Green County considers pension plan amid board session
Green County board mulls pension arrangement with 5 percent contributions up to 250 monthly while credits total 1 278 560. Officials estimate 140 320 annual salaries and seek study by a 10 to 12 day recess if needed. Ten officers vary 1 to 19 years of service with payroll 20 700. if adopted, retirement under system depends on service and earnings.
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Imanean Muenders
Coshance
Green County
Fred Bund
Brooklyn
Albany
Jefferson
Jordan
Monroe
Sylvester
Washington
York
New
Cadiz
Naane
New Glarus
Point
Pearl Harbor Tins From Kent FBI Inquiries Begin
Republican senators pressed the State Department and the FBI for all files on the Tyler Kent case as hearings by the Senate inquiry committee opened. They also sought Roosevelt Churchill correspondence stored in archives, while witnesses like Rear Adm Inglis and Col Thielen were slated to testify to set the stage for future testimony from Marshall Dewey and Stimson.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
State Department
FBI
Brewster
R-Me
Tyler Kent
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Churchill of Greaton
Ann H. P. Kent
Attlee
U. 5S
Adm
T. B. Inglis
Bernard Thielen
Barkley
George C. Marshall
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry L. Stimson
Valor Spartanburg Honors War Hero Gene Atkins
A hometown hero profile recalls Pfc. Gene Atkins born 24 years ago who received $7,500 from homefolks and readers to honor his bravery. Atkins, wounded in Luzon, kept firing until his rifle felled 44 Japanese soldiers, prompting calls that he deserve a better homecoming than a sharecropper shack.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Pfc
Gene Atkins
Atkins
Luzon
Honolulu clashes spark blame blame after naval civilian clash
Civilian and military police merged to avert a repeat of Monday night’s violence in Honolulu. Police Chief Will A Gabrielson said 1,500 naval personnel fought with civilians, while Detective Capt. Eugene Kennedy accused the Navy of withholding advance warning. Navy officers blamed police for the disturbance and noted more than 30 sailors were assaulted earlier with no arrests.
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Honolulu
Will A. Gabrielson
Navy
Naval Air Station
Eugene Kennedy
Kennedy
NASA
Civ
Fio
Eisenhower to testify before UNRRA funds vote
The House foreign affairs committee voted to seek firsthand Europe condition details from Gen Dwight Eisenhower before approving any new UNRRA funds. Chairman Bloom said Eisenhower may testify, as Chiperfield criticized UNRRA for a 50 million dollar Italy program and planned 250 million in two Soviet republics.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
UNRRA
Bloom
D-Ny
William Clayton
Eisenhower
Capital
Capitol Hill
Military
Chiperfield
R-Ill
UNRAA
Congress
Clayton
Acheson
Italy
United Nations
Elie
Two Youths Held in Extortion Attempt
Hillsboro Wisconsin sheriff reports two Vernon county youths held in the county jail after an extortion attempt on James Holak a Hillsboro auto dealer. A false package was left at a rural mailbox near a school and the driver fled in a car with no headlights during a rain storm. The parcel was recovered Tuesday afternoon.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Bernard Ammerman
Vernon County
James Holak
Holak
Drowns As Car Goes In River Milwaukee
George W. Harter a 24 year old twice wounded Pacific Marine veteran drowned when the automobile carrying him and two servicemen pals plunged into the Kinnickinnic river early today.
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Milwaukee
George W. Harter
Kinnickinnic River
Industry Plans to Lay Its Cards on Table Tomorrow
Washington reports the 10th day of President Truman's management labor conference as industry leaders prepare a unified statement. Ira Mosher of the Manufacturers Association said the time has come to push progress, while Eric Johnston of the Chamber of Commerce noted a moment to advance negotiations.
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Washington
Truman
Ira Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Business Hours Up for Discussion by Chamber Meeting
Chamber of Commerce members will dine at the Eugene hotel at 7 p.m. to discuss two proposed changes in Monroe business hours for the retail trade bureau. One proposal would keep merchants open Friday nights and close Saturday nights, the other would close Thursday evenings year round. Proponents cite success and spread of the plan, while opponents urge continuation of Saturday night openings.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eugene
Retail Trade Bureau
Monroe
Trade Bureau
Merce
Mason Proposes Bill to Exempt AP From Sherman Act
Representative Mason of Illinois announced plans to speak on a bill to exempt mutual news gathering cooperatives from the Sherman Antitrust Act. The measure aims to add a clause stating that ordinary operations of such cooperatives shall not be considered restraint or monopoly in trade or commerce.
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Washington
Mason
Ill
House
Supreme Court
Associated
Truax Field to End Operations by November 30
Madison Brig. Gen. Vincent J. Meloy announced Truax field will be deactivated on or about November 30 after Madison refused an Army plan for a permanent center. The 8,000 person facility will be kept by a caretaker force until final disposition, with all operations ending by month’s end.
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Madison
Vincent J. Meloy
Truax Field
Army
Meloy
Truax
Scott Field
Ill
Boga Field
Fla
General Meloy
Identification mixup leaves boy buried in Hammond grave
Police linked a West Side death to 11 year old Ollie Edwards of Hammond Indiana after fingerprint checks in Washington. Edward Edwards, Ollie’s brother, learned the deceased man was alive and reported Ollie the missing. The case raised questions about the initial identification and prompted further investigation.
