Governor Rennebohm urges taxes for veterans and schools
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm told the Legislature it must raise revenue. He pressed for more funds for the veterans housing program school aid and UW while opposing a 1000 mile expansion of the state highway network. He urged housing authority bills and statewide reapportionment and backed stronger lobbying controls.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
University of Wisconsin
National
Senate-Assembly
Walter S. Goodland
Goodland
Wisconsin
Veterans
Veterans Trust
Aist
Kenosha Establishes Federally Recognized National Guard Unit
The city celebrates the activation of the 126th FA Battalion with Lt. Col. Matt Taylor as new commander. Captain Lyle Milligan transfers Company D of the Wisconsin State Guard to the battalion, ending the local State Guard era after 1941. Officer appointments include 1st Lt. Haubrich, 1st Lt. Otto, and 2nd Lt. Anderson as staff, with 27 enlisted forming the cadre. Continued details appear on Page Five.
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Kenosha
Matt Taylor
126Th FA
National Guard
Wisconsin State Guard
Milwaukee District
Fifth United States Army
Lyle F. Milligan
126Th Battalion
State Guard
A. E. Axtell
Howard G. Coates
National
Daniel T. Workizer
Milwaukee
Fifth Army
Taylor
Milligan
Frank Snyder
Charles W. Haubrich
Donald T. Otto
William J. Anderson
Horace Mellon
John D. Alexander
Melvin Rabadeau
Rosendorf
32Nd Division
Evening News
Protos State Guard
Frank N. Leakey
Purdy
Racine
Lyle I. Yorkson
Frank Harvell
E. P. Kneipper
Ray E. Stacy
George J. Menden
WAC
Audrey Menden
Wisconsin Assembly Finishes Bill To Outlaw Public Utilities Strikes
Legislation banning strikes by public utilities passed the Wisconsin assembly 54 to 41 and moves to the governor for approval or veto. The bill imposes fines or jail terms for violations and mandates compulsory arbitration of disputes except railroads. The session also advanced reapportionment and county government measures.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Oshkosh Man Electrocuted While Trimming Trees
Oshkosh Wisconsin John S. Kitts Jr 24 electrocuted yesterday while trimming trees for Wisconsin Public Service Corp. He stood on a limb sawed another limb which fell across a 7200 volt line car, completing a circuit through his body. His mother Mrs John S Kitts Sr recently was elected state president of the women's auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans.
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Oshkosh
Wis
John S. Kitts, Jr
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Kitts
John S. Kitts
Women
The
Disabi
American Veterans
Father suffocates seven month old daughter in Michigan case
Mason Michigan police captain said Clifford Mangar twenty three admitted suffocating his seven months old daughter Myra because he did not want anyone else to have her. He described placing his hand over her nose and mouth for about three minutes then covering her with a blanket in her baby buggy.
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Mason
Mich
Lawrence J. Meehan
Clifford Mangar
Myra
Meehan
Mangar
Rev West Tells of Experimental Military Camp
Chaplain North E West reported from Fort Knox Kentucky on the experimental unit showing moral religious and educational gains from universal military training He said the War Department expects a good soldier to be morally upright and spiritually grounded and outlined opportunities beyond military skill for young men in the six month course He noted the national plan could educate a million youths annually under the program quoting Gen Thomas Devine on the expert view.
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North E. West
Fort Knox
Reserve Officers’ Association
War Department
West
Chaplain West
Gen
Thomas Devine
House OKs Voice of America broadcasts measure
The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing Voice of America broadcasts and State Department foreign information and cultural programs. The roll call was 272 to 97.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Voice of America
State Department
Night Flight of Goodyear Blimp Over Kenosha
The Goodyear blimp Puritan will fly tonight over Kenosha weather permitting, delivering lit news bulletins 18 feet tall in a chain around the 250 foot airship. The craft, from Palwaukee Illinois, is the largest non rigid airship to operate in the area and will support a summer schedule of news hops for the Kenosha Evening News and C. H. Lockwood company.
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Kenosha
New York
Times Square
Brilliant News
Goodyear
Navy
C. H. Lockwood Company
Payments of conscience money stir New York city finances
Since October 15, 1945 a single anonymous donor has sent in one dollar weekly as conscience money for trolley rides taken without payment. City treasurer officials note about two thousand dollars total from such gifts over the past two years and remain curious about the donor.
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New York
Standard Oil allocates gasoline across 12 states
Standard Oil announces a summer allocation system in 12 of 15 states with retail outlets, effective June to August. Dealers will decide how to share supplies with customers as supplies align with last year's delivery levels while demand has risen about 15 percent since 1946.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Price of corn tops $2 per bushel on Chicago Board
Corn for July delivery climbed to a new all time high on the Chicago Board of Trade reaching $2.01 per bushel. The break marks the second new high in two weeks surpassing the 1919 record of $1.99.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Fourth of July Festivity Plans Announced Here
Leo C. Meyer announces city wide Fourth of July events sponsored by the American Legion with city council and county board cooperation. Activities include street dancing fireworks display band concert and contests culminating in a morning ball game and an afternoon bicycle and doll buggy parade at Simmons Beach with cash prizes for top finishers and youth participants aged eight to fourteen.
