100 000 on Strike At Packing Plants
Pickets form at meat plants nationwide as 100000 CIO Workers are called out to strike over a 29 cent wage demand while 150000 other plant workers remain at work. Truman urged delay for a fact finding board. strike proceeds under Taft Hartley.
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Chicago
CIO
Truman
AFL
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Swift
Armour
Wilson, Cudahy and
Morrell
New York
Los Angeles
Wilson & Co
Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Armour & Co
John Morrell & Co
Ohio
Utah
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Wyoming
Indiana
Tennessee
Colorado
UMW
Lewis
Welfare Board
Rent Ceiling Rollback Defeated in House Vote
The House rejected Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas’s bid to roll back wartime rent ceilings 117 to 29. The debate highlighted a substitute for extending control to June 30, 1950, while the GOP bill to continue rent control for another year advances.
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Washington
House
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Cal
Douglas
Princess Elizabeth Expecting Baby in October
London U P Princess Elizabeth is said to be pregnant with a baby due in October. A Buckingham Palace source notes her reduced public appearances and a sparse schedule for the rest of the year. The royal couple are not listed for the Australia New Zealand tour, and their private trip was reportedly canceled.
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London
U.P
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Philip
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Truman to address Congress on world conditions
Congress awaits President Truman’s joint session address at 11:30 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day to outline the foreign situation amid Soviet pressure. Officials expect no specific action, but discussions cover potential Soviet expansion toward Scandinavia, Turkish and Italian outcomes, and continued aid plans under the Marshall program.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Europe
Senate
House
St. Patrick's Day
White House
Secretary of State
Marshall
Tavern Propr proprietor faces council action
Tavern keeper Anton Krakis of Robert's Cocktail Lounge 5603 Sixth Ave was ordered to appear before the council at a special meeting next Monday at 7 30 p m to show cause why his license should not be revoked following a police complaint by Stanley G Haukedahl chief of police.
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Stanley G. Haukedahl
Anton Krakis
Racine
Robert
Sixth Avenue
Haukedahl
Robert's Lounge
Council
Howard G. Coates
House Shelves Bills to Repeal Tax on Oleo
The House Agriculture committee voted 16 to 10 to shelve all repeal bills on oleomargarine taxes. Chairman Hope stated no bills will reach the floor this session, though some members may pursue a discharge petition needing 218 signatures. Oleo taxes include retail rates and manufacturer licenses impacting colored and uncolored varieties.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
R Kans
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
August Andresen
R-Minn
Granger
D-Wash
Andresen
Kenosha Trackless Trolleys Sold to North Shore Line
Mass transit move heads to immediate service shift as Kenosha trackless trolleys are sold to the North Shore Line. Details on the deal and resulting network changes are limited in the brief notice.
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Kenosha
North Shore Line
UAW CIO Files 60-Day Strike Notice Against Chrysler
The United Auto Workers filed a routine 60 day strike notice against Chrysler under Taft Hartley to protect the right to strike if talks stall. Negotiations began February 27 on a 30 cent hourly wage increase, adjourned to March 24, with similar actions planned against General Motors. GM talks cover a 25 cent raise and pensions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler
General Motors
Kenosha Hosts Freedom Train on Independence Day
The Spirit of 76 powered Freedom Train will visit Kenosha on July 4 at the North Western Railway station as part of Wisconsin's 100th anniversary centennial observance. The exhibit features seven cars with over 100 documents and a Iwo Jima flag, guided by federal sponsorship and Marine guards.
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Kenosha
North Western Railway
A. E. Axtell
Axtell
Iwo Jima
Tom C. Clark
Philadelphia
U. S
Delay in Tax Action Until Thursday in Senate
Democratic senators agreed to hear President Truman's address before acting on the Republican 4.7 billion dollar income tax cut. Senator Barkley described the hour and a half Democrats conference as delaying steps to fight for a 4.0 billion plan. The Senate will postpone debate until Thursday. the House already passed a 6.5 billion dollar bill, with the Finance Committee trimming it to 4.7 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Wallace Party Qualifies For California Ballot
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan announced that a third party formed mainly to back Henry Wallace for president has qualified for the November election ballot in California.
