Amvets Urge Senate to Protect Tenants in Rent Plan
Amvets legislative director Ray Sawyer asked the Senate banking committee to extend rent control for one year to cover tenants who signed 15 percent increases last year. He warned landlords may seek evictions without protections as limits expire February 29 1948 and urged keeping leases frozen at signed levels if extended.
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Washington
W.P
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Ray Sawyer
Amvets
Sawyer
Commission to Pick Police Chief
The police and fire commission will meet at city hall at 7 30 p m to appoint one of three remaining applicants for chief. The candidates are Stanley G Haukedahl Matthew J Kirsch and William P Schmitt all Kensha residents. Chairman Josephson said the selection would be brief and that a chief to succeed the late John T Sullivan would be named without delay following a Madison qualification review.
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Police and Fire Commission
City Hall
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Matthew J. Kirsch
William P. Schmitt
Joseph Josephson
Commission
Robert V. Baker
Madison
Labor Department to absorb employment services overhaul
President Truman informed Congress that the U.S. employment service and the bureau of employment security will move to the Labor Department under a new commissioner of employment earning ten thousand dollars yearly. The change aims to centralize and coordinate the two units.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
U. S. Employment Service
Bureau of Employment Security
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Bill on Seized Property Gets Priority in House
Washington reports the House Rules Committee cleared for action a bill to authorize sale of 250 million dollars of seized German and Japanese property in the United States. Proceeds would partly go to civilian war victims.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Eight Injured In 14 City County Traffic Accidents
Fourteen traffic crashes in the city and county left eight people injured. Frank Ruzicka of Flint in poor condition after riding as a passenger in Richard Nierman’s car on Highway 43 near Bullamore Forks road. Both Nierman and his wife were injured and admitted to St Catherine’s hospital.
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Frank Ruzicka
Flint
Mich
St. Catherine's Hospital
Ruzicka
Richard Nierman
Bullamore Forks Road
Nierman
Clarence J. Huck
Chet Molinaro
Traffic tolls in city and county rise in 1947
Record shows 775 lives lost in state traffic accidents during 1947. In city and county, multiple fatalities and injuries occurred as drivers faced hazardous conditions and crowded streets. Municipal and state officials reviewed safety measures and ongoing enforcement.
Rules for yielding to emergency vehicles in traffic
The text instructs motorists to pull over and stop to the curb when an authorized emergency vehicle with siren approaches. It explains the right of way for ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars, and warns against following closely behind. It emphasizes safety and prompt arrival without interference.
Car accident injuries and fines reported in county roundup
An automobile rolled over several times and left one driver pinned. Elmer E. Gerbey 20 Route 1 Salem was fined 20 dollars and costs in municipal court for leaving the scene after his car struck a truck driven by Roy Karhow Route 3 Burlington on Highway P a quarter mile north of Powers Lake Sunday night. A second crash at 9 45 a m Saturday on Highways 41 and 50 injured three people including Delbert Benedict 16 Bristol Robert E. Radtke 24 Waukesha and Patricia Radtke 21 with leg and temple injuries. Mrs John Bain 45 Route 1 Box 230 was injured in a separate collision on Thirty ninth avenue south of the city. Deputies transported the injured to Kenosha hospital. Continued on Page Five.
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Ruzicki
Elmer E. Gerbey
Route 1
Salem
Harry Schmalfeldt
Ernest Oberhofer
Roy Karhow
Burlington
Gerber
Karhow
Powers Lake
Delbert Benedict
Bristol
Robert E. Radtke
Waukesha
Frank Odar
Robert Eating
Radtke
Benedict
Patricia Radtke
John Bain
Box
Melvin Bueteh
Marathon
Wis
Ninth Avenue
Leonard Jansen
Eugene Schend
Kenosha Hospital
George Lenz
Gandhi ends hunger fast with pledge for harmony in India
In New Delhi Mohandas K Gandhi ends a 121 hour 45 minute fast with a pledge by Hindu Muslim and Sikh leaders to pursue peace. A 130 member inter faith committee will monitor progress as Gandhi plans to visit Pakistan to extend his message of truth and non violence. Four physicians report him still weak but recovering.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Pakistan
Kashmir
G. D. Birla
Ava Gandhi
Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad
Azad
Rajendra Prasad
All India Congress
Linden Woman Burned to Death at Home
Mrs. Mary Rule 77 was found burned to death at her Linden Wisconsin home while her husband Walter worked nearby. Officials said she sparked the blaze by taking coals from the stove and her clothing caught fire as she sat near the stove.
Fasts Not New for Gandhi He Has Fifteen In Thirty Five Years
United Press outlines Mohandas K Gandhi’s fifteen fasts across decades from 1913 to 1948. Each fast aimed at social reform or safeguarding India’s political rights, from moral protests to pressuring for constitutional changes and calming communal tensions. The record lists durations and purposes for each fasting episode.
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Gandhi
Mohandas K. Ghandi
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Cold Wave Grips Midwest With Subzero Records
Wisconsin endured two days as the nation’s coldest area with 54 below at Gordon and minus 44 at Land O Lakes. Green Bay Madison Milwaukee and other cities posted subzero to single digit readings before moderating today as snow fell from Michigan to Missouri and a light belt of snow persisted.
