Truman Names Sherman Minton to Supreme Court Justice
President Truman selected Sherman Minton a former Indiana New Deal senator to fill the late Wiley Rutledge seat on the Supreme Court. The 58 year old federal circuit judge would be the fourth Truman appointee to the court pending Senate confirmation. Minton served 1935 to 1941 in the Senate and backed Roosevelt measures including plans to expand the court.
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Washington
Truman
Sherman Minton
Indiana
New Deal
Supreme Court
Wiley Rutledge
Minton
Senate
Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter C. Lindley
Illinois
Lindley
Harding
Casper Platte
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Gibson
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Chicago
Scott Lucas
Steel and coal tieup threats raise labor tension
Union leaders Philip Murray and John L. Lewis issued veiled strike threats as coal and steel industries faced potential walkouts. Murray accused U S Steel and others of trying to force a strike, while Fairless said bargaining was possible but rejected the board’s pension and insurance plan without employee contributions. A 12:01 a m Sept 25 steel strike deadline looms if talks fail.
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Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Truman
Fairless
Diesel Explosion Kills 2 at Indiana Generator Plant
A diesel engine explosion at Southeastern Indian Electric's generator plant in Rushville Indiana killed John Wood 35 a former Rushville high school star and Elbert Cross 34. Two others escaped as emergency crews cleared debris and power was cut to 11 counties while PSC crews restored service to 8500 customers.
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Rushville
Ind
Southeastern Indian Electric Company
John Wood
Elbert Cross
Public Service Company of Indiana
PSC
Southeastern
Bob Rankin
Tony Barringer
George Kreher
Mississippi River
German nobleman and wife killed in car crash
Hamburg police report that Count Gottfriend von Bismarck Schoenhause n and his wife Melanie age 33 died in an automobile crash yesterday. The couple were prominent figures connected to German imperial lineage.
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Hamburg
Germany
Gottfriend von Bismarck-Schoenhausen
Melanie
Frost Lays Heavy Grasp Across Wisconsin
Federal Weatherman H J Thompson reports land o Lakes tied to 27 degree frost as north central Wisconsin sees deep chill while Walworth county and East Troy report lighter frost. Readings steady in the 30s and 40s statewide with a 48 degree low last night and a forecast of 42 to 46 tonight. Kenosha records 61 at noon.
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Punkin
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Land O’ Lakes
Walworth County
Troy
Kenosha
Imperial Oil to Ship Oil from Superior to Eastern Ports
An Imperial Oil Co. Ltd official said the firm will ship about 100,000 barrels of oil daily from Superior, Wisconsin to eastern ports. The company is constructing a $90,000,000 pipeline extending 1,100 miles from Alberta fields near Edmonton to the Lake Superior port.
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Superior
Wis
U.2
Imperial Oil Co. Ltd
Toronto
Imperial
Alberta
Edmonton
Lake Superior
Racine Man Pays Parking Fines at Police Station
James E. Tully Jr. of Racine went to the police station with three unpaid tickets and $3 to settle them. Capt. Samuel Nelson informed him of eight more unpaid tickets, all issued since April, six of which were at the same location. Tully paid $11 to cover all tickets after notices had been mailed.
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Kenoshan
Racine
Samuel Nelson
James E. Tully, Jr
74Th St
Tully
Capt
Nelson
Flier Crommelin Removed After Unification Blast
Capt John G Crommelin a veteran navy flier who fired an unauthorized blast at unification last weekend has been removed from his post on the staff of the Pentagon high command and ordered to report to the chief of naval operations for reassignment.
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Washington
U.P
John G. Crommelin
Navy
Pentagon High Command
Chief of Naval Operations
Gisholt Machine Co Announces 70 Layoffs in Madison
Gisholt Machine Co says a drop in new business will cut 70 jobs in Madison Wisconsin. The firm employs more than 1,100 workers and notes payroll was about double pre war levels.
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Madison
Wis
Gisholt Machine Co
Britain to Buy Canadian Wheat With U.S. Aid
The Economic Cooperation Administration said Britain may use U.S. recovery dollars to purchase 175 million dollars of Canadian wheat to ease Britain's dollar shortage. Also noted are Cold War forecasted moves in Europe and the Far East, and U.S. hearings on eggs price supports. In Naples, a priest refused burial rites for a Communist comrade.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Great Britain
U. S
Britain
Europe
Far East
Nations Get Trade Concessions Broadened
The United States extends Britain style trade concessions to all Marshall Plan nations. U S policy relaxes where dollars may be spent and aims to boost recovery. Attending the economic conference were Acheson Schuman Snyder Petsche Bonnet Hoffman Harriman and others as Western defense talks near the Atlantic pact summit.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Canada
U. S
Britain
Economic Cooperation Administration
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Maurice Petsche
Henri Bonnet
Paul G. Hoffman
W. Averell Harriman
Keith named director of slum clearance program
Washington announces Nathaniel S. Keith of Cincinnati as the new director of the slum clearance and urban redevelopment program.
