Milwaukee Telephone Guild Rejects Offer by Wide Margin
Wisconsin Telephone Co contract rejected by 3,872 to 285 statewide vote with 92 percent opposed in Racine Kenosha and South Milwaukee areas. Local counts show Milwaukee 1,761 to 107 and Madison 280 to 14. Green Bay 214 to 14, Appleton 94 to 3.
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Striking Telephone Guild of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Dryer
Madigan
Stevens Point
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Kewaunee
Kenosha
Racine
South Milwaukee
Joseph Czerwinski
Janesville
Eau Claire Guild
Green Bay
Shawano
DePere
Sturgeon Bay
Appleton
Waupaca
New London
Progress Seen By Conciliators Amid Nationwide Strike
Washington officials report some progress at a two hour meeting toward settlement of the 26 day strike. Conciliators Peter Manno and William Margolis said they see light and declined to disclose whether a wage proposal was submitted or if AT&T made an offer to AUTW. The AUTW seeks a $6 weekly rise while AT&T pushes arbitration.
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Washington
Peter Manno
William Margolis
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
American Union of Telephone Workers
AUTW
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
China seeks talks with U.S. to settle war accounts
Washington announced that China agreed to open negotiations in Washington soon to settle all outstanding war accounts with the United States. Negotiations will cover about 1.5 billion dollars of lend lease, 500 million dollars in a 1942 American loan, and a 900 million dollar postwar surplus property deal.
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Washington
China
United States
State Department
Animal Shelter Chief Loses His Own Missing Dog
Los Angeles reports Bert Morse longtime head of the citys largest animal shelter has lost his own dog J Timothy Throckmorton. He had urged owners to keep photos yet admits lacking a snapshot himself.
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Los Angeles
Bert Morse
Bert
J. Timothy Throckmorton
Plan Program To Help Boost Naval Reserve
Kenosha accepts invitation to join Operation Naval Reserve observance May 18 to 25. City Manager Axtell named honorary chairman and formed a local committee with Lt Commander Harold Long in charge. The plan includes presenting an ensign to the Kenosha Naval Reserve and a Saturday meeting to map events.
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Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
G. D. Murray
Ninth Naval District
Axtell
Harold Long
Naval Reserve
Jessell S. Whyte
B. H. Hill
William Jensen
Charles N. Miller
Willis H. Schulte
Kenosha Naval Reserve
Kenosha Navy League
Murray
Smugglers Kill Six on Shanghai Patrol Boat
Six Chinese on a customs patrol boat were killed Monday when a smuggling ship off the coast of Kwangtung province opened fire with machineguns as they were ordered to halt, Central News Agency reported.
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Shanghai
Kwangtung
South China Province
Jerry Voorhis Set To Speak At Kenosha Coop Conference
Jerry Voorhis former Kenoshan and ex congressman of California will headline the two day Farm Labor Conference on Cooperatives in Kenosha May 24 and 25. He will speak Sunday afternoon May 25 at Odd Fellows hall along with leaders from the UAW Pure Milk Association and AFL unions. The event aims to boost farm labor understanding and joint action through cooperatives with sessions on housing health care and commodity enterprises.
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Jerry Voorhis
Kenoshan
California
Cooperative League of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Eighth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Voorhis
Vic Reuther
UAW
Art Lauterbach
Pure Milk Association
Arnold Zander
Int'l State
AFL
Miles McMillin
Poliical
Capital Times
F. F. Rondeau
George Jacobsen
National Cooperative Health Federation
Hugh Reichard
Pioneer
Racine Cooperative Homes Association
Glenn Thompson
Midland Cooperative Wholesale
Oklahoma man nominated as assistant to Clark named by president
Peyton Ford a 36 year old Oklahoman was nominated by President Truman to be an assistant attorney general. If approved by the Senate he will fill the vacancy created by Wendell Berge who resigned last February to return to private practice. Berge's resignation was effective yesterday.
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Washington
Peyton Ford
Truman
Senate
Ford
Tom Clark
Wendell Berge
Berge
Rent control bill gains local option clause in House action
FBI handwriting expert linked four Cumberland Lumber Co invoices to Garsson firms in Chicago Batavia and Whitesburg. Prosecution contends invoices mask $53,000 bribes to May and Garsson defendants. Testimony cites Chicago Erie Basin and Batavia offices with shared typewriter flaws.
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U.P
FBI
May- Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Co
Garsson Munitions Combine
Lumber Company
Whitesburg
Frank W. Miller
Andrew J. May
Garsson Combine
Garsson
Kentucky
Miller
Cumberland
Chicago
Erie Basin Metal Products Co., Inc
Batavia Metal Products Co., Inc
Batavia, Ill
Batavia
Henry Garsson
Munitions Empire
Robert P. O’connor
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
Murray
Joseph F. Freeman
Charles J. Margiotti
Garssons
Combine
Cumberland Company
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Ed Schuster Firm Reports Milwaukees Pay to Friedmann
Milwaukeean Pay Philadelphia based president and general manager Max E Friedmann of Ed Schuster and Company Inc was paid 93309 last year according to the annual report on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Max E. Friedmann
Ed Schuster and Company, Inc
Milwaukee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Flying Barn Speeds Prize Heifers to South America
Five pregnant Holstein heifers loaded in a former army transport plane head for Montevideo via Newark and Miami in a 7500 mile air race organized by Carnation. Pilot Hank Copes, with herdman Al Hayes overseeing a $10,000 cargo, will monitor the cows with two midwives aboard for any emergencies. Each heifer, descendants of prize bulls, is valued over $2,000.
