House Rejects Straight Revival of Wagner Act
The House voted 275 to 37 to reject Rep. Marcantonio's plan to repeal Taft Hartley and restore the Wagner Act with revisions. Debate followed on administration and substitute bills as Truman ties patronage politics to support, while leaders predict passage of the administration measure.
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House
Washington
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
Truman
Marcatorios
Madison Thief Prepares for All Weather Thefts
Madison police reported a theft last night as Lincoln Argue said a lawn mower and a snow shovel were taken from his garage. The motive cited was readiness for any kind of weather.
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Madison
Wis
U.21
Lincoln Argue
Chinese Reds seize Wuhing near Hangchow in railroad region
Communist troops captured Wuhing, a key rail point 40 miles north of Hangchow and 36 miles west of Kashing, with a Red drive likely aimed at Hangchow to seal off Shanghai by land. Nationalist communique says western forces were checked about 37 miles west of Shanghai near Kunshan as trains halted.
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Shanghai
Wuhing
Hangchow
Kashing
Shanghai- Hangchow
Soochow
Wuhsien
Kunshan
Shanghai- Nanking
23Rd Army
Illinois Man Dies After Car Overturns
Percy C. Gliddon, 41, of Lena, Illinois, died at St. Clare hospital from injuries after his car overturned on Highway 69 near Monroe Wisconsin. He was found unconscious in the wreckage by an Orangeville, Illinois, truck driver yesterday.
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Monroe
Wis
Percy C. Gliddon
Lena
Ill
St. Clare Hospital
Highway 69
Here
Gliddon
Orangeville
Postal Clerk Ends 45 Years of Service in Kenosha
Albert A. Riel, 70, retired after 45 years and nine months with the post office. He began Aug 3, 1903, served as parcel post clerk on a city route, chaired the Letter Carriers convention in 1946, and led the Kenosha Postal Employer Credit Union since 1927. A retirement party honored his long service.
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Kenosha
Albert A. Riel
57Th St
Post Office Department
Riel
Postal Department
Pitts
6Th Ave
City Hall
13Th Ave
52Nd St
Main St
Meyers
Public Service
56Th St
8Th Ave
10Th Ave
Post Office Retirement Committee
U S and Soviet Officials Meet Over Berlin Blockade
Representatives of the United States and the Soviet Union met at the Soviet headquarters on Park Avenue to discuss the Berlin blockade. Attending were U S ambassador at large Philip C. Jessup and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob Malik. The talks followed a request from Malik and could lead to lifting the blockade and a possible foreign ministers meeting.
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New York
United States
Russia
Berlin
Upper Park Ave
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Moscow
Jessup
Jissup
Lake Success
Council of Foreign Ministers
State Department
U. N
Plan for Carpenters Local 161 and Contractors Strike Parley
The wage dispute remains unsettled as bargaining committees of Carpenters Local 161 and the General Contractors association plan to report progress from last night's meeting. Workers are about 200 carpenters and joiners affected while 75 carpenters with 27 independent firms return to work after a 10 cent raise.
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Carpenters’ Local 161
General Contractors’ Association
Contractors’ Association
Local 161
Sturgeon Bay Woman Killed in Collision
Mrs. William Peters of Sturgeon Bay was killed when a car driven by her husband collided with a truck. Peters, a retired city fireman, died instantly. her husband was seriously injured. Sheridan Brant, driver of the truck, and his wife sustained minor bruises.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
U.P
William Peters
Peters
Sheridan Brant
Italian Style Shrine Dinner Draws Nearly 300 Guests
Nearly 300 Shriners of Tripoli Temple attended the Kenosha Shrine club’s fourth annual Italian style dinner at the Italian American club. George J. Fisher announced four Kenoshans to posts in the Kenosha district and urged increased contributions to fund 16 Shrin e crippled children’s hospitals with a $1,780,000 annual cost. The program featured Lloyd Landgren as toastmaster, performances by Ronnie Eastman and Scotty Bryers, and group singing led by Alwin T. Hansen and the Milwaukee Shrine Chanters.
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Tripoli Temple
Kenosha Shrine Club
George J. Fisher
Oshkosh
Fred Zimmerman
Madison
William F. Trinke
Lake Geneva
Fisher
Kenosha
Eugene N. Veconi
Philip Harman
Orville Leonard
Howard G. Coates
Shriners
Coates
Ronnie Eastman
Scotty Bryers
William J. Morrow
Alwin T. Hansen
Milwaukee Shrine
Nels Morrison
Veconi
Evening News Photo
Lloyd Landgren
C. R. Mundt
Shrine Club
Tripoli Tempie
William F Trinke
Eugene Veconi
Truce Arranged In Barge Dispute
In Berlin the Battle of the Barges saw two Russian officers halt traffic in the British sector canal locks yesterday and Wednesday. They returned today and ordered no trouble and no interference with British traffic. British officers said the dispute would be referred to higher authority for settlement. Five Russians with sidearms who planned to block barges for Soviet registry left during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Credit Eases Home Repair Financing Across Federal Programs
The FHA ends the 10 percent cash down payment rule for home repair and modernization loans. This follows four Fed moves in two months, the latest adding 1.2 billion dollars in loan capacity for about 7,000 banks. Policy shifts aim to curb deflation rather than inflation.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Governor proposes local control of veterans housing fund
Wisconsin governor Rennebohm unveiled a plan to let counties decide how to use a 16 million dollar veterans housing fund. The bill faced a setback with rules committee action delayed until Tuesday. The program would allow direct grants or loans to veterans, with local authorities choosing deployment and terms.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Zaun
R. Grafton
Rules Committee
The
Assembly
Spearbroker
Clintonville
Five Bills Signed By Rennebohm In Madison Wisconsin
Governor Oscar Rennebohm signed five measures in Madison. One requires snow and ice removal on all state trunk highways and authorizes trimming trees that affect safety. Other bills tighten veterans assistance, redefine rehabilitation policy, create reciprocal alimony prosecutions, and let counties with federal piers limit pier use.
