Tentative coal contract boosts workers pay amid strike threat
Washington up John L. moves toward best wage contract in United Mine Workers history as Lewis wins a major victory with top steel interests. A tentative agreement reached on northern commercial coal and miners may avert a nationwide strike, pending written terms and ratification by involved parties.
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Washington
John L
United Workers
Lewis
CIO
Midwest
Far West
IMW
Presidentsamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steeltion
George M. Humph
Pittsburgh Consolidation Company
Comial
Cape
United Mine Workers
Truman pushes quick Pacific Islands trusteeship plan
President Truman urged Congress to approve the Pacific Islands trusteeship agreement soon, aligning with the United Nations Security Council mandate. He affirmed U S resolve to support UN permanently and described the trust under international administration for the Marianas, Caroline, and Marshall Islands formerly mandated to Japan.
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U.P
Ruman
Congress
Ific Islands
Unit
Nations Security Council
Pacific Islands
Marianas
Caro
Marshall Islands
Japan
United States
United Na
Truman
House
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
ICC
Con
Woman Sues Dentist Over Unwanted Tooth Extraction
Mrs. Mary Kelly, 25, sues in circuit court for 5000 damages after a dentist pulled a tooth she did not want removed. She says the dentist charged 7 dollars for the painful tooth and offered a 5 dollar bargain to pull the unwanted one, after discovering the tooth had not ailing.
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Mary Kelly
Circuit
22 Nations Invited to New European Parley
The French foreign office announced 22 nations will be invited to a Paris meeting on July 12 to discuss European economic cooperation under the Marshall plan. Notable exclusions include Soviet Russia Spain and Germany. Invites go to embassies in Paris with a first report on European needs and self help due by Sept 1.
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Paris
Soviet
Russia
Spain
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Albania
Ireland
Foreign Office
U. S
Marshall
Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
Europe
Moscow
Molotov
Bidault
Wisconsin Conservation Chief Vanderwall Resigns Reported
Reports said Edward J. Vanderwall director of the Wisconsin Conservation department for six years submitted his resignation to the Conservation commission. Vanderwall was unavailable for comment and two commission members Aldo Leopold and W J P Aberg declined to confirm.
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Madison
Wis
Edward J. Vanderwall
Wisconsin Conservation Department
The
Conservation Commission
Vanderwall
Aldo Leopold
W. J. P. Aberg
Driver Guilty of Negligent Homicide in Teen’s Death
A coroner jury found Max W. H. Peterson guilty of negligent homicide in the traffic death of 15 year old Lawrence J. Frederick near Racine. The accident occurred after a tire change on Highway 45 when Peterson, who faced a reckless driving charge, claimed he was blinded by oncoming headlights. The case awaits transcript before July 24 court action while Peterson remains free on bond. The report also covers Fourth of July safety tips and city holiday events at Simmons Island with fireworks, street dancing, and a Legion sponsored program.
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Max W. H. Peterson
N. Waller Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Lawrence J. Frederick
Route 1
Box 32
Paris Township
James A. Crossin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Racine
Wis
Peterson
Edward J. Ruetz
Frank J. Shannon
Donald Poist
Union Grove
Lawrence
James Frederick
Albert Fliess
Sturtevant
Highway 43
Joseph Brand, Jr
Brand
Poisl's
Donald Poiss
Lawrence Frederick
Fleiss
Poiss
Frederick
Park Department
Simmons Island
May Garsson brothers found guilty of wartime bribery fraud
Andrew J May and the Garsson brothers are found guilty of wartime bribery and fraud charges. The verdict underscores a major anti-corruption case with implications for wartime business dealings. The report notes the defendants faced multiple counts and a jury returned verdicts after trial.
Sentencing Date Not Announced in Wartime Bribery Case
Andrew J. May and Henry and Murray Garsson were found guilty by a federal jury of wartime bribery fraud and conspiracy. The panel deliberated 1 hour 50 minutes and the judge did not set a sentencing date. The defendants face up to six years in prison and fines up to $30 000 each with appeals planned.
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Washington
U.P
Andrew J. May
Garsson Brothers
Kentucky
Henry M
Murray Garsson
Henry Garsson
Schweinhaut
Kenosha County Highway Chief Picks Wilmot Road for Holiday Travel
Kenosha County Highway Commissioner Harold Herzog advised that Wilmot road is the safest route for holiday traffic to county lake areas. He urged Kenoshans to use this road rather than the busier Highway 50 over the weekend.
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Kenosha County
Harold Herzog
Wilmot
New Commandant for Ninth Naval District Named
Rear Adm. J Cary Jones will relieve Vice Adm. George D Murray as commandant of the Ninth Naval District on July 17. The district spans North Dakota to Kentucky and includes twelve states.
