1939 Dollar Worth About 50 Cents in Buying Necessities
The Associated Press finds 1939 one dollar buys about half as much today for common necessities with wide regional differences. In 13 cities meat costs surged, bread and eggs rose, housing dollars vary, and clothing prices show mixed gains since 1939. Chicago leads price increases for pork chops and round steaks, while Columbus and San Francisco amplify house dollar value compared with 1946.
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Associated Press
United States
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Columbus
Department of Justice
OPA
Boston
New York
Dallas
Seattle
Kansas City
Postponed Strike at Manitowoc Shipyards Fails to Materialize
A threatened strike by 10 AFL unions at Manitowoc Ship Building Co. yards did not occur. Unions had set last night as the strike deadline, but the first shift reported for work as usual this morning, said Armin L. Pitz company vice president. The plant employs about 1,300 workers.
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Manitowoc
AFL
Manitowoc Ship Building Co
Armin L. Pitz
Pepper Favors Working Man Champion as Truman Veep
Senator Pepper predicts Truman will pick a working man as his running mate and says he doubts Wallace and Truman can team up. He rules out Wallace for No. 2, notes Roosevelt chose Truman in 1944, and suggests if a split occurs, a strong military figure could be the nominee.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
Florida
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Organized Labor
Convention
Roosevelt
White House
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester W. Nimitz
Rennebohm Lauds $8 Million Wisconsin River Power Project
Acting Gov Rennebohm praised an $8 million water power project on the Wisconsin river near Necedah as vision in keeping with the American system of government. He spoke after plans for a new dam and hydro electric plant by three private utilities were announced. The initiative would boost state wealth income and tax revenue while creating jobs and enhancing recreational resources.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Necedah
Rennebohm
Heat Cuts Buying New York
A summer heat wave reduced retail buying across many areas in the week ending Wednesday. Dun and Bradstreet reported sales were below the prior week yet varied from 3 to 11 percent higher than a year ago. Consumers favored seasonal and reduced price merchandise while fall goods did well in some regions. Installment buying rose but collections were slower.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Costumed Youths Parade Through Monroe Park Fun Day
Joyful youngsters from the summer Recreation park program paraded from Lincoln school around the square to Recreation park in bright costumes and heavy makeup. Prizes were awarded for best float bicycle pet doll buggy wagon and several costume categories after lunch. Majorettes led the parade with a 15 piece pep band and a seven member novelty band performed crowd pleasing tunes.
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Monroe
Recreation Park
Lincoln School
Ray A. Young
A. R. Neushwander
Vernon Schillinger
Faye Stauffacher
Diane Davis
Virginia Geil
Virginia Krauss
Gladys Gibbons
Marilyn Zuercher
Jean Sym-Funny
Avert Walkout at Ft Atkinson Package Creamery
About 100 employees at the Ft. Atkinson branch of Package Creamery Co. averted a walkout yesterday after accepting a 6 cent per hour cost of living wage increase from federal labor union No. 20935. The workers had voted 147 to 24 last week to strike unless a 15 cent raise and six paid holidays a year were granted, but only the wage increase was negotiated due to a two year contract signed Sept. 1, 1947, that ties negotiations to cost of living.
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Ft. Atkinson
Package Creamery Co
Plymouth Exchange Cheese Auction Figures Report
Plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange lists sales with five cars cheddars at 34 percent, four cars twins 3414, two cars cheddars junior grade 33, two cars single daisies 3744, offers uncovered, ten cars cheddars 34, two cars square prints 37.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Square
Three Killed in Coal Mine Blast at New Orient Mine
West Frankfort Illinois three miners died in a blast at the New Orient coal mine. Mike Stinkiewicz 54 Benton described being thrown about 40 feet. W A Blair 37 Benton said the blast came with a roar and wind down the tunnel as they fled 1500 feet to the main entry. Blair’s injuries included welts and coal splinters.
