Rail wage demands could raise railroad costs by one billion
Industry statisticians estimate pending union wage demands would add about 1 billion dollars in annual costs and trigger fare and freight increases of roughly 15 percent. They itemize requests from shop crafts telegraphers clerks and dining staff totaling over 525 million dollars yearly plus further boosts for locomotive firemen engineers and conductors affecting 1,250,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. P. Shields
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Dobertson Union
David Ferguson Hurt in Accident
David Ferguson of route 1 was injured when a car driven by John E. Mueller of 2111 15th Avenue rolled over half a mile south of Monroe on Highway 69 at 7 45 p m yesterday. Ferguson suffered facial and scalp cuts, body bruises, and a brain contusion and was to be released today. Mueller, turning left onto Highway 69 toward Monroe, had come from a gravel town road and walked to a nearby farmhouse for aid.
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David Ferguson
John E. Mueller
15Th Avenue
Monroe
Ferguson
St. Clare Hospital
Mueller
Three Airmen Die In Cargo Plane Crash In Japan
A C-119 cargo plane crashed and burned in southern Japan while returning from Korea killing three airmen. Five others were injured including war correspondents Harold Faber of the New York Times John Jefferson of Columbia Broadcasting System and John M. Colless of Reuters.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Harold Faber
New York Times
John Jefferson
Columnia Broadcasting System
John M. Colless
Reuter
Reckless .38 Caliber Gun Plagues Janesville
Police seek owner of a .38 Marksman revolver after a week of reckless use around Janesville. A lead bullet lodged in a home kitchen door, an unfired cartridge found in a stolen then recovered car, and shots fired at a street light. The car trunk and lamp reflector were shot, and the lock targeted in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Mrs Mamie Rowe 75 Dies After Illness in Cuba City Area
Mamie Rowe 75 of 1208 22nd street died at St. Clare hospital following a daylong illness. She suffered a coronary yesterday and was admitted last evening. Born July 23 1875 in Jenkinsville Wis she lived in Cuba City Fort Atkinson Delavan and Cuba City area with her husband Martin Rowe who died 1928. She leaves Elmer Rowe Cuba City and Mrs. William C Rust Monroe plus six grandchildren. Funeral set in Cuba City with Rev Robert Grupp officiating and burial at Mt Pleasant cemetery.
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Mamie Rowe
22Nd Street
St. Clare Hospital
Cuba City
Wis
William C. Rust
Delavan
Fort Atkinson
Jenkinsville
James
Isabelle Miller Lindsay
Mamie
Martin Rowe
City
Elmer Rowe
Rust
Monroe
David Rowe
Argyle
Haudenshhield Funeral Home
Methodist
Robert Grupp
Mt. Pleasant
Highway 11 Engineer Recalled to Navy Service
Alton Hugh, longtime engineer for the State highway commission who supervised the Browntown relocation of Highway 11 and formerly wartime commanding officer of Chief Petty Officer Robert E. Henriquez, has been called back into navy service. He is assigned to Selma, Alabama, with his wife and seven children awaiting word on his exact station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Hugh
State Highway Commission
Browntown
Madison
Robert E. Henriquez
Hugh
Selma
Ala
Major Marts Hall For Columbus Day
Security and community markets across the United States were closed in observance of Columbus Day. The Chicago poultry potato and livestock markets operated as usual.
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Major Marts
New York
United States
Chicago
State eyes rindless Swiss cheese promising but not ready
Wisconsin officials report optimism for rindless Swiss after a Madison conference with the Department of Agriculture and cheese associations. Research progress is insufficient for immediate industry wide production, though plans for a future promotion program are outlined if quality and flavor standards are met.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Cheese Producers Marketing Association
Donald N. McDowell
State Department
Wisconsin
McDowell
Monroe
Department
Parents to Enroll in Night School Next Week
More than 100 adults are expected to enroll as night classes begin Tuesday. Registration will be in the high school office the same night, with assignments by assistant principal T R Holyoke. Courses include citizenship arts and crafts industrial arts sewing bookkeeping typing and any course with ten or more registrants.
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T. R. Holyoke
Dorothy Roehl
Lillian Gempeler
Edna L. Mackey
John C. Calder
Betty Elmer
Donald F. McGibbon
Frederic Man Wins Butter Championship
Lyle C. Bach of Frederic is Wisconsin's 1950 buttermaking king. He won the grand champion award at the 49th annual convention of the Wisconsin Buttermakers and Managers association. The group elected Don Hedding Hillsboro president, Lloyd Kolden Augusta vice president, Lacy Dickey Glenwood City treasurer, and E. H. Radtke Reedsburg general counsel and executive secretary.
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Chippewa Falls
Lyle C. Bach
Frederic
Wisconsin
Bach
Wisconsin Buttermakers and Managers Association
Don Hedding
Hillsboro
Lloyd Kolden
Augusta
Lacy Dickey
Glenwood City
E. H. Radtke
Reedsburg
Milwaukee Cancels Defense Aid Classes
Milwaukee canceled plans to train 150000 people in first aid as part of its civil defense program due to public disinterest. Only 103 enrolled during three days of registration at fire department engine houses. Fire Chief Edward Wischer criticized the public apathy.
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Milwaukee
Edward Wischer
Truman Hopes Parley With MacArthur Presses Peace Talk
President Truman, en route to a Pacific stopover, held out hope for a face-to-face with General MacArthur to counter communism in the Far East. He suggested the talks may yield a contribution to world peace as he spoke at a Missouri Eastern Star gathering in St. Louis.