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South America
Milwaukee
U.P
Hank Copes
Springfield
Mass
Air Transport Command
Copes
al Hayes
Carnation, Wash
Hayes
Carnation
Imperial
Carnation Black Magic
Sportsmen to Air Views at Game Hearing
Kenosha county sportsmen and conservationists may air views on hunting fishing and trapping rules at the annual fish and game hearing set for May 12 at the Union Club building. Warden Robert Winnie urged strong local turnout to reflect public opinion before the Wisconsin Conservation Congress in Madison.
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State Conservation Commission
Robert Winnie
Kenoshans
Union Club
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Congress
Madison
Phil Sander
Kenosha
Joe Beyer
Twin Lakes
Tom Jester
Silver Lake
Winnie
Vote Ban on Union Coercion In Labor Disputes Bill
Senate votes to bar union coercion of workers as part of labor disputes legislation. The amendment, backed by Ball Byrd George and Smith, makes it an unfair labor practice for unions to restrain or coerce employees in self formation and choosing representatives. Taft had opposed a separate injunction provision for private employers.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
iChairman Taft
Ohio
Ball
R -Minn
Byrd
D-Va
George
Dga
Smith
R-Nj
Taft
Eight-Year-Old Fort Atkinson Girl Missing
Fort Atkinson Wisconsin search teams sought eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler who vanished after telling friends she would go into the woods to gather flowers for a May basket. She was last seen yesterday afternoon by neighbor Mrs. Carl Florke who had driven her from school to the Weckler family mailbox near her rural home.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Georgia Jean Weckler
Carl Florke
Weckler
Bernard Shaw Rejects Dalkey Hill Renaming
Dublin officials will not rename Dalkey Hill Bernard Shaw Hill as the playwright requests. Shaw argues the name is clumsy and wrong since Ireland's hills are eternal while men are mortal.
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Dublin
U.P
Dalkey Hill
Bernard Shaw
Kenosha Mail Keeps Smooth Service Despite Cuts
Kenosha postmaster A. C. Grosvenor said mail service in Kenosha remains steady despite 40 hour week cuts and the overtime removal. He noted no piles of mail wait to be sorted and credited local employees for meeting the emergency without curtailing service while neighboring cities report delays.
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A. C. Grosvenor
Kenosha
Grosvenor
Milwaukee
Racine
Wisconsin Senate OKs Dams Bill Overriding State Board
Wisconsin Senate passes a bill giving counties power to override the State Public Service Commission on dam construction after a two thirds county vote. The measure, 25 to 1, moves to Governor Rennebohm with support from cooperatives including Dairyland Electric. The debate centered on the Flambeau River dam near Ladysmith and its impact on scenic beauty.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Public Service Commission
Senate
Rennebohm
Assembly
Robinson
Beloit
Dairyland Electric Co-Operative
Flambeau River
Ladysmith
State Conservation Commission
Flambeau
Measure Would Keep Ceilings to December 31
Washington-( )-A House passed bill extending rent control with local option for cities and counties, sending to the Senate. The measure, approved 204 to 182, would extend ceilings to December 31 with possible extension to March 31, 1948 by proclamation. It includes a 15 per cent rent raise for two-year leases with tenant consent and exempts new houses, while preserving veteran preferences and mortgage insurance. local option drew early praise in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Rep. Redden
D-Nc
Wherry
Nebraska
Capehart
R-Ind
President of Gimble Bros. Dies at Hospital
Jacques Loem Blum president of Gimble Brothers department store in Pittsburgh died in a hospital at 51 after suffering a heart attack Wednesday. Blum was a noted civic leader and philanthropist.
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Gimble Bros
Pittsburgh
Jacques Loem Blum
Gimble Brothers Department Store
Blum
Tenant Fight Over House Demolition by Landlord in Iowa
Jim Munro and his six children report eviction harassment by Harold Olsen of Montpelier Iowa after Olsen began tearing the house apart. They sought OPA help and followed their attorney’s advice to endure, citing rent of 35 dollars monthly and OPA guidance to reduce to 25. Wreckers removed kitchen, windows, door, plaster, and back stoop as tensions rose.
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Olsen
Munros
Munro
OPA
Poles and Czechs push for Jewish voice at UN on Palestine
Poland and Czechoslovakia urged that the Jewish Agency be allowed to represent Jews at the United Nations Palestine talks. The United States and Britain favored a limited Jewish participation, arguing non governmental representation may not be legally permissible. Secretary General Trygve Lie warned that granting a full Jewish voice would mark a drastic shift from prior UN practice.
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
United Nations Assembly
Palestine
United States
Britain
U.N
Trygve Lie
Lie
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Truman Signs Bill for Veterans Administration
President Truman signed an appropriations bill authorizing 1.8 billion dollars for the Veterans Administration and enabling resumed monthly unemployment and educational payments to about 2.78 million war veterans.
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Truman
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
Veterans Administration
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