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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1948
Page
4
The NLRB general counsel asks a court to cite the International Typographical Union for contempt over closed shop contracts. A five month old injunction blocks such deals. the petition cites ongoing Chicago and Hammond, Indiana newspaper strikes, with ITU officers and Taft-Hartley Act implications.
More than 3,000 construction and maintenance workers at the Los Alamos atomic weapons project returned to work today. The stoppage ended officially yesterday after AFL building trades union representatives and Brown and Root, Inc. officials reached an agreement. The protest followed the firm's open shop policy.
Arch bishop William Duke of Vancouver denounced semi nude beauty contests as immoral at the Canadian Federation of Convent Alumnae convention. He urged Catholic women to avoid events that could cause others to sin and warned that being near semi nude contestants risks immoral thoughts.
Monticello hires Frances Sime of Platteville to teach eighth grade and English. Alice Cleveland from Albany resigns to take a job in Hammond Indiana. New faculty includes H. A. Becker principal, John Richards coach, John Ponyiscanyi science and math, U S librarian and English, Floale son band, Otto Weller music, Mrs Weller grades, Lora Dick grades, Mrs Zentner grades, Hazel Kundert custodian, Emil Blum.
State medical society plans a physicians telephone service with county groups to provide immediate medical attention and act as a general information center. The effort seeks to show public commitment to timely care and to demonstrate willingness to solve problems wherever possible.
The Babe Ruth foundation will use part of its funds to help children with cancer. The American Cancer Society and the foundation announced the plan yesterday with the cancer society assisting the fund raising efforts.
Farmers in Green county will receive price support for 1948 crops through two options. Fred H Hahlen, chair of the county agricultural conservation committee, outlined purchase agreements and commodity loans with terms similar to 1947. Loans require on farm storage for corn and purchases allow an option to deliver to the Commodity Credit Corp within 30 days after loan maturity. Prices set: wheat 2.10 per bushel, oats 0.70, barley 1.21, corn at 90 percent of Oct parity.
A bucking horse named Bear Cat charged through the Colorado state fair crowd last night after tossing its rider. Twenty one people were injured, three seriously, as the horse leaped fences and charged bleachers before being roped and captured under the grandstand.
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge was fined $10 and costs for taking the right of way in an automobile collision here on July 27. He pleaded innocent through his attorney. Careless driving charges were dismissed against the justice and the other driver. Rutledge had vacationed here in July and has since returned east.
William J. McCauley and Broadfoot rule that anyone who verifies theater attendance must be licensed as a private detective, outlining the licensing requirement for such observers.
The Cicero village board, backing church school and civic groups, ousts Police Chief Joseph Horejs after overriding a mayoral veto. Horejs is demoted to patrolman as Martin Wojciechowski takes a higher post amid a history linked to Capone era influence.
Mrs Marlen Wood wife of speedboat racing king Gar Wood died of an unexpected heart attack yesterday in Hollywood where she was visiting her sister Mrs P M Davies.
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge signs an agreement transferring Korean security forces to the new republic's jurisdiction. He and President Syngman Rhee seal the accord after his recall to the United States. Hodge plans to fly to Tokyo for a conference with General MacArthur before heading to Washington.
Maj. Gen. John leads the Seventh Division while Hodges Coulter commands the deputy since May 25. The note places these officers in command roles within South Korea.
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