Funds Sought for Projects
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a record 538.6 million dollars for navigation and flood control, a 20 percent cut from Truman’s request but 30 percent above this year's flood control and rivers and harbors funding. The plan targets construction and maintenance across multiple states with a backlog of about 3.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Engel
R-Mich
Army Civil Functions Committee
Senate
House
Army Engineers
Mississippi
R. A. Wheeler
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Committee
Illinois
Wood River
Indiana
Muncie
Jeffersonville
Clarksville
New Albany
Cannelton
Indianapolis
Fall Creek
Cagles Mill
Shufflebarger
McGinnis River
Kentucky
Dewey
Louisville
Newport
Uniontown
Taylorsville
Hawesville
Covington
Wolf Creek
Maysville
Jewish mortars hit British security in Jerusalem attack
Jewish militants hidden in a fortified sector fired three mortar shells at the British police headquarters in Jerusalem. The strikes damaged the Russian compound hospital maternity ward and a post office roof as British troops conducted street maneuvers in the zone amid security talks between Sir Algernon Willis and Lt. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham.
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United Press
Jerusalem
Algernon Willis
Mediterranean
Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Willis
Cunningham
Burglar Steals Cash From Credit Office and Several Shops
A burglar stole $55.93 from the Commercial Credit Corporation at 421 Tribune Building after prying a door. The theft was reported by June Kersey to Lieut. Street and Officers Irving and Houston. Additional break ins occurred at Mobile Service Station 527 North Seventh Street and Hardware Supply Company at Tenth and Chestnut, with various entry methods and small sums taken. Detective Charles Koll later noted entry methods and examined crews.
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The
Commercial Credit Corporation
Tribune Building
June Kersey
Lieut
Frank Street
Irving
Houston
North Seventh Street
Stevens
Bigham
John W. Layman
Lieut. Street
Collins and Flowers
Hardware Supply Company
Tenth
Chestnut Streets
Herbert Huey
Uniformed Division
Charles Koll
United States outlines stance on Palestine force and rent curbs
The United States said it will consult on a UN directed Palestine peace force if the Security Council votes for one, stressing the force must not enforce partition. Warren Austin outlined steps, including preserving authority under the charter and forming a permanent five-nation committee to study threats to international peace. Separately, a House vote on a one month rent extension was expected today, with Senate action planned on a longer measure. President Truman linked rent protections to a broad housing program aiming to build over one million homes yearly for a decade, while lawmakers voiced mixed views on housing reforms.
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Associated Press
Lake Success
United States
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Holy Land
U. S
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Austin
General Assembly
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Rep
Rayburn
Mr. Truman
Congress
House-Senate
Ticket Agent Shot to Death in Chicago Transit Incident
In Chicago the fare agent Cornelius Allison, 59, was shot to death in his booth at the Ravenswood and Wilson avenue station after a possible robbery attempt. Police officer William Hoban, 25, was critically wounded in another shooting nearby. both shootings may involve the same gunman using copper-jacketed .45 caliber bullets.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
General North Side
William McEvoy
Cornelius Allison
McEvoy
William Hoban
Hoban
Allison
Ravenswood
Wilson Avenue
Explosion Hits Pochantas Arkansas Business District
An explosion in Pocahontas Arkansas destroyed four buildings in the business district. At least two men were trapped under bricks and mortar, three others were injured, and rescue teams heard sounds from at least one more person buried in debris. Authorities suspect escaping butane gas ignition as workers inspected the vacant Premberger building. One man was pulled alive and hospitalized.
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Pocahontas
Ark
Arkansas
Premberger
Deris
Fire protection contract signed for Harrison township
The Harrison township advisory board delivered a signed contract to City Attorney Edward Everett settling fire protection questions. The board, replacing resigning members Albert Kepler Charles J. Smith and James Churchman, agreed to pay $18 000 yearly for protection and to allow the city to buy two tank wagons to supply water where mains are absent.
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New Township
Edward Everett
Harrison Township
Albert Kepler
Charles J. Smith
James Churchman
Everett
Hoover Urges Federation as Safeguard to World
Former President Herbert Hoover urged a regional federation of Europe under the United Nations to strengthen Marshall Plan nations in peace and war. Speaking at a Washington's birthday banquet at the Waldorf Astoria, he warned the world lacks military allies and warned against U.S. entanglement in alliances. He pressed for Western Europe economic political unity to ensure the Marshall Plan succeeds.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
United Nations
Mr. Hoover
Britain
Western Europe
Hitler
Hoover
U.N. Cat
Axe swings on 1949 budget
House appropriations committee trimmed 131.5 million from President Truman’s 1949 army civil functions budget, a near 18 percent cut. Republicans say bigger cuts lie ahead, aiming to reduce a total of 2.5 billion, with the army civil functions bill the second money measure of the session.
