Army orders rail workers back at three pm amid wage dispute
The army served notice on striking railroad workers to report for duty by 3 p m Saturday or prove readiness. An interim wage increase was granted as of Oct 1 for those with no raise since Sept 1948. President Truman urged full railroad operation, labeling the strike action intolerable in an emergency.
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Washington
Army
Secretary of Army
Pace
Truman
Cout Aim
White House
Chicago
Railway Express Agency
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Taurosa
Tigstcairn
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Far West
Midwest
President Truman Attacks RFC Report asasinine
President Truman denounced a senate banking subcommittee report as asinine and claimed White House aide Donald Dawson influenced RFC loan policies. He urged the committee headed by Senator Fulbright not to hold a public hearing and to seek Dawson’s testimony before finalizing its findings.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Banking Subcommittee
White House
Donald Dawson
Dawson
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright Committee
Sharp Reductions In Auto and Appliance Metal Use In April
Washington reports the government will cut 25 to 40 percent of basic metals used in autos stoves and named appliances starting April 1 to conserve steel copper and aluminum for defense. The reduction may exceed the drop in actual production of cars and appliances. Officials also plan to unfreeze retail prices on clothing furniture and home goods with margin limits to allow some increases while protecting retailers from soaring costs. OPS aims to restore margins near pre Korean outbreak levels and issue regulatory details soon.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Office of
OPS
Michael V. di Salle
DiSalle
Johnston
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
County Board Advances Service Fund And Snow Removal
The February session of the Green County board of supervisors began action on committee reports. The board granted $2,000 to the Green County armed force service committee for a newsletter and office space, with bills to be approved by the veteran service officer Theodore Burgy. A $50,000 transfer from federal aid funds was approved to bolster snow removal due to overdrawn accounts. December and January snow costs were high.
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County Board of Supervisors
Green County Armed Force Service Committee
Green County
Court House
Evening Times
Veteran Service Office
Theodore J. Burgy
Burgy
Federal Aid
First Fund
N. C. Jensen
Cadiz
Highway Committee
Montgomery Corners
Dill
County Board Highlights Snow Costs and Road Work Plans
Highway Commissioner N C Jensen told the County Board that this year's program includes widening roads and bank repairs while reducing snow removal costs. The highway equipment report drew remarks that it lists almost everything but a milking machine. Clerk of courts Miss Lois Faubel was introduced, and Ray T. Silver was reported ill with pneumonia.
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N. C. Jensen
Loveland
Celia Norder
Jensen
Lois Faubel
Yesternay
Tax figures show town and county levies in 1850s
A. S. Keen, supervisor of Jefferson township, notes that in 1850 the town raised $100 in taxes while the current year’s county tax is about $40,000 indicating escalating levy burdens.
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A. S. Keen
Jefferson Township
Wisconsin Sees 17 Below Zero Overnight
Overnight temperatures sank to 17 degrees below zero in southern Wisconsin at 3 30 a m with a warming trend to 5 above by afternoon. Officials forecast light snow and a low near 5 below to 5 above with a possible further dip later.
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Wisconsin
U S Tanks Shell Seoul as Allied Drive Near Han River
U S tanks and howitzers shell Seoul and positions north of the Han as Puerto Rican infantry seize a hill south of the capital. Task Force Colvin and Task Force Fisher push toward the city while warships bombard coasts. The advance narrows the distance to Seoul to within miles amid thawing and snow.
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Tokyo
U. S
Seoul
Sesuk
Eighth Army
Han
Manggyong
U.S
Colvin
U S Demands Return Of Ships Sent to Reds
The United States formally demands Russia immediately return 672 lend lease ships loaned in World War II. A note handed to Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin discloses the ask and a settlement target of 800 million dollars on an 10.8 billion wartime account, with Russia reportedly offering 240 million.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
U.S
Wisconsin to Vote On Tax Plan Again
Wisconsin voters will decide on taxing federal land with consent of Congress. The senate approved a joint resolution for an April 3 ballot referendum, after a similar proposal was rejected last year. The session also featured measures on assessors civil service, a Red Arrow memorial highway plan, tax deductions for veterans, housing funds, bank holiday closings, and conservation land acquisition.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Congress
Oxkays
Legislative Council
American Legion
Ilinois Line
Green Bay
Laona
Michigan
Veterans’ Housing Loan Fund
Conservation Commission
Flambeau State
Rusk
Sawyer County
Conservation Agency
The
Land Commission
Assembly
Okaved City School District Law Awaits Kohler Signature
The state senate completed action on a bill to form Monroe's school system as joint common school district No. 1 and sent it to the governor for signature after printing. The bill's amendments insert the high school and a saving clause to protect the revision. A special electors meeting and a $250,000 bond plan are planned, with state funding now allowed up to 1.5 percent of equalized valuation.
