Avert Phone Tieup Mediation Sought to Halt Rail Strike
A nationwide telephone tieup was averted as mediation sought to head off a looming rail strike. President Truman planned an emergency board to avert shut downs, with negotiations centered on Western Electric and NFTW locals. The move aimed to prevent service disruptions across major cities and avert a 30 day stoppage threshold.
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Truman
Navenel Beleranon
American Tide
Iioh Co
T! Vets
Edgar L. Warren
Aut Phyladelphia Oe
Piltshiiga Alrady
Roard
White Horse Sinnernerd
8000 Wisconsin Phone Workers Back at Work
About 8 000 Wisconsin telephone workers returned to their jobs after an eight hour agreement halted a nationwide strike threat. Ray F. Deyew, executive secretary of the Wisconsin telephone guild, said strike headquarters were active before dawn as workers reported to exchanges. Company incentives indicated no stoppages across Wisconsin exchanges. Nationwide settlement terms would be presented for ratification at regular union meetings, including a $5 weekly starting pay increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinel
Warren
Western Electric Co
Nooa
Nuhomobue
Atriké-Hound Doeks Body Co
Levanon
Ind
Philadelphea
Formiula
Dupito
American Telephone & Tyulegraph Co
NFTW
Joseph Reise
Kearny
WN Og
Focus
Southwestern Bell System
Beene Iad &Atdttant
Etl Ol
Hulwal
Etsay
MNO Wracenain
Wmke Ray F. Deyew
Telephone Guild of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Maas
Dryer
Dever
Outstanding JCC Will Be Given New Trophy
A member of the Waukesha Junior Chamber of Commerce announced that a traveling trophy will be presented annually called the Nedderson-Aplin sword in honor of Gordon Nedderson and Robert Aplin two members killed in action during the war. The winner will be named at the June annual meeting. The group will also continue its other annual awards to two additional outstanding men. Previous awardees were James Laur, A. D. Wolfs, and Edmund C. Poedorn.
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Waukesha
James Laur
A.D. Wolfs
Edmund C. Poedorn
Rev Ralph Ley to Speak at Lenten Service
The Rev Ralph Ley of the First Economical and Reformed Church will address Friday Noon-Day Lenten services at the Park Theater. The meditation theme is For This Cause, with services planned to conclude by 12 50.
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Ralph Ley
Sey
Park Theater
Asa
Children Given the Wrong Drug at Sparta Public School
An influenza outbreak at the Sparta state public school in Madison Wisconsin saw children given phenobarbital tablets mistaken for aspirin. Twelve seriously ill and two deaths prompted a three way inquiry by the university welfare and health departments.
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Madison
Wis
Uru
Sparta
State Welfare Department
University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Carp McCoy
Welfare Department
University
State Health Department
Spartan School
Spiderac
University School of Pharmacy
Hugh H. Williams
Camp McCoy
Williams
Station Hospital
FPHA Projects Not to Become Blighted Areas
Waukesha Kiwanis luncheon panel discusses housing sitation led by Mayor George Coutts and Joan Love. Coutts asserts federal housing projects will be cleared within two years after emergency end, cites progress on Matos Terrace, notes veterans need homes, and highlights Home Building Functions of the Homes for Waukesha Inc. efforts to build affordable, scattersite houses.
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Waukesha
George Coutts
Kiwanis Club
Coutts
L. F. Thurwachter
Joan Love
Association of Commerce
Wisconsin
Waulke Isha
Waulkesha
Love
Weu- Kesha, Inc
Kiwanians
Washington
Madison
Thurwaechter
Income Tax Jitters Near March 15 Deadline In Area
With the March 15 income tax deadline imminent, local IRS counselors at the post office assist taxpayers on filing and refunds. Daily cases exceed 200 as anticipation builds for a late rush next week. officials outline exemptions for dependents and filing options using withholding receipts or 1040 forms.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Menomonee Falls
John H. Holland
Waukesha
Holland i3
Dean Swift
Joseph Howard
Waukesha City
Holland
Tassell Named Bank President in Waukesha National Bank
Rialto A Tassell 57 elected president to succeed the late Walter R Frame by a nine member board that promoted him from executive vice president Elmer M Jungmann named to succeed Tassell as executive vice president W A Kumpferow promoted to cashier Tassell associated with the bank since 1933 and formerly owner operator of the Enterprise department store from 1927 to 1946 The bank notes its 93 year history with four prior presidents and deposits now vastly higher than 90 years ago
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Rialto A. Tassell
Waukesha National Bank
Walter R. Frame
Tassell
Elmer M. Jungmann
W. A. Kumpferow
Junemann
Enterprise
EH. J. Kamps
Tasneil
William Blair
Waukesha
Florida
Tassell and
Juymnemant
H. E. Blair
B. C. Bugbee
J. E. DeLong
EB. W. Hardy
L. F. Th
Blue Mound Road Gets Major Upgrade Contract
Wisconsin awards a 4.3 mile heavy resurfacing project on Blue Mounds road in Waukesha County east of Goethe's Corners to Payne and Dolan of Wisconsin. Gov. Walter Goodland approves the postwar trunk highway contract. The work improves drainage and shoulders on Highway 18 19 30, the busiest stretch outside Milwaukee County.
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Blue Mounds
Waukesha County
Goethe's Corners
Madison
Walter
Goodland
Payne and Dolan of
Wisconsin, Inc
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Goerke
Weather Forecast for Wisconsin Mixed Clouds and Snow Likely
Partly cloudy tonight with light snow in the extreme south period. Friday fair and colder. Midnight temperature around 32, with highs near 80 yesterday and 81 the prior day, low near 41. Local hourly readings show variable values around 45 to 43.
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Wisconsin
Priday Fair
Anes
Oil Man Pauley Defends Navy Nomination in Senate Hearing
In Washington Edwin W. Pauley urged the Navy Department to disregard the claim oil men cannot hold high office. He disputed Harold Ickes’s testimony, denied campaign-contribution offers, and pressed to clear questions over alleged fundraising tactics while Ickes demanded originals of disputed memoranda. Pauley promised testimony Friday as the committee pressed the probe.
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Washington
w.Fi — Edwin
W. Pauley
Navy Department
Secretary of
Interior
Harold L Ickes
