Labor unions, Byrd clash over wartime strike power
The United Steel Workers strike is labeled revolutionary in character and scope. Senator Byrd urges the president to grant three more days for a settlement and warns of an insurrection risk if talks fail. The War Department says embargo cooperation will focus on essential supplies and troop movements, suspending most passenger travel and nonessential moves.
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United Ne Workers
Byrd
D-Va
Lewis
America
War Department
United States
Westby Class Play The Hilarity House Presented
Westby Wis special report senior class of Westby high school presents its class play The Hilarity House on Monday May 6 at 8 pm. Cast includes Betts Jordan Marjorie Steenberg Kathie Jordan Bernice Brettinger Lucinda Peck Justine Holum Isabel Jordan Minnie Olive Hanson Jeff Jordan William Running Stan Lawler Dick Wrobel Buzz Bassett Curtis Johnson Wally OShane Wallace Morlien Dickie Devine Robert Erickson Dora Devine Arlene Void. Grace Beckwith coaches the play.
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Westby
Wis
Westby High School
Hilarity House
Betts Jordan
Marjorie Steenberg
Kathie Jordan
Bernice Brettinger
Lucinda Peck
Justine Holum
Isabel Jordan
Minnie Olive Hanson
Jeff Jordan
William Running
Stan Lawler
Dick Wrobel
Buzz Bassett
Curtis Johnson
Wally O’shane
Wallace Morlien
Dickie Devine
Robert Erickson
Dora Devine
Arlene Void
Will Divorce English War Bride Who Turned Homeward At London
Nick Marsico said Saturday he probably would divorce his 22 year old English wife June Marsico who changed her mind about coming to America while enroute to a ship with 20 GI brides. She got off the train at London and returned to her Cheshire home. He said he would file for divorce once notified.
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Elyria
Nick Marsico
America
June Marsico
Nick
England
London
Cheshire
Marsho
Navy
Hazelwood House Sligo Demolished Sale by Land Commission
Historic Hazelwood House once home of the Wynne family for over two centuries near Sligo is declared a white elephant. The land commission plans its sale for demolition.
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Hazelwood House
Wynne
Sligo
Land Commission
African products spark export interest from America
French North Africa reports new exports of cuttlefish bone sponges and esporto grass attracting attention from American buyers. Local producers seek steady shipments to meet foreign demand and boost regional trade.
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North Africa
Amerca
Brennom Announces Office Candidacy
Lester Brennom Trempealeau county register of deeds announces he will seek re nomination on the Republican ticket at the August primaries. No opposition yet except for assembly seat contenders Martin D. Brom, Galesville, and Basil, Osseo incumbent candidates face lesser contests.
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Whitehall
Wis
Lester Brennom
Trempealeau County
Register of Deeds
Member of Assembly
Co. E. Heath
Osseo
Martin D. Brom
Dodge
G. M. Wiley
Galesville
Basil
Funk Reveals Minor Nazi Roles and Limited Authority
Funk testified at an international tribunal that in the Nazi hierarchy his jobs were largely ceremonial. He said he stood at the door but could not enter and that as propaganda ministry press chief he answered to Goebbels and later to Goering in economics. Also reports 7,000 civilian motor vehicles now operate in the Philippines.
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Funk
International Military Tribunal
Propaganda Ministry
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goering
The
Philippines
Parade Honors At Wisconsin Chorus Contest
Daylong festival features firsts for Viroqua Aquinas Onalaska Tomah and others across classes A to D. Winners include Ross from Iroqua, Ruth Budde Ontario, Dick Bradburn Aquinas, LaVonn Steiner Bangor, Tomah glee clubs and bands with multiple top placements.
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Ace
David Ross
Iroqua
Viroqua
Miss Purdy
Ruth Budde
Ontario
Aquinas
Dick Bradburn
LaVonn Steiner
Bangor
Onalaska Boys’ Glee Club
Ruth Nesset
Tomah
Sparta
Onalaska
Galesville
Holmen
Whitehall
Blair
Westby
West Salem
Viola
Cashton
Ettrick
Wilton
la Farge
Donna Jean Vruwink
Joyce Rhodes
Donald Monson
Donna Larry
George Narvestad
Baron Swirling
Martia la Bansky
Nordis Gulbransen
Jeanne Hanson
Bette Rasmussen
Alfred Zietlow
Joyce Lawrence
Lucille Morse
Ie. 1
Marya Ia Bennett
Bernard
G Halink
Ma Schultz
Freda Wery
Barbara Bruske
Lola Bell Glick
Janice Walter
Virginia Pirnat
Joan Matson
Barbara Schlief
Doloris Schlief
Patricia Reed
Leigh Elder
Harold Youngberg
Curtis Beers
Frank Smith
UN Atom Energy Commission Meets in New York in May
The United Nations commission for the control of atomic energy will hold its first meeting in New York on May 15, with the Mexican representative still to be named. A separate line notes a fragmented historical detail about a shipment in 1503.
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New York
United Nations Commission For the Control of Atomic Energy
Wisconsin gubernatorial race shapes up with endorsements in Wisconsin
The convention looms as a pivotal moment with Rennebohm potentially seeking the governorship and Delbert J Kenny and Gordon Bubolz in contention. Endorsements split among counties with Amoth and Thomson facing varied backing, while Richland and others show surprising votes amid winter weather and a nod to political momentum.
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Rennebohm
Delbert J. Kenny
Gordon Bubolz
Walter Goodland
Goodland
Dodger
Wisconsin
Wisconsin convention debates endorse endorsement of candidates
Delegates debated endorsing a slate for United States senate and state offices with Milwaukee county leading opposition. Supporters claimed 61 counties backed endorsement while seven counties opposed. some counties were divided or did not vote. The issue drew attacks on the convention’s legitimacy and questions about party unity and principles.
