State High Court Upholds Ruling On Utility Rates
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Circuit Judge Reis in finding the Public Service Commission must file detailed findings of fact before setting utility rates. The decision involved Commonwealth Telephone Co. at Two Rivers and its 1943 1944 earnings, with the court also ruling on tax exempt securities, back pay for Algoma Ply wood Co. and other disputes.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
High Court
Alvin C. Reis
Commonwealth Telephone Company
Two Rivers
Commonwealth
Reis
Supreme Court
Armour and Co
Board of Tax Appeals
Armour
Herman W. Sachtsen
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Algoma Plywood Co
Algoma
Victor Moreau
Moreau
AFL Carpenters and Joiners Union
Margaret Kuick
Oshkosh
Claude Stead
Robert Lund
Harvey Pierre Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Appleton
van Rooy Printing Co
Post
Evelyn E. Nelson
M. G. Eberlein
Federal Refrigeration Manufacturing Co
Waukesha
Truman Refutes Soviet Peace Overture Amid Cold War Tensions
President Truman and the State Department rejected Moscow’s claim that the United States sought peace negotiations with the Soviet Union. He asserted no hostile designs while reaffirming U S support for economic and military aid to Western Europe. The note to Molotov was not a new departure in policy, and Russia was urged to reassess its stance on international matters.
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Washington
A.S
Truman
State Department
Russia
United States
Europe
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Moscow Radio
Smith
Mr. Truman
Soviet Union
Arabs Declare Jaffa Open City as Haganah Advances
In Palestine Arab leaders, after two defeats in 24 hours, urged Britain to declare Jaffa an open city to deter Jewish forces. Jews refused. Arabs also lost Safad and were routed at Bab El Wad near Jerusalem with about 200 killed in three days of fighting.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Arab Emergency Committee
Haganah
Safad
Bab el Wad
U S Proposes No Veto In UN Peace Settlement Gaps
The administration proposed a U S effort to wipe out the big power veto in the United Nations in any matter involving peaceful settlement of international disputes.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
United Nations
Eight Year Old Boys Loot Bus at Kenosha Car Barn
Cecil Sova, a Kenosha Motor Coach Lines driver, chased three eight year old boys from the bus parked near the car barn. Two were caught after pockets filled with coins were discarded in the Shangri La lot. Detectives recovered coins and the trio were ordered to report to police. One boy has a prior juvenile record.
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Cecil Sova
Thirty-second Avenue
Kenosha
T. S. Young
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines
Amos Volkbracht
Shangri-La
Beulah McNeil
Woman Receives Wrong-Number Call From 2000 Miles Away
A Spokane Washington officer recounted a caller in Cape Girardeau Missouri who mistook the city for Spokane Missouri. The woman sought help for trouble but was connected to the wrong police chief, highlighting a 2000 mile misdial.
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Spokane, Wash
George Freeman
Cape Girardeau
Freeman
Spokane
Wash
Dixie Democrats Plan Birmingham Split If Civil Rights Plank Passes
In Jackson Mississippi Southern Democrats prepared a separate Dixie convention in Birmingham Alabama on July 17 if the national party adopts a civil rights platform. About 1500 southern party leaders urged states below the Mason-Dixon line to elect delegates pledged to publicly repudiate Truman civil rights policy. Eleven states attended a one day meeting with unofficial delegations and unclear turnout.
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Jackson
Miss
U.P
Birmingham
Ala
National Party
Mason-Dixon Line
Truman
Philadelphia
Volunteer Plan For Youths 18 Is Advanced
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a volunteer plan enabling 18-year-olds to train as a military reserve. It aims to draft men born in 1925 and train 151000 volunteers for one year, with quotas by state. Trainees would enter an unorganized reserve pool for six years and may join a regular reserve unit with four years of service if they opt in.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
National Guard
Royall Names Advisors To Help Him Run Railroads
Royall plans appointing advisors to supervise railroad operations as part of a broader strategy to manage the system. Open House at Schnuck Home Set for May 15 reports Kenosha veteran William Schnuck hosting visitors at his new accessible residence from May 15 to 23 with formal details to follow.
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Royall
Schnuck
William “Bill” Schnuck
Kenosha
Thirty-ninth Street
Schnuck-Heg Memorial Home Fund Committee
Peter J. Dahl
Home Fund Committee
War Mothers of
Little Theater, Inc
Lincoln Junior High School
Veterans Organizations
House Group Rejects Plan To Pay Members Calls
Washington report: The house appropriations committee rejects a proposal to pay up to 450 dollars from government funds to each house member for official long distance telephone calls.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
House
Parken Farm Coop reports progress on experimental holdings
The Parken Farm, Home and Business Cooperative reports substantial progress as 210 acres near Highway 41 are half planted with grain barley oats and potatoes. Members plan a west side farm, a north tract housing, a filling station and a restaurant with a planned August produce stand for direct sales to the public.
