Medical Explanation Sought by Senate War Investigating Committee
The Senate war investigating panel sought a medical explanation for Rep. Andrew J. May's sudden illness. Dr. Henry Lowden, his physician, would be asked to provide a private medical certificate and details to justify May's absence from questioning on wartime activities linked to a Midwest munitions group. The panel weighed sending a physician to May's bedside and issuing home questions if illness persisted.
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Washington
May
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
Henry Lowden
Kentucky
Chewsmen
Fergu Gson
R-Mich
Labor Department
Murray Garsson
Garsson
Department
Perkins
al Capone
Chicago
Los Angeles
Warren Magee
D.N.Y
Rep
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Magee
Lowden
Emmy
Garsson Sells Batavia Firm
Chicago Batavia Metal Products Inc and its affiliates were sold to Ray R. Rausch of Detroit head of Rausch Industries. Dr. Henry Garsson said the Batavia firm will have Rausch as president starting Monday to protect 1200 jobs in Batavia Illinois and Centerville Iowa. Rausch formerly held Ford Motor Co production roles for 25 years.
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Chicago
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Munitions Combine
Senate Committee
Henry Garsson
Garsson
Batavia
Ilc
Ray R. Rausch
Detroit
Rausch Industries, Inc
Rausch
Batavia Corporation
Centerville
Ford Motor Co
Ford Organiation
Great Grandmother May Face Murder Charge
Coroner Walter A. Young announced that a Wayne County coroner's jury found Donald Eugene Martin died of arsenic poisoning on June 15. They recommended the 76 year old great grandmother Lillie B. Winter be held for grand jury action.
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Fairfield
Walter A. Young
Wayne County
Donald Eugene Martin
Lillie B. Winter
Wisconsin Gas and Electric seeks halt on gas heating
The Wisconsin Gas and Electric company seeks to discontinue gas heating installations for residential and industrial users in Kenosha and other served districts. It petitions the Public Service Commission to add a rule barring future gas space heating and related industrial installations unless installed by July 29, 1946, citing risk to existing service.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
The
Public Commission of Wisconsin
S. B. Sherman
Sherman
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Michigan
Illinois
Defense Attorney Says Heirens Will Undergo Tests for Sanity
Indictments charge William Heirens with the Degnan kidnap slaying and the Brown lipstick killing. His lawyers indicate the defense may be insanity based, with a Sanity test to be conducted after arraignment next week.
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Heirens
William J. Tuohy
James C. Degnan
Suzanne Degnan
Tuohy
Cook County
Chicago
William Heirens
Degnan
Frances Brown
NEA Telephoto
Suzanne
Rowland Towle
Criminal Court
Illinois
Kenosha Unaffected by Milwaukee Gas Strike
H. M. Pauley of Wisconsin Gas and Electric in Kenosha says Kenosha gas is produced at the Racine plant and not involved in the Milwaukee dispute. He adds the Milwaukee shutdown does not affect requests to discontinue gas heating system installations.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
Kenosha
H. M. Pauley
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Racine
Mines Get Uniform Code of Safety
Interior Secretary Krug announced a uniform safety code for government operated soft coal mines. The measure, demanded by United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis, becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. local time next Monday and aims to enable resumption of work after the government seized the mines last May 22.
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Washington
Interior Krug
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pick Ton of Cherries Sets New Harvest Mark
Henry Wooten a 32 year old migrant picker set a new daily cherry record by stripping 2168 pounds in 12 hours at Webster orchards Hood River Oregon earning 75.84 dollars. He averages high daily yields and has a history of record setting harvests across California Washington and Canada.
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Henry Wooten
Webster
Roy Webster
Wooten
California
Canada
Chelan
Wash
Milwaukee Nash‑Kelvinator plant halts work on gas strike
Nash‑Kelvinator at 5626 Twenty‑fifth Avenue shuts production and most departments at noon due to Seaman works gas strike impact. Harold Long says operations to resume Tuesday. about 5 600 employees idle, with 700 supervisory and office staff remaining. Seaman works closed Thursday after walkout. CIO union dispute halted a restart plan and crews were reduced. Gas pumping halted citywide as emergency supply talks continue.
