Ford Worker Vote Decides On Whether To Strike
Ford Rouge plant workers began a state supervised strike vote with about 4,000 of 60,000 employees casting ballots in the first 16 hours. Voters decide if UAW officers can call a strike. authorization does not guarantee action. Ford urged workers to keep many employed at good wages, amid public appeals from company and union.
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Ford
Dearborn Rouge
State Labor Mediation Board
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Dix Avenue
Ford Jocal 600
CIO
United Auto Workers
Michigan
Bonnie
Walter FP
Reupal Laie
La Crosse Band To Play In Caledonia Concert
The La Crosse Concert band will give a program Tuesday evening in Caledonia Minnesota. The event is sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians through its recording and transcription fund. A union leader urged members to back action demanding monthly pensions health coverage and higher wages.
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Caledonia
Minn
American Federation of Musicians
Gary Area Dairy Workers Walk Out
Gary area dairy workers halted milk distribution as about 300 workers and an equal number of drivers walked out. The strike targeted Borden Dairy Co with 14 other dairies closing in solidarity. Emergency deliveries to hospitals were arranged while Crown Point suppliers remained active. Negotiations for a new contract had been ongoing for six weeks but reached an impasse.
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Gary
Ind
Lake County
Pirteen Dairies
Mike Sawochka
AFL
Borden Dairy Co
Citlon
Hammond
East Chicago
Whiting
Crown Point
Ebc
Stumpf
Cyclists Hurt In Car Crashes In City
Two bicyclists were injured in separate collisions Sunday. Marilyn Betz, 13, of 1018 Badger Street, had back and collarbone injuries after her bike hit a car at 16th and Main at 6:17 p.m.. Thorwald E Halvorson, 1213 South 16th Street, with Dr. Robert Flynn, aid from a witness, took Betz to a hospital. The bike suffered a $20 loss. At 7:41 p.m. Clifford Brown, 68, of the Mends Hotel, received a bruised left leg after colliding with a car on Forest Lane near West Avenue. Brown refused medical attention.
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Badger Street
16Th
Main Streets
Thorwald E. Halverson
South 16Th Street
Robert Flynn
King Street
Forest Lane Drive
West Avenue
Clifford Brown
Mends
Rudy Hipringer
Charles Stret
Brown
Hearing Probes Procurement Power Amid Turmoil
A Senate subcommittee hearing in a packed room questions government procurement volume and alleged contractor influence. Secretary of Defense vows to break their power as investigators prepare to hear Paul Grindle of Massachusetts who says he paid a middle man $1000 for a contract aid. The session will also examine how the Tanforan race track in San Bruno, California gained wartime building-material approval, with private inquiries spanning six weeks and the hearing likely to last two weeks.
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Senate
Johnson
Newamen
Paul Grindle
Massachusetts
Grindle
Tanforan
San Bruno
Calif
Earthquake Death Toll Rises in Ambato Region
Rescue workers sift debris for more casualties after a powerful quake in the Pace area. A mercy plane crash later on Saturday killed four government officials, two grown men, and 28 Shell Oil company employees aboard. About 300000 residents live in the quake zone spanning roughly 2500 square miles, where farms grow fruits vegetables and forage crops.
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Shell Oil
Shell Mera
Ambato
Pacific alliance debated amid U S stance in 1949 talks
The text notes U S reticence toward a Pacific counterpart to the Atlantic alliance while Secretary Acheson urges Asian nations to proceed without American involvement. It mentions President Quirino's shift away from Chiang Kai-shek and hints at Manila and Washington signals of warming toward the plan.
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Baguio
U. S
Pacific
Acheson
Quirino
Manila
Washington
U.S
Mystery Man Sought After Williams Farm Incident
Officials describe a bewhiskered man about 5 feet 8 inches, 180 pounds, in worn rope belt, khaki pants, black shirt, and oversized hat. A dog trail from the Williams farm to the Weiser farm led to a barn loft filled with hay where the suspect may be hidden. Bloodhounds tracked the path as investigators plan charges after the man is found.