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Parken Farm, Home and Business Cooperative Association
Nash Motors
Charles McWilliams
Seaman Body
Milwaukee
Kenneha
Awe
Retr We Renee Seer
McWilliams
Evening News
Highway 41
Paris Township
Charley McWilliams
Transportation Department
Nash
Hugh McGovern
Bernie Staudinger
Association
Jake Minch
Sander Heads Kenosha County Delegation to Game Congress
Kenosha county sportsmen and conservationists elected Phil Sander as chairman of the local delegation at Union Club in Kenosha last night. Other delegates include M. J. Schenning Silver Lake Stanley Schaeffer Somers Martin Schmidt and Thomas J Jester Silver Lake with Edward Quinn replaced. The group opposed a five day deer season proposing nine days from November 20 to 28 and a nine day pheasant season starting October 30 plus a three per day rabbit limit and six possession.
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Kenosha County
Phil Sander
Union Club
M. J. Schenning
Silver Lake
Stanley Schaeffer
Somers
Martin Schmidt
Twenty-first Avenue
Thomas J. Jester
Congress
Sander
Edward Quinn
Kenoshans
Robert Winnie
State Congress
State Conservation Department
Congress Committee
Kenosha
Kenosha County Cancer Drive Acknowledges 44 Workers
The 1948 Kenosha County cancer drive reports 44 named workers under county captain Miss Marion Bullamore. With a $7,000 goal and $1,500 still needed, organizers expect local support. Six thousand letters went to residents, 20,000 pamphlets to offices and factories, 8,000 to students, and films shown at 12 meetings with talks at 14 events. J. T. Wilson chairs the campaign. co-chairs manage coin box distributions and volunteers assist across committees.
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Kenosha County
Marion Bullarmiore
Women’s Field Army
Miss Bullamore
Kenosha
American Cancer Society
Rail unions accept court order as army runs railways
Government run railroads continue to operate normally after Royall announces an advisory board of union and management members. Rail bans on perishable shipments are lifted while unions press for a wage settlement and maintain distrust of government intervention.
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Royall
Army Rail
Secretary of Army
Kenneth Royall
United States
Edmond H. Leavey
Army Chief of Transportation
Washington
Pentagon
Arthur J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
T. Alan Goldborough
David B. Robertson
Glover
House Approves 70-Group Air Force Bill
The House approved the 70 group airforce bill by voice vote with no debate. The Senate faces final passage of the conference version and expected transmission to the White House later today.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
White House
Drake Coeds Agree To Stop Kissing In Daylight
Drake university coeds voted to curb daylight necking on campus. Dormitory counselor Leona Anderson urged officers to halt public displays on dorm steps. Barbara Boreman of Chi Omega said the group discussed modest conduct after citizen complaints.
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Des Moines
Ila
Drake University
Chi Omega Sorority
Anderson
Times-Delphic
Tom Bienemann
Kenosha
Wis
Bond Benefits Seen for City in Security Loan Campaign
Kenosha county chair R S Kingsley says Racine Kenosha area has about 53 million savings bonds outstanding with annual interest near 1 484 million. Wisconsin residents hold over 1 102 billion in U S Savings Bonds with projected 1948 interest around 30 million. He urges broad bond purchases to build homes educate children and cover emergencies while sustaining the economy and American way of life.
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Kenosha
R. S. Kingsley
Kenosha County
Racine-Kenosha
Kingsley
Kenoshans
Wisconsin
U. S
Waller Kasten
Milwaukee
Kasten
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Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
J. Strom Thurman
South Carolina
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Dixie Democrats
Louis A. Spaay
Elmer Smith
Patricia Spaay
The
Mmes
Harry C. Stine
Warren P. Chaney
E. C. Berg
Douglas C. Rowell
H. T. Newport
Harry G. Wallis
J. W. Lelvelt
C. E. Dewey
E. W. Reitzel
M. L. Heindel
Fred M. Rudy
Richard Blair
Robert Butcher
Thomas Dobbins
John Evans
Robert Greening
F. Holderness, Jr
Stanley Morgan
Cecil Smith
Clarence Topel
Roger W. Baker
Belle Booth
Dorothy Schwartz
Carl Landgren
John Zupancic
Royal
Eddie Gloss
Gloss
Hamilton
Brotherhoods
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