Wisconsin imposes D-Day style coal rationing
Wisconsin orders emergency coal controls to prevent hardship amid an extremely critical shortage. Deliveries to customers with more than 10 days of supply are banned and a 10 day cap applies to all residential, commercial, and industrial users. Governor Rennebohm and Agriculture Director McDowell form an advisory panel and require Suppliers to report current stocks and shipments.
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Madison-N
Wisconsin
Thal
State Agriculture Department
Oscar Rennebohm
Donald McDowell
McDowell
Deasers
Oscar A. King
Wisconsin Coal Dealers Association
Kenosha
Fox River Valley
Rhinelander
Antigo
Merrill
Mauston
Racine
Janesville
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Watertown
Madison
Lake Michigan
Willam Ehmann
Wisconsin Coal Bureau
Cary Industry
Cirl
King, Ehmann
George Steinmetz
State Public Service Commission
Leonard Howell
Arthur McLeod
Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers
March Weather Brings Cold Wave and Ice Jam Rescue
Arctic air sweeps south across the U S with frost, wind, and snow warnings from the Great Lakes to Ohio and New York. In Westport Missouri fifty families face isolation after an ice jam traps Cowsegan Narrows, cutting supplies as a four inch ice block disables the island cable ferry.
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Wiscongin
Thompson
U. S
Canada
Cowsegan Narrows
Hospital physician testimony in mercy murder case
Dr Alfred Snay testified Mrs Abbie Borroto died of cancer before air was injected. The Hillsborough Hospital staff statement dated Dec 31 1949 described no pulse cold skin and no corneal reflex. Snay said no heart sound and he and Dr Sander decided there was nothing more to do.
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Manchester
N. H
Abbie C. Borroto
Hermann N. Sander
Albert Sway
Hillsborough County Hospital
Sander
Snay
Dr. Sander
Port Wine man fined for drunken disorderly conduct
Joseph Port wine, 33, of 320 Windsor Jr., was fined $1 and costs in municipal court after pleading guilty to being drunk and disorderly. He was arrested yesterday at 9 30 p m in a local tavern for intoxication and abusive language. Judge Scott Uowry imposed the fine. Irwin Landers had a non support charge dismissed on the district attorney’s recommendation.
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Joseph Portwine
Windsor Jr
Portwine
Scott Uowry
Irwin Landers
Dist
David Dancey
Landers
Dancey
Tax Payments Top Last Year in Waukesha
City Treasurer Sam Schafer reports 89 percent of taxpayers paid taxes by the deadline, up two percent from last year. Total payments reached 1,336,802 dollars with overall tax income of 1,492,354 dollars. Payments may continue at city hall until March 15 before transfers to the county treasurer. interest accrues for late partial payments.
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Waukesha
Sam Schafer
Schafer
Red Cross Opens Drive Across Nation
President Truman opened the 1950 Red Cross drive urging Americans to answer a great humanitarian appeal for distressed neighbors. He spoke during a coast-to-coast broadcast signaling the campaign to raise $6,700,000 for the agency.
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RED Cross
Washington -Lr
Truman
Strike Hits Americas Largest Airline Amid Wage Fight
A nationwide strike by 4,600 CIO Transport Workers Union maintenance workers began at 7:30 am, with pickets at LaGuardia and other major hubs. The union demanded a 20 cent hourly raise as talks stalled after last year’s contract expired. American Airlines planned to operate with planes in good condition while unions across 34 cities targeted multiple flights. The carrier serves 49 four engine and 75 twin engine aircraft, with maintenance centered in Tulsa and major terminals in Newark Philadelphia Boston Detroit and more.
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NEW York-P-American Airlines
CIO Transport Workers Union
la Guardia Field
Co. R. Smith
American
New York
LaGuardia Field
Midtown Airlines
Chicago
Tulsa
Okla
TWU
Newark
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Nashville
Memphis
Fort Worth
Dallas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Clemency Plea Denied in Fuchs Case in British Court
London reports Dr Klaus Fuchs Britain's top atomic scientist pleaded guilty to betraying Anglo American A bomb secrets to Soviet agents. He received the maximum 14 year term after confessing to four counts of passing information in the United States and Britain between 1942 and 1949. The judge condemned the betrayal of asylum and national hospitality while noting Fuchs had provided information to the government. Fuchs helped in the development of the bomb at New York Los Alamos and Oak Ridge and may have shared hydrogen bomb data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
Russia
United States
England
Fuchs
Hardy Shawcross
Derek Curtis-Bennett
Lord Goddard
U.S.A
Goddard
New York
Los Alamos
N. M
Oak Ridge
New Jersey Seizes Phone System to Avert Strike
Gov Alfred E Driscoll seized New Jersey Bell Telephone facilities at 10 am to prevent a strike by 12000 operators under the anti strike law. Negotiations with CIO division 55 collapsed. An administrator and three arbitrators will be appointed to run and settle the wage dispute. The union seeks a 7 weekly raise and other benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton-P-Gov
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey Bell Telephone
CST
Division 55
Communication Workers of America
CIO
Driscoll
Henry Mayer
CWA
New Jersey
County Board Session Set for March 7 at Courthouse
The Waukesha County Board of Supervisors will hold a regular session March 7 at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse. County Clerk Richard L. Sylvester reports the meeting will cover necessary business and close the 104th board meeting.
