Grand jury to probe Burlington wreck killing 44
A DuPage county grand jury was ordered to investigate the Naperville Burlington wreck that killed 44 as railroad officials opened a parallel inquiry. Prosecutor Lee Daniels said other angles may share blame with engineer W. W. Blaine and subpoenaed officials and crewmen to Wheat for testimony.
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Chicago
Burlington
Naperville
Lee Daniels
DuPage County
Daniels
DuPage County Grand Jury
Wheat
W. W. Blaine
Here
Blaine
J. E. Rue
Rockford
Aue
A. W. Anderson
Galesburg
Anderson
E. F. Streit
Aurora
Ill
Chiang Takes Hand in Negotiations
Chiang Kai-shek personally intervened in Manchurian negotiations to halt fighting, meeting directly with U.S. envoy General Marshall and Communist negotiator Chou En-lai. A truce might arrive by Monday, as both sides pursue a settlement before moving the capital to Nanking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Chengtu
Szechwan
Marshall
U. 8
Chiang
Nanking
Marshal
Chou En- Lai
Court Holds Bigamist in Virginia Case
Joseph E. Stone 28 sits in jail awaiting sentence for bigamy after admitting marriage last June in Norfolk County Court. Judge Oast sent case to probation and parole for review before sentencing. Police report Stone and second wife, married in Georgia, moved to Norfolk after his military discharge. Eight weeks ago the first wife invited the second wife, who is pregnant, to live with her and her three children until birth, with Stone accompanying them.
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Portsmouth
Joseph E. Stone
Norfolk County
Oast
Probation and Parole Office
R. H. White
Broad Creek Village
Norfolk
Stone
Georiga
White
Killer Suspect In Custody Increduous Case Near Orchard Heights
In Bremerton Washington a badly decomposed woman found by boys near Orchard Heights is identified as 21 year old Ernie Lee Nicholson. Sheriffs office reports a discharged suspect from Grant county and two others in custody. The four suspects lived together and fingerprints on the body aided identification. Nicholson had worked at the navy yard as a laborer. The trio denied knowledge of the crime.
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Bremerton
Wash
Orchard Heights
Ernie Lee Nicholson
Fred Vetters
Grant County
Navy Yard
Roxas Declares Victory in Philippine Presidential Race
Manuel A. Roxas claimed victory in the Philippines election and began forming a cabinet with a lead over President Osmena exceeding 125000 votes. Osmena’s camp charged fraud while Roxas pledged a justice centered administration and cooperation with US foreign policy and the UN.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Philippines
Sergio Osmena
Osmena
Roxas
Philippine
United States
United Nations
Senate
Republicans Seek Moderate Extension of OPA Power
Senators Taft and Austin lead Republicans in backing a moderate plan to extend key price controls and curb OPA authority while preserving anti inflation measures. They aim to gather Democratic support to defeat late amendments and align with a war to peace timetable for relaxation. The banking committee members plan to draft the program early next week.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Austin
Senate
OPA
The
Banking Committee
Truman Hannegan Visit Sparks Court Vacancy Talk
President Truman invited Robert E. Hannegan to join him at the Williamsburg at Quantico amid speculation he will soon fill Supreme Court vacancies after Chief Justice Stone's death. A navy undersecretary post and a three-member economic council remain unsettled as Patterson and others are eyed for court or cabinet roles. The presidential yacht stayed near the base due to bad weather.
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Quantico
President Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
Williamsburg
Supreme Court
White House
Charles G. Ross
Harlan F. Stone
Edwin W. Pauley
Robert Jackson
William O. Douglas
Stone
Robert P. Patterson
Church Temperance Paper Reappears Advocating Repeal
The weekly Clipsheet of the Methodist temperance board, inactive since 1933, returns with editor Deets Pickett arguing repeal settled no problem and urging knowledge to guide policy. He cites rising interest in local option and calls for grain allotments for brewers alongside broader discussions of alcohol harms.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
Deets Pickett
Picket
Union Funds Basis of Theft Charge
William Hutcheson former general president of the United Brotherhoods of Carpenters and Joiners faces a coercion allegation from a suspended Baltimore local over an embezzlement claim of 244,038.30 dollars. Hutcheson spoke from Lakeland Florida saying he would need more information before commenting.
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Baltimore
William Hutcheson
United Brotherhoods of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Brotherhood
Lakeland
Fla
Hutcheson
American Federation of Labor
Sus
Asher Wilson Enters Idaho Governor Race
Asher B. Wilson a Twin Falls Democrat and longtime activist announced Saturday night he will campaign against acting Gov Arnold Williams for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the June 11 primary. Wilson criticized Williams for indecision during a recent legislative session and urged a general program guiding all departments.
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Twin Falls
Denver
State Board of Education
Idaho Teacher Retirement Fund Board
Idaho
Wilson
Williams
Franklin Girard
Taylor Pleads For OPA Extension From Business Council
The New Council of American Business, in a two day session, unanimously endorsed extending price control for one year with no crippling amendments and urged broadening controls to include commercial rents. Sen. Taylor and three council representatives warned that abandoning controls now would harm the economy and small independent businesses.
