President Truman to urge mild tax plan in midyear economic report
President Truman is expected to ask Congress to drop the $4 billion tax increase and instead back mild public works programs to bolster the economy. The midyear report will outline the administration's outlook, stressing a stable recovery and no immediate crisis while inflation remains a concern. A congressional subcommittee notes rising unemployment but says job losses are not crisis level. White House aides describe the message as calm and optimistic.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Capitol
Congressional Economic Subcommittee
Council
White House
Russians Tighten Berlin Truck Blockade Citywide
Berlin reports show a new Soviet pressure tactic as traffic to the city was halted on the Helmstedt Berlin highway after midnight. Officials note prior closures and a staged squeeze diverting all routes to Helmstedt Berlin. Limited trucks were later allowed through at a trickle.
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Berlin
Helmstedt-Berlin
Helmstedt
Helmstedt- Berlin
Hamburg-Berlin
Scott Ignores Ouster Move
Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. brushed off reports of a new bid to oust him as GOP national chairman. He said his job is to fight Democrats and would resume duties in Washington, as rivals reportedly met in Pittsburgh to plan the challenge.
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Philadelphia
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Republican National Committee
Washington
Scott
Pittsburgh
British Seek Survivors of RAF Plane at Sea
Two British destroyers and 30 RAF search planes combed the North Atlantic 400 miles west of Belfast for seven crewmen after an RAF bomber on a weather mission apparently crashed. Weather and sea conditions hindered rescue efforts.
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North Atlantic
Here
Baby Dance Helps 10 Month Old Carole Ingram
A benefit dance is held in Deleta ballroom at 9 p.m. to raise money for 10 month old Carole Ingram of Pocatello awaiting heart surgery at Ogden hospital. The effort is led by three aunts and supported by Deleta management and Gene Burton orchestra. Carole is the daughter of Dora Hughes and Gerald E Ingram.
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Pocatellans
Carole Ingram
Carole
Ogden
Little Carole
Pocatello
Deleta
Gene Burton
A. A. Imus
Dora Hughes
Gerald E. Ingram
Chiang Kai-Shek meets Quirino on Pacific anti Communist alliance
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Bagus, Philippines, from Formosa at President Elpidio Quirino’s invitation to discuss a broad Pacific alliance against communism. They held talks for over two hours and planned a second meeting, focusing on economic collaboration and wider Far East development.
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Baguso
Philippines
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Elpidio Quirino
Chiang
Formosa
Quirino
Far East
Pacific Union
Orient
Attendants Fear For Priest After Prayer Attack
The condition of Rev. John F. Neifert remained serious Sunday at Hotel Dieu hospital after he was attacked Friday while kneeling at prayer in Holy Redeemer church. An attendant reported a one degree rise in temperature, raising concern in a brain case.
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New Orleans
John F. Neifert
the Holy Redeemer Church
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Tito Turns To West Tito Turns To West
Belgrade reports Tito tells 40,000 at Pola that Yugoslavia seeks Western financial aid while forming economic ties with the West. He denies political concessions and says Yugoslavia does not want or need aid from Soviet satellites. Copper sales fund machine purchases.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
The
Nation
Yugoslavia
Pola
Tanjug
Tito
English is Greek To Japanese
A car driven by Harry M. Miyagashima crashed into Mt. Zion hospital in San Francisco breaking a plate glass window and sending medical books flying from the medical library. He emerged from the wreck asking for English and relied on others for reading.
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San Francisco
Harry M. Miyagashima
Medical Library
Mt. Zion Hospital
Miyagashima
Rent Controls Withdrawn Rapidly Nationally
Washington reports that rental dwellings have been removed from rent control at about 9 300 units daily since the new law began April 1, according to federal officials.
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Washington
Idaho Boat Victim Faces Major Surgery And Cheer
At Bear Lake hospital Gary Archibald, 13, had both legs amputated after a wreck when a speedboat struck his rowboat. An unidentified Logan physician stopped the bleeding and began shocks as doctors prepared to remove the legs. Imogene Wittsche and her parents sent cheerful telegrams via The Pocatello Post as Gary fights for recovery.
