Maritime Strike Canceled Just Before Deadline
Washington reports a sweeping maritime labor dispute ended with a last minute settlement, averting a nationwide tie up. Seven unions formed the committee for maritime unity and hailed a victory while ports faced confusion over ratification and coastwise reviews. The accord includes wage increases and overtime pay, with a possible review set for September, affecting both private and government ship operations.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
Curran
Bridges
Committee For Maritime Unity
CIO
Iine Abi. Sessors
Ont
San Francisco
New York
Monroe 1946 Grads Waste No Time This Summer
Monroe high school 1946 graduates head directly to jobs or to college. Many work summer jobs, some plan tours of duty, and about 50 intend to attend college. Others pursue teachers colleges or trade training, with several entering nursing and hospital programs this fall.
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Monroe
Monroe High
Armed Service
William Hardell
Harold Davidson
University of Wisconsin
Jean Schoonover
Ruth Geigel
Patricia Hogan
Priscilla Kohli
Wayne Rabe
Geigel’s
Platteville
Marjorie Schmid
John Eley Jr
Becker's Grocery
Carroll College
Mary Durner
Richard Evans
Triangl Cheese Co
Dona Mae Gilbo
Nicy Bishop
Paul Mueller
Angitker
Mueller
Ann Fritz
Audrey
Babler
Groves-Barn
Art Business College
Madison
Meythaler’s
Ray Beckman Jr
Schuetze’s
Ripon College
Patric Anderson
Rockford
Durant Denies Criminal Act in Jewel Case
Washington and New York report claim Colonel Jack W. Durant and Captain Kathleen B. Durant deny any criminal act in the Kronberg castle jewel case. Their interim counsel Captain Frank M. Bosworth demands copies of charges and release if none are filed. Jewels valued at $1.5 million were removed from Kronberg castle in Germany and later recovered with authorities citing army and customs officials. A Dayton jeweler offers up to $3 million to buy the Hessian crown jewels, now largely in U.S. Army custody, after a prior Vanderbilt diamond sale.
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Washington
Jack W. Durant
Kathleen B. ‘Nash Durant
Kronberg Castle
Frank M. Bosworth
Army
CIA
Bosworth
Durants
Kronberg
Germany
Military District of
Durant
Chicago
Hudson
Wis
War Department
Customs Bureau
New York
Jack M. Werst
Dayton
House of Hesse
Werst
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Margarita
Brodhead Sanitation Plans Approved by State Board
Brodhead is among communities with engineers plans for municipal sanitation improvements approved by the state board of health. The city will begin a 3 quarter acre sanitary sewage project immediately.
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Brodhead
State Board of Health
Punishment of Lt Granville Cutrage Reprimanded in England Camp Case
Bad Nauheim Germany Lt Granville Cutrage Oklahoma City was reprimanded and fined 250 dollars today after a U S military court convicted him of authorizing and permitting unauthorized punishment of American soldier prisoners at the Lichfield England detention camp barracks. Ankara UNRRA mission reports Turkey will lower food prices for nations in shortage and donate 20000 tons of coal and 150000 tons of salt. Ornelius Van H Engert says satisfaction with conference outcome. Paris Molotov agrees to include Austrian question on foreign ministers council agenda in conciliatory move.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Granville Cutrage
Oklahoma City
U. S
Lichfield
England
Ankara
UNRRA
Turkey
Ornelius van H. Engert
Afghanistan
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Ten Days Left to Patch OPA Bill Headed for Veto
Washington report says a House Senate conference committee has ten days to finalize an OPA extension bill, with a Truman veto likely. Senate Leader Barkley notes missing house conferees hinder early talks, while the price control law expires June 30 unless action occurs. A White House source says Truman would veto the Senate version if sent as is.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Congress
White House
Wheat Prospects Steadily Improve Across Three States
