City Council Rejects Kenosha Motor Coach Plan
The city council voted unanimously Monday to reject Kenosha Motor Coachs proposed revamp of local bus routes and decided to advocate its own revision at a Public Service Commission hearing on Thursday. A blast against the KMC preceded the council vote.
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Public Service Commission
Tay
Lourigan
Wavro
Fred C. Worden
Racine
35Th St
43Rd St
Sheridan Rd
50Th St
19Th Ave
KMC
14Th Ave
75Th St
30Th
39Th Ave
26Th Ave
75Th
80Th Sts
22Nd Ave
30Th St
48Th St
67Th St
West Side
Kenosha
Sheboygan
Elmira
N. Y
Dubuque
Near North Side
PSC
Robert V. Baker
Arms Aid Pushed as Fire Insurance in Troubled World
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg urged quick Senate passage of a 1.314 billion arms aid bill, calling it fire insurance for peace. The measure backs joint defense under the Atlantic pact and includes non Communist nations. House and Senate leaders moved to speed action amid opposition amendments and continued sessions.
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Washington
U.P
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Vandenberg
Russia
Walter F. George
Western
Europe
Romulo elected president of United Nations assembly
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines won the UN General Assembly presidency with 53 of 59 votes as the assembly opened its fourth session in New York. He urged cooperation among big powers and a peaceful course, while Evatt outlined UN progress and technical aid goals.
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Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
United Nations Assembly
Peace Assembly
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Flushing Meadow Park
Saviset Klan Nad Fineens
Neal Fedl
Vladiimir Clementis
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Evatt
United Nations
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ernst Bevin
Robert Schuman
Edvar Kardelj
Vishinsky
Flag Pole Fatality Hits 13 Year Old Student
A six foot section of a high school flag pole fell last night in Ravenswood West Virginia striking 13 year old Dean Roush in the head and killing him. Police say students often swing on the rope of the 60 foot pole.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
Dean Roush
Grover Hall
McGuffey Readers Shaped American Right Living Ideals
The text credits McGuffey Readers with guiding millions in reading and moral education. It notes lessons of rugged individualism labor dignity honesty thrift kindness family and love of country. It frames the Community Fund as an expression of those enduring ideals and a pledge to help others.
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McGuffey
America
Ford Tentative Offer Aims At Settlement With CIO
Ford Motor Co faces a strike deadline as the CIO meets with United Auto Workers over a tentative company financed pension plan. The union warned a strike would start September 29 if pension health welfare and wage demands are not met. Ford employs about 115000 production workers amid hopes for a peaceful settlement.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Motor Company
Ford
Rush for Gold Stocks After World Devaluation
Widespread currency devaluations pushed traders toward gold and commodity shares as markets react to Britain, France, Canada and others cutting values. Gold shares soared while U S markets drifted. Britain faces labor unrest and inflation as Japan considers yen policy changes.
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Sterling
United States
Kick Off Session Tonight for Employe Division Fund
The 1949 Kick Off meeting of the Community Fund Employe Division will be at 7 30 this evening in the KYF building. Chairman Morton C Frost and Homer Heeman announce E W Bernitt and Ralph S Kingsley as principal speakers outlining the campaign aims and the goal of 153 500.
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Community Fund
KYF
Morton C. Frost
Homer Heeman
E. W. Bernitt
Ralph S. Kingsley
Bernitt
Kingsley
Howard Shankland
Lynn Hannahs
L. O. Denyes
Jessel Whyte
J. W. Quarles
David L. Phillips
Heeman
Robert L. Grover
A. E. Axtell
H. C. Stine
Charles Werner
Harry Chemerow
William Engel
Albert Shipley
Strike at Chicago Plant of International Harvester
CIO Farm Equipment Workers walked out at the International Harvester Tractor Works in Chicago after 23 employees were suspended including the local president and 16 stewards. About 200 pickets patrolled five plant gates as workers arrived. no entry blocks were reported.
