German Demonstration in Duesseldorf Grounds Food Crisis
Nearly 100,000 Germans gathered in Hofgarten to protest ration cuts amid hunger and unrest in the Ruhr. British authorities blamed political organization and suspected sabotage, with strikes in Essen and wider demonstrations across Cologne Solingen Osnabruck and Duesseldorf.
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Duesseldorf
U.P
Hofgarten
Ruhr
Essen
London
British Control Commission
Solingen
Cologne
Osnabrueck
Allis Chalmers seeks new election over bargaining agent
A C Firm asks the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board for a new election as soon as possible to choose the production plant bargaining agent. Local 248 UAW CIO claims to represent 11,600 workers based on a 1938 NLRB certification, while impounded votes and void or blank ballots affect majority eligibility.
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Milwaukee
Allis. Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Workers of Allis-Chalmers
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Allis-Chalmers
National Labor Relations Board
State Employment Relations Board
Uaw-Cio
Robert Buse
Joseph Dombek
Unemployed Italians Stage Demonstration
Unemployed Italians rioted in Gioia Del Colle 60 miles south of Bari setting fire to three buildings and claiming a general strike. Early reports indicated fatalities and many injuries.
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Bari
Italy
U.P
Gioia del Colle
U S Ready to Counter Soviet Ruhr Demands
The United States plans to counter Soviet demands for Ruhr control by pressing for internationalized Silesia under Polish administration. The move aims to complicate German boundary issues and broaden occupation powers' shared stake in Silesia while shaping Big Four talks next week. The strategy ties to opposing Soviet influence in the Ruhr and later Oder Neisse boundary considerations. Premier Stalin reportedly offered Soviet economic aid to Britain, pressuring Bevin at the Kremlin.
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Moscow
United States
Ruhr
Silesia
Big Four Council
Oder-Neisse Line
Germany
Poland
Josef Stalin
Ernest Bevin
Kremlin
Stalin
Bevin
Palestine Problem To Go Before UN
The United States told Britain it would not object to placing the Palestine mandate problem before a special session of the United Nations assembly. Washington’s go-ahead was seen as removing the last obstacle and Britain might promptly request the secretary general canvass of the 55 member nations.
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George Marshall
Austria
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Big Four Council
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Britain
United Nations Assembly
Washington
Vocational School to Receive Surplus Equipment
By agreement with the Federal Works Administration the Kenosha School of Vocational and Adult Education will obtain surplus equipment to train 1 000 veterans in industrial commercial and service trades. The school will pay a small portion of fair value and handle transport and installation. Current enrollment includes 197 day and 112 night students with totals rising as programs expand.
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Federal Works Administration
Kenosha School of Vocational and
H. M. Clark
Chicago
Cleveland
Nash Motors
Kenosha
Clark
Troubles Start When Coat Caught In Door
Miss Jean Harris waited for a homeward bound bus near a Springfield drug store. Her coat tail was caught in the door as the store closed. Police freed the coat three miles from the manager’s home after a long delay, causing Miss Harris to miss the last bus and forcing the driver to walk the final blocks as a squad car broke down.
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Springfield
Jean Harris
Jean
Miss Harris
Angered Bride Leaves Husband After No Overseas Orders
Milwaukee dispatch reports Mrs. Rita A. Northrup, 18, filed for annulment after marrying Gordon Northrup, 21, then leaving him when he was not ordered overseas. She said he rushed her into marriage claiming imminent foreign duty. They wed in Wibaux, Montana.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Rita A. Northrup
Delay Seen on Tax Cutting Bill in Senate
Senate Finance committee reserved action on the House tax cutting bill awaiting word on next year’s government costs. Chairman Millikin said hearings on a measure to cut about 4.0 billion from this year’s taxes for 46 million people likely won’t start for weeks.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
Colo
Senate
White House
Colorado
Milliki
Natural gas tax repeal signed by Wisconsin acting governor
Acting Governor Rennebohm signed the seven cent per 1 000 cubic feet gas tax repeal after passage in both houses amid lobbying controversy. The Wisconsin Senate committee unanimously recommended Wilden F Whitney for the Public Service Commission. The session also moved on other measures and confirmations.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Senate Labor and Management Committee
Wilden F. Whitney
State Public Service Commission
Senate
Sen
Woman Held on Car Sale Fraud
Blanche Elizabeth Robinson Heath 26 of Chicago waived extradition and pled not guilty to operating a confidence game tied to a used car sale in Kenosha. She is held on 2500 bond for a Monday April 7 preliminary hearing. she says she drove the car for hire and did not know of the fraud. Ida Lillian Brown Koltz alias Ann Shapiro alias Falsetti is another suspect serving a federal sentence.
