Traffic Safety Meeting Called in Minnesota
Governor Edward J. Thye asks all counties and cities over 2 500 population to send delegates to a Duluth conference on August 23. The meeting aims to plan a state wide traffic safety program with public safety coordination, education, and uniform enforcement to reduce accidents and fatalities.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Washington
Edward J. Thye
Minnesota
Duluth
Minnesota Safety Council
Thve
Minmeets
Union Seeks 40-Hour Great Lakes Week
The CIO National Maritime Union seeks a 40 hour week for Great Lakes seamen and sent demands to ten lake shipping companies. If no reply by June 17, the union may file strike notices. Notable firms include American Steel & Wire Bethlehem Transportation Interstate Steamship and Ford and Shasta Steamship companies.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
CIO National Maritime
Frank Jones
NMU Lakes
Jones
American Steel & Wire Co
Bethlehem Transportation Corp
Interstate Steamship Co
International Harvester Co
Inland Steel Co
Jupiter Steamship Co
Ford Motor Co
Brown Steamship Co
Shasta Steamship Co
Nicholson Transit Co
Heatwave Hits Pittsburgh As City Records High 1946
Citizens endure an intense July heat as temperatures near 90 degrees. The scene captures residents sweating in the furnace like conditions, with asides noting the sweltering atmosphere and public reaction to the heat.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore police raid leads to undercover bet sting
Police Lieut Alexander Emerson and his vice squad did not raid. They arrested two men on a bookmaking charge as evidence was gathered. Patrolman Cornelius Trenkamp answered a ringing phone and heard a bettor say, I ll take 50 on Emerson to win, then hang up.
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Baltimore
Alexander Emerson
Emerson
Cornelius Trenkamp
Trenkamp
Davison Returns for Missing Passengers in Desert Center
In Indio California F H Davison of Houston Texas headed for Los Angeles when sheriff deputies flagged him for leaving a back seat passengerless. He retraced 50 miles to Desert Center to collect his wife and mother in law Eunice Stevens after realizing they were left behind during a gasoline stop.
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Indio
Calif
F. H. Davison
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles
Davison
Eunice Stevens
Desert Center
Seek U S Aid To Kill Great Lakes Eels
Rep. Fred Bradley plans legislation to fund and authorize federal aid for lamprey control in the Great Lakes. He and U S Fish and Wildlife officials favor using steel traps at river mouths to capture spawning lampreys, aiming to curb the eel menace to lake fish.
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U. S
Washington
Great Lakes
Fred Bradley
R-Mich
House Fisheries Committee
Bradley
The
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
Memo the hippo ships to Pittsburgh Zoo after crate challenge
Brookfield zoo attendants failed four hours to move Memo the two year old 1500 pound female hippo into a crate through a side door. They then positioned the crate at the rear door and Memo entered willingly. Pittsburgh Zoological Society bought Memo for 2500. The note mentions Lloyds Register origin of A 1.
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Chicago
Memo
Brookfield Zoo
Worn Bean
Pittsburgh Zoological Society
Bean
Ad man dies in Two Rivers after short illness
Jerome C. Fridenberg aged 46 and advertising manager for a local cotton goods firm died after a brief illness. He moved to Two Rivers in 1945 from Chicago where he worked with the American Butter Institute for 16 years. Buy Savings Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Rivers
Wis
Jerome C. Fridenberg
Chicago
American Butter Institute
Seek Veterans For Ship Duty In U S Maritime Service
World War II veterans from all services are eligible to enlist for ship's company duty with the U S maritime service. Appointments follow two weeks at Sheepshead Bay indoctrination school and assignment to seaman first class with pathway to promotion.
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Chicago
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Rush Street
Coin alloy for dimes is ninety percent silver
The dime alloy is 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
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Peter Lorre
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Sahara Coal Company
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Sells
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Ford Hopkins CO
ALE Drug Store
Rrs ‘ OF
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Kay Daumit
Sutton
Ter Ealy &Os
Daggett & Ramsdell
du Barry
Griffin
Skyliner
Iro Hopkins
Lotoa
Ford HC
Billfoll
UL Yralon
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Imarine
Gaby
Mead
Eaton
Ipjohn
Mennen
Dorothy Perkins
Berkeley
Ty Gees
Ned
Cryste Cleer
Harry C.hummel
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Stearns
Sumlite Savek
Cerebves
Azurine Sport Sun
Parzipp
Stuart Hail
Congressing Ieee Stationery
P. Ormens
ST Kremington Electric Razor
Tars
Bertone
Hollywood
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Knapp
Monarch
WYETH
Johnson & Johnson
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Sota
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Twincote
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Chesterfie
Zonitor Suppositories
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