Japs End General Strike Under MacArthur Orders
The Japanese halted a 2.6 million worker general strike after Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered an emergency end. Yashiro Iyi, chair of the strike committee, said the decision came under Allied authority, while MacArthur warned the move to avoid social catastrophe in Japan. The stoppage aimed for a 300 percent wage rise as cabinet reshuffles and union talks continued.
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Tokyoo
Douglas MacArthur
Yashiro Iui
MacArthur
Japan
Supreme Headquarters
Iyi
Allied Headquarters
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Seeichi Omura
Kotaro Tanka
Transportation
Tsunejiro Hiratsuka
Agriculture and Forestry
Hiroo Wada
Keinosuke Zen
The
Economic Stabilization Board
Seichiro
Keio University
Kineshishi Masuda
Hokkaido Prefecture
New Reconstruction Board
Mitsuhjiro Ishii
Liberal Party
Commerce and Industry
Snowbound Highways Cleared Except One Blocked Route
Highway crews labored in 24 hour shifts clearing snow snarls that froze traffic since Wednesday afternoon. Highway 75 in the western county remained blocked by deep drifts but officials expect lanes to open before nightfall. Sheriff’s deputies aided traffic management as vehicles stalled along Highway 41 near Racine and Kenosha counties.
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Harold H. Herzog
Herzog
Highway Department
Sheriff's Department
Highway 41
North County
Racine County
Kenosha County
Milwaukee Snow Paralyzes Wisconsin In Heavy Blizzards
Milwaukee area struggles to recover from an 18 inch snowstorm the worst in two decades with drifts up to 12 feet closing roads and halting rail service. Temperatures plunge south to five below zero and life resumes as crews clear routes across the state.
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Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Thompson
Racine County
Families of British Receive Orders to Leave Palestine
Senator Bridges urged Secretary Marshall to take a firm stand at the Moscow conference as Russia seeks to merge manpower with German engineering to dominate Europe. He warned that if Moscow succeeds the democratic civilization may be lost, noting the March 10 meeting as a critical test for US policy.
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Palestine
Washington
Bridges
Russia
Germany
Marshall
Moscow
Senate
Ural Mountains
Property Group Urges Abolition of Rent Controls
A property owners group urged total abolition of rent controls and recommended tenants double up until private enterprise ends the housing shortage. The National Home and Property Owners Foundation cited rent controls as the cause of shortages and urged congressional abolition.
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Washington
U.P
National Home and Property Owners Foundation
The
Foundation
Congress
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
Philip B. Fleming
Senate Banking Committee
Styles Bridges
Russia
America
Snap-On Moves Export Division to Kenosha
Snap-On Tools corporation creates an international export division in Kenosha with D C Beaulieu as manager and Rogers Palmer as vice president in charge of sales. Export functions move from New York City to meet rising foreign demand and expand in more than 67 countries.
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Snap-On Tools Corporation
Kenosha
Rogers Palmer
D. C. Beaulieu
New York City
Palmer
Beaulieu
Snap-On
DeVry Corp
Ditto, Inc
Montgomery Ward
England
Argentina
Brazil
Sweden
Egypt
Persia
Chile
China
U. S
Evacuation Ordered to End Terrorism Threat in Holy Land
The Palestine government ordered compulsory evacuation of British women and children to Britain to clear the way for new action against terrorism. Up to 2,000 people affected. some correspondents may stay. Britain ponders UN mandate and new policy as tensions rise with Jewish and Arab groups.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
London
Winston Churchill
United Nations
United States
Britain
Alleby
U. S
Washington
League of Nations
Arab League
Dov Bela Gruner
Heaviest Death Toll in South From Violent Winter Storms
The article notes a multi state disaster as tornadoes and winter storms killed at least 25 people, injuring scores and causing extensive property damage. Alabama Georgia Tennessee Arkansas Missouri reported deaths, with midwest fatalities from snow and wind accidents. Record cold and eastern warmth contrasted across regions.
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Midwest
South
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Truman Names Perlman as U S Solicitor General
President Truman nominated Philip B. Perlman of Baltimore to be solicitor general of the United States. He will succeed J Howard McGrath, who leaves the office to become a Democratic senator from Rhode Island.
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Truman
Perlman
U. S
Washington
Philip B. Perlman
Baltimore
The
United Pess
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Royal Family To Begin 16 Day South Africa Voyage
King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose depart London for Portsmouth to board the battleship Vanguard for a 16 day voyage to South Africa. An RAF, royal navy and military display accompanies the farewell.
