Britain Seeks Expanded Freedom on ECA Funds
A three power conference forms a special committee to study Britain’s request for more freedom to spend Marshall Plan dollars abroad. Cripps and Abbott press for tariff cuts and dollar earning opportunities while Snyder notes U S aid ends in 1952 and Britain must become self sufficient. Bevin and Cripps meet President Truman later as Canada urges review of American economic policies.
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Washington
Threepower
Britain
United States
Committee On
Snyder
Cripps
Canada
Douglas Abbott
Abbott
Bevin
Truman
Bermuda Faces Severe Hurricane Approach From Atlantic
An Atlantic hurricane nears Bermuda while a second Mexican storm with 100 mph winds tracks off Baja California. The Bermuda center is expected near the British resort colony about 600 miles east of the Carolina coast. Weather warnings issued for southern California as the Baja storm moves northwest offshore.
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Bermuda
California
Carolina
Puerto Rico
San Diego
Weather Bureau
Baja California
Cedros Island
Beloit Factory Destroyed in Major Blaze
A $600000 fire ravaged a Beloit Wisconsin factory housing Techni Craft and Taylor Freezer, erupting at 9 45 p m and burning for hours. Fire chief calls it the largest blaze in 25 years as 70 firefighters battled explosions and flames, saving a nearby plant and warehouse while thousands watched. No injuries reported. officials investigate cause, with state experts joining the probe.
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Beloit
Wis
Techni Craft and Taylor Freezer
Glen Davis
South Beloit
McGavock Lumber Company
Kingsley Named Vice Chairman of Fund Drive
Ralph S. Kingsley publisher of the Kenosha Evening News was named vice chairman of the 1949 Community Fund campaign by E. W. Bernitt. Seven divisional chairmen were also appointed. The directors report a joint meeting at 7 30 tonight at the Kenosha Youth Foundation building. Kingsley has long led community fund efforts since 1923. Continued on Page Eight.
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Kenosha News
Community Fund
E. W. Bernitt
Ralph S. Kingsley
Bernitt
Kingsley
Kenosha Evening News
Today
Lynn T. Hannahs
L. O. Denyes
Jessel S. Whyte
J. V. Quarles
David L. Phillips
Territorial
Morton C. Frost
Homer H. Heeman
Kenosha Youth Foundation
Kenosha
Richard Strauss Dies At 85 World Composer Passes Away
Richard Strauss, renowned German composer, died at 85 in Garmisch Partenkirchen after illness. A child prodigy, he wrote notable works including Don Quixote and Don Juan. his operas Salome and Elektra gained international fame. He left a son and grandson, with the family name poised for theater work.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Richard Strauss
Strauss
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Elektra
America
Munich
Garmisch- Partenkirchen
Austria
Richard
Dr Morris Wee Named President of Carthage College
Dr Morris Wee, a nationally known religious leader, was chosen today by the Carthage College board of trustees as its new president. The selection marks a leadership shift at the Wisconsin institution.
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Chicago
Morris Wee
Carthage
U S Congressmen Tour Korea to Inspect Aid Spending
A delegation led by Rep. Huber from Ohio arrives in Seoul after flying in from Japan as five U S congressmen embark on an Asian tour to review how American aid dollars are allocated and spent in Korea.
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Seoul
U. S
Japan
Rep
Huber
Ohio
Wisconsin's Murphy Named Ambassador to Belgium
Robert D. Murphy of Wisconsin, head of the German and Austrian Affairs Division, was nominated by President Truman to be Ambassador to Belgium. A veteran diplomat of 30 years, Murphy rose through roles in North Africa and Italy, served at Allied Headquarters in Europe, and advised state secretaries on German issues.
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Robert D. Murphy
Wisconsin
Belgium
Washington
State Department
Truman
Murphy
U. S
Roosevelt
North Africa
Algiers
Allied Control Commission
Italy
Western
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Council of Foreign Minister
Ask Strike Vote At Briggs Plant
The CIO United Auto Workers asked the state labor mediation board to conduct a strike vote for 34 000 Briggs Manufacturing workers at the body plant. The union seeks 100 a month pensions a health program and wage increases along with Ford and Chrysler locals. Emil Mazey filed the request under Bonnie Tripp law. Briggs supplies bodies for Packard Chrysler Willys and Nash parts. The contract remains open until August 1950 but the economic clause has been reopened.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
State Labor Mediation Board
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Ford
Chrysler
Emil Mazey
Uaw-Cio
Briggs Department
Bonnie-Tripp
Briggs
Packard
Willys
Nash
UAW
Key Legislators Back Rennebohm Plans In Wisconsin
Four Republican leaders met Gov Rennebohm in Madison and pledged to back an agenda for the short session. They approved moves on Old Age Assistance School Transportation Veterans housing and related fiscal shifts. They expect a brief session to address vetoes and appointments.
