Milwaukee Milk Strike Continues Amid Mediation Talks
A federal conciliator met with ten Milwaukee dairies and AFL Local 225 to end a milk delivery strike that halt ed most city deliveries. The union seeks daily service, higher wages, and shorter work weeks, while dairies cite economic strain and higher prices.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Dairies
AFL
Golden Guernsey Dairy Cooperative
Gavin W. McKerrow
James A. Despins
United States Conciliation Service Office
Dairies’ Bargaining Committee
Wyeth Allen
Prediction: 150000 hospital beds needed by 1950
Col. Harry E. Brown of the veterans administration warned Washington that the nation will require about 150,000 hospital beds by 1950 to treat returning war veterans seeking hospitalization.
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Milwaukee
Harry E. Brown
Washington
Medical Administration Service
Veterans Administration
Lost in Plane Crash Kills 12 Near Gatlinburg
The Army disclosed that Master Sgt Charles E. Bausch 20 of Bettendorf Iowa was among 12 men killed when a B29 from MacDill Field Florida crashed on Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park près Knoxville. Oscar E Lybeck of Bettendorf listed as Bausch's guardian. The plane was returning to Florida from a nonstop training flight to Chicago.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles E. Bausch
Bettendorf
MacDill Field
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Oscar E. Lybeck
Oak St
Bausch
Florida
Chicago
Clingman’s Dome
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Knoxville
Wausau Woman Killed in Head-On Truck Crash
Jeanette Frankland, 30, of Wausau died from injuries after a Monday night head-on collision on Highway 29 near Marathon. She was a passenger in a auto that struck a tractor trailer.
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Wausau
Wis
U.P
Jeanette Frankland
Highway 29
Marathon
Farmer Leaves Dollar Apiece to His Mourners
The 112 attendees at Charles Coffin's funeral will each receive one dollar. Estes funeral home of Marshalltown said Coffin arranged before his death to compile a list of mourners for this payment. Coffin was a retired farmer with no immediate survivors.
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Farmer
le Grand
Charles Coffin
Estes Funeral Home
Marshalltown
Coffin
Urges Teen Age Draft If Enlistments Fail
Tokyo dispatch reports the local chapter of the American Veterans Committee urging a draft of eighteen and nineteen year olds if enlistments fall short. The group also pressed for enactment of army gripe board reforms by House and Senate military affairs committees.
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Tokyo
American Veterans Committee
House
Senate
Truman Likely Veto Plan If Case Bill Becomes Rider
President Truman would veto his emergency strike control bill if Congress attaches the Case labor bill as a rider. A close presidential ally said he would veto the entire package with stronger language than in the prior unsigned Case bill. Case bill supporters weigh tactics amid fears of labor unrest and public reaction. The decision to merge the bills awaits next week’s House Rules Committee action.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Case Bill
Mr. Truman
House Rules Committee
Superfortress Crash Near Gatlinburg In Smokies
Army G-20 Superfortress crashes near Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Area map shows crash site near Gatlinburg Tennessee. It is believed all crew aboard were killed.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Clingman’s Dome
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
License Plate Production Halted in Wisconsin
Wisconsin halted automobile license plate production as the state prison runs out of steel. Windshield stickers will remain valid until plates resume, and law enforcement officers were asked to recognize the 1946 stickers as proof of valid registration. The department ordered 700,000 plate sets on July 18, 1945, but 130,000 sets remain undelivered.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
B. L. Marcus
Marcus
Milwaukee Plate Glass Fire Causes 80000 Damage
A blaze at the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co plant in Milwaukee burned about 2 percent hours and caused about 80000 in damage. More than 20 firefighters were overcome by colored smoke. Fire Chief Edward Wischer said a chemical reaction started the fire and crews prevented spread to an adjacent lacquer plant and lab with explosives. It follows another major Milwaukee fire at the Hily Forster Lumber Co. yards last Saturday burning an estimated 3,500,000 board feet.
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Milwaukee
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
F. L. Theurer
Edward Wischer
Hily Forster Lumber Co
Tough letter from America on wartime food shortages
Under the Tough heading an English paper quotes an American letter describing dire food shortages. The writer notes meat rationing with three days of chicken meals last week, highlighting wartime hardship and limited supplies.
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America
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Adam
H. Chemerow
Carol Bernstein
Eft
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Washington, D. C
Maurice L. Bernstein
Coats
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Cincinnati
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Atlanta
W.va
ALA
Jersey
Jerri
University
Darna- Lee
Kathy-Keene
Ruth-Ann
Harles
Lake Shores
Twenty-Second Ave
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Wisconsin Iron & Metal Co
Pearteenth Ave
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