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Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Seaman Works
Milwaukee
Harold Long
Nash Factory
Long
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
CIO Union
Nash
Bot
Jackson Calls For Conviction Of 32 Nazis
Justice Robert H. Jackson urged that all 22 Nazi leaders on trial be convicted as conspirators to wage aggressive war. He asserted Hitler's acts were theirs and noted Goering and co defendants were integral to a joint effort toward German aggression.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
United States
International Military Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Jackson
Adolf Hitler
Hartley W. Shawcross
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Secret Police
Gestapo SS
Franz von Papen
Hitler
von Papen
Tie
Julius Streicher
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Holland
Austria
Goering
Reichsmarshal
Supreme Court
Kenosha May permits rise though loadings slump
May building permits in Kenosha totaled 265 716 dollars, up from 249 065 in 1945, and 313 permits issued up 46 percent from April. Residential permits jumped to 99 500 dollars, with 14 homes approved, while car loadings rose to 1 887 forwardings though in receipts they fell to 1 126. May saw 73 marriages and 97 births, and the credit bureau doubled to 1 268. Fluid milk deliveries rose 14 percent to 1 692 932.
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Kenosha
Credit Bureau
Nash Export Cars Loaded for Oslo and Sweden voyage
About 30 Nash automobiles began loading this morning onto the Norwegian vessel Ornefjell at Kenosha harbor. The 260 foot carrier will carry boxed and uncrated cars, bound for Oslo with distribution to Norway and Sweden, and a rail transshipment plan at Oslo. The voyage ashore is expected to take about 30 days with the ship sailing late this afternoon.
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Nash
Ornefjell
Kenosha Harbor
Kenosha
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Export Department
S S Officers Hang For Torture Killings
Three German S S officers were hanged today for wartime torture killings of seven Allied soldiers including five Americans. Maj August Schiffer Underofficer Albert Storz and Lt Heinrich Andergassen died on the gallows at the disciplinary training center stockade in Livorno Italy.
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Livorno
Italy
S. S
August Schiffer
Albert Storz
Heinrich Andergassen
Peninsular
Illinois Sheriff On Lookout For Husky Thieves
Woodstock report notes Sheriff Henry Nulle is hunting for thieves after a 300 pound white statue of a lion was stolen from Alfred Sey ferth, a statue manufacturer.
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Illinois
Woodstock, Ill
Henry Nulle
Alfred Seyferth
Return of OPA Puts Rent On June 30 Basis
Regional rent examiner Clarence T. Kaltz said Kenosha tenants on monthly rents would not face higher July payments than prior months as OPA controls were reinstated. Wisconsin law requires thirty days notice for rent hikes, with the four day lead time before state law allowed increases. Over a 26 day period 25 reports showed OPA ceiling breaches from 18 to 117 percent, reflecting earlier rises after OPA’s death.
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Truman
O.P.A
Clarence T. Kaltz
Kenosha
Kaltz
Wisconsin
United Efforts
The
Asso
Truman Signs Bill to Revive Most Controls
President Truman signed the revival measure restoring price controls and lifting ceilings on several items for the near term. OPA reactivated after 25 days, with boosts on coal and fuels and exemptions for meat dairy eggs poultry grains tobacco and petroleum until August 20. Leaders warned inflation risks remain and tax changes unlikely, while NAM opposed OPA and UAW pledged to keep a boycott.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Congress
Wherry
R-Neb
Robert R. Wason
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
NAM
Wason
Shaw at 90: Shaw Calls Birthday Fuss Unbearable
George Bernard Shaw marked his 90th birthday in Hertfordshire with visitors and playful defiance. He refused celebrations and interviews, calling the fuss unbearable while retaining a sharp mind and a daily routine of garden, writing, and occasional naps.
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Shaw
Ayot
Madison Man Kills His Wife In Restaurant
Madison man Alex Raines confessed to shooting Bertha Parker, 42, in her Madison restaurant over alleged jealousy after a faith healer drew his partner’s affections. Dane County Coroner E A Fischer says one bullet hit Parker in the back of the head. Raines surrendered at the county jail after the shooting.
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Madison
Wis
Edwin M. Wilkie
Alex Raines
Berthat Parker
Wilkie
Raines
Dane County
E. A. Fischer
Army lists 15 missing after Panama collision
The army released names of 15 crewmen missing when two Flying Fortresses crashed in the Pacific off the Panama coast last Saturday. The body of 2nd Lt. Clair V. Brandhorst Madison Wis was among five bodies found.
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Harry S. Truman
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Cleveland
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