Sub Zero Cold Slows Kenosha Traffic After Large Snowfall
Kenoshans faced ankle deep slush as two and a half inches of snow blanketed the city and county. Winter weather trapped streets and knocked out power and phone lines while temperatures plummeted to 18-20 below in northwest areas and near zero in the southeast. Road crews worked through thawing hours to improve conditions on high volume corridors and residents were urged to use sand and ashes on walkways to prevent accidents.
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Kenoshans
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
The
Mercury
Frank Grasser
29Th Ave
73Rd
75Th St
A. E B. Axtell
Harold Herzog
Herzog
North Shore Line
Washington Rd
Edward Morse
Wilmot Rd
Salem Township
Burlington Electric
Kenosha
Racine County
State Highway Department
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan
Washburn
Kenosha County
Waukesha County
Land O’ Lakes
Park Falls
Madison
la Crosse
Green Bay
Wausau
Lone Rock
Des Moines
Lane B. Plummer
Wages at Peak Suggest Postwar Slowdown in Prices
Washington reports wage trends mirror price declines with General Motors auto and electrical workers facing a two-cent hourly cut on March 1 tied to the government cost-of-living index. CIO clothing union avoids a new raise while consumer relief from lower food and goods prices may free up spending on apparel.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Lan Né Aan
Aan Waattias Wl Ae Atase
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
General Motors
Three Die In Nebraska Snow Chase In Omaha
Three men died of heart attacks while running to catch buses amid Omaha’s heavy snowstorm. A foot of snow crippled the livestock hub but did not halt transportation in the city of 250000.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Nebraska
Signals From Ocean Believed Survive Missing B 29
Radio detectives report constant signals from area 150 miles northeast of the Canary Islands are thought to come from survivors of a missing B 29 that vanished yesterday with 15 aboard during a Dakar to England flight. Lincoln seeks Fifth Army aid after January blizzard. Milwaukee engineer dies on train. Joliet guards thwart riot plan as 1,500 convicts confined after meals row.
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London
U. S S. Air Force
Canary Islands
Dakar
West Africa
England
Legislature in Brief Session in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin only one piece of lawmaking business was transacted as both houses held skeleton sessions. They approved a resolution allowing the governor to sign typed copies of two Milwaukee court bills to speed changes for the April judicial election. The bills create new children and traffic courts in Milwaukee county. Senate met eight minutes with three members present. Assembly passed the resolution and adjourned for the weekend. Both houses reconvene at 11 am next Tuesday.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Senate
Rudolph Schlabach
LaCrosse
Gaylord Nelson
George Mayer
Assembly
Chinese Leader Opens Door to Peace Talks Basis
Acting Chinese President Li Tsung Jen informed Mao Tse tung the government would accept the original eight Communist demands of January 14 as a basis for peace discussions. He urged the Communists to name a time and place for talks while cautioning that the eight points cannot be accepted blindly before negotiations.
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Nanking
WUP
Li Tsung-Jen
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Fear Hundreds Dead In Chinese Ship Collision
More than 600 people feared lost after a fog collision between the passenger freighter Taiping and the coal carrier Kienyuan off Chu Shan island near Shanghai. About 40 of 650 aboard were accounted for hours later. 35 rescued by the Australian Destroyer Waramunga and five others by various craft.
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Shanghai
Chu Shan Island
Taiping
Kienyuan
Warmunga
Waramunga
Japan
Whangpoo River
Chung Lien Ship Company
Formosa
Chung Lien
Kien
Bonham
Chu Shan
Landlords Face Sudden Rent Increase During Meeting
In Kansas City a $90 nightly rent rise was handed to Thurman L. McCormick during a meeting of the Property Owners Association. The note stated the association meeting location rent would jump from $10 to $100 per night, occurring amid protests against pending rent control bills.
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Kansas City
Thurman L. McCormick
Property Owners Association of
Boston Subway Flash Fire Kills Three and 300 Escape
Senators oppose eviction tactics as landlords threaten mass evictions over rent controls. President Truman and lawmakers pledge action to keep evictions from escalating, with Treasury and housing officials ready to use court action to halt such undertakings.
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Boston
Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Tight Woods
Woods
Federal Rent Control
Senator Myers
Congress
Myers
Blizzard Losses Will Not Alter Meat Prices
Chicago meat men say beef and lamb supplies and prices won’t change immediately due to blizzard losses in the high plains. Breeding stock were harmed, not meat animals, and few cattle move to market this season. Analyst H M Conway estimates any price impact would appear in summer 1950 if cows are lost and calves enter feedlots next fall.
