Huge Grain Elevator Fire in Minneapolis Causes Million Loss
A massive explosion ignited a fire at the Brooks Elevator grain facility in Minneapolis. The five story wood and metal structure housing rye, corn and barley was destroyed, with losses estimated over a million dollars. Thirteen workers escaped unharmed as the blaze spread, roofs collapsed, and dust explosions followed in the milling district between Third Street South and Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
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Minneapolis
Brooks
M. L. Kane
Union Grain
Third Street
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues
Fall Is Fatal To S R Burroughs Sparta
Seth Riley Burroughs a retired insurance man died instantly from a fall on North Water street in Sparta Wisconsin He was born in Chicago January 23 1870 and moved to Sparta as a child He joined the insurance business in 1890 took over the company in 1932 sold out in 1944 and retired His wife Vera formerly of La Crosse is ill in a hospital here.
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Sparta
Wis
Seth Riley Burroughs
North Water Street
Lyle Wright
Chicago
W. H. Blyton
Burroughs
Blyton
Vera
la Crosse
Rubber Workers Seek Pay Increase in Negotiations
CIO United Rubber Workers of America plan 26 cent an hour raise with the big four rubber companies. AARWA bulletin by G L Patterson and Robert Shuff urges members to discuss portal to portal claims with management first and review demands to protect relationships with industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers of America
Saturney
ARWA
G. L. Patterson
Robert Shuff
International
Oversupply Warning From Building Institute Chief
Douglas Whitlock chairman of the building products institute warned that an oversupply of many construction items could occur in 1947 unless federal limits on non housing construction are eased or removed.
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Washington
Douglas Whitlock
Building Products Institute
Local Weather Forecast Sees Snow Flurries and Cold
Occasional snow flurries and cold conditions forecast for Sunday with a high near 22 degrees. Wind chills remain brisk as a cold front moves through the region.
Release of youths in Moore murder probe widens custody
In the Dec 17 death of Mrs. Bessie Moore at Webs tavern, one brother was released Saturday evening while a 16 year old remains jailed. A new 16 or 17 year old suspect is in custody at the county jail linked to the same revolver. District officials say more witnesses will be questioned as the investigation continues.
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Bessie Moore
Frederic W. Crosby
la Crosse
Chicago Crime Laboratory
Medary
Crosby
John Coleman
Urge Arms Plan Deadline
Soviet delegate proposes a three month deadline to draft a worldwide arms reduction plan. Andrei Gromyko asks the UN Security Council to set the schedule and form an 11 nation committee to submit concrete proposals within one to three months. Britain supports a Canada French proposal for automatic action against atomic control violators.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Atomic Energy
U. N. Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Gromyko
T Security Council
General Assembly
Great Britain
Canada
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
W. C. Fields Estate To Assist Orphans
Los Angeles describes the late comedian W. C. Fields leaving part of his estate to aid orphans. A trust will fund a non-denominational college for white orphans in the city.
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W. C. Fields Estate
Los Angeles
W. C. Fields
Leo L. Schaumer
Schaumer
Magda Michael
Fields
Carrie J Bond Dies at 84 in Hollywood Composer of Classics
Carrie Jacobs Bond 84 famed composer of many popular songs died Saturday of a heart attack at her Hollywood home. A Janesville Wisconsin native she wrote songs that defined a era from 1895 to 1910 and published The Flying Flag in 1940. Survivors include two granddaughters Dorothy Jaehne Austin Texas and Elizabeth Walter serving with the U S Army in Germany and a half brother James B Minor Los Angeles.
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Hollywood
Calif
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Janesville
Wis
Jaine Palmer
Howard Berbeck
Dorothy Jaehne
Austin
Tex
Elizabeth Walter
U. S. Army
Germany
James B. Minor
Los Angeles
State Seizes Gas Plant After Strike Disruption
New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge seized the Harrison gas production plant of Public Service Electric and Gas after coke and coal deliveries failed to reach the site. The move followed a strike by Local 268 of the International Chemical Workers Union demanding higher wages. Police reported seven carloads of fuel were stranded outside the gates as a crew refused delivery.
