Oregon Defeat Sharp Setback For Stassen
Dewey defeats Stassen in Oregon as unofficial early counts show Dewey leading by about 6 000 votes with 92 316 to 85 695 from 1 530 of 1 861 precincts. Multnomah county Portland area adds to Dewey margin while Stassen vows continued campaigning in remaining states. Governor Warren of California congratulates Dewey as Oregon delegates pledge best efforts for the party nomination.
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GOP
Stassen
Minneapolis
Oregon
Dewey
Stagen
Multnomah County
Portland
Seattle
Sacramento
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Upstate
Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
South
City Strike Talks Urge Settlement With Brewers
Madison commissioner Henry R. Rule and Mayor Be ranek planned a Saturday night meeting in La Crosse with G Heileman Brewing Co and United Brewery Workers Local 81 to end a strike at the plant. Rule said the company held to a $5 weekly raise offer while the union pressed for $8.
WERB Decides On Union Jurisdiction
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board will not order elections when the National Labor Relations Board has prior jurisdiction unless a controlling factor exists. The board denied CIO United Auto Workers petition for a new bargaining agency election at Kearney and Trecker, spanning several years, preserving independence at the plant.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Kearney
Trecker
Lewis Pushes Pension Fund Study Findings on Coal Miners
John L. Lewis released a pension expert report by Murray Latimer showing a 10 cent per ton coal royalty could fund 60 year old miners at $100 monthly while leaving a fund exceeding $210 million after 10 years. Latimer, hired by the United Mine Workers, argues for retirement at 60 and flags pensions as a major bargaining issue.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Murray W. Latimer
U. S. Railroad Retirement Board
United Mine Workers Union
Philadelphia Actuaries
Ezra van Horn
Per
Towers
Rnn
Forster and Crosby
Lewis
Latimer
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
AP Chairman Chosen At Editors Meeting in Milwaukee
Seymour Althen of the Two Rivers Reporter was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors at the spring meeting in Milwaukee. Leo V. Gannon of the Green Bay Press-Gazette became vice chairman. The group adopted a resolution praising AP on its 100th anniversary.
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Milwaukee
Seymour Althen
Two Rivers
Roy L. Bangsberg
The
la Crosse Tribune
Harold Maier
Sheboygan Press
D. E. Whelan
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Mace
Oshkosh Northwestern
Demand for Cease Fire in Palestine Fails at U N
The United Nations Security Council rejected an American Russian demand for strong action in Palestine. It approved a cease fire 36 hours after midnight with abstentions by Syria, Russia, and the Soviet Ukraine. The council then urged progress toward a truce under Count Folke Bernadotte and urged Arabs and Jews to cooperate.
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U. S
Warren R. Austin
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
United States
Russia
Ukraine
France
Colombia
Britain
Syria
China
Canada
Belgium
Argentina
Truce Commission
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Council For
United Nations
Alfonso Lopez
Andrei A. Gromyko
Faris el Khoury
el Khoury
Council
Alexander Cadogan
Austin
Security Council
Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
Centennial Parade Promises Grand Prize and Float Awards
La Crosse county centennial parade committee offers a $100 grand prize for best float in the July 17 parade with sixteen $50 $25 $15 and $10 prizes across four divisions. Entries listed include shows of horse drawn wagons and costumes. schools urged to enter. Subcommittees named and entry blanks available via Chamber of Commerce with a June 15 deadline.
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la Crosse County
William Bonadurer
Frank Sisson
Sisson
Charles A. Hoeschler
Chamber of Commerce
Tass Blasts U S Position For Discord
Moscow based Tass accused the United States of blocking progress in Russo American relations in a 13 page statement reflecting Soviet government views. It charged U S violations of Yalta Tehran and Potsdam decisions and blamed Washington for UN arms control failure.
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Moscow
Tonight
United States
Tass
Josef Stalin
Henry A. Wallace
United States State Department
Russia
U. S
State Department
Roosevelt
Britain
Yalta
Tehran
Truman
United Nations
New Air Speed Mark Set By Cochran in P-51 Flight
Jacqueline Cochran landed a special P-51 in Palm Springs Calif and returned from Santa Fe New Mexico setting a new world air speed record of 446 mph over a 2000 kilometer course. The flight faced oxygen trouble on the outbound leg and was timed at two hours 46 minutes 38 seconds with official speed awaiting instrument corrections. The previous record, 440 mph, dated May 19 1946 was set by Lieut. J J Hancock in a jet Shooting Star.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran
Santa Fe
N. M
Miss Cochran
Arizona
H. Dudley Wright
National Aeronautic Association
Loyalty Chief Resigns State Department
Hamilton Robinson, who led the State Department loyalty program, resigns as control officer amid congressional criticism. He plans to enter private law practice in Washington after taking the post in 1946 following wartime service as an Army colonel from New Haven, Connecticut.
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Washington
Hamilton Robinson
State Department
Department
Robinson
Congress
New Haven
Conn
Ask Men With Red Relatives To Resign
Washington officials with known Red relatives were urged by Rep. Crawford to resign after John V. Virden quit as head of the Office of Industry Cooperation pending disclosure that his daughter Euphemia, 22, works for Tass the Communist news agency. Virden said he broke with his daughter over Tass employment.
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Euphemia
Micky) Virden
Washington
Tass
John C. Virden
Cleveland
Commerce Department
Industry Cooperation
Miss Virden
Rep
Crawford
R-Mich
John V. Virden
Virden
Office of Industry Cooperation
United Nations Auctions Nazi Loot Jewelry in New York
United Nations sets up jewelry sale at Parke-Bernet galleries in New York for June 16 auction. The items include diamonds gold and silver and are part of Nazi loot recovered by U S forces in Europe and brought to the United Nations.
