State Assembly Sustains Veto of Fireman Bill
Wisconsin Assembly votes 52 to 44 to sustain Governor Rennebohm's veto of a bill limiting firemen to 72 hours per week in cities of 10 000 to 150 000. Senate had overridden veto 20 to 10 last week. Debate centers on home rule and local vs state control with mixed charges about lobby influence and costs to cities like Superior.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Rennebohm
Senate
Genzmer
R. Mayville
Assembly
McParland
D. Cudahy
Assemblyman
Thomson
Richland Center
House
Machinists at Simmons Sign New Contract
After brief talks on Tuesday, Simmons management and International Association of Machinists Lodge 34 agreed to a new contract. It raises hourly wages by 1½ cents and guarantees six paid holidays annually. The deal affects 90 to 3,100 workers, runs to November 1, 1948, and allows wage talks to resume if a new national pattern emerges.
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Simmons Company
International Association of Machinists
Lodge No. 34
K. L Terrell
Joseph Greenwald
Machinists ‘Union
Machinists
Paul V. McNutt Resigns as Philippine Ambassador
Paul V. McNutt has submitted his resignation as ambassador to the Philippines effective at the President's convenience. He had signaled last fall an intention to retire from public service and enter private law practice in New York.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
New York
Soviet Urges Arab-Jewish State in Palestine at UN
The Soviet Union proposed an independent Arab-Jewish state or partition in Palestine during a 35 minute United Nations speech by Andrei A Gromyko. He urged equal rights for all and warned Britain’s mandate rule as a police state. He listed four possible solutions and avoided immigration specifics.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
U.P
Soviet Union
Palestine
Holy Land
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations General Assembly
Russia
Gromyko
Britain
Fadhil Jamali
Iraq
Jamali
18 Year Old Confesses Attack in Cedar City
Edward S. Barber an 18 year old from Great Neck New York has confessed to attacking a Long Island matron with a hammer on April 21 Cedar City police reported today.
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East
Cedar City
Utah
Edward S. Barber
Great Neck
N. Y
Long Island
Traffic Toll Up Sullivan Urges Driving Caution
Kenosha Police Chief John T. Sullivan ordered a crackdown on speeding and reckless driving after a hit and run incident worsened the citys traffic toll. In four months of 1947 there were 421 accidents, 34 pedestrians hit, 19 serious injuries, and higher property damage than 1946, prompting stricter enforcement citywide.
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Kenosha
John T. Sullivan
Sullivan
New Plane To Replace Sacred Cow For Presidents
The Sacred Cow will retire as the president travels aboard a new Douglas DC-6 set for a June 15 handover. Lt. Col. Henry Myers confirms a 100-hour shakedown with aims to set records. The aircraft, built for Air Transport Command, features two cabins, a master aft stateroom with lavatory, radio, and full flight instruments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Henry T. Myers
United Press
Myers
Air Transport Command
Truman Signs Ban on Portal Suits and Wage Request
Labor influence in Washington hits a ten year low as Congress moves to curb union activity. A Senate vote of 68 to 24 mirrors a House tally of 308 to 107, showing broad nonunion support for stricter labor regulation despite potential presidential veto.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Irving M. Ives
N. Y
Senate Veto Stakes Rise Over Expanded Case Labor Bill
The article notes the push to sustain a presidential veto on the expanded Case labor disputes bill. It cites a 255 to 135 House override vote last year against Truman, and explains how a conference committee could shape a version that might lure a veto and trigger a vigorous labor administration campaign. It mentions three administration Democrats who backed a milder substitute and that no Republicans supported it, with some GOP members unhappy with terms.
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House
Truman
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Capitol Hill
Organized Labor
Lucas
Illinois
Sparkman
Alabama
Maybank
South Carolina
Kenosha Board Awards Contracts Totalling 32962 Dollars
The Kenosha Board of Education let maintenance contracts totaling 32962 dollars at its May meeting. Low bids were approved for electric wiring alterations, Lincoln junior high fire protection upgrades, and coal supply from McNeil Fuel for the district. A gymnasium flooring bid was held in abeyance pending flooring procurement, and a curriculum fee plan for consumable workbooks was debated for grades one through six.
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Lincoln
H. R. Heinicke, Inc
Indianapolis
John Gibbs Smith
Heinicke
McNeil Fuel Company
Fourteenth Avenue
E. C. Glerum
Kenosha
McNeil
Lincoln Junior High
A. P. Koehl
Frank Zokaites
Eleventh Avenue
Zokaitis
Lindemann Construction Company
Fifth Avenue
Lindemann
Joseph C. Hamelink
Signe Corneliuson
Senate Approves 350 Million Relief for War-Torn Nations
The Senate approved a 350 million dollar relief program for Europe and Asia by a 79 to 4 vote, seeking a House compromise on a 150 million dollar cut. Countries identified include Austria Greece Hungary Italy Poland China and Trieste. The bill is one of two major foreign aid measures, the other 400 million for Greece and Turkey, awaiting final House action.
