Unions Guilty of Unfair Labor Practice in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules union members who leave work to attend meetings commit a strike and an unfair labor practice under state law. Reversing lower court rulings, the decision upholds Wisconsin labor board orders against Trackson and Briggs Stratton workers who staged walkouts in 1946.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee County Circuit
Wisconsin A Relations Board
Trackson Company
Briggs Stratton Company
August E. Braun
John C. Kieczka
Supreme Court
Committee Sees FPHA Failure in Public Housing Program
The warfare era housing agency is faulted for mis allocation of units with 31 percent of public housing going to ineligible earners. Slum unit elimination is blamed for being ignored while slums grow. FPHA allegedly sold 8110 new prefabricated units to France last year and veterans’ emergency program labeled a dismal fail.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Federal Public Housing Authority
FPHA
France
Wildcat Strikes End Gradually As Leaders Appeal to Miners
Uniontown area leaders appealed to about 17 000 soft coal miners to return to work as wildcat strikes waned. Four of 23 struck mines in southwest Pennsylvania agreed to resume today, with 2 190 Indiana miners also out. Miners will receive pay for June 1 15 and a $100 lump sum for a 10 day vacation under the government contract.
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Uniontown
Afl-United Mine Worker
Pennsylvania
Indiana
William Hynes
UMW
Safe-Hauling Thieves Hit Oshkosh Cleaning Shop
Burglars forced a side door of a dry cleaning establishment in Oshkosh Wisconsin and hauled away a safe weighing 500 to 600 pounds containing about 250 dollars in cash. The robbery follows two similar incidents in nearby areas within two weeks. Neighbor reported closing time around 10 PM Tuesday. No recovery reported as of Wednesday.
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Oshkosh
Wis
William A. Golz
Nhaoe
Fond du Cat
Winona Council Raises On-Sale Liquor Fees
Winona Minnesota city council raised the on sale liquor license fee by 200 dollars, from 745 to 945, despite opposition from Alderman at large Dorsch. The change sets total annual city liquor fees at 1200 dollars for 15 on sale establishments, including 250 for the 3.2 malt beverage license and 5 for the off sale 3.2 license.
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Winona
Minn
Dorsch
New Office Commander Begins One Day Visit
Inspector from the Ninth Naval District Great Lakes visits the naval reserve office in the Federal Building. Lieut Lawrence House oversees the La Crosse office during today’s routine tour.
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B. Dennis
Noe
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Naval Reserve Office
Federal Building
Lieut. Lawrence House
la Crosse
La Crosse Council debates 25 year lease and Salzer airport plat
The La Crosse Council discusses rent increases and a 25 year lease while weighing the state planning board plat for the former Salzer airport. AFL organizer George Hall and WKBH manager Howard Dahl push for the modernized housing layout to aid the working class with accessible playgrounds and no dead end streets. The group plans to resume Friday night as they finalize beer license considerations.
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la Crosse
Madison
Donald Lyden
Franklin Pamperin
A. R. Kempter
George Hall
AFL
Howard Dahl
WKBH
State Planning Board
Salzer
Warren Smith
James Durland
Virgil K. Arneson
Hall
Dahl
Pone Ac
Leonard N. Garske
South Fourth Street
Comi E
Vienna Parliament Rejects FischER Demand on Gruber Talks
Parliament rejects a demand by Communist Ernst Fischer to appoint a committee to investigate Foreign Minister Karl Gruber and his negotiations with American authorities in Vienna.
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Vienna
Austria
Ernst Fischer
Karl Gruber
Dusty the 8 Pound Calf Gains Attention in New London
New London Wisconsin report notes Dusty, a week-old bull calf weighing eight pounds, ignored by a Browns Swiss mother ashamed by the small size. Owner Bill Faskell says Dusty is bottle-fed a quart of milk daily and hops around the barnyard with unusually light, agile legs.
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New London
Wis
Dusty
Bossie
Bill Faskell
Route 3
New
Mother Kills Child in Wisconsin Murder Suicide Request
In Racine/Burlington, an 18-year-old mother Frances Stowell telephoned officers reporting she killed her three weeks old baby Linda Marlene and wished to die. Police found the infant dead, and the district attorney said no charges yet while awaiting a coroner's report. The mother admitted restraining the child to stop crying and said she killed the baby and wanted the electric chair.
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Racine
Wis
Burlington
Edward A. Krenzke
Frances Stowell
Wisconsin Assembly Battles Over Budget Amendments
Democratic assemblymen fought a GOP bid to remove amendments to the 1947-49 budget and block postwar rehabilitation funding. McParland of Cudahy led a lengthy filibuster resisting floor seating. The clash centered on amendments for UW and rehabilitation funds as speakers clashed over rules and democracy versus dictatorship.
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University of Wisconsin
McParland
Cudahy
GOP
Thomson
Richland Center
cParland
McDowell
Finance Committee
Republican Party
Mullen
Madison
of Wisconsin
Simmons
Kenzierski
O’connell
Milwaukee
Molinaro
Kenosh
Southern Mayor Rescues Man From Lynch Mob in Alabama
In Hartsboro Alabama Mayor Hart Vann with aid from former Mayor H M Rutherford and others intervened as a mob of about 25 white men threatened to hang a 19 year old black man Jimmy Harris accused of attempted rape. Harris was seized and bound but released after Vann urged the crowd to rely on the law. He was turned over to the sheriff and jailed for safekeeping while authorities consider charges.
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Hartsboro
Ala
Hart Vann
Jimmy Harris
Harris
Vann
H. M. Rutherford
Phil
Reuben Streetman
Ralph Matthews
Kilby State Prison
Matthews
Tennyson Dennis
Island Park Claims Nation’s Longest Town Status
Island Park Idaho declares itself the nation’s longest town stretching 25 miles along the Yellowstone National Park highway. The two day old village promotes its unique extension across a wide corridor to attract visitors and residents.
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Island Park
Idaho
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ODP
Schoen
Shoen
Wausau Brewing CO
Wausau, Wis
Council
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Ff Establishe O ME Furnishings
Will
Dad
Fourth Street
Main
Pearl
Tillman's
S&l
Teletone Radio
Farm Radio
Temple Radio Combination
Phonograph
Long Town
Campbell Rd
America
G. Heileman Brg. CO
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