Muskegon Faces Postwar Slump With 13000 Out of Work
Muskegon Michigan endures a postwar recession as 13 000 residents remain unemployed. City leaders labor unions and officials seek solutions with Governor Williams calling Muskegon the state's most critical unemployment spot. The wartime boomtown faces wholesale layoffs and a grim job market.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon
Mich
U.P
United States
Chamber of Commerce
The
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
Eugene O’neill
the Compensation Commission
G. Mennen Williams
Morris M. Allen
Alabama
Unemployed Families Face Rising Relief Demand in Muskegon
Five child family provider Allen works part time as a substitute cab driver earning 1.25 a day for two days weekly plus 33.10 every two weeks. Unemployed workers, many Negro, seek relief as housing and medical aid rise. Welfare director projects 1050 relief families by July 1, 100 percent higher than a year ago. Stores report 300 to 400 welfare orders monthly, while business and theater attendances fall sharply. Civic leaders urge President Roosevelt for defense orders and ERP purchases amid renewed calls for national aid.
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Allen
Joseph Francois
Fairview
Muskegon County
E. H. Martin
Truman
Girl Held for Father's Death in Newark
A 22 year old mother, Marie Steinhauser, was found in a hysterical state with her father Ed ward A. McMahon Sr, 67, dead from 51 hatchet wounds in their Newark kitchen. The Essex County prosecutor said she will be charged with murder and the medical examiner cited temporary psychosis after birth as the likely cause. The suspect was hospitalized in the city hospital psychopathic ward. the baby is six weeks old.
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Newark
N. J
Essex County
Edward Gaulkin
Marie Steinhauser
Gaulkin
Edward A. McMahon, Sr
Harrison S. Martland
Safecrackers raid Deerfield area stores and garages
Safecrackers prowled Deerfield Wisconsin last night stealing safes from a garage lumber company store and a farmer’s cooperative They abandoned two safes after taking cash and securities and officers have not yet totaled the loss.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Deerfield
Four-Year-Old Boy Slain Near Capitol in Lansing
The body of Walter Eaton was found in a dim parking lot four blocks from Michigan's capitol. Police say he was assaulted and killed sometime after 10 p.m. yesterday. A broken beer bottle and Pee Wee’s tricycle were found nearby as detectives search local boardinghouses for a suspect, including an elderly man seen tying a rope around another boy’s neck.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan
Walter
Pee- Wee) Eaton
Pee Wee
Ray Gorsline
Airport Fire Arson Hearing Adjourned
Green Bay Wisconsin preliminary arson hearing for Louis J Quarterman passenger agent for Wisconsin Central Airlines was adjourned until June 30. He denies setting fire to the company's terminal on May 22 in connection with an airport blaze.
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Green Bay
Wis
Louis J. Quarterman
Quarterman
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Russian Arms Claim disputed by U S officials
American officials dismissed Moscow’s assertion that Soviet arms alone defeated Germany. They cited U S built materiel marked with red stars including 14 795 airplanes 7 056 tanks 427 386 jeeps and trucks 8218 anti aircraft guns and 345 735 tons of explosives among allied aid and Western power contributions.
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Washington
U.P
Moscow
Germany
U. S
Possible Soviet Move Over WWII Equipment Debt
The remark suggests a possible Soviet maneuver to avoid paying part of the $11 billion of American equipment shipped to Russia during World War II.
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Russia
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