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Washington
Council of American Business Saturday
National Association of Manufacturers
Sen. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Teachers Rally for Salaries and Long-term Contracts
At the 58th Idaho Education Association convention in Boise the body nominated Helen Moore for president of the classroom teachers association and reelected W. W. Christensen as Idaho delegate to the NEA. Officers Mary Barr and Helen Smith were named vice president and secretary treasurer respectively, with mail ballots to be sent to 4012 members. The group urged a minimum salary schedule based on training and experience and continued contracts, as NEA president Pearl Wanamaker was endorsed and NEA meeting slated for Buffalo in July. The IEA set its 1947 convention for April 25-26 in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho Education Association
Helen Moore
Classroom Teachers Association
W. W. Christensen
Idaho Falls
Idaho
The
IEA
Welfare Committee
VA warns GI loan ceilings sever real value ties
VA officials said new house price ceilings 10 percent or more above reasonable value impede veterans from obtaining GI loans. Francis Pavesick urged appraisers to ignore current ceilings, while Gen. Bradley pressed Housing Administrator Wyatt for action to align ceilings with real value to avoid widespread loan rejections and future foreclosures.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Francis S. Pavesick
Omar N. Bradley
Wilson Wyatt
Federal Housing Administration
Civilian Production Board
CPA
Pavesick
Builder uses ammo boxes to frame Tucson apartments
J. K. McPherson improvises a four unit residence in Tucson using empty .50 caliber ammunition boxes obtained from Davis-Monthan Army Air Field. The makeshift method highlights shortages of construction materials during the period.
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Tucson
Ariz
J. K. McPherson
Davis-Mothan Army Air Field
Industry Gains in March But Fears Coal Shortage
In March industry showed its biggest gains since VJ day as civilian production rose and employment moved sharply upward for the first time since the war. The CPA report warned April may see a slump due to the coal strike and noted 55,700,000 Americans were affected.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John D. Small
Iceland Rejects U S Bases Request in Broadcast
Prime Minister Olaf Thors announced that Iceland cannot grant U S military bases. He said Icelandic interests control decisions and that the United States asked for leases on three bases while backing Iceland's bid for United Nations membership. Other parties aligned with the stance.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Olafur Thors
United States
United Nations
Thors
U. S
Arrest Warrant Filed For Connie Stoll In Speeding Charge
A speeding charge was filed Saturday against Connie Stoll of 854 North Main. Police say she was clocked from East Gould to West Gould at up to 40 mph and passed a car on the Gould street viaduct.
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Connie Stoll
North Main
East Gould
West Gould
Gould Street
Stepfather Charged with Murder After Grocery Market Killing
Cuyahoga Falls Ohio James W Bickett 43 was charged with first degree murder for the pistol slaying of his 19 year old stepdaughter Mary Bickett in a crowded grocery market police reported The clerk was killed by five bullets from a revolver during a family quarrel witnesses said Bickett reportedly told police She the girl said something that made me mad and I shot her The gunman menaced about 100 customers and clerks as he fled toward the door
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Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
James W. Bickett
Mary Bickett
Menzo Preston
Preston
John Stewart
Bickett
Coal strike cuts tinplate output halving supply
John C. Houston Jr of the civilian production administration says the coal strike halves tinplate production and endangers perishable crops. Emergency bituminous stocks at mines fall from 1,650,000 to 1,150,000 tons, with demand expected to rise. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach schedules a meeting with mine owners ahead of joint sessions with John L. Lewis next week.
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Washington
John C. Houston, Jr
Civilian Production Administration
The
Solid Fuels Administration
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Drill Practice for Patriarchs Militant Auxiliary
Auxiliary to Meet Ladies' Auxiliary No. 11 will drill at 7:30 p.m. Monday in IOOF hall with important business on the agenda.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 11
Patriarchs Militant
IOOF
Four Major Nations to Divide Power
Paris AP reports that US Britain France and Russia approved a plan to divide most naval power among the four while leaving Italy with a basic fleet after addressing Greek and Yugoslav claims. Russia dropped a third fleet demand, details remain unsettled, frontier issues with Italy discussed but no agreement reached. A four man experts committee was named to assess Italian naval strength.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Conference
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Rome
Hodgson Leaves UN Council. Hasluck to Take Seat
Australia withdraws Lt. Col. William R. Hodgson from the United Nations Security Council due to his wife's illness in Paris. Paul Hasluck will replace him as representative of the permanent mission while Hodgson travels to Paris. The Spanish deadlock and Iran matter continue to shape council actions with Russia opposing new investigations.
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New York
Australia
William R. Hodgson
United Nations Security Council
Paris
Council
Hodgson
Paul Hasluck
United Nations
Col. Hodgson
Herbert Evatt
Col
Hunter College
Mexico
Russia
Spain
Truck Kills Cyclist Near Potlatch
An eleven year old, Jackie Miller of Potlatch, was killed Saturday when the bicycle he rode was struck by a truck on the highway. He was with three companions at the time of the accident.
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Potlatch
Jackie Miller
Here
Weather cycle turning cold for half century
The Weather Bureau reports a shift to a half century of progressively colder global climate. The US saw a downturn about five years ago after a 50 year warming trend. The bureau cautions it may not predict each season but suggests winters could grow colder overall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Bureau
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