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Country Board of Supervisors
Richard L. Sylvester
Waukesha
Welsh St David's Day observance draws Waukesha crowd
Over 20 Welsh residents from Waukesha county gathered at the First Evangelical and Reformed church for a St David's Day program. Prof. William Guthrie led Welsh tunes like Cwm Rhondda and Hudderfield, with prayers by Dr Daniel J. Williams and remarks by Rev G Aubrey Young. Attendees included Miss Anna May Williams and Miss Jennie Roberts. cities represented included Madison Milwaukee Fort Atkinson and Milwaukee.
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Hen Wlad Fynhadau
William Guthrie
Carroll College
St. David's Society
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
R. Tom Jones
Stanley Boyd
William Freehoff
Thomas J. Davies
Edward Thomas
Wales
R. Morris Stealey
E. L. Thomas
W. Howard Price
Humphry Williams
Freeman
Waukesha County
David
St. David's
D. L. Williams
Wern Farms
Cwm Rhondda
Hudderfield
Valley of
Rhondda
Aberystwyth
Jesus
Tony Botel
First Presbyterian Church
St. David
Daniel J. Williams
Ralph
Thomas
Guthrie
Hooper Ratings Sold to Nielsen in Viable Move
A C Nielsen co. buys Hooper Ratings from C E Hopper ending his 15 year national service. Hopper will focus on local ratings in the New York City area after the sale. Telephony surveys will continue to support local market services.
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New York
C. E. Hopper
Hooper
A. C. Nielsen, Co
New York City
County Names Census Crew Leaders Across County and City
Gordon Brewer announces four county crew leaders and one city crew leader for the census operation. Vernon C. Voght of 727 E Norin St is named to an Madison administrative post. Vogt, a Wisconsin student, was opponent of Alvin Redford in the 1948 assembly race. Harry J. Welch of 319 E Main St is named city crew leader. County appointees include Ralph W. Arnold Menomonee Falls John T. Conery Dousman Thomas Maliche Waukesha Ralph Rohloff Nashotah.
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Gordon Brewer
Brewer
Waukesha
Vernon C. Voght
E. Norinst
Madison
Vogt
University of Wisconsin
Alvin Redford
Waukesha County
Harry J. Welch
Third Candidate Joins Second Ward Council Race
Joseph Merten of 1037 White Rock Ave becomes the second challenger to Ald. Lawrence Werner in the Second Ward. Cecil A. Bridges of 400 E. Main St also enters the contest while Werner seeks a ninth year in office. Ald. Theodore Nigbor of the Third Ward plans re election after two terms as sanitation chair.
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Joseph Merten
Lawrence Werner
White Rock Ave
Werner
Cecil A. Bridges
E. Main St
Merten
Alloy Products Co
Ald
Theodore Nigbor
Nigbor
Greenfield Ave
Phone Co Denies Patrons Charges in PSC Hearing
In Madison yesterday the state public service commission heard testimony denying negligence by Prospect Guthrie and Big Bend Telephone Co. about 357 subscribers accused of poor service. At a Feb 1 hearing about 200 Big Bend area residents voiced complaints at the Waukesha county courthouse.
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Madison
State Public Service Commission
Guthrie and Big Bend Telephone Co
Big Bend
PSC
Waukesha County
A. O. Sanders
Wisconsin Bell Telephone
Sanders
Bell Telephone
Hales Corners
minister and four others slain in Cairo ax attack
In Cairo, a Black minister Jim Turner 76 and his three children Jimmie Lou 10 J. P. 8 Bobbie Joe 4 and neighbor John H. Arline 50 were fatally attacked with an axe razor and ice pick. Turner's wife was jailed awaiting coroner verdict with deputy H L Lunsford reporting she resisted arrest and later calmed.
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Cairo
Galli
Jim Turner
Missionary Baptist
Jimmie Lou
J. P
Bobbie Joe
Turner
John H. Arline
Lunsford
Weather Story and Attack Report in Booker Hill
The item describes a crime: Mrs Turner reports an assault on her husband early morning while she awakened to a struggle. She fled four blocks to seek help and later aided deputies. The weather section notes Wisconsin’s forecast with partly cloudy, windy, cold conditions and subzero lows. Temperature details and hourly readings are listed.
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Mitch
Oklahoma City
Milwaukee
Howard Thompson
Mowill
Tomorow
Wisconsin
Nineth
Thomson
Waukesha
Booker Hill Negro
Santis
Sheriff's
Regulus
Mer
Tow
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Ruth Theine
Barbara Imig
Hartwell Ave
Russ
U.S
Judge i
Grady County
H. L. Lunsford
Mrs. Turner
Wauresha
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