Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - April 27, 1948, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE WEATHER For Partly cloudy and much cooler Wednesday partly cloudy and Local weather facts for 24 hours preceding 7 a. Maximum 72; minimum 47. Precipitation CONSTRU Drive With CARE Don't Take CHANCES Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin April 27, 1948 Single Copy Five Cents Legal Barrier to Avert Rail Strike Ends at Midnight Walkout Date to Be Set as Soon As Possible By the Associated Press The possibility of a strike which would stop the nation's rail service flavored wage talks in Chicago day between the carriers and three operating The last legal barrier to such a strike will vanish at midnight with expiration of a 30-day cooling off period which followed a federal fact-finding tions for settlement of a wage and rules May Set Date The representing more than engineers and have decided that ure to reach agreement with the railroads today will bring about setting of a strike date soon as No word came from the ence on progress toward a The talks have been in cess since April 14. Three unions have rejected a hourly raise recommended by the finding panel as The scheduled another meeting for There is in the pension accumulated from a levy of 10 cents a ton on coal produced by UMW The national labor relations board will decide whether strike time i should be deducted from Arguments before the NLRB today in a dispute between j agree that without the European General Electric corporation and I recovery program and the the CIO United Electrical Workers j ness business raised the question in connection would have shown a sagging with effects of a dency during 1948." Nourse Says Only War Clouds Would Darken Prosperity Dr. Edwin G. presidential economic ad- said today that unless the war clouds prosperity might well be sustained for several years Addressing the thirty-sixth an- meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce Nourse ed this ing for foreign aid and national de- fense may revive a in- treasury deficits and higher But as matters he most business men and economists out by unionists at GE in 1946. Nourse is chairman of the dent's council of economic Dairy State Lawmakers In last Ditch Washington Dairy state lawmakers drove hard today to re- quire triangular-shaped oleo ages so the product can be distinguished from They brought forth this proposal as they conceded that the house will railroads accented the 1 tomorrow to repeal the 62-year- A second large has turned down a request for a wage increase by the CIO Deny Pay Boost Republic Steel corporation lowed U. S. Steel in denying a pay revision to Republic The union's officials said there was no strike threat The steel wage contract runs to April 30, 1949, and contains a In the proposed pensions for retired United Mine Workers still remain out of Ezra Van representative on the pension trustee opposes the pension as Van John L. chief of the and Senator Bridges members of the met They Stassen May Get Delegates In Washington Washington Growing sings of a movement were countered today by claims that Harold E. Stassen may grab a share of Washington state's 19 GOP nominating Stassen spokesmen here said porters of the former Minnesota by working down into the have put themselves in position to challenge Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's men for control of the state's May 15 GOP party That gathering will name the 19 Washington delegates to the lican national convention at delphia this Dewey backers reported that sen is only whistling to keep up his courage in They said control of Seattle and Tacoma delegations will freeze the tan out of the state Backers of Sen. Robert A. Taft said no one will have to look farther old federal taxes on they still hope the re- pealer can be stopped in the The oleo forces won their first test against the butter bloc The house voted 235 to 121 then to after the Ohio The former Two Killed in Patrol Fight Near Trieste Rome An Italian soldier and a Yugoslav officer were killed last night in a border patrol fight near Amid rising British and American authorities tightened precautions today against infiltration of their zone of the free territory for May day The Italian defense ministry said the clash occurred in a narrow strip of territory which Yugoslav forces had seized one of their many out of their Three other Italian soldiers were wounded in the brief one The clash occurred near the village of Rauna Di Luico in Venezia just northwest of the free A high allied military government official in Trieste said nary measures closing 10 block posts and restricting travel through six others would remain in effect throughout the May 1 He ascribed the measures to the public safety situation created as a result of the Italian election and the kicking around of Trieste in the international political British and American personnel will be kept in quarters over the Their dependents been cautioned to avoid crowds and trouble Italian officials describing the clash last night said the Yugoslavs had moved a border marker near the village and moved up to Italian Palestine's Southern Frontier Is Crossed by Egyptian Armor Military Proposes Year Of Training in Program Washington Military leaders are proposing a full year in the armed forces for 18-year-olds under a universal training It was learned today that this is being suggested to congressional committees which are considering a broad defense program about three 1. 