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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
1
A presidential board recommended that railroads grant 1,000,000 non-operating workers a 40 hour week starting Sept 1 1949 and provide an immediate seven cent hourly wage increase.
The Wright brothers plane, once in the British museum, is officially welcomed home and displayed at the Smithsonian in Washington. President Truman and Chief Justice Vinson attend as Milton Wright represents the Dayton estate. Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis moves in the same hall.
Paris reports Israel failed to win the seven votes needed in the Security Council for UN membership. Five in favor, one against, five abstentions. US joined Russia Ukraine Argentina Colombia in favor. Britain France China Belgium Canada abstained. Syria opposed. The matter would still go to the General Assembly in April.
Willem Van Roosenbeek a 25 from Batavia Java and Tosel ly Enrico Kerkhoff an 18 were held at an Omaha bus station after a 14000 mile journey from the Dutch East Indies. They boarded a cargo ship to the United States but jumped ship at San Pedro and spent funds on bus fares to Omaha. Immigration officer Allen B. Pruitt said a Monday hearing will begin deportation proceedings. The pair said they sought visas from the Batavia consul but preferred a faster route than waiting under quotas.
Cynthia Landvick seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Erling Landvick died last night from injuries after a North Western railroad train struck her near her home yesterday The incident occurred in the vicinity of her house in Madison.
Simmons will pay a 2 percent Christmas bonus to about 3,000 plant workers and 300 office employees under its contract with Federal Labor Union Local 18456. Central division manager Joseph V. Quarles announced the measure.
Two Milwaukee firemen were injured while fighting a two alarm fire at the Hartung Motor Co. The blaze caused an estimated $6,000 in damage per District Fire Chief Karl Schuh and between $40,000 and $50,000 per L. P. Hartung, owner of the garage.
Earl Fleeger, 24, admitted to police he drove an idle street car from the car barn for over six miles. He was charged with larceny of a street car and with driving while drunk after a street car company inspector pulled the trolley pole from the wire.
President Truman urged Congress to enact a 10 point civil rights program including a permanent Civil Rights Commission anti lynch laws and voting protection. States' rights leaders in Birmingham opposed the move arguing it adulterates government principles and fuels socialistic ideas. The plan also calls for district of columbia home rule district suffrage and naturalization equity.
John Hayes, 40, of Route 3 Waukesha, died at Memorial Hospital after a truck he drove overturned last night. The crash occurred in Waukesha Wisconsin and Hayes was pronounced dead on arrival.
Nine British soldiers were seized after wandering into the Soviet zone near the Berlin barrier. A spokesman said one soldier was wounded seriously and all nine remain in Russian custody. The men, hunting rabbits near the zonal boundary, had strayed unwittingly into the Russian zone Wednesday night.
William Tambellini, former carpenter turned florist, operates a Highway 42 greenhouse in Kenosha County. He claims to have pioneered wholesale poinsettia production here, noting careful temperature, moisture control, and a unique feeding method nicknamed coffee. His first successful crops began in 1946 with 100 plants, expanding to larger scale by 1948. Florists in Zion and Waukegan welcomed the home grown blooms.
City and county authorities report four men in custody for illegal slaughter and sale of uninspected meat in Kenosha and Racine counties and Waukegan Illinois. Warrants pending. deputies and detectives completed arrests and questionings to link thefts of cattle and other livestock from area farms with the case.
The Madison Police Department union Local 553 AFL says it does not sanction Bruce Weatherly's appointment as Madison police chief. The union and the Police Men's Protective Association vow to oppose the selection, arguing capable internal candidates exist and no outside chief is needed.
Baraboo Wisconsin report says Paul Stephens 19 of Fort Atkinson died last night from injuries in a car truck collision near Baraboo on Tuesday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Stephens.
Radio Berlin resumed broadcasts from the same stand even as two tall transmitting towers lay in ruins in the French sector. Soviet commentator Heinz Schmidt blamed a Washington order for the dynamiting, while French and German officials discuss possible reuse of a Potsdam tower. Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said the destruction aimed to threaten Allied airlifts into Tegel.
Washington reports say Attorney General Clark will seek early congressional action to tighten espionage laws after the new session. The House Un-American Activities Committee digs into the Hiss case while squabbling with President Truman and the Justice Department over spy questions and microfilm findings.
Rep John McDowell paused his one man House subcommittee hearing at the federal courthouse without explanation. Cleveland pitch issue: Dr Spencer Braden announces Don Black may pitch again after aneurysm surgery hoped to return home by Christmas.
Milwaukee headquarters of the Wisconsin American Legion will remain in the city as the county buildings and grounds committee approves renting a portion of the old courthouse annex at 794 N Jefferson Street. Gas shutdown averted in St Louis by small margin as workers return after walkout.
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