Monroe Names 46-Year Fire Chief Successor to Retiring Leader
A new Monroe fire chief, L ert Sickinger, steps into the role with 46 years of experience and strong support from the department. He succeeds O H Kundert, who retires after 50 years, receiving a farewell salutation from the police and fire commission and a gold chief’s badge from colleagues. The department emphasizes volunteer service and morale as key strengths for the future.
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Ert
Sickinger
O. H. Kundert
Department
Kundert
Police and Fire Commission
Ohio primary tests Taft and Stassen for delegates
Ohio voters head to a pivotal presidential primary to choose delegates pledged to Senator Robert A. Taft and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen. Taft is the experienced favorite, while Stassen draws support for his youthful appeal and campaign style amid mixed views on his platform.
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Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Stassen
Taft
United Sates
Congress
Capredilter
Stagsen
Kenosha Workers Vote to Strike if Talks Fail
United Automobile Workers at Nash Kelvinator plants in Milwaukee and Kenosha vote conditional approval for a strike. Negotiations were due to begin Wednesday in Detroit, and workers warned they may strike if talks do not progress.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
CIO
United Automobile
Nash- Kelvinator
Detroit
Resignations and visits mark 1938 era county notes
Highlights include E. J. Hoesly resigning as county chairman on May 3 1938 the highway commission activity and Adolf Hitler's Rome visit amid fascist solidarity acclaim. Senate passes navy expansion bill 56 to 28 and obituaries note Mrs Albertina Zbaren. A measles epidemic threatens the county normal model school while a separate 1938 line records broader civic events.
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E. J. Hoesly
Highway Commission
Adolph Hitler
Rome
Europe
Senate
Albertina Zbaren
Blanchardville
County Normal Model School
Government Budget Flats Balance But Faces Coming Trouble
Washington experts compare government finances to household budgets noting highs in current treasury funds yet warning of a possible downturn. Brookings economist Lewis H. Kimmel projects 1952 national income around 175 billion with expenses near 43 billion, implying about 25 percent of income to taxes. He cautions that tax cuts could widen deficits, potentially pushing spending above income by about 1 billion annually if recession occurs.
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Brookings Institute of Washington
Lewis H. Kimmel
Kimmel
Congress
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Treasury
Boots and Saddle Club Plans June Trail Ride
The Green County Boots and Saddle Club met yesterday at the Orfordville Gun Clubhouse to map the annual trail ride for June 13 at Robert Ludwig farm in Brodhead. The river trail will be followed and a post meeting lunch will be served after the afternoon business session. Two new members brought total to 102.
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Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Orfordville
Hughes Takes Option on RKO Movie Studios
Hughes, known for oil tools and aviation, has taken an option to acquire control of RKO Pictures. He reached a tentative agreement with Floyd Odlum for the purchase of Odlum’s 928,000 RKO shares, signaling his plan to expand in film production.
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Howard Hughes
RKO Studios
Hughes
Floyd Odlum
RKO
Former College Head Dies in Wauwatosa at 89
Pearse, longtime Milwaukee educator and former superintendent of local schools and president of Milwaukee State Teachers College, died at his suburban Wauwatosa home. A native Iowan, he came to Milwaukee in 1904 after attending Tabor College and Doane College.
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Pearse
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Wauwatosa
Milwaukee
Tabor
College Academy
Doane College
Crete
Neb
Congress Faces Tight Spring to June Conventions
Congress must finish major items before June 21 conventions. Key issues include draft and military training, Taft-Ellender-Warner housing bill, margarine tax repeal, renewal of reciprocal trade agreements, displaced persons, civil rights and anti-lynching efforts, tidelands ownership, and the Atomic Energy Commission terms. Presidential party plans loom over these debates as 96 senate seats and 435 house seats are in play.
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Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Senate
Europe
House
Atomic Energy — Commission
The
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Truman
Lilienthal
State Raids Gambling Dens in Famed Hurley
Six men were arrested in a Hurley raid by 28 agents of the state beverage tax division. It was the first such action on Silver Street since last November. John Roach, division chief, led the operation with Sheriff John Shea of Iron County. Five taverns were checked. two saw no arrests.
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State Beverage Tax Division
Silver Street
John Roach
John Shea
Iron County
Roach
Falls in Mill Pond Inquest Into Recluse Death
The body of John Kosskosskie, about 85, was found Saturday in a mill pond in Waterloo Wisconsin. Police said he apparently fell into the pond near the shack where he lived, ending a solitary life searched for by neighbors.
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Mill Pond
Waterloo
Wis
John Kosskosskie
Russia Reconstructs German Naval Yards Near Archangel
Soviet plans to convert Wilhelmshaven yards into Arctic routes infrastructure are reported with Molotovsk near Archangel as a key upgrade site. Substantial German shop facilities are being Sovietized, aiding north Baltic fleet operations from Pilau and Koenigsberg. Rostock is used for minor repairs and reparations shipments. General Clay accuses Rostock of warship construction. The Kronstadt headquarters remains the north Baltic fleet hub.
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Wilhelmshaven
White Sea
Molotovsk
Archangel
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Soviet Union
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Black Seas
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Bay of
Danzi
Mai
Koenigsberg
Rostock
Lucius D. Clay
Nuernberg
Railroad Unions Threaten Nationwide Strike Over Wage Increase
Leaders of three unions representing under ten percent of railroad workers oppose a 15 percent an hour retroactive raise from November 1, 1947. The Emergency Board recommended the raise, supported by President Truman, and 19 other unions have accepted it. The three unions demand more, arguing the wage boost is excessive and not justified.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Emergency Board
Areca Ha Engin Aes
Milwaukee Imports Quantities of Beer
Milwaukee faces beer shortages as an eight day long CIO strike shuts six breweries Blatz Schlitz Pabst Miller Gettelman and Independent. The city relies on imports for much of its beer while home producers halt output.
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CIO Brewery
Blatz
Schlitz
Pabst
Miller
Gettelman
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