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State Senate
Monroe
Melvin J. Olson
S .Onnson
Our of Education
Senate
House
Johnson
Oia
Train Wreck Toll Set at 83 In New Jersey Crash
Police and investigators say 83 deaths likely, with 11 hospital patients in critical condition after the Broker derailment in Middlesex County. Authorities pace the probe by the Interstate Commerce Commission while workers clear wreckage from the snowbound site. The engineer reportedly said he was traveling at 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Pennsylvania
George Keating
New York
Opsee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middlesex County
Spoerry Named Draft Board Head
Arthur R. Spoerry Jr. was named chairman of the Green County draft board by the board yesterday afternoon. Spoerry joined the board in November, succeeding Conrad Stauffacher who resigned in December. Evert Green and H C Heimann were appointed to the board, Edwin Rufenacht was re elected secretary, Paul W Neubauer is on the five man board with Charles A Booth as clerk.
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Arthur R. Spoerry Jr
15Th Avenue
Green County House
Joseph Iluber Brewing Co
Green County
Spoerry
Conrad Stauffacher
Monticello
Evert Green
Spring Grove
Stauffacher
St Paul Plant Blast Kills Nine
A blast at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co plant on St Pauls east side killed at least nine workers and injured more than forty. Three victims were dead on arrival at Ancker hospital, with others brought to Ramsey county morgue. Early coroner reports varied on total fatalities, with numbers ranging up to fifteen.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Ancker Hospital
Ramsey County
St Pauls
Auditor Faces Trial In $87,553 Larceny
Milwaukee a former auditor Leonard A. Timmerman 43 of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co was charged with larceny for $87 553 30 in the largest amount ever cited in a warrant by District Attorney William J. McCauley in this city.
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Milwaukee
Leonard A. Timmerman
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Dist
William J. McCauley
Fire destroys Browntown family's home after empty-movie tragedy
The Johnson family home near Browntown was leveled by a late afternoon fire while they were away at a movie. Firemen and a passerby arrived as flames engulfed the 10-room frame house. No injuries reported. contents partly insured. the family planned temporary housing with relatives.
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Browntown
Harlow Johnson
Johnson
George J. Sawyer
9Th Street
Frederick Ruditi
Juanita
South Wayne
Richard
Mark
Cadiz Township
Mis
Jounee
Norris Tree
Jack
Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Jack E. Johnson
Wichita Falls
Texas
Evening Times
Pte
Foe Mile
Sawyer
Arizona
Johnsons
Darlington
Two Teens Die From Car Exhaust in Blanchardville
Two Blanchardville teens Carlton Grundahl 18 and Ruby Darlene Johnson 16 died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a car near their farms. Coroner Connolly ruled accidental after finding a cracked muffler and exhaust fumes flooding the vehicle.
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Blanchardville
Eial
Carlton Grundahl
Rey Grundahl
Ruby Darlene Johnson
Daniel Johnson Hoth
Grundahl
Blanchureville
Johnson
Homer Curry
Connolly
Curry
Grandahl
Miss Johnson, Ao
Ruth
Mise Johneaon
Mere Ruedy Schraepter
Mt. Hore
Carlton
Duane
Demald
Dennis
Gloria
Suether
Stock List Climbs During Rail Buying
Quiet strength pervaded the market as rail shares led gains. Leaders rose a few cents to around a dollar with Union Pacific Illinois Central DuPont Oliver Corp General Motors International Harvester Schenley Industries Admiral Corp and Zenith among top movers.
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New York
Union Pacific
Illinois Central
du Point
Oliver Corp
General Motors
International Harvester
Schenley Industries
Admiral Corp
Zenith
Government orders paper reserves for agency use
Washington ordered paper mills to reserve five to 10 percent of water production for possible purchase by government agencies.
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Washington —A
Truman Defiant On Budget Slash
President Truman challenged Congress to cut his proposed 71 billion dollar federal budget at a news conference. He warned lawmakers they may try to squeeze spending yet again, noting past attempts resulted in increases instead of cuts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Truemen
Remington Given Five Year Sentence
Former government economist William W. Remington received a maximum five year prison term and a $2000 fine after a federal jury found he lied about never having been a communist. He spoke quietly denying the accusation and expressing confidence in eventual vindication.
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Remington
New York
Wiliam W. Remington
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Ray T. Silver
Will Spring
Reds
City School District
Kohler
Draft Board
Lafayette
Joseph M. Connelly
Ruth Johnson
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