Coldest Wisconsin Weekend Predicted Amid Slashed Oil Supplies
Associated Press reports Wisconsin faces the season’s coldest weekend as oil shortages bite the Midwest. Milwaukee meteorologist Howard J. Thompson foresees subzero lows, with western areas dropping to 15 to 20 below and southeastern parts 5 to 15 below, easing slowly Sunday but not warming much.
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Midwest
Associated Press
Wisconsin
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Superior
la Crosse
Park Falls
Land O'Lakes
Wausau
Green Bay
Thompson
Ruhr Strikes Idle 15000 German Workers Rally Fear of Spread
About 75,000 German workers idle in four Ruhr cities amid food shortages with 50,000 on strike at Duisburg Muelheim and Dinslaken. Rail and freight disrupted while passenger service continued. Boeckler warns of potential riots as Protocol M and political splits surface amid hunger.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Germany
Duisburg
Muechlheim
Dinslaken
Oberhausen
Rhine
Hans Boeckler
German Federation of Trade Unions
Boeckler
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Cominform
Communist “International Information Bureau
der Kurier
Foreign Office
Social Democrat
Kurt Schumacher
London
Watch on ERP Funds as Russell McCloy Clash Over Loans
Senate hearings on the European Recovery Program stir debate as Senator Vandenberg and Secretary Marshall clash with John J. McCloy over loan safeguards and the use of a 6.8 billion dollar ERP appropriation. McCloy defends hard loans and the International Bank's oversight while Vandenberg urges clearer accountability.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. McCloy
International Bank
Great Britain
England
Marshall
Taft
Ohio
Europe
McCloy
World Bank
Bank
Russia
Marshall Plan
Cold Wave Strikes Midwest Tightens Gas Supplies
Icy gales and freezing temperatures lash the Midwest as oil and gas supplies dwindle. Toledo and Gary report major curtailments while officials warn fuel use must fall 15 percent to avert hardship. Bemidji records 25 below zero and Chicago faces further subzero lows with widespread outages.
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Midwest
Toledo
Gary
Ind
Northern Indiana Public Service Co
Washington
J. A. Krug
Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bemidji
Minn
Washington, D. C
Train Derailment Scrambles Passengers in Florida Swamp
Seven cars of the Atlantic Coast Line Southland passenger train from Chicago to Tampa derailed in the northwest Florida marshes about eight miles north of Cross City. Several injured but no fatalities reported. Ambulances struggled through soggy roads as the crew assessed the wreck late at 7 30 am amid a 24 degree morning clear skies.
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Cross City
Fla
Atlantice Coast Line
Southland
Chicago
Tampa
Florida
ACL
Gainesville
Here
J. L. Naylor
Earthquake Recorded Near Aleutians Affects Cleveland Area
A medium intensity earthquake was recorded at 6 19 am EST on the John Carroll University seismograph. Rev Joseph S Joliat located the disturbance near the Aleutian islands.
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Cleveland
John Carroll University
Joseph S. Joliat
Aleutian Islands
City Hall Closed Over Fuel Oil Shortage at Mellen
Mellen Wisconsin city hall serving about 1500 people was shut today due to a sharp fuel oil shortage. Records were moved to the American Legion clubhouse heated by coal and the library also remained closed because of the shortage.
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Mellen City Hall
Mellen
Wis
U.P
Bayfield County
American Legion
Aged Couple in Squalor Despite Having $25,000
Walworth County court ordered a guardian for Mr. and Mrs. Al Wareham aged in their 70s after deputies found them living in squalor with $25,000 in cash and securities on them. Wareham suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and his wife was ill. the couple, longtime Walworth residents, wintered in Florida and kept funds in Illinois and Tennessee.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Walworth
Pat Welch
al Wareham
Lakeland Hospital
Wareham
Welch
Edwin Zastrow
Ilinois
Tennessee
Warehams
Florida
Garbage Burner Employee Has Money to Burn in Incinerator
Kenosha sub foreman and weighmaster Leo A. Schwaiger dropped his paycheck into the city garbage incinerator after payday. Finance chief B. J. Herrmann and payroll clerk Mariann Vena issued a duplicate, and Schwaiger joked that his salary might be high enough to burn. City officials Al Axtell and Bob Smith were mentioned in light humor.
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Leo A. Schwaiger
City of Kenosha
Fiftieth Street
Schwaiger
Roy O. Herman
B. J. Herrmann
Mariann Vena
al Axtell
Bob Smith
Record Maker Blasts Petrillo Action Threat to Orchestras
RCA vice president James W. Murray warned the AFL Musicians' union chief James C. Petrillo could end major symphony orchestras by banning phonograph record making. He told the House labor committee that 150 small firms face immediate ruin as Petrillo refuses collective bargaining and aims to end the record business, driving non union musicians from work.
