Western Powers Consider Softer Italian Reparations
The Big Four ministers weighed a more lenient Soviet stance toward Italy and possible limits on wartime damages. Molotov urged lightening the burden on Italy and capping total damages, while Western Powers pressed for reparations in ships and materials and allowed use of Italian property to cover claims. Delegates also approved dropping Italian claims against Allied nationals while upholding the renunciation of similar claims.
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Paris
Russia
Italy
Trieste
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Kenosha Promotes City with 10 Page Industrial Booklet
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce issues a 20 page illustrated booklet titled Kenosha City of Industry. It mails 25 000 copies to city county residents and 3 500 chambers libraries and industries nationwide. The booklet highlights manufacturing strengths and city amenities with maps photographs and lists of local firms and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Kenosha—City of
Chamber of Commerce Committee For the Promotion of
Kenosha
America
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kenosha Council Backs Naval Armory Project
The Kenosha city council unanimously supported locating an $85,000 naval armory and training facilities in the city in response to a Navy site request. A three member committee was appointed to work with Navy officials on site selection. The Navy League of the United States and local leaders backed the plan, which could include federal and state aid for Sheridan road and 75th street improvements and a two hour parking zone on 31st Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
United States Navy
Kenosha Harbor
J. H. McIisaac
U.S.N
Navy
Howard G. Coates
Felix Olkives
Gilbert Petzke
Howard Coates
John Steinmetz
B. H. Hill
Navy League of the United States
Charles Werner
Council
Navy League
James G. Wallace
Sheridan Road
75Th Street
City Plan Commission
Dynamatic Corporation
31St Avenue
58Th
60Th Streets
Dynamatic Corp plans building to triple output
Dynamatic Corporation announces a major expansion after Civilian Production Administration approval. A new $300,000 single story plant will rise across from the current site, boosting floor space from 39,000 to 97,000 square feet and nearly tripling production capacity. The project aims to add 200 to 280 jobs and raise payroll substantially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dynamatic Corporation
Fourteenth Avenue
Mark Kindt
Kenosha
Gun Battles in Illinois Kill Three
Paxton Illinois gun battles leave three dead including Marvin Archer a 31 year old state patrolman and two unidentified suspects. Urbana state police said the suspect in the Paxton shooting fled the car then fired into Archer and was killed later near Gifford while another white man in the same vehicle died in a hospital.
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Paxton
Ill
Illinois
Gifford
Marvin Archer
Archer
Urbana
Pudgy the pigeon grounded for straying from homeward course
Pudgy the pet pigeon of Mr and Mrs Carl Huebner has been expelled from school. The children took Pudgy to school and he was allowed to fly home. When he strayed toward Heron Lake the Huebeners ordered him grounded.
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Okabena
Minn
Pudgy
Carl Huebner
Heron Lake
Huebeners
Lincoln Given 1 14 Year Term
Joliet Illinois James F Lincoln Jr son of a Cleveland industrialist was sentenced to one to fourteen years in the Illinois penitentiary on his plea of guilty to assault with intent to kill He was accused of shooting and beating nine year old Carol Williams on March 20.
Molten Metal Jet Seen as Potential Defense Weapon
Washington reports a proposed jet of molten metal with initial velocity near five miles per second as a possible defense against atomic rockets and armored ships. Army ordnance says it could outpace speed of sound weapons, with a guided rocket and radar control system, though still in planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Ordnance Department
War Department
Ordnance Arm
Everett S. Hughes
Ordnance
Leo Stiegman Dies After Fall at Kenosha Tavern
Leo W. Stiegman 44 of Fifty sixth street died at St Catharine's hospital after head injuries from a fall in a tavern washroom on Sunday night. Coroner ruled accidental death. He worked at Simmons company and belonged to the Simmons Federal Labor union. Survived by his mother Agnes Stiegman and four sisters. father died in 1936.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Leo W. Stiegman
Fifty-sixth Street
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Fiftyseventh
James A. Crossing
Stiegman
John Cunningham
George Hartung
Melvin Knox
Kenosha
Simmons Company
Simmons Federal Labor Union
Agnes Stiegman
Madison
Gladys Freeman
Waupun
Ben Turco
Ralph Koster
Quuntin Baker
Port Orchard
Wash
House Approves Seamen's Rights Bill in Wartime Merchant Marine
The House Merchant Marine committee approved a seamen's bill of rights granting about 250,000 Wartime Merchant Marine sailors education benefits similar to GI benefits. It would also provide disability protection and a $5,000 death allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House Merchant Marine Committee
Henhouse Flughtens 30 Setting Hens Survive Tornado
A Windsor Ontario report notes a tornado lifts a henhouse in Little River and drops it 40 feet away. Thirty setting hens inside remain unscathed, continuing to hover over undamaged eggs as the structure lands.
