Kenosha Housing Authority tables need for 693 homes
The new Kenosha Housing Authority met at city hall for its first session. City Manager A E Axtell outlined an urgent need for 693 housing units and reviewed present facilities, current needs, and financing options including legal questions on revenue bonds amid pending state rulings.
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Housing Authority
Kenosha
Enewy Weee 5
Mee Weetown
Harold Newton
L. E. Vaudreuil
Walter Cunningham
William Hoyer
C. R. Nicolazzo
Axtell
Municipal Housing Authority
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
City Inspection Department
City Housing Authority
Plan Factory Display at Wilmot Fair in Kenosha County
Kenosha industrial products large and small to be shown at the Wilmot county fair August 8 9 and 10 under the Cham ber of Commerce rural relations committee. A J Ryall committee chairman said a tent area 100 feet long and a matching stockade will showcase local industrial items with small goods in the tent and large items outdoors. Kenosha County Cooperative Fair association may designate August 10 as Kenosha day. The rural relations committee will run fair ticket sales through local merchants and a Kenosha Gay program will open the event. A plan to tour Kenosha business leaders to inspect 4 H beef dairy cattle and gardening projects in June and July was also discussed. A J Ragan was named chair man of a county town farm dinner planned for October, the second in a merchants and residents series begun at Bristol in April. Additional committee members include Russell H Jones and Frank Van Alstine.
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Kenosha
Wilmot County
Chamber of Commerce Rural Relations Committee
A. J. Ryall
Ryall
Kenosha County
Phone Companies Return to Normal Across Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Co reports local and long distance calls back to a full normal basis after emergency status ends. Antioch operators return to work as the Association of Communication Equipment Workers withdraws all picket lines statewide.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Antioch
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Navy budget cut eyed as 40,000 fewer sailors
The House appropriations committee urged an 11 percent reduction in the 1948 Navy budget, trimming $377.5 million from Truman’s request and signaling substantial cuts in military and civilian personnel. It endorsed full funding for aircraft and equipment but urged savings through manpower reductions and base closures.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Captain Smith, Speed Record Flier, Killed
Captain Martin L. Smith, 27, holder of the New York to Washington speed record, was killed when his P80 Shooting Star crashed on a test flight near Xenia Ohio. Wright Field officials reported the crash occurred yesterday during testing.
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Dayton
U.P
Martin L. Smith
New York
Washington
Xenia
Ohio
Wright Field
Izaak Walton Devotees Plan Season Opener
Kenosha sportsmen prepare for the 1947 Wisconsin general fishing season opening with a big rush on licenses. County Clerk John C. Niederprim notes 350 licenses sold, 850 more via agents, as state officials anticipate record overall license sales and strong fishing for muskies trout pike and pan fish while black bass opens June 20.
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Kenosha
Izaak Walton
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
John C. Niederprim
Conservation Department
B 29s Parade Over New York In Massed Air Show
In a high profile simulation the 125 B 29 Superfortresses of the U S strategic air command traced routes from Cape May New Jersey to New York City that darkened the skyline over the financial district. Weather forced a split formation into twelve ship squadrons over 150 miles with the flyover stretching over 30 minutes.
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New York
U.P
United States
Japan
Army Air Forces
Strategic Air Command
Bronx
Cape May
N. J
Financial District
Midtown
Empire State Building
Old Swedish Custom Backfires In United States
Dr. Frank P. Tolleen, after 20 years in Sweden, stopped at a hotel in an American city and left his shoes outside his door hoping for a shine. In America the custom does not apply, and his shoes were stolen.
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United States
Kulm
N. D
Frank P. Tolleen
Sweden
Tolleen
Europe
America
Two Killed In Capital Gunfight At Municipal Court Building
A patrolman Hubert Estes and Ray Devendorf a DC Bar association official were killed in a gunfight at the municipal courthouse. Three others were wounded including attorney George W Dalzell and guard Cecil Craig. An unidentified man seeking admission to the bar opened fire in Devendorf’s office before being shot by police.
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Washington
Law Association
Municipal Court House
Hubert Estes
Ray Devendorf
District of Columbia Bar Association
George W. Dalzell
Chevy Chase
Cecil Craig
Court House
Devendorf
Dalzell
Estes
Merger of AFL and CIO Remains Far Away Says Murray
Washington U P CIO President Philip Murray said merger of the CIO and AFL into one giant labor group is far away unless the AFL changes its stance on organic unity. He noted AFL would delay core policy matters and defer to its October convention for any agreement.
