Nation Wide General Strike Threat Voiced By Union
Paul Hall of the Seafarers International Union warns that a government move to man ships could trigger a nationwide general strike. The alert comes as a vast maritime fleet lies idle, with AFL crews picketing and ports across the globe shut down.
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AFL
Paul Hall
Seafarer’s International Union
Hall
Labor
Schwellenbach
White House
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers’ International Union
Transocean
Europe
Asia
UNRRA
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Wage Stabilization Board
New York Harbor
SAP
New York
New York City
Greece Reimposes Emergency Measures to Curb Violence
Greece reimposed drastic emergency rules as violence spiked amid tensions with Yugoslavia over Macedonia. Stylianos Gonatas announced military courts with death penalties and broad coverage across the mainland and Peloponnesus amid leftist attacks and a Yugoslav air incident.
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Athens
Stylianos Gonatas
Macedonia
Paris
Greece
Petropoulos
Belgrade
U. S. Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
UN Security Council
Ukraine
Balkans
Gonatas
Peloponesus
Salonika
Epirus
National Liberation Front
EAM
EAN
Thrace
Snap-on Plans to Open Canadian Plant Expansion
Snap-on Tools announces a new factory at Long Branch Ontario operated by Snap-on Tools of Canada Limited to serve Canada. The Kenosha firm notes space growth to 250000 square feet and a rise in employees from 206 in 1940 to 2137 across four plants and sales force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snap-on
Kenosha
Joseph Johnson
Snap-on Tools Corporation
Long Branch
Ontario
Snap-on Tools of Canada, Limited
Canada
Johnson
Canadian
Small Arms, Limited
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Forged Steel Products
Newport
Kenosha Corporation
Milwaukee
United States
Postpone Third Atom Bomb Test By Truman Order
President Truman ordered an indefinite postponement of the third atomic bomb test set for next spring. The delay, described as a sine die postponement, comes on recommendation of the JCS and the president's commission to evaluate the tests. The underwater blast was planned at Bikini Atoll with no date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Joint Chiefs of Staff, War
Charley
Bikini Atoll
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Plane Missing On Detroit Milwaukee Flight
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reported a two engine plane missing on a Detroit to Milwaukee route. The CAA said the last report showed the Cessna with six to eight passengers near Jackson Michigan at 3 40 p m CDT yesterday while attempting to reach Chicago.
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Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Jackson
Mich
Havana Youth Politician’s Son Dies in Cuba
Luis Martinez Saenz aged 16, son of Dr Joaquin Martinez Saenz a Cuban ABC party leader and minister without portfolio in President Grau’s cabinet, died on Friday.
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Havana
Luis Martinez Saenz
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
Cuban
ABC Party
Grau
City Councilman's Demand for Law Enforcement Backfires
Hayward California Councilman Jack Holland, who pushed for stronger police enforcement, was ticketed by Policeman Gerald Cost for a U turn. Judge Jacob Hunter fined him three dollars and Holland quipped that the incident proved the demand was being met.
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Hayward
Calif
Jack Holland
Gerald Cost
Jacob Hunter
Holland
Blanks Available For Disabled Vets Applying for Cars
VA announces application forms for WWII amputee veterans to obtain cars at government expense under Public Law 663. About 300 Wisconsin veterans may qualify. conveyances limited to 1600 dollars and must include safety and license requirements with June 30, 1947, deadline.
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Veterans Administration
Schwartz Building
Gail D. Hansis
Austria Italy Reach Accord on South Tyrol
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber and Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi announced a signed accord granting German speaking South Tyrol regional autonomy while preserving Italian sovereignty. The agreement, dated Sept 5, nullifies the 1939 Hitler Mussolini pact and guarantees German language education and official use, family names, and equal rights.
