Lewis Acts After Truman Calls Him in Anti-strike Bills
Monroe residents were urged to conserve gas amid fuel shortages from the soft coal strike. H M Place Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co. district manager warned it is everyone’s duty to save fuel during the crisis and offered tips to reduce consumption while coal and coke supplies dwindle. John L Lewis ordered miners back for two weeks in negotiations, but conservation remains essential.
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Truman
Monroe
H. M. Place
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co
Place
John L. Lewis
Wisconsin Power
UMW Leader Proposes 12 Day Coal Strike Truce
John L. Lewis urges a 12 day truce starting Monday allowing 400000 United Mine Workers to return to work if retroactive pay increases are later negotiated. The move aims to safeguard health and security while contract talks continue after Truman invites a White House conference.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman
White House
Monroe
Union
Schnellenbach
Mr. Truman
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Charles G. Ross
Detroit News
John W. Snyder
Blair Moody
the News
Snyder
Ross
Food Shortages Deepen in Monroe as War-Era Stocks Dry Up
Monroe faces a worsening food crisis with no ration books or red points, meat scarce as local butchers are depleted and some shops close for renovations. OPA price controls push meat through packing houses, while out of town shoppers strain supplies. Fresh fruit and vegetables dwindle though certain staples remain, and frost warnings threaten gardeners.
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Monroe
OPA
Illinois
Tennessee
California
Michigan
Clarence Bolander
Michigan Agriculture Department
Europe
Olson Files Reelection Nomination for State Senate
Sen. Melvin Ol gan of South Wayne filed nomination papers with the secretary of state for reelection to the State Senate from the 17th district.
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Olson
Melvin Olgan
South
Wayne
Secretary of State Today
State Senate
Wisconsin sportsmen hear court house on fish and game laws
The county hearing at the courthouse Monday at 8 pm will debate Wisconsin fish and game laws for the coming year. Topics include delayed duck season opening to Oct 15, year round shanty use, trout licenses, a universal resident fishing license, Saturday openings, deer and pheasant seasons, and a bow season. Green county delegates for the Wisconsin Conservation congress will be elected.
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Wisconsin
Court House
Canada
Conservation Department
Green County
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Madison
Hope for Rain but Freeze Forecast
Garden and field crops soaked by brief showers last night and morning. Forecasters warn of an extremely frigid blast tomorrow from a stiff northwest wind, threatening gardens if moisture remains low and skies clear. Temperature cooled slowly after a mild 52 degree night.
Cold snap chills central states with frost threats
Snow touched parts of Nebraska Colorado and Montana while a cold air mass from Saskatche wan pushed into the Dakotas and Wyoming. Denver and Colorado Springs saw light snow and freezing readings near 25 to 26 degrees in Casper Spokane and Devils Lake. Forecaster Hanlon warned of more subfreezing temperatures spreading to Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and Indiana with possible garden crop damage.
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Colorado
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Dakotas
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Saskatchewan
Federal Weather Bureau
Denver
Colorado Springs
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Valentine
Neb
E. S. Hanlon
Casper
Wyo
Spokane
Devils Lake
N. C
Minnesota
Hanlon
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Federal Court Dismisses Push to Block Rail Rate Rise
A three judge federal panel dismissed a petition from nine states including Wisconsin and Michigan seeking to set aside an Interstate Commerce Commission order raising railroad freight rates by 10 percent in the North and East while cutting them the same in the South and West.
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Duea
N. Y
Wisconsin
Michigan
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Road Jobs Include Project on No. 39
Madison reports twenty four highway contracts totaling 1 567 624 signed by Governor Goodland for 21 counties with potential expenditures rising to 2 284 108. The packages cover state trunk highway improvements maintenance and related road works across Dane Dodge Green Iowa LaFayette and other counties with multiple routes and contractor names listed.
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Goodland
Dane—State
Cambridge- London Road
Rein & Dahl
Stoughton
Oregon School For Girls
William Kenedy
Footville
Dodge County
Columbus
Randolph
Linck Co
Beaver Dam
Green
Iowa County
New Glarus
William Rees
Monroe
Iowa
Dodgeville
Spring Green
Einar Evenson
Cambridge
LaFayette
Gratiot
Shullsburg
Earnest Jenkins
Cobb
Wis
Darlington- Platteville Road
Probe of Navy Property Handling in Hawaii During War
Senator Mead asked the Navy to provide Congress with full details on alleged theft and mismanagement of naval property in Hawaii during wartime. He cited a skeleton report listing five irregularities in handling government goods at the Pacific outpost, referring to a Doyle inspector general report released to the Senate war investigating committee.
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Mead
D-Ny
Navy Department
Congress
Hawaii
Navy Inspector General
Pacific
Austin K. Doyle
Senate
South School Hobby Show Aids Cancer Drive
Fourth and fifth graders at South School held a hobby show in the school basement to raise funds for the Cancer Control drive. Twenty two children in Mrs. Floyd Stauffacher’s class contributed, with admission by donation. The exhibit featured numerous pets including pigeons, rabbits, and a large New Zealand rabbit, plus a display of flowers as part of a family hobby at the school.
