Truman seeks amended Wagner Act to curb strikes
President Truman asks Congress to repeal Taft Hartley and re establish the Wagner Act with curbs to prevent strikes threatening national emergency. The proposal targets labor disputes and aims to restore collective bargaining protections while limiting sidelining actions.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Labor Department
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Farm and Home Week draws 100 Kenoshans to Madison
More than 100 Kenosha County residents plan to attend Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin in Madison January 31 to February 3. E. V. Ryall estimates veterans, 4 H members, farmers and officials will participate in programs across nutrition, livestock, engineering, economics and rural life topics.
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Kenosha County
Madison
University of Wisconsin
E. V. Ryall
County Agricultural Committee
Farm Bureau
E. B. Fred
Memorial Union Theater
Paul Phillips
Chester Kurtz
Annette Washburne
A. Herrick
J. H. Kolb
Agricultural Hall
S. A. Witzel
E. G. Burns
A. M. Emerson
R. W. Abbott
F. B. Trenk
Biochemistry
Wisconsin
Marvin A. Schaars
Agricultural
Stork Club Bartender Receives Auto for Tip
New York see story about bartender Thomas Fioretti at the Stork Club who was given a 1948 Cadillac Cabriolet as a tip from an out of town automobile dealer. Fioretti refused to disclose the benefactor’s name but said they had known each other for four and a half years and exchanged favors including hotel reservations during visits to New York.
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New York
Thomas Fioretti
Fioretti
Allied officers plan spring training facilities meeting
British French and American staff officers will meet Monday at U S army headquarters in Heidelberg to work out use of training facilities for spring exercises in Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Beer Prohibition Draft Rule Tightened in Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports new selective service rules require birth certificates or parental escort for youth registering. Ione Krueger, board clerk, cites underage registrants targeting beer purchases with fake age proof.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Ione Krueger
Selective Service Board
Britain and Brussels Pact States Recognize Israel Nation
Britain along with Belgium Holland and Luxembourg granted de facto recognition to Israel making it the 59th UN member. France had already recognized, with the Brussels pact nations now totaling 29 recognizing Israel. Announcements came from London Brussels The Hague and Luxembourg.
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London
U.P
Britain
Israel
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
United Nations
France
Brussels
the Hague
Five Western Democracies Form Council of Europe
Five nations Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg agreed to establish a council of Europe with a ministers committee and an advisory assembly. Italy likely to join with headquarters in Strasbourg as efforts aim toward united Europe and eventual a single parliament.
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London
Council of Europe
European Union
Council
Strasbourg
France
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Europe
United States
Washington
Permanent Commission
Union Local Seeks No Strikes and No Wage Increase
Local 187 of the Teamsters AFL, long known for annual strikes since 1937, declares it wants no strikes and no wage increases for the next three years. James J. Stokes, secretary treasurer, told Philadelphia Industrial Laundry firms he seeks no changes and to continue the present agreement.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Teamsters Union
AFL
James J. Stokes
Philadelphia Industrial Laundry Association
Eviction Leader Seeks Probe of Rent Director Woods
Tulsa landlord leader Rev. Wallace J. Murphy urged a congressional investigation of rent director Tighe Woods after evictions hit over 1,000 Tulsa families. He invited Woods to Tulsa to discuss housing solutions while promising to keep properties vacant in protest of rent controls.
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Tulsa
U.P
Wallace J. Murphy
Tighe Woods
Chicago
Property Owners League
William Schmidt
League
Landlords’ National Group
Woods
Murphy
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Thomas
Truman Orders Use of Military Funds for Storm Relief
President Truman directs Defense Department to employ all available military funds and resources to aid storm-stricken areas west of the Mississippi. He asks Secretary Forrestal to spend whatever is necessary from the military establishment to relieve the affected regions.
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Washington
U.S
Truman
Defense Department
Mississippi
Mr. Truman
James V. Forrestal
Associated Press
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Val Peterson
President Truman
It’s Not What You Do But Where You Do It
Clyde Mull faced a drunken driving charge before District Judge Ted Wedemeyer. Testimony noted icy conditions and a spin in a parking lot adjacent to a roadway. The judge dismissed the charge, ruling drunken driving may not occur on a private lot.
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Milwaukee
Clyde Mull
Ted E. Wedemeyer
Mull
Wedemeyer
Hoover to testify on Army Engineers history Monday
Former President Herbert Hoover, heading the governmental reorganization commission, will tell the House executive expenditures committee next Monday whether he once favored removing the Army corps of Engineers from the Army and his current view. Witnesses quoted Hoover’s 20 year old remarks on civilian public works and a possible shift of engineers to the interior department.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Army
Hoover
Governmental Reorganization Commission
House Executive Expenditures Committee
Army Engineers
Secretary of Commerce
Everett T. Winter
Omaha
Mississippi Valley Association
Winter
Henry H. Buckman
Jacksonville
Fla
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Commerce
Interior Department
Milwaukee County Gets Two New Judges
Milwaukee County will gain a juvenile judge and a traffic judge as Gov. Rennebohm signed bills creating a full time children's court and an extra traffic court branch. The measures, pushed by the legislative council, fast tracked for the April 5 election to allow candidates to run.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Milwaukee County
Oscar Rennebohm
Legislative Council
Milwaukee County District Court
Trial of Cardinal Mindszenty Opens Feb 3
Budapest based report says Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty priest of Hungary will face treason charges as the people s court prosecutor announced the trial will start February 3 in Budapest.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
People’s Court
Sleet Damage Reported Heavy West of Kenosha
Winter weather spreads misery across Wisconsin with subzero readings statewide. Ice and sleet disrupt utilities in Kenosha Pleasant Prairie and Twin Lakes while rail service faces delays. Federal relief funds rise as governors urge swift action amid ongoing snowbound conditions.
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Kenosha
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Twin Lakes
Pleasant Prairie Township
32Nd Sts
60Th St
Lake Geneva
Delavan
Elkhorn
Burlington
North Western
Duluth
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Eau Claire
Wausau
Rhinelander
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Land o’Lakes
Lone Rock
Oshkosh
Clintonville
Madison
Green Bay
Howard Thompson
Chicago landlords back mass evictions to fight rent controls
Some 750 Chicago landlords owning about 98 000 rental units voted to withdraw properties from the retail market in a mass eviction plan modeled after Tulsa. Chief Justice Scheffler warned Chicago courts will halt any mass eviction movement.
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Norman B. Shogren
Chicago Area
Tulsa
Kansas City
Jack Horner
Carthage Property Owners Association
Chicago
Okla
Edward S. Scheffler
Municipal Court
Chicago Courts
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