees below normal with normal highs of 81 in the north and 85 in the south. A cool pattern prevails with a gradual warmup expected this weekend and scattered showers possible toward the end of the week.
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Illinois
Old Soldiers Attend Final G A R Encampment
In Indianapolis aged Civil War veterans aged 102 to 108 attend the 83rd and last Grand Army of the Republic encampment. They report good health after two days of ceremonies and plan open houses, banquets, and a formal meeting with greetings from President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hard
Hard
Rochester
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
Theodore A. Penland
Portland
Ore
Women’s Relief Corps
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Joseph Clovese
Pontiac
Mich
Clovese
Robert Barrett
Princeton
Charles L. Chappel
Long Calif
Penland
Truman
Rockford Woman Will Head Auxillary in National Turn
Philadelphia August 30 Unemployment among veterans discussed at the American Legion auxiliary convention. Mrs Norman L Sheehe Rockford Ill will be elected national president Thursday to succeed Mrs Goode Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Hubert A. Goode
Portland
Ore
Alaska
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Franklin P. Fremont
Neb
Auxiliary
American Legion
Norman L. Sheehe
Rockford
Ill
Goode
Sheehe
Longshoreman Given 180 Days For Smoking
Los Angeles August 30 1948 AP Longshoreman Jose Venegas 48 received 180 days in jail for smoking aboard the Grace Line freighter Santa Juana loaded with 7660 cases of dynamite 2000 kegs of blasting powder and 14 cases of dynamite caps.
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Los Angeles
Jose Venegas
Grace Line
Santa Juana
Benton halfback Ack Dorris suffers season injury
Benton high school varsity halfback Ack Dorris became Southern Illinois' first football casualty of the season after a first scrimmage tackle broke his collarbone. He may be sidelined for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton High School
Ack Dorris
Southern Illinois
Dorris
Stork Visits Pagni Family On Aug 29 For Third Year
In Springfield Tennessee a third Aug 29 birth occurred at Robertson County Hospital as Mrs. Thomas Pagni welcomed Thomas Pagni III. Earlier Aug 29 births include Marie Diane age 2 and Kathleen Ann age 1 in the Pagni home.
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Springfield
Tenn
Thomas Pagni
Stork
Pagni
Reaffiliation Sought by Local Progressive Mine Workers of America
Ten local P M W A groups in Belleville Illinois await AFL Trades and Labor Assembly approval to reaffiliate. If approved, about 15 000 P M W A members in Illinois may vote AFL affiliation in their areas. Drexel Collins cited by union official says move has long been considered and Arthur Nowotny welcomed the decision. The Progressives left AFL in 1945 after John L Lewis led United Mine Workers to depart.
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Belleville
Progressive Mine Workers of America Today
A. F. L. Trades and Labor Assembly
Illinois
Drexel Collins
Collins
Arthur Nowotny
Trades and Labor Assembly
Nowotny
Progressives
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Progressive
Red Cross Calls Off Disaster Institute in Jacksonville
Jacksonville officials canceled the day's disaster institute after too many workers were on disaster duty following the hurricane.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Red Cross
Two youths probated for West Frankfort bank robbery
In East St Louis on August 30 two West Frankfort youths Wilford Willis 26 and Furman Riddle 18 were placed on three years probation by U S District Judge Fred L Wham for a July 1 bank theft at the Bank of West Frankfort. They entered through a broken window but did not reach the vault and the third man remains at large.
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East St. Louis
Ill
West Frankfort
U. S
Fred L. Wham
Wilford Willis
Furman Riddle
Bank of
Willis
Riddle
Wham
Russian Note Accuses Tito Over Western Mastery
London Aug 30 AP Moscow radio broadcast a Soviet note to Belgrade accusing Premier Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia of acting only on Western instructions. It is the eighth bitter exchange in the Communist split. The note replies to Tito's Aug 20 accusation that Moscow double crossed Yugoslavia by abandoning its claims on Austrian territory at the Paris Big Four ministerial conference.
