Allis-Chalmers Strike Ends Without New Contract
The 328 day Allis Chalmers strike at Milwaukee area plant ends with workers returning to jobs. About 5,000 production staff report first shift, 18 cent hourly increase in place, no contract settled as union votes favored return two to one. Union said 11,000 members at start. independent union secured over 1,000 votes in January bargaining.
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Milwaukee
Uaw-Cio Cal
Allis Chalmers Mfg Co
West Allis
Harvey G. Dieckhoff
Union de
Union Leaders Lost Jobs After Allis-Chalmers Strike
Milwaukee report says Local 248 UAW C10 top officers Robert Buse Harold Christoffel and Joseph Dombek were discharged during and after the 328 day strike. Buse and Dombek appealed to the NLRB and Christoffel planned to do so after testifying before a House Labor Committee.
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Milwaukee
UAWC10
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Robert Buse
Harold Christoffe
Joseph Dombek
Buse
Dombek
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Communist Party
National Labor Rlations Board
Pearl Buck Names Two Men Who Can Save World
Pearl Buck told U P that only Trygve Lie and Henry Wallace can avert the looming crisis. She warned there is little time left to stop the head on rush toward war and urged action by these two figures.
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Perkasie
U.P
Pearl S. Buck
United Press
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Henry Wallace
The
New Republic
Miss Buck
Britain seeks sincerity test on disarmament at UN panel
London aims to press for an early test of sincerity before detailed arms reduction talks begin at the United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments. Sir Alexander Cadogan plans to speak first and push for a strict link between security and disarmament, wary of rushing into technical discussions without clear basic principles.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
United Nations Commission
Cadogan
Andrei A. Gromyko
Commission
United States
Seaman Workers Join Local 72 In Strike Call
Nash Motors Local 72 voted to empower its executive board to strike. Seaman Body Milwaukee workers also ready to strike for a 23 percent wage increase with 15 cent down payment sought, as Local 75 authorized leaders to act with other Nash Kelvinator locals.
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Nash Motors
UAW
Seaman Body
Milwaukee
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Uaw-Cio
Nash-Kelvinator
Herman Steffes
Local 75
Rampaging Yellowstone River Subsides After Ice Floe
Yellowstone River waters gradually subsided after an ice floe sent floodwaters across hundreds of acres of Montana farmland along the Montana North Dakota border. Miles City residents witnessed the retreat of high water as authorities monitored the river and the levee system.
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Miles City
Mont
U.P
Flying Fortress Survives Lightning Storm Over East Asia
Tokyo Far East Airforce confirms a B 17 Flying Fortress en route from Japan to Okinawa was struck by lightning in sleet and snow at 8000 feet on February 26. Lt Col Michael N W McCoy commanded the crew of five, landing safely after three hours of dead reckoning at Okinawa with seventeen right wing and aileron holes and multiple blast dents. Corporal Edward Taylor of Pekin Illinois served as radio operator.
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Tokyo
Far East Airforce Headquarters
Okinawa
Japan
Michael N. W. McCoy
Los Angeles
McCoy
Cpl
Edward Taylor
Pekin
Transportation Division
Far East Materiel Command
Acheson Urges U S Investment To Bolster South Korea
A Washington report says Secretary Marshall proposed that foreign ministers order a reduction of Allied occupation forces in Germany to the minimum needed to carry out policies and protect security. The plan, circulated among Molotov Bevin and Bidault, asks the control council to report by June 1 on force levels for each zone and for July 1, 1948. It aims to make the German economy self supporting and speed export production.
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Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Allied Control Council For
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
U. S
Investigation Ordered Into Lobbyist Pressure in Wisconsin
Acting Governor Rennebohm instructed Attorney General John E. Martin to use all resources to investigate a report that a lobbyist in Madison attempted to blackmail two Milwaukee businessmen. Assemblyman Thomson had disclosed the businessmen reported the activity. Martin planned to question Thomson when the legislature reconvenes.
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Madison
Rennebohm
John E. Martin
Blacksmail
Milwaukee
Assemblyman Thomson
R-Richland Center
Martin
Thomson
Lightning Sets Baraboo Home Afire Injuring Two Children
Eight year old Edna Vlach and her brother Wayne aged 12 were hospitalized for burns after lightning struck their home near Prairie du Lac last night. The siblings jumped from a second floor window as the house burned, while two other children escaped unharmed.
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Baraboo
Wis
U.P
Edna Vlach
Wayne
Prairie du Lac
Edna
Kenosha Man Arrested in California Bogus Check Case
Walter E. Kriofsky, 38, former Kenoshan, was arrested in Waukegan on a Pasadena California bogus $2,800 check and related forged drafts in multiple states. He is jailed in Waukegan awaiting extradition while FBI scrutiny continues on other checks totaling around $101 across several states.
