Ban on Married Women From County Payroll
Kenosha county board moved to remove all married women from courthouse and jail jobs by September 30, citing war time manpower relief. Eleven married employees were affected, with other measures approved including salary changes, policy on returning workers, and re appraisal calls for county buildings.
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Kenosha County
Probation Department
John C. Niederprim
Finance Committee
Joseph Rhode
Arthur Host, Jr
Rhode
Erwin Lange
Korean Police and Troops Raid Riot-Torn Town
Korean constabulary troops and police raided Cheju town early today and arrested 60 people in a six hour house to house search. Thirty were released later. This first government counterblow against leftist disturbances that have killed 46 on Cheju Island since April 2 involved police without violence and constabularymen armed with Garand rifles surrounding the town.
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Seoul
U.P
Cheju
Cheju Island
One Dollar Bills Get Little Sale at 89 Cents
Bluefield West Virginia report says Olin Austin offered two one dollar bills for 89 cents to advertise his new store. Customers suspected a catch and sales were slow. Some shoppers grumbled that 89 cents might be worth more than a dollar.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Olin Austin
Austin
Snap-on Profit In Dip Despite New Sales High
President Joseph Johnson told stockholders at the annual meeting that higher production costs and material prices trimmed margins despite a new sales record for 1947 totaling 14.31 million dollars, up from 1946. The year ended with 2,190 employees across multiple plants and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Johnson
Snap-On Tools Corporation
Johnson
Kenosha
Mount Carmel
Ill
Newport
Long Branch
Ont
United States
Canada
Snap On
Snap-on
Rogers Palmer
William A. Seidemann
William C. Nemitz
J. de Forest Richards
Chicago
Newton E. Tarble
Los Angeles
Cal
Turner-Topping Wedding In Hollywood On Monday
Actress Lana Turner and Henry J Topping Jr prepare for a Monday Hollywood wedding soon after Turner’s divorce from Arline Judge. The ceremony will be at William R Wilkerson’s home with Wilkerson as best man, marking fourth marriages for both. Turner’s $25000 trousseau includes $5000 in lingerie amid party rumors and insider speculation.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Henry J
Bob) Topping, Jr
Arline
Topping
Bridgeport
William R. Wilkerson
Lana
Bob
Miss Turner
Filmtown
Miss Judge
Marshall Back From Bogota For Big Events
Secretary of State Marshall returned to Washington from the Bogota Inter-American Conference to handle pressing issues. He arrived at 8 am with aides William McChesney Martin and Marshall S. Carter and said important matters, including economic questions and the organic pact, required his return.
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Washington
Marshall
Bogota
William McChesney Martin
Export-Import Bank
Marshall S. Carter
Martin
Armour
Walter Donnelly
William Pawley
Paul Daniels
U. S
Safety Session Called Tuesday in Kenosha County
George Nugent leads a year round Kenosha safety campaign plan with a mass meeting set for May 4 in the municipal court chambers. E F Campbell of Chicago will speak on safety slogans and accident reduction while Harold Erickson will be master of ceremonies as 70 organizations pledge delegations.
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George Nugent
Kenosha
Nugent
E. F. Campbell
Chicago
National Safety Council
Kenosha County
Harold M
Erickson
Nash
Industrial Safety Commission
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
The
Safety Council Committee
Two Metz Houses Collapse Killing Six In France
Six people died when two five story houses collapsed in Metz on Rue des Tanneurs, the city’s oldest street, with French News Agency reporting no immediate explanation for the disaster.
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Metz
France
Compromise Proposed On UMT Draft Plans
Washington reports a compromise plan aims to wrap a limited universal military training program with a temporary draft. Secretary Forrestal backed the merger favored by the Senate armed services committee but warned it is not a full substitute for UMT. House and Senate members consider further reductions and six month options.
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Anthony Zeitler
Sheriff's Committee
Sheriff's Department
George Friedl, Jr
E. L. Klos
Washington
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
S. D
Senate
Baldwin
Conn
UMT
National Guard
Armed Services
Air Force
Army
Navy
House
Armed Services Committee
Coal Royalty Plan Discussed to Limit Operator Control
Washington report says coal operators floated a plan to shift a 10 cent per ton royalty from a pension fund to United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. The aim is to remove operator influence over miners pensions and end disputes fueling the six week strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senator Bridges
N.H
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
T. Alan Goldsborough
Union
Goldsborough
Mailing ban lifted on books to Japan
Allied headquarters announced the lifting of the mailing ban from the United States on books and other printed matter to Japan, easing wartime censorship for cultural materials.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Jewish Fighters Continue Advance Toward Haifa
Jewish fighters pressed their drive toward Haifa as they attacked the Arab village Balad Esh Sheikh five miles southeast on the road from Haifa to Nazareth. The battle lasted most of the night, and at dawn the Arabs asked for a truce. The Arabs refused an ultimatum to surrender, and firing resumed until the British army intervened to negotiate a cease fire and evacuate women and children.
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Jerusalem
Balad Esh Sheikh
Haifa
Nazareth
Haganah
Vilage
Daylight Saving Time Expansion Sparks Nationwide Clock Change
About 60 million Americans will jump clocks tomorrow as daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Most rural areas stay on standard time with Wisconsin not observing. Chicago and northeastern cities shift. railroads and airlines operate mostly on standard time while NBC airs on daylight in the east.
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New York
Chicago
Wisconsin
CBS
ABC
MBS
NBC
Middle West
Johnnie Dorff’s Bar Burglarized For 3000 In Cash And Checks
Burglars hit Johnnie Dorff’s tavern at 2519 Six tieth street taking about 3000 in cash and checks from the safe. The entry was through a basement door between 1 30 am and 9 am, with a padlock removed. Detectives pursue leads amid a spate of Friday night tavern thefts in Kenosha.
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Johnnie Dorff
Sixtieth Street
Kenosha
Dorff
William E. Dueitt
John Boswell
Leo Zavacki
Robert Deschneau
Arthur J. Riley
Dog House
Twenty Fourth Avenue
Disabled American Veterans Club
Sixty-third Street
LaSalle
Sixty-fifth Street
Brittle
Five Navy Fliers Rescued After Plane Ditching
Five Navy airmen from Quonset Rhode Island were rescued from the Atlantic after their twin engine Nep tune ditched during a routine flight to Bermuda. They spent about three hours in rubber life rafts 40 miles west of Nantucket Light. Lt. Harvey H. Rouzer led the crew including Ensign Sherman F. Dudley En. Philip J. Fagan Aviation Chief Machinist Thomas F. Thurston and Aviation Chief Radioman William P. Delli Gatti. The Washington liner plucked them at 6 37 p m EST. They were chilled but unharmed.
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New York
Atlantic
U. S
Washington
Nantucket Light
Quonset, R. I. Naval Air Station
Bermuda
Harvey H. Rouzer
Salisbury
N. C
William P. Delli-Gatti
Pittsburgh
Rockefeller heir and wife announce expecting baby
Winthrop Rockefeller and his bride Barbara Sears announce they expect a baby in November. The 35 year old grandson of John D. Rockefeller and his wife wed in Florida on February 14.
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Macfadden
Bernarr MacFadden
Johnnie Lee
Miami Beach
Fla
Miami
New York
U.P
Winthrop Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Florida
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