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Great Lakes
Ill
J. Cary Jones
U.S.N
George D. Murray
Ninth Naval District
United States
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Haunted Kenosha House Linked to State's Abolished Capital Punishment
In Kenosha area lore a two story brick home on Fifty seventh street once haunted by John McCaffrey, the state’s first and only executioner, who murdered his wife in 1850. His hanging drew 3000 spectators but failed and helped spur Wisconsin to end capital punishment. Locals say McCaffrey’s ghost wanders the house and cistern site on hot nights.
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Kenoshans
Kenosha
John McCaffrey
Kenoshan
Wisconsin
Fifty-seventh Street
Thirteenth Court
McCaffrey
Heart peeling operation aids 19 year old Wade
Richard N Wade reports his son Richard Nicholas Wade 19 underwent a three and a half hour heart peeling surgery Wednesday at Columbia Hospital Milwaukee. Doctors say he is doing remarkably well after a difficult night following the operation. The family is by his bed as nurses monitor his pulse around 110 to 120 during recovery. Public offices and most businesses will be closed Friday for the Fourth of July with no mail deliveries.
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Richard Nicholas Wade
Nicholas Wade
Fifth Avenue
Columbia Hospital
Milwaukee
United Press Dispatch
Kenosha
Wade
Kenosha Evening News
Windesheim Widow Dies After Long Illness in Kenosha
Mrs. Mary Windesheim 81 widow of Dr Gustave Windesheim died at Kenosha hospital after a long illness. She lived at 6104 Third Avenue and was an active member of Kenosha social and civic groups including the Women's Club and First Congregational Church East group. Born in Mansfield Ohio in 1865 she lived in Danville and Greersville before marriage in 1886. The Windesheims moved to Kenosha in 1892 where he ran a medical practice and directed public health. She is survived by two sons, four grandchildren, a great grandchild, two brothers and a sister. Her husband died in 1946.
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Mary Windesheim
Gustave Windesheim
Third Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Kenosha Women’s Club
First Congregational Church
Windesheim
Mansfield
Danville
Belleville
Chicago
Northwestern University
Kenosha
Karl A. Windesheim
Urbana
Ill
Arthur Klein
Defiance
Charles Klein
Buffalo
Ind
Ella Fransway
VFW to Send 17 to National Encampment
Seventeen Kenosha members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1865 were named last night as delegates to the national encampment in Cleveland in September. Delegates were elected at a Wednesday meeting in Gold Chevron Memorial Building. The group includes Commander George H. Peterson and Past Commander Chester L. Young as leads, with fourteen alternates listed. Also expected to attend are Post 1865’s state championship junior drum and bugle corps, recent Wisconsin competitors.
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Kenosha
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1865
VFW
Cleveland
Gold Chevron
George H. Peterson
Chester L. Young
Dean Bixby
Walker Perkins
Harry Driscoll
Elmer Swensen
Charles Newhouse
Jjr
Charles Scully
Burnette Leff
Albion Johnson
Albert Anderson
Ernest
Edward Ogden
Ronald Broesch
M. Sonderball
Jens P. Jensen
Wisconsin
Aid Mission Head Leaves for Greece
Dwight P. Griswold, chief of the American aid mission to Greece, will depart for Athens on July 12 with a staff of 40 government assistants and about 50 more joining later. He plans a holiday weekend in Nebraska, leaving tomorrow and returning Monday afternoon, visiting Omaha and Lincoln.
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Washington
A.P
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Athens
Griswold
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Paul Gallico to Start Kenosha News Column
The famed writer Paul Gallico will begin a regular column in the Kenosha Evening News on Saturday July 5. Born in Brussels, he rose through sports, magazine, newspaper, and film writing and once pursued medicine at Columbia before choosing a writing career.
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Paul Gallico
Kenosha
Brussels
Land of Letters
Gallico
Kenosha Evening News
Belgium
Europe
Wisconsin Rent Bill Introduced
An emergency rent control bill in Wisconsin would freeze rents until March 1, 1948 unless increases are allowed under federal law. The senate referred the measure to a joint judiciary committee for a hearing next Tuesday, with staged rent increases after Feb 28 1948 and eviction limits.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Schlabach
R.-La Crosse
Senate
Joint
Legislative Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Driver Told to Look Both Ways Then Look Up
An Oklahoma City driver testified he looked both directions before the crash but did not see the other motorist until after the impact. Acting Police Judge Granville Scanland fined him $6 for failing to yield the right of way and told him to also look up in the air.
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Oklahoma City
Granville Scanland
Scanland
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