25 May 1946
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1946
Page
1
President Truman warned that rail strikes threaten a food crisis as scare buying tightens supplies. Government agencies and states prepared emergency plans while 45 000 carloads of food were stranded and price controls on potatoes were imposed to curb potential price spikes.
President Truman tells the United Nations Economic and Social Council at its first U.S. meeting that the council can make peace a reality for common people worldwide. John G. Winant reads the message as the 18 nation body convenes at Hunter College. The appeal stresses goals of ending want, boosting production, improving transport and communications, and raising living standards.
The Kenosha Council of the Navy League of the United States will sponsor a local Organized Reserve unit formed with Ninth Naval District cooperation and Kenosha veterans. A special meeting at the Elks club endorsed sponsorship and named leaders to advance staffing and appointment decisions with Great Lakes officials. Captain R. M. Fortson and Lt Commander R. J. McCue brought the petition for sponsorship to the league.
President Truman prepares to ask Congress for legislation making it a crime to strike against government seized property including railroads and soft coal mines. Leaders vow quick passage as the rail tie-up tests sovereignty and the president broadcasts his appeal for workers to return.
GI volunteers in Tokyo sent radiograms with Love and Kisses to urge extending the draft. The code messages say Congress must act to widen wartime occupation and provide replacements. Two enlisted men paid 20.60 each for the radiograms. cablegrams cost 60 cents. Publicity planned in Stars and Stripes amid criticism of Congress.
Gov. Walter S. Goodland planned to announce whether to call a special session to redraw state senate and assembly districts before the Aug. 13 primary. The move follows a lawsuit by World War II veterans Ervin Bruner and Gaylord Nelson challenging current district lines based on the 1940 census.
Interior Secretary Krug summoned John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers negotiating committee for a vital pre strike conference. The two week coal truce expires after today’s shifts and the government ponders operating the mines next week. President Truman aims to prevent rail shutdowns and extend talks through pressure and persuasion.
The Army Air Transport Command begins long distance mail flights carrying 7 900 pounds to Chicago and 4 900 pounds to Westover Field Mass. Naval air transport adds 24 four engined planes from Pacific and Asiatic bases. Secretary Patterson calls Eisenhower from Savannah for a briefing. The Army may recall discharged veterans to man war zone trains if needed.
John Neumann, a 93 year old Milwaukee resident, died at County Emergency Hospital after sustaining a fractured skull from a fall at his home. He passed away yesterday shortly after the injury.
When twelve thousand baby chicks and five colonies of bees were stranded by a railroad strike, W. L. McMaster in charge of undeliverable parcel post arranged an auction. About 500 bidders paid $625 for the chicks, hoping to save them from perish.
James Walter Brook 64 of Brighton township died Friday night at Burlington Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. A longtime Brighton resident, he chaired the town board and the county board, served on the World War II draft board, and was active in civic life. He married Agnes Stockwell in 1912. survivors include his widow, a daughter Lorain at home, a brother William in Oregon, and sisters Mrs. Belle Rhodes of Brighton and Mrs. Lucy Edwards (deceased) Rochester Wisconsin.
Gen Tai Chen, who will head Chinese occupation forces sent to Japan, leaves for Tokyo Monday to confer with Gen MacArthur on the use of the troops.
Passenger car production lines at General Motors Chevrolet and Fisher body divisions in Janesville Wisconsin closed due to material shortages from a railroad strike. Truck lines likely halted as well. Nearly 4,000 workers affected.
Railway engineers and trainmen suspend walkout conditionally as President Truman moves to seek special labor legislation. Speaker Rayburn says strike bill ready to pass within 40 minutes of the president's speech. The union says they will return to work on a 16 cent raise and rule changes if they can negotiate further on any additional wage increases.
The Nash-Kelvinator plant in Kenosha shuts down Friday through June 10 due to material shortages while American Brass Simmons and Snap-On plan to keep producing as long as storage space lasts amid rail strike disruptions. Shifts at Simmons depend on strike outcomes. no layoffs announced.
About 1,000 graduates at the University of Wisconsin 93rd commencement in Madison heard President Edwin B. Fred urge use of education to foster happiness and understanding amid postwar recovery. Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry offered greetings and emphasized applying learned principles to the university and state.
President Truman urged a return to duty and threatened to use the army. Early returns showed a few engineers and yard crews resuming, with only modest movement on major lines. The Reading Railroad reported six engineers and several crews back, while the New York Central noted a handful of workers, and the Pennsylvania saw one trainman back by 10:30 a.m. Many roads conducted polls to gauge sentiment, with no broad shift by noon.
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