Danger Signal Flies Labor Holiday Plan for 1948 Vote
William Green of the AFL proposes a work holiday on election day 1948 to defeat lawmakers who backed Taft Hartley. He envisions labor unity with the CIO to form a labor party, urging mobilization of 7 to 10 million union members to influence the election and potentially reshape politics.
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William Green
American Federaion of Labor
Organized Labor
CIO
Labor Party
Labor
AFL
Interesting Items From The Evening Times Files
The column notes Aug 19 1937 items Gweneth Digman and Ben Kubly engaged Nick Krattiger leads horse pulling at the fair. Hartwig suffers severe hand lacerations when a window breaks. Portugal suspends relations with the Czech Republic over an unfilled order. Forty years earlier, Veronica College Boy Brown Swiss bull is grand champion at the county fair. Sexton Morgan Albany patents a magazine brace. a Brown town John Underhill farm house burns, a woman and baby escape.
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Gweneth Digman
Ben Kubly
Nick Krattiger
Portugal
Czech Republic
Hartwig
Veronica College
Brown Swiss
Sexton J. Morgan
Albany
Magazine Brace
John Underhill
Browntown
Herbert Kubly Featured in Esquire Article on a Young Pianist
The piece in Esquire September details Herbert Kubly a New Glarus art critic and journalist known locally for music review and criticism. It highlights his career with Time magazine the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph and the New York Herald Tribune and notes his Swiss New Glarus upbringing on a dairy farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kubly
Nic H. Kubly
New Glarus
Ight
Esquire
America
William Kandell
Kubly
Time Magazine
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
New York Herald Tribune
More Than a Million To Be Spent on Homes
The county plans to spend over 1.3 million dollars on new housing in three to five years per a Tile Council of America forecast. Farmers nationwide are poised to invest in new home construction and farm improvements as urban comforts reach rural homes with features like central heating tiled bathrooms and modern kitchens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tile Council of America
New York City
F. B. Ortman
Ortman
No Private Heaven Chapter Fifteen Conflict Over Marriage
Abby confronts her lover Barry Lambert as Wallace presses for a nontraditional arrangement. He warns of emotional instability linked to her mother’s fate and insists Abby consider marriage without his approval. Abby, shaken, contemplates Barry and a future without children as she faces a perilous choice.
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Wallace
Abby
Craig
Barry
Mr. Lambert
Lambert
Gilpin
New York
Wisconsin Composers Vie For Centennial Music Prizes
Wisconsin residents may enter eight classes in a state centennial music contest chaired by Mrs Ronald A Dougan. Prizes range from 20 to 150 dollars for categories including state song poem symphonic work band or chorus orchestral accompaniment instrumental ensemble opera or operetta and vocal or instrumental solos. Entries due December 1 1947. Further details available from LaVerne Peterson WSAU Wausau.
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Wisconsin
Ronald A. Dougan
LaVerne Peterson
Tag Centennial
WSAU
Wausau
County Doctors Aid In State Vet Program
Green county doctors join the Wisconsin Veterans Medical Service Agency to provide government funded care for veterans. In 30 counties fewer than half of doctors signed up have worked under the program. Milwaukee county shows only 160 of 802 participating. Green county records 15 signed up and 13 taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Wisconsin Veterans Medical Service Agency
Thomas J. Doran
Milwaukee County
Washington AG files anti-trust suit over color film monopoly
Attorney General Clark announces a antitrust filing claiming a monopoly in color motion picture production and seeking to end illegal arrangements and agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
State Tightens Child Labor Rules After Monroe Visit
Wisconsin investigators examined child labor permits ages and wages in Monroe after the year of wartime relaxations ended. Minors 14 to 16 may work eight hours daily six days weekly with a 24 hour weekly limit and 7 a.m. start. The law requires records and doubles or treble compensation for injuries without proper permits. Women face lunch hour requirements and employment restrictions based on daily hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Monroe
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Board of Education
Milwaukee opposition to sales tax debate by Marine Corps League
The Marine Corps League of Wisconsin voices opposition to a proposed sales tax in Milwaukee. Members argue the measure would burden veterans and local families while offering unclear benefits. Community groups debate funding needs and fiscal priorities.
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Milwaukee
Marine Corps League of Wisconsin
Veterans bonus financing debated by state legislature
Frank Bliesner of Milwaukee is elected state commandant succeeding Joseph H. Brewer of Port Washington who will join the board of trustees for three years. The record notes a proposal to fund a state veterans bonus through a sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bliesner
Milwaukee
Joseph H. Brewer
Port Washington
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Monroe Daily Journal
Monroe Fevening Times CO
Emery A. Odell
Monroe, Wie
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Board OF Directoes
Editorial
Evening Times
Herbert Kubly
Private
Faith Baldwin
Department of Public Works
Z. A. Gorder
Stragut Bourboy
Op Fashion
Kentucky
Stitzel-Weller Dirtillery, Inc
Louisville, Kentucky
Frank Liquor Company
Madison, Wis
Birmingham
England
Burgess Battery
Chicago
Geneva
Switzerland
Trans - World — Airline
Union Bus Depot
Plymouth
Studer Super
Evang. Olaf
Palm
Denver
Colo
Assembly of God
12Th Street
West Allis
Main Gate
Air
Union
Evening Times Office
Irea
Crest
Gamble
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