Government presses portal pay ruling in Mt Clemens case
Government attorneys urged Judge Picard to balance portal pay time against periods workers spend on personal pursuits, as CIO briefs argue employers evaded the wage hour act. The CIO says back pay for nonproductive time on premises is owed, citing 1939 rulings and Supreme Court guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Portal
CIO
Frank A. Picard
Picard
Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Republic
Justice Department
Boys confess derailment after fence trap on rail line
Walton Indiana teens Lysle Graves and Jack Sprinkle, both tearful, admit they placed a 175 pound wire fence bale on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks to derail a speeding passenger train. Four people died in the Monday night wreck. Authorities linked the lipstick theft to the boys’ writings with lipstick on a wall. The youths spent the night at an orphanage as sheriffs and agents questioned them.
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Smith
Walton
Graves
Attempt to Export Rice to Cuba Receives Government Backing
Washington reports that the agriculture and commerce departments act to boost rice exports to Cuba where sugar workers are said to be in dire need. The agriculture department amends its distribution center order to require millers to reserve less for the government and push more of the surplus toward exports to Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture and Commerce Departments
Cuba
Agriculture Department
Legislature Asks Landlords to Delay Evictions
Wisconsin lawmakers urged landlords to postpone evictions for 60 days to allow time for new eviction laws. The measure proposes mediation boards in counties and asks judges to delay eviction orders as much as possible. The debate overlapped with daylight savings time considerations and a bill on governor interim appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Bernhard Gettleman
Milwaukee
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
Senate State and Local Government
John McBride
Helicopter Locates Missing New Jersey Girl
Barbara Jean Black two and a half years old was found safe at home after a helicopter spotted her in a swamp two miles from Ridgeway, New Jersey, ending a five hour search. She was exhausted and frightened but unharmed, doctors said.
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Ridgeway
N. J
Barbara Jean Black
Last Minute Halt in Rent Boost Stirs Capitol Mystery
Washington U P reports administration spokesmen canceled Senate banking committee appearances blocking efforts to identify officials who nearly approved a 10 percent rent rise. Truman halted the order minutes before issue, while hearings continued on extending rent controls and a 15 percent ceiling boost.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Banking Committee
James W. Follin
Office of Temporary Controls
Ivan Carson
OTC
Truman
Follin
Senate Committee
Capitol
OPA
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Arthur W. Binns
Philadelphia
National Home and Property
Tobey
Friends of the Little Red Hen
CIO
Congressional
White House
Dixie Idaho Sold Town Buyout for Five Thousand Five Hundred
Earl Thomas Scott, former prospector and serviceman, bought Dixie Idaho for 5500 dollars. The purchase includes 153 acres, eight room hotel, post office, general store, gas pump, cemetery, school, saloon, and several log buildings. Scott aims to turn Dixie into a dude ranch after acquiring the once booming gold rush town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Idaho
Earl Thomas Scott
Scott
Leslie R. Powelson
Seven Injured In Accidents During Storm
Seven people were injured in traffic mishaps during blizzard conditions in the city and county. A Nash Kelvinator trailer jackknifed on Highway 41, causing a two-vehicle crash with Fred Kemle and others. At St Catherine’s hospital, Fred Schneider is listed in critical condition with skull fractures and other injuries.
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Highway 43
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Jake Minch
Fifty-third Street
Fred Kemle
Kohler
Wis
Chester Molinaro
Frank J. Odar
Robert Eating
Fred Schneider
Sheboygan
Kemle
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Robert Gartman
Green Bay Road
Urges Installation of Landing and Navigation Aids
Washington U P Patterson president of United Air Lines proposed to Congress that landing and navigation aids including radar and fog dispersal equipment be installed at about 200 airports to promote flying safety. He said air transportation would be as safe as train travel within three to five years.
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Washington
U.P
W. A. Patterson
United Air Lines
Congress
Southern Wisconsin Snowbound Paralyzes Travel and Services
A brutal blizzard blankets Southern Wisconsin with up to 18 inches of snow, halting roads and rail lines, closing schools, stranding buses and trains, and crippling telephone service. High winds reach 62 mph in Superior as crews race to free stalled Northwestern train near Brooklyn and ferries halt at Manitowoc.
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Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Portage
Milwaukee
Appleton
Wisconsin Rapids
Eau Claire
Superior
Appleton-Wisconsin Rapids-Eau Claire
Northwestern
Brooklyn
Wis
Madison
Platteville
Cardinal Lines
Green Bay
Sun Prairie
Edwards Park
Manitowoc
Lake Michigan
Page Five
City County Crews Labor to Clear Highways
Hard pressed city and county plow teams worked round the clock to remove paralyzing granule snow drifts. By noon traffic was barely moving as drifts paralyzed rural and urban streets, with hundreds of cars stalled. Highway 41 salvage progress noted though main arteries remained blocked. Train schedules were disrupted by a 12 inch snow blanket. police, sheriffs, and road crews reported ongoing efforts.
