Early Reports Show Multiple Home Potential In Kenosha
In the emergency housing survey funded by the Kenosha Chamber of Commerce for the municipal housing authority, workers survey residents to gauge the potential for converting single dwelling units into multiple homes. Matt Taylor, survey head, urges precinct leaders to finish reports by Saturday, with a full Kenosha study due by Wednesday night and a final ward captain meeting at city hall. City Manager A E Axtell praises progress and notes plans to contact property owners to convert suitable residences into multi-family housing.
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Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Housing Authority
Matt Taylor
Taylor
Kenosha
City Hall
A. E. Axtell
Prictinct
L. C. Jacobs
Mmes
J. P. Ludwig
Clarence Mata'as
Joseph Ruhle
Paul F. Hauser
Victor Frederking
Calix Zebrowski
Henry ~Eldt
Palmer Santapolo
William T. Hansen
Robert Cooper
Robert Hannahs
Clarence Scherer
Richard Scherer
Russell
Union Officers Convicted in Allis-Chalmers Picket Case
Milwaukee circuit judge Roland J. Steinle finds 26 members of Local 248 UAW-CIO and the union guilty of contempt in a dispute over Allis-Chalmers strike picketing. President Robert Buse, Vice President Joseph Dombek, and Recording Secretary Fred McStroul receive five month terms. Local 248 fined 250 dollars. Seventeen others get three month terms or 200 dollar fines. attorney to appeal.
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Milwaukee
Roland J. Steinle
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers
Robert Buse
House of Correction
Buse
Joseph Dombek
Fred McStroul
Stienle
Wisconsin Embayment Relations Board
Allis- Chalmers
Owen Lambert
State Assembly
Arthur Richter
Union
Taft to Air Views on Labor Union Control bill
Senator Taft of Ohio will deliver a radio speech tonight at 8 45 p m CST discussing the Taft Hartley labor union control measure. Secretary Jack Martin said the Senate Republican Policy chairman will go on Mutual Radio in a company hookup.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Jack Martin
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Congress Hands Rent Measure to President
The Senate passed a rent control bill granting a one year renewal of ceilings to March 1, 1948 and allowing 15 percent voluntary rent increases for leases through 1948. It ends government eviction controls, shifts eviction cases to state law, and creates neighborhood rent boards, with the bill now sent to President Truman for signature.
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Congress
Washington
U.P
Senate
Democrats
Truman
Capitol Hill
White House
John Sparkman
Ala
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Frank R. Creedon
Chicago Business Executive Found Dead in Drake Hotel
Charles F. Jenkins Jr., 60, general sales manager for Kimberly-Clark, of Menasha Wisconsin, was found dead in bed at the Drake yesterday. Police say he apparently died of a heart attack.
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Chicago
Charles F. Jenkins, Jr
Menasha, Wis
Kimberly-Clark Company
Drake Hotel
Jenkins
Kenosha Guard Headquarters Battery Preparations Unfold
Wisconsin Adjutant General announces inspection of Kenosha’s 126th Field Artillery Battalion as part of federal recognition efforts. Fifth Army officers will assess the unit on June 23 to determine National Guard status, with Lt Col Matt Taylor commanding and Capt Lyle Milligan named HQ Battery Commandant among about fifty enlisted members.
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Kenosha
126Th Field Artillery
Wisconsin National Guard
Wisconsin
John F. Mullen
Wisconsin 32Nd Infantry Division
Fifth Army
National Guard
W. F. Breidster
32Nd Division
Guard
Matt Taylor
126Th FA
Lyle F. Milligan
Frank J. Snyder
Charles W. Haubrich
Donald T. Otto
Russell K. Sesto
William J. Anderson
Truman Veto Exceeded by House Labor Bill Override
President lists major reasons for veto of Republican labor control bill. He cites strikes, communism, economic freedom, and human relations as grounds. He argues the measure would provoke more conflict, create a maze of procedures, unequal penalties, and state clashes with national policy.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Mr. Truman
Hardware adviser elected to national association board
Theodore Suennen of Hudson Wisconsin was elected to the advisory board of the National Retail Hardware Association yesterday at the final session of the convention. W C Judson of Big Rapids Michigan was elected a director.
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Cleveland
Theodore Suennen
Hudson
Wis
National Retail Hardware Association
W. C. Judson
Big Rapids
Mich
Kenosha Leaders Back Memorial Home Drive for Paraplegic Vet
Civic, governmental and business leaders join the Kenosha Veterans Council in a fundraiser to raise 15000 dollars for a memorial home for Bill Schnuck, Kenosha’s only World War II paraplegic veteran, with Peter Dahl directing and Fred Beckman handling publicity.
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Kenosha
Veterans’ Council
Peter Dahl
Fred Beckman
Kenosha Veterans’ Council
Bill’ Schnuck
Philippines
A. E. Axtell
Bill Schnuck
Kenoshans
James Webb
William
Bill” Schnuck
Kenosha Veterans Council
Kenoshan
Vets Access Expanded GI Loans and Insurance Details
Kenosha County veterans can obtain complete information on GI loans and insurance at the County Veterans Service office room 103 Courthouse. Wisconsin has increased the loan maximum to 1000 dollars for home farm or business purchases with required insurance coverage, praised for improving veteran rehabilitation.
