Bill Signed to Fix Travel Pay Of Legislators
Governor Rennebohm signed the Laird bill to pay mileage to legislators only for trips actually made. Law now requires monthly verified statements to the secretary of state, with payments at three cents a mile covering only trips taken. The notice also mentions a new law punishing fake newspaper stories and other discriminatory measures among 25 bills signed, plus various reforms in forestry, finance, public assistance, and taxation.
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Madison
U.P
Wisconsin
Oscar Rennebohm
Secretary of State
Rennebohm
The
Conservation Commission
Jacobs Elected New DAV Leader
Russell Jacobs was elected commander of Chapter 20 Disabled American Veterans at a Memorial Building meeting. He succeeds Walter F Cunningham. others elected include Rupert L Henneman Louis Greenwald Bernard A W Bremer John W Cable Alfred C Petit John A Mahoney LeRoy Hanrath Andrew Yorton. Delegates named to the state DAV convention in Sheboygan June 13 to 15.
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Russel Jacobs
Memorial Building
Jacobs
Walter F. Cunningham
Rupert L. Henneman
Louis Greenwald
Bernard A. W. Bremer
John W. Cable
Alfred C. Petit
John A. Mahoney
Sheboygan
Russell Jacobs
Walter F.cunningham
Harry Olsen
Petit
Walter Larson
George B. Murray
Henneman
Cable
Gust Kropp
Hanrath
Thomas Freuen
Oscar Bartel
Greenwald
Edson Ogden
Three Die As Elko Building Collapses In Excavation
Three people were killed and four injured when an old brick and wooden apartment house collapsed into a 100 by 50 foot excavation in Elko Nevada. The dead include Ralph Neilsen his mother Mrs Beatrice Neilsen and Mrs Ray Norris.
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Elko
Nev
U.P
Ralph Neilsen
Beatrice Neilsen
Ray Norris
Naval Reserve Week Plans Announced for May 18 25
The Navy sets a Kenosha quota of 675 enlistments for the week starting May 18 as Charles Nash Miller reports a national target of 1 030 000. City Manager Albert E Axtell issues a proclamation urging civic support for the Civilian Naval Reserve training and opportunities.
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Kenosha Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Charles Nash Miller
Kenosha County
Navy
Miller
Albert E. Axtell
Beefore
Naval Reserve
Lewis agrees to partial coal industry bargaining
John L. Lewis decided to bargain with three fourths of the soft coal sector and start talks tomorrow, a shift from his demand for industry wide bargaining. Southern producers balk at a single negotiation and may seek separate talks, while a joint conference will include seven members from each side and be chaired by Ezra Van Horn.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Federal Coal Mines
UMW
Collisson
Northern
Westra
U. S. Steel
Charles O'Neill
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Producers
Southern
Slate Sale of Huge Surplus At Nash Plant
The War Assets Administration plans a 3.5 million dollar surplus sale at the Nash-Kelvinator plant starting Monday. Veterans, small business, RFC, government, and non profit buyers will have staged access with tiered dates and required verifications. Equipment includes machine tools, blowers, lab gear, office furniture, with prices fixed.
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Nash
War Assets Administration
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
James Dick
WAA
Veterans Service Office
Fifty-second Street
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Gate 16
F.o.b
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Fred Wallis
UN Names Special 11 Nation Palestine Inquiry Committee
United Nations general assembly named an 11 nation neutral inquiry commission to study the Palestine problem and urged a truce in the Holy Land during the UN inquiry. The panel includes Australia Canada Czechoslovakia Guatemala India Iran Netherlands Peru Sweden Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
U.P
United Nations General Assembly
Holy Land
Special Assembly
General Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Australia
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Guatemala
India
Iran
Netherlands
Peru
Sweden
Uruguay
Yugoslavia
Indictment of 61 Over Louisiana Milk Strike
Federal grand jury in New Orleans indicts 61 men including AFL officials for conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce during the recent Louisiana milk strike. Charges cover blocking trucks and trains, seizing milk and equipment, firing on trucks, and pressuring distributors to halt shipments to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
AFL
Louisiana
Patrolmen Make Swift Arrest At Traffic Light
Denver report says Patrolmen Richard Brown and Thomas Davy waited in their squad car as a robber held up a victim. They acted when the robber displayed the money, leaping out to arrest him.
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Denver
Richard Brown
Thomas Davy
Congress Sends Greek Turkish Aid Bill to Truman
Congress sent to the White House a $400 million program of financial and limited military aid to Greece and Turkey to counter communism. President Truman urged approval of a $350 million European relief fund in a letter transmitting UNRRA’s tenth quarterly report, while conferees divided over the final relief amount.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Greece
Turkey
House
Senate
Europe
Asia
Truman
Mr. Truman
UNRRA
Rickenbacker Plans Transcontinental Flight Test
Capt. Ed Rickenbacker said if weather cooperates within the next day or two he will attempt a west east transcontinental record flight for a commercial Lockheed Constellation that he has just received.
