Anti-Racket Bill Passes Senate Amid Truman Debate
The Hobbs anti racketeering bill clears the Senate in a swift voice vote as Truman weighs a veto. Senate leaders say the measure would curb obstruction of interstate commerce and unlawful strikes while supporters argue it protects lawful picketing and labor activity. Senator Hatch predicts the President will sign, while Pepper and Ball urge veto or decisive action.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
Zious
Capitol Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
DNM
New Mexico
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
CIO
Ball
R-Minn
Supreme Court
Aiken
House
Dallas Baker Hotel explosion kills seven in basement blast
Experts search for cause of the Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas which ruptured air conditioning pipes and released deadly ammonia gas. Seven dead, 41 injured. detectives and fire crews work through debris as insurance estimates reach 500000.
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Dallas
Tex
Bakers
Bobby Jack Payne
Harold Thurman
Canfield
Dubuque
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago
Baker Hotel
Drury Rules On Case Co. Letter in Racine Strike Case
Circuit Judge Alfred L. Drury ruled that a 1937 letter binding the open shop terms is no longer a binding agreement. The War Labor Board backed a 1943 contract, ending the letter, and the union had sought declaratory relief. The decision favors Local 180 of CIO United Automobile Workers amid a Racine Case Co. strike.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
CIO
United Automobile Workers Local 180
J. I. Case Co
Alfred L. Drury
Drury
War Labor Board
Local 180
AFL
Well-Dressed Bandit Robs Cudahy Tavern
Milwaukee police search for a smartly dressed bandit who robbed a Cudahy tavern of $2,000 yesterday. Alex Bukowski a 37 year old tavern employee said the armed robber locked him in a washroom and took the money from a drawer.
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Milwaukee
Cudahy
Alex Bukowski
Poland Enters Atomic Control Talks With Simple Plan
Poland proposes a straightforward basis for world atomic control to replace the U S and Soviet programs. France and Australia reportedly study plans. Alexandre Parodi met Bernard Baruch as Oscar Lange prepares to present the Polish proposal next Tuesday at the United Nations atomic commission. Modzelewski’s earlier London brief urged exchange of discoveries for humanity, UN supervision of peaceable use, and abolition of mass destruction arms. The U S doubts Russia style punishment provisions can work, as discussions continue.
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New York
Poland
France
Australia
United Atomic Energy Commission
Alexandre Parodi
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Atomic Commission
Oscar Lange
Lange
Commission
General Assembly
London
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Modzelewski
United Nations
U.N
Russia
Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
County Asked to Name Centennial Planning Group
Wisconsin prepares for the 1948 centennial with counties forming local committees. Kenosha County receives guidance from State Senator R. P. Robinson to include key officials and reach a ten member or larger group. The plan covers local celebrations and cooperation with the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at State Fair Park. County Board will act at next meeting.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha County
John C. Niederprim
R. P. Robinson
State Fair Park
Niederprim
County Board of Supervisors
Price Controls Near Agreement Amid Senate House Talks
Conferees from the Senate and House neared completion on a compromise price control bill. The plan would allow manufacturers to charge October 1941 prices plus increased costs, with increases passed to consumers. It seeks to lift controls on agricultural commodities and allow higher prices for durable consumer goods, though doubt remains over presidential approval.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Alben W. Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
OPA
Taft
Jesse P. Wolcott
R.-Mich
Kenneth Wherry
R.-Neb
Conference
Truman
Court Refuses to Act on Petition to Stop Election
Five are hurt in 11 city and county traffic mishaps in Kenosha and the county overnight. Police report five injuries with no serious harm. Details describe multiple rear end crashes, swerves, and a missing driver.
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Kenosha
Sarah Ruebsamen
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Sheridan Road
Helen Covelli
Sixteenth Avenue
Leonard Swanson
Fifty-ninth Street
Kenosha Hospital
Joseph Roemer
Twenty-third Avenue
Byrnes and Molotov Report Progress in Big Four Talks
Signs emerge from a private dinner between Secretary Byrnes and Foreign Minister Molotov as four power talks edge toward compromise on Trieste. Officials say no public statements were made as ministers debate core issues and a possible division of Europe remains a risk.
