Franco's Spain Denounces Hostile Acts by France and Communists
Madrid reports General Franco's government says France sponsors attacks on the Spanish frontier and that Spanish or French Communists with French authorities’ complicity have engaged in terrorism inside Spain. It cites a 5,000 exile force crossing the frontier in October 1943 and criticizes France over mistreatment of Spanish Republican exiles and attacks on consulates.
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Madrid
U.P
Francisco Franco
Franco
France
Spain
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Spellman
Pranco
Com.munique
Algiers
Hendaye
Iran
Paris
Watertown Fire Ravages Malting Plant Destroying Eight-Story Section
Fire at the Fleischmann Malting plant in Watertown Wisconsin gutted the eight story eastern section covering a block. Officials estimated a 200000 loss with total damage reaching 700000 as crews from nearby towns aided in fighting the blaze that burned about three hours. Firefighters used riot guns to shoot windows to reach the flames while the malthouse survived.
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Watertown
Wis
Fleischmann Malting Company
Harry Schlueter
Schlueter
Fort Atkinson
Jefferson
Ixonia
Johnson Creek
Oconomowoc
Proper Improper In Trolley Brawl Over Lunch
Chicago police arrest Charles Proper after a street car brawl over a lunch box. He struck conductor Charles Cox and motorman Mathias Spergler, smashed eight windows, and fled the car before being found hiding under a nearby car. Judge N J Benelli fined him fifty dollars for highly improper conduct.
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Chicago
UPC
Charles Proper
Charles Cox
Proper
Cox
Mathias Spergler
Spiegler
N. J. Benelli
Jamaicans to Be Available Here for Farm Work in March May
Kenosha county farmers must file requests by March 7 for foreign labor during March April and May. Jamaicans or West Indies workers likely. no prisoners of war this year. Farms must provide housing and sanitary facilities. Mexican workers uncertain.
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Kenosha County
E. A. Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Erven J. Long
Wisconsin
West Indies
Tragic Fire Claims Magnus Larson in Westby Home
Magnus Larson aged 53 perished in a fatal blaze that consumed his single residence in Westby Wisconsin yesterday. Fire officials reported the cause remained undetermined as investigators began examination of the scene.
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Westby
Wis
Magnus Larson
Brass Union Votes Against Walkout Here
Brass and Copper Workers Local 19322 AFL voted to stay on the job at American Brass after a strike proposal failed to reach the three-fourths required by the AFL. More than half approved the strike, but 197 ballots short of the needed margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brass and Copper Workers
AFL
American Brass Company
American Federation of Labor
R. Merrill Rhey
Brass and Copper Workers Local 19322
U.S. and Britain Confer on Soviet Iran Troop Withdrawal
President Truman urges full support for a $100 million Red Cross fundraising drive as the war continues for many Red Cross workers and hospital-bound service members. He lauds volunteers, stresses Red Cross aid to troops overseas and veterans, and calls for nationwide participation.
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Truman
Nation
Red Cross
Washington
WAP
Indiana Probes Double Slaying in Bloomington Area
Bodies of Russell Koontz a 42 year old Empire Stone supervisor and Phyllis Coleman a 32 year old Bloomington creamery stenographer were found in a swamp near the abandoned hunter stone mill four miles northwest of Bloomington. Koontz was clubbed to death and Coleman strangled after being bound and gagged. Investigators say Koontz left his office midday and Coleman left hers around the same time as Koontz’s abandoned car was found near the mill.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hunter Stone
Here
Albert H. Skirvin
Russell Koontz
Empire Stone Company
Phyllis Coleman
Koontz
Six Families Homeless After Roosevelt Theater Fire
Six families totaling eighteen people lost homes in a February 21 blaze that gutted second floor apartments in the Roosevelt theater building. Red Cross aid offered as families seek permanent housing, with two families relocating to Chicago and others staying with friends or relatives in Kenosha. None were hurt though children were awakened and aided by family members.
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Roosevelt Theater
Red Cross
Roosevelt Road
Chi
Cago
Walter Schindler
William Greenberg
Kenosha
Robin Cooper
George Weisberg
Jacob Houtsinger
Ed Babros
Five Wrecks One Hurt Here
A 70 year old Kenoshan, Cazmir Lukaukas, was injured while alighting a Kenosha bus at Sixtieth street and Thirty-fifth avenue. He suffered a bruised forehead and leg after the door closed on him. Police said five separate auto crashes occurred overnight with no injuries.
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Kenoshan
Sixtieth Street
Thirty-fifth Avenue
Cazmir Lukaukas
Ben Platt
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Twenty Second Avenue
Norbert Bonn
Sixth Avenue
Bonn
Kenosha
Dan Otter
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-second Avenue
Hamilton Long to Speak at Kenosha High
Hamilton Long veteran of two world wars and New York Bar member will speak at Kenosha High School on Tuesday March 12 addressing whether America will permit peace. The speaker, author of a controversial World Politics manuscript, emphasizes individual responsibility and the need to prevent a third world war.