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Thun
Willims
Kerrigan
Neil
George Brooks
el Crosse
Williams Farm
Weiser Farm
Lawmakers seek limits on arms program amid NATO plan changes
Senators Vandenberg and Dulles call for assurances that the arms program is a stopgap and should be folded into the mutual defense plan under the North Atlantic pact. The bill originally proposed 1.18 billion for pact members, 261 million for Greece and Turkey, and 27 million for arms to Iran, Korea, and the Philippines.
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Rmich
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GOP
George
Dga
Dulles
R-Ny
North Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Pact
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Turkey
Iran
Korea
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Deaths and funeral arrangements for long-time employee
Death notice continues from page one detailing a man who worked nearly 30 years for S and H and was World War I veteran. Survived by wife Mabel son Charles Jr stepson James Streck St Paul three sisters Mrs Theresa Groth Mrs Elizabeth DuPaew and Mrs Helen Latshaw La Crosse two brothers Joseph and Walter La Crosse and one grandchild. Funeral at Asbury Methodist church Wednesday at 2 40 p m Rev R F Halberg to officiate. Burial Oak Grove cemetery. Body to be at Weigent home 1719 Pine St Tuesday afternoon and evening. In state at church from J ingo until service time.
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S and H
Mabel
Charles, Jr
James T. Streck
St. Paul
Theresa Groth
Elizabeth DuPaew
Helen’ Latshaw
la Crosse
Joseph
Walter
Asbury Methodist Church
R. F. Halberg
Oak Grove
Weigent
Pine Street
Jingon
Ridge Tavern Robbery Report After Sunday Early Hours
Aote Ridge Tavern was entered early Sunday with between 100 and 125 dollars in one dollar bills stolen from a drawer on the pack bar. Sheriff Vern Lamp's department said owner B. J. Held of Shorty's Place reported entry via a screen removed from a washroom window. A car was heard leaving around 4 a.m. Officials are investigating.
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Aote
Dru Ireland Marry in a Garden New Year’s Wedding
Joanne Dru and John Ireland wed Sunday night in an informal single ring ceremony in the garden of La Velanda hotel in La Jolla. Miss Dru is the ex wife of singer Dick Haymes, now married to Nora Eddington, who was formerly married to Errol Flynn.
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LA Jolla
Joanne Dru
John Ireland
Garden of la Velanda Hotel
Miss Dru
Dick Haymes
Nora Eddington
Miss Eddington
Errol Flynn
Noted Baritone Dies in Palo de la Palma at 78
Madrid report says Emil io Sagi Barba, renowned baritone, died at his Palo de La Palma home aged 78. His son Louis, also a singer, is currently performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Madrid
Alicante
Emilio Sagi Barba
Palo de la Palama
Louis
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Foreign Ministers Meet In Unification Effort
In Strasbourg France ten foreign ministers from Belgium France Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Denmark Luxembourg Sweden and Britain opened discussions at the Council of Europe ministerial committee. They aimed to admit Greece and Turkey promptly and to set an agenda for the council legislative assembly meeting at Strasbourg University on Wednesday.
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France
Europe
Rhine
Council of Europe
Robert Schuman
Bril
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Ireland
Greece
Turkey
Council
Consultative Assembly
Strasbourg University
Contractor Dies After Seven-Story Fall in Hotel Manitowoc
Fred C. Robinson 82 a retired contractor and former waterworks superintendent died after a fall from his seventh floor hotel Manito woc apartment in Manitowoc Wisconsin He had been ill and is believed to have stepped to a window for air and lost his balance His wife Ottillie survives A native of Whitewater Wis Robinson retired in 1930 from Gray Robinson Construction and formerly served as superintendent of the city water works Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
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Wis
Fred C. Robinson
Manitowoc
Theodore Teitgen
Robinson
Ottillie
Whitewater
Gray-Robinson Construction Company
Ringling Figure Ill in Chicago Hospital
Robert Hing-Jing Sr of the Ringling Brothers Band and Bailey circus family is seriously ill at St Luke's hospital in Chicago. An official from the circuses confirmed he collapsed recently after a motor trip from Florida. A hospital spokesman said his condition is favorable. It was noted he had not been on the road with the circus which is in Milwaukee. He was believed to have visited friends in Sarasota after selling his Evanston suburban home two years ago.