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The
American Legion
Leo C. Meyer
Simmons Beach
Frank Bartell
Soviet Tankers Built for U S Government Ships
House Merchant Marine committee chairman Weichel said Soviet operated tankers carrying oil to Russia were built for the U S government years ago. One voyage from California carried 123,895 barrels of gasoline and 12,500 barrels of oil. Two others departed earlier this month with 113,000 barrels of oil. Three more tankers loading in California may depart before export controls resume on June 30. The Commerce Department announced reimposition of controls to protect domestic supply and ensure U S exports aid world recovery. Controls apply to all nations except Canada and expire next Monday midnight unless extended by Congress.
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Washington
Weichell
Ohio
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
U. S
California
Weichel
Commerce Department
Canada
Congress
Kraft Food Co executive dies after illness
Beaver Dam Wisconsin obituary reports R Huth production manager for Kraft Foods Wisconsin and Minnesota plants died after a four month illness at age 49.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Herman R. Huth
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kraft Food Co
Miners Walkout in Labor Act Protests Across States
More than 123000 soft coal miners in seven states walked out in protest against Taft Hartley after Congress overrode President Truman. Spreading from Alabama to Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the strike affects hundreds of mines and follows wage talks with operators.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama
Senate
Truman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
UMW
Virginia
San Francisco Cio Council
CIO
Phillip Murray
R. E. Farr
United Steel Workers
South East
William Green
Harbert and Ferrier Even At 18 Hole PGA Final
Detroit pro Mark Harbert from Northville and Australian-born Jim Ferrier of San Francisco were all square at the 18 hole mark in the 36 hole PGA championship final at Plum Hollow.
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Detroit
Melvin
Chick) Harbert
Northville
Mich
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Plum Hollow
Motorcyclist in Critical Condition After City Crash
Alfred Marco 18 of 5524 Thirty first avenue remained in critical condition at St Catherine's Hospital a day after his motorcycle collided with a bicycle ridden by Steve Salahas 15 of 4703 Sheridan road on Seventh avenue near Washington road. Marco suffered a fractured skull and upper body bruises. Also injured were Salahas with head and hand bruises and William Schmitt 18 of 5533 Thirty first avenue a passenger who had cuts to his right hand and leg. The crash occurred at 9 50 p m when Salahas turned onto Washington road into the motorcycle. Schmitt jumped off the cycle and avoided serious injury. Police and hospital staff described the boy's condition as critical today.
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Alfred Marco
St. Catherine's Hospital
Steve Salahas
Sheridan Road
Seventh Avenue
Washington Road
Marco
Salahas
William Schmitt
Thirty-first Avenue
Schmitt
St. Catherine’s
George Petersen
Mike Bruno
Frank Metalski
Ralph Fox
Dominic Corradini
Judge OKs Sun Bathing Neighbors Warned in Tennessee
Memphis judge rules backyards may host sunbathing in abbreviated outfits while noncompliant neighbors face legal consequences. A 58 year old woman was ordered to post a $50 peace bond for six months after she threatened the sunbathers and caused neighborhood disturbance.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Bacon
Bacon
Truman Calls Conference on Enforcing Law
President Truman summoned the National Labor Relations Board to a White House conference on enforcing the Taft Hartley act. Labor from coast to coast escalated with wildcat strikes and pledges to fight the law in courts, Congress, and at the polls. Miners led by John L. Lewis stayed silent as 100000 plus workers walked out across seven states.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
White House
Congress
John L. Lewis
Senate
House
Charles G. Ross
Germany to the Topic at Parley
British officials signaled a new effort to win Soviet consent on Germany’s economic unity as a prelude to uniting Europe under the Marshall plan. Under Secretary William L. Clayton held talks ahead of the Paris meetings of foreign secretaries, with Bevin stressing Russia’s agreement is needed before a broader assembly.
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London
U.P
Germany
Europe
U. S
William L. Clayston
Britain
France
Russia
Paris
Ernest Bevin
Clayton
Clement R. Attlee
Bevin
Kentucky youth held on murder charges in parents' death
Robert Bates, 25, a member of a southern Kentucky family, is jailed in Tomkinsville charged with murder in connection with the slaying of his parents. Monroe County Attorney A. P. Carter said Bates, a European theater veteran, claimed he did not remember the double killing from Sunday night.
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Tomkinsville
Monroe County
A. P. Carter
Robert Bates
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Rev. West
Standard Oil
U.S
Kraft
Omaha
Neb
Harry B. Coffee
Union Stockyards Company
CIO United Packinghouse
Coffee
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearney
N. J
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Federal Ship
Sacramento
Cal
Harbert
Ferrier
Milo Scott
Twenty Third Avenue
Pete Zaionic
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Charles Kirkman
Seventy-third Street
Clyde Herbert
Fifth Avenue
Kirkman
Harvey Osborn
James Lyons
Michigan City
Ind
Sheriff's Office
Silver Lake
Lyon
Bethlehem Steel Co
Savannah Machine and Foundry Co
Savannah
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