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Chicago
High Plains
H. M. Conway
National Live Stock Producers Association
Cautious Adoptions Advised By Wisconsin Judge
County Judge W W Davis warned planning adoptive parents to understand state laws to avoid misery. He noted high demand for children, with ten couples per available child, and urged using licensed agencies like Catholic Social Welfare Bureau Milwaukee and Lutheran Welfare Society.
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W. W. Davis
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Davis
Janet Theleen
Miss Theleen
Catholic Social Welfare Bureau
Milwaukee
Lutheran Children’s Friend Society
Wauwatosa
Lutheran Welfare Society
Scott Retains Shaky Grip on GOP Committee
Scott, a 48 year old Pennsylvania congressman chosen by Gov. Dewey, barely won the GOP committee chair with a 54 to 50 confidence vote. Supporters saw progress though rivals warned the challenge to his leadership could arise within months. Reform talks and party split fears lingered as Republicans debated the chairmanship in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Republican National Committee
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Scott
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
France
Dewey
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Washington
McKinley School bids show 432000 cost and alternates
Bids for McKinley elementary total 434,124 with alternates, though council allotted 432,800 in 1947. Peter Plaskee led general bids at 281,814. trades included Redlin and Redlin painting 3,768 and Downey heating 65,696. Construction planned for spring after analysis by city officials.
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McKinley
Board of Education
O. H. Breidert
Chicago
A. P. Koehl
F. E. Conner
Peter Plaskee
Lake Shore Rd
Redlin and
Redlin
Fisherbusse Company
Kaelber Plumbing and Heating Company
7Th Ave
Retired Farmer Dies from Exposure in Green Bay
Jacob Wielgus 76, a retired town of Pulaski farmer, died in Green Bay hospital from exposure after being found in snow near his home. He became ill outdoors and could not summon help as temperatures reached six degrees below zero. Doctors said amputation of both legs would have been necessary had he survived.
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Green Bay
Wis
Jacob Wielgus
Pulaski
Wielgus
Barkley Signs First Bill as Senate Officer
Vice President Barkley signed his first bill as presiding officer, a rush order relief fund for the snow bound west providing $500,000. The measure was sent to Congress for recording and then to the White House for President Truman to sign.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Congress
White House
Truman
Florida Governor seeks outlawing of Ku Klux Klan
Gov. Fuller Warren announced he will urge the 1949 Florida legislature to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan and any other terrorist organization. The move targets extremist groups operating within the state.
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Tallahassee
Fla
U.P
Fuller Warren
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
German Girls Advertise for Dates in Frankfort
Frankfort reports a frank love advertising trend where German women post ads like “Twenty three year old girl blond blue-eyed wants to spend weekends with wealthy businessman.” Men also post seeking companions not older than 28. The shift follows currency changes boosting German buying power and competition with American GIs.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Police Officer Leads Crowd To Extra Exit At Boston Subway
A flash fire in an elevator shaft at Boston Atlantic Station killed three and injured five. An unidentified policeman directed about 300 waiting commuters through an emergency exit as smoke filled the shaft, guiding them six flights to the street. Three victims were found burn‑injured in the tower area.
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Boston
U.P
Subway
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Atlantic Station
Boston Harbor
Maverick Station
Atlantic Avenue
Thomas S. Tucker
Dorchester
James Moran
South
Lawrence Kilroy
Frank Broderick
Fire at U S Gypsum plant near Boston causes roof collapse
A blaze at the U S Gypsum Co plant near Boston Navy Yard caused explosions that blew off roof sections and collapsed the top floor of the four story brick building. Damage was estimated at 200000 dollars as several firefighters were injured during the flames.
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Boston
U.P
U. S. Gypsum Co
Boston Navy Yard
Western Ranges Hit Once More By Blizzard
A severe blizzard swept the western ranges damaging Nebraska South Dakota Kansas and Oklahoma with up to a foot of snow and 40 to 50 mph winds. It imperiled 3 000 000 head of livestock valued at over half a billion dollars, forced suspension of haylift flights, and prompted governors and national guards to act as air crews prepared to resume hay deliveries when possible.
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United Press
Air Force
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Val Peterson
National Guard
Ohio River
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Peterson
5Th Army
Chicago
Washington Democrat Mary Zirkle Named Acting Treasurer
Mrs. Mary C. Zirkle of Washington is appointed acting treasurer of the Democratic National committee succeeding the late Joe L. Blythe of Charlotte N C. The move places a Washington appointee in a key party financial role following Blythe's death.
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Washington
U.P
Mary C. Zirkle
Democratic National Committee
Joe L. Blythe
Charlotte
N. C
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Sam Carr
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