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Chicago
Robert Hing- Jing
St. Luke's Hospital
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Sarasota
Fla
Florida
Ringling
Milwaukee
Wis
Evanston
Randolph Physicist 76 Collapses Dies on Street
Dr Perley G Nutting 76 optical physicist from Randolph Wisconsin collapsed and died on a downtown street Monday. He appeared to die of a heart attack. Nutting joined the Bureau of Standards in 1903 as an assistant physicist after studies at Stanford and the University. He later served as assistant director of research at Eastman Kodak Rochester and director of research for Westinghouse Pittsburgh. He joined the Geological Survey in 1928 as a geophysicist and retired six years ago.
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Perley G. Nutting
Nutting
Randolph
Wis
Stanford
Caitheletniversities
Bureau of Standards
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
N. C
Westinghouse
Greek Troops Face Albanian Artillery Fire in Grammos Mounts
An army communique reported Greek troops in the Grammos mountains came under artillery fire from Albania on Monday. This marked the second such claim since the new offensive began last Saturday, according to officials.
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Grammos
Albania
Union Center Man Injured In Crash
Hubert Hawes age 40 of Union Center is hospitalized in Hillsboro after a crash five miles south of Hillsboro on state trunk highway 80 at Debello Ridge. He suffered broken ribs and multiple bruises plus possible internal injuries. His wife and two children Howard eight and Harriet two were slightly hurt. The other driver was John Ferran Jr. of Milwaukee. Hawes works for the Cooperative Creamery at Union Center.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Hubert Hawes
Union Center
Hawes
Howard
Harriet
John Ferran, Jr
Milwaukee
Debello Ridge
R. E. Quinn
Vernon County
Co- Operative Creamery Company
Vampire Killer Must Hang As Scheduled
London Home Secretary James Chuter Ede ruled that John G. Haigh, the confessed vampire killer of nine people, must hang Wednesday as scheduled. Ede based the decision on a panel of mental diseases experts who examined the 40-year-old prisoner at Wandsworth prison after his July 19 conviction for the murder of 89-year-old Mrs Olivia Dupand Deacon, who resided in the same hotel.
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London
James Chuter
Ede
John G. Haigh
Wandsworth
Haigh
Olivia Dupand-Deacon
Quarry Ules
Sie
Grandmothers' Fashion Shifts, Says Burgess
University of Chicago sociologist Prof Ernest W Burgess says grandmothers have shed old style dress. He notes the old image of churchgoing in black dresses and silk bonnets is gone forever and discusses greater frustration among older people.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Ernest W. Burgess
Richland and Portage Men Ordained as Ministers
Richland Center resident Ard Bohr and Portage resident E W Schiffbaur were ordained Sunday at the state Seventh Day Adventists convention, which drew about 2000 attendees. Meanwhile three American oil companies planned to quit exploration in Guatemala after failing to reach terms with the government.
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Portage
Wis
Howard Bohr
Richland Center
E. W. Schiffbaur
Seventh Day Adventists
Guatemala
Expectant Mother Dies of Bulbar Polio in Wisconsin
Mrs. Eldon Scherrer a 28 year old expectant mother from Black River Falls Wisconsin died Saturday from bulbar poliomyelitis two hours after an iron lung was rushed to Luther hospital in Eau Claire. The iron lung was sent from Duluth Minnesota by truck for the Superior Minnesota based foundation chapter. This marked the first polio death this year in the area and the third case from Black River Falls leading officials to temporarily ban children from theaters to curb the outbreak.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Eldon Scherrer
Black Elver Falls
Wic
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