Peace for Steel Strikes Ahead as U S Steelworkers Agree
America's major steel producers and CIO United Steelworkers extended the strike truce to Sept 25 after endorsing the president's fact finding board. The union accepted the pension plan and dropped a wage demand of 12 1/2 cents, signaling a prompt resumption of bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO United Steelworkers
Republic Steel Corporation of
Cleveland
Presidential Board
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation of
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworker
Truman
Murray
Two Chicagoans Held on School Burglary Count
Richard Eaton 41 admitted burglarizing Berryville school on Aug 18 taking $283 in food tools radios. Emanuel Suddoth 41 pleaded not guilty and preliminary hearing set Sept 16. Bond $1500 each. Officers linked Eaton to a vehicle. items including canned foods and radios were taken. some items recovered.
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Chicago
Richard Eaton
Berryville
Emanuel Suddoth
Eaton
Suddoth
W. W. Davis
Albert Bornhuetter
Robert Wallace
Frank Shannon
Eugene Schend
James Marshall
Found Dead in Car Evansville Wis
William Bone aged 60, operator of the Leota school for girls and noted Palomino horse exhibitor, was found dead in his running car. Coroner Herman Stuessy of Monroe said carbon monoxide fumes entered the vehicle through a tube connected to the exhaust.
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Evansville
Wis
William Bone
Leota School For Girls
Herman Stuessy
Monroe
Cold snap hits Wisconsin with frost expected tonight
A Canadian cold front brought 3 to 17 degree drops across Wisconsin. Morning readings were 63 at the sewage plant and 54 downtown. Frost or freezing temperatures are forecast for most of the state tonight as skies clear by Wednesday. Prairie du Chien had 78 yesterday and Superior 42 last night. Lake Geneva recorded 1.17 inches of rain with 0.50 inches more yesterday and today.
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Canada
Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Prairie du Chien
Superior
Lake Geneva
Thompson
Walkout halts production at Gary steel mill
In Gary Indiana a walkout of 50 workers stopped production at 12 Merchant Mills of Carnegie Illinois Steel Co idling 2800 of 20000 employees. Union leaders say the action is not tied to Philip Murray's wage drive decision.
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Gary
Ind
Carnegie Illinois Steel Co
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Radio Giveaway Ban Restrained by Federal Judge Igoe
U P Chicago report: Judge Michael L Igoe issued a temporary injunction delaying the FCC proposed ban on radio giveaway shows set for Oct 1 pending three judge constitutional court review hearings scheduled for Oct 7. Radio Features Inc sought the injunction claiming the ban unconstitutional amid related suits by ABC CBS NBC. The FCC argued for delay but no license actions were imminent. injunction cites potential irreparable damage to stations.
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Chicago
U.P
Michael L. Igoe
Federal Communications Commission
Igoe
Constitutional Court
Radio Features, Inc
Radio Features
New York
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Max Golman
FCC
Golman
Commission
IMF Urges Dollar-Short Nations to Devalue Currencies
The International Monetary Fund advises dollar-short nations to devalue their currencies if needed to boost dollar-earning exports. The report, presented at the fourth annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank boards, also notes Britain’s sterling crisis. U.S. and Canada welcome steps to aid Britain including Marshall Plan spending, easier import rules, and potential preference for British goods to conserve dollars.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Britain
U. S
Richard Dix Suffers Severe Heart Attack
Silent screen star Richard Dix suffers a serious heart attack on a train trip from New York and is reported in serious condition at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
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Richard Dix
Hollywood
U.P
New York
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
President Says College Needs More Women
President Dwight D. Baird of Trinidad Junior College told a male freshman class that the school needs another 100 girl students. His convocation address was delayed by thunderous applause and stamping from the audience.
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Trinidad, Colo
U.P
Dwight D. Baird
Trinidad Junior College
Fire destroys Atlantic City pier valued at $200000
A 200000 dollar blaze ripped through 300 feet of Atlantic City's famed million dollar pier early today. The fire gutted the ballroom near the shore end as roof girders collapsed while no injuries were reported. Police assisted Walter Merchant and his bride Florence from their pier living quarters during the blaze. Thousands watched the scene as winds drove flames seaward.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rex Farley
Long Pleasure Palace
Walter Merchant
Florence
Merchant
Superintendents to Meet at UW Madison Conference
The first of six plant superintendent conferences will be held on the University of Wisconsin campus September 22 as part of the school's industrial management institute program.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Industrial Management Institute
Army General Drops Spat Over War Games Tank Destruction
Army General Philip S. Gallagher ended a clash between the army and air force by saying air force jets destroyed invading tanks during war maneuvers near Munich. He apologized for misjudging air strikes and praised the army’s first division, while noting units on the autobahn were effectively destroyed.
