Chance to avert phone strike tomorrow
Wisconsin actions aimed to prevent service disruption as CIO Communications Workers of America weighs a postponement of a national strike. A Wisconsin state arbitration panel was appointed to settle wage differences for Wisconsin Telephone Co. workers under division 23 of the CWA.
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CIO Communications Workers of America
Cyrus S. Ching
Washington
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Division 6
Western Electric Co
Bell System
Cook
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Atty
Thomas E. Fairchild
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Western Electric
Division 23
Wisconsin
Professor Kills Two Then Himself at Peru State
Dr. B K Baker a psychology professor at Peru State Teachers College shot and killed college president Dr William Nicholas and instructor Dr Paul A Maxwell before killing himself. The incident occurred at the Nebraska campus sending shock through the community.
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Peru
B. K. Baker
Peru State Teachers College
William Nicholas
Paul A. Maxwell
Supermouse Traps Fail In Montrose Garage
In Montrose California William Principe a drug salesman keeps pharmaceuticals dog food and vitamins in his garage. A clever mouse raids the food and a trap fails to catch it. The mouse then consumes vitamin capsules and cod liver oil leaking from a bottle is lapped up. Principe refuses further trapping.
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Montrose
Calif
William Principe
Principe
Man Dies in House Fire Near Phillips Wisconsin
Joseph Zilak, 73, died Monday when the home he lived in alone four miles south of Phillips burned. Authorities believe an overheated stove caused the blaze.
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Phillips, Wis
Joseph Zilak
Here
Atom Powered Sub Planned by Navy for 112 Vessels
The navy requests Congress authority to build 112 vessels including an atomic powered submarine and to convert a cruiser into a guided missile combat vessel. Adm. Forrest Sherman said the plan costs 335 million dollars with 129 million for 14 466 tons of new construction and 206 million for reconversion and snorkel installations on submarines.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Johnson
Sherman
Nicol Enters Race Milwaukee for Lieutenant Governor
Alex L. Nicol of Sparta, speaker of the assembly, announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket amid Monday night activities in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Alex L. Nicol
Sparta
Entertainers sue Greenwich wife for libel in Hartford case
Dancer Paul Draper and harmonica player Larry Adler sue Hester McCullough of Greenwich Conn for 100000 damages claiming statements calling them pro Communist damaged their reputations and engagements. Jury selection underway with 48 veniremen and six challenges per side as trial to proceed in Hartford.
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Hartford
Conn
Greenwich
Crime Magazine
Draper
Adler
Muriel Draper
McCullough
New York
Connecticut
Gitlow Attacks Foreign Policy in Kenosha Address
Former Communist Party leader Benjamin Gitlow told a 900 strong audience at the Eagles club that the United States must stop being an anemic Santa Claus. He urged investigation of State department communists, reopening Amerasia and Lattimore cases, and warned the U S risks in postwar policy and the cold war.
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Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
Gitlow
Eagles Club
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Far East
Wisconsin
Alger Hiss
Stalin
C.P
Senate Hearing Sealed Budenz Testimony Faces Clash
Senate investigators barred Senator McCarthy and Owen Lattimore from a closed session with Louis Budenz amid charges of Communist ties. McCarthy fumed he was kept from his witness. Lattimore sought more time to study testimony before a public hearing tonight. President Truman urged broad vigilance against Communists abroad, rejecting claims of domestic dominance.
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Senate
Senator McCarthy
Rwis
Owen J. Lattimore
Louis F. Budenz
McCarthy
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
Budenz
Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Capitol
Truman
FBI
Communist Party
Hearing for Homer Bell Delayed by State Board
A hearing on the appeal of Homer G. Bell, discharged March 27 as chief of the enforcement division, was postponed from Friday to a later date by the state personnel board. Ben Marcus, the department commissioner who fired Bell, requested the delay. The board will meet Saturday to set a new date.
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Madison
Wis
Homer G. Bell
State Motor Vehicle Department
Board of Personnel
Ben Marcus
Bell
Economy Bloc Fares Poorly In House Vote
The economy bloc led by Rep. Taber failed to cut funds for public hospital programs under the FSA. The House rejected attempts to scale back and instead saw a small increase for coast guard reserve training, while post office operating costs were defeated.
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House
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Ask Labor Dept
Labor Department
Rep. Taber
R-Ny
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Coast Guard
Post Office Department
Soviet Mine Sweeper Chases Swedish Trawler
The Swedish trawler Larex captained by Alrik Johansson reported a Soviet mine sweeper chased it from off the Polish coast into Swedish waters. The craft was seized and held by Russians a few months earlier.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
Alrik Johansson
Larex
Josephine the Rare Whooping Crane Likely to Parent
Josephine the lone female crane in captivity may hatch a real egg with her mate Crip. U.S. wildlife officials at Arkansas refuge observed Josephine nesting and noted the egg's size and uncertain incubation, estimated at about 22 or 23 days.
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Rustwell
Tex
U.P
Josephine
Julian A. Howard
Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge
U. S. Department of Interior
Howard
Wisconsin Weather Brings Snow Storm Hits Superior
A snow and wind storm battered the Superior area forcing school closures and disrupting transport. Winds reached 55 to 70 mph, dumping eight inches of snow in northern counties as rivers rose statewide. Kenosha reported 1.03 inches of rain last night on top of Sunday’s 1.42 inches as temperatures rose to 51 at midday before a colder, possibly snowy night.
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Wisconsin
Superior
Kenosha
Mercury
Strike Delayed On Railroads Averted By Two-Week Truce
Washington reports a two week truce postponing a Wednesday strike on key railroads. Negotiations begin in Chicago to address the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen demand for an extra fireman on Diesels, while White House fact finding boards upheld current crew sizes.
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Washington
Francis A. O'Neill
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
O'Neill
White House
Firemen’s Brotherhood
David B. Robertson
Coy to Leave FCC Chair Post This June
Washington federal government report says Wayne Coy announced he has no intention of seeking reappointment as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His term runs until June 30 1951.
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Washington
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Two Men Die in Head On Crash Near Mauston
Two men died in a head on collision near Mauston Wisconsin when a car driven by John Kelley 53 and William Rooney 49 collided with an army truck on U S highway 12. Sheriff Miles Clark said Kelley swerved left before impact.
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Mauston
Wis
U.P
John Kelley
William Rooney
Lyndon Station
Miles Clark
U. S. Highway 12
Kelley
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