London dock workers vote to leave jobs in protest
London dispatch reports nearly 40 000 dockers walking off piers in a government crisis over troop use. Troops moved meat from Smithfield as Britain braces for broader strikes while a joint conciliation council is formed to hear grievances and end the walkouts.
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London
Britain
Great
London Docks
Vicoria and
Albert Docks
Port of London Authority
Coldstream Guards
British Parade Regiment
Smithfield
Clement R. Attlee
Leon Blum
Billingstate
Billingsgate
Covent Garden
Labor Ministry
George Isaacs
Isaacs
County Health Nurse’s Annual Report Issued
Miss Minnie Rehm presents a county health overview detailing total visits, counts of communicable diseases, and tuberculin testing results. The report covers clinic centers, nursing care at Willowbrook, X rays, and tuberculosis records with 1945 Wisconsin deaths and maternal infant welfare statistics showing a 64 percent maternal death decline.
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Minnie Rehm
C. A. DeWitt
F. D. Curtiss
Pleasant Prairie
F. G. Peehn
Somers
Paris
Lillian Pechous
Willowbrook
Georgia Deadlock Fractures Joint Session Over Governor Pick
Bedlam disrupted a Georgia legislature joint session to decide Eugene Talmadge’s successor as governor. The contest pits Herman Talmadge against Lt. Gov.-elect M. E. Thompson amid write-in votes and constitutional questions. The chamber was cleared and session adjourned after order could not be restored.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Bedlam
Senate
House
Talmadge
Herman
M. E. Thompson
William Dean
Chamber
Dean
Thompson
Red-Gall
Harman Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
D. Talmadge Bowers
Elberton
Carmichael
House Subcommittee Presses for Immediate Sugar Ration Increase
Washington UP August H. Andresen chairman of the House Food Investigating subcommittee urged an immediate boost in sugar rations for housewives after a meeting with Secretary Clinton P. Anderson. He signaled potential gains for consumer and industrial allotments, while noting current estimates show only a five pound rise by April.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
Mirin
New House Food Investigating Subcommittee
Andresen
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture Department
Socialist Aurio elected head of French Assembly
Paris Socialist Vincent Aurio won the presidency of France's national assembly with 294 votes to 194 for Robert Schuman of the MRP. The vote marks a shift in leadership as the assembly names its new presiding officer.
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Aurio
Paris
Vincent Aurio
France
National Assembly
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Robert Schuman
Congress to Probe Airline Accidents in House Action
Chairman Wolverton announced plans for a congressional investigation with power to subpoena federal aviation officials. The Senate commerce panel examined airline accidents and finances, while Civil Aeronautics Board officials were questioned behind closed doors. Rivers urged Congress as the sole redress, noting Rickenbacker’s Eastern Air Lines ties.
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Washington
W.P
Charles A. Wolverton
N. J
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Wolverton
House
Senate Commerce Committee
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
L. Mendell Rivers
S. C
Rivers
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
E. E. Cox
Eastern Airlines
Landis
Senate
Owen Brewster
Aviation Authority
Brewster
Steel Workers Threaten Strike Nationwide
The United Steel Workers of America filed formal strike notices against about 1000 steel firms with the Labor Department and NLRB under the Smith Connally War Labor Disputes Act. A union spokesman said the notices require 30 days notice, but a strike is not guaranteed.
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Washington
U.P
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
USW
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Irish Eyes Smiling Again As Deportation is Delayed
Jane Orr Shepherd Thompson, 18, avoided deportation for violating a 90 day visa after taking a job while awaiting her sailor fiancé from Springfield Ohio. Common Pleas Judge John R. King barred Columbus immigration official Joseph Hanscom from sending her to New York. She was released on a $500 bond until January 23 for a hearing. Attorneys volunteered, and Earl Rambo and his wife sheltered her during the wait.
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Columbus
Jane Orr Shepherd- Thompson
Ireland
Jane
Allen Kennison
Springfield
China
Common Pleas
John R. King
Joseph Hanscom
Columbus Immigration
New York
Earl Rambo
Kennison
America
Janet
War Tax May Be Extended Indefinitely
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee report a push to extend wartime levies on liquor furs jewelry and other items beyond July. A member notes continued rates may fund income tax cuts while delaying purchases as July rollback looms. President Truman urged continuation last week.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
County Board Adopts Plan For Kenosha Home Direction
Kenosha County Board approves plans to run the Kenosha County Home for the Chronically Ill and Aged in the old Willowbrook Sanatorium building. A three member board of trustees will govern, ex officio including Willowbrook trustees, with a superintendent and staff to be hired. Eligibility requires county settlement with emergency non residents possible if costs are charged back. more space may adjust admissions.