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Chicago
Ollie Edwards
Hammond
Ind
Edwards
West
Ollie
Edward Edwards
Joseph Starshak
Washington
Edward
Booming Construction in Monroe citywide growth and projects
Construction in Monroe surges with new residences, garages, and business builds amid material and labor limits. Over the last four months 11 new houses plus 11 garages are listed, with several dozen homes planned on two city plats. Major outlays include a $25,000 skating rink and a Brennan building project beyond $10,000, plus extensive remodeling and new facilities awaiting materials and an open winter.
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Monroe
George W. Field
The
Cheese Marketing Association
Illinois Central
Kraft-Wisconsin Foods Company
Burgess Battery Company
Lanz Foundry
6Th Street
Lynch
9Th Street
17Th Avenue
Brennan
Japs Accused of Handing Arms in Java Uprising
In Batavia British Gen. Hawthorn condemned Lt. Gen. Yiiichiro Nagano and Maj. Gen. Moichiro Yamamoto for surrendering arms to Indonesian forces. In Soerabaja British Indian troops battle Indonesian fighters at Kota railway and marshalling yards as fighting rages amid fears of wider nationalist resistance. An unofficial count places 15,000 to 18,000 Indonesians opposing the British in Soerabaja, while Singapore-bound Japanese officers face charges for the arm surrender.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
D. C. Hawthorn
16Th Army
Java
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Kota
Haugland
Wanaien
Singapore
Hawthorn
Yiiichiro Nagano
Moichiro Yamamoto
Solons Criticize OPA Car Pricing Policy
The House attacked OPA auto pricing rules with Rep Chester Bowles accused of creating price control on a racketeering basis. Hebert said Bowles uses pressure tactics as about 100 lawmakers filed views for the small business committee hearing. Bowles defended cost absorption to hold new car prices near 1 level about 15 percent above prewar costs.
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Washington
OPA
House
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Chester Bowles
Hebert
D-La
Bowles
Congress
Senate
Small Business Committee
Bult
Patman
D-Tex
Esta
Yanks Land Chiang Forces at Tsingtao
Thousands of American trained Chinese nationalist troops landed unopposed today at Tsingtao from U S transports as Marines held a lone foothold on Shantung peninsula. Reds surround the port as Japanese retain arms and guard factories while Chefoo and Weiha remain in Communist hands.
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Tsingtao
U. S
China
Shantung Peninsula
Leathernecks
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Chefoo
Weiha
Adm
Daniel E. Barbey
United States
Senate chief vows no adjournment until must bills pass
Senate Majority Leader Barkley after a White House meeting with President Truman said Congress will not adjourn until key measures are enacted. He named full employment, government reorganization, UNRRA funds, defense cuts, the second war powers act, and a pending deficiency appropriation as priorities.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Congress
Truman
McKellar
Rayburn
House
McCormack
Railways in China Hit by Communist Destruction
Chung king Chinese Communists destroyed about 875 miles of railways, roughly one tenth of China's network, causing widespread transportation disruption. Cabinet spokesman P H Chang stated the scale of damage today. In Jerusalem several hundred Jewish youths attacked bus drivers in protest of a 12 hour general strike called by Jews at noon.
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Chung King
China
P. H. Chang
Jerusalem
US and Russia Deadlocked Over Allied Council for Japan
Secretary Byrnes said the United States and the Soviet Union remain at an impasse over Japan's Allied control council. Moscow demands a unanimity rule like Berlin's, complicating postwar governance.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Japan
Berlin
New 1946 Oldsmobile on Display at Green County Auto
The 1946 Oldsmobile makes its Monroe debut at Green County Auto today. It features redesigned styling and a new front end, plus Hydramatic drive. Hydramatic, a fluid coupling with automatic transmission, shifts through four forward speeds without a clutch.
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Green County Auto
Monroe
Oldsmobile
Green County Auto Company
Olds
Lother
Eng
Charge Attempt to Fix Prices for Artificial Limbs
Attorney General Clark announces indictment of 45 corporations 34 individuals and a trade association for conspiring to fix non competitive prices for artificial limbs. District of Columbia grand jury alleges anti trust violations in manufacture assembly distribution sale and fitting of limbs nationwide. The alleged conspiracy deprived the United States Veterans Administration of limb production for veterans.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
District of Columbia Grand Jury
United States
United States Veterans Administration
Wisconsin Buttermakers Rename to Creamery Operators Association
The Wisconsin Buttermakers Association, meeting in convention at Chippewa Falls, changed its name to the Wisconsin Creamery Operators Association and broadened activities to include workers in all departments of the modern Wisconsin creamery plant. Delegates favored intensified quality work across creameries, improving plant sanitation and field quality efforts among patrons, and approved a resolution for differential milk prices to producers by quality.
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Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Buttermakers Association
Wisconsin Creamery Operators Association
Wisconsin Creamery
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Chiang
Buttermakers Change Organization
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