Stay Single Judge Rules
DETROIT, Dec. 3. Six newly divorced Detroit men are to remain single for two years. Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan granted the men, all fathers, divorces yesterday with an order that violations bring contempt citations and alimony penalties. The judge noted that a girlfriend may wait outside the court and said any paramours won’t get the men for a while. The ruling also stated that women could face similar restrictions if deemed advisable.
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Detroit
Joseph A. Moynihan
Moynihan
Water Wells Heat Residences In Klamath Falls
Heat from a subterranean lake in Klamath Falls is warming 80 homes a hospital and about a dozen businesses. Officials say individual wells 200 feet deep draw hot water with temperatures from 180 to 204 degrees, supplying the city’s heat needs.
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Klamath Falls
Car Crushes Woman in Marcus Hook Collision
In Marcus Hook Delaware County on December 3, Mae Gallagher a 30 year old mother was crushed to death when a stolen car slammed through city streets struck three cars mounted a sidewalk and impaled her on the radiator then tore through a heavy wire fence. Police Chief William Miller identified the driver as William Kerwin a Milwaukee merchant seaman and said he was arrested after a chase.
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Marcus Hook
Mae Gallagher
William Miller
Gallagher
Miller
William Kerwin
Milwaukee
Geomagy
Labor Roundup: Minneapolis Teachers Accept Pay Increase
Minneapolis teachers accepted a settlement providing a 1200 dollar yearly raise with a $130 cost of living bonus this month and a staged pay scale increase effective January 1 1948. Classrooms instructors will see raises tied to degree level and a reclassification to reach pay milestones within 12 years. The package, approved by locals 238 and the AFT, will add about 2 million dollars to the annual school budget and alter work weeks and pension provisions.
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Minneapolis
Act Sf
A. F. Li
American Federation of Teachers
Lane
Poultry Workers Strike Over New Contract in Delmarva
Poultry about 4000 workers and truck drivers at plants in Delaware and Maryland announce a strike starting January 5 unless a new contract is negotiated. They seek a 20 cent per hour pay increase to 75 cents and an annual boost totaling about 3.885 million dollars. Public schools in Shamokin Pa remain on holiday as teachers strike for higher wages.
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Ap'l
Delaware
Maryland
SG Paul
Charles
Jeter
Coal Township
Shamokin
John Mangle
C. I. Or
United Public Workers
Transport Workers Union seeks nationwide 30 cent hourly raise
International President Michael Quill announced in Philadelphia that the Transport Workers Union C I O plans a nationwide pay increase of 30 cents per hour. The program also includes a 50 hour t...
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C.I. 0
Transport Workers Union
International
Michael Quill
Quill
Philadelphia
Local county officials attend state convention in San Antonio
County Commissioner Isaay Stappenbeck led Bexar County officials through the annual convention at the Gunter hotel. Only one other county commissioner, Bob Uhr, attended sessions, as more than 700 officials gathered in San Antonio amid a field day for press and photographers. Field day featured interviews with rural judges while Henry Clark Coursey of the Brownwood Banner was praised for work with the County Progress. Legislative plans were presented by Lynn B. Sha, secretary of the Texas Motor Transportation Association, editor of Steering Wheel. Joe M. Leonard of the Gainesville Daily and Weekly Register showcased national publicity for the Gainesville community virus, now touted as the fourth largest circus in America.
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Isaay Stappenbeck
Gunter Hotel
Bob Uhr
Stappenbeck
Bexar County
John C. Hoye
R. L. Reader
Clark Coursey
Brownwood Banner
County Progress
Lynn B. Sha
Texas Motor ‘Transportation Association
Steering Wheel
Joe M. Leonard
Gainesville
Child Killed When Hit By Car in Haskell
In Haskell on December 2 2 year old Joc Quint on Bailey, son of Mrs Quinton Bailey, was fatally struck by a vehicle in downtown. His father, an Army Air Forces officer, was killed when shot down over Germany in October 1944.
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Haskell
Joc Quinton Bailey
Quinton Bailey
Avio
Army Air Forces
Germany
Edison Heralds Sign in Freezing Wind on Broadway
New York on December 3 witnessed the peculiar dedication of an electric sign that cannot be lit due to a coal stoppage. Former Governor Charles Edison of New Jersey braved a 45 mile wind atop a Broadway girder as Miss Norma Kohane, a model, shattered a champagne bottle in the numb air at 18 degrees.
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New York
Nts
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Edison
Norma Kohane
PTA Renews Lunch Aid Plea In San Antonio
The San Antonio Council of Parents and Teachers reports no reply from the San Antonio dependent School board about federal state lunch aid. Council president Mrs. P. J. Wes kaemper warns she will telephone to demand a meeting. Paul Adams, school board president, says a meeting will occur after urgent matters are addressed.
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San Antonio
Suit Against Actor Henry Fonda Dismissed
A paternity suit against actor Henry Fonda brought by Barbara Thompson of Long Beach, California, was dismissed. Thompson had claimed in July 1943 that Fonda was the father of her daughter Sharon, then a month old. Fonda denied the claim.
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Los Angeles
Henry Fonda
Barbara Thompson
Long Beach
Calif
Valley Civil War Over Excess Truck Loads in Rio Grande
Edinburg reports a campaign against road limit violations in the Rio Grande valley has led to numerous charges. H Y Gibson Harlingen license and weight inspector for the state department of public safety says trucks registered for 3000 pounds carry 10000 to 12000 pounds of citrus and rock crops.
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Edinburg
Uf —A& Tampaign
Rio Grande Valley
H. ‘Y. Gibson
Harlingen
State Department of Public Safety
Gibson
Three Miners Join Army at Clarksburg
Three Shinnston coal miners signed up for regular army hitches in Clarksburg as they said coal strikes and a bituminous mine shutdown pushed them to enlist. Capt J A Dries noted Harald Lester Gregory Kenneth B Gregory and Edward Gregory are brothers and a cousin, all former marines who served overseas in World War I.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Shinnston
J. A. Dries
Army Recruiting
Bitumines Eal
Armed Services
Dries
Heny
Harald Lester Gregory
Kenneth B. Gregory
Kdward Gregory
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