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New York
United Nations
Parke-Bernet Galleries
Europe
Germany
Austria
United States
Ifs On Meat Price Scale Horizon
Chicago sources report the CIO meat handlers strike ending at most plants. Meat supplies may rise next week as livestock held on farms is moved to market. Additional supplies could push retail prices lower, depending on demand strength. If receipts improve, prices could adjust further.
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Chicago
CIO
Rath Packing strike may move toward settlement after mass funeral
In Waterloo Iowa mass rites were held Saturday for a picket killed in a riot that drew in the national guard. Rath negotiating chief A D Donnell said settlement proposals would be ready for discussion with the union by Monday morning. Union leaders planned an early mass meeting to relay the proposals to striking workers.
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Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
National Guard
A. D. Donnell
Meat Strike Shifts Futures in U S Livestock Markets
Livestock markets surge while meat supply lags. strike impact looms as tailwind to longer term shortages. Packers claim evidence shows workers favor returning to work, Wilson stock disputes arise, National Guardsmen pulled from Minnesota protests.
Milwaukee and La Crosse Jaycees Sweep Wisconsin State Awards
Milwaukee Junior Chamber of Commerce won three state project awards and the project of the year trophy along with the Giesenbier trophy for outstanding group activity. La Crosse Jaycees, defending champions, captured top honors in Christmas program printed publications and sports and recreation with other first places going to Beloit Rice Lake South Milwaukee Waukesha Sheboygan. The three day convention featured speeches by Mayor Hubert Humphrey and Assistant Attorney General T Lamar Caudle as well as an address by Caudle broadcast on WLCX.
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la Crosse Jaycees
Jaycee
Elmer Fraley
Jaycees
la Crosse
Milwaukee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Caadle
Milwaukee Jaycees
Giesenbier
T. Lamar Caudle
Stoddard Hotel
New State Executive Committee
Caudle
WLCX
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
VFW
Beloit
Rice Lake
South Milwaukee
Waukesha
Sheboygan
Pennsylvania backs Martin for GOP presidential nomination
The Pennsylvania Republican State Committee unanimously endorsed Senator Edward Martin for the GOP nomination. A resolution praised his exceptional ability and experience for national leadership as delegates count as the second largest state block at the coming convention. Martin urged a firm united U S foreign policy and stronger Western alliances for mutual protection and peace.
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Philadelphia
Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Martin
U. S
State Demos Elect Delegates To Attend National Conclave
Milwaukee party members chose alternate delegates at Hotel Pfister and confirmed appointments for Eugene Clifford and John M. Brophy to fill vacancies. The record lists national convention delegates and alternates by district and region with numerous Milwaukee and state figures named.
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Demos
Milwaukee
Pfister
Charles P. G. Greene
Eugene Clifford
Juneau
John M. Brophy
Daniel W. Hoan
Jerome Fox
Chilton
Howard J. McMurray
Madison
Benjamin Saltzstein
W. C. Sullivan
Kaukauna
Chester Smith
G. W. Henney
Portage
George Devine
William Carroll
Prairie du Chien
Alvie Judkins
John Schneider
Sheboygan
William B. Rubin
Charles P. Greene
Milwauke
Swen Sorenson
Elmer Beck
Edward Ruetz
Kenosha
Gerald Flynn
Racine
Jay Glerum
William B. Rice
John McGonigle
Sun Prairie
Paul Henry
John Nash
Waukesha
Fierce fighting resumes at Jerusalem old city walls
Jewish forces attack Arab legion positions at Zion gate and along the walls of Jerusalem's old city. Legion and Jewish garrison clash with grenades, tommy guns, and bombardment as passages and fortifications near Beit Yaacov synagogue and Tiferet synagogue bear the brunt of the battle.
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Zion Gate
Jerusalem
Trans- Jordan
Israel
Old City
Jerusam
Beit Yaacov Synagogue
Hurva
Tiferet Synagogue
Mount Zion
Dormition Church
Cairo
May 27 Norse Friendship Day Proclaimed in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis May 27 was designated Norwegian Friendship Day in a proclamation signed by Gov. Rennebohm. The governor urged Wisconsin residents to send gifts to the Wisconsin Centennial Friendship Fleet and its first vessel the SS Ornetfjell to carry food and supplies to Norway and asked participation in ceremonies planned for the ship’s arrival from Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm Saturda
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Centennial Friendship Fleet
Ornetfjell
Norway
Milwaukee
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Bor Aesdmee Oni Hd
Eaturuay Nignk
al Fe
Tribune
U.S
Seek Rath Settlement
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Wilson and Co
Kingan and Company
Indianapolis
Morrell
Topeka
Kas
National
South St. Paul
Minn
Wilson
Richard C. Winkler
Ralph Helstein
Winkler
Helstein
John Rice
Sparta
Zel S. Rice
Mel Solson
Boscobel
L. B. Mattie
Anthony Gawronski
William P. Banach
Thaddeus Wasielewski
William H. Kritter
Andrew Biemiller
William McCaley
Edward Mertz
Otto Stielow
Louis Mato
Fairchild
Miles McNally
New Rich
Francis Conway
Orpe
John Green
Superior
James Corcoran
Webster
Joseph Szumowski
Hayward
Elizabeth Hawkes
Fairild
Clifford
Brophy
H. H. Hilgendorf
Samuel Nissenbaum
State Central Committee
Bethlehem
Beersheba
Hebron
Arab Legion
Palestine Arab
Shu’laf
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Jordan Valley
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Jorden Valley
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