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Milwaukee County
Iron
Lincoln
Oneida
Shawano
Waukesha
Waupaca
Douglas
Langlade
Marquette
Stanley Jazz
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
David Bogue
Portage
Goodland
Heil
Republican Party
Julius
Derby Crescent Hill Fatal Collision Claims Two Pedestrians
Louisville police report a Derby special train struck two Crescent Hill residents, Miss Maude Shoup aged 66 and William Shelton about 50, killing them instantly. The victims, both residents of Crescent Hill, were struck Saturday in Louisville. Argentina pursues revival of traditional folk dances amid cultural push.
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Louisville
Crescent Hill
Maude Shoup
William Shelton
Betsy Sparks Brush Fires at Camp McCoy
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin a locomotive named Betsy allegedly started three small brush fires before being halted by engineers. The incident is blamed on a temperamental machine, highlighting tensions over the veteran locomotive's retirement.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Betsy
Post
JCC Names 1947 Parley Sites and Officials
The Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce chose Fondy as the 1947 convention city and Manitowoc for the bowling tournament. The mid year conference goes to Sheboygan in November and the first 1946 quarterly conference to Chippewa Falls in August. Winetzke succeeds Schlapman as president with new national directors and five district vice presidents named.
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Stevens Point
Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur Winetzek
Wausau
Fondy
JCC
Manitowoc
Sheboygan
Chippewa Falls
Winetzke
W. J. Schlapman
Racine
Kenosha
al Crowe
Eau Claire
E. C. Witcpalek
Kewaunee
Ray Gerland
Rice Lake
al Maddrell
Madison
Warren Parker
Fort Atkinson
Charles Schick
Waukesha
Ray Hunter
Karl Kraemer
Fond du Lac
Believe Boys In Trunk Suspected of Suffocation
Coroner A L Brodie ruled out violence after examining two boys Chester Lesniewski aged 9 and Anthony Liczekowski aged 8 who vanished Monday and were found in an attic trunk Friday. A chemical exam of vital organs will follow as authorities investigate whether playing cops and robbers led to their deaths. Walter Stricula, 20, living in the south side bungalow, reported discovering the bodies. Air searches and searches by neighbors, coast guardsmen, and an airplane tried to locate the youths along Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
A. L. Brodie
Chester Lesniewski
Anthony Liczekowski
Coast Guardsmen
Lake Michigan
Walter Stricula
South Side
Ask U. S. Citizenship For Stranded Poles
Senator Taylor says Secretary Byrnes proposed granting American citizenship to stranded Polish calibers or creating a foreign region for them. He urged the foreign relations committee to publish Byrnes remarks and asked for a full explanation of General Bor-Komorowski’s visit to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taylor
Idaho
Byrnes
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Bor-Komorowski
Warsaw
CIO-PAC To Endorse State Candidates
The Wisconsin CIO political action committee votes to endorse state and national candidates at a July conference. It plans a $1 per member PAC fund split between national and state and local groups, plus a voluntary extra one cent monthly per member to state CIO. The CIO-PAC will back nonpartisan voter registration efforts where invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Cio Political Action Committee
CIO
Couny
Mel Heinritz
Ciopac
Heinritz
Methodists Urge Prayer Day for Curtailed Alcohol Traffic
Washington report says the Methodist board of temperance calls 40 000 churches and others to join in Sunday June 2 as a day of prayer for curtailing the alcoholic beverage traffic. Clipsheet notes revival after 13 years of post repeal inactivity and frames two years of temperance education and activity.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Church
Church Council of Bishops
Mill Sale Announced In Warren Ind For 53600
The War Production Board announced the sale of a hemp mill at Warren Indiana to Hooker Glass and Paint Manufacturing Company of Chicago for 53600.
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Chicago
War Assets Administration
Warren, Ind
Hooker Glass and Paint Manufacturing Co. of
Democracy's Chance In Japan Improves, MacArthur Says
General MacArthur reports encouraging signs for democracy in Japan as the occupation progresses. He cites the first free election in 11 years, a proposed epoch making constitution, a freed press, and growing public understanding of political issues, noting acceptance of constitutional limits on the emperor.
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Japan
MacArthur
Tokyo
Obituary Chester Brackett Hodgdon 63 Onalaska dies
Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p m at Fossum funeral home Onalaska for Chester Brackett Hodgdon 63 who died Friday night Rev S J Lambright will officiate burial in Onalaska cemetery friends may call Sunday evening He is survived by two daughters Mrs Ellsworth Collins Onalaska Mrs Henry Kocimski La Crosse two sisters Mrs Ela Tibbetts Melrose Mass and Mrs Bessie Hoogerziel Andover Mass and six grandchildren
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Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Chester Brackett Hodgdon
S. J. Lambright
Ellsworth Collins
Henry Kocimski
la Crosse
Ela Tibbetts
Melrose
Mass
Bessie Hoogerziel
Andover
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Richland County
Vernon Thomson
Oshkosh
United States Senate
LaFollette
Leonard Schmitt
Merrill
Sen. LaFollette
Republican Party of Wisconsin
William McEwen
River Falls
Derby
Argentina
State
U. S
Cio-Pac
Pitzner
Sta
Voigt Auto Company
Packard Sales and Service
South Second Street
Phone
John A. Salzer
Seed Company Seventh and Adams
Shidehara
man—Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Chester B. Hodgdon
Ford Hopking
Heileman’s
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
Wisconsin State Musicians Association
Heileman Brewery
Grandad Bluff
Hollywood
Rivoli
Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin Theatres
Wisconsin State Guard
South Avenue
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Hotel
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
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American Legion
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Rotary Club
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