Pound Devaluation Shocks Britain and World Markets
Britain cuts pound value from 4.03 to 2.80 dollars in a government bid to avert bankruptcy. Banks close and exchanges shut worldwide as Europe and allied nations follow with devaluations. Cripps urges higher dollar earnings to restore self sufficiency by 1952. Canadians await parliament. U S officials call the move constructive amid global turmoil.
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Labor
Europe
Asia
Britain
America
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Soviet Orbit
Kremlin
Canada
U.S
Douglass Abbott
Washington
U. S
Mediation fails to end steel deadlock as strike looms
Washington report says Cyrus Ching fails to move steel firms from rejecting the trusteeship backed pension and insurance plan. CIO president Murray warns 1,000,000 workers may walk out Saturday unless talks begin now on the board's recommendations, while both sides keep firm positions.
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Washington
U.P
Federal
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Noronic disaster toll rises as search continues
The S S Noronic blaze left 121 dead with 84 unaccounted for as divers probe submerged decks. Red Cross officials hope most missing were safe at home. funerals and memorials planned while investigations begin.
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Toronto
Red Cross
W. S. Stanbury
Canadian Red Cross
United States
Employe Division Heads Named for Fund Drive Kick Off
Morton C. Frost and Homer H. Heeman announced forty six chairmen co chairs and vice chairmen heading the Community Fund campaign in the Employe division. Robert L. Grover is chairman of the Factories group with vice chairmen Charles Holder ness Ernest Knoedler Albert E. Homer Bernard Latham. Heeman heads the Retail group with co chairmen Harry Chemerow William Engel and Albert E. Shipley. Engel’s Section A vice chairmen are Ward Cropley Dave Speaker Stacey Dietman Warren A. Rasmussen. Shipley’s Section B vice chairs are Anthony Bredek Charles Estes Harold Friemund Neil F. Isermann Henry J. Mathson D W Pollock. Chemerow’s vice chairmen are Harold Juhnke William Lipman Bud Lepp Isador Amdur. Harry Stine chairs the Finance and Utilities group with vice chairman Ed Haubrich. Charles Werner chairs the Diversified group with six vice chairmen Alex Altergott Ben Jensen Lawrence C. Jacobs E J Kilkelly Francis B. Schlax and E H Williams. Public Service group is led by A E Axtell Alfred C. Grosvenor and H Max Clark.
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Homer H. Heeman
K.y-F
Robert L. Grover
Grover
Charles Holderness
Ernest Knoedler
Albert E. Homer
Bernard Latham
Heeman
Cochairmen
Harry Chemerow
William Engel
Albert E. Shipley
Engel
Ward Cropley
Dave Speaker
Stacey Dietman
Warren A. Rasmussen
Shipley
Anthony Bredek
Charles Estes
Harold Friemund
Neil F. Isermann
Henry J. Mathson
D. W. Pollock
Chemerow
Harold Juhnke
William Lipman
Bud Lepp
Isador Amdur
Harry Stine
Finance and Utilities
Board Rejects Train Demand in Diesel Locomotives
Washington unions lost bids for extra firemen on Diesel locomotives and on rail motor cars. The board also denied equal pay demands and rejected a plea for a second engineer on Diesels after earlier refusals.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Train Victim In Hit and Run Collision Case
Rockford police pursue a hit and run involving an Illinois Central freight train struck near a Rockford crossing. The car fled after denting the fender. a motorist obtained the license number. Driver Donald Hagelund, 15, faces a charge of failure to aid at the scene.
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Rockford, Ill
Illinois Central
Rockford
Donald Hagelund
Girl Murdered In Miami Hotel
In Miami a 27 year old dance hall hostess, Jane Evelyn Pierce, was slain in a downtown hotel by jealous suitor Jacob W. Aldredge. The incident, reported by Homicide Detective John Cannon, left her four year old daughter Patricia unharmed. Authorities expect first degree murder charges to be filed against Aldredge the next day.
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Miami
Fla
Homicide
John Cannon
Jane Evelyn Pierce
Engelwood
Tenn
Patricia
Cannon
Jacob W. Aldredge
Englewood
Aldredge
Coal shutdown hits Illinois railroads and mining towns
Late bulletins report a coal mine shutdown in Illinois affecting railroads. Illinois Central announced layoffs while Chicago, Burlington and Quincy could not confirm immediate operational impact, with effects pending for southern mining regions. A French military plane crash near Pointe Noire, Brazzaville, reportedly killed all 18 aboard.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
The
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Illinois
UMW
Glenridge
Perry County
Springfield
Ill
Alabama
Steel Companies
Indiana
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Adolph Pacifico
UMW District Six
Centralia
Iil
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Southern Illinois
Brazzaville
French West Africa
Pointe Noire
Here
Atlantic
Milwaukee Gasoline War Collapses As Prices Rise
Milwaukee four major independents who led a month long gas for less price drive returned to higher rates as independent price increases outweighed the earlier discount campaign.