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Gary Archibald
Gary
Archibalds
Archibald
Kenn Scott Copper Co
Magna
Utah
Bear Lake
Fish Haven
Mrs. Archibald
Jennie Duke
Jennie
Barbara Joley
Arnell
Les Nelson
Logan
Lindsay
Reed Rich
Montpelier
Spencer Rich
Paris
Imogene Wittsche
Lake Tahoe
St. Mary’s Hospital
Reno
Bear Lake County Hospital
Pocatello
Norma Carothers
Norma
Imogene
Two 13 year olds lose legs to speedboat accidents
Similar incidents at Fish Haven Idaho and Lake Tahoe Nevada left Gary Archibalds and Imogene Wittsche both 13 with amputations. Telegraphed messages from Norma Carothers inspired hope, as Imogene’s parents advised Gary’s family to stay hopeful and seek support.
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Fish Haven
Idaho
Gary Archibalds
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Imogene Wittsche
Victims of Yacht Explosion Include General and A. J. Biddle
Maj. Gen. Vernon E. Prichard and Navy Capt. Wilfred Painter were killed in a yacht blast at the Corinthian Yacht Club dock on the Potomac. Col. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. were among nine injured as the Halcyon exploded while taking on gasoline. Biddle helped rescue Prichard’s body and aided others as witnesses reported a stunned scene and a chaotic water rescue.
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Washington
Vernon E. Prichard
Army Public Information
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Philadelphia
Navy
Wilfred Painter
Halcyon
Corinthian Yacht Club
Potomac River
Prichard
Painter
Casualty Hospital
Yacht Club
Poland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Greece
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
S. N. Ferris Lubosher
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Johannes Johannesen
Casualty
Cmdr
H. A. Dudley
U. S. Naval Reserve
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Biddle
Exiled Germans Plan Secret Government in Bonn
German officials who fled the Soviet zone met in Frankfurt to outline a government in exile with headquarters in Bonn. The group would represent eastern zone refugees in West Germany and seek cooperation on reunification, though likely not be recognized by Allies or Germans. Herman Brill is named as president of the Soviet zone exile group.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Soviet Zone
Bonn
Herman Brill
Thuringia
Plunge Kills Idaho Youth at Snake River Canyon Rim
Twin Falls, Idaho. Don Bell about 18 died after falling 500 feet from the Snake River canyon rim near Twin Falls dam. Friends say he slipped on loose rock during a hike. Coroner orders inquest. Bell died about an hour after the fall. He was a Twin Falls High School graduate.
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Twin Falls
Snake River Canyon
Twin Falls Dam
Don Bell
Bell
Sr Canyon
Twin Falls County
R. T. Bell
Twin Falls High School
State Prepares for Polio Outbreak in Idaho
Idaho polio planning committee led by Lt. Gov. Don Whitehead discusses state level measures as polio deaths rise to two this year. The 18 new cases since July 1 raise Idaho’s total to 66 since January 1 with victims including a Boise girl age six, a Nampa boy age 12, and a Marsing man age 24. Hugh White of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis met with Whitehead to discuss financial arrangements for outbreak response.
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Boise
Idaho
Don Whitehead
Pocatello
Bonner County
Nampa
Marsing
National Foundation For
Hugh White
Whitehead
Navy Abandons Search For Flying Boat Survivors
The U S Navy ends an intensive air and sea search for survivors from a PBM flying boat crash near Cristobal Panama Canal Zone. Nine crew were aboard. one body has been recovered with patrol boats ordered to sweep the area for any possible survivors.
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Dearborn
Mich
Reds
Belfast
North Ireland
Philippine Alliance
Tilles
Mary Ann Coles
London
Mary Ann
Russia
Cominform
John Averill
Bear Lake County
Gilbert P
Topeka
Kan
Pocatello Post
General
A. J. Biddles
Sion
Plunge
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