Senate Labor Baiting Legislation Urged Against
Harold C. Havighurst warns senators against labor-baiting bills, saying they could bring civil strife. The House panel weighs strike legislation with a heated rules fight, contrasting Truman’s fact finding with weaker party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold C. Havighurst
House
Northwestern University
Senate
Rules Committee
Havighurst
Senate Committee
Truman
Sabath
Cox
D-Ga
Howard Smith
D-Va
Smith
Labor Committee
Brightened outlook for steel strike end within a week
A high government official forecast a steel strike settlement within a week or so, citing signs of a rising settlement bloc in the industry. White House action is unlikely for three to four days, with hopes that recent wage deals at Ford and Chrysler and other labor news push toward resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Chrysler
White House
General Motors
Fort Atkinson’s 107-Year-Old Granny Hill Dies
Fort Atkinson Wisconsin reports the death of Mrs. John Hill age 107 known as Granny Hill a long time resident born November 15 1838 in Plattsburg New York. She married John Hill in 1854 had six children two surviving William 84 and Frank 79 of Milwaukee. She lived with son-in-law Robert Lawton in recent years and once met Vice President Henry Wallace in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
John
Granny) Hill
Plattsburg
N. Y
Eight Die In Fire At Tinker Field Hangar
Oklahoma City reports eight people killed and 38 injured when flames engulfed the main hangar at Tinker Field. Workmen removed bodies from the smoldering wreckage as debris was cleared. New York stocks rise on improved labor outlook with notable gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
New York
Car Crash Injures Farm Hand Walter Baker in Monroe
Walter H. Baker a 42 year old farm hand on the Schadewaldt farm Monroe route 1 was hospitalized with serious facial and scalp lacerations after his light truck crashed into a telephone pole at 7th street and 14th avenue. Police said he drove without a valid license and charges will be filed. The driver recalled nothing of the crash and cited past fainting spells. The accident occurred at 5 36 p m Sunday and was investigated by the Monroe police. Dr W B Gnagi Jr assisted at St Clare hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Baker
Charles Schadewaldt
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
7Th Street
14Th Avenue
Baker
W. B. Gnagi, Jr
J. H. Schwaiger
Henry S. Hefty
AFL Legal Counsel Praises Ruling On Super Seniority
Miami report says Illinois federal court tossed out super seniority for returning veterans. Judge Briggle presided in a closed case as AFL counsel Joseph Padway called the decision well reasoned. The AFL would not appeal, saying the ruling preserves thousands of collective bargaining agreements Hershey might have damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
AFL Legal Counsel Today
Illinois
Charles G. Briggle
Selective Service
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
Padway
Farmland in Need of Soil Conservation Says 90 Percent
Assistant Chief A. E. Jones of the Soil Conservation Service told a Federal Reserve Bank meeting that 90 percent of the nation's farmland requires soil conservation work. He noted erosion has ruined about one fifth of original tillable land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
A. E. Jones
The
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
National Agricultural Credit Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Jones
United States
Weekend Fires Claim At Least 25 Across Nation
Twenty five people died in fires nationwide with Kansas City reporting ten dead and four injured in a apartment house blaze. Four perished and fourteen injured in a St. Louis hotel fire. A Harlem Tenement and a lower east side fire in New York killed and injured residents. A 4 month old died in Harlem. Three men perished in a Skowhegan cabin fire due to oxygen deprivation. Fire in Chicago apartment hotel caused fatalities and injuries. Wind driven blazes damaged Charleston West Virginia and Columbia Tennessee. Jacob Luckenbach ship harbor fire. Fort Atkinson Wisconsin saw a 14 year old killed in a lakeside cottage blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
St. Louis
New York
Lower East Side
Harlem
Skowhegan
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Columbia
Tenn
New York Harbor
Jacob Luckenbach
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Milwaukee Blaze Displaces Seventeen Including 86 Year Old
A three alarm fire gut a combined store and apartment building in Milwaukee forcing seventeen people from their homes. An 86 year old woman and her son helped to safety by Walter Sanderson. Ninety firefighters and twenty pieces of apparatus fought the two hour blaze. two firefighters were overcome by smoke and another cut. Fire Chief Edward Wischer said the fire began in the basement from an unknown cause with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Walter Sanderson
John Sanderson
Edward Wischer
Fire destroys Bickerman store in Helenville blaze