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Windsor
Ont
U.A
Little River
Australia Opposes British Plan on Spain At UN
Australia France and Mexico oppose a British bid to report Spain at the UN without a recommendation. The plan seeks to delay action against Franco Spain while the United States Soviet Union and other nations press for a consensus to submit the issue to the General Assembly with a conditional break.
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New York
Australia
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Council
General Assembly
Court of International Justice
Alexander Cadogan
France
Mexico
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Herbert V. Evatt
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Madrid
Promotion of Gen Clark Approved by Committee
The Senate Military Affairs committee approved the promotion of Gen. Mark Clark to permanent major general rank despite protests from Texas veterans. They argued his Rapido river battle strategy caused unnecessary casualties in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Mark Clark
Texas
Rapido River
Italy
Compromise Draft Extends Draft Age With 19-Year-Old Call
Senate and House conferees edge toward a compromise on World War II draft rules. They extend the law to March 31, 1947 and adopt a wage increase scale to spur volunteering while keeping 18-year-olds largely exempt. The 19-year-old call remains under debate as the panels seek final agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Army
Tornado Levels 100 Homes in Detroit Windsor Rampage
At least 20 people feared dead as a tornado grazed Detroit and Windsor, leveling more than 100 homes and injuring or missing many. Debris blanketed Melvindale River Rouge and Ojibway, with power outages and vast damage across the river area. Authorities extended search at daylight as rescue and recovery began.
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Grace Baptist
River Rouge
Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Ford Motor Company
Weather Bureau
Melvindale
Ojibway
West Sandwich
East Sandwich
South Sandwich
South
Lawmakers Seek Route to Save Draft After July First
Rep. Walter G. Andrews of New York traveled toward atomic test areas as a Senate House conference committee failed again to agree on a compromise bill to keep selective service alive after July 1. He left a proxy urging reinstatement of 18 and 19 year olds to the draft without restrictions amid the stalled talks.
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Washington
Walter G. Andrews
Senate House
Andrews
Pacific
Hopes Hatching Suit for Ostrich Born Father Plan
Los Angeles based Jim Moran plans to wear a Hollywood designed hatching suit to persuade an ostrich egg to accept him as a father. The outfit includes an ostrich plumed hat and green sweater with gold sequins, worn while Moran sits on the egg in a 25 day paternity ward setup after Eve the ostrich deserted the egg in a bird romance twist.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Jim Moran
Hollywood
Moran
Eve
Joe
Marie
Parade Entry Deadline Set for Fourth of July Parade
Kenosha organizations invited to participate in the homecoming parade were reminded that the entry deadline is near. Ross Phelps, parade committee chair, urged quick filings to finalize divisions and marching order for the July Fourth event. Final plans must be reported by June 27, with entries due beforehand. The procession forms south of Roosevelt road on 22nd avenue at 11:00 a.m. and travels north to Library park before dispersing.
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Kenosha
Ross Phelps
Phelps
American Legion
Roosevelt Road
22Nd Avenue
60Th Street
Moose
Library Park
Sixth Avenue
55Th Street
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Yarkon
War Office
London
Reuters
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Dynamatic Corp
Lincoln
Leo Stiegman
Oregon, Wis
William Stiegman
Oregon
Gromyko
Gen. Clark
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Representatives
Detroit River
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