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Senate
Lenroot
Superior
Sen. Knowles
Richmond
Assembly
Washington
Europe
Asia
House
Truman
State Department
Marshall
Austria
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Poland
China
Trieste
Turkey
McClellan
D-Ark
Russia
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
United States
Senate House
President Truman signs portal pay bill with wage reform push
President Truman signed the portal to portal pay bill and urged Congress to raise the minimum wage to 65 cents an hour. He criticized some provisions as incomplete and asked for new legislation to clarify back pay claims while extending benefits to more workers. He pressed for a quick minimum wage increase and broader coverage to stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Warrant Issued for Kenosha Liquor Sales to Minors
District Attorney Urban J. Zievers issued warrants for John Haebig Arthur Schulte and Anton Krakis on charges of selling liquor to minors. The warrants followed a two day probe after a 16 year old reported a lost or stolen $41 billfold and authorities identified minors consuming alcohol at local taverns.
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Urban J. Zievers
Kenosha Tavern
John Haebig
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Fiftysixth Street
Arthur Schulte
Navy Club
Fiftyseventh Street
Anton Krakis
Roberts Cocktail
Sixth Avenue
Detective Bureau
Beulah McNeil
Keosha
Kenosha
Krakis
Haebig
Schulte
Affirm Convictions On Tax Evasions
The U.S. circuit court of appeals in Chicago affirmed the convictions of Walter W. Lange Fred A. Lange Jr and George Randall for tax evasion. The defendants were found guilty of evading nearly 600000 dollars in federal income and excess profits taxes for Crucible Steel Casting Co Milwaukee covering 1941 to 1943.
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Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Crucible Steel Casting Co
Milwaukee
Will M. Sparks
J. Earl Major
Sherman Minton
U.S
Ryan Duffy
Walter W. Lange
Fred A. Lange
George Randall
Walter
Parrot Refuses Clue In Home Ransack Case
Cincinnati officer Patrolman Leo Wolfe tried to coax Mrs. Jimmie Glassmeyer's parrot into naming the ransacker. The bird knew several first names but proved not to be a stool pigeon as the third degree failed to yield a lead.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Leo Wolfe
Wolfe
Jimmie Glassmeyer
Reserve officers to train 15 day active duty summer
Second Air Force announces 15 day active training periods for all officer grades this summer from July 15 to October 25. Officers with aeronautical ratings fill or skip form sections as directed. Training to cover air defense command air materiel command air training command and air proving ground command at army bases nationwide.
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Army Air Forces
Second Air Force
Norman C. Greening
Kenosha
Reserve Officers Association
Greening
2Nd AF
Air Force
Air University
Walter R. Peck
Second
Offutt Field
Neb
Air Defense Command
Air Materiel Command
Air Training Command
Air Proving Ground Command
Indictments Filed Against Centralia Coal Company
A grand jury indicted Centralia Coal Company for negligence over the mine disaster near Nashville Illinois that killed 111 miners on March 25. The case accuses the company of unsafe practices and failures leading to the deadly explosion.
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Nashville
Ill
Centralia Coal Company
Car Smashes Tree Injuring Milwaukee Man
Milton Turner, 35, of 2630 Fifteenth Street Milwaukee, was injured when his car struck a tree on the east side of Highway 42 a half mile south of Tobin Road. He was taken to Kenosha Hospital with facial and head lacerations, internal injuries, and severe shock. Turner worked for Home Merchants of Milwaukee and could not explain the crash.
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Milton Turner
Fifteenth Street
Milwaukee
Tobin Road
Clarence Huck
William Schmitt
Turner
Kenosha Hospital
Home Merchantile Company of
Boy II Reconciles Self To Life On Artificial Legs
Maiden boy Glenny Brann, 11, after burns and leg amputation, learns from doctors and visits by Ted Williams and Joe Dobson that artificial legs can restore activity. Williams hits two home runs for Glenny, who asks when he can walk again and vows to start with hope.
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Boy, II
Maiden
Mass
Glenny Brann
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Glenn
William H. Fisher
Malden Hospital
Dr. Fisher
Glenny
Williams
Freeman Acquitted In May Garsson War Fraud Trial
Federal Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut acquitted Joseph F Freeman, the Washington representative in the May Garsson war fraud case. The government rested its case against four defendants, with motions for acquittal by all. The judge signaled a strong inclination that three defendants May Garsson Henry M Garsson Murray Garsson faced prima facie proof, while he questioned proof against Freeman. May is accused of aiding the Garssons in securing war contracts and other favors including army treatment for relatives.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Joseph F. Freeman
May- Garsson
Andrew J. May
Henry M. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Schweinhaut
Garssons
May
Milwaukee to Receive Fleet Type Sub for Training
A fleet-type submarine similar to wartime Manitowoc builds will be assigned to Milwaukee for naval reserve training. Capt. George A. Parkinson, reserve brigade commander, announced the vessel, about 310 feet long and 1,500 tons, will arrive soon for use in training exercises.
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Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Naval Reserve
George A. Parkinson
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Wietzel
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