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Washington
James W. Murray
Radio Corporation of America
James C. Petrillo
Murray
RCA
House Labor Committee
AFL
Musicians’ Union
Petrillo
House
Rep
Hartley
N. J
Five Die in Chicago Furniture Building Blast Near LaSalle
The explosion that blew a north side four story brick building at 619 North La Salle street killed five and injured four others. Victims include Isadore Prov os, 58, co owner. Benjamin Chemers, 45, visitor. Harry Garland, 37. Benjamin Berkowitz, 36. and an unidentified man. A 60 year old survivor was found alive after 12 hours. Police say gas caused the blast. damage estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
Loop
Near North Side
North la Salle Street
Provus Brothers Furniture Company
Isadore Provus
Benjamin Chemers
Provos
Harry Garland
Benjamin Berkowitz
Berkowitz
Homme
Joseph Brown
Henrotin Hospital
Gertrude Friedman
Marshall Pidgeon
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Wisconsin faces prolonged fuel oil shortage into 1949
Madison reports that Wisconsin’s fuel oil shortage may last into 1949. State fuel administrator Anthony E. Madler warned of ongoing cold, unheated homes, and plant shutdowns unless conservation steps are taken. He cited lack of oil wells or pipelines and dependence on tank cars as key factors.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Anthony E. Madler
Madler
Washington
Mahler
Prospects of Partial Relief in Transportation
Madison executives urge faster railcar release for Wisconsin. Kenneth King of the Wisconsin Petroleum Assn and Madler press the Office of Defense Transportation for allocation of reactivated merchant marine tankers and tank cars to Wisconsin oil traffic. They warn steel shortages delay oil well, refinery, and pipeline projects.
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Madler
Midwest
Kenneth King
Madison
Wisconsin Petroleum Assn
Office of Defense Transportation
Wisconsin
Auto Workers Seek Wage Hike and Benefits
Treasury Secretary Snyder told the Ways and Means Committee that any tax cut must be offset by higher revenues elsewhere. He endorsed the president's proposed $40 personal tax cut and $3.2 billion corporate measure as fair, while criticizing the Knutson bill for reducing revenue and risking a deficit. Snyder urged targeted relief for low incomes and warned against revenue losses from extending the community property rule and raising exemptions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Knutson
R-Minn
Minnesotan
Racine Detective Lyle George Dies at 50
Detective Lyle L. George, 50, a prominent Racine officer, died at his home after a short illness. Son of former Racine police captain Bertras George, he led the Wisconsin Policemen's Protective Association for 13 years and served as a director of the Racine Police Protective group and a former president of the Racine Police Benevolent Association.
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Racine
WUP
Lyle L. George
George
Bertras George
Wisconsin Policemen's Protective Association
Racine Police Protective Group
Racine Police Benevolent Association
March of Dimes In Second Day Success Seen
The 1948 March of Dimes drive opened nationally with county chairman M Eugene Baker stating Wisconsin reported 199 polio cases and the U S total reached 14 000. He noted Wisconsin and Marquette University research advancing polio cures and prevention while labor groups pledged full support.
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March of Dimes
National Foundation For
UAW seeks 25 cent hourly gain plus 5 cent health premium
Detroit reports the United Auto Workers demand a 25 cent an hour wage increase plus 5 cents for hospitalization and health insurance for 800000 members. The plan includes a guaranteed weekly wage and three weeks’ vacation for five-year veterans, with pensions left to local unions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Big
Auto Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
International Executive Board
General Motors
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truman Seeks White House Balcony Over Criticism
President Truman plans a $15,000 balcony addition at the White House despite opposition from the Fine Arts Commission the advisory White House alterations group Rep Muhlenberg and some papers. He recalled Bath tubs at the mansion faced earlier protests and said he will stay temporary but aims to relax on the second floor porch.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congressional
Executive Mansion
Millard Fillmore
Commission On Fine Arts
Muhlenberg
NLRB seeks injunction in ITU dispute in Indiana
The National Labor Relations Board asked a southern Indiana district court for a temporary injunction to stop strikes by the International Typographical Union in violation of Taft-Hartley. The filing cites 30 exhibits and follows a Chicago hearing on two unfair labor practice complaints. A Feb 9 hearing is scheduled.
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Indianapolis
National Labor Relations Board
Indiana
U. S. District Court
International Typographical Union
NLRB
Chicago
ITU
Winthrop A. Johns
Johns
New York
Teamsters’ Union
Russia Ready to Resume Lend-Lease Negotiations
Soviet Ambassador Alexander S. Panyushkin said Russia is ready to resume negotiations with the United States to settle the wartime lend-lease account totaling 11.2 billion dollars.
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Russia
Washington
Alexander S. Panyushkin
United States
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International Falls
Great Lakes
Aberdeen
S. D
Iowa City
Davenport
North LaSalle Street
Provus Brothers Furniture Co
Ontario Street
Record Maker
New County
Margaret Diehl
Kenosha County
State Department of Public Instruction
Marion Feuerer
Blasts Knutson
Bill
Edward “Pop” Mueller
New York City
Secret Service
NEA Telephoto
Lyle George
Baker
Organized Labor
Campaign Labor Committee
Hartwick C. Dahl
AFL Trades and Labor Council
W. G. Kult
CIO Industrial Union Council
Richard _ Lindgren
Uaw-Cio- Local
Gregory Wallig
Federal Labor Union
Paul Whiteside
Brass and Copper Workers Local
Aldent
Marwood Veale
Textile Workers Local
Albert Kirsch
Truck Drivers Local
Clinton Young
Machinists Lodge
Emile Robillard
Fred Bonneau
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
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