Seek To Avert Ford Strike
Detroit reports full page ads warn that another Ford strike would threaten national economic stability as Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers near agreement on minor non economic issues while rejecting progress on wage demands. Walter Reuther warns of a potential 106000 worker walkout if needed. Board of Commerce cites a 23 day strike last May costing 243 million to the nation.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford
Nast
Ford Company
CIO
United Auto
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Board of Commerce
City Schools Open on Next Wednesday Enrollment Times
The text notes that City Schools open next Wednesday with Kindergarten enrollment between 8 30 and 11 am for the morning session and 1 15 to 3 30 pm for the afternoon session. Parents uncertain of their child's session are advised to enroll in the morning.
Connell Dies on Railroad Dining Car Trip in Chicago Area
W J Connell 61 died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday evening while serving as a dining car steward on a railroad out of Chicago. He is survived by his wife and is nephew to Mrs. Margaret Wall and Julia McCarthy of Ettrick. Funeral services were planned in Chicago Wednesday with attendees Mrs. Everett Guse and Leonard and James Wall of Ettrick.
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Ettrick
Wis
W. J. Connell
Chicago
Margaret Wall
Julia McCarthy
Everett Guse
Whitehall
Leonard
James Wall
Funeral services for Ngeborg N Hendrickson in Spring Grove
Funeral services were held for Ngeborg N Hendrickson 79 who died August 19 in a Spring Grove hospital. The Rev O Mikkelson officiated at Trinit Lutheran Church with burial in Trinity Lutheran cemetery. Survived by husband three sons Hemil Magnus and Herbert a brother Hendrick Sheyenne ND and one sister Hennine Lomita CA. Four sons and two daughters preceded her in death.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Ngeborg N. Hendrickson
Trinit Lutheran Church
O. M‘kkelson
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Hemil
Magnus
Herbert
Hendrick
Sheyenne
N. D
Hennine
Lomita
Calif
Arthur Godfrey Birthday Note Highlighting Radio Pioneer
Arthur Michael Godfrey born August 31 1903 in New York City son of a newspaperman. Radio broadcaster nicknamed Red Godfrey the Warbling Banjoist praised by Fred Allen as Huck Finn of Radio. He ran away at 14 worked in coal mining office work and as a cab driver joined the navy at 17 as a radio operator. He later served in the coast guard and began broadcasting in 1930 becoming a frequent presence on multiple programs daily.
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Arthur Michael Godfrey
New York City
Red Godfrey
Fred Allen
Huck Finn
Godfrey
Navy
Coast Guard
There's No Hired Man Hiding In Wood Pile
Green Lake Wisconsin farmer Fred Kelm says his money vanished from a woodpile and a farmhand is missing. Sheriff Joseph Walker says a warrant is out for Frank Kuehn 56 who worked on the Kelm farm near town. Kelm reports money disappeared about the same time Kuehn left a note saying he was going to a doctor and would return tonight.
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Green Lake
Wis
Fred Kelm
Joseph Walker
Frank Kuehn
Kelm
Here
Kuehn
Correction of polio victims' address in La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune report misstated the address of Lois and Barbara Hammes as R. 1 West Salem. The correct address is R. 1 La Crosse.
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Lois
Barbara Hammes
la Crosse
Steel Strike Hits Gary Plant Over Pay Demands
43 cranemen and hookers at the Gary works of Steel Corporation struck at midnight without notice. Union reps from United Steelworkers of America were unavailable for comment. The workers supply raw material for rolling mills and the company cited about 1,200 employees affected by the action. The spokesman indicated the demand is for higher pay.
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Gary
Peng Gg Steel Corporation
Gary Works
United Steelworkers of America
Parachute Rescue as B 29 Catches Fire near Spokane
Four teen airmen bailed from a 21 000 foot B 29 when a fire struck the plane with fifteen aboard. Co Pilot Jack Gillard of Spokane remains missing after the crash, with evidence found late Tuesday night on the edge of an Indian reservation about 35 miles northwest of Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Jack Gillard
Gillard
Sne
Five Die When Car Hits Bridge After Ball Game
Five men were killed and two seriously hurt when their car struck a bridge abutment north of Sanford Florida after a ball game. Sheriff P A Mero said the vehicle likely traveled at high speed and hit the Monroe bridge over the St Johns River while returning to Palatka.
