House votes to cut OPA life to nine months in price fight
The House approved a nine month extension for the Office of Price Administration by a 171 to 144 vote with Republicans leading the move and a few Democrats supporting it. Rankin invoked opposition to the bill’s enacting clause as amendments for broader OPA revisions circulated.
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House
Washington
OPA
Truman
Wolcott
Mich
Parker
Rankin
DD. Mies
Truman Names Two Ambassadors to Iran and Siam
President Truman announced George W. Allen of Jarvinod as ambassador to Iran and Edwin F. Stanton of California as ambassador to Siam. He said no new candidate will be named for Rome and that Alexander Kirk remains at the Rome embassy.
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Washington
Truman
George W. Allen
Jarvinod
Iran
Edwin F. Stanton
California
Liam Allen
Rome
Alexander Kirk
Allen
Near Kant
Aged Hitchhiker Spends Night in Jail by Request
John Fo Arney, 77, spent a night in jail at his own request after hitchhiking from Bismarck North Carolina to Chicago. He sought lodging when his friend there had died, hoping to stay until his pension check caught up, but police allowed only one night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Fo Arney
Bismarck
N. C
Arney
April Induction Quota Seventeen to Report Thursday
An April quota of seventeen Kenosha county registrants will report Thursday at 7 a.m. at the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Rail road station for transport to the Chicago regional induction center. The group includes six from Board 1 seven from Board 2 and four from Board 3 with transfers listed. Inductees are John C. Vareck Jr Quinn J Meeker John W Baxter and Charles Meeker among others. A preinduction group from the county will also report and be examined with a 21 day window if accepted for service local headquarters has not received notification of procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha County
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee
Chicago
John C. Vareck, Jr
Eau Claire
Quinn J. Meeker
Sixty Second Street
Bloomington
John W. Baxter
Forty Sixth Street
Centerville
Towa
Charles Meeker
Meeker
Varek
Baxter
Moelter
Narcolepsy Linked To Sleepy Barbers And GI Drowsiness
An army doctor described narcolepsy as brief attacks of irresistible sleep that can strike during daily tasks from shaving to driving. Cases in military life include sleep on kitchen patrol and guard duty, causing accidents and mislabeling as laziness. Benzedrine showed some benefit, but details on the barber and patient identities were not disclosed.
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Washington
Herbert C. Modlin
Air Forces Hospital
Keesler Field
Mies
Asteep Modlin
Flag from S S Kenosha Presented to Kenosha County Officials
Kenosha County Supervisors received the flag that flew at the S S Kenosha during wartime cargo runs in the Pacific. Chairman Peter Tlarris accepted it, with plans to display in the county board room and later place in the historical room. A plaque will recount its history as a World War I memento. The board also formed a committees on committees and approved $8,000 for park building painting and bridge repairs. An additional clerk for tax deed land work was authorized. (Continued on Page Three)
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Kenosha County
S.S. Kenosha
Pacific
Harris
Zeitler
Haun
Jessefort
Dean
Rhodes
Nation Faces Meat Scramble Amid Tight Supplies
The Agriculture Department warned housewives they must scramble for meat the rest of the year though total meat output reached about 22.51 billion pounds, slightly above 1945. Beef kill rates stay high but fed beef output fell. mutton remains scarce due to lamb shortages and black market beef concerns.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Price Limits Set for Kenosha Plumbing Contractors
Local meetings at the Kenosha county courthouse explain revised maximum price regulations for plumbing and contracting on new residential construction not exceeding 9000. The rules, effective April 18, set fixed prices for materials and labor for items from rough ins to water heaters and sinks, with allowances for lump sum guaranteed pricing within the limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha County
If 'T. Smith
Milwaukee
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
Dudley Fitts
Milwaukee District
OPA
R T. Marks
A . Reichard
Hana Nestler
Price
Senosha County
Piper
Uead Piper
Ino
MacArthur Offers blunt reply to Russian criticism
General MacArthur told the four power council that advisory duties do not review past admin of Japan and warned Russia against questioning occupation policy. Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney said Japan complies with purge directives as fast as possible. He also rejected a draft of imperial scripts and orders ten days before issue. Continued on Page Two.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Four Power Allied Council Today
Japan
Russia
Council
Hsin
Courtney Whitney
Council Turns From Undecided Iranian Case
The United Nations Security Council stayed divided over Poland s charges that Franco Spain harbors Nazi war plotters and threatens world peace. Poland seeks council action but faces likely defeat as US Britain and Brazil favor individual nation responses while Egypt, the Netherlands and China withhold positions. Continued on next page.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Poland
Franco
Spain
Pollet
Oscar Lange
Ruesta
France
Mexico
Australia
Inxile
Fernando de Lon Hioa
United States
Britain
Brazil
Pitain
Hravil
Lange
Egypt
Netherlands
China
Truman May Visit China and Japan
President Truman said at a news conference he hopes to visit China and Japan during a tentative summer trip to Manila for Philippine independence celebrations. He ruled out a Pacific coast fishing trip but is considering attending the Philippine event on July 4 in Manila.