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United Press
Army
Philip S. Gallagher
Air Force
Charles F. Born
Danube
Munich
Gallagher
Armored Constabulary
Wisconsin Assembly Votes to Uphold Governor vetoes
In Madison Gov. Oscar Rennebohm wins anew as the assembly sustains nine vetoes and overrides two. Both overridden measures hit the rail crossing funding and a separate warden pension fund, with the senate backing the assembly in the final veto defeats. The session also advances veterans housing loans and rent control debates.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Assembly
Senate
Rennebohm
Waitin
Bee Bush Lines
New
Duis Passen
VU nYauses
GOP
Aeronautics Commission
Milwaukee
Public hunting grounds expanded in Kenosha county
Three new controlled hunting areas totaling 6 208 acres are added in Kenosha county to relieve hunting pressure. The Paris area 3420 acres near William's Slough, the Salem Randall area 2091.08 acres, and the Des Plaines area 696.68 acres expand public hunting options while leases and boundaries remain provisional.
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Kenosha County
Allen E. McVey
Robert G. Turner
Paris
William’s Slough
Salem-Randall
Fox River
Des Plaines
Federal funds pledged to Wisconsin heart disease fight
The public health service announced nearly 394000 dollars in federal grants for Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin gets 380000 for a new fifth floor and roof deck at McArdle Memorial lab plus training and research funds. Marquette University receives 14000 for teaching. National program totals reach 8.6 million across 34 states and DC, with 10 million projected for the year ending June 30. Surgeon General Scheele says this marks broad federal support under the national heart institute. Research topics include environmental and hereditary factors, new surgeries and drugs, dietary cholesterol, organ secretions and fluid balance, and adrenal cortex role in allergic responses.
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Washington
U.P
Wisconsin
Public Health Service
University of Wisconsin
Maronette University
McArdle
Marquette
States
District of Columbia
National Heart Institute
Leonard A. Scheele
American Heart Association
Mop Up Rebels in Bolivia After Airfield Bombing
Government forces continued mop up operations against scattered rebel remnants in Bolivia. A high command communique said two government planes bombed the Santa Cruz airfield, the last major rebel stronghold, with one insurgent plane set ablaze and another damaged.
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la Paz
Bolivia
High Command
Santa Cruz
Pledge Talk Sparks Kenosha Community Fund Drive
As residents vacate Kenosha daily through summer and return for Labor Day, officials push to move pending requests to urgent and urge stronger underwriting for the 1949 Community Fund. The campaign seeks renewed pledges to support local social agencies amid tightened budgets.
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Kenosha
Community Fund
Kenoshans
49 Fund
Two-Year-Old Struck and Killed by Red Line Bus
A Burlington couple mourns as their son Michael John Pfancilter, 2, is fatally struck when he darts from the curb into a Red Line bus on 26th Ave near 75th St. Driver Clifford Fraid, 32nd Ave., says he could not stop. The child died at the scene. the incident occurred at 12:25 PM.
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Michael John Pfancilter
Robert Pfancilter
Burlington
Red Line
26Th Ave
75Th St
Clifford Fraid
32Nd Ave
Czech government arrests 15 priests to break church network
Prague reports 15 Roman Catholic priests arrested over the past two weeks in a government push to smash a secret church communications network linking priests and bishops. An informant confirmed the arrests as deliberate action.
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Czech
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hospital fund drive pledges reach 325000 in Manitowoc
The County Memorial hospital association announced last night pledges totaling 325000 toward a new fifty bed hospital to be built in Manitowoc Wisconsin.
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Manitowoc
Wis
The
County Memorial Hospital Association
Cold Front Drives Through Nation With Wind and Rain
A cold front moved eastward across the plains and into the mid Atlantic region bringing high winds and rain. The western Dakotas and neighboring states showed below freezing temperatures while parts of the north central states faced frost tonight. Storm warnings were set from Nantucket to the North Carolina coast as a wind driven storm moved up the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Canada
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Midwest
North Central States
Nantucket
Mass
North Carolina
Dimes Aid Polio Drive via Kenosha Parking Meters
City Manager A E Axtell announced that dimes dropped in Kenosha's 580 parking meters this September will be donated to the Polio Epidemic Emergency Drive. The campaign, named Polio Emergency Week, seeks cash support from motorists and the public to back the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
Axtell
Kenoshans
B. A. Herrmann
Kenosha County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Charles Werner
National Foundation For
Basil O’connor
National
Werner
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Berlin
Victor Milner, Jr
Los Angeles
Herleshausen Zonal
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Born
Edward Johnson
Helena
Veterans Housing Program
Federal Housing Authority
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