A fire yesterday leveled the 60 year old Bickerman general store in Helenville Wisconsin. Firemen from Jefferson Fort Atkinson Sullivan and Johnson Creek fought the flames. The owner estimated the loss at 000 and the building was owned by George Rickerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helenville
Wis
Bickerman General Store
Jefferson
Fort Atkinson
Sullivan
Johnson Creek
George Rickerman
Clear Skies Across Nation With Light Snow in Lake Region
Nationwide clear winter skies prevail as a cold snap moderates in the East and South. Light snowfall lands in the lakes region and northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. the system is forecast to move east into upper New York. Temperatures rebound in the Northeast after subzero Maine overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lakes
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
Maine
Yearning to Pioneer in Alaska Warns of Costs and Cautions
Harold Ickes' Alaska division notes about 1000 monthly applicants while M W Goding warns that modern pioneering needs substantial funds and bulldozers. He cites remote land, road building, and distant markets as barriers plus the case of Parks, Alaska highlighting sparse population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold Ickes
Department of the Intertome
M. W. Goding
Ickes
Alaska Mail
Goding
Alaska
Dio
Godling
Parks
George Parks
Soviet Challenge On Iran Protest at United Nations
The Soviet Union disputed Iran's UN Security Council appeal accusing Moscow of meddling in Iranian affairs. Andrei Vishinsky argued Iran's charges rest on a government long out of power, while Iran's Tagizadeh pressed for council jurisdiction and direct talks between Tehran and Moscow remained possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
Tehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
UNO
S. H. Taquizadeh
Council
Tagizadeh
A. Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
United States
Ukraine
Britain
Greece
Indonesia
Rev. D A Howey to Take Universalist Pastorate Sunday
Rev D A Howey will conduct his first service in Monroe as the new Universalist pastor. He and his family will move to 1824 9th Street and reside in the parsonage. His wife and two daughters accompany him from Round Lake Illinois where he led the Community church. The previous pastor Gaston Carrier, Meadville seminary student, conducted services until yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Andrew Howey
Monroe
Monroe Universalist Church
9Th Street
Howey
Stephens College
Columbia
Howeys
Round Lake
Ill
Gaston Carrier
Meadville Theological Seminary
Chicago
Christian Social Union Wins Rural German Election
The Christian Social Union emerged as the dominant party in rural areas of the U S occupation zone after yesterday's zone wide election. More than 3 million Germans voted in communities under 20 000, marking the first free vote in 13 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Christian Social Union
U. S
Germany
Clothing Shortage See Thousands of Suits Held Back
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York face an acute clothing shortage as thousands of suits are held in manufacturers warehouses. Estimates place fits withheld between 400 000 and 750 000, delaying relief until the OPA sets ceilings. Manufacturers say they cannot move suits at a fair profit, while the OPA denies any anticipated price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Evening Sun
Philadelphia
New York
The
Sun
OPA
Peret
University Head Promises Effort to Provide Housing
University of Wisconsin President Erwin Fred told the college women's club that everything possible is being done to house the record enrollment of over 12 000 students. He noted veterans make up more than a quarter of the student body and 40 percent of them are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Erwin Fred
University of Wisconsin
Fred
College
Financial Reports To County Board Scheduled Feb 5
The county will hold an adjourned session on Tuesday February 5 at 10 am in the courthouse to present all department financial reports. Notices were sent by County Clerk Clarence Lengacher to chairmen and supervisors. The meeting is expected to last at least two days and continues the November county board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Clarence W. Lengacher
March of Dimes Ends Drive With Strong Green County Support
Green county residents donated 366.19 in round boxes held by Girl Scout volunteers from troops 2 4 6 and 8 despite frigid winds. Monticello reported 117 from tag day sales and all 50 tickets for the 3 star entertainment were sold. The March of Dimes plans a three star program at Turner hall a skating party at the armory and an organ recital at Immanuel church with a single ticket cheap for any event. Volunteers were supervised by Mrs. Burton Lynch Mrs. Myles F. Pember and Mrs. Henry Tschudy at various sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Green County
National Foundation
Turner Hall
Armory
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Monticello
Girl Scout Troops
Burton Lynch
Myles F. Pember
Henry Tschudy
Helen Bennema
Mary Catherine Share
Joanne Solomon
Sally Ransdell
Harriet Towell
Betty Kundert
Ruth Severson
Ada Dobbs
Darlyne Adelman
Joanne Elmer