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Ernest B. Vaccara
St. Louis
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Free Nations
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Missouri Order of Eastern Star
MacArthur
Charles G. Ross
Wake Island
United Nations
Ross
Mary Jane Truman
Missouri
The
Star
General MacArthur
Lambert- St. Louis
Independence
Fairfield-Suisan
California
Hickam Field
Honolulu
San Francisco
United Nations General Assembly
New York
White House
Tokyo
U. N
State Food Laws Held Inadequate in Wisconsin
Madison reports that Wisconsin food laws are outdated and inadequate. Anthony Madler urged an independent commission to recodify definitions and standards for foods, urging federal standards as a benchmark and proposing a broad revision with representation from state agencies industry and consumer groups. Edward Malloy supported modernizing to ensure enforceable, sensible rules without loosening protections.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Legislative Agriculture Council
Anthony Madler
Department of Agriculture
Edward Malloy
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Food Dealers Association
Mahler
Mayville Schools Closed Over Polio Outbreak
Public and private schools in Mayville were ordered closed after two children were diagnosed with polio. A tentative reopening date of Oct 18 was set. Mayville's Friday football game at Beaver Dam was canceled and Chilton canceled four remaining high school games with players placed in two week quarantine.
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Mayville
Beaver Dam
Chilton
National AP survey notes minor price declines in fresh foods
Nationally prices eased slightly for items like beans Brussels sprouts carrots cucumbers Idaho potatoes and California tomatoes but local stores reported no changes yet. Meat prices were mostly steady while eggs were softer in many areas as production rises expected to keep 1950 prices below last year.
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Associated Press
Agriculture Department
California
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Draft Classes Set for Doctors in Washington
An executive order by President Truman creates draft classifications for physicians dentists and veterinarians. Initial registrations begin Oct 16 with 5 000 expected to report by Jan 16. Class 1-A covers those under 51 regarded as available for service, with multiple exemptions detailed. Volunteers earn a $100 monthly bonus.
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Washington
Truman
Hugo A. Klemm Dies at 47 in Madison
Hugo A. Klemm 47 longtime industrial safety education supervisor for the industrial commission and secretary treasurer of the Wisconsin Council of Safety since 1839 died today after a long illness in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo A. Klemm
Madison
Industrial Safety
Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Truman Pollster Predicts Democratic Victory Over Taft
Leslie L. Biffle, Truman confidant, predicts Democrats retain the House and gain Senate seats. He names Ohio, Indiana, and Colorado as victory fronts against Taft Capehart and Millikin, aligning with the president's 1948 polling style.
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Miami
Truman
Leslie L. Biffle
U. S. Senate
House
Senate
Biffle
Taft
Ohio
Capehart
Indiana
Millikin
Colorao
Robert A. Taft
Homer E. Capehart
Eugene D. Millikin
Legion Calls for Policy Censure of State Department
The American Legion national convention was urged to condemn the State Department for failing to tackle the spread of communism globally. Acheson is not named in the measure. The report proposes UN action against Soviet aggression and the possible use of atomic weapons if needed. Erle Cocke Jr. leads in caucus polling for national commander.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
State Department
Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Dean Acheson
Legion
Acheson
United Nations
Soviet Russia
Erle Cocke Jr
Dawson
Airlines
Farmer
Polio Death Closes Class at Janesville
An eight year old girl Pauline Ellen Donnelly dies of bulbar polio prompting suspension of St Patrick's third grade for one week. Fifty five pupils urged to have medical checks by family doctors after illness began Saturday and patient moved to Mercy hospital Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
St. Patrick’s School
Pauline Ellen Donnelly
James E. Donnelly
Mercy Hospital
Carrier Leyte Arrives to Join UN Task Force off Korea
The carrier Leyte reaches the East Coast of Korea area to join the United Nations task force after a rapid voyage around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
San Francisco
United Nations
Korea
Missouri Battleship Leads Fire on Chongjin during Coastal Bombardment
Allied naval forces including the Missouri, Helena, and other vessels bombarded Chongjin on Korea's east coast. The 45 000-ton Missouri fired 16 inch missiles as fires burned in the city, while carrier planes strafed adjoining areas. Allied land pushes advanced toward Pyongyang with Sixth Division units securing Kumhwa Chorwon and Pyongyang corridors.
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Tokyo
Chongjin Port
Red Korea
China
Soviet
Siberia
Red Iron and Steel
Red China
Manchuria
Siberian
Vladivostok
Chongjin
Wonsan
Red Capital
Pyongyang
U. S
Helena
Missouri
Arthur D. Struble
Truman
Far Pacific
MacArthur
Gene Herrick
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Kim
Korea
Sixth Division
Kumhwa
Chorwon
Eighth Army
Oklahoman Heads Revised RFC Setup
Oklahoma banker Elmer Harber becomes chairman of the five man Reconstruction Finance Corporation board. President Truman names three new members C Edward Rowe Walter E Cosgriff to form a bipartisan panel and fill vacancies left by Harbor Hise Gunderson. Cosgriff sworn in to complete the slate while Willett and Dunham remain as holdovers.
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Washington
Elmer Harber
Oklahoma
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harber
Truman
Harley Hise
Harvey Gunderson
C. Edward Rowe
Boston
Walter E.cosgriff
Salt Lake City
Cosgri
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Pocatello
Taylor
Birmingham
Alabama
Highway 11
McDowell Maps
Frederic Man
Robert H. Stacy
University of Michigan
University
Haven Hall
Ann Arbor
Mich
Parley
Asia
Cyrus Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
New Economic Stabilization Agency
Ching
Conciliation Service
Sen
Missouris
Eastern Coast City
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