Reds Seize Mosinee In Mock May Day Insurrection
In a staged uprising at Mosinee 2,200 residents faced a mock Soviet takeover. Police Chief Daryl Gewiss was "executed" at headquarters while Mayor Kronenwetter and civic leaders were briefly detained in a barbed wire enclosure as armed teams flooded streets and raised the Red banner.
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Daryl Gewiss
Reds
Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
United States
Mosinee
Daily
American Legion
Ralph E. Kronen
Joseph Jack Ko
Kronenwetter
Gewiss
Atomic U Boat Funds Approved For Naval Modernization
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a 395 million modernization program to begin building an atomic powered submarine at a 10 million dollar nuclear craft cost. Admiral Sherman said completion in three years is hoped, with four experimental underwater craft planned and missiles ready for ship installation. The package also contemplates converting a heavy cruiser into a guided missile launcher at about 40 million dollars, totaling 112 new vessels.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Sherman
Chrysler Strike Nears End As Pensions Offered
Verbal agreement on key points to end the Chrysler strike nears completion after 97 days. Chrysler GM Herman L. Wreckler cites language fixes. UAW chief Walter Reuther warns there are unresolved issues and hints a contract will include $100 monthly pensions and hospital medical coverage for about 89,000 workers.
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Detroit
U.P
Chrysler
Herman L. Wreckler
Wreckler
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Weckler
City Checks Petitions For Election And Franchises
City Clerk says two initiative petitions for a popular vote on fair employment practices and public housing are under sufficiency review. Signatures must reach 458 to meet the 15 percent threshold from the last mayoral vote. After 10 days, status is reported to the mayor and council, then a vote or ordinance action follows within 25 days.
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Carl Hitt
Hitt
Sweetwater Water Co
Arizona Corporation Commission
service @ large
Tucson Mountainer
Kaibab Forest Plans Major Virgin Timber Cut
The U S Forest Service will issue a 23 mile access road contract by July end and a stumpage contract for logging in the Kaibab north forest. Logging and road work start in August with an expected 25 to 30 percent of local labor. The virgin stand on Buckskin mountain near Pipe Springs will yield about 27 million board feet yearly on a sustained basis.
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Fredonia
Kaibab Forest
Forest Service
Grand Canyon
Pipe Springs Rational Monument
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
D. H. Whittenburg
Utah State Road Commission
National Park Service
T. Keith Udall
Associated Communities
Arizona Strip
Great North Kaibab Forest
Ryan Ranger Station
Buckskin Mountain
Tucson Weather Buoys Baseball Tilt Prospects
Spring weather favors Tucson with sunny skies and warm highs around 87 degrees as other cities face rain and cold. The lone American League game Philadelphia at Boston was postponed by rain while the National League matchup Brooklyn versus St. Louis proceeds tonight.
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Mid-West
Cleveland
Tucson
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Freddie Herman vs Oscar Price nontitle bout at San Agustin arena
In Los Angeles Freddie Babe Herman weighs 141 pounds, six pounds over the light weight limit, while opponent Oscar Price of Fresno weighs 131 at the San Agustin arena. Also reports: U S Supreme Court declines Georgia voting education test case. Freda Utley accuses Owen Lattimore of following the Communist line. South Pacific musical and The Way West win Pulitzer prizes.
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San Agustin Arena
Freddie
Babe) Herman
Los Angeles
Oscar Price
Fresno
Herman
Price
County Refuses Water Franchise Across Public Highways
The Pima county board of supervisors denied the Sweetwater Drive Water Co a franchise to cross county roads in the Tucson mountains area. The hearing drew large crowds including residents supporters and city officials. The board noted action on North Stone avenue widening and set May 22 for bids and appraiser reports while several road and railroad matters were addressed.
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Sweetwater Drive Water Co
Tucson Mountains
Pima County Board of Supervisors
City of
Tucson
North Stone Avenue
County
Bruce Ellis
Corporation Commission
Ellis
Civil Aeros
Atlautics Administration
Torney Arthur Henderson
Bulding
Ajo
Vista del Pueblo Water Co
East Fifth Street
Columbus Boulevard
Wilmot Road
Dodge Boulevard
Camino Principal
Huron Street
Riverside Drive
Craycroft Road
Gilpin Airport
Berlin Sees Massive May Day Demonstrations Calmly Managed
Berlin faces rival May Day marches as half million East Berliners and 750000 West Berliners converge near the Brandenburg Gate. Police on both sides maintain order amid scattered stones and minor clashes, with Allied troops and reconnaissance aircraft watching from the borders.
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Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Linden
Hitler
Russia
Stalin Leads Moscow May Day Parade Review
Generalissimo Stalin reviewed the May Day parade from Lenin's tomb as over a million marchers filled Red Square. General S. M. Shtemenko announced readiness to resist aggressors while Vassily Stalin led the air armada with four engined bombers and jet planes overhead.
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Stalin
Moscow
Red Square
Lenin
Generalissimo
Kremlin
S. M. Shtemenko
Army General Staff
Shtemenko
Lost Boy Ralph Ballinger Found After Night in Theater
In Corning New York on May 1 11 year old Ralph Ballinger disappeared after dinner. Police and searchers traced him to the Palace theater where attendants stopped him after he slept behind the screen for a week and watched shows from the stage aisle.
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Corning
N.Y
Ralph Ballinger
Robbert Ballinger
Palace Theater
Ralph
Telephone firms oppose anti gambling bill policing calls
United States Independent Telephone Association executive vice president Clyde S Bailey tells a Senate Commerce subcommittee that a broad anti gambling bill would force telephone companies to police gamblers and bookmakers. He warns the measure would turn telcos into police agencies and notes daily toll and local call volumes.
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Washington
Clyde S. Bailey
United States Independent Telephone Association
S. Whitney Landon
American Telephone & Telegraph’ Co
McFarland
D-Ariz
Bailey
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Owen
Parley
Stassen
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Herman W. Steinkraus
United Nations
Ihs
China
Golage
New York Building Service
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AFL
CIO Communications
New York City
John J. Barrett
Roxbury
Mass
Seaman
Jacob Wasserman
Sixth Avenue
William Codd
Samuel T. Adams
Forrest Priser
J. O. Niemann
Shriver Equipment Co
Don J. Hays
Udall Presiden
Gemin
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Freda Utley
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
New York
South Pacific
A. B. Guthrie Jr
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Thomas J. Biott
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