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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
1
The OPA orders restaurant price ceilings returned to June 30 levels for meals with meat as the major ingredient. Cotton clothing prices rose marginally while GM autos faced study for higher ceilings after Ford increases. Dairy ceilings may be restored if the board reverses current controls.
National Restaurant Association executive vice president Frank J. Wiffler said the group would ask CFA for immediate decontrol of restaurant ceilings. He called yesterday's rollback of ceilings for meals featuring meat as the major ingredient to June 30 levels a shocking abuse of power and warned that many restaurants cannot continue under the discriminatory price rollback.
The Office of Price Administration moves to raise ceilings for cotton clothing by about 1 percent to offset higher textile costs tied to a 5 cent hourly wage increase. Retail bed linens also rise about 2 percent as textile ceilings climb. GM seeks roughly $100 more per car amid ongoing price stabilization efforts.
The OPA mandates restaurant meal prices revert to June 30 levels causing some eateries in Monroe to halt service. Others post new prices and await meat supply, with only fish poultry and dairy exempt. Operators note rising costs for meat coffee butter bread and milk threaten ongoing operations.
About 500 city employees including garbage, forestry and city hall staff walked out in protest of delayed wage action. The union seeks a 30 percent raise plus the $36.44 cost of living bonus, while officials defer hearings until civil service reports and living-cost studies are received.
Rep. Dewey Short leads six committee members touring U S Pacific and Far East stations to urge stronger American defenses. They call for strengthening Alaska Aleutians Hawaii Iwo Jima Okinawa Guam Saipan and caution against allowing Japan to regain influence until the UN and international police are functioning. The group warns Japan could acquire uniforms for a future war and ties the strategy to deterring Russian expansion.
The Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co seeks approval to build an 84 million dollar natural gas line from Texas to Michigan and Wisconsin. The project, with supply contracted from Phillips Petroleum, faces a federal authority deadline. Examiner George T. Liddell heard that the contract deadline has been extended until further notice.
Seventy seven head of the Holstein herd of the late Joseph H. Cooper were sold today in Verbank N Y for 216 025 dollars, described by the auctioneer as a new United States record for a Holstein dispersal sale.
The article notes the large midwestern corn harvest maturing late as autumn approaches. It explains denting signs, drying kernels, and the threat of early frosts, with frost dates across major corn belt states and the crop’s crucial role in food economy.
The Wisconsin emergency board approved a monthly $10 bonus for state employees earning $200 or less. About 7,400 civil service workers will get $5 for the last half of the month with monthly increases of 10 starting October 1 through February.
Jury list drawn for Green County Court calendar with three cases on November 12. Two accident cases involve Ottenhausen vs Rohrer and Wiesenthal vs General Casualty Co and Farmers Mutual Auto mobile. the third is a $10,000 claim Beck vs Barron. Jurors summoned include Stauffer Pluss Conway etc.
Canada joined the United Nations in pushing to create an international refugee agency. It warned that Europe’s peaceful recovery could be delayed for a million non German refugees if they remain in occupied areas. In New York the UN Security Council, with Andrei Gromyko chairing for the first time, prepared to vote on Ukraine's charges that Greece with Britain threatens Balkans peace.
The University of Wisconsin student employment office reports about 2000 applicants, many war veterans, seeking part time work from babysitting to furnace firing. They request meals rooms or cash with women seeking office work and fewer room and board jobs.
Lt Colonel a year old marine aviator credited with 28 Japanese planes will be retired for physical reasons, command announces. A legendary Pacific figure, Pappy downed five with the Flying Tigers and more in the Solomons, including two the day he was captured. He spent 20 months in Japanese prison camps.
The agriculture department forecast dairy prices will rise through fall and winter as production declines and stocks stay tight. Milk boards and many dairymen urged keeping prices free of ceilings while some associations urged ceilings amid calls for evidence of views.
The agriculture department reports retail milk prices across 25 representative cities have climbed 3.4 cents a quart in four months to reach a new peak. An average of 18.4 cents a quart is cited for early this month, up from 15 cents in May and 14.88 cents a year ago. The highest price reported was not completed in the source.
Racine veterans protest a statewide Bong Memorial campaign led by the local veterans council. Mayor Francis Wendt reported the council’s stance against memorials to a single person and urged focusing on housing for homeless veterans.
The break in the port strike began as AFL longshoremen returned to about 32 ships in New York and hundreds more expected back in Portland Maine. The NMU exempted foreign ships not under NMU contract from picketing, and ordered no pickets around AFL ships except where berthed with NMU vessels. Curran ordered the halt to widen safe ship movements and reduce dock clashes.
Monroe Senior High will hold elections tomorrow to select class officers for the senior sophomore and junior classes. Miss LaVon Jones adviser and faculty advisors J C Calder and Edmund R Anderson guide the process while enrollment totals rise and the school plans extra time for student preparations.
A Tennessee visitor was saved by police from an angry crowd during a Negro anti lynching rally on Michigan Avenue near the Loop. Some in the crowd shouted lynch threats as officers intervened to protect him.
Commerce secretary Wallace faces growing fallout after a foreign policy speech sparked strong reactions. An unofficial count shows 82 favorable and 77 opposed communications, many unsigned, while Under Secretary Clayton signals future speeches may require State Department clearance. Meeting with Truman looms as debate over Wallace's role intensifies.
CIO unions in Pittsburgh and Springfield reached settlements or near settlements in the Allis-Chalmers strike wave that has idled seven plants for over five months. In Pittsburgh the 178 day walkout ended with a new contract. in Springfield the union dropped an 18 cent wage demand and agreed to a job evaluation plan while planning a new vote. Overall about 29,000 workers remain out across Pittsburgh, Springfield, La Porte Norwood Boston La Crosse and West Allis, with Oxnard still operating small plant. First strikes began March 15 and most plants have been closed since April 30 despite appeals for federal intervention.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened final hearings on railroads request for a 25 percent freight rate rise. Carriers also seek to keep the 10 percent basic passenger fare increase approved in 1943, set to expire six months after wartime termination.
Coast guard headquarters reported an army plane sighted additional survivors aboard a raft about 70 miles east of Cape Henry, Virginia. The exact number of men seen was not given. In New York, AFIL truck drivers voted a partial resumption of trucking under agreements with two major operators.
London announced a trade and financial agreement with Argentina settling sterling payments meat purchases and British owned Argentine railways. The accord extends the expired treaty while negotiations for a new one proceed.
Lt Governor Wilbert Snow secured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Hartford after a first ballot lead over four rivals. Chester Bowles, former wartime OPA chief, was among the contenders for the party's nomination.
Moscow reports show no clear stance from Russian officials as foreign affairs comment is withheld across Soviet publications. The tone remains cautious with no explicit policy shift or statements from authorities.
A country road accident seven miles west of Darlington saw a school bus carrying graded and high school pupils overturn in a ditch. Superintendent Thomas Nelson said 25 to 30 children escaped serious injuries, with no major harm reported.
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