MacArthur urges rapid Japanese peace treaty and UN trusteeship
Gen Douglas MacArthur calls for a quick Japanese peace treaty, immediate troop withdrawal after signing, and transfer of Nippon to the United Nations. He argues to end the economic blockade, restart private enterprise, and restore Japan as a trading commercial nation under UN oversight. He notes wartime occupation nearing end and SCAP’s role shifting.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
United Nations
Nippon
MacArthur
SCAP
Supreme Command Allied
Two Injured in City Weekend Traffic Mishaps
Police report two weekend traffic collisions in Kenosha left two people with non serious injuries. A Blue Line trolley bus and Park Partenheimer’s car collided on Seventh avenue injuring Elsie Fitz.
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Kenosha
Blue Line
Seventh Avenue
Edward P. Bierdz
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Fred Partenheimer
Eighteenth Avenue
Partenheimer
Elsie Fitz
Box
Pleasant Prairie
Kenosha Hospital
Sixtieth Street
Chester Frye
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Sebastian Kolback
Twenty-second ‘Avenue
Kolback
Anna Frye
Frye
White Jurist Tints Blues for Diamond Dye
Diamond Dye of San Gabriel sued over jokes about his name and asked Superior Judge Frank G Swain to change it. The judge approved the name Don Dye in a ruling noted with a light remark about the wit of the request.
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Los Angeles
U.P
San Gabriel
Frank G. Swain
Don Dye
Touch of St. Pat Marked Tokyo War Leader Trial
At the Tokyo war crimes session a light touch of St Patrick day appeared as about six Japanese defense attorneys wore green ribbons on their lapels, for reasons unclear to observers.
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Tokyo
International Tribunal
Japan
Weather Blitz Hits Britain Leaves Three Dead
A 100 mph gale sweeps England with two storm centers causing three deaths in London and widespread damage. Fires, floods, and transport disruption follow as millions lose water supply and emergency crews rush aid. The Ernie Pyle ship helps Plymouth harbor amid Atlantic seas.
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London
England
St. George's Channel
English Channel
Scilly Islands
New York
Local 72 Rejects Nash-Kelvinator Offer
Three local UAW CIO councils Kenosha Local 72 Local 75 Milwaukee and Grand RapidsLocal 206 rejected Nash Kelvinator Corp offer after noon Saturday. They will pursue all necessary legal steps for immediate strike action with Don Rule labor relations chief involved. Announcement released by Paul Russo Regional Director from UAW CIO Chicago Office.
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Nash-Kelvinator Company
Local 72
UAW
CIO
Nash Kelvinator Council
United Auto Workers Unions
Don C. Rule
Kenosha
Sixtieth Street
Kenosha Union
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Paul M. Russo
Uaw-Cio
Chicago
Russo
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Council
UAW Cio
Mich
Court Advances Lewis Mandate In Major Ruling
The U S Supreme Court ordered its mandate in the John L. Lewis case to issue March 20, enforcing the contempt rulings against Lewis and the United Mine Workers. If Lewis fails to withdraw a ministerial notice within five days, the UMW faces a 2.8 million dollar penalty. the court upheld a 10 thousand dollar fine against Lewis and trimmed a 3.5 million dollar original fine to 700 thousand but allows collection if he does not withdraw the order. The ruling blocks a new coal strike walkout planned for March 31.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Au. S. District
High Court
McCarthy Unable to Attend Wisconsin County Boards Convention
U S Senator Joseph McCarthy of Appleton will miss the Wisconsin County Boards association convention at Fond du Lac due to work obligations in Washington. The Republican party office announced the cancellation today mentioning the event runs Thursday through Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Appleton
Wisconsin County Boards’ Association
Fond Due Lace
Republican Party of Oasin
Truman Presses UN Briefing on Greek Turkey Aid Plan
Senate Republicans urge Truman to report the $400 million Mediterranean relief program to the United Nations and appoint Herbert Hoover to lead relief efforts. Senator H Alexander Smith warns against bypassing the UN while Porter MacVeagh and Wilson prepare to testify. Hoover declines leading role.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Reet Vate Weld VL WS Vepielemnadeie
H. Alexander Smith
U. N
Moore
Okla
Hoover
Porter
MacVeagh
Wilson
Mediterranean
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New Jersey
Rudgal Velin Named to Fill City Vacancies
City Manager A E Axtell announced two promotions to fill upcoming vacancies in Kenosha city departments. H T Rudgal will become water department superintendent on April 1, replacing James W Myers Jr who leaves for a larger plant near Philadelphia. Frank I Wilen will succeed Rudgal as sewage disposal plant superintendent, also taking over April 1.