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Sacramento
U.P
Frank M. Jordan
Henry Wallace
California
County Board Creates Permanent Personnel Committee
Kenosha county board votes to establish a standing personnel committee after a committee of the whole session reviews vacations for county employees and receives a union letter on vacation schedules. The motion to make the personnel committee permanent is engrossed as the board approves related highway and memorial items and outlines future steps.
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Kenosha
Harry Copen
Peter Harris
Don Golen
Alfred Schmidt
Bernard McAleer
Clarence Jackson
Joseph G. Rhode
George Nugent
Kenosha Safety Council
Nugent
Carl M. Gardner
Citizen’s Memorial Committee
General Fund
Harold H. Herzog
John C. Niederprim
Steve Robinson
Pleasant Prairie
North Shore Line Acquires Kenosha Transit Systems
The North Shore Line confirms purchase of the Kenosha trackless trolley system and the Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha Bus line from related companies. No fare or policy changes expected. control shifts aim to extend dominance in regional passenger service. possession has already begun two weeks ago. Public Service Commission records note stock actions but no ownership change approval required for the transfer.
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North Shore Line
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
B. J. Fallon
Electric Railroad Company
Kenosha Motor Coach Company
Public Service Commission
Racine and
Milwaukee Bus Line
Rapid
Lake Shore
Milwaukee Lake Shore Line, Inc
Racine Transit Company
Heavy Voting Reported From Primary Polls
City clerk B. A. Herrmann reported early voting in the primary was double the last cycle and could reach 12 000 to 14 000 by 8 PM with factory turnout after 4 PM. Registration lists show 27 535 names as the most accurate in years amid race for council school board and justice of the peace.
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B. A. Herrmann
Herrmann
Council
School Board
Justice of the Peace
Coal Walkout Reports Studied by Truman
The White House said President Truman is studying reports on soft coal walkouts with no concrete action yet. In 1946, Truman obtained a court injunction to halt a strike led by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
U. S
Truman
UMW
Lewis
West Virginia
Williamson
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Operators’ Association
White House
Charles G. Ross
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Milwaukee mayor race fields wide in primary
Milwaukee faces a crowded mayoral primary with 15 candidates for the $12 300 a year post. Notable names include Ruth Froemming a former follies girl and veteran Daniel W Hoan now running as an Independent against Socialist Frank Zeidler. Election turnout may reach 150 000 to 170 000 of 289 000 registered voters.
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Milwaukee
Follies
Ruth Froemming
Sigmund Eisender
James Boulton
Daniel W. Hoan
Frank Zeidler
Zeidler
Carl Zeidler
Hoan
Carl
George M. Hanley
Henry Reuss
August B. Priegel
John J. Fleming
Charles Mazurek
Arthur S. Ehrmann
Henry W
Farm funding cut proposed by House committee
The House appropriations panel urged a 42 percent cut in the Agriculture Department budget for next year while approving 543 million dollars in new cash. It also backed 65 million for school lunch and 400 million in loan authority for REA, with 150 million to pay farmers for soil conservation this year and 225 million next year for the same purpose.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Rural Electrification Administration
AAA
Truman
House
Farmers’ Home Administration
REA
Meat Packers Strike Shuts Milwaukee Plants
About 1 075 workers joined a nationwide CIO United Packinghouse union strike, halting operations at the Plankinton Packing company and the Armour company plant in Milwaukee. The two facilities, representing roughly one third of local meat packing and half of stockyard purchases, paused work today.
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Milwaukee
CIO United Packinghouse
Plankinton Packing Company
Swift & Company
Armour & Company
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AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Princess Elizabeth
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Italy
Turkey
Stockholm
Gustav
State Department
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Ankara
Kremlin
Dardanelles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Group
New York St. Patrick's
Nash Motors
Harbor Commission
Coates
Lloyd Barth
Robert M. Smith
Commission
George Molinaro
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Uniontown
U. S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin
Republic, Weirton
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Ilinois
William H. Rice
William, Jr
Champaign
Ill
International Harvester Company
Louisville
Wallace
Inter
Meat Packers
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