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Kenosha County
Willowbrook Sanatorium
County Board of Supervisors
J. G. Rhode
J. W. Rhodes
Martin Schenning
Michael Molinaro
Paul Haubrich
Board of Trustees
State Department of Public Welfare
Dittmann Enters Kenosha Judgeship Race
Val W. Dittmann, a Kenosha attorney, announces his candidacy for the Kenosha County Court judgeship. A Racine immigrant in 1925, he later formed his own practice and earned law degrees from Marquette and Wisconsin. He has held many civic roles and served in World War I.
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Kenosha
Val W. Dittmann
Dittmann
Racine
Randall, Cavanagh and
Mittelstaed
University of Wisconsin Law School
Marquette University Law School
Marquette
Marquette Law Review
Alpha Sigma Tau
State Bar Association
Kenosha County
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jeanne
Milwaukee
Nancy
Ripon College
Congregational Church
Kenosha Lodge
Optimist Club
Kiwanis Club
the Elks
P.T.A
6Th Field Signal Battalion
Levenick Named Director of Wisconsin Veterans Affairs
Gov. Goodland sent to the state Senate the name of Leo B. Levenick of Madison for confirmation as head of the Wisconsin State Department of Veterans Affairs. Levenick has held the post since the Veterans Recognition Board was created in 1943 and continued after the 1945 merger of veteran agencies.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
State Senate
Leo B. Levenick
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Levenick
Veterans Recognition Board
State Department
Senators Oppose Pepper Plan for Floor Radio Talks
Senators voiced doubt about Sen Claude Pepper's plan to beam all talk radio programs from the Senate floor. Senator Charles W Tobey of New Hampshire said there are things he'd hate the public hearing. Senator E H Moore of Oklahoma added they are not ready for that yet.
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Washington
U.P
Claude Pepper
United States Senate
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
E. H. Moore
Okla
Drive for Polio Funds to Start Wednesday
Kenosha prepares for a 1947 March of Dimes drive to fight infantile paralysis. The campaign runs January 15 to 30 with 15,000 donation bard mailings and public placements, supporting treatment and prevention in Kenosha County. Robert V. Baker issued a proclamation urging citizen support and awareness.
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Kenosha
Kenoshans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kenosha County
National Foundation For
Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
M. Eugene Baker
O. T. Steffensen
Lynn T. Hannahs
Robert V. Baker
Government battle over UMW strike contempt fines
Attorney General Tom C. Clark argued before the Supreme Court that John L. Lewis’s course in last fall’s coal strike insulted the United States and that the government seeks to uphold $3,510,000 in contempt fines. He said the case tests Norris-LaGuardia and federal court power to prevent irreparable injury and defend sovereign functions. Lewis halted the strike temporarily until the Court acts. miners remain under March 31 work orders.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court Today
John L. Lewis
United States
High Tribunal
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Clark
U. S
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Highest Court
High Court to Rule on Police Use in Strike Case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court accepted a suit to decide if Milwaukee County Sheriff George Hanley can order city police to aid in maintaining order at the Allis-Chalmers strike site in West Allis. The court granted leave to Milwaukee and Police Chief John Polcyn to pursue jurisdiction.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee
George Hanley
Milwaukee City
Allis- Chalmers
West Allis
High Court
John Polcyn
Supreme Court
Milwaukee County Corporation
Oliver O’boyle
Hanley
Willie Francis Faces Second Death Row Trip in New Iberia
Willie Francis, who survived a misfired electric chair, awaits another Supreme Court review. The cocoa colored man says he will face execution to learn if he is the man he thinks he is, as attorney Bertrand De Blanc prepares for a new hearing.
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Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
Center
George G. Marshall
Washington
Lord Inverchapel
Henri Bonnet
Blairhouse
New Iberia
Willie Francis
Francis
United States Supreme Court
Bertrand S. de Blanc
Supreme Court
Hit by Truck Sets Fire Destroys Wisconsin House
A skidding truck plowed into a two story residence in Black River Falls Wisconsin early today igniting flames that destroyed the home. Driver Joseph Gumina of Milwaukee suffered a head scrape and an unnamed passenger was unharmed. The truck narrowly missed beds where the Gilbertson family slept. four members escaped injury.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Paul Cooper
Joseph Gumia
Milwaukee
John Gilbertson
Helmer
Julius
Bevin Urges Groundwork For Lasting German Peace
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin urged deputy foreign ministers to lay groundwork for a firm solid German peace designed to save the world from another war for hundreds of years. The call emphasized lasting stability and a framework to prevent renewed conflict.
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London
Ernest Bevin
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Army Air Forces
Consolidated-Vultee
San Diego
Calif
AAF
Congressional
Levenick Asset Director
Willie
Cooper
Gilbertson Brothers
Gumina
Bevin
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