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Wisconsin
Land O’lakes
Gordon
Wausau
Superior-Duluth
U. S
H. J. Thompson
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago Weather Bureau
New England
Florida
Phillipsburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
I. W. Brunk
Midwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Baruch Urges No Tax Cut and Fights Food Prices
Secretary Harriman told the Ways and Means Committee that no personal income tax cut is needed to spur investment and warned such a cut would be inflationary. He joined Secretary Snyder in opposing Knutson’s plan to reduce individual taxes by about 5.6 billion dollars as Democrats debate changes to Truman proposals.
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House
Ways and Means
Harriman
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
President Truman
Truman
Baruch Proposes 11 Point Peace Mobilization Plan
Bernard Baruch told senators his 11 point peace mobilization includes price rollback in exchange for price guarantees for three years, wage stabilization, 50 percent excess profits tax, rent controls, two year tax pause, prioritizing production and essential public works, and a public works deferral review. He urged a single skilled administrator for Marshall Plan funds and warned against rival schemes, arguing coordinated policy with the state department is essential.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Reed
Kas
Marshall
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
State Department
Ohioan
Blaze Destroys Racine Gift Shop and Apartments
Fire swept two floors of a Washington Avenue building in Racine housing the Jensen gift shop and two apartments. Damage was pegged at $20,000 by Fire Chief Rudolph Anderson. One firefighter was overcome during the blaze.
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Racine
Wis
Rudolph Anderson
Jensen Gift Shop
Washington Avenue
Lincoln Day speaker H Ball to address Kenosha event
Kenosha Young Republicans announce Senator H Ball from Minnesota will be the principal speaker at the Lincoln Day dinner on February 12. Gilbert Drew says the Navy club meeting at 7:30 will plan the dinner and name committees for the joint session with the Republican Women's club and the Kenosha County Republican Organization.
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Gilbert Drew
Kenosha
Young Republicans’ Club
H. Ball
Minn
Drew
Minnesota
Navy Club
Young Republicans
Republican Women’s Club
Kenosha County
Republican Organization
Forrestal Warns Oil Shortage Endangers War Effort
Defense Secretary James Forrestal told a House subcommittee that a major war emergency would leave the United States short of oil. He testified that the nation would need 2,000,000 more barrels per day than it can produce.
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Washington
U.S
James Forrestal
Congress
United States
Forrestal
House
Armed Services
School Board Presses for Tax Statement Change
The Kenosha School Board renews its push to alter tax statements claiming current forms mislead by showing divisions based only on property tax receipts. Board president Joseph C. Hamelink says the 1949 session will see a bill to require broader disclosure of all revenue sources alongside real estate tax figures.
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Board of Education
Joseph C. Hamelink
Senate
Kenosha
Meat Rationing Powers Proposed by Republicans
Two Republican lawmakers introduce a bill authorizing the Truman administration to set up meat rationing machinery including printing of ration books. The measure would provide up to 1 million dollars to the agriculture department to prepare a complete program and would auto take effect unless both houses disapprove within 30 days.
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Washington
Congress
Truman Administration
Flanders
Javits
N. Y
Articulture Department
Truman
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Young Chemists Stir Firemen and Police in L.A. Run
Six police squad cars and eight fire trucks rushed to the 2300 block on West boulevard after an explosion report. Authorities learned several youngsters in the neighborhood received chemistry sets for Christmas and had apparently progressed beyond the instruction book.
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Los Angeles
West Boulevard
Eisenhower and MacArthur Rise in GOP Planning Sparks
The Republican National Committee moves to call the June nominating convention in Philadelphia as speculation swirls about Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. With Dewey Taft and Stassen in the mix, party leaders seek clear positions from Eisenhower on social and economic issues before any decision. Senator Morse notes Tobey’s Eisenhower slate could sway progressive Republicans.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Morse
Ore
Tobey
N. H
New Hampshire
State Accidents Take 3 Lives
Three people died in Wisconsin weekends worth of accidents. Mary Rule a 77 year old crippled farm woman burned to death when flames ignited her clothing as she stirred a wood stove fire at her rural Dodgeville area home. Chester E. Dodd 25 Mauston was killed when his car being towed was struck by an eastbound Hiawatha train at a Mauston crossing. Joseph Bejma 56 Milwaukee slipped on ice and was run over by a passing car and died yesterday.
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Wisconsin
Mary Rule
Dodgeville
Chester E. Dodd
Mauston
Milwaukee Road
Joseph Bejma
Milwaukee
Five Alarm Fire Dooms Cleveland Block Destroying Twenty Stores
Damage estimated at 225000 dollars after a five alarm blaze in downtown Cleveland. The fire started yesterday in a paint store and spread through a central building, driving about 100 residents from upper story apartments and leaving twenty stores destroyed.
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Cleveland
U.R
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Harry P Cain
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Grand Trunk
Linden
United Press
Rajkot
Aga Khan
Calcutta
Coast Guard
Snyder
W. Averell Harriman
Gop Bill
Hurley Collver
Coos Bay
Collver
Joe Ball
Bill
Fred Pfennig
Board of
Gop
National Committee
Associated Press
Hiawatha
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