Hearing Set on New AC Union at Allis-Chalmers Plant
Milwaukee dispatch reports Wisconsin employment relations board will hold a Dec 18 hearing at the courthouse at 9 am on a petition for a new bargaining election at Allis-Chalmers main plant. The board will also hear a company petition to cap pickets to protect free speech and maintain order amid a seven month strike that began April 29. The Independent Union of Allis-Chalmers, led by Lester Petersen with about 3,400 members, formed after CIO United Auto Workers did not act to change Local 248 leadership. Mayor Arnold H. Klentz met with company and union officials yesterday but would not comment.
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Milwaukee
L. E
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Madison
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Gooding
Independent Union of
Allis-Chalmers
Lester E. Petersen
Petersen
International United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Local 248
Arnold H. Klentz
West Allis
Company
Wriien
Walter Geist
Harold W. Story
Robert Buse
Press
New York
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
West Allis, Wis
Allis-Chalmers Company
Robert R. Nathan
Truman
Congress
Wisconsin CIO Convention May Hear Work Holiday Plan
WAUSAU Wis a proposal may reach the state CIO convention to back a state wide work holiday to support the Allis Chalmers strike. UAW subregional head Jess Nichols says Milwaukee locals are considering a resolution. Robert Buse president of the striking Local 248 at Allis Chalmers and state CIO chief declines confirming agenda. A second idea floated is donating a day’s pay from CIO workers statewide to aid the strike.
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Wausau
Wis
Allis-Chalmers
CIO
Jess Nichols
United Auto Workers Union
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Uaw
Robert Buse
State
Buse
Unrest In Wisconsin Plant Sparks UAW Support Stand
Widespread street clashes lead to 54 arrests on unlawful assembly charges in Milwaukee area. District Attorney issues warrants while attorney Max Raskin seeks habeas relief for defendants. Bonds set at 500 for seven and 250 for others as Judge Neelen warns about peace.
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Harvey L. Neelen
Hearing Set In Fatal New Lisbon Accident
Preliminary hearing for Peter Salchenberger 28 New Lisbon on a fourth degree manslaughter charge was set for January 8 by Juneau County Judge Robert P Clark. He was arraigned with bond at 1 dollar amid charges connected to the December 5 Sparta death of Harold No 52 retired naval commander struck by a car while crossing a New Lisbon street. The coroner's inquest returned a verdict of negligent homicide and a manslaughter warrant was issued.
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Mauston
Wis
Peter Saichenberger
New Lisbon
Juneau County
Robert P. Clark
Saichenberger
Clark
Dist
Charles P. Curran
Salchenberger
Sparta
Harold No 52
Lisbon
Curran
Weather forecast for La Crosse area turns cold tonight
Clearing skies bring much colder air with a low near 12 degrees in the city and 10 in rural areas. Friday stays cold with a high around 25 to 28 degrees.
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la Crosse
36 Dead Feared After New York Tenement Collapse
Hundreds of rescue workers search debris after a five alarm fire in an adjacent ice house toppled a wall on West 184th Street. 36 people believed dead, four bodies recovered, more than a score injured. Names include Frank Moorehead and Anthony Biancardi. Mayor O Dwyer orders investigation.
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New York
Frank Moorehead
Anthony Biancardi
Daniel Corrado
Thomas Phillips
Thomas P. Brophy
West 184Th Street
Quell Revolt In Venezuela
President Romulo Betancourt survived an abortive 12 hour uprising aimed at seizing power. Insurgents fled or were captured, with Maj. Carlos Maldonado Pena identified as a revolt leader. Betancourt said no executions and warned rebels linked to former leaders Lopez Contreras and Medina Angarita would face jail. A constitutional assembly was to convene Monday.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Carlos Maldonado Pena
Betancourt
Record Dec 11 Heat Sets La Crosse Milestone
La Crosse reached an all time December 11 high of 56 degrees and marked four record high days this month. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial notes the previous Dec 11 peak was 52 degrees in 1913. Forecaster says clearing and much colder air will bring lows near 12 and a high around 25 to 28 Friday.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Pembina
N. D
Blum Elected Interim French President at 1947 Vote
Socialist Leon Blum, 74, elected president premier of the interim French government today with about 575 ballots in the national assembly. He must form a cabinet and push a budget for the first quarter of 1947, facing questions on including the right.
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Paris
Leon Blum
National Assembly
Blum
Marine plane search shifts to Longmire amid flood conditions
The rapid search for a missing marine transport continues near Seattle with Coast Guard units at Longmire and McChord field planning dawn operations. Bad weather and heavy rains hinder efforts to locate the aircraft last heard from near Toledo, with possible survivors at risk from exposure.
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Seattle
Toledo
Washington
Coast Guard
Longmire
McChord
Tacoma
San Diego
Calif
Randle
Mount Rainier
Lookout
Strawberry Mountain
Purcell Mountain
Horse Kicks Man to Death in Clinton Wisconsin
Fred Bradt aged 70 of Emerald Grove was fatally kicked by a horse while assisting loading it onto a truck in Clinton Wisconsin. Rock County Coroner E J Overton said the injury occurred yesterday.
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Clinton
Wis
Fred Bradt
Emerald Grove
Rock County
E. J. Overton
U S Women In Germany Differ On Fraulein Rule
US women in Germany split on the new GI fraulein marriages with some favoring caution. WAC sergeants criticize the move while others see potential good in war brides. German women weigh whether husbands should return home first before marriage.
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U. S
Germany
Frankfurt
WAC
Red Cross Club
U.S. Army
WAC Cploe
Lucille Riggs
Medford
Ove
Robert V. Heitlinger
Chicago
Erika Dorfinger
Truman Recasts War Reconversion Plan in Probe
Maj. Gen. Robins testified that A B Friend acted as promoter for contractors who won a 1.73 million dollar Meridian Army air field contract. The hearing centers on Bilbo suspected of taking gifts from war contractors as Republicans vow to bar him from his Senate seat.
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Washington
Thomas M. Robins
Senate
A. B. Friend
Bilbo
D-Miss
Army Air Field
Meridian
Miss
Robins
Army Engineers
Senate War Investigating Committee
House
Douglas I. McKay
Army Engineer
Mississippi
Mead
D-Ny
Forrest B. Jackson
Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Investigating Committee
Steelman Appointed Aide As OWMA Ends In Major Reorganization
President Truman announced a sweeping reorganization dissolving or merging major reconversion agencies. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming will run the new Office of Temporary Controls while John R. Steelman becomes assistant to the president coordinating federal programs. Frank Creedom and Raymond Foley assume housing roles. a nine member advisory panel led by James B. Conant will guide atomic energy matters. The president plans three messages to Congress on the state of the union budget and economic studies.
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Washington
Truman
Office of
War Mobilization
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Office of Economic Stabilization
Philip B. Fleming
Federal
John R. Steelman
Frank Creedom
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Wilson Wyatt
Raymond M. Foley
Federal Housing Commission
Congress
Economic Council
United States
Two Army Flyers Die In Chanute Field Crash
A twin engine AT-11 trainer plane crashed in a farm field southeast of Chanute Field last night killing two officers. The aircraft was en route from Chanute Field to Lowry Field Denver. Victims' identities were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Chanute Field
Here
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Lowryfield
Denver
Colo
Finish Reich Treaty Plans
New York reports a final session of the big four foreign ministers as Molotov secures concessions to finish drafting German and Austrian peace settlements. They plan six point Moscow agenda and preliminary talks in London on January 14 with Britain and France.
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New York
V. M. Molotov
Big Four Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
Germany
Austria
Big Four
Boards of Great Power
London
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Europe
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Ft Sheridan Reception Center to Close
Fifth Army announces Ft Sheridan recruit reception center to be inactivated Dec 23. Since 1943 it has handled about 500000 inductees and enlistees. after closing, new entrants from the Fifth Army will be processed at Ft Knox.
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FT. Sheridan
Fifth Army
Ft. Knox
UN Sub-Committee Approves Arms Limitation Principles
A twenty nation UN sub-committee quickly approved a draft resolution outlining basic principles for a worldwide arms limitation program. The plan calls for inspection and control mechanisms free from the big power veto, with only two amendments added.
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New York
United Nations
Goodland Leader Urges Budget Cutback at Hearing
Gov. Goodland told Wisconsin welfare officials to draw in their horns and spend the money available. He asserted there is over serving people and that government has limits to aiding citizens. The welfare budget director presented a $43 million biennial plan up 12.6 million from 1945-47, citing higher operating costs and growing inmate populations.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Department of Public Welfare
Allan W. Bayley
Department
Bayley
Olympian Train Stalled 17 Hours by Cascade Slide
Two hundred passengers aboard the Milwaukee Road Olympian faced a 17 hour delay after a landslide and washout blocked the eastbound train five miles east of Cle Elum Washington. The slide caused a sudden stop at 1 am as logs and rocks struck the dining car with mountain rains and wet snow continuing. Passengers kept warm with rations from a generous stock and bared cold as repair crews worked on the single track.
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Spokane
Wash
Milwaukee Road
Olympian
Cascade Mountains
Cle Elum
Milwaukee
Local Sink Theft Reported on Cass Street
Frank Schneider a local attorney reported to police the theft of a white porcelain sink from the yard of a home at 930 Cass Street where renovations were in progress.
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Frank Schneider
Cass Street
Wage boosts without price rises eyed by CIO leaders
CIO President Philip Murray urged that current profit levels allow wage increases up to 25 percent without boosting prices. Nathan’s survey, for the CIO, warned delaying raises could sink purchasing power and trigger more wage demands and strikes. Weisenburger of the National Association of Manufacturers echoed fears of a fresh wage drive.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Nathan
Walter B. Weisenburger
National Association of Manufacturers
Money Back and Suspicions After Party Theft
Julius Ionescu reported a wallet with 145 dollars missing from his Rogers Park home after a post party check of guests. Two guests admitted to 14 dollars missing from purses. A cashier’s check for 159 arrived, raising confusion as detectives plan further inquiry.
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Chicago
Julius Ionescu
Rogers Park
John Higgins
William Owens
Ionescu
Higgins
Owens
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Geist
N. Y
Joseph Poper, Jr
Ricks
David Rea
William O'Dwyer
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Mercury
Donald Doane
Edgar L. Thomas
Victoria
Tex
Fifth Armored Division
Douglas I.ee
Chief of Engineers
McKay
Friend
Steelman
Owma
Fleming
Wyatl
By John M. Hightower
Cascades
R. L. Bangsberg
Tribune
War Agency
Edwin G. Nourse
New Economic Advisory Council
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Nourse
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