2. Temporary revival assembled to start tion voting on a draft 3. A senate appropriations sub- committee scheduled an afternoon open meeting to hear Secretary for Air Symington and other air force officials on the 66 air group revolving i Johnson called the Forrestal Universal j posal compromise without sub- of stance a play on He said the and 3. Expansion of the the backers of 66 groups trying discharge its agriculture committee from further consideration of ous repealer bills and to put the issue squarely to the house floor for a The agriculture committee had voted 16 to 10 to shelve the Tempers flared during the ing debate before jam-packed Chairman Knutson of the ways and means committee shouted a direct threat at the south that limits on cotton imports will be lifted if the southerners continue their battle to remove the oleo am chairman of the committee that can do he Cotton seed and peanut oil are used in making At Republicans supporting the eo tax Knutson poor I want to pay my compliments to the sap The New Deal congress had 16 years to do something about and it was too hot for Now look at Before yesterday's first the two sides argued like For tax is favoring one wholesome food against Its removal will help the by reducing the cost of oleomargarine and ing the color stirring chore in her Against economy of has been built up for 62 years with the protection of the tax and repeal will play havoc with dairy Moreover oleo will get the benefit of the tax not the Representative Rivers who led the fight to get the tion on the house told the house the oleo levies are but a to certain in- in this Oleo taxes that the legislation would repeal 10 cents a pound governor is trying to grab 23 of the state's 53 delegates away from Bender pre- that the Stassen boom will nose dive when the primary returns are Rep. Clarence Brown pre- that the Ohioan be the leading choice for the when the Philadelphia convention opens June 21 Dewey's backers contend their man has a majority of the delegates chosen thus The New Yorker picked up three more yesterday in Oklahoma when the state chose four Sixteen district delegates previously selected have themselves as favoring Pennsylvania and Massachusetts swell the delegate list with New Mexico and see adding their quotas Demand U.N. Action To Halt Zion Fight Lake Success The Jewish agency today demanded firm action by the United Nations to halt an in- vasion of Palestine by regular ies of Trans-Jordan and other Arab The agency also warned the U.N. that the Jews of Palestine selves were every possible preparation to meet the next phase of the onslaught with our own HI NABOR I didn't never hear nothing about juvenile del till after ty razors cone into The western powers have ed that the free territory of Trieste be returned to Russia turned the idea The United Nations security council has been unable to agree on a governor for the tory and troops occupy one sector and Yugoslav troops the Explosion Of Tar Can Burns Child Marlene K1 e v e n 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank 240 Nineteenth avenue is being treated at view hospital for second degree burns received about Sunday evening when a can of roofing tar that had been accidently raked into a bonfire the hot tar spraying over her and right She was reported in ex- condition this Other neighborhood children ing near the fire of leaves and other debris in the garden at the J. H. Maney 211 Nineteenth avenue were un- Marlene was hurled several feet by the force of the which sounded much like a She received medical treatment at home following the accident and was re- moved to the hospital Monday CIO Asks Probe in Fight Washington The CIO day asked a federal investigation of what it called a by Kansas police on striking packinghouse workers last CIO President Philip Murray re- quested action in separate letters to President Truman and Attorney General Tom on the colored pound on the uncolored on 4 cent a air Change Program The original idea on universal training was that 18- should have six months of training to be followed by service in the National Guard or some other organized civilian But some officials contend now that a man with only six months training would be of little value in a military unit and that his mini- mum time should be at least one The draft and training proposals are tied in closely with the over how large the air force should Some air men want a 70- group air Secretary of De- fense Forrestal has been battling to hold it to 66 Sen. Edwin C. Johnson said Forrestal's 66-group proposal is a of and a for universal military Johnson told reporters the 70- group program the house has voted to get underway is the least needed for national Blasts Forrestal The Colorado senator lit into the Forrestal compromise plan as com- on both sides of the capitol kept at the job of charting military Here is the 1. The senate armed services com- called Secretary of the Army Royall to a closed session for de- tails on a plan to blend the temporary draft and long range 2. The house armed services group to get out of having an adequate air Groups Back Searles For Commissioner The Wood County Conservation at its April meeting in i American Legion hall Monday j proposed the name of Clarence j Wisconsin for wholesalers of colored Pointment to the Wisconsin for wholesalers of uncolored vation Normington Rites to be Held Thursday Funeral services for C. A. prominent Wisconsin Rapids businessman and civic will be conducted by the Rev. A. W. Triggs at the Masonic temple at Thursday Burial will be in Forest Hill with rites in charge of Fred Mr. Normington died at his home here Monday at the age of 70, following a lingering He had been a resident of Wisconsin Rapids for 40 operating a laundry and dry cleaning Long active in civic he ed 23 years as president of the board of vocational and adult cation and 18 years as chairman of the Witter athletic field com- holding both of these sitions at the time of The body will be at the Baker chapel until Thursday