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Milwaukee
Bell tower equipment and carillons stolen in Stevens Point
A Minnesota motorist reported the theft of five dollars worth of bell tower hardware and carillons from the vehicle in which they were stored along with the car.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Minnesota
UW Extension Classes Start at New Vocational Building
141 students began UW extension courses at the new vocational building with full university credits. Freshman and sophomore subjects cover English, History, Political Science, Geography, Mathematics, German Spanish and more, with day or evening options and extracurriculars.
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University of Wisconsin
Greyhound Lines Seek Fare Increase In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin public service commission reviewed Northland Greyhound Lines requests for a temporary intrastate fare rise of about five percent to boost revenue by 150000 dollars. A permanent ten percent increase is also proposed and will be heard at a future session with no opposition present.
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Great Lakes
K. R. Marshall
Canada Steamship Lines
Noronic
Marshall
Madison
Wis
State Public Service Commission
Northland Greyhound Lines, Inc
S. S. Noronic
Toronto
Canada
High School Girl Killed in Bloomer Car Crash
A 14-year-old Bloomer high school student Michaelean Kamla died in a car-truck collision near Bloomer late last night. Three companions from Bloomer High School were injured: Robert Stuart 16 Kay Mortenson 16 and Roger Anderson 17.
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Bloomer, Wis
U.P
Bloomer
Here
Michaelean Kamla
Robert Stuart
Kay Mortenson
Roger Anderson
Bloomer High School
Train Derailed in Newton Injuring Dozens
In Newton North Carolina a Southern Railway westbound passenger train derailed at 4 10 a m injuring about 50 people with two cooks feared dead trapped in a diner emergency crews sought cutting gear to reach them. The locomotive and six cars toppled down an embankment near Catawba General Hospital received mass injuries.
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Newton
N. C
Southern Railway
Catawba General Hospital
Frank Jones
Body Recovered Of Captain From Plane Crash Scene
The body of Captain Harold Kernodle aged 30 of Farmville Virginia was recovered from Lake Worth Texas near the B 36 bomber crash site last week Dr W C Erdman father in law of the victim was notified yesterday.
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Green Bay
Wis
Harold Kernodle
Farmville
Lake Worth
Texas
W. C. Erdman
Pleasant weekend weather across Wisconsin boosts highs in 70s
Wisconsin enjoyed sunny skies and near summer warmth with Kenosha reaching the high 70s. Howard J. Thompson forecast fair weather into Tuesday with cooler overnights, while western counties await warmer conditions. Sunday highs included Watertown 82 and Madison 80 with lower overnight readings in the 40s to 60s.
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Kenosha
Howard J. Thompson
Watertown
Prairie du Chien
Madison
la Crosse
Hillsboro
Dalton
Land o’Lakes
Body Identified in Pewaukee Lake Death
The body of 69 year old Milwaukee man James Riptmann was found floating in Pewaukee Lake Friday and identified Saturday. Waukesha County Coroner Alvin Johnson ruled the death as self inflicted.
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Pewaukee
Wis
Pewaukee Lake
James Riptmann
Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Alvin Johnson
Rennebohm appoints Monroe County judge in Wisconsin
Madison Wis Gov Rennebohm appointed Lambert A Hansen of Sparta to Monroe County judge. He fills the unexpired term of the late Otto W Sprecher and will serve until Jan 1 1950 before taking the full term for which he was elected last spring.
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Madison
Wis
Lambert A. Hansen
Sparta
Monroe County
Rennebohm
Otto W. Sprecher
Hanser
Sprecher
Kenosha Community Fund enters 26th campaign year
In 1923 Kenosha started the Community Fund to support local groups. Now entering its 26th campaign the fund covers 14 area agencies while national drives such as polio Red Cross and cancer operate separately. Donors are urged to pledge as much as possible.
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Kenoshans
Community Fund
Kenosha
UAW Sets Strike Deadline for Ford
The United Auto Workers set a strike deadline of September 29 against Ford Motor Co unless fourth round demands are met. President Walter Reuther warned of a nationwide shutdown affecting 115,000 Ford workers and 33 plants if talks fail, with talks ongoing on pensions health insurance and wage increases.
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U.P
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Reuther
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