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Pasadena
Calif
Eddie Rickenbacker
Neighbors Aid Father of Missing Georgia Jean Weckler
Neighbors in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin answered a call to help George Weckler after his eight year old daughter Georgia Jean disappeared May first. Fifteen farmers with twenty one tractors plowed a 26 acre tract and 30 more acres, while five hours of work ended with a communal chicken dinner and a prayer for the girl’s safe return.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
U.P
George Weckler
Jefferson County
Georgia Jean
Weckler
Loren Becker
George
Ler
Clarence Trieloff
A. G. Tippins
St. John’s Community Church
Oakdale Center
Savage Named Eagles Head in Kenosha
K T Savage was elected president of Kenosha Eagles Aerie 1055 at the May officers meeting, succeeding William Rauen who becomes junior past president. Rauen also takes a three year trustee term with Wesener and Kromer. New officers include Grasser, Huck, Stuart, Orth, Clemens, Chartier, and Gentes with re-elected Stuart, Orth, Clemens, Chartier, and Gentes.
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K. T. Savage
Kenosha Eagles Aerie
Eagles Club
William Rauen
Rauen
Oscar Wesener
John Kromer
William Ritter
Charles Grasser
Clarence Huck
John V. Stuart
Fred J. Orth
Michael
Clifford Schuh
State Eagles
Antigo
Eagles
War action destroys 286 churches in England and Wales
The Incorporated Church Building Society announced that enemy actions during the war destroyed 286 churches across England and Wales, highlighting wartime losses to religious infrastructure.
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London
England and
Wales
Incorporated Church Building Society
How High Is Up Driver Crashes Bus in Viaduct
William Plokot drove an empty Chicago double decker bus through a viaduct last night. A crash overhead occurred when he forgot the bus was a double decker.
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Chicago
A.P
William Plokot
Plokot
Three Arraigned In Liquor Sales Plead innocent
Innocent pleas were entered by Joe Berg Fred Johnson and Anton Krakis in county court arraignments on one count each of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor All three posted 500 bond and have preliminary hearings set for May 23 Judge Davis presided at 2 30 p m The Navy club VFW club and Roberts Cocktail Lounge staff are named with warrants for Haebig and Schulte later canceled and Berg Johnson Krakis ordered to report to detective headquarters
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Joe Berg
Fifty-seventh Street
Navy Club
Fred Johnson
Fifty-sixth Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Anton Krakis
Roberts Cocktail Lounge
Sixth Avenue
W. W. Davis
Davis
John Haebig
VFW Club
Arthur Schulte
Berg and Johnson
Krakis
Wednes
Romney Guilty of Concealing Shortage in House Bank
A federal court jury found former House Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney guilty on all three counts for fraudulently concealing a $143,863 shortage in house bank funds. Jurors deliberated 1 hour 50 minutes before delivering the verdict. sentencing date not set. Romney said he would appeal.
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Washington
U.P
House
Kenneth Romney
Romney
Frolicking Horse Says Good Morning to Holt at Dawn
R B Holt of Route 3 awoke to a black horse waltzing in his front yard and peering into his window. Deputy Leland Chartier and Minkowski fur farm staff traced the animal to a caretaker and lured it back to its stall with oats.
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R. B. Holt
Route 3
Holt
Holt’s
Mr. Holt
Sheriff's Office
Leland Chartier
Minkowski
German Officials Seek Temporary Ration Cut in Crisis
German officials proposed a temporary reduction in rations in the British and American zones amid a grave food crisis. London sources said British troops would comb farmland for hidden stocks fueling a black market as Soviet zone reports showed strain in eastern Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
London
Berlin
Stuttgart
United States
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
Robert Patterson
Patterson
Herbert Hoover
Housing Authority Hear Report On Kenosha Housing Needs
Kenosha city officials schedule 4 PM meeting of the Housing Authority to review a current survey showing a need for 600 additional dwelling units and a study of vacant business properties for potential conversion. City Manager A E Axtell notes bond issuance legality under existing statutes will be discussed.
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Housing Authority of
City of
Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Housing Authority
Axtell
Commissioner Nunan to resign as Internal Revenue chief
Joseph D. Nunan Jr. announced his resignation as commissioner of internal revenue effective June 30. President Truman named George J. Schoeneman to succeed him, with Schoeneman currently serving as a special executive assistant to the President.
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Internal Revenue
Nunan
Washington
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Truman
George J. Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Internal Revenue Bureau
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International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Trust Company
Mutual Savings
DAV
Harley Hurst
Cynthia Reed
Oklahoma City
Carl Traub
Bill Miskell
U.S
van Horn
Freeman
Joseph F. Freeman
Austin Canfield
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Palestine Inquiry Committee
Assembly
Palestine
Oswaldo
Joint
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Free City of
Trieste
China
Rickenbacker
Mark
Savage
Frolicking Horse
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