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London
England
Vanguard
South Africa
Portsmouth
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
RAF
Royal Navy
Dandelions Bloom Early In Delaware Cape Weather
Unseasonably warm weather in Lewes Delaware brought eight straight days of 70 degree temperatures forcing dandelions to bloom two months ahead of schedule. Irises daffodils and jonquils bud and songbirds migrate north.
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Lewes
Del
U.P
Delaware Capes
Murder Parole Violator Taken Back to Florida
James Roberts a 44 year old Florida parole violator from a life murder term was taken into custody in Kenosha and began return to Raiford Florida. Roberts confessed to using an alias Johnnie Robinson and was identified through fingerprints and Florida prison records. He had been paroled in 1944 and violated parole four months earlier by leaving Florida.
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James Roberts
Florida
R. H. Cox
Raiford
Fla
Roberts
Ocala
Kentucky
Illinois
Racine
Kenosha
Johnnie Robinson
Robert Deschneau
Florida Criminal Identification Office
Kenosha Detective Bureau
Nathan Mayo
Arthur J. Riley
Hitler aide Hoffman sentenced for denazification case
Adolf Hitler's private photographer Heinrich Hoffman received ten years hard labor from a Munich denazification tribunal. The ruling also revoked his civil rights for life and confiscated nearly all his personal possessions.
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Munich
A.P
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Hoffman
Revenues May Exceed Estimate
Congressional tax experts told the Senate budget committee that next year’s revenues would reach 37.93 billion dollars, about 200 million more than President Truman’s estimate. Committee Chairman Taber said this would aid the Republican plan to balance the budget reduce the national debt and cut individual income taxes.
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Truman
GOP
John Taber
N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Josef Stalin
Lilienthal
Washington
Congressional
Senate
House Budget Committee
Taber
R. N.Y
Controversy Crashes The Mass At St Mary Le Strand
Belligerent factions clash over whether mass can be recited in an Anglican church as the Bishop of Oxford, Rev K E Kirk, conducts high mass at St Mary Le Strand on the Strand. Police guard, arrests, and a courthouselike standoff mark the dramatic quarrel.
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London
WUP
Church of England
St. Mary-Le-Strand
Oxford
K. E. Kirk
Charles 1
Strand
Road Condition Report Issued for Storm Stricken Wisconsin
Milwaukee division of the state highway department released a road condition bulletin for storm damaged southern Wisconsin. The report lists openings and closures by county including Washington, Walworth, Kenosha, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Racine, Waukesha and associated highways and notes pending openings after removing stalled vehicles.
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Milwaukee
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
Washington County
Richfield
Germantown
Walworth
Kenosha
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan
Ozaukee
Grafton
Racine
Waukesha
Pewaukee
Eagle
Delafield
Car Thief Digs Out Stalled Racine Auto
Walter F. Peterson left his car in a snow drift in Racine Wisconsin during a storm. By Thursday it had been dug out and stolen, joining many other vehicles affected by the southern Wisconsin blizzard.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin
Walter F. Peterson
Expectant Mother Saved by Toboggan in Madison
Four county traffic officers waded through deep snow to reach the Mattox home in a Madison suburb. They placed Mrs. Ronald Mattox on a stretcher strapped to two sleds on a toboggan and hauled her a mile to a highway before driving her to Wisconsin General Hospital. The baby was born about ninety minutes after arrival at the hospital.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Ronald Mattox
Wisconsin General Hospital
Mattox
Prom to Proceed Despite Snowstorm at Wisconsin
Vernon Barnes announces the University of Wisconsin prom will go on at 9 p m with Vernon Barnes claiming the show must go on. Claude Thornhill and Alvino Rey pledge attendance from Chicago by bus or train to reach Madison in time. If storms block, a local band will play at Memorial Union Great Hall.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Vernon Barnes
University of
Memorial Union Great Hall
University Regents
Howard [McMurray
Potter Case Hearing Ends in Mt. Clemens Portal Pay Dispute
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard closed hearings in the Mt. Clemens Michigan pottery company case and said he must pick a formula for portal-to-portal pay for workers. Attorneys for the company the government and the CIO argued without guiding clarity as Picard prepared to consider stipulations and documents over a quiet weekend.
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Detroit
U.P
Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Pottery Company
U. S
CIO
Labor
Picard
Saginaw, Mich
Edward Lamb
Tom C. Clark
National Wages and Hours
L. Metcalf Walling
Lamb
Walling
Attorney General's Office
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Soviet Union
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Ways and Means Committee
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Dolores
Pittsburgh
Snap-On Export Division
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Cyprus
Mercury
Washington, D. C
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Jacksonville
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Chicago
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Ray Hilsenhoff
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