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Hamilton Long
New York Bar Association
Mississippi
Kenosha
America
Long
306Th
15Th Air Force
Europe
Chicago
Pauley weighs slim chance of Navy undersecretary post
Edwin W. Pauley faced a blunt Democratic warning that he cannot win Senate confirmation as navy undersecretary. The vote was postponed as the Senate naval affairs committee recessed hearings to Wednesday, while Pauley prepared his defense and considered a withdrawal of the nomination amid party pressure from Hannegan Clark O Neal.
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Washington
U.P
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Pauley
Senate
Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Tom C. Clark
Sam O'Neal
Churchills Leave Florida for Washington Vacation Ends
Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Mrs Churchill finish a six week Florida vacation and depart Miami for Washington aboard a private car attached to the Florida East Coast Champion.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Winston Churchill
Florida
Washington
New York
Winners Named In Navy League Essay Contest
Angelyn Van Kerkwoode, 17, wins for “What the United States Navy means to me” in Kenosha Council Navy League essay contest. Joyce Polansky takes second, Richard Markus of Winthrop Harbor third. Winners advance to state committee for national selection. contest ran Nov 1945 to Jan 30 1946 with 62 entries.
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Angelyn van Kerkwoode
United States Navy
Kenosha Council
Navy League
Joyce Polansky
Fifty Second Street
Richard Markus
Winthrop Harbor
Kenosha Council Navy League
Hugh Rafferty
Albert J. Tanck
Dwight T. John
William Doscher
Kenosha High School
Wisconsin
Lutheran High School
Kemper Hall
Kenosha
Charles Werner
Charles Nash Miller
Willis H. Schulte
Byron Till
Pedestrian Dies After Hit On Highway 42 Outside Racine
Henry Otto Kranz a 53 year old Racine resident was killed when struck by an automobile as he crossed Highway 42 near the southern Racine outskirts. The driver was Leonard Wosyk 28 of Racine authorities said.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
Henry Otto Kranz
Highway 42
Kranz
Leonard Wosyk
Racine County
Former Kenoshan Honored on 100th Birthday in Cadett
Civil War veteran Lansing Wilcox, 100, will be feted at a Cadett dinner hosted by the American Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic. He serves as Wisconsin GAR department commander and is a past national senior vice commander and former Cadett postmaster. He planned to attend Kenosha’s 80th GAR Encampment June 9-12.
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Cadett
Wis
Lansing Wilcox
American Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilcox
Wisconsin Gar
Kenosha
80Th
GAR
Navy protests Soviet attacks on U S planes near Manchuria
The United States denounces two Soviet attacks on American planes off the Manchurian coast and objects to Russia’s removal of industrial equipment from Manchuria. The navy calls one strike hostile and the other unjustifiable while a State Department note asserts Russia has no right to strip assets in the former puppet state. The Port Arthur Dairen area is cited with Dairen listed as a free port under Russo-Chinese treaty administration by China. The incidents occurred in October and last month.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Manchurian
Red Army
State Byrnes
Moscow
Navy
Nct
State Department
Manchuria
Port Arthur Dairen
Dairen
China
U.S
OPA Holds 30 Tons of Red Elephant Tokens
The OPA reports 30 tons of unused red tokens collected from eight midwestern states. Stored in a warehouse, the 432 square foot pile weighs on the floor under guard as officials seek economical disposal. Some blue tokens were recalled but cannot be reused and must be destroyed or defaced.
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Opa
Chicago
U.P
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Indiana
Parcel Post and Railway Express
Britain Protests Soviet Iran Troop Stay Beyond Deadline
London officials say Britain and possibly the United States will file a joint protest over the Soviet decision to keep troops in Iran beyond the March 2 deadline. Bevin led the response after clashes in the UN Security Council.
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London
U.P
Foreign Office
Britain
United States
Iran
Red Army
Aberbaijan
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UNO Security Council
Ahmed Ghavami
Moscow
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes confronts Soviet Iran occupation stance
Secretary Byrnes faced a blunt Soviet reply as Moscow kept parts of Iran under occupation, countering his nonappeasement policy. The move followed his speech asserting troops cannot remain in foreign lands without consent, pressuring Byrnes to protest or seek Iranian consent. The administration frets about critics demanding a tougher line toward Moscow.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
James F. Byrnes
Iran
Moscow
Persia
Byrne
Byrnes
United Press Today
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Vandenberg
Lewis Files Strike Notice for 400 000 Miners
John L. Lewis acting for about 400,000 miners filed a strike notice with the National Labor Relations Board, Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, and the Wage Stabilization Board. He also asked to reopen wage talks with bituminous operators on March 12 in Washington, while miners continue to work for 30 days.
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John Madison
Madison
AFL
Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Wage Stabilization Board
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Eft
White House
Herbert Hoover
Exiles In Attack
Brass Union
Mr. Truman
Basil O'Connor
The
American Red Cross
Army of Red Cross Fund
Hamilton
Kenosha High
Churchills
U. S
Port Arthur
Congress
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