Johnston Drafts Freeze Formula To Cover Wages
Washington economic chief Eric Johnston prepared to issue a blanket wage control order amid a split wage Stabilization Board. A rollback and price freeze were considered with uncertain timing and likely delays, as labor balks at unanimous approval.
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Johnston
Washington
Eric Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Enid Johnston
Economic Stabilization Agency
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Board
Zehneton
Ching
AFL
CIO
Cheddar Prices Firm In Sales at Plymouth
Cheddar prices remained steady on the Wisconsin cheese exchange with firm bids and sales at 40 percent above base. Unfilled bids included three cars at 40 percent, one car daisies at 42 percent, and one car lonehorns at 43 percent.
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Cheddar
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Dairy Price Rise Hint From Freeze Discussion
McDowell predicts dairy prices may rise despite a general price freeze based on Washington talks. He cites current parity at 70 percent for dairy versus 140 percent for beef and 90 to 100 percent for hogs, and warns of possible milk product shortages by year end due to government commitments. Dairy plant operators in Winnebago County were briefed on production challenges.
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Menasha
Donald McDowell
Avs
McDowell
Winnebago County
Washington
Storm Snow Drift Warning for Great Lakes Midwest
Weather bulletin warns of five to ten inches of snow in southern Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana and eastern Iowa with strong northerly winds and heavy drifting. Blizzard like snow possible tomorrow in the Great Lakes region as highways may be blocked and temperatures fall further.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Midwest
California
Denver
Gulf States
Florida
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Fred Vogt Dies At Wood Hospital
Fred C. Vogt, 62, former local druggist and World War I veteran, died early today at Wood veterans hospital in Wisconsin. He leaves two sisters, Rosa Frankle and Louis Wolleson, and arrangements by Shriner Neushwander funeral home are pending. The body was to be returned here this afternoon.
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Fred C. Vogt
Veterans’ Hospital
Wood
Wis
Carl
Rosa Schneider Vogt
Trukenbrod’s
Rosa CC. Frankle
Louis R. Wolleson
14Th Avenue
Frankle
Vogt
Wolleson
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
Governors Hear Civil Defense Outlook in Closed Session
Governors from multiple states met in Chicago in a closed session to discuss civil defense plans. The meeting was led by national civil defense chief Lord Caldwell and involved expert briefings and regional contingencies.
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Chicago
Fee
Lord Caldwell
National Civil Defense Chief
Dimes Box Missing From Polio Fund Drive
A polio fund drive in Green County reports the March of Dimes collection box from The Evening Times reception desk was stolen yesterday. The empty frame remains where the can sat, while the drive treasurer H. L. Fenton of Commercial Bank Monroe urges donors to replace contents plus extra.
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Green County
Evening Times
H. L. Fenton
Commercial Bank
Monroe
Connors Named Police Desk Man In City News
Maurice R. Connors will begin training February 1 at city police headquarters for the desk clerk post after J. H. Schwaiger announced the federal license requirement for radio operations. The vacancy followed Robert J. Ryan’s resignation January 16 and prior shifts were covered by Chief Schwaiger and others. Connors, a former aide for Illinois welfare, has political runs in his past and is married to Ann Mae Kilduff with one son.
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Maurice R. Connors
11Th Street
J. H. Schwaiger
Robert J. Ryan
Schwaiger
Herbert J. Bolliger
Ray R. Finch
Connors
Illinois State Welfare Department
Loyola University
Wisconsin Senate bill sets September primary date change
A bill to move the Wisconsin primary election from the third to the second Tuesday in September in even numbered years was introduced by the veterans affairs committee. The plan also would create absentee voting facilities for armed forces members. A separate measure would empower the board of health to register cosmeticians with new standards. The senate and assembly held brief skeleton sessions and adjourned until 11 a m Tuesday.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Board of Health
Senate
Assembly
Makers To Air Grading Changes At Cheese Makers Meeting
Members of the Foreign Type Cheesemakers association will discuss proposed amended Swiss cheese grades at the annual Turner hall meeting. A department of agriculture hearing is set for Monday at 2 p m at Turner hall. Sincers and one director will be elected at the 8 p m meeting. Officers listed include Fred Krebs president Fred Ochsner Juda vice president William Jenatsch secretary and John Werren treasurer. The changes address Wisconsin B and C grades defining texture gas and blemish limits and merchantability for natural cheese including possible glass picks checks and cabbage.
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Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Turner Hall
Department of Agriculture
Fred Krebs
Fred Ochsner
William Jenatsch
John Werren
Wisconsin B
Wisconsin
American Drive Threatens Seoul In Strike to North
American forces of the First and Ninth corps moved within 15 miles of Seoul in a limited objective attack described by the U S Eighth Army as heavy and fast. Major General Frank Mavuin and Major General John Coulter led the assault supported by tanks artillery and air power near Suwon Kumyangjang and Inchon with naval gunfire on Wolmi Island.
