13 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
1
President Truman returns from Canada to decide on labor and tax cut bills facing Congress. Key actions include a $4 billion tax reduction veto risk, possible vetoes on rent control and wool price support, and a potential railroad rate measure.
Col W R Hodgson of Australia urged the United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments to advance work on world disarmament. He noted the Big Five failed to reconcile US and Russian views and pressed for progress on armament regulation despite objections over atomic energy and foreign troop removal.
Detroit police reported three carloads of unidentified men attacked and severely beat three Ford foremen who refused to join a strike. A fourth foreman escaped injury as the ambush occurred as they picked up a fourth worker en route to the River Rouge plant.
Washington reports labor experts advise President Truman the Taft Hartley bill is unworkable and won’t stop a coal strike. They cite exemptions for abnormally dangerous conditions and potential revival of yellow dog contracts as reasons to veto. Some advisers reportedly urge signing to address next month’s coal threat.
Lincoln Nebraska Judge Ralph Wilson of Lancaster county district court ruled the Nebraska anti closed shop amendment valid in a decision announced today.
Eight high school students from Kenosha county were selected to represent at the Sixth Badger Boys State to be held June 21 to 28 at Ripon College in Ripon Wisconsin. Harold Bode and Eugene Potente announced the lineup and praised the group formed by local leaders.
Boston mayor James M Curley was taken to Cohasset hospital in serious condition. Doctors cited hypertension from arteriosclerosis as attorneys prepared a last-ditch appeal to the U S Supreme Court to review his mail fraud conviction and potential 6 to 18 month jail term.
In Highland Wisconsin six members of two families prepare for weddings on June 25. Melvin Kosharek will marry Mary Grimm Lavern Kosharek wed Evelyn Grimm and Bernard Grimm will marry Ann Kosharek in a double ceremony at the local church.
Area workers for the emergency housing survey will be named today and Saturday as final organization for the canvass by about 400 Kenoshans is completed. The survey, led by Matt Taylor and A E Axtell, will run next week Monday through Friday with captains and lieutenants compiling reports for delivery on June 25.
Fr. Hubert Van Meer, 74, marked 50 years since his ordination with a Mass at the Chapel of St. Catherine's hospital. Born in Boxtel, Netherlands, he began his priestly work in Hertogenbosch and travelled worldwide on missionary assignments, including a 1900 Boxer uprising scene in Ortos Mongolia with Bishop Hamer, who died resisting the attack.
A DR. EDWARD J. BYNG report outlines a seven-nation east European drive to purge opposition and create a pro-Soviet bloc from the Baltic to the Adriatic. It notes Austria’s pivotal yet volatile role and possible counter moves within Allied-occupied Vienna.
The slashed body of Fred Dahse 57 year old logger was found near his cabin one mile south of Mattoon. Sheriff Seering said robbery likely motive after a break in at the cabin. An inquest was set for today. Dahse had cashed a large check in Mattoon and neighbors reported giving him a ride home.
The commerce department reported April newsprint imports at 315,334 tons, down 7,023 tons from March. Exports totaled 1,363 tons, 1,186 tons below March, reflecting a softer month for trade in newsprint.
A 23 year old Milwaukeean was sentenced to 140 days in county jail or 125 dollars in fines and costs on three traffic charges after a late Thursday night chase with Kenosha police and deputies. Liedtke described a dispute with a Kenosha girl as motive for speeding 70 mph on Sheridan road before a running pursuit through multiple streets ending near the city garage.
J N Emer son, 67, president of Kiwanis International and West Coast dry goods retailer, died Thursday in Pullman Washington. Born in Bowling Green Ohio, he led the service organization until his death.
Alan Stephan 23 and Grace Pomazal 19, holders of Mister America 1946 and Miss Quick Freeze 1947 titles, applied for a marriage license in Chicago and plan to wed Monday and live in Minneapolis where Stephan runs a health studio.
VFW Post 1865 led by Commander George H. Petersen announces a four day Kenosha Home Show to run September 17 through 20 at the Kenosha Eagles clubhouse. The event aims to feature exhibitions on building improvements, home devices, furnishings and related services with Burnett D. Leff as general chairman and Dean Bixby heading the executive committee.
The article surveys Friday the 13th beliefs and origins from religious and historical sources. It mentions Judas at the last supper, Wells on triangular numbers, Mohammedan views on Adam, and various modern practices like license plates and railcar berth numbering. It points readers to library books for further reading on superstition origins.
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed 130 884 220 from Veterans Administration funds in approving a 8 498 409 759 bill to finance 33 independent government agencies next year. Major agencies faced reductions including the Atomic Energy Commission and Federal Trade Commission while the VA received 6 944 457 080 of its 7 075 341 300 request.
Atlanta reports the Ku Klux Klan surrendered its Georgia charter amid a state suit seeking its revocation. State Attorney General Eugene Cook said the organization can continue nationally under free assembly rights, with Judge Bond Almand approving the surrender and a directed verdict.
The Army Air Forces awarded a contract to Douglas Aircraft Co of Santa Monica Calif to design a supersonic aircraft. The craft would fly faster than 2,200 miles per hour and reach altitudes around 30 to nearly 60 miles, marking the third plane in the series of such high speed designs.
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