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Kenoshans
Harold H. Herzog
Dairies Lower Milk Prices Across Region
Kenosha milk producers announce a one cent per quart price cut effective Feb 1 with a forecast of a two cent drop for 12 ounce cottage cheese. Frank Van Alstine, president of the Milk Producers association, says the move mirrors Chicago trends as milk prices fall from 18 to 19 cents per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Frank van Alstine
Milk Producer's Association
Chicago
Federal
Engel says House can kill 20 percent income tax cut
Representative Engel says there are enough votes in the House to defeat the Republican backed bill slicing individual income taxes by 20 percent. The House sent the luxury tax freeze measure to the Senate after approving it 373 to 35 amid wartime rates.
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Washington
Engel
R.mich
House
Senate
Truman
Bomb Defies Defense Warns On Atomic Threat
Burlington high school science teacher Carl E. Preichel told Kenosha Kiwanis at an Elks club luncheon that the atomic bomb defies defense and that within 10 years any nation can obtain the formula and stockpile. He warned war abolition as the only defense and outlined the bomb’s effects on the body and society.
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Carl E. Preichel
Burlington
Kenosha Kiwanians
Elks Club
Preichel
New York
Bubolz Proposes Labor Amendments in Wisconsin
Sen Gordon Bubolz of Appleton proposed three labor law amendments in Madison. The reforms would forbid strikes in public utilities outlaw jurisdictional and sympathy strikes and secondary boycotts require annual financial reports from unions and require a majority vote of union employees before strike action.
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Madison
Wis
L.P
Wisconsin
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Still Found in German POW Camp in Indiana
The Franklin Indiana article reports a hidden dugout beneath a barracks floor at a German prisoners of war camp. It contained two copper coils for stills and a gallon jar holding raisins and sugar used for mash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Franklin
Ind
U.P
Elaborate Scout Rally Slated Here on Feb 8
Scouts from the Kenosha county council will participate in a Feb. 8 rally at Kenosha high school gym as part of Boy Scout week. The program features a Boy Scout band, a dramatic piece by Troop 33, color presentations, 300 Cub Scouts games and dances, and demonstrations on rescue, semaphore signaling, fires, and camping. The event is free and open to the public. Meanwhile city crews clear storm damage with arterials open and a brief power outage reported during a historic blizzard.
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Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
State Farm Bureau
William Kasa Kallas
Farm Bureau
Milo K. Swanton
Council of Agriculture
Rudolph Schlabach
la Crosse
Schlabach
Senate
Kenosha County
William H. Bullamore
Explorer Scouts
Sea Scouts
Uncle Sam
America
Frank Grasser
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Congressmen Almost Fight Over Tax Cut Clash
In Washington the House cafeteria scene between Reps Knutson and Engel grew heated over a proposed 20 percent cut in personal income taxes. Engel accused the plan of largely aiding the rich and harming the poor, while Knutson defended the measure, with witnesses noting a brief arm grab but no blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Engel
R-Mich
G.O.P
Fire Chief urges Kenosha residents to clear hydrants in snow
Fire Chief William J. Brady asks citizens to clear hydrants to speed firefighting, citing slowed response from snowed streets. Sheriff Milton LaViolette warns motorists to stay off highways as stalled cars hinder snow plows. Railroads expect service to return to normal by nightfall with limited travel advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Brady
Kenosha
Brady
Milton LaViolette
Tornado Strikes Northern Montgomery Alabama
A tornado hit the northern edge of Montgomery injuring several people. Early reports claimed possible fatalities among white and Black residents, but highway patrol could not confirm. Responders rushed ambulances, patrol cars, and police units to the scene near Gunter Field on state highway 11. The storm veered near the Army post and followed the Chisholm suburban area, echoing the Feb 12 1945 Montgomery tornado losses.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Army
Gunter Field
Gunter
Chisholm
Gunterfield
Fire Destroys Tacoma Centennial Flour Mills
A fire in Tacoma Washington damaged the Centennial Flour Mills milling section causing an estimated loss of 1 million dollars. Fire crews fought the blaze but could not save the milling area. The cause was described as under investigation by local authorities.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Centennial Flouring Mills
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Bristol
Frank
United Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Delmar Frazier
Shack
Dairies
Hunt House
Bubolz
Survey City Outlook
Harold
City
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