Republicans Move to Bar Bilbo from Oath
The Republican steering committee urged barring Senator Theodore Bilbo from taking the oath for his new term, amid findings he improperly used his office for personal gain in dealings with war contractors. Taft and leadership mulled a bipartisan accord to avoid a filibuster and delay in Senate organization.
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Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Bilbo
Ohioan
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate War Investigating Committee
United States
Kilgore
W. Va
Forrest B. Jackson
CIO Auto Workers File $222 Million Suit Against Ford
The CIO United Automobile Workers Union plans to sue Ford Motor Co for 222 million dollars, boosting union portal pay claims above two billion. Rep Clare Hoffman denounces retroactive portal pay suits as shake downs risking national economic disaster. Union leaders Walter Reuther Richard Leonard R J Thomas and George Addes say they seek redress for workers forced to work on their own time to lay out tools and adjust machinery.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Washington
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
Congress
Detroit
Auto Workers Union
Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
R. J. Thomas
Richard T. Leonard
George F. Addes
Freight Trains Wreck in Milwaukee Yards
In Milwaukee yards a collision occurred between a Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific freight train and a Union Pacific freight train. At least six persons were injured in the head on crash reported from Auburn Washington by U P.
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Milwaukee
Auburn
Wash
U.P
Union Pacific
Milwaukee Road
Gav
Congress split over portal to portal pay suits action
Senator Elbert Thomas urges congressional restraint until courts decide. GOP senators anticipate action to limit back-pay suits exceeding two billion dollars as they press for possible amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act defining a work week. Some support timely legislation while others seek caution about retroactive effects.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Congress
Hoffman
Mich
Thomas
Flanders
Brewster
Maine
Donnell
Missouri
Hawkes
N. J
Aiken
Moore
Okla
UAW Leaders Defend Portal-to-Portal Pay Drive
President Walter Reuther and top UAW officers defend portal pay as legal redress for long standing wage disputes. They cite non compliance with the wage and hour act as interpreted by a Supreme Court decision in the Clemens Pottery case, arguing workers time is controlled from entry on the employer’s property.
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Detroit
W.P
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
UAW
Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
R. J. Thomas
Richard T. Leonard
George F. Addes
Supreme Court
Clemens
Mich
State Lobbyists Begin Registration in Wisconsin for 1947 Session
Registration opened at the Secretary of State's office as Wisconsin lobbyists prepare for the 1947 legislative session starting Jan. 8. Railroad and brewery industry representatives were among the first to file. Early registrants file monthly financial statements, while those registering after Week 1 file weekly reports.
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Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
Kenosha Considered in Wisconsin Central Feeder Route
Kenosha airport may join a five city feeder network approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board for Wisconsin Central Airlines, serving 46 cities in four states. Base operations will be Clintonville, with $250000 city investment for facilities. Airport can handle Beech twin or DC-3 aircraft, and final CAB approval remains.
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Kenosha
Civil Arronautics Board
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Frances M. Higgins
Aeronautics Board
Higgins
Clintonville
Wis
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago
Ill
Ashland
Waukegan
Racine
Milwaukee
Watertown
Madison
Waukesha
Baraboo
Portage
Wisconsin Rapids
Stevens Point
Wausau
Rhinelander
Ironwood
Mich
Ruth Harmon
C.A.B
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Appleton
Sturgeon Bay
Husky Milwaukee Police Officiate Impromptu New Year Wedding
Sherman E. Shapiro 21 and Adeline Lou Ophime 19 sought a New Year’s Day wedding in Milwaukee. A beat cop directed them to the Safety Building where Capt. Fred Mleczek arranged a ceremony with Peace Justice Howard Haberla. The couple wed in the police headquarters press room as radios softly chimed.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Madison
Sherman E. Shapiro
Adeline Lou Ophime
Fred Mleczek
Mleczek
Howard Haberla
Wauwatosa
Shapiro
Horicon Bank Warms Customers With Coffee Comfort
Horicon Wisconsin reports the boiler failure at Horicon Bank left heating out Friday. Emergency burners were installed and three coal and wood stoves keep coffee bubbling for customers. This quirky gesture highlights the bank’s effort to comfort patrons during the outage.
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Horicon
Wis
L.p
War Surpluses mishandled say House committee
A special House committee faulted the War Assets administration for sloppy methods and favoritism in surplus disposal. It called cost of doing business prohibitive and warned the program may lose the government money. The report urged ending purchase priorities except for real estate and to bar non profits from huge discounts, citing Thunderbird No 2 sale to the American Institute for Foreign Trade.
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Washington
House
War Assets Administration
WAA
Slaughter
D.-Mo
Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Thunderbird No. 2
Arizona
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Woman Burns to Death in West Side Home
Mrs Esther Kirstein 55 and her husband Hans 60 died in a basement fire at their Chicago home. Firefighters forced entry through the basement door to reach the couple as they tried to battle flames from a rubbish heap near the furnace. Chief James Cogan of the 18th battalion said clothing may have caught fire during their efforts.
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Chicago
Esther Kirstein
Hans
West Side
Kirsteins
James Cogan
18Th Battalion
Traffic Wreck Toll in Kenosha as New Year Arrives
A string of 1947 New Year traffic collisions in Kenosha caused four minor injuries in city incidents, with eleven crashes Tuesday and fifteen on Wednesday. Notable wrecks included a midnight collision between James Ritchy and Floyd Fonk, a cab fire after a collision on Twenty-fourth Avenue, and injuries to pedestrian Theodore Bruns.