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Paris
Alvide de Gasperi
Karl Gruber
South Tyrol
Samuel Reiber
United States
United Nations
Roumanian
Balkan
Bolzano
Trento
Legal and Drafting Commission
Alcide de Gasperi
Lift Polio Ban For Theaters In Kenosha
The city lifts the polio ban allowing children 15 and under to attend theaters as of today. The Kenosha Youth Foundation notes the nearby pool may reopen for adults only, with children's classes to be announced. The decline in cases is cited as the reason, with five new cases this week and 89 total. Orgs note outdoor events resume and schools reopen September 16 after Labor Day closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Wallace
Leo Jensen
Kenosha Youth Foundation
A. J. Randall
City Health Department
Jensen
Bruce Helwig
Charles Goodell
Chamber of Commerce
Eichelman Park
Wallace
Randall
Five Supersleuths United for Private War on Crime
Washington U P reports five top private detectives form a national crime laboratory network. Dr Lemoyne Snyder leads the group with experts in forensics, ballistics, handwriting, and lie detection to cooperate with police and prosecutors on serious cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Clark Sellers
Los Angeles
William W. Harper
Pasadena
Raymond C. Schindler
New York
Dr. Snyder
Scotland Yard
FBI
Cial
National Crime Laboratory
Snyder
United States
Exploding Jar Injures Woman During Caning
Mrs. Walter Johnson of 2106 Sixty-first street was seriously burned and cut when a fruit jar exploded while she canned peaches using the cold packing method. She was taken to Kenosha hospital after 1 28 p m Friday and reported improved later. Fire units responded to the incident and earlier Friday a garage fire at 3601 Nineteenth avenue caused about 50 dollars damage from matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Johnson
Sixty-first Street
Kenosha Hospital
Fire
Johnson
David Morin
Nineteenth Avenue
Thirty Fourth
Seventieth Street
Pepper Shaker Used as Weapon In Assault Case
Mrs Ruth Flanagan accuses landlady Mrs Helen Revels of invading her home while she showered and spraying red pepper on her as she was expelled from the house in soapsuds. Revels is held for trial on felonious assault with a pepper shaker.
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Detroit
U.P
Ruth Flanagan
Helen Revels
Revels
Dilday Named As Secretary Of Commerce
Walter W. Hammond announced the appointment of Charles Dilday as secretary of the Kenosha Chamber of Commerce. Dilday, formerly of Chicago, will assume duties Monday after the Aug. 29 board vote to fill the vacancy left by J. C. Stump. He comes from Chicago where he was public relations director for community and war funds in Metropolitan Chicago for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dilday
Chicago
Ill
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
Walter W. Hammond
Dilday
Board of Directors
J. C. Stump
Kenosha Manufacturer's Association
Chamber
Kenosha
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Western Advertising Agency
American City Bureau
United States
Hammond
Chamber of Commerce
New Meats Priced Higher as OPA Sets Ceilings
Washington reports new retail meat ceilings will raise annual bills by about 600 million dollars with Tuesday effect. Deputy OPA chief Geoffrey Baker warns meat may be scarce and prices rise mainly on prime and choice cuts. Porter predicts industry help to enforce controls while pork beef and lamb shares revert to last June ceilings. Highest rise listed is 18 cents per pound for ready to eat Canadian bacon with 15 cent increases on other select meats. Beer prices also rise 8 to 10 cents per pound for top grades.
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Washington
OPA
Geoffrey Baker
Baker
Porter
Chicago
Congress
Anderson
Noted Doctor Bennett Richardson Dies at 66 in Providence
Dr Bennett L Richardson 66 longtime head of Charles V Chapin municipal hospital Providence died Friday. He was a national ally and authority on contagious diseases and served as hospital superintendent for over 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Bennett L. Richardson
Charles V. Chapin Municipal Hospital
Government may ease fashion rules next spring on hemlines
The Civilian Production Administration plans to study a gradual return to shorter dresses, with an inch more length allowed starting in spring cutting. Theodore Maynard pledged no immediate rule changes this fall, so any easing would begin with high style dresses in October and ordinary clothes in December.
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Washington
Producion Administration
Theodore Maynard
CPA
Maynard
OPA
Fight in Zion Ends in Man's Death After Slayant Blow
In Zion Illinois two bulldog fights erupted when Howard Moon Sr 47 restrained a dog, was slapped by Harry Christian 13, then struck by Christian after Moon admitted the slapping. Moon died from a fractured skull hours later in a nearby hospital. Christian was jailed on murder and manslaughter charges with an inquest planned.
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Christian
Moon
Ruessch
Timothy
Waukegan
Ruesch
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Associated Press
N. Y
William O'Dwyer
Max Korenblatt
Siu-Sup
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
William Heirens
James Kay
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Suzanne Degnan
Cullen
Austria
Italy
Whitlam
Internal Court of Human Rights
International Court of Justice
Lemoyne Snyder
Michigan
Elko
Nev
Peter Link
Brooklyn
NEA Telephoto
Commerce
Zion
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