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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1946
Page
1
Senate battles over a teen age draft plan with Senator Revercomb proposing a pause on inductions while others push to keep selective service. A 53 to 26 vote reaffirmed using 18 to 19 year olds as the focus, and a later 67 to 4 vote backed a pay raise for enlisted ranks.
Negotiations between 8000 striking CIO Auto Workers and J L Case Co collapsed as Labor Department reportedly recommended government seizure. President Truman to take over three idle plants after strikes since December 26 in Racine Wisconsin and Rockford Illinois affecting 8400 workers.
Lt Commander James Sweeney represented the navy operative reserve to obtain a site in Kenosha for an armory building. Estimated cost is 85000 with equipment over 200000. Ten regular navy personnel plus families will staff, and a combat ship will berth there for training. Applications close June 6 with BM Hill at Coopers Inc.
Niagara Wisconsin reports Walter Franz 29 a paper mill worker was killed when a reel of paper weighing thousands of pounds broke loose and pinned him against machinery. He is identified as a World War I veteran.
Phyllis McGonegle 22 selected by Junker-Ball Post 1865 as eighth queen candidate for Welcome Home Celebration on July 4. Daughter of Elmer Swensen and veteran Richard McGonegle, she has long involvement with the post and serves as color bearer in the Ladies Auxiliary. The Ke nosha roster also lists eight entrants from area veterans groups.
A devastating La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago’s loop floor 20 building killed about 58 and injured around 200. Guests on upper floors crowded windows seeking escape while fire crews and bystanders formed lines to guide survivors down exterior ladders and through smoke filled corridors. Witnesses described panic and a scene of clothing and luggage raining from windows as responders aided victims including a blind woman with a guide dog and a pregnant wife helped to safety.
Chicago fire at the 22 story LaSalle hotel in the Loop region killed at least 58 people and injured around 200. Explosions were heard before the blaze was discovered in the elevator shaft as guests slept.
Felix Olkives city council president named the Kenosha Day committee to oversee participation in Milwaukee Centurama July 12 to August 11. The committee includes James G. Wallace Peter Harris Henry Clemens Harold Newton Norbert Roeder Ralph Kingsley Francis Ritacca Mary Shearer Mary Mons Kermit Caves J C of C Jack Stump Ernest Ryall and others. A Kenosha Day date will be set later and a meeting will be held at City Hall to plan activities and the day’s program.
Three men charged with resisting arrest in an April 2 incident at the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee station washroom pleaded guilty. Robert D. LaFleur, Calvin Cantara, and Ronald Cantara paid fines and costs totaling $... restitution reached $299. Patrolman Tyler, injured with a brain concussion, testified after a vice squad raid.
Italy voted to abolish the monarchy with Pietro Nenni announcing the republic has won. King Umberto II will depart Saturday as Queen Maria Jose and four children reach Naples after exile plans. Early returns show the Christian Democrats leading the new government, with Socialists and Communists trailing.
A motion to transfer the national headquarters of the Holstein-Fresian Association of America from Brattleboro to Menomonie was defeated yesterday at the annual meeting in Rockford Illinois.
Stoughton Wisconsin resident Tom Jenson celebrated the completion of his new house only to find it was built on the wrong lot. He arranged to purchase the correct property, finalizing the correction.
Nearly 100 Kenosha Scouts enter a bicycle safety rodeo at Lincoln Park on Twentieth Avenue west side starting 1 30 p m Sponsored by the Kenosha county council of Scouts with Junior Chamber of Commerce help Cubs and Scouts compete in five events slow precision circle obstacle and stopping Top scorers win ribbons white blue and red Highest scoring Scout or Senior Scout earns a week at Camp Oh Da Ko Ta Cub first prize is a $10 equipment uniform and safety lessons continue to VPage Seven.
Wisconsin state Senator John E. Cashman died in a Manitowoc hospital at age 80. A long serving farmer in the legislature since 1922 with gaps in 1939 and 1941, he authored the highway law the oleomargarine tax law and the farm woodlot law among other measures.
Washington Park Zoo reports three giraffes with tension as Bomba the older male glares at the newborn calf born to Momba. Keeper Charles Stanke notes Bomba’s jealousy while Momba nurses and the calf shows healthy development. A zoo band performance was canceled to keep calf calm.
Activities and ideals of the Grand Army of the Republic will be echoed as the Wisconsin department holds its annual encampment in Kenosha. A Sunday breakfast at the Odd Fellows temple honors department commander Lansing A Wilcox who recently celebrated his hundredth birthday. A 2 p m parade and 2 30 memorial service follow in Library Park.
A Soviet spokesman said Russia strongly opposes the United Nations Security Council sub-committee conclusions on Franco Spain and left open the possibility of veto action. The panel found no current threat to peace and thus no Council jurisdiction, but urged a Septembers hall call to break UN relations with Franco regime if he remains in power. Andrei A. Gromyko differed with the panel, calling its conclusions contradictory.
An Allied headquarters spokesman said Indonesians killed 600 Chinese in a settlement west of the Tangerang river, about 15 miles from Batavia. He added villages across a wide area were aflame and hostilities continued in the district.
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, speaking in the commons, says the Labour government contributed to world peace through a resolute denunciation of Communism. He adds Attlee’s administration followed the Russian one party rule by not consulting opposition leaders.
General Joseph T. MacNarney said the minimum period of occupation in Germany should be raised from ten to fifteen years. He spoke to reporters in Frankfurt and stated his revised estimate.
Lois Ann Witt, Kenosha Senior High School, won first place in the Kenosha Lodge of Elks scholarship contest and advances to the Wisconsin State Elks Association finals in Milwaukee June 22. Robert Downing and Robert N. Randall earned second and third place respectively. Twenty one seniors competed in May events at the high school and Elks clubhouse, with results announced by Frank Isermann.
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