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Tokyo
Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
Frank Mavuin
John B. Coulter
Jim Becker
First Corps
Suwon
Kumyangjang
Becker
U. S
News Ltd
Korea
Eighth Army
St. Paul
Inchon
Wolmi Island
Stoul
Kumchon-Kaesong
U. N
No Clues Uncovered In Abduction Probe
In Stevens Point authorities search for Vern A Soule 42 manager of a convalescent home after his Wednesday night disappearance. Sheriff Henry Douda says the case appears to be a kidnapping as a letter in his handwriting arrived to his wife on Thursday offering no new leads.
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Stevens Point
Vernon A. Soule
Henry Douda
Soule
Wounded Vets Tale From Korea Shrapnel Struck Blackbourn
Pfc. Weslyn Blackbourn of Monroe describes a mortar shell that tore into his left leg and right hand near a fox hole in Korea. He recounts falling victim after moving to the wrong fox hole and details a long medical evacuation ending at Great Lakes on August 12.
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Weslyn Blackbourn
Korea
Monroe
Clint
Barbara Blackbourn
Blackbourn
Pusan
Japan
Tokyo General Hospital
United States
Guam
Hawaii
California
Suisun Air Force Base
San Francisco
Great Lakes
Denver
Truman softens red China sanctions call in UN policy drift
Washington reports that President Truman urged calm and clear thinking on Red China while branding the Chinese communists aggressors in Korea. He said no rash action and that each UN member must decide, noting the US resolution could still pursue peaceful settlement and consult with allies. Britain and European partners welcomed restraint to avoid broad war in the Far East.
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Truman
Red China
Far East
Britain
United States
United Nations
U. S
Korea
Executive
Congress
China
Taft hints exit for Acheson in Chicago speech
Senator Taft says Secretary of State Acheson may be leaving, arguingForeign policy debate prompts changes in policy. He criticizes appeasement of Chinese communists and backs U N backing before pulling forces from Korea while denying front-runner status for 1952.
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Chicago
Taft
Ohio
Acheson
Executives Club of
Ohioan
Congress
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
U. N
Chiang Kai-shek
Indochina
Burma
Illinois
Cautious Stock Market Rises on Narrow Support
A cautious advance lifted stock prices in New York by up to $1 to $2 a share. The gain lacked broad buying enthusiasm, though few declines appeared across the list. The move continued the late yesterday buying surge that halted a sharp drop.
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New York
Rule Changes Allow College Students to Choose Service
Washington reports new draft rules enable college students to stay in school through term end and still enlist in their chosen service. Defense Secretary Marshall nullified a prior agreement limiting voluntary enlistment after notice. Selective Service Director Hershey will reopen classification of defered students to allow final month service choice.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Army
Secretary of
Defense Marshall
Armed Services
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Badger Ordnance Joliet to Reactivate Baraboo Plant
Col John Zierdt executive officer of the army ordnance ammunition center said today plans call to reactivate the Badger ordnance works at Baraboo. He noted Washington instructed to prepare the buildings and be ready to operate. The center controlled all army ordnance loading plants and related explosives works in the U S. During World War II the Badger plant was operated by Hercules Powder Co with rocket powder sulphuric acid and smokeless powder as primary products.
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Joliet
John Zierdt
Army Ordnance Ammunition Center
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Washington
Ordnance Center
Army Ordnance
U. S
Badger
Hercules Powder Co
Rural Youth Safety Demo On Winter Driving Set
Green County Rural Youth sponsors a safety demonstration on braking on ice skids and winter hazards. The all day event at the Normal School next day includes an AAA representative and a noon pancake dinner led by Margaret Schollmeyer, Margaret Uerst, Kathryn Trotter, and Johanna Waelchli.
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Green County Rural
Normal
AAA
Normal School
Mararet Schollmeyer
Margaret Uerst
Kathryn Trotter
Johanna Waelchli
Canada Israel Seek Quick Korea Peace Plan At UN Lake Success
Canada and Israel offered compromises on a Korean peace plan at Lake Success. Pearson urged a 48 hour Chinese response to join a conference, with cease fire before talks and full withdrawal of non Korean forces. Ambassadors from Britain India New Zealand pressed for urgency while resisting sanctions on China.
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Canada
Israel
Korea
U. S
U. N
China
Pearson
Peoples Government of
Benegal N. Rau
India
Film pioneer dies at 91 in Oshkosh
Oshkosh mourns J. Har Basel a film pioneer who claimed he presented Wisconsin s first movie in 1887 at Winneconne using an Edison projectoscope. He had been ill four years and died at his home.
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J. Har Basel
Wisconsin
Basel
Winneconne
Unicago
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