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Blanche Elizabeth Robinson Heath
Chicago
Kenosha
Kenoshans
W. W. Davis
Davis
Sheriff's
William P. Schmitt
Harold G. Ward
Chicago Criminal Courts
Wisconsin
Schmitt
Heath
Ida Lillian Brown Koltz
Ann Shapiro
Carol E. Falsetti
Mrs. Koltz
Monticello Farmer Dies in Highway 69 Crash
Edward Meyers, 50, a Monticello farmer, was killed when his automobile struck a parked car on Highway 69 south of Monticello last night.
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Monticello, Wis
Edward Meyers
Highway 69
Monticello
Lewis Blames Krug for Mine Deaths in Senate Hearing
AFL president John L. Lewis denounced J. A. Krug as responsible for the Centralia Illinois mine disaster killings claiming 111 miners died due to Krug’s negligence. He testified during a Senate Public Lands subcommittee hearing on James Boyd’s nomination to head the Bureau of Mines. Boyd defended his qualifications before Lewis spoke.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Centralia
Ill
J. A. Krug
Lewis
Afl-United Mine Workers
Senate Public Lands
James Boyd
Colorado School of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Truman
Krug
Krug, Secretary of the Interior
Committee
Congress
Boyd
Trailer center sites eyed by Kenosha Plan Commission hearing
The Kenosha Plan Commission held a Thursday city hall hearing on locating a trailer center to ease housing shortages. Three sites discussed were Southport Park, a 20th Avenue south of 78th Street school site, and a golf ground site near 45th Street east of the North Shore Railway lines. Community input focused on sewer water electric access and proximity to schools and transit.
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Kenosha
City Plan Commission
Southport Park
20Th Avenue
78Th Street
45Th Street
North Shore
Plan Commission
Golf Ground
Commission
Two Die After Drinking Anti Freeze
Milwaukee AP reports two inmates at the U S disciplinary barracks died after drinking anti freeze yesterday. A third inmate was in critical condition. The deceased are Arnold Brown 23 of Wittenberg Wisconsin and William Hall 37 of Bay Minette Alabama. The third inmate’s name was not released.
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Milwaukee
A.P
U.S
Arnold Brown
Wittenberg
Wis
William Hall
Bay Minette
Ala
Giant Pyramid Reported In Remote Western China
Shanghai reports that Col Maurice Sheahan of Trans-World Airlines says from the air a giant pyramid sits beneath a 10,000 foot mountain range in western China. He estimates its base over 1500 feet wide and height near 1000 feet southwest of Sian.
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Shanghai
U.P
Maurice Sheahan
Far Eastern
Trans-World Airlines
China
Sheahan
Egypt
Sian
Shensi
Tsinling Mountains
United States Details Truman Doctrine Extending to Balkans
Austin presented a 4000 word U N declaration to the Security Council urging a permanent UN Balkan observers border control and an emergency aid program extending beyond Greece and Turkey. He stressed economic and advisory support while avoiding military detail and noted possible future reach to Korea.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.2
United States
United Nations
Balkans
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Security Council
Truman
Congress
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Austin
Middle Eastern
State Department
Korea
Senate Votes to End Rationing
The Senate sent a seven month extension of sugar rationing and price control to the House with minor changes. The bill would guarantee 35 pounds per person for home use and reserve 50 thousand tons for new industrial users if available. The vote 46 to 34 reflected bipartisan support amid warnings of hoarding and profiteering.
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Washington
Senate
House
O'Konski Settles 1479 Dollars in Taxes
Madison Wis The state Department of Taxation said yesterday it received a check for 1479 42 dollars from Rep Alvin O Kon ski R Wis representing settlement in fall of the department s assessment against him for delinquent income taxes The payment settles the matter for the delinquent taxes and the lawmaker is no longer in dispute with the tax agency
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Madison, Wis
State Department of Taxation
Alvin O’konski
R. Wis
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Gov. Goodland
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Board of Normal School Regents
J. R. Cotton
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