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Kenosha County
Veterans Service Office
Evan R. Pfanmiller
Veterans’ Service
Planmiller
Bruce Eastman
Wisconsin
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
State
Veterans’ Affairs Department
Rail unions call for immediate negotiations on working rules
Five railroad brotherhoods ask 132 railroads to reopen talks over 45 changes in working rules for 350,000 train crew members. The unions seek no wage hikes and urge limits on passenger and freight train lengths, revised basic day, and pay while awaiting away-from-home terminals. Railroads must reply within 10 days and set a conference date within 30 days.
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Cleveland
WUA
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Former Skokie Chief Pleads Guilty to Malfeasance
Theodore Heinz, former Skokie police chief, pleaded guilty in criminal court to malfeasance in office and was fined $600. He was among five men acquitted last month of conspiracy to own and operate gambling devices in the northwest village. Judge John A. Sbarbaro ruled no conspiracy was proven.
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Chicago
Theodore Heinz
Skokie
John A. Sbarbaro
Patrolman Wins Eating Contest After Snack Stunt
Seattle police Patrolman Bill Hill grew hungry at 6 p m and began with two hamburger steaks four platters of spaghetti five cups of coffee and two dishes of ice cream. A couple of hours later he entered and won a steak eating derby consuming seven steaks and a strawberry sundae with a modest remark.
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Seattle
Bill Hill
Hill
Wisconsin Assembly Passes License Fees for Bakeries and Confectioneries
Madison bills authorizing a $5 license and inspection fee for bakers and confectioners win approval 56 to 27. The assembly also concurs 66 to 7 with a senate bill raising circuit judge salaries to 9,000 plus potential 2,000 supplements. It kills a Christmas tree dealer licensing plan 56 to 24. Both houses adjourn to next Tuesday.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Wisconsin Purple Heart Convention Opens in Appleton
About seven hundred delegates gathered in Appleton Wisconsin for the sixth annual Wisconsin Military Order of the Purple Heart convention opening today.
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Appleton
Wis
U.P
City meeting aids Displaced Persons program
The city-wide gathering at Wisconsin Gas and Electric building on Tuesday June 24 at 7 30 p m seeks to form a large local committee to aid Displaced Persons. Irve Zink of Milwaukee Citizens committee on Displaced Persons will speak and outline national aims to revise immigration law and expand resettlement opportunities. Local clergymen and Kenoshans are urged to attend.
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Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Committee On Displaced
United States
Europe
Irve Zink
Milwaukee Citizens Committee On Displaced Persons
Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee
National Committee On Displaced Persons
Senators at Truman Luncheon Discuss Labor Bill Veto
President Truman hosted 13 senators at a White House luncheon to urge careful reading of his veto message on the labor bill. Senator Russell reported that Truman gave no clear sign on whether any attendees would switch to supporting the veto.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
Russell
Jet Plane Sets World Speed Mark at 623.8 MPH
An army P80 R jet regained the U S speed record at 623 8 mph near Muroc California piloted by Col Albert Boyd of Ashville North Carolina The record compares with a 616 mph British Meteor mark and with wind speeds the P80 R reached 632 5 mph The run lasted 21 minutes and officials noted the wind as both aid and challenge.
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Army Air Forces
Washington
Muroc
Calif
United States
Mojave
Muroc Army Airfield
Albert Boyd
Ashville
N. C
Federation Aeronautiqae International
Paris
Col
Boyd
Air Forces’ Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Ohio
Col. Boyd
Col. S. A. Gilkey
Muroc Base
Col. Gilkey
Truman veto overridden as Taft Hartley passes in House
President Truman vetoed the Taft Hartley labor bill and the House approved it 331 to 83 despite the veto. The bill now goes to the Senate which is expected to override. Truman plans a national radio address while Taft outlines his side on MBS. The vote shifts the labor issue into the 1948 campaign and strains White House Congress cooperation.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Mr. Truman
MBS
White House Congress
Carroll Reece
Truman veto draws mixed reaction across parties
Washington reports a split response to President Truman’s veto of the Taft Hartley bill. AFL President William Green praised the veto as a defense of freedom in industrial relations, while Republican leaders denounced it as defiance of the people’s will and an alliance with subversive allies.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Truman
Green
Capitol
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Reece
Political Action Committee
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Congress
Revision of Overseas Visits Rules for GIs in Germany
Frankfurt reports the army revised visiting rules for American soldiers in Germany. Relatives by blood or marriage may now receive 15 day visits from cousins, mothers in law, or other relatives, expanding beyond the prior limit of only close relatives with major dependency.
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Frankfurt
Germany
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OPA
Pacific
R. S. Kingsley
Kenosha Evening News
D. P
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