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Rennebohm
Madison
Wis
U.P
Oscar Rennebohm
Veteran's Housing
Veterans’ Affairs Department
Civil Service
Veterans’ Housing
Department of Taxation
Water Pollution Committee
Veteran’s Affair Department
Thomson
Public Welfare Board
Nicol
Jess Miller
Bernhard Gettelman
Milwaukee
Baby Fought From Chisel Wound In Joliet
Joan Arlene Weber an 18 month old girl in Joliet is expected to recover after a 10 inch wood chisel fell on her abdomen driving the tool through her body. The incident occurred when she slipped and fell onto the chisel.
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Joliet
Ill
U.P
Joan Arlene Weber
Milwaukee Truck Drivers Set To Strike
A walkout by AFL Local 200 truck drivers is planned for 6 pm, potentially halting major Milwaukee county building projects after contract talks with the Building Trades Employers association broke down.
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Milwaukee
AFL
Milwaukee County
Auto Truck Drivers Union
Building Trades Employers Association
Weather records dip as Wisconsin cools to near freezing
The article notes daytime in the 50s and 60s dropping to 32 at Land o Lakes overnight. Reading lows in the low 30s occur in extreme north central Wisconsin with H J Thompson cited. Kenosha hit 56, LaCrosse 66, and several cities reported rainfall from Wausau 0.40 inches. No frost reported. Kenosha was 65 at noon.
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Wisconsin
Land o'Lakes
H. J. Thompson
Kenosha
LaCrosse
Wausau
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Chicago May Take Over Railroad Fair Property
Officials from the railroad fair and Chicago met in Mayor Kenneths office to discuss a city takeover of the lake front fairgrounds and about 2 million dollars in improvements.
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Chicago
U.P
Twins Die in Bedroom Fire in Augusta Wisconsin
In Augusta Wisconsin two infant twins Judy Marie and Jack Lee Buck died in a bedroom fire that swept their room. Their mother awoke to flames and tried to reach them but was driven back. Neighbors alerted the fire department while the father was away helping to build a barn. The fire gutted the living room and bedroom. cause not yet determined by State Fire Marshall William Rohne.
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Augusta
Wis
Herbert Buck
Judy Marie
Jack Lee
Dean
Robert
William Korth
Ivan Bann
Census Bureau Reports August Job Gains and Unemployment Dip
The Census Bureau shows 1949 August civilian employment at 59,947,000 with unemployment at 3,689,000, a drop of over 400,000 from July. Non farm employment rose by 1,368,000 while agricultural work fell by a similar amount. Secretary Sawyer calls it a leveling off and predicts further declines in September as students return to school.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Bureau
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Export-Import Bank Approves Tito Loan to Yugoslavia
Diplomatic officials say the Export-Import Bank approved a multi million dollar loan to Yugoslavia totaling about 20 million dollars. The funds will finance machinery for Yugoslav copper, lead and zinc mines and mark the first direct U S loan to Marshal Tito's government since the split with Moscow. Yugoslavia had pressed the loan for roughly three weeks.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Prominent Shriner Earl Karkl Hammers Dies in Pittsburgh
Earl Karkl Hammers 64 former imperial potentate of North American shrines died today at his Pittsburgh home. He headed Shriners International in past years and was a noted leader in the fraternal order.
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Pittsburgh
Earl Karkl Hammers
Art of Swearing Dead Ruling in Labor Case
NLRB trial examiner Louis Prost orders Edna Ruggles reinstated with back pay at Indianapolis Glove Company in Marion Ind after ruling her cursing was a vexatious but not blasphemous impulse. He cites historical context and the impulsive nature of the profanity.
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Chicago
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Louis Prost
Edna Ruggles
Indianapolis Glove Company
Marion
Ind
Prost
Miss Ruggles
Plost
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Techni Craft
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Korea
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Col
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Roade
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France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Briggs Plant
Assembly
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Finance Committee
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Senate Highway Committee
Chisel
Baby
Tito
President Truman
Life Magazine
John Phillips
Phillips
Poland
Frankfurt
Tanjug
St. Louis
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Stanley B. Kielma
Forest Home Cemetery
Duane T. Harrie
Armand Harrie
Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Unruh
Charles Peterson
Wilson E. Harrie
Allentown
Young Harrie
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