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Madison
Wis
State
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Love Is Everywhere Beltsville Story At Rail Crossing
Maryland state police were called to a Baltimore and Ohio crossing in Beltsville at about 4 am to investigate a possible death by suicide or murder. They found a young couple who had chosen the crossing as their parking place.
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Beltsville
Maryland
Ford Rouge plant shuts as union investigators probe
The Ford Motor Rouge plant halted final assembly lines at noon due to a dispute between investigators and UAW CIO committeemen. About 1500 workers were idled as speed-up charge inquiries by the union continued.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
United Auto Workers (Cio
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Durocher Hides From Reporters Over Suspension
Leo Durocher locked himself in a pullman men’s room to dodge reporters seeking comment on his suspension as New York Giants manager. The incident occurred in Providence Rhode Island as the team faced travel disruption.
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Providence
R. J
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
FBI Budget Ties to Reds Defense in Trial
Angela Calomiris, Greenwich Village photographer and former Communist party member, testified she paid $50 of her own money for defense costs as the FBI acknowledged covering all expenses in the Communist leaders trial. The confession was given during cross examination in New York.
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New York
FBI
Angela Calomiris
Greenwich Village
Communist Party
Indictments Tie Three Firms In Bank Swindle Case
Three firms and six individuals face charges of mail fraud and conspiracy for allegedly swindling a Chicago bank of about 500000. Named are United Produce of Chicago and president Anthony Oddo with secretary treasurer Louis D. Rosenthal, J Alfinito Sons of New York and president Joseph Alfinito, Max Feldbaum and Sons of Philadelphia and head Max Feldbaum, Frank C. Lorendo formerly of East Bakersfield California, and Joack Oddo formerly of Fresno California, now in Chicago.
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Chicago
United Produce Company
Anthony Oddo
Louis D. Rosenthal
East Bakersfield
Calif
Joack Oddo
Fresno
Anthony
Jack Oddo
Lorendo
Weather In Kenosha Sees Mild Temps Amid Warmer Statewide
Clear skies and mild temperatures prevailed in Kenosha today while northern and western parts of the state registered warmer weather. Forecasters expect increasing clouds and strong winds Saturday with showers for the north and west by nightfall. The high yesterday was 49 degrees and noon reading in downtown today was 48.
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Kenosha
Bristol Actor’s Pants Split During Patience Performance
Richard Walker in the role of Archibald stumbled on a line in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, but the audience roared not at the phrasing but at his green velvet pants splitting down the rear.
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Bristol
Eng
Richard Walker
Archhbald
Walker
Rail Engineers May Walk Out
Chicago reports a potential strike by about 25 000 railroad engineers on May 11 against 15 western carriers after the BLE rejected a presidential fact finding board. The union seeks a second engineer on multiple unit diesels for safety. carriers say extra crews are unnecessary.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
James P. Shields
BLE
Union
Truman
Fact Finding Board
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
Milwaukee
St. Paul and
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago Great Western
Government to boost pork exports to lift hog prices
Washington reports a U P dispatch that the government will raise by six times the amount of pork for eign countries may buy in April through June to support sagging hog prices.
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Washington
U.P
Hudson Appeals to Truman Over Bendix Strike Dies
Hudson Motor Car Company appeals to President Truman for federal intervention in the 10 day Bendix brake plant strike in South Bend Indiana. The CIO UAW local blocks removal of Hudson dies. GM and Ford have taken dies from Bendix under a court order. The move could idle 60,000 brakes workers and 12,000 Nash plant workers.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Truman
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
Bendix
United Auto Workers
CIO
Packard
Kaiser-Frazer
Nash
Hudson
Stewart G. Baits
Senate
House Labor Committees
Michigan
Uaw-Cio
Hudson Tools
General Motors
Ford
UAW
Walter Reuther
G. A. Farabaugh
Fort Wayne
Farabaugh
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Stephen C. Hipsak
Bendix Uaw
Emil Kazey
Martin Gerberg
Cio-Uaw
International Union
Ford Company
Nash Automobile
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Armed Forces tighten rules to curb secrecy leaks
Washington reports show Capitol Hill pressure led to new military mandates to prevent leaks of classified information. Gen Omar Bradley ordered all personnel to heed Vinson’s statement and warned of full investigations if leaks persist harming national security.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Air Force
Navy
Army
Omar Bradley
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Department of the Air Force
Air Department
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
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Joseph Johnson
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A. R. Morehouse
Gretta Newton
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Cenfer
Hudson Co
Shrine
Bills
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