Virginia Krauss
Lois Jacobs
Alice Wenger
Shirley Wilson
Evelyn Ruff
Joanne Hammer
Mary Hess
Joanne Meyer
Janice Lindsay
Sybil Blumer
Sonja Trickle
Lois Lundy
Patty Green
Clareda Wenger
Elizabeth Kiel
Wisconsin Hydroelectric Company
Monroe High Band Gets New Uniforms
78 member Monroe High School band under director Allan F Barnard will wear new due colored uniforms with double breasted coats and trousers for boys and girls. The old skirts for girls will be sold to small groups. Barnard also notes Monroe may host the district music festival in spring as bids are considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Barnard
Wisconsin Board of Control
Monroe
Kalamazoo Teen Buried After Cigarette Lighter Explosion
In Kalamazoo Michigan Robert Schweitzer 17 a Central high school student lay seriously burned in Burgess hospital after a lighter exploded when he jerked it to stop fluid spill His 18 year old friend Robert Corbin saved him by tripping him rolling him in a rug and extinguishing the flames The boys were preparing for a date at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Robert Schweitzer
Burgess Hospital
Robert Corbin
Meat Workers Return to Jobs as Packing Plants Reopen
Government officials report that nearly all 248,000 AFL and CIO meat industry workers resume work at 134 plants seized by the Agriculture Department after a 12 day strike. Slaughtering to resume today though deliveries may lag as carcasses hang 24 to 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO
Patrick J. Gorman
AFL
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph A. Walter
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Walter
New York City
AFL Teamsters Union
New York
Swift, Armour and Wilson
Pag E
Uncle Sam
Lewis J. Clark
Anderson
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen Union
Washington
Edwin E. Witte
Roberts Testifies No Deletions From Pearl Harbor Report
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts told a Washington committee that nothing was deleted from the Pearl Harbor commission report. He explained a missing portion was folded into another paragraph in exact words, while minutes indicated no outside elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Roberts
Sor Richardson
Richardson
Frank Knox
Gusty Wind Breaks Plate Glass at Burkhalter Music Center
A gusty west wind shattered a large plate glass window at the Burkhalter Music Center on the courthouse square. Crews removed the cracked pane to prevent it from toppling into the display inside the storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkhalter Store
Court House Square
Burkhalter Music Center
World Disarmament Parley Sought by Senator Tydings
Senator Tydings urged President Truman to call an immediate world disarmament conference to avert an atomic world war. He doubted UN control of the bomb would succeed as major powers continue rearming. Dr Harrison Davies of the Federation of Atomic Scientists urged freeing atomic energy from military control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tydings
Senate
Truman
Maryland
United Nations Action For
United Nations Organization
Special
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Harrison Davies
Federation of Atomic Scientists
Four Fatalities in Accidents in State Over Weekend
Four people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Edward M. Poetzel 50 of Appleton was fatally struck by a car Saturday. Robert Becker 14 of Fort Atkinson died from cottage fire burns Saturday with companion Stanley Dempski 15 sustaining burns. John Kobi 58 of Milwaukee was killed by a second automobile yesterday. Bert Brickner 24 of Evansville died after a Saturday collision in Dane County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Edward M. Poetzel
Appleton
Robert Becker
Fort Atkinson
Lake Koshkonong
Becker
Stanley Dempski
John Kobi
Milwaukee
Bert Brickner
Evansville
Dane County
Conflicting Exhibits In McKay Liquor Conspiracy Trial
Defense and prosecution in Jackson Michigan's McKay liquor conspiracy case presented conflicting exhibits. Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler had State Sen. Murl DeFoe review 1939 minute books showing only two purchase records, questioning the liquor commission's approval of all purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
McKay
Kim Sigler
Murl H.defoe
Charlotte
Liquor Commission
Truman to Ask Congress for British Loan Ratification
President Truman said he will send a message to Congress this week seeking ratification of the 4.4 billion dollar British loan and credit agreement. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley told reporters at the White House the message will go to the Capitol about midweek with no exact time known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Barkley
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletins
Walter Baker
Ussr
Jostok
Seo of
Honshu
Otanu
Karafuto
Wakkanar
Sakhalin
Japan
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Paramushiro
Okhotsk
Kamchatka
Pacific
Yalta
Kurile Islands
Moscow Radio
D. A. Howey
University
March of Dimes
Monroe High Band
America
CIO Union Packing House
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!