Wheat prospects in Kansas Oklahoma and Colorado show steady gains says F M Stephens Research Director at the Farm Credit Administration With favorable conditions yields in Kansas early varieties up at least 11 to plus potential higher totals Oklahoma projects a 75 million bushel harvest vs 81 million in 1945 and Colorado after late freezes and drought now anticipates about 31 million bushels compared with the 14 million average of the past decade Expanded acreage helps drive the improved outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
F. M. Stephens
Farm Credit Administration
Stephens
Drouth
Films on Water Safety Shown Sunday Night at Park
Red Cross water safety reels shown at Recreation Park to open the swimming pool season. Herbert T. Summeris, water safety chairman, notes two films on lifesaving and water safety from the Green County chapter and a national aquatic school. The reels play on the baseball diamond after dark. New swimming class registration requires parental consent via a signed mimeographed form available at the bath house soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert T. Summeris
Red Cross Water Safety
Red Cross
Green County
National ‘ Aquatic School
Bath House
Rain Delays Haying but Boosts Other Crops in Green County
A .25 inch rainfall arrived just as haying began, delaying haying yet aiding other crops in Green County and Monroe yards. Corn shows strong growth with deepening roots after recent moisture, oats heads progressing, and warm to mild temperatures with possible showers tonight and tomorrow.
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Green County
Monroe
Sugar and Coffee Prices Up As Market Costs Rise
Washington plans higher market prices on several items including sugar and coffee. Sugar is slated to rise about 1/5 cent per pound on a 5 pound package to offset wage increases for refinery workers, marking a second sugar boost this year after a ½ cent rise last February. Coffee price changes await final action on the price control extension bill, with importer subsidy set to expire June 30 if not renewed.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Senate
House
Monroe Girl Hurt In Auto Accident
Maurer Maurer 17 of Monroe sustained head cuts and bruises when the car she rode in skidded on gravel near the Henry Heuer farm in Sylvester township and crashed into a ditch. The passenger was treated at St. Clare hospital and released. driver Harold Ellis 21 cited an unfamiliar road point as cause during police investigation.
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Stolen Maurer
Monroe
Henry Heuer
Sylvester Township
Miss Maurer
St. Clare Hospital
Harold Ellis
Police Investig County High
Wisconsin Veterans Service Officers Set Oct 23-25 Dates
Service Officers and the association executive committee met to confirm the state convention dates October 23 through 25 to be held in Superior. President Ernie O. Anderson of Wisconsin Rapids said Gen Omar N Bradley would be invited to address the meeting, with speakers including John P. Cullen Milwaukee regional administrator Col Carl Hibbard Minneapolis administrator and M C Beck deputy administrator at Chicago.
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Dievensrym
Wisconsin Veterans Service Officers Association
Superior
Ernie O. Anderson
Wisconsin Rapids
Omar N. Bradley
National Veterans
John P. Cullen
Milwaukee Region
Col
Carl Hibbard
Minneapolis
M. C. Beck
Chicago
Worker killed when milk truck overturns in Ladysmith
A year-old farmer, Ed Tway, was killed yesterday when a motor transport carrying 13,000 pounds of milk toppled and struck him after the driver swerved to avoid him. The city board of public works met last night at the city hall approving the payroll of 265.65 and granting permits for sanitary sewer connections and sidewalk repairs.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Tway
Blic Work Board
Board of Public Works
Global plan to end atomic weapons gains cautious support
United States proposed an international atomic development authority with strict conditions. Foreign capitals await review by governments after Baruch presented the plan to the United Nations atomic energy commission. British and American scientists praised the proposal as a hopeful step for global control of atomic energy. Senate figures linked the effort to broader postwar treaty work, while local school summer repair plans were also outlined.
