Byrnes Sees Path to Settlement at June Peace Parley
Paris reports U S Secretary of State James Byrnes and 15 aides depart Orly for Washington after a deadlocked foreign ministers conference adjourned to June 15. Byrnes believes outstanding Russia western power issues will be settled, citing progress on Italian reparations colonies and Balkan frontiers. Trieste remains a focal point with rivals pushing for Italian control or international city status.
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Tom Connally
Tex
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Orlyfield
Washington
Foreign Ministers
Byrnes
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Britain
V. M. Molotov
le Bourget Field
Berlin
James Dunn
Trieste
United States
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
France
Moscow
Germany
New Kenosha Community Fund elects 18 directors
Eighteen directors from CIO AFL Chamber of Commerce and other groups were chosen to lead the new Kenosha Community Fund a welfare drive replacing the Patriots Fund. The name by laws and constitution were adopted and the board includes Milward Schaff Hannahs Whyte Schnurr Dr Cady and others.
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Kenosha
New Community Welfare
Kenosha Youth Foundation
Kenosha ‘Community Fund
Patriots Fund
Morton C. Frost
Patriots Fund Committee
Jack Milward
Cass Vincent
Rose Naumowich
CIO
Alex Schaff
Leland Birchard
William Savaglio
AFL
Lynn T. Hannahs
W. W. Davis
Lloyd Landgren
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
R. B Whyte
Felix Olkives
A. R Kneibler
Kenosha Manufacturers Association
M. M Schnurr
George R. Cady
First Congregational Church
Clarence Hawley
Louis Gentile
James E. Cotter
St. James Church
Ben Cohn
Milward, Scha
Naumowich
Savaglio
Landgren
Kneibler
Rev
Cotter
Cohn
Frost
L. O. Denyes
Patriot's Fund
Community Fund
Tojo and 27 Others Face Trial at World War II Tribunal
The 11 nation international military tribunal rules Hideki Tojo and 27 Japanese officials must stand trial for war crimes. Defense motions to quash indictments are denied. Trial set for June 3 with charges including mass murder and war crimes. The ruling affirms that leaders who started ruthless wars are not immune from prosecution.
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Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Japan
William Webb
United Nations Defers Albania Bid Two Months
The Security Council unanimously adopted a U.S. proposal to defer Albania’s UN membership request for two months. Russia supports the deferral while the United States and Great Britain oppose the delay.
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New York
U.P
United Nations Security Council
Albania
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Retail Sales Up 19 Percent for First Quarter
Retail sales in Kenosha for the first quarter of 1946 rose 19 percent from a year earlier, with 21 local retailers reporting March sales of 243 741 dollars. Statewide gains were led by durable goods and motor vehicle dealers, while department stores posted a 15 percent rise and other stores 22 percent.
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Kenosha
Census Bureau
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Madison
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
la Crosse
Green Bay
Truman orders seizure of U.S. railroads amid coal strike
President Truman rejected arbitration on the coal contract deadlock and shifted focus to a looming nationwide rail strike. White House officials said no new developments exist, while labor leader Lewis rejected the arbitration proposal and miners’ health fund demands. Authorities weighed possible government seizure of mines and rail movement next week as negotiations stalled.
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Truman
Charles G. Ross
United Mine Workers
Ross
White House
Misouri
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Walton devotees to start big push for fishing season
The 1946 Wisconsin panfish season opens at 12 01 Saturday with Izaak Walton devotees joining a statewide fishing push. In Kenosha county about 1200 licenses have been sold as peak sales will come before the bass season on June 20. A no smoking no fire rule is posted across lakes and streams amid dry conditions in northern forests prompting an emergency ban on fires and brush burning.
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Izaak Walton
Wisconsin
John C. Niederprim
Kenosha County
Niederprim
State Conservation Department
Northern Forest
State Conservation Commission
Governor Kelly's Father Dies in Detroit at 82
Henry M. Kelly father of Michigan Governor Kelly died in Detroit after an apoplectic stroke earlier in the week. He was 82.
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Detroit
Henry M. Kelly
Kelly
Michigan
Bus Driver Saves Boy After Car Door Pierces Jugular
Rockford Illinois Pat McHugh a 34 year old city bus driver stopped his packed bus after six year old Frederick Parker ran into a car door handle piercing the jugular vein. He pinched the wound halting the bleeding and rushed the boy to a hospital in time for blood plasma treatment. Doctors credited McHugh with saving the youth’s life and the boy was expected to recover.
