Draft bill advances broad two year service plan
The House military service committee backed a bill for a two year draft for men aged 19 through 25 and to register 18 through 30. Veterans would be exempt. The measure also authorizes seizure of priority industrial output for arms and equipment. Doctors and dentists up to 45 could be drafted, and ministers might serve in non military roles. The bill aims to gird the nation for war to protect peace.
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House Military Service Committee
Forrestal
House Committee
United States
Labor Unrest Tests Growth as Steel Firms Cut Prices
Changing cycle of strikes threatens five key industries amid inflation. Major steel producers resist wage boosts and cut prices, signaling a ceiling on costs and wages. Union leadership faces a shift as workers and the public may suffer if strikes persist. the era of enlightened labor leadership could emerge now.
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United Steel Workers
Standard To Increase Prices in Wisconsin
Indiana based Oi Co announces price adjustments for tank wagon delivery of gasoline naphtha refined oil and fuel oil at affected Wisconsin points due to interstate commerce commission freight rate changes. Prices take effect May 6 the ICC adjustment same date.
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McAgo —Wr
One Sandard Oi Co
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wisconsin
ICC
Glancing Backward Five Years Ago May 4 1923 Times
Summary of past items notes a summer band concert favoring a 9 to 1 vote, city council denial of a May appropriation, funeral rites for Andrew Niffenegger and Joseph Bradley, deaths of Mrs Bert Cramp ton and others, a New York sugar price protest parade, and a 1908 bank shortage embezzlement case.
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Andrew Niffenegger
Morehouse
Joseph Bradley
Bert Crampton
Ruth Fisch
Monroe
Madison
New York
Uncle Sam's Tax Stake in $50 Billion in E Bonds
Washington reports Uncle Sam holds a tax stake in over 50 billion dollars of E bonds issued to date. Interest on E bonds is taxable but actual revenue is reduced by early cashing, low income tax brackets, and unreported interest. Many small holders forget to report 50 cents to several dollars yearly, totaling a sizable sum.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Tome
St Louis Post Dispatch Clinches Top Pulitzer Prize
The St Louis Post Dispatch won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of the Centralia mine disaster and the resulting reforms in mine safety laws. Additional Pulitzers were awarded to works in literature, drama, and journalism, including Tales of the South Pacific and A Streetcar Named Desire.
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New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Centralia
Imi
James A. Michener
Tennessee Williams
Frank D. Fackenthal
Columbia’ University
United States
Bernard de Voto
Missouri
Margaret Clapp
John Bigelow
W. H. Auden
Walter Piston
Rockland
Harvard University
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philip Anthony Moose
New York City
National Academy of Design
George E. Goodwin
Atlanta, Ga
Journal
Goodwin
Washington and Lee University
Telfair County
Bert Andrews
New York Herald-Tribune
Washington
Finney
Minneapolis , Tribune
Paul W. Ward
Baltimore Sun
Soveto Union
Virginius Dabney
Pope Pius XII to Call Consistory Early in June
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII is expected to summon a consistory in early June. Informants say sessions will include secret, public, and semi public components.
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Pius XII
Asparagus Crops Peeking Through Franklin Driveway
Attorney John L. Franklin planted an asparagus patch under a four inch gravel and two inch asphalt driveway. The driveway now splits as asparagus pushes through cracks. Franklin hoped for a science story but University of Illinois expert Lee Somers dismisses the idea. Franklin treats the drive with weed killer to save it.
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John L. Franklin
Franklin
Lee Somers
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
University Hall
Former Brooklyn Area Farmer Dies in Oregon
Carise tian Louis Rasmussen age 73 longtime Rock and Dane county farmer died Sunday at his Oregon home. He was born in Copenhagen Denmark on September 8 1874 and came to the United States with his parents at age six. He farmed in Stoughton and Brooklyn before 16 years at Henley Whitemore Beloit and relocating to Oregon in 1946. Survived by widow Bessie Moore a daughter Gene Vannucci South Beloit a son Louis A Rasmussen Beloit and two grandchildren. Burial in Maple Hill cemetery Evansville with 3 o clock services at Booth funeral home Oregon officiated by Rev A W Barnlund.
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Louis Rasmussen
Oregon
Booth Funeral Home
A. W. Barnlund
Methodist Church
Maple Hill
Evansville
Rock
Dane Counties
Mr. Rasmussen
Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Stoughton
Brooklyn
Henley- Whitemore Company
Beloit
Bessie Moore
Gene Vannucci
South Beloit
Louis A. Rasmussen
Union Pushes For Faculty Pay Hikes at Wisconsin
The AFL teachers union urged Wisconsin faculty increases to meet living costs and to boost competitiveness for recruiting and retaining staff. The recommendation, given to the university faculty, calls for blanket raises and potential merit-based boosts in the 1948-49 budget.
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University of Wisconsin
Teachers’ Union
AFL
Wisconsin
Soviet Crystal Radio Sets Return in USSR Amid Limits
In the Soviet Union the crystal detector radio is making a comeback as tube sets remain scarce. Inventors have improved the design with a constant crystal and some models include a small loud speaker, widening the range while Pioneer and Komsomol clubs build them. The goal is to bridge the gap until tube sets can be produced for every home.
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Iloscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Komsomol
Fewer Highway Deaths In State Last Month
Wisconsin records fewer highway fatalities in April than in 1947. The motor vehicle department reports 41 deaths in April versus 54 a year earlier, with the first four months totaling 190 fatalities.
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Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Department
Temporary Secretary For Regents Selected
The state board of normal school regents named Prof. E. R. McPhee of Eau Claire State Teachers College as acting secretary yesterday. He will take over the duties of the late Edgar G. Doudna until a permanent secretary is chosen by civil service exam. Ada Martin will cover the role for about two weeks. The regents approved a new totaling $5,600 for professors at teachers colleges, an increase of $400, and appointed Dr. Lee H. Mathews to succeed Dr. Samuel A. Kirk as director of instruction at Milwaukee State Teachers College.
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Regents
Madison
State Board of Normal School Regents
E. R. McPhee
Eau Claire State Teachers College
McPhee
Edgar G. Doudna
Eau Claire
Ada Martin
Doudna
Lee H. Mathews
Samuel A. Kirk
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Kirk
York Center Co op Files Papers Here
York Center Co op filed papers at the York Center Cheese cooperative register of deeds York township route 3 Blanchardville Capital stock 25000 2500 common shares $10 value incorporators Tilman Paulson Oscar Vamstad Howard Paulson Jacob K Ott Halvar Breisath organization meeting to be held later The cooperative will buy sell process manufacture handle transport store and market milk and cream and products from milk or cream Average US rainfall about 30 inches per year.
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Register of Deeds
York Center
One Killed One Hurt In Oil Tank Explosion
The body of James Ross plant manager was found beneath a wrecked storage tank after an explosion at the Farm Bureau bulk oil plant in Wmpyvine Indiana. Fire followed the blast and another man was burned critically. Damage was estimated at 60 000 dollars. The injured man is Marvin E Rhoades 24 a truck driver from Indianapolis.
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Wmpyvine
Ind
James Ross
Farm Bureau
Russell Klare
Marvin E. Rhoades
Indianapolle
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York
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