Record Shows No Candidate For President
Washington notes a lack of clear presidential contenders as 1948 nominating season looms. President Truman hints at a decision but reveals nothing concrete. Democratic chair William Boyle stays focused on securing delegates regardless of Truman’s choice. Major figures Ke fauver, Douglas, Johnson, Roosevelt Jr., Douglas, Vinson, Williams remain reticent amid speculation.
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Washington
Truman
Margaret
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
Mr. Truman
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
White House
Daniels
Alben Barkley
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
William O. Douglas
Fred Vinson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Look Magazine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Kenneth S&s. Wherry
Nebraska
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Scribbled Note Triggers State Police Search Across Illinois
A two line plea for help found on scrap paper sparked a state police chase near Altamont on Highway 40. Investigators traced the note to a hitchhiker and set three roadblocks before ruling the incident a practical joke.
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Effingham, Il
Truck Bill Seeks Tax on Out of State Trucks
The bill would require out of state trucks to pay a maintenance tax, with sponsors estimating revenue of 1% to 3% million dollars annually. An amendment exempting buses operating entirely on city streets was adopted 133 to 0. The long session featured few sharp exchanges, with Parliamentarian Red Cutler aiding Speaker Warren Wood amid tangles as highway repairs on Highway 40 west of Altamont slowed traffic. State police seek to question a man who handed a note to the truck driver.
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Elroy C. Sandquist
Chicago
Red Cutler
Lewistown
Warren Wood
Plainfield
Moore
Altamont
Illinois House Debates Truck License Increases Amid Stalemate
Rep Clinton Searle and Rep John Lewis figure in a tense session over truck fee hikes. Amendments from Walker Kohout and Stengel fail in votes ranging 87 to 34 and 88 to 48, as trucking lobbyists press their case and relations fray in the state house.
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Chester G. Moore
Chicago
House
Statehouse
Mule Creates Stir On Public Square
A loiterer fled toward Indiana University Campus as police pursued him. He was captured and tied outside the jail until Lloyd Grubb appeared and claimed him saying the mule belonged to him.
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Indiana University
Lloyd Grubb
Grubb
Session on Other Matters Reported Yesterday Afternoon
Brief note records a session on other matters held yesterday afternoon with unspecified agenda items and participants. The entry provides no names or locations and lacks further context.
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Jesus
Christian Science Reading
Leana
Christian Science
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Murphysboro
Highway Patrol
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Highway 40
Kenneth Moore
Highway 128
Morton
Stewart-Warner
Herrin Home
Furnishers
North 14Th Street
Herrin
West Main
Carbondale
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
John Lewis
Marshall
Lewis
Walker
M. R. Walker
Danville
Rollo Robbins
Augusta
David Hunter
Rockford
Lewis and Sandquist
Richard Stengel
Paul Powell
Vienna
State Highway Division
Joseph Kohout
Stengel
Powell
Hunter
Rollins
Illinois Agricultural Association
Arthur W. Sprague
Hessie Hamilton
Miller Street
Flint
Mich
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Kellogg’s
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Poublz
Wns
Hag
Clon
Frigidaire
Frigidaire Electric Ironers
Fllinots Electric & Gas Company
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