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Sanford
Fla
Here
Palatka
P. A. Mero
Monroe Bridge
St. Johns River
Band Plans Night Concert With Kathryn Minneapolis Soloist
The band schedules a 8 o'clock concert headlined by guest soloist Kathryn Minneapolis a graduate of Aquinas High School class of 1948 and studying at the McPhail School of Music. Bernard Birnbaum Alf Modahl share solo and trio spots with two clarinet trios. Directed by D R Wartinbee the program features marches overtures waltzes and vocal solos.
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Gram
Kathryn Minneapolis
Clark
Aquinas High School
McPhail School of Music
Minneapolis
Bernard Birnbaum
Alf Modahl
Kenneth Storandt
del Conklin
Carleton Colby
Birnbaum
Conklin
D. R. Wartinbee
Apollo
Karl King
Clarine
G March
Prince”— Berg
Offenbach
Lark
Bishop
Messs
Modahl
Pic—Slater
Mr. Birnbaum
Africa
Harlem
Bennett
Gremlin Ball—Hill
Kathryn of
Kern
Romberg
On the Mall
Messrs
Sterandt
Man Held on Milwaukee Warrant After Arrest
Police arrested Leonard H. Dummer of 631 South Sixth Street on a warrant from Milwaukee for passing a bad check. He is being held for authorities in Milwaukee.
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Leonard H. Dummer
South Sixth Street
Milwaukee
Church Talk at Assembly of God to Feature Mrs Johnson
Mrs H M Johnson of Sparta will be the main speaker at a program at the Assembly of God church 206 North Seventh street. The meeting is set for Thursday September 1 at 8 p m.
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Assembly of God
North Seventh Street
H. M. Johnson
Sparta
Toboggan Found On Summer County Highway
A 10 foot toboggan with red leather cushions was found on Highway 33 on an August day and is now at the county highway police office awaiting claim by the owners.
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County Highway Police Office
Court House
Miami man held for investigation after garage watch sales
A 33-year-old Miami man is held by police for investigation after an arrest for soliciting without a permit. He had about three dozen chronograph watches he offered for sale in local garages at whatever price. The arrest followed a complaint from a person he had offered a watch to.
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Miami, Fla
Polio Seminar Led by Dr Arthur Harris at St Marys
Dr. Arthur Harris directed a St Marys hospital polio seminar in Sparta Wisconsin replacing Dr Harry Mannis. Harris presented data on Monroe county polio cases after extensive research.
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Sparta
Wis
Arthur Harris
St. Mary’s Hospital
Harry Mannis
la Crosse
Harris
Monroe County
You Got Me Real Thing Gun Battle Ends in Death
In Racine Wisconsin nineteen year old David Maher died after a comrade accidentally shot him during a pretend gun duel on the lakefront. The coroner said blanks were being fired and a wrong cartridge was drawn from a .22 revolver. Maher uttered you got me as he fell and was pronounced dead on arrival at St Luke's hospital.
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Racine
Wis
David Maher
Maher
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bernardo
Hereford Steers Sell For 28 Hundredweight At Milwaukee
The Milwaukee stockyards topped the year with 84 Hereford steers selling at 28 dollars per hundredweight. Averaging 1,204 pounds, the herd brought 28,203 dollars to shipper W. H. Siewert of Arlington Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
W. H. Siewert
Arlington
Wis
Boy Shot Over Cookies In Hyde Park Incident
In Chicago Hyde Park a 10-year-old boy was fatally shot after stealing a five-cent package of cookies. James Searcy died from a head wound on the sidewalk near an elevated station as he fled with companions from a candy stand. Police say 11-year-old Carroll Johnson fired to frighten the group. Johnson claimed the gun had been brought by its owner George Parker and that he was left in charge at the time.
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Tribune
Wisconsin
Everett Morrow
Colorado Springs
Colo
la Crosse Street
West Avenue
McCoy
Jack E. George
William Pierce
Jerry Hermansen
Morrow
Chicago
James Searcy
Searcy
Hyde Park
Carroll Johnson
Johnson
George Parker
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