Council Orders Probe of Local Bus Operations
The city council last night ordered an investigation into Kenosha Motor Coach operations amid overcrowding complaints and a state public service commission demand for new buses. Leaders urged tighter regulation and even municipal operation, while parking and property issues across Nash Motors plant area received attention.
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Kenosha Motor Coach Company
State Public Service Commission
George Nugent
Safety Council
A. E. Axtell
Stanley Haukedahl
Henry Bruner
Racine
Joseph Lourigan
Council
Lourigan
PSC
Nash Motors
30Th Ave
56Th Sts
Nash Employes
Nash
Eagles Club
56Th St
10Th Ave
63Rd St
18Th Ave
North Western Depot
13Th Ave
Kenosha
52Nd St
7Th Ave
Kenosha Trades and Labor Council
Prompt Action Sought to Hike Minimum Pay
Washington leaders press for raising the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour with hearings capped at one day. President Truman urged a hike as labor and education bills dominate Senate action, while Taft Hartley repeal remains undecided. Cold, severe weather blankets Wisconsin as areas face record lows and mixed sleet and snow.
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Washington
McCormack
Mass
House
Labor Committee
Truman
Capitol
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert Thomas
Dutah
Donnell
R-Mo
Thomas
Pepper
D-Fla
National Science Foundation
Senate
City Grants 500000 for Custerdale Housing Project
Manitowoc city council approves a 500000 grant for a 400 unit Custerdale housing development. Custerdale was wartime housing for shipyard workers, while the Federal Housing Authority values the site at 800000.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Custerdale
Federal Housing Authority
Snowstorm Closes Kansas City Transit Lines Deepens
Winter storm blankets the central plains with heavy snowfall. Up to a foot or more expected as authorities warn of knee deep drifts by nightfall. City transit lines are snarled while motorists face hazardous driving conditions across Illinois and Indiana with freezing rain and sleet continuing. In Washington, lawmakers clash over exempting farm fairs from a federal admission tax as Dean Acheson's nomination to secretary of state hangs on the debate.
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Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Montana
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
New Mexico
California
Kansas City
Midlands
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
Illinois
Senate
Washington
Dean Acheson
B. A. Herrmann
Henry Weinberger
18Th Ward
Richard Lindgren
Lindgren
Fred Rasch
George Dean
Randall Township
William Raskin
Rasch
Dean
Randall
Kenosha County
John C. Niederprim
Orrin Wicks
Wilmot Dam
Hunt Plane Missing Over South Atlantic Aboard 20 Persons
Rescue forces searched the South Atlantic for a missing BSAA airliner Ariel with 20 aboard. The Bermuda Kingston flight from Bermuda to Jamaica vanished after takeoff yesterday, expected to arrive at 12 07 pm CST. It last spoke at 7 37 am from 150 miles south of Bermuda.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
South Atlantic
British South American Airways
Kingston
Jamaica
BSAA
London
Death Sentence For Chicago Killer
Judge John A. Sbarbaro sentenced James Morelli, 21, to death in the electric chair on March 19 for the murder of Emil Schmeichel, 30, during a Dec 12 1947 shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded. Companion Lowell Fentress, 20, drew two 199 year terms to be served consecutively. They appeared for sentencing in the same courtroom where they were convicted.
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Chicago
John A. Sbarbaro
James Morelli
Emil Schmeichel
Morelli
Lowell Fentress
Schmeichel
Inaugural Week Strains Tuxedo Supply Nationwide
Inaugural week celebrations trigger tuxedo shortages with Washington Post survey showing near exhaustion of rental outfits. A single shop rented 1,500 gowns as reservations pour in by telephone telegraph and radio from across the country.
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Washington
Washington Post
Banking Heir Grenville Baker Shot in Florida Jeep Crash
Florida officials investigate the death of Grenville Baker a New York banking heir found dead after a Jeep crash near the Horseshoe Plantation. An investigator says the pistol wound may have been accidental while a coroner's jury returns a verdict of death by persons unknown.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Grenville Baker
New York
William D. Hopkins
Frank Stoutamire
Baker
Stoutamire
FBI
Horseshoe Plantation
Duchess of Windsor
Thelma Griffin
Judge Rules Trial of Reds To Continue Without Foster
The article reports that the trial of the Reds proceeds without Foster as the 81st Congress advances two pay and inaugural bills to President Truman. It notes Dean Acheson’s nomination for secretary of state and outlines pay raises for the president, vice president, and House speaker, plus tax exemptions on inaugural tickets.
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Foster
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Charles G. Ross
Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
George C. Marshall
Speaker Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Barkley
Soviet Weapon Designer Degtyarev Dies at 70
Maj. Gen. Vassily Alexeyevich Degtyarev, a Soviet inventor credited with the army rifle and multiple arms including a machinegun and anti tank gun, died yesterday. death announced today.
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Moscow
Vassily Alexeyevich Degtyarev
Wisconsin board to dismiss interstate labor cases shock
Madison Wis The Wisconsin Employment Relations board plans to dismiss or reject all labor cases involving disputed bargaining agency elections in plants engaged in interstate commerce. Chairman L E Gooding cited a Supreme Court ruling reducing the board authority and noted potential continued supervision where not challenged.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
L. E. Gooding
United States Supreme Court
la Crosse Telephone Corporation
NLRB
Gooding
Kieckhofer Manufacturing Company
Cedarburg
Uaw-Afl
County Board Rejects Medical Society Fee Increase
The Kenosha County board voted against raising physician fees for county patients while approving a new hospital rate of 6 dollars per day plus extras for non profit city hospitals. The decision followed debate over the medical society’s proposed rate hike and a belief that hospital costs rise without similar gains for doctors.
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Kenosha County Medical Society
Medical Society
Western powers impose counter blockade on Berlin
Western powers announce a counter blockade restricting shipments from the three western sectors to the Soviet sector in Berlin. An American spokesman says scarce items such as radio transmitters alloy steels dyes and cutting tools will be halted, while less essential exports may proceed at discretion. The embargo responds to Soviet cutoffs to the western sectors.
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Berlin
Illness Keeps Reds Leader From Attending Trial
Federal Judge Harold Medina allowed the trial of 12 Communist leaders to proceed without William Z Foster who is ill. The defense pressed postponement while Foster remains absent, claiming he is essential for the case. Police, guards, and jurors gathered as 300 peaceful demonstrators paraded outside the U S courthouse.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
William Z. Foster
Medina
Foster
U. S
John F. X. McGahey
Communist National Board
Scottsboro
McGahey
Fares Boosted in Milwaukee and Suburban Lines
Milwaukee increases set by the Public Service Commission raise weekly adult passes to 1.50 in the single fare area with suburban passes rising to 1.75 2.00 or 2.25 by zone. School passes up to 75 cents while cash fares stay at 10 cents. Milwaukee Waukesha line one way rates advance to 3 cents per mile with round trips at 180 percent of one-way fares and ten ride tickets climbing to 2.5 cents per mile. The order also directs Wisconsin Telephone to extend service from Stevens Point to 14 customers in Portage County.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
State Public Service Commission
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Transport Co
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines, Inc
Racine
Waukesha
Milwaukee-Waukesha
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Stevens Point
Carson
Linwood
Portage County
State Farmer Crushed As Tractor Overturns
A Wisconsin farmer, Richard Finneg an, was killed when his tractor slid on an icy bank and overturned into a creek on his farm.
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Sutter
Wis
Richard Finnegan
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