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Floyd Stauffacher
Charles McCool
Ernest Kessling
New Zealand
Marvin Flick
Paul W. Frenzel Jr
Ten Senators and Representatives Targeted by CIO PAC
The CIO Political Action Committee names ten U.S. senators and 23 Representatives for defeat in this year’s elections. PAC chair Sidney Hillman seeks to list most targets at the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ convention, with many names supplied by Thomas Burns of Akron Ohio. Notables include Sen Theodore Bilbo and Rep John Rankin, whom Hillman calls the “un-American leader.” Additional names listed include Rep Church, Grant, Gwynne, Hoffman, Jenkin, O’Kenski, Ploeser, Schwave, Bennett, and Rep Slaughter.
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Atlantic City
United States
CIO
Political Action Committee
PAC
Sidney Hillman
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Convention
Thomas Burns
Akron
Mississippi
Theodore Bilbo
John Rankin
Hillman
Rankin
Arab Strike Ties Up Holy Land Over Jewish Immigration Plan
Arab general strike disrupts business across Middle East to protest the Anglo American inquiry. In Cairo mounted police clash with thousands after prayers at Azhar mosque. In Beyrouth two bombs explode in Jewish stores causing heavy damage and injuries.
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Holy Land
London
Palestine
Europe
Middle East
Cairo
Azhar
Oslem
Beyrouth
Cheesemakers Conference Postponed to May 17
Wisconsin cheesemakers executive secretary George L Mooney said the statewide cheesemakers conference set for Wednesday in Fond du Lac has been postponed to Friday May 17 due to a conflict with a dairy industry meeting in Washington.
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Plymouth
George L. Mooney
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Fond du Lac
Washington
No Compensation Denied for 32000 Illinois Miners
The Illinois unemployment compensation commission denied claims of about 32 000 miners shut by the coal strike. Commissioner Samuel C Bernstein said state law bars benefits for jobless workers unless unemployed due to a stoppage at their last place of employment. Appeals may be made to the state director of labor and then to the regional circuit court if needed.
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Chicago
Ilinois Unemployment Compensation Commission
Samuel C. Bernstein
State Department of Labor
Illinois
State Director of
Robert L. Gordon
Italy Crown Prince Umberto to Ascend Amid Abdication Crisis
Italy's cabinet approves Umberto as king in a transitional act lasting until June 2 plebiscite. Vittorio Emanuele III abdicates after a 45 year reign as tensions rise with Communist and Socialist ministers questioning royal succession and the referendum outcome.
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Umberto II
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele III
Egypt
Cairo
Pietro Nenni
Constituent Assembly
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Socialist Party
Randolfo Pacciardi
Alcide de Gasperi
Vittorio
Naples
Hoover in Frisco Remains Quiet Before Truman Talk
Herbert Hoover arrived in San Francisco after a round the world famine survey flight and said he prefers to report findings to President Truman before addressing the press. He may speak at a press conference tomorrow, accompanied by 17 aides.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
United States
Truman
Hoover
Honolulu
House Votes 400 Million for Housing Subsidy Plan
The House reversed itself and voted 187 to 158 to fund 400 million dollars in subsidies for President Truman's emergency home-building program. The prior month saw a 183 ayes tally for premium payments.
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Washington
OPA
House
Truman
Solons Move to Tighten Strike Control Legislation
The House judiciary subcommittee backs a bill banning special production payments to unions as the Senate drafts a broader strike control package. The chamber votes on the British loan while debating labor reform amid a coal strike, with rail embargoes disrupting transportation and millions idle.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Senate
Labor Committee
House
Chamber
Wisconsin to Hold Emergency Parley on Fuel Rationing
Wisconsin moves to ration electricity and manufactured gas as coal stocks dwindle. Public Service Commission officials and about 20 utilities plan a hearing in Madison to authorize Milton Button of the agriculture department to issue orders curtailing nonessential fuel use if needed.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
Attorney General
Department of Agriculture
Turner couple dies after 75th wedding anniversary
Mary Jane Turner 91 died at home in the two room log cabin six miles east of Viroqua. She and George Turner observed their 75th anniversary on March 16. Survived by husband three sons Arthur Henry John and daughter Mrs Carrie Orrison. Funeral plans pending arrival of son John.
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Hsband
George
Turner
Here
Turners
Viroqua
Mary Grant
Jane Best
Mary Jane
Arthur
Henry
John
Chicago
Carrie Orrison
Omaha
John Turner
Blocks House Action On Draft Extender
Representative Sheridan blocked immediate House action on a stop gap bill to extend the draft law until July 1. The objection halted unanimous consent for fast action but allowed a later House consideration next Monday, two days before the current law expires.
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Sheridan
Dpa
House
Military
May
D-Ky
Senate
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