morning and will lie in state at the Masonic ple from 10 o'clock until the time of Public heads of civic and business leaders joined today in eulogizing Mr. Normington for his many to the community and his energetic participation in activities ing to the betterment of the The tributes Mayor C. C. Knudsen death of C. A. Normington is a grievous loss to our in which he played so active a civic role ing his 40 years of Al Normington was a good and loyal citizen and a fine He served faithfully in many important BATTLE FOR Arab Legion was re- ported ready to move into A major ish battle for Jerusalem apparently was shaping up while Jews attacked from Tel Aviv into Jaffa Oil sources said the Haifa oil line had been shut down since Jews took tish sources drove off Jews attacking Acre In Damascus strikers demanding the Arab regular army be sent into Palestine tied up business and Catholic War Vets of State to Convene Here Some 350 delegates and visitors from the 35 Wisconsin posts of Catholic War Veterans will gather in Wisconsin Rapids Saturday and Sunday for the third annual state expected to attend the convention are the Most Rev. John P. Treacy bishop of and Nichola first of the Following registration of the convention of the A street parade and program at Lincoln fieldhouse Saturday a pontifical high mass at the Sunday morning and a banquet at Peter and school hall Sunday evening will j bv Richard commander delegates at the Hotel Witter the convention will open at the Knights of Columbus hall with an address of welcome highlight the two-day Among the distinguished visitors Various state taxes and restrictions would not be Settle 2 Damage Harers To Receive Compromise settlement and dis- missal of two damage suits against the Parkin Ice Cream and the Hardware tual Casualty Stevens was announced today by per C. of circuit The cases were dismissed by Judge Herman J. Severson ing a stipulation entered into by Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. sin and the two whereby the Harers receive instead of the which they originally The action grew out of an auto accident September 2, 1946 in which the Harers were seriously injured when the car in which they were riding was involved in a collision with a Parkin company Still pending in circuit court are three other damage suits brought by Alvin seeking over for the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Fred Sanger and their All three were fatally injured in the City Power Shovel Damaged by Bullets ITf a member of the league contributed far more his share to advancement of community Wisconsin Rapids is indebted to and shall greatly miss his kindly and helpful participation in civic Del Rotary for many is president of the Rotary Wisconsin Conservation and also is head of the ex- The league passed a motion in- its George to write Gov. Oscar Rennebohm and request him to appoint Searles to fill the unexpired term of the late Dr. Aldo Dr. who died of a heart attack while fighting a fire near his Columbia county summer home last was serving a term to end in The action of the Wood County Conservation league follows closely that taken by the Wisconsin Bow was cast in in Wisconsin Al name was on the Seek Shakeup In 2 Agencies Washington in the social security A shakeup of the Wisconsin Rapids State Commander Thomas H. will preside at the Parade Saturday Arab Source Reveals Dawn Troop Movement Jerusalem Arab source said today roops of an Egyptian ed division crossed Palestine's southern frontier at but gyptian government sources n Cairo denied it. A flood of rumors of im- Arab invasion oped in where heralded renewed One of these from a Jewish agency that parliament has decided to send into Palestine This was discounted here Legion security forces are on loan to the British un- der both the old and new Reports that Haifa is being ed from Acre across the were An official British army man in Jerusalem said one company of the Arab Legion Brit- ish army had entered Jeri- cho on specific To Be Withdrawn their duties are he will be A Jewish agency spokesman told newsmen Jews had learned that last night the Trans-Jordan parliament agreed to King Abdullah's demand to send troops into Palestine and ordered a general Armies of the four Arab nations which encircle Palestine are ed ready to invade the Holy Land before the week The reports said the forces of Lebanon and Egypt will launch the thrust in defiance of the British not scheduled to end until May 15, and of the United Nations Security which has ordered a fire in British To Act the foreign office announced that Britain will resist any Arab into Palestine before the British mandate Two Britons were killed in lem as tension increased over The street beginning at the threatened invasion Saturday will include at least four bands and two drum and bugle corps together with color Tel heavily armed youths who said they were members of the Jewish underground Stern tion and the U. S. employment the the Knights of Columbus vice was ordered today by the house appropriations Slashing off next year's funds for the federal ity the committee ed a money to finance operations starting July 1. The committee also added a charter and later he served as The help he has given will live beyond our words of 11 C of C To Honor Mothers At Free Show Here May 7 Mothers in the Wisconsin Rapids trade area will be honored at a free sion to a the committee guards of the So j group pulled a daylight Boy and Girl Scout troops of j bank robbery today under the eyes of Haganah Officials Beaten just after the homes of all directors and cashiers of Barclay's At and several The parade will form at the waukee Road depot and proceed east on Grand avenue to the where it will point they took the matched keys The program at the