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Washington
Nathaniel S. Keith
Cincinnati
Consider Abraham Lincoln and community fund pledge
The text traces Lincoln's early defeats and eventual fame, then pivots to urging Kenosha Community Fund support. It highlights 14 member agencies and frames giving as a civic duty, urging readers to pledge and recognize responsibilities. The piece uses Lincoln as a metaphor for perseverance and communal effort.
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Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Senate
Kenosha
U S Sues to Break Up A P Food Chain Across The Nation
Attorney General J Howard McGrath filed a federal suit in New York to dissolve the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The action seeks to separate manufacturing and wholesale buying from retail operations into seven independent chains, and to dissolve A P s wholesale agent the Atlantic Commission. The case follows a prior Illinois conviction and $175 000 in fines, with A P accounting for about 6.4 percent of national retail food sales. Also noted is the 70 percent complete American Brass tube mill in Kenosha with production set for Jan 1. The project cost over 2 million dollars and will employ about 200 workers with capacity 750 000 pounds monthly.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Federal District Court
New York City
A&p Company
Danville
Ill
U. S. Court of Appeals
Chicago
New York
A&p
American Brass Company
Kenosha Brass Company
Richard H. Barden
Kenosha
Barden
U. S
American Brass
Austin Company
18Th Ave
20Th Ave
63Rd St
65Th St
Kenosha Brass
McGrath
Big Chain
Aote
End of Chicago Printer Strike Reaches Settlement
The AFL Typographical Union and Chicago newspaper management reached a deal ending the two year strike against five papers including the Sun Times Daily News and Tribune. The agreement adds ten dollars weekly and raises weekly wages to between 95.50 and 101 for various shifts with union protections and defined qualifications.
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Chicago
L.P
AFL
Chicago Typographical Union
John J. Pilch
Woodruff Randolph
International
Pilch
New York
Chicago Sun
Times
Daily News
Journal of Commerce
Tribune and Herald-American
Boy Wounded By Laundryman
A 12 year old boy was left in very critical condition after being shot by Lee Chong a 72 year old Chinese laundryman angered by rock throwing at his building. Police say the incident followed weeks of rock throwing and an earlier shot fired at the youths.
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Milwaukee
Lee Chong
Chester Kreiser
Charles A. Huepper
Ice and Coal Company
Chester
Early Settlement Seen In Missouri Pacific Troup
Union officials studied a company proposal to end a week-old Missouri Pacific Railroad strike and predicted an early settlement. The railroad offered 59 of 282 grievances and asked engineers firemen trainmen and conductors to submit a similar list for possible compromise.
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St. Louis
U.2
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Arrest of Spies Blocked by State Dept Says Ex-FBI Agent
Former FBI agent Larry E. Kerley testified before a Senate subcommittee that during World War II the State Department blocked hundreds of arrest attempts by the FBI. He named Arthur Adams as a Soviet spy ring leader the FBI wanted to capture in 1945 but was blocked from seizing within the United States.
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Washington
U.P
FBI
State Department
Larry E. Kerley
Senate
Kerley
New York Journal American
Arthur Adams
Adams
Department
Night Speed Limit Law Clarified in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's 55 mph night speed limit is active from after sunset to before sunrise. The clarification was provided to Ben L. Marcus, commissioner of the state motor vehicle department, by Atty. Gen. Thomas Fairchild. A daytime limit of 65 mph also exists and was sought for guidance by the state division of the American Automobile Association.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ben L. Marcus
State Motor Vehicle Department
Thomas Fairchild
American Automobile Association
Oxford bankers hear offer to build ships cheaper abroad
An audience of bankers in Oxford heard that firms from Britain, Japan, and possibly other nations offer to construct ships for Britain at lower costs than domestic yards. The report notes the potential impact on British shipbuilding competitiveness.
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Oxford
Eng
Sufficient Gasoline for Centuries Assured by New Shale Process
Colorado shale oil breakthrough promises low cost extraction using cliffside mining machines. Bureau of Mines proves shale oil can supplement petroleum with 6000 foot plants and 100 ton daily rock output, highlighting the mahogany ledge deposit and vast shale reserves in Colorado Utah Wyoming and Alaska.
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Colo
Rocky Mountains
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau
United States
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Alaska
Ohio
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Spain
John P. Saylor
Pennsylvania
CIO Steelworkers
Lewis
United Press
Mgj. T. J. Childress
Charleston
W. Va
Joe
Jack
Morris Harvey College
Blast Against Unification
Agriculture Department
W. Dewey Termohlen
Senate Agriculture
Naples
Italy
Pozzuoli
Here
U.S
A& P
Justice Department
Atlantic Commission Company
A&p System
A&P’s
Sun and Times
Luther M. Swygert
Hammond
Swygert
Randolph
Jesse Donaldson
Gail St. Clair
Post Office Department
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