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Paris
U.P
Foreign Ministers Council
James F. Byrnes
W. M. Molotov
Molotov
Byrnes
Trieste
Byrness
Council
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Hotel
Meurice
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Russia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Wisconsin Supreme Court Declines to Force Reapportionment
The Wisconsin supreme court unanimously ruled it lacks power to compel the legislature to reapportion legislative districts. Justice Fairchild said no action could be effective, so the court declined jurisdiction on a petition by Attorney General Martin for two WWII veterans seeking to block the August primary. The decision ends the case, with the court recessing until September 9.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Fairchild
John E. Martin
Gaylord Nelson
Clear Lake
Ervin M. Brunner
Assembly
Senate
Martin
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Offers to Trade Sedan for Flour Described in Newark
Frank Pomice said four farmers offered to trade 350 bags of flour for his 1946 four door sedan to keep his bakery running another month. He planned to pick an offer today and finalize the trade.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Frank Pomice
Pomice
Waukegan Man Dies of Auto Crash Injuries
Charles Dawson 39 of Waukegan Ill died en route to a Portage hospital after an automobile collision on Highway 33 between Cambria and Friesland.
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Portage
Wis
Charles Dawson
Waukegan
Cambria
Friesland
Atomic Bomb Over Bikini Explosions Describe Test Types
Aboard the USS Appalachian en route to Bikini naval officials outline three test options for atomic weapons. The July 1 laboratory type will measure the bomb in air, the July 20 harbor type explodes under lagoon water near ships, and a deep water test aims to assess ship design resistance. The goal is to learn destruction limits and safety distances for ships and men.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Death Claims Harry Musler
Harry Musler aged 52, owner of the Musler Smart Women’s Wear Shop, died early today at Kenosha hospital after a long illness. He lived at 529 Seventy First Street and had been a Kenosha resident 11 years. Born October 1, 1893 in New York City, he previously lived in Waterbury and Albany. He was a member of Beth Hillel Temple, B’nai B’rith Kenosha, and the local Chamber of Commerce. Surviving are his widow and six brothers and one sister.
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Harry Musler
Musler
Smart Women's Wear
Kenosha Hospital
First Street
New York City
Jacob Musler
Waterbury
Conn
Albany
N. Y
Kenosha
Beth Hillel Temple
B'nai B'rith
Chamber of Commerce
Jules Musler
Schenectady
Saul
New Haven
Bernard
Glens Falls
Cass
Mt. Vernont
Louis
White Plains
Manuel
Walter S. Gross
Schenectady, N. Y
Neenah Man Killed in Gravel Pit Accident
Neenah Wisconsin Frank Geiger 36 was fatally injured yesterday when pinned between a truck and a loading platform at a gravel pit authorities said.
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Neenah
Neenah, Wis
Frank Geiger
Boys Dig Up Barrel of Silver in Oklahoma City Loot
Two children found a buried barrel of coins behind the Shawnee home of Mrs. Faye Lowther. FBI investigators identify the haul as loot from a Texas bank robbery led by Matt Kimes. The cache was worth about $19,883 at the robbery time.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
FBI
Texas
Matt Kimes
Shawnee
Faye Lowther
Lowther
Ollie Nelton
Kimes
Morton
D. A. Brice
Little Rock
Ark
Southwest
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John Fies
Union
Walter Anderson
Sixty-fifth Street
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Swanson
Anderson
Karl Rudolph
Twentieth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Charles Pinnola
Sixty-second Street
Joseph Rudolph
Zicarelli
Homer Williams
Herbert Heckel
Twenty Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Norman Schacht
Heckel
Schacht
Donald Murphy
Thirtieth Avenue
Phillip Gentile
Twenty-second Avenue
Norwest
Eleventh Avenue
Fifty Fourth Street
Sheriff's Department
Bristol Township
Dorothy J. Winfield
Box 205
Bristol
E. J. Herron
Kansasville
Herron
Ellen Winfield
Margaret Owens
Associated Press
Army Air Forces
General Electric Air Research Demonstration
Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
Victory
A. E. Axtell
Queen's Court of Honor
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