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Washington
Truman
China
Japan
Manila
Philippine
Pacific
Irish War Bride Opens Gifts Of Two Christmases Here
Irish war bride Mrs Iris Ann Dean Sehmidt arrives in Kenosha to join war brides in the area. Her mother in law keeps two Christmas trees with gifts for her, one kept up from December 20 1944 to February and another kept for last Christmas. The bridge is due to dock in New York April 12 on the SS Henry Gibbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris Ann Dean Sehmidt
William IE. Sehmidt
Fifty Seventh Street
Helfast
Kenosha
Mra
Sehmidt
Mere
William FE. Sehmidt
Mes Tris Lehreidt
William Schmidt
Ireland
New York
Henry Gibbons
City Bath House Closes After Soap Theft in Chicago
Chicago officials closed the city bath house after a theft of soap left 150 would be bathers turned away and another 500 potentially bathless Saturday night. The incident caused disruption for residents seeking public washing facilities.
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City
Chicago
Million Dollar Building Boom Sets New Kenosha Record
A Kenosha building boom surpasses any since 1931 with 490 permits totaling $1,246,074 issued by the city building inspection office. The volume lists industrial and residential projects, including a $500,000 factory site for American Trans and a $67,500 commercial project, marking a record for monthly construction activity.
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Kenosha
Mareh
City Building Inspection Office
Nash Kelvinator Corporation
American Trass Company
American Tras Company
Plane Missing in Canadian Wilds
Willy Watt Webster of Webster Aviation Co reports a four place Stinson plane bound for Anchorage Alaska vanished April 9 north of Birdmonton Alberta. Pilot Richard Ledward and his uncle Albert Ledward were aboard. searches by Royal Canadian Air Force and mounted police covered vast ground after Edmonton departure.
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Waukesha
Willy Watt Webster
Webster Aviation Co
Anchorage
Alaska
Canadian Wilds
Birdmonton
Alberta
Webster
Richard Ledward
Carroll College
Ledward
Albert D. Ledward
Milwaukee
Stinson
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Air Force
RACAF
Soc
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Belgians Condemned to Death for Betrayal of Patriots
Nineteen Belgians were condemned to death by a Belgian court for betraying 329 patriots to the Germans during the occupation. The case highlights wartime treachery and postwar accountability in Brussels.
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Brussels
Kenosha Teens Form New Junior Achievement group
Groundwork for Kenosha Achievers, a new body uniting four Junior Achievement companies, was laid at a Historical and Art Museum meeting. Over 10 youths, advisers and committee members attended as leaders discussed organizing the subgroup to coordinate activities and address production, personnel and management issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Art Museu
Lila Jean Hanson
Ataff
Leslie L. Long
Kenosha Achievers
Milwaukee
Ralph Paskiewicz
Hilltop Chemical Company
Noted Pianist's Daughter Dies in Beverly Hills
Maria Hero 28 daughter of Spanish concert pianist Jose Iturbi shot herself at her father’s Beverly Hills home. Police report no note. a 38 caliber revolver was found beside her. She died three hours after being taken to Beverly Tithe hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Maria Hero
Jose Harbi
Beverly Tithe
Parked Plane Delays Janesville Farm Work
Parked plane delays farm work in Janesville Wisconsin as the sheriff seeks permission to remove a wrecked Travelair Diplane from Teubert field north of Sho Pierre. Teubert says the plane made a forced landing, the pilot towed to town for parts, and an appeal to the CAA is planned to clear the field for spring plowing.
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Janesville
Wise Vy
Harold Teubert
Rock County
Sheriff's Office
Teubert
Shopiere
Wis
Miles Sweeney
CAA
Jack R. Bigler
Blacklick
Ohio
Sweeney
Milwaukee
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Preman
Harry S. Truman
Griffith Stadium
Margaret Truman
Mia. Truman
William D. Leahy
Clark Griffith
Chester W. Nimitz
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Paul Porter Seid
Siam
Selective Service
S. S. Kenosha
Iece
Frankfurt
Germany
Henri Bennet
Paris
Francisco Franco
French
Charge Atomic Research
Hermine Pregler
Victory Gadveteers
Wisconsin
National Association of Junior Achievement Companion
Lloyd Anderson
Novelty Plastics Company
Joseph C. Arnold
Janesville Farm
Eddie Rayburn
Columbia
Mia Teubert
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