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Chicago
CIO
International Harvester Tractor Works
Wisconsin Braces for Chill as Record Cold Hits
The Weather Frost reported the chilliest temperatures of the season with Darlington dipping to 33 degrees and similar readings across western and central Wisconsin. Kenosha reached 56 last night with a 73 degree high on Monday. federal forecaster Howard J. Thompson predicts warmer weather followed by another drop to about 45 degrees tonight. Noon readings showed 55 in Kenosha.
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Darlington
Kenosha
Howard J. Thompson
Coal Walkout Triggers Massive Layoffs Across Railroads
The nationwide coal strike idles over 500000 miners and rail workers as 27000 rail employees face layoff. White House offers no settlement plan while union leaders and industry figures exchange blame and warnings.
Five Die In Wisconsin Grade Crossing Crashes
Five men died in separate grade crossing crashes in Wisconsin over the last 24 hours. Roy Huser and Gilbert Nelson, both 53 and 57 from Chetek, perished when their car was struck by a Northwestern train south of Chetek. Harold Uhlenbrauck, 22, of Appleton, died later at Theda Clark Hospital after a Milwaukee Road freight collision near Menasha and Appleton. Ralph Randall, 39, and Jake Breitenbach, 65, from Alma Center, died in crashes involving a Green Bay and Western train near Alma Center yesterday.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Roy A. Huser
Chetek
Gilbert Nelson
Harold W. Uhlenbrauck
Appleton
Ralph Randall
Alma Center
Jake Breitenbach
Huset
Nelson
North Western
Lumber Company
Uhlenbrauck
Theda Clark
Neenah
Milwaukee Road
Menasha
Randall
Breitenbach
Green Bay and Western
Texas Refinery Blast Kills Two in Fort Worth
A powerful explosion at Magnolia Refinery No. 1 in Fort Worth, Texas, sparked a large fire. At least two workers were killed, eight injured, with one identified as 42 year old George Aston, a refinery still man, and another believed to be E. R. Harris, a missing refinery worker.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Magnolia Refinery No. 1
George Aston
E. R. Harris
Welfare department gets $33000 general fund boost
County board last night approved a 33000 general fund appropriation to the Welfare department to keep services running as relief load rose about 39 percent and funds near depletion. The move, under suspension of the rules, came with resolutions of respect for three former board members and other actions including tax deed land policy, juror pay increases, state welfare audit needs, and equipment purchases.
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Welfare Committee
Clarence Jackson
George Dean
Jacob Saftig
Mirko Mulich
Kenosha County
U. S
Wisconsin
First District
General Fund
J. Paul Newhouse
Joseph Rhode
Rich
Lindgren
Riverside
Cal
Anthony Bareika
Ivan Hunt
Highway Committee
Cunningham-Ortmeyer Company
Sheridan Road
Mediation Efforts Continue As Steel Strike Looms
Mediator Cyrus S. Ching said talks with steel companies and CIO United Steelworkers failed to break a deadlock over pension and insurance costs. The looming nationwide walkout by about 1,000,000 workers could begin at 12:01 a.m. Sunday unless bargaining resumes. White House plans remained uncertain as Ching planned further meetings to press for renewed negotiations.
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Pennsylvania Anthracite Operators
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kentucky
West Virginia
Washington
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
South
U.P
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Steel Companies
CIO United Steelworkers
Truman
White House
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Factfinding Board
Pittsburgh
Steelworkers
Revolt Against Nationalists in Mongolian Province
Reports say an uprising against Nationalist rule has broken out in Suiyuan in inner Mongolia near the Mongolian People’s Republic. Chinese Communist radio claims the entire province has surrendered.
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Canton
Inner
Suiyuan
Richard Dix dies in Hollywood at 54
Richard Dix, known as The Jaw for his he man roles and star of Cimarron, died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital at age 54 from a chronic heart condition after a heart attack on a train trip from New York to the West Coast.
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Richard DIX
Hollywood
U.P
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
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