Labor Front Tense As Strike Threats Hit Three Industries
The Associated Press reports pending strikes threaten automakers and railroads while a gloomy future looms for soft coal as John L. Lewis sets May 18 for talks with operators on a new contract. A federal mediator notes unyielding positions could only be softened by direct negotiation. The UMW contract with bituminous operators runs to June 30, giving 44 days to reach terms before potential shutdowns on July 1 in coal fields. No demands are outlined yet as CIO auto workers schedule May 12 actions.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Labor Outlook Darkens as Major Strikes Loom
Chicago observers report a grim labor outlook with a proposed 100000 railroad worker strike on May 11 and 75000 Chrysler autoworkers set for May 12. CIO meat packers strike nears after 46 days with no resolution, while John L. Lewis invites talks May 18 for a contract expiring June 20. Electrical Workers aim for a 200000 strike against GE Westinghouse and GM, as mediation seeks an early settlement.
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Chicago
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
John L. Lewis
Cheese Prices Rise in Plymouth Sale at Wisconsin Exchange
Cheese prices moved up by about 1.25 to 1.75 cents on the Wisconsin cheese exchange. In the Plymouth sale, two cars of cheddars brought 42 percent, two cars of single daisies 45 percent. No offers and several unfilled bids appeared, including five cars cheddars at 42 percent.
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Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Republicans Name 42 for Convention
A Green County Republican caucus named 42 residents to serve as delegates and alternates to the state convention in Milwaukee June 12 and 13. Rudolph P. Regez presided and was elected county chair. The list includes many Monroe residents and others from Monticello, Albany, Brodhead, Brookyn, New Glarus, Browntown, Clarno, and Monroe township. Attendees at last night’s caucus included Kittelsen, Rottler, Mrs. Thurber, Geigel, Keegan, Walter Timm, and Miss Blum.
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Green County
Milwaukee
Republican Club
Rudolph P. Regez
Regez
Erma L. Thurber
Sec Tate Heer
Larry A. Keegan
Robert L. Rote
John Geir
Be Holcomb
BL Lynch
C. W. Bennett
Evan C. Chambers
Matt Solbra
C. W. Lengacher
Leo V. Koehler
Anna Blum
Grace Thorpe
Ernest E. Wenger
John A. Becker
H. B. Caradine
W. A. Dreibelbis
Ralph H. Wenger
Fred Feutz
Harold T. Snyder
Fred J. Boiender
Harold M. Rottler
All Monroe
Dell Barlow
Clara Voegeli
Monticello
Emma Rechsteiner
D. J. Pryce
John Wood
Edward Killingstad
Albany
Frank Mauerman
John Timm
J. M. Allen
Paul Zimmerman
Brodhead
Archie Yarwood
N. C. Jensen
Brookyn
Fred Stuessy
New Glarus
John Coryell
Browntown
Walter Timm
Clarno Township
J. B. Scherer
Monroe Township
Kittelsen
Rottler
Tax Assessment Begins May 1 in Monroe Wisconsin
City Assessor Everett Keel announced plans to start the May 1 inventory of personal property for merchants and professionals. Blank forms will reach about 400 businesses, requiring return by May 25. The two reports used since 1945 will help set 1948 assessments, aiming for 100 percent of cost value with a tax commission representative checking larger firms.
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Sonal
Monroe Wi
Everett Keel
State Tax Commission
Keel
Tax Commission
Monroe
Alarm Box Mistaken for Mail Box In Wisconsin
A youth in Woodford Wisconsin mistook a fire alarm box for a mail box at the Eugene hotel corner. The alarm sounded at 11 20 this morning and the boy reported the incident to the police station, saying he had never seen a fire alarm box before.
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Young Woodford
Wis
Eugene
Valor and Service No 4 Farewells Were Tearful at Camp Harvey
Monroe visitors watched Co. H depart Milwaukee May 20 1898 for the south as many men with shaved heads signaled secret society ties. Emery A Odell notes women wept freely while sweethearts offered affectionate scenes and tin types were made. Physicals cut nearly a dozen from enlistment. the roster lists Captain West lieutenants Durst Buehler and many others with sundry roles and eight Monroe men on the First regiment staff. Col Samuel P Schadel led the partial parting from No 1 Back Pare
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Monroe
Camp Harvey
Co. H Godspeed
Times
Emery A. Odell
Milwaukee
South
Frederick F. West
Mathias C. Durst
Frederick W. Buehler
J. R. Byers
Frank A. Shriner
Frederick T. Odell
Frederick O. Phillips
Rudolph Schober
Arthur Musselman
Lewis Dodge
George Meythaler
Louis Becker
Gottlieb Witwer
John Germann
Burton Bridge
Benjamin Byers
Louis Rood
Hiram Rolph
Wagoner
Appleton Taft
Charles Allen
Clarence Allen
Rolland Austin
Vet Baird
Ezra Babler
Ed Bayrhoffer
Jerry Benson
Jacob Blotz
John
Samuel P. Schadel
Charles S. Young
D. A. Stearns
Chiney
Ste. Darling
F. E
C. R. Olson
EB. M. Thorp
Schadel
Fishing Pond Reopens After Restocking Soon
Game Warden Norman Hicks warns that the kids pond on the west edge of the city is closed for restocking until May 15. The pond will reopen to fishing shortly before the end of the school year, restoring activity for local anglers.
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Norman Hicks
Fair Grandstand Will Be Enlarged At Green County Fair
The Green County Fair plans to enlarge its grandstand by about 600 seats. President Louis R. Wolleson said completion by June 1 is likely and painting could occur before the Kiwanis Middlewest Palomino horse show on June 20. Cheestream Construction Co. of Freeport handles the work.