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London
Russia
Belgrade
Mar- Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Monitor
Marshal Tito
Paris
Kervin Named Superintendent of Registration in Illinois
Charles F. Kervin of Springfield, clerk of the Illinois House in 1949, was named superintendent of registration in the state Registration and Education department. He will replace Fred W. Ruegg of Carlinville, his former House clerk predecessor, and he joined the House staff in 1925. He served as assistant clerk from 1935 until January.
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Springfield
Charles F. Kervin
Illinois House
State Registration and Education Department
Kervin
Fred W. Ruegg
Carlinville
House
Truman urged action on permanent Fair Employment Practices panel
Representative A J Sabath said President Truman seeks early congressional passage to establish a permanent Fair Employment Practices commission. The statement places emphasis on prompt action by Congress to create the new commission structure.
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Washington
A. J. Sabath
D-Ii
Truman
Parade marks Legion convention invasion of Philadelphia
A 12 hour marching parade kicked off the 31st annual American Legion convention in Philadelphia. U S military units paraded behind Legion marshals with 116 man army band leading to city hall. President Truman attended the opening sessions as a delegate at large from Missouri.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Legion
Brod Street
City Hall
Truman
Missouri
White House
Polio Delays Openings for Champaign Urbana and University High
Polio outbreaks force Champaign Urbana and University high schools to halt football practice and cancel first games. Second games may be called off if polio cases stay high. Opening delayed to Sept 12 with drills to resume only if daily cases decrease.
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Champaign
Urbana
University
Charleston
Univers High
Chrisman
Benton
Senators Promise Vacation If Wage Bill Passes
Democratic Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois promised a week off for senators if they approve a wage bill raising minimum pay from 40 to 75 cents an hour by tomorrow night. GOP leaders Taft of Ohio and Wherry of Nebraska indicated likely accord with night sessions if needed. The recess would extend over Labor Day to next Tuesday as debate continued.
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Mr. Truman
Congress
Scott Lucas
Illinois
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Kenneth A. Wherry
Nebraska
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Sen
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Paul Douglas
D-Cd
Washington
G.O.P
Kenneth Wherry
Lucas
Taft
Students Home Hungry After Delayed Amsterdam Trip
Twenty five Midwest students and teachers reached Chicago on a non scheduled DC 4 flight after being stranded in New York when their Alaska Airlines plane was grounded by a Civil Aeronautics Board ruling. They had pooled funds for food and slept at the New York airport while awaiting a Chicago connection. John Westerberg, 27, Rockford Illinois, called the trip an unforgettable experience.
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Chicago
Amsterdam
New York
Alaska Airlines
Civil Aeronautcis Board
Alaska
John Westerberg
Rockford
University of Illinois
Robeson Plans Benefit Sing Tonight in New York
Paul Robeson announced a 8:30 p.m. appearance at the Gold en Gate ballroom for the Civil Rights Congress Emergency Committee to Protest the Peekskill Riot. Westchester officials prepare riot reports while DA Fanelli says violence came from concert spectators. Veterans groups deny responsibility for the anti communism demonstration.
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Paul Robeson
Thomas E. Dewey
Peekskill
N. Y
Met
Peekskill, N. Y
Civil Rights Congress
Justice Department
Congress
Robeson
Golden Gate Ballroom
Westchester County
George M. Fanelli
First Fair casualty records in Du Quoin hospital
Jake Ritter, 38, of Du Quoin, was admitted to Marshall Browning hospital yesterday as the first Fair casualty. He suffered a deep cut in the left arm from a steel burr chipped off a stake during hammering. he was treated and released.
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Jake Ritter
du Quoin
Marshall-Browning
Ritter
Race track owner donors tied to Vaughan inquiry
The Senate subcommittee heard Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan deny taking fees for aiding business men. He acknowledged 1946 donations from race track owner William Helis and about $2,000 from John Maragon, as he faced questions over aiding clients like the Tanforan track in California.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
William Helis
Vaughan
Tanforan
Calif
John Maragon
Chicago
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
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Albert J. Werley Perfume Co
Mrs.Truman
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Maragon
Kansas City
Executive Mansion
Pentagon
Verley Company
Europe
Herbert C. Hathorn
New Jersey
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Hathorn
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