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Newspaper

Kenosha Evening News

Location

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1946

Page

6

Local Price Listings Include Varied Rates

The snippet shows prices of 25 cents and 5 cents, with yearly figures of 6.00 dollars or 1000 dollars, suggesting a range of rates or fees quoted in the periodical.

Draft proposals forge path to extended selective service

Washington report notes Senate House conference progress toward a compromise on extending the draft beyond the current stopgap to March 31 1947. Pending terms include keeping 18 year olds exempt while 19 year olds are drafted and raising the age to 45, with service benefits matching those not yet called.

Washington Senate House Conference Committee House Senate

Kenosha plant expansion linked to Eaton spurs growth

Welcome news from Kenosha confirms Dynamatic Corporation, now affiliated with Eaton Manufacturing, will build a large addition to its local plant. The expansion will more than triple output and add 280 workers to the payroll.

Kenosha Dynamatic Corporation Dynamatic Corporation of Eaton Manufacturing Company

Rhinelander Considers Parking Meters As City Grows

Wisconsin towns move to test parking meters to solve congestion. Rhinelander suggests meters could fund future municipal parking areas and accelerate traffic flow while not expanding total space. Other cities like Kenosha may consider this approach.

Kenosha Wisconsin Rhinelander Rhinelander News

Heroism in the Chicago fire seen in acts of duty

A Chicago fire story highlights heroism from a telephone operator who stayed at her switchboard to warn guests and died from smoke. A seeing eye dog led its blind mistress to safety from a 11th floor fire escape, while nearly sixty others perished.

Chicago Texas

New Lord Mayor Sir Maurice Jenks Died Amid Modern Claims

The wife of Sir Maurice Jenks, Lord Mayor of London, complained of eerie groans in the official residence attributed to shrinking woodwork. Jenks, an accountant by trade, was noted as only the second person from his profession to hold the office and had earlier modernist feats such as flying to the post. The piece also notes a nylons invention and questions its stretch.

Sir Maurice Jenks London Maurice Maurice Jenks

We Ought to Be Ashamed By James Thrasher

A national bread shortage analysis warns against hoarding and selfishness. The piece argues that voluntary restraint could ease scarcity, criticizes inflation and inefficiency, and urges compassionate behavior amid wartime style shortages. Names none.

James Thrasher OPA

Settlement of seven maritime unions eases labor unrest

The Washington Column notes a maritime settlement reduces active disputes to under 300 affecting about 143000 workers. It suggests the agreement may signal the end of a labor reconversion fight or only the first round, with future wage talks and price controls shaping the next period of labor relations.

Washington NEA U. S U. S. Conciliation Service Department of Labor Allis-Chalmers J. I. Case UMW District 50 Columbia Chemicals CIO Auto Mack Truck and White Motors AFL Carpenters Cleveland Redwood Lumbermen California AFL Seafarers Union CIO Maritime Unions CIO Bureau of Labor Statistics Congress Harry Bridges Walter Reuther

Little Pilgrims and the Book Beloved at Mission Hall

In Mission hall the St. Agnes guild of St. Andrew's Mission presented The Little Pilgrims and the Book Beloved a missionary pageant featuring Roma Truax Louise Obermiller Charles Kostermenke Melroy Kane Edna Gross Lillian Smith Jennie Poleski Ann L Tzbarski Gladys Zell George Evers Justin Barber Walter Johnson Susan Poleski Edward Follen Marjorie Kostermenke Bertha Evers Cyril Holderness Alice Evers Robert Walker Malcolm Holm Dorothy Holderness Robert Larson Laretta Cronin Gertrude Zell Hugh Southmayd Irene Cavan van Marian Stringer and Mildred Marshall. Washington school eighth grade class play The Fascinating Fanny Brown presented by Walter Rosing Robert Jarger John Seniewaski Alice Hahn Celia Bain Portia Alleman Marcella Klotz Ruth Murray Sarah Schultz. Winners of the Jackie Coogan contest held by the Majestic theater were Allan Sershon who won a six months theater pass and James Easton who won a three months pass.

St. Agnes

McKenney on Bridge: A Sacrifice Against Four Hearts

Lt. Col. Richmond H. Skinner recaps a bridge hand where East cashes hearts, North trumps, and South takes five diamonds as a sacrifice. The colonel's plan hinges on diamonds breaking two-two, yielding six diamonds and five clubs to defend against a makeable four hearts.

Richmond H. Skinner Chestnut Hill Mass East North Declarer South West

Immigrant pressures mount as Palestine crisis grows

DeWitt Mackenzie notes signs urging swift action on Jewish immigration to Palestine. He cites mass displacement in Germany and the British zone, with 355,000 displaced persons under American care, and a Bevin stance against immediate 100,000 Jewish immigration to Palestine. The Palestine crisis deepens as debates and UN relief moves unfold.

Palestine Holy Land Frankfurt Germany High Command United States Army Reich Belsen Europe Land American Inquiry Committee Displaced Persons Branch Bevin Labor Party England America House of Commons Attlee Anglo-American Committee New York United Nations Economic and Social Council Austria

May 1946 employment peaks with 55.32 million jobs

The census bureau reports 55,320,000 Americans employed in May 1946, a record high and 1.05 million above July 1945. War veterans and civilians account for the rise, with farm jobs up and non farm positions steady. unemployment figures differ among agencies.

Washington Census Bureau MS A el Social Security Board Veterans Administration Japan

Barbs and Breakfast Quotes Highlight Weekend Commentary

A collection of light anecdotes and quotes covers sports parenting soap shortages and weekend driving reports. The Agricultural Department warns soap shortages may persist for years while medical advice stresses a good breakfast to start the day.

Agricultural Department

Queer Tales Of Bridges Include Devil's Bridge Legends

Strange bridge legends recount lives lost in construction and cursed works. Tales span Switzerland's Teufel s Bridge over the Reuss and France s Pont Valentie over the Lot with bargains with Satan and a sieve thwarting the devil s plan.

Switzerland Reuss Satan

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