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Walter E. Kriofsky
Kenoshan
Waukegan
Pasadena
Cal
Bart Tyrrell
Leonard Duncan
Waukegan Department
Kriofsky
U. S. Highway 41
Kenosha
First National Bank S Here
First National Bank
Pennsylvania
California
Waukegan City
Arthur J. Riley
Alliance
Ohio
Seek Financial Aid To Rebuild Milan
Milan plans to obtain a loan of more than 100 million dollars from unidentified French and American financiers to fund rebuilding. The funds would support commercial buildings deluxe apartments and suburban worker housing in central Milan with full city ownership after forty years.
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Milan
U.P
Committee For
Frozen Foods Group Seeks Byrd as Speaker for Show
Chicago U P The Quick Frozen Food association invited Adm. Richard E. Byrd as principal speaker for its food show. Byrd is returning with his Antarctic task force and should have expertise on frozen foods.
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Chicago
U.P
Quick Frozen Food Association
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Byrd
Congress Opens Drive to Curb Reds in U S
The House Committee on Un-American Activities unanimously approved a contempt citation against Leon Josephson in an alleged passport-faking ring for Communist agents. Public hearings surveyed whether the Communist party justifies curbing or outlawing its activities, with American Legion witnesses urging prohibition of Communist party participation and mail access.
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Washington
House On American Activities Committee
Leon Josephson
House
Justice Department
Communist Party
American Legion
Truman
James F. Green
Omaha
Nebr
Legion's
Americanism Committee
Green
U. S
Acheson cites Soviet block on Korean unification drive
Undersecretary of State Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Russia blocks any unified government for Korea and that the United States must fund a plan to build the south on a sound economy. He noted high costs, possible wartime roles, and a full State War Navy estimate to come before Congress. Eight hurt in Kenosha and county car crashes over the weekend. One crash on Sheridan Road involved Robert Olson Racine and Eula A Jonasson. Olson fractured left arm and Jonasson suffered shock and internal injuries. Additional Saturday incidents caused bruises and vehicle damage with several injured or shaken motorists.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Korea
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Russia
State
War
Navy Departments
Congress
Kenosha
Sheridan Road
Robert Olson
Racine
Seventy-fifth Street
Eula A. Jonasson
Paul Conradt
Joseph Trotta
Jonasson
Olson
Kenosha Hospital
Earl Jensen
Twenty-first Avenue
Sixty Fifth Street
William Ritter
Fourteenth Avenue
Ritter
Max Roemer
Jensen
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Will Clayton
Senate
House
Clayton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Six Americans Killed In Ethiopia Crash Taken To Cairo
Six Americans killed in a C 47 plane crash in the Ethiopian mountains were flown to Cairo for examination and identification. The bodies of five victims will be sent to the United States. Among the dead is Staff Sgt. Dale Holmes of Iowa, the crew chief.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
United States
Dale Holmes
Iowa
Records Show Soviet May Have Military Plane Edge
Washington reports official and unofficial figures suggest Russia operates about 16 000 planes versus the United States around 13 000 operational aircraft. Russia emphasizes submarines and reduced naval building while the US focuses on long range bombers and jet fighters.
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Soviet
Washington
Russia
United States
Secret Yalta Pact Mentioned by British Official
London reports reveal Hector McNeil stating the government will publish the Yalta and Potsdam agreements including any secret clauses. He confirms Crimea conference coverage of prisoner of war labor and reiterates no comment on past assurances by Churchill or Eden beyond government publication.
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London
A.P
Yalta
Commons
Hector McNeil
McNeil
Crimea
Richard Stokes
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Floods Spread To North England
Floods swept into additional areas of northern England with York reporting steadily worsening conditions in the 100000 population city nearly cut in two by the Great Ouse river. Rivers across 34 of 40 counties and parts of Wales began receding after the era’s greatest river disaster. The Air Ministry forecast scattered showers and a frost.
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London
England
York
Great Ouse
Wales
Air Ministry
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Séaman
Seaman
UAW Cio
Allis Chalmers
Yellowstone River
U.S
Austria
H. J. Austin
Hatteras
N. C
James E. Edwards
Akron
Albemarle Hospital
Elizabeth City
Coast Guard
Walter Kriofsky
Des Moines
FBI
Frozen Foods Group
President Truman
Sixtieth Street
Joseph Gentes
Twentyfourth Avenue
Eighteenth Avenue
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Twenty Fourth Avenue
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Gllda Packard
Reynold Houte
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