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A. E. Axtell
H. T. Rudgal
Kenosha
Kenosha Water Department
James W. Myers, Jr
Philadelphia
Frank I. Wilen
Service Department
Rudgal
Drexel Institute of Technology
Alvord, Burdick and Howson
Velin
University of Wisconsin
Kenosha High School
Park Department
Wisconsin
Left Wing Laborites Attack U.S. Aid to Greece in Commons
In London, left wing Labor MPs raised an uproar in the House of Commons asserting that the United States was invading southeast Europe and bypassing the United Nations by proposing aid to Greece and Turkey.
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London
U.2
United States
Europe
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
St Patrick Day Parades Falter as Ireland Freezes Over
Dublin observes St Patrick day under strict bans as bars close and parades are canceled. Officials report icy weather has frozen whisky, dampening celebrations while Baldoyle hosts racing and a carnival. Elderly Patrick Geraghty recalls happier days and two drinks, noting past cheers and a punchline about English foes.
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Dublin
Ireland
Glocca Morra
Sean T. O'Kelly
Eamon de Valera
Dev
United States
Baldoyle
Prince Regent
Aintree
St. Patrick’s
County
Mayo
British End Martial Law in Palestine After Two Weeks
The British lifted martial rule in Jerusalem and 40 square miles of the coastal plain after a two week period that blocked 250000 Jews from the rest of Palestine. The Palestine government urged intensified cooperation with authorities against underground groups. A bomb hit the Jewish Agency offices in Jerusalem last night, with no casualties reported.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
London
Palestine Government
Mear Shearim
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Kenosha Soldier Drowns on Luzon Bridge Crossing
Staff Sergeant Joseph G. Haidinger 35, of Kenosha, drowned January 11 in the Pasig River Luzon Philippines after slipping from a bridge. Born December 29 1911 in Stevens Point Wisconsin he served in the South Pacific and later Luzon with the 527 AC and W group. Survived by father John and four brothers and a sister in Wisconsin and California and Milwaukee.
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Joseph G. Haidinger
John Haidinger
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Pasig River
Stevens Point
Wis
John
Mary Huber Hardinger
Green Bay
Neenah-Menasha
Galveston
Tex
South Pacific
527
AC and W Group
Michael
William Haidinger
Kenosha
Aloysius Haidinger
Long Beach
Cal
Elizabeth Myer
Milwaukee
Moscow Opposes Treaty Proposal
Moscow radio reported Robert Murphy of the United States urged that nations not at war with Germany be included in talks on the German peace treaty. Russia and France opposed the American idea, and the American British proposals were said to conflict with the Potsdam agreement.
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London
U.P
Moscow Radio
Robert Murphy
United States
Germany
Russia
France
Red Cross Drive In County Area Gets Underway
Kenosha's 1947 Red Cross campaign shifts to rural and smaller urban areas in the county marking the final two weeks. Fund chairmen Gilbert S. Lance and Jessel S. Whyte report $6,994.02 raised in sixteen days, with local drives continuing in retail and industrial sectors. County chairmen include Marian Feuerer, Clara Hartnell, Otis F Dyson, Arthur Hessler, Arthur Bruen, Margaret Maleski, and Roscoe Torrey. Additional appointments pending in Randall Pleasant Prairie and Summers.
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Kenosha
Red Cross
Gilbert S. Lance
Red Cross Fund
Lance
Jessel S. Whyte
Marian Feuerer
Clara Hartnell
Randall Township
Otis F. Dyson
Wheatland Township
Arthur Hessler
Arthur J. Bruen
Salem Township
Margaret Maleski
Bristol Township
Roscoe Torrey
Paris Township
Randall
Pleasant Prairie
Sommers
Britain Backs U S Secretary In China Stand
In Moscow the Foreign Ministers Council opens its seventh session with expected talks between Stalin and U S Secretary of State Marshall. Bevin reportedly aligns with Marshall against Molotov on China. Negotiations on Germany Austria proceed amid possible deadlock. Greece Turkey aid eyed. Albania inclusion disputed. General Clay heads U S forces in Europe.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministers Council
Stalin
U. S
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
China
Germany
Austria
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Congress
Bevin
Molotov
Albania
Russia
Britain
Bath singer silenced after noisy tub scene in Cambridge
Cambridge police answered a noise complaint to find a man fully clad and splashing in a bathtub and singing loudly. Officers left him splashing contentedly, noting no further disturbance.
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Cambridge
Mass
22 Aboard Shattered Tanker Still Remain Afloat
Nine aircraft prepared to search for 12 missing men in a lifeboat while 22 Fort Dearborn crewmen ride the stern section between Midway and Pearl Harbor. The stern remains seaworthy though the bow end weakened. ten other crew members fled to the General W. H. Gordon.
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Midway
Fort Dearborn
Pearl Harbor
Navy
el Dorado
W. H. Gordon
San Francisco
la Navy
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