fieldhouse needed to open Some of the which is open to the will feature an address by Bishop vision barring use of the funds to introduction of the state government workers belonging to an address of welcome by signed the non-Communist oath re- sentation of quired by the j A pontifical high mass will be This is the first time the celebrated by the bishop at Lincoln bank officials were beaten to make them surrender the Machine chattered in mon area for control of the city's withholding weapon has been used to back this section of the labor In a previous effort to attach an discrimination was bv 7 social the fieldhouse at Sunday The sermon will be pi cached by the Rev. Urban state lain of the The final business session of the convention will be held at the Columbus Large scale fighting was reported in half a dozen other parts of the Holy grim preparations south of Jerusalem indicated that Arabs and Jews are getting set for a knockdown fight for the Holy which tv the nation's largest of several requested the governor to appoint Searles to the is but one of the the overall security Union Official Is Held In Shooting Detroit Police today ar- rested a minor union official said by a tipster to have threatened proved Monday night at a meeting agencies under of the retail committee of the ber i The recommended by The lhe committee would provide will be shown at the Wisconsin for operations of such other units ater at 1 o'clock in the -as IC health and the convention A number of corsages will be food and ed as Men and children will be barred from this Esslinger The retail committee also ed a program for the year which in- Set Labor Election At Plant An election production and maintenance employes of followed at 5 o'clock by a banquet at Peter and Paul school Nicholas national vice- will be the principal under the manship of of Rapids with Vincent John Granza and the Rev. Richard Herrmann as Take Alamein Last nicht 500 Arab volunteers swarmed into the strategic Alamein finip on the southern edege of as the last elements of Suffolk regiment were They occupied it without June 28; Father's gam Paper company has to shoot Walter P. The unnamed man was l- Uciv LU UX to have remarked at the in Fall bor boaid for May 4 at Favor Request for Zoning Amendment the pulling firing a sh Member ish of of the were deployed on two but had no chance to the which com- the entire southern approach to like to take a shot at Two unnamed tipsters told police Christmas 2C. opening November announced today by the regional office at Postcard questionnaires regarding The will on the by be the man wore a pistol on belt summer store hours will be bent question of authorizing Local No. according to a plan 195 of the International the time he purportedly made It was at power shovel parked on Seventeenth Reuther gained complete control of to avenue north sometime between the in Monday afternoon and reelection as its The apparently fired from approved by the They also adopted a solicitation program board of di- rectors of the No charge was placed against the j who was held for a caliber rifle penetrated the Inspector Joseph V. Krug said door of the cab and dented the rear he claimed an alibi for the time of the ther was shot in his home a week Police Chief R. J. Exner said that the actual amount of the damage is ndt but that such incidents must be He said that indications were that the damage had been done by and he cautioned parents that such damage to city property must be paid for by the and that parents should exercise the ago Police Commissioner Gas Tank Blast Kills Another Hurt hood of Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers to enter into an agreement with the company re- quiring membership in the union as a condition of continued The election is for the purpose of confirming existing union shop Balloting will be Ark. One man was burned to another hurt from to 8 a. m. and from zoning critically and a country store was to p. m. the council a request that she permitted to nuke an of the second of her at 410 Fifth strict The recommended dis- of a by Frank in-ki that he be permitted to make an of the second story of his residence at 710 Lincoln The request was re- on the grounds that the posed change in the structure would not comply with the terms of the Toy said the man in custody was a destroyed by fire near here today steel worker and an officer in a APPROVE WOODS the result of a traffic NELSON TO SPEAK A car and gasoline tank truck A E. manager of the ELKS TO INITIATE A class of 14 candidates will be in- into membership in the at a junction of two state consin Rapids office of the state cousin Rapids Elks lodge Tuesday highways three miles east of employment service will be the following the weekly supper Washington The gasoline in the tanks ignited speaker at the weekly meeting of meeting at The banking committee today voted 11 and the Kiwanis club at the Youth be conducted by the Stevens Point to 0 for confirming Woods j The flaming gasoline was at Wednesday degree which is to represent sary supervision to prevent such I as housing expediter and rent by the explosion on the store topic will be Public this district in the state ritualistic promiscuous use of ting it ment contest May 22. Some Bull Baltimore nand the bull came to a dead end After keeping five squad cars and uncounted trians busy for more than 12 a wandering bull was finally this then collapsed and The animal wandered away from an unidentified farmer yesterday Between then and 2 o'clock this ing police did their best to corral it with patrol The net result of that were dented fenders and busted headlights for two At last in the wee Patrolman John Childs got a lasso over the It was tied to a truck and en route to custody when it simply fell over