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West Frankfort
Ill
Mike Stinkiewicz
New Orient
Stinkiewicz
Benton
Poland
W. A. Blair
Blair
Mike
Enraged Bull Injures Gratiot Farmhand
Earl W. Doyle a 60 year old Gratiot farm hand was attacked by a maddened bull on his brother's Gratiot area farm at 7 PM He survived with five broken ribs a broken right leg and multiple bruises in a sequence of two attacks and was treated at Monroe and then St. Clare hospital in fair to satisfactory condition.
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Earl W. Doyle
Gratiot
St. Clare Hospital
Doyle
Monroe
Two Fatal Crashes Claim Milwaukee Area Victims
At least two Wisconsin residents died or were fatally injured in highway wrecks yesterday. Henry Kramer, 32, of Milwaukee, died at Waukesha Memorial Hospital after his car struck a concrete underpass on Highway 30 east of Delafield. Five year old James A. Karl, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Karl of Two Rivers, was fatally struck by a car driven by Lester A Rank of Manitowoc.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Henry Kramer
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Delafield
James A. Karl
Henry Karl
Two Rivers
Lester A. Rank
Manitowoc
Protest Punishment Hits Chrysler Dodge Plant Staff
About 8,500 Chrysler Dodge main plant workers were idle after 16 employees were dismissed or given short layoffs for walking off without permission. A protest by body trim department workers led to further day shift suspensions.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
World Bank To Aid Europe In Marshall Plan Effort
In Washington the World Bank and IMF are poised to assist Europe’s recovery under the Marshall plan. Camille Gutt heads to Paris to align 16 nations on a joint recovery program while the United States pledges cooperation to use loans to ease U S financial burden. Rome meanwhile sees U S debt relief as Italy benefits from waivers and asset unfreezing.
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John Scali
Washington
World Fund
Europe
Camille Gutt
Paris
Gutt
John J. McCloy
International Bank
United States
Marshall
International Monetary Fund
Italy
Britain
de Gasperi
State Department
Expect Gas Shortage To Strike This Month
Milwaukee expert Wisconsin Retail Gasoline Dealers Association executive secretary Louis M. Faber warns a gas shortage will hit Wisconsin late this month with September on a hand to mouth basis. Dealers rely on reserve inventory but a five week end period and Labor Day drain will exhaust supplies. The shortage could last six to 18 months.
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Milwaukee
Louis M. Faber
Wisconsin Retail Gasoline Dealers’ Association
Wisconsin
Faber
Composer Presents New March to Monroe High Band
Merle Evans, director of the Ringling Brothers circus band, presented a copy of a new march titled Symphony to Monroe high school band yesterday in Freeport. Director Allan F. Barnard accepted the piece for the band as Mr. and Mrs. Barnard and their son Allan Jr. hosted Evans during Ringling Brothers' Freeport appearance.
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Merle Evans
Ringling Brothers Circus
Monroe
Freeport
Hurricane Rips Inland From Tampico Mexico
A major tropical hurricane with 90 mph winds pressed inland south of Tampico after two days of terror, threatening oil city areas. Earlier forecasts of a Texas strike faded as warnings kept ships in port and Red Cross units stood by. The storm's center winds reached 100 to 120 mph with a crooked path near Tampico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tampico
Mexico
Oil City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Red Cross
Partition Declared as India and Pakistan Begin Independent Rule
New Delhi and Karachi mark the creation of two dominions Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Nehru calls for peaceful paths to resolve Hindu Muslim clashes. Mountbatten sworn as Hindu India's governor general, Jinnah as Pakistan's. Punjab remains volatile with Lahore burning and heavy casualties reported.
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Bulletin New Delhi
Dominion of
India
Pakistan
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Delhi
World Family of Free Nations
Lord Mountbatten
British India
Karachi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Mountbatten
Punjab
Lahore
Netherlands Propose Arbitration Board for Indonesia Dispute
The Netherlands plans a three member arbitration panel to resolve the Indonesian dispute independently of the UN. Dr Eeleo N Van Kleffens was cited as saying one member would be chosen by the Netherlands, one by Indonesia, and the third by agreement of the others. Sutan Sjahrir may oppose the plan reducing the case from the council agenda.