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United Press
Washington
House
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Panama Canal
Army
Crisis deepens as Chiang in seclusion in China
Nanking reports Chiang Kai-Shek meditating in a mountain hideout at Kuling as Chinese forces face a growing Communist threat. Adm. Kwei Yung-ching urges the American navy to stay in Chinese waters while both Dairen and Port Arthur remain under Russian control. Martial moves and frontline fighting replenish tension across Manchuria with Penki reportedly encircled.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
U. S
Chiang
Kuling
Madame Chiang
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Adm
Kewi Yung- Ching
Dairen
Port Arthur
Russia
Kwei
Peiping
Penki
Mukden
Louisiana Governor Runoff Vote Promises Bitter Clash
Louisiana ballot showdown centers on Sam H. Jones and Earl K. Long for governor in a Democratic runoff. About 600000 party members vote as polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m., New Orleans and Baton Rouge extend to 9 p.m.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Jones
Long
Richard W. Lewhe
Huey Long
Robert F. Kennon
U. S
Jimmy Morrison
Washington
House
C.S.T
Baton Rouge
Calton Slayer Goes On Trial In Tennessee Case
W Ralph Abbott twenty of Fort Smith Arkansas faces murder charges for the hitchhike killing of Pierce C Calton thirty eight of Park Ridge Illinois on October twenty in the Memphis Nashville highway area Abbott says self defense after Cal ton allegedly drew a pistol Abbott, a former Arkansas Polytechnic Institute student, quit college to hitchhike to Nashville to find work The victim was a Chicago area salesman born in Terre Haute Indiana who had lived in Kalamazoo Michigan before moving to Illinois in 1945
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Ashland City
Tenn
Arkansas College
Illinois
W. Ralph Abbott
Fort Smith
Ark
Pierce C. Calton
Park Ridge
Ill
Chicago
Calton
Verner Harper
Abbott
Harper
Arkansas Polytechnic Institute
Russellville
Nashville
Dalton
Terre Haute
Ind
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ilinois
Weather record and regional forecast for Indiana Illinois
The Weather Bureau reports a temperature of 37 at 6 30 AM with a high of 50 yesterday and a low of 30 last night. River stage 50 feet and falling. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional light rain or drizzle tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures, 36 tonight, and warmer conditions across Indiana and Illinois.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Temperature Readings From Street Thermometer
Local report records a temperature progression with readings at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. showing 38 and 50 degrees respectively.
Parker Trial Resumes In First Degree Murder Case
The Parker murder trial enters its second week as Arthur E. Parker faces a first degree murder charge. FBI handwriting expert Charles A. Appel and several witnesses awaited testimony while the state reads in signed confessions alleging Parker killed his former landlady Lillian Marie Johnson on April 7, 1943 and buried parts of her body.
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Charles A. Appel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Arthur E. Parker
Parker
H. DeWitt Owen
Lillian Marie Johnson
Thomas Welch
Clint Seward
Robert Vance
John Jett
North
Twenty-sixth Street
Maple Avenue
Inquest Held Over Child Death in Terre Haute
Coroner James V. Richart ruled one year old Thomas Dale Walker died from measles and pneumonia after an inquest Monday night. Parents Kale and (Mrs) Walker live at 459 North First Street and the child’s siblings and grandmother, Mrs Bertha Walker, survive. Funeral services are set for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Gillis Memory Chapel with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James V. Richart
Thomas Dale Walker
Kale Walker
North First Street
Yontz and
Eberhardt
David
Helen Louise
Betty Jean
Shirley Ann
Caroline Sue
Barbara Lou
Bertha Walker
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Woodlawn
What’s Happening At Prague Could Happen In United States
AP foreign affairs analysis warns Czechoslovakia’s struggle under communism mirrors tactics seen elsewhere. It notes Red infiltration through fifth columnists in education, politics, and unions leading to the loss of liberty. The piece cautions similar movements could arise in the United States, Canada, or Latin America if unchecked.
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Prague
United States
Czechoslovakia
Red
Russia
Moscow
Canada
Latin America
Communists Take Control Of Local Government In Czechoslovakia
Communist officials moved to seize absolute control by stripping all local government bodies of authority and turning power over to communist action committees. The interior minister broadcast instructions on Prague radio directing national committees to operate as city mayors councils.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak
Communist bid to seize Czechoslovakia nears success
United Press reports in Prague that Communist Premier Klement Gottwald is near unveiling an all communist cabinet to President Eduard Benes on an ultimatum basis. Opposition leaders say legality has been discarded as raids proceed without warrants and power shifts favor the Communists.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
International
Gottwald
Benes
National Socialist and Peoples
Judge Wennerstrom Defends War Crimes Critique
Judge Charles F. Wennerstrom of Chariton Iowa reaffirmed his criticism of Germany war crimes trials and said he had no apologies for his Chicago Tribune interview. He arrived from Frankfurt aboard an Army plane and disputed Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor’s charge that his remarks harmed U.S. interests.
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Westover Field
Mass
Charles F. Wennerstrum
Chariton
Germany
Chicago Tribune
Wennerstrom
Frankfurt
Army Transport Command
Telford Taylor
United States
Hal Faust
Wen
Last Call Issued for 1947 License Plates
The automobile license bureau warns that Saturday is the final day plates from 1947 remain valid. The office will stay open 8 AM to 5 PM this week with extra staff as a rush develops. January and February birthdays must have new licenses by February 28.
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Automobile
Jess C. Monroe
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Cenfer
Corporation
Max Harrelson
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Explosion Rocks
Grant Dillman
Harold K. Milks
U 8 Weather Bureau
FBI
DeWitt Mackenzie
Bulletin
George Pipal
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