Nation Ends Safe New Year With 76 Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council reported 76 traffic deaths in the 36 hours to midnight, amid ice coated streets. Predictions of 130 were unmet due to caution, snow, sleet, and fog. Additional violent deaths totaled 60 in other accidents, led by a Newark to Miami plane crash near Charleston and a drowning in California.
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National Safety Council
Newark
N. J
Miami
Charleston
S. C
California
Michigan
New York State
Ohio
South Carolina
Soviet Polar Whaling Expedition Sets Sail for Antarctic
Radio Moscow announced the first Soviet polar whaling expedition has sailed for the Antarctic led by a base ship of 14 000 tons and ten whaling vessels.
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Soviet
London
U.P
Radio Moscow
Antarctic
Alimony and Support Payments Rise in 1946 Totals
Municipal court records show 1946 alimony and support payments totaling 199513, up from 139000 in 1945 as domestic strain from World War II persists. December’s alimony and support reached 20480, the largest monthly total of the year, with monthly figures higher than 1945 across all months.
Heavy Snow Cancels All Flights From Chicago Airport
Heavy snows cause cancellations at Chicago municipal airport with no incoming flights. American Airlines says flights halted until 2 p.m. and other carriers doubt any outgoing service today as rail and road crews work to maintain schedules.
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Chicago
U.P
Illinois Highway Department
American Airlines
Take It Easy Advice to Those Who Celebrated
Madison Wis. If you've been celebrating the holidays too hard try to make up for it in the next few days by getting more sleep and eating more fruits and vegetables the State Medical society suggested today Increased activity and loss of sleep during the holiday season cause fatigue which lowers resistance to colds the society explained Under such conditions pneumonia and other serious diseases are apt to follow it added.
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Madison
Wis
State Medical Society
Chinese Students Demand U S Troop Withdrawal in Nanking Demonstration
About a thousand Chinese students marched from Nanking to the U S Embassy and Chiang Kai-shek HQ with petitions calling for the removal of American servicemen from China. They aimed to deliver petitions to General Marshall and the foreign office, seeking UN Security Council action and full disclosure of a rape case involving two U S marines.
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Nanking
China
U. S
Chiang Kai- Shek
General Marshall
Chinese Foreign Office
Ministry of Education
Chiang
United Nations Security Council
Peiping
Kenosha Records First 1947 Births In Frigid 2:52 A.M.
In sub zero weather at 2 52 a m Wednesday Kenosha hospital reported the citys first baby of 1947 Dennis Lee son of Mr and Mrs Vincent McClosky 313 Fifty ninth place born with Gregory Allen Cook son of Mr and Mrs Louis Cook Jr 1628 Washington road arriving three minutes later at St Catherine s hospital The year also saw the marriage of Herman Leroy Roe and Helen Louise Vodnik at a Justice of the Peace office A theft report noted two pairs of riding spurs stolen and two juveniles named as suspects The first fire of 1947 followed a 1 30 a m collision involving Warren Jung and Reuben Hemming The first 1947 traffic crash occurred at midnight between James Ritchy and Floyd Fonk with no injuries.
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Fifty-second Street
Warren Jung
Fiftieth Street
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Reuben Hemming
Twenty-second Avenue
Jung
Raoul Bouton
Seventh Avenue
Lawrence Keckler
Theodore Bruns
Fortieth Street
Keckler
Bruns
Kenosha Hospital
Paul Conradt
Lawrence Glerum
Tenth Avenue
Anna Fasana
Twelfth Avenue
Fifty Seventh Street
Gerald Skilbeck, Jr
Nineteenth Avenue
Dennis Lee
Vincent McClosky
Young McClosky
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Gregory Allen Cook
Louis Cook, Jr
Washington Road
Herman Leroy Roe
Waukegan
Helen Louise Vodnik
Pleasant Prairie
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Schmitz
Sheriff's Department
Kenosha
James Ritchy
Racine
Floyd Fonk
Labor Bills to Get Attention in 80th Congress
The 80th Congress opens with labor legislation in focus as Republicans lead the House and Democrats draft Sam Rayburn for minority leader. Growth of labor laws, possible compulsory arbitration, and a strike-prevention bill loom ahead of President Truman's State of the Union message.
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House
Rayburn
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
White House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Raeburn
Leo E. Allen
Illinois
House Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
Truman
Senate House
Maryland Senatorial Fraud Charges Spark Call for Recount
D John Markey Republican candidate for Maryland Senate alleges ballot tampering cost him the election to Gov Herbert O Conor. He cites misreported precinct results faulty machine seals lack of poll watchers and biased election supervision as key issues and seeks Senate supervision of a recount.
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Washington
U.P
D. John Markey
Senate
Maryland
Herbert O’conor
Markey
Baltimore
O’conor
Stalin Automobile Plant To Produce Improved Car
The Stalin automobile plant will produce in 1948 an improved model of the Ziss-110 passenger car. Foreign observers say it compares well with American cars. The Ziss-110 is a streamlined model with curved glass windows and is described as one of the most beautiful automobiles in the world.
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Moscow
Stalin
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Fonk
Joseph Lees
Michael Bruno
Charles J. Henn, Jr
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Eft
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Stuart
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