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Lake Success
Netherlands
United Nations
Eeleo N. van Kleffens
van Kleffens
Sutan Sjahrir
Mrs Martha Akre's Painting Wins First
Mrs Martha Fisher Akre of Monroe won first place in the amateur class at the state fair. Her daughter Bobbie and Arthur Johnson, also of Monroe, were among other amateur prize winners.
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Martha Fisher Akre
Monroe
Associated Press
Bobbie
Arthur Johnson
Milwaukee Seeks Federal Drought Aid Letter to Anderson
State Sen. Robert E. Tehan urged immediate federal relief for Wisconsin drought areas. He sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Anderson requesting a survey to determine if aid can be provided to farmers.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Robert E. Tehan
Democratic National Committee
Tehan
Anderson
More Than 700 Nazi Criminals Convicted Across Allied Courts
American military courts have convicted over seven hundred German war criminals since World War II with nearly 300 sentenced to hang. In Dachau the Buchenwald camp staff and others were tried in the fourth mass case, while Dachau Flossenburg and Mauthausen staff had prior convictions. Separately the Malmedy massacre defendants and others are facing trials, and at Nuremberg the international tribunal judged 21 Nazi leaders as U.S. courts press new indictments.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald
Flossenburg
Mauthausen
S. S
Nuremberg
International Military Tribunal
Republicans balk at $100 plate GOP dinner in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Republican officials voiced disapproval of a September 24 GOP banquet in Milwaukee priced at 100 dollars per plate. Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman said he would not attend, echoing remarks from Attorney General John Martin and state senators Bernhard Gettleman and John McBride.
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Milwaukee
Joseph W. Martin
Wisconsin
Fred Zimmerman
Atty
John Martin
Bernhard Gettleman
John McBride
Settlement Ended Turbulent Clinton Strike at Clinton Machine Co
Calm returned to Clinton Michigan after a settlement of a turbulent strike at the Clinton Machine Co National Guard was alerted for action while state police remained on duty at the scene Authorities said troopers stayed as a precaution plant to close until Monday CIO sympathy groups had massed hundreds of pickets at the plant troopers intervened several times including a hair pulling incident between women activists
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Clinton, Mich
Clinton Machine Co
National Guard
CIO
Foreign Ministers Gather to Write a Pact on Defense
In Petrópolis Brazil 20 nations meet to craft a Western Hemisphere defense treaty. Raul Fernandes is named president of the conference to shape a steering committee and inter-American security force. Key issues include voting rules economics and alignment with UN framework under Secretary Marshall remarks.
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Quitandinha
Rio de Janeiro
Philip Clarke Petropolis
Brazil
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Raul Fernandes
Bogota
Colombia
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Gaspar Dutra
America
Chapultepec
Mexico City
Argentina
United States
U. S
Cuba
U. N
George C. Marshall
Mrs. Fred Sickinger Passes Away Suddenly
Mrs. Fred Sickinger 74 lifelong resident of the city died at 9 15 last evening at her home 1716 17th avenue of a heart attack. Born May 9 1873 in Adams township she married Fred Sickinger Jan 4 1893 at St Victor s church. Funeral Monday 9 am at Stuessy funeral home and 9 30 am at St Victor s church with burial in Calvary. Rosary Sunday at 8 pm in the funeral home.
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Fred Sickinger
17Th Avenue
Adams Township
Patrick
Mary Basquill Knight
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Thomas Dempsey
Sickingers
Sickinger
Women’s Relief Corps
Fidelity Life Association
Harry Kessler
Luther Glass
Janesville
Robert Montgomery
la Grange
Ill
Louis
George
San Francisco
John B
Monroe
Boniface Verhoeven
Calvary Cemetery
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Plymouth Exchange
World Bank
U.S
Monroe High
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Martha Akre
Frau
Ilse Koch
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