Rail Strike On Use Plane Bus Ship Mail May Go by Air
Washington reports the rail strike may force mail service to move by air and other transport. President Truman seeks Soviet aid in fighting world famine as Stalin rejects participation. Hoover voices alarm over a looming 800 million hungry-global deficit and urges conservation and full market farming.
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Washington
Russia
Stalin
Truman
Hoover
Chicago
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President Truman
Railroad strike looms as food and transport collapse
A threatened walkout by Trainmen and Engineers could trigger nationwide disruption within hours. Perishables vanish from shelves, travel stalls, and mail service likely halts as unions prepare to strike 250 000 workers on 337 seized lines.
Cheesemakers vote to withhold cheddar from market
The Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association unanimously votes to withhold cheddar cheese from sale until price ceilings are raised. President Leonard Kopitzke says production will continue while limiting sales until the OPA permits higher prices, warning many cheesemakers may fail if ceilings stay.
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Wisconsin Cheesemaker’s Association
United States
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Truman
Baccalaureate for 111 Seniors at 8 Tomorrow Night
Monroe high school prepares 111 prospective graduates for baccalaureate services at 8 pm in the auditorium. Rev. Leroy Leats of Union Presbyterian will deliver the sermon titled Making a Living or Making a Life. The program includes the mixed chorus, orchestra, congregational hymns, and prayers by local ministers.
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Leroy Leats
Union Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Hummel
Charles A. Briggs
D. Andrew Howey
Universalist Church
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Church
Madison
High School Alumni Association
Youth Center Plans Advise Adult Supervision in Madison
Madison experts H G Danford and Viola Hopkins advised the newly formed Monroe Youth Council on conduct at the center to be housed in the Citizens bank building. They urged adult supervision and a 3:30 to 5 pm recreation program daily plus evening Friday and Saturday activity, with tentative lease and autumn opening aligned to school start.
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Fatal car wreck near Waldo claims Port Washington man
Elmer Decker aged 32 of Port Washington died as a car carrying him veered off highway 57 near Waldo and struck an embankment late last night.
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Port Washington
Highway 57
Waldo
Raeder testifies on Germany urging Japan to capture Singapore
AP bulletin notes Admiral Erich Raeder told the International Military Tribunal that Berlin pressed Tokyo in early 1941 to seize Singapore to push the United States toward neutrality. Washington reports a separate bill promises federal workers a minimum 14 percent raise or $250 yearly, with caps at $16,000 and 25 percent for lower brackets, awaiting Truman’s signature.
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International Military Tribunal Today
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Singapore
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Washington
Truman
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Dutch Cabinet Resigns After Election Turnout
The cabinet submitted its resignation to Queen Wilhelmina after final returns showed Premier William Schermerhorn's Socialist Party of Labor finishing second to the Catholic party in parliamentary elections held yesterday in Amsterdam.
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Wilhelmina
William Schermerhorn
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Bowles Says OPA Still Key to Stabilization Effort
Chester Bowles argued that an effective price control act alone cannot curb inflation without Congress providing funds to combat black markets and administer the law. He urged cooperation from business, workers, and housewives to weather upcoming months and contained comments on food, clothing, rents, and wage-price policy.
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Chester Bowles
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Bowles
Fatal Crossing Crash in Janesville Claims Two Women
An automobile train collision on the Janesville crossing left Mrs. Marie Ritchie aged 44 dead within 30 minutes. Passenger Mrs. Bessie Tainter, 37, sustained a fractured pelvis rib fractures and internal injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition at Mercy.
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Bessie Tainter
Rail Workers Wonder How They'll Get Home
Rail workers expressed worry over travel home as a scheduled strike loomed. The annual smoker of the Long Island Railroad Veteran Employees Association, set for a Manhattan hotel tonight, was postponed. The 600 member group includes many with over 19 years of service, most living on Long Island and commuting by rail.
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Long Island Railroad Veteran Employes Association
Manhattan
Long Island
Strike Settlement Reached in Duluth Mining Dispute
Settlement of the 100 day strike by about 1,500 iron ore mine workers of M. A. Hanna Co. in upper Michigan and Minnesota was reached last night. United Steelworkers of America and the company agreed on an 18 cent general wage increase.
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Baseball Plans to Preserve Sunday Schedule Amid Strike
AP reports American League President Will Harridge and Washington Senators President Clark Griffith discussed via long distance telephone a plan to have AL teams in transit before 4 p.m. If implemented, most games would be postponed today to ensure Sunday play with doubleheaders arranged.
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Fine Weather for Fishing and Crops Across Green County
Weather and crop outlook show a wet drizzle aiding soil moisture and seedbeds while trout season opens April 18 in Green county. Reporters note large crowds along Highway 59 and several 15 to 22 inch catches from morning fishing with fisherman stories and a hopeful forecast for crops and pastures.
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Stoughton
Alband
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Times
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Ralph Kundert
Marvin T. Holcomb
Neil
Holcombs
Mink Trade Tests Mayer as Temperamental Animals Dominate
Kenneth Mayer runs a Wisconsin mink ranch small by standards but central to 60 percent of U S fur production. With 175 adult mink and 350 kits soon rising to 600, mother minks guard their young fiercely and can injure or kill. Mayer uses double leather gloves, as the animals chew through thinner protection.
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Kenneth Mayer
Mayer's
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Mayer Ranch
Mayer
Car Bus Crash Kills 3 at Sault Ste Marie
Three youths returning from Grand Marais graduation exercises died after a 1936 model car collided with a Burt township school bus on M 77 south of Grand Marais Alger county. Ernest Kane William Corey and Laura Bell Tull were fatally injured Celina Tellier remained in serious condition Lloyd Brown suffered shock and minor injuries.
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Newberry Clinic
Celina Tellier
Grand Marais
Lloyd Brown
Sardinia Locust Plague Blocks Rail Line Reported
Swarms of locusts so thick they blocked Sardinia's main rail line were reported from Cagliari. Five UNRRA sponsored planes have arrived to combat the plague with poison.
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Rome
Cagliari
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Mail Embargo Considered if Railroad Strike Affects Mail
Washington AP reported Second Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan said a limited embargo on the mails could be declared if the railroad strike materializes. He telephoned leaders of the Brotherhood of Trainmen and the Engineers in Cleveland to confirm whether mail would be included in emergency services. If the answer is negative, the Post Office would use commercial planes and other equipment up to the hilt.
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Alvanley Johnston
Engineers
Monroe Council Delays Veterans Housing Plan Action
Monroe city council delayed final approval of the trailer veterans housing project. Officials cited unforeseen contract stipulations and the need to renegotiate with the federal housing authority while investigating the number of veterans and families in housing distress. There is a possibility the project could be dropped if adequate housing cannot be shown.
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Truman to fly from Bolling to Missouri for overnight stay
President Truman will depart Bolling Field tomorrow to return to Missouri for an overnight visit. He altered plans due to the coal and railroad crisis and will receive an honorary law degree from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, on Monday after visiting his mother.
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Truman
Bolling Army Air Field
Missouri
William Jewell College
Liberty, Mo
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