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Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations
Trygve Lie
U. N. Atomic Energy Comission
New York
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Atomic Commission
Commission
International Atomic Development Authority
United States Senate
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
Harold H. Urey
University of Chicago
Washington
Millikin
R-Cole
United Nations Atomic Commission
Paris
McMahon
D-Conn), Millikin
Senate Atomic Committee
Fire Claims Six Lives in Ottawa County Farm Home
A early morning blaze at a farm house near Centro Polis, Kansas, killed six occupants. Victims are Winifred L. Flory, 36, his wife Ruth E. Garber Flory, 32, and their four children Ruby 9, Marie 7, Leroy 4, and Margaret 1. Local authorities reported the fatal blaze 15 miles northwest of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Kas
Centropolis
Here
Winifred L. Flory
Ruth E. Garber Flory
Ruby
Marie
Leroy
Margaret
Swim Season Opens With Free Dip At Recreation Park
Recreation park opens the swimming season this Sunday with free admission to the pool after 1 30. Classes run Monday through Thursday mornings with Fridays free. Registration lasts a week and tests advance swimmers to higher groups. Miss Ann Marty leads five guards including Eugene Davis and JoAnne Elmer. Fred Simpson schedules meets and hopes to form a Montree pool team to compete with nearby communities.
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Recreation Park
Ann Marty
Yssu
Marty
Eugene Davis
Leo
Iker
JoAnne Elmer
Rubhella i Share
Phyllis Johnson
Fred Simpson
Montree
Monroe Public School System Announces 10 New Instructors
Ten of the fourteen vacancies for the 1946 1947 school year have been filled in the Monroe system. Supt E O Evans announced new instructors including Lee Mitchell social science junior high and Doris Messmer first grade north school. Other hires include Kathleen Sheehan first grade south building Rosemary Griffith kindergarten north and east Betty Dobson and Mary Alice Fletcher English junior high Beatrice Richards shorthand and typing Evansville. plus remaining posts in vocal music bookkeeping geography and sixth grade assignments. Two former teachers return Don Huddleston as physical education director and coach Edmund R Anderson to teach senior high mathematics and science.
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Monroe
E. O Evans
Alex G. Messmer
Messmer
Racine
Ade
Whitewater Teachers College
Erma Thurber
Thurber
Don Huddleston
Edmund R. Anderson
Mary Buss
Court Refuses to Call U S Aviators in Mihailovic Trial
The Yugoslav military court trying Gen. Draja Mihailovic on treason and collaboration refused a defense request to call United States aviators as witnesses. Mihailovic objected in principle, claiming he never collaborated with the enemy. The judge urged the defense to proceed with its questions.
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U. S
Mihailovic
Delgrade
Draja Mihailovic
United States
Army to Return Enlisted Fathers From Overseas
The army will repatriate all non volunteer enlisted fathers and men with at least 21 months of service from overseas. It also orders discharge for non volunteer enlisted men with 21 months or more in uniform. About 133,000 fathers are affected, including 77,000 in the Pacific, 18,000 in Europe, 28,000 in the United States and 10,000 in other overseas areas. The goal is to have them home by August 31.
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Wasmimgon
Ury
Acific
Europe
United States
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Frank J. Taylor
War Shipping Administration
Taylor
West Coast
Pacific Coast
New York City
CIO National Maritime Union
AFL
Washington and
NMU
Schwaiger
Virginia Theiler
Rolf and Shamburek
Richard Wainwright
June
Jéan
Woolworth
Virginia
Resort
Manitowash
Wainwright
Kraft , Foods
Shamburek
Goetz
LaCrosse
Russell Kundert
Robert Gibbons
Gerald Thompson
John Calder
Gibbons
Thompson
Mayer Mink
Kundert
Calder
Gilbert E. Baltzer
Monroe, Isever
Ruthella Share
Park Pool
Green County Normal
Whitewater
Lois Blum
Marguerite Ann Hinds
Patricia Mae McGinley
Ifers
The
Associated Press
Cambridge
Ill
John Morris
Morris
Henry
Byron Pierce
Frank Morris
Monroe Public
Prin. T. R. Holyoke
Holyoke
Lincoln
Lee Mitchell
Doris Messmer
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