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Washington
U.P
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
Murray
Reserve Corps Opens Campaign For Enlistments
Harold P. Rasmussen announces an enlistment drive for Kenosha area ex servicemen with six months or more service and honorable discharge. Veterans may retain former grades if enlisting before June 30, otherwise grade seven after six months post discharge. Ex warrant officers urged to join as master sergeant. examinations for officers reserve corps under study.
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Kenosha
Harold P. Rasmussen
531St
Wisconsin
Rasmussen
Organized Reserve Corps
Army
War Department
334Th Parachute Infantry
Officers Reserve Corps
Wisconsin Dams Power Shift to County Boards
Governor Rennebohm signs a bill giving Wisconsin county boards authority to approve or block dam construction within their borders. A two-thirds vote is required to override the State Public Service Commission. The measure aligns with electric co‑op support and targets regional control of water resources. The session also advances a five‑day work week policy and a labor union membership rights bill.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
State Public Service Commission
Senate
GOP Seeks Tax Action Next Week
Senate Republicans plan to move a $4.0 billion tax reduction bill next week despite a Democratic push to delay. Finance Committee Chair Millikin of Colorado said he can push a Monday motion to bring the measure to the floor with some GOP support.
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Washington
Senate
Millikin, R
Colo
Finance Committee
Defense counsel defends May Garsson trio in war fraud trial
Washington defense counsel argued the May Garsson defendants are patriots and claimed Henry Garsson saved the government 200 million dollars in wartime costs. He blasted government charges that May took bribes, vowed witnesses to refute the case, and asserted the Garsson firms secured 78 million dollars in war contracts.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Charles J. Margiotti
Garssons
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
Henry
Murray Garsson
May
House Military Committee
Garsson
War Department
Garsson Brothers
Henry Kaiser
Margiotti
May- Gars
Naval Patrol Craft to Visit Kenosha Next Wednesday
The PC 1237-a naval patrol craft will visit Kenosha for a public open house on Wednesday May 21. Lt Comdr Harry C Quast will command the ship which arrives at 10 a m and opens to the public at 3 p m with radar gear on display and a Glenview Navy air unit flyover. The event is part of Naval Reserve week May 18 25 chaired by Charles Nash Miller with local leaders Axtell Auten and Lt Cmdr H E Long Jr in attendance.
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House
Chester W. Nimitz
Forrestal
United States
Uncle Sam
Kenosha
Charles Nash Miller
Harry C. Quast
USNR
Naval Reserve
Sheboygan
Miller
Glenview
Ill
Naval Air Station
Naval Air Reserve Corps
Barney Hill
Coast Guard
Kenosha Harbor
A. E. Axtell
Brad Auten
Cmdr
H. E. Long, Jr
Kenosha County
New London
Conn
Lake Front Stadium
Kenosha Comets
Kenosha Reserve
Navy League
Threat Against Former Soviet Official Surfaces in Hollywood Probe
A threat against Viktor A. Kravchenko, former Soviet official and author of I Chose Freedom, was reported to Beverly Hills police as his testimony to a House subcommittee on un American activities intensified. The inquiry, led by J Parnell Thomas, probes Communist influence in Hollywood with names from Adolphe Menjou Rupert Hughes and Jack Warner expected to be publicized.
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Menjou
Adolph Menjou
House Committee On
unAmerican
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Hollywood
America
House
Adolphe Menjou
Rupert Hughes
Jack Warner
Viktor A. Kravchenko
Kravchenko
Beverly Hills
Lee R. Brooks
Rn.j
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Washington
Thomas
U. S
Kravcchenko
Hughes
Russia
Communist Party
Warner
Studio
Joint Kenosha officials hold executive session on wage requests
The Kenosha city council and county board of supervisors met in a rare joint executive session to discuss municipal and county employee pay increases. A five member committee was named to study the wage requests and report back to a second joint session promptly.
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Kenosha
County Board of Supervisors
Peter Harris
Harris
Lewis and Operators Begin Negotiations
John L. Lewis and coal operators negotiating a new contract met for two hours as six member committees representing the United Mine Workers and operators discussed terms. The talks recessed until next Tuesday with no reports and Lewis declined to answer reporters, saying Ezra Vanhorn of Cleveland would comment.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra Vanhorn
Cleveland
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