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Rockford
Ill
Pat McHugh
Frederick Parker, Jr
McHugh
Draft to include 20 through 29 age men under new Truman plan
President Truman authorized expanding the draft age to 29 and urged Congress to extend conscription to childless men 20 to 29. Senate leaders prepared early action on a teen draft bill while the military affairs committee planned support for conscripting 18 and 19 year olds, including 80,000 students already eligible.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Hang Jap Guilty In GI's Murder
Katsunori Tamura, 18, was hanged today at Sugamo prison for the murder of an American soldier last December. He was the first Japanese to die for a crime against the occupation forces. An American military commission convicted Tamura Jan. 23 of stabbing Pfc. Robert C. Young of Syracuse, New York, at Sapporo, Hokkaido, on December 19. Young was attacked by Tamura and two accomplices when he surprised them looting a government warehouse.
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Tokyo
Katsunori Tamura
Sugamo
Ile
Tamura
Pfc
Robert C. Young
Syracuse
N. Y
Sapporo
Hokkaido Island
Young
Kenoshan Reports Amazing Kirsten Cycloidal Propeller Tests
Kenosha native Anthony Wirtz II serves on a 900 ton LSM during operational tests of the Kirsten cycloidal propeller. Admirals call it amazing for maneuverability as the ship pivots, crab walks, and stops quickly in Bremerton Washington Narrows. Tests were filmed for newsreels and depict the vessel turning on its bow and docking with ease. Wirtz, a 3/c motor machinist mate, has served two years in patrol groups in the Atlantic Pacific and has seen duty in Alaska.
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Kenoshan
Anthony Wirtz
Sixth Avenue
Kenosha Navy
Frederick K. Kirsten
Washington Narrrows
Bremerton
Navy
Wirtz
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaskan
Kenosha City Idea Contest Closes Monday
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce invites written suggestions for economic civic educational and cultural improvements. First prize is a $100 war savings bond followed by $50 $25 and multiple smaller bonds. Judges include local officials and a circuit judge. Entries reflect varied ideas from a human relations bureau to a city chess tournament.
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Chamber of Commerce Committee For the Promotion of
Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce Committee For
F. F E. Conner
Fred E. Frankson
First Methodist Church
Stephen Sherman
James E. Cotter
St. James Church
Alfred L. Drury
Chicago
Cuban Uprising at Camp Columbia Reported Dead and Wounded
Unofficial reports say heavy gunfire at Camp Columbia near Havana to early morning, describing a seditious uprising by Cuban military contingents. Several people were killed or wounded as the disorder was reportedly dealt with quickly.
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Havana
Cuba
Camp Columbia
Spike Jones Seeks Oregon Governor Nomination
Portland based bandleader Spike Jones announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Oregon governor. He urged voters to consider a write in if they enjoy his music, joking about the quiet Oregon election and noting Vic Meyers as a reformer from Washington.
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Portland
Ore
Spike Jones
Oregon
Vic Meyers
Washington
Seven Kenosha youths named for Badger Boys State attendance
Seven Kenosha high school youths were selected to attend the fifth Badger Boys State at Ripon college starting June 22. The sponsor groups include Rotary club Elks lodge Kiwanis club Manufacturers' association American Legion Voiture 410 40 and 8 and American Legion Post 21.
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Kenosha
Badger
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Francis Boness
Peter DeLant
Ralph Jensen
Kenneth Duthardt
Jerry Ruberg
Filer Rubjerg
Lawrence Hastings, Jr
Rotary Club
Elks Lodge
Kiwanis Club
Manufacturers’ Association
American
Normal New Car Output Is Many Months Away
The automotive market faces long waits as dealers struggle with quotas and shortages. Even with a ramp up to about 9 000 to 10 000 passenger cars daily, supply lags behind demand created by war years. Officials say it could take up to four years to return to normal output levels.
Union Leaders Fail to Resolve Rail Dispute Seizure Ordered
President Truman ordered government seizure of the nations railroads after union leaders said they could not settle with the carriers. The move aims to avert a nationwide strike set for 4 p.m. Saturday and puts OD Transport in control while negotiations continue.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Soldier Tells of Fatal Shooting in Frankfurt
An American private in the 3,757th Quartermaster Truck company confessed to firing three shots that killed two sergeants near Nuernberg Germany. Pfc James C Devone 28 of North Carolina admitted the killings after ballistics tests traced the weapon to him. The victims were T/4 Paul R Skelton 21 of McKinney Texas and S/Sgt William R Timmons 21 of West Haven Connecticut.
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Frankfurt
Germany
James C. Devone
North Carolina
Nuernberg
Devone
Claude Nichols
Wichita
Kan
Paul R. Skelton
McKinney
Texas
Loan Approved for Price Electric Cooperative in Wisconsin
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $328 000 loan yesterday to the Price Electric Cooperative Inc of Phillips Wisconsin to finance electric power facilities.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Price Electric Cooperative, Inc
Phillips, Wis
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