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Green County Fairgrounds
Louis R. Wolleson
Fair Association
Cheeseman Construction Co
Freeport
Audit fixes $34,454 Rote property figure in dispute
Madison firm audit for Alvin F. Rote Co lists book value of 343,454.31 in personal property with $32,648.53 merchants stock and $1,805.78 other items plus $4,183.50 mill machinery written off over 20 years. City officials will summon auditor How avd S Smith to explain figures. The study notes values are book values not necessarily market value and no physical checks were done.
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Alvin F. Rote Co
Madison
Arthur C. Benkett
Howavd S Smith
McMurry, Smith and Gesteland
Smith
Board of Review
Keel
Everett Keel
the Times
Commission to Appoint Fire Chief Tonight
Commission to appoint a new fire chief to replace O H Kundert whose resignation takes effect May 1 was announced by commission chairman Rodney O Kittelsen. The Monroe volunteer department advisory ballot is no longer needed after developments. earlier vote by department was inconclusive.
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Ae Ue
Pune
O. H. Kundert
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Commission
Monroe
Truce in Jerusalem collapses as terms falter before U.N.
In Jerusalem Arab and Jewish forces clash with Katamon and Salama strongholds changing hands. Trans-Jordan Iraq and other forces are named to muster 30 000 troops for Palestine before May 15 while U.N. talks attempt to avert a wider war.
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Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
Palestine
Jaffa
Beisan
Arab Legion
Gesher
Damascus
Syria
Amman
Associated Press
Haganat
Arab Jaffa
Katamon
Jerusalem
Holy City
Haganah
Salama
United Nations
Lydda
Ramle
Maashieh
Daniel del Luce
Britain
Holy Lands
Abdullah
Lebanon
Jewish Agency
Irgun Vai Leumi
Stern Group
Trans - Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Jordan
Ismail Safwat Pasha
Europe must set up own defenses first
Western European powers led by Great Britain France and the Low Countries formed a permanent military alliance to counter Russian threats while the United States weighs its role. US officials say Congress might be asked to back either a lend lease style rearmament or a resolution endorsing a UN renewed European defense system. The plan envisions a western German government with broad domestic control awaiting concrete allied steps.
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Washington
Russia
Western Europe
Great Britain
France
Low Countries
United States
Marshall
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
United Nations
Shullsburg Man Found Guilty in Traffic Court
A jury found George Haffle, 52, of Shullsburg guilty of negligent homicide in a traffic death that killed Everett Jackson of Cuba City. Judge Arthur W. Kopp will pass sentence next Monday with a maximum term of one to five years.
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Lancaster
Vey
Geroge Haffele
Shullsburg
Everett Jackson
Cuba City
Arthur W. Kopp
Vinson Reignites Court Drill With Gavel Slammed Shut Up Command
A tense Supreme Court session over a Taft Hartley act test case ended with Chief Justice Vinson repeatedly ordering an attorney to "Your time has expired" as Associate Justice Frankfurter pressed CIO and government lawyers. The exchange caused momentary chaos before order returned. A U S district court earlier ruled the political spending ban unconstitutional, a decision appealed by the government.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Vinson
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
CIO
Lee Pressman
Consut
Jesse Cumenxo
Clark
Prankfurter
Pressman
Charles J. Margiotti
Climenko
Ben Moore
Charleston
W. Va
U. S. District Court
Moore
Philip Murray
Woman Refugee Claims She Lived Next Door To Hitler
Frau Dora Mai says she lived next door to Adolf Hitler for a year on President Roosevelt Strasse in Liegnitz Silesia now in Polish-occupied territory. She told American military officials he appeared with a triangular mustache and sideburns and sometimes posed as a schoolmaster or Polish army lieutenant. She mentions a new party TPZ and that the man she saw was indeed Hitler.
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Liegnitz
Roosevelt Strasse
Eva Braun
TPZ
Hitler
Purse Taken From Leader Store Owner at Noon
Sophia Becker reports a purse containing about 3205 in checks and cash stolen from the Leader store at 1001 16th Avenue. The loss included a 105 check and about 100 in currency. Three men in the store briefly left with a woman and child, while a man remained on the floor and exited. The purse was on a shelf under the cash register.
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Leader
16Th Avenue
Sophia Becker
15 Year Old Admits Burglary At Rollie's Station
A 15 year old boy admitted in juvenile court after noon that he broke into Rollie's Standard service station at 1629 6th street and stole about 14 dollars in cash Monday night. About 10 dollars was recovered. He was arrested by city police and confessed Wednesday after a filling station employee recalled seeing him. The Dill, Wisconsin boy may be placed in a foster home pending case history and medical examinations.
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Rollie
6Th Street
Dill
Wis
Dill, Jbut
Loren Gafke Assumes Dairy Fieldman Post
Loren Gafke becomes the American Dairy Association fieldman in the area replacing L H Conlon who returns to eastern Missouri. Gafke has served six weeks with the association and will meet Monday evening with locals to form committees for Dairy Day in June. Attending are Myron Jeglum Edward Einbeck William Kane Kenneth Slocum Miss Mamie Tillema and Alvin Babler.
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Wwowee Hike
Frederickstown
American Dairy Association
L. H. Conlon
Gafke
Conlon
Myron Jeglum
Edward Einbeck
William Kane
Kenneth Slocum
Mamie Tillema
Alvin Babler
Archie Schneider
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