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Newark
N. J
Harrison
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Princeton
Harry Harper
Ima
Edge
Michael Bergen
Thomas E. Boyle
International Chemical Workers Union
AFL
New Senators Favor Basic Labor Law Change
A survey shows 23 new senators mostly back major labor law changes. Republicans push for national labor policy and compulsory arbitration while Democrats urge caution and a tempered approach to labor disputes and Wagner Act revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James P. Kemn
R-Mo
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Raymond E. Baldwin
R-Conn
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
Portal Pay Claims Top $1 Billion Mark
Portal to pay wage claims have surpassed one billion dollars as 23 CIO United Steelworkers locals filed a 200 million suit against Bethlehem Steel in Philadelphia. Additional suits by other unions pushed total claims past 1.1 billion with industry leaders predicting up to five to six billion. A separate 11 million suit was filed by CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers against Allis Chalmers for 3,400 workers in Indiana and Illinois.*
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CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel
Philadelphia
Congress
CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
la Porte
Ind
Springfield
Ill
Michigan
Washington
Rep. Wolcott
Rep
Michener
House
Senate
Fred A. Virkus
Conference of American Small Business Organizations
Supreme Court
Steel Corp
Alleghens ~ Tas
Orp
Lum Steel Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Pittsburgh
Campbell Soup Co
CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Workers Union
Camden
Cleveland
East St. Louis
Peoria
Boston
Newark
N. J
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ay City
Mich
Cedar Rapids
Maritime Commission Accounting Attacked as Chaotic
A House Merchant Marine Committee member released a report criticizing wartime accounting of the Maritime Commission and the War Shipping Administration as unsound and chaotic. Prepared by committee counsel Marvin Coles after hearings, the billion-dollar shipping program's handling is to be considered at Thursday's meeting.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Marvin Coles
Dietl, 52, State Legion Official, Dies in Milwaukee
Harold E. Dietl, 52, chief claims reviewer for Wisconsin American Legion, died of a heart attack at home. He came to Milwaukee 17 years ago and served 15 years with the Legion, and was past commander of the Cedarburg American Legion post.
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Milwaukee
Harold E. Dietl
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Beag
Dietl
The
Legion
Cedarburg
Fire Destroys Kirton Hotel In North Dakota Town
A fire swept the 20 room Kirton hotel in a central North Dakota town Saturday destroying the two story brick building and forcing 29 guests to seek shelter in cold weather. No injuries were reported.
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Harvey
N. D
Kirton
North Dakota
Legislative Outlook Surveyed By Writer In Tribune Series
John Wyngaard reports in a Tribune series beginning Monday with a survey of Wisconsin legislators. The exclusive weeklong sequence explores budget balancing taxation veterans' legislation school financing labor agriculture and capital expansion for state institutions.
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Tribune
John Wyngaard
Wisconsin
Highways Slippery Amid Snow Across La Crosse Territory
Snow spread across the La Crosse area and upper Mississippi valley with motorists urged to use caution. A. D. Sanial said no major snowfall was expected though a half inch had fallen in three hours. Flurries were forecast for Sunday with a high near 22 degrees. Heavy winds and cold temps troubled the region as Michigan reports and ferry routes face disruptions.
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la Crosse
Mississippi Valley
A. D. Sanial
Santal
Michigan
Ithaca
Mackinac Straits
Detroit
U.S. Weather Bureau
Reed Eyes Commerce Chair in GOP Senate Power Shakeup
Senator Reed of Kansas predicts eight to ten of 17 new Republicans will back his bid to block leadership plans in the GOP Senate. He hints a secondary goal to head the public lands group if commerce chair is denied, risking shifts that could elevate Butler to lands or Millikin to finance, as Reed aims to lead the commerce committee.
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Washington
Reed
Kansas
Senate
Commerce Committee
Public Lands
Sen
White
Kansan
Senator White
Maine
Commerce
Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
Lands Committee
Senator Butler
Nebraska
Millikin
Butler
Colorado
Vandenberg
Michigan
Fifth Body Found After Bus Hits Gas Truck Near Worland
In Worland Wyoming a bus collision on a snow covered bridge nine miles north of town left five dead after a gasoline shower from a tanker triggered flames. Pat Caughlin about 50 a sheep ranch worker was found in a rear seat after debris was cleared.
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Worland
Wyo
Pat Caughlin
Here
Caughlin
Senate War Inquiry Says Bilbo Report ‘Very Tough’
Senator Ferguson says a majority of the war investigating committee approved a very tough report criticizing Senator Bilbo for dealings with war contractors. The document will be filed next week with the Senate secretary and contains no recommendations.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Off-Year Vote Totals Show GOP Margin in 30 States
Official AP figures confirm 35,874,568 votes cast on November 5 with Republicans outpoling Democrats in 30 states and gaining control of both congressional houses for the first time in 14 years. The tally notes a rise over 1942 and 1946 figures and records a 60.1 percent turnout of those eligible, far below potential voters.
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Washington
Associated Press
U. S. House
Crats
House
Congress
State Board Orders Election On Allis-Chalmers Representation
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Board ordered a plant election at Allis-Chalmers West Allis to determine if 3000 workers wish to be represented by Local 248 UAW CIO or by an independent union or by neither. The vote will include all production workers active April 30 1946 and not resigned or discharged. The move aims to resolve a long running strike and to allow employees to express current desires regarding collective bargaining representation.
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Madison
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
West Allis
Allis-Chalmers Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
Independent Workers of Allis-Chalmers
Lester E. Petersen
Petersen
International United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Ike
A C
L. E. Gooding
J. E. Fitzgibbon
Henry C. Rule
Employment Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
Local 248
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Washington Avenue
St. Pa
S. R. Burroughs
Carrie J. Bond
By Jack Bell
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Friends
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Organized Labor
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
John Sherman Cooper
Edward Martin
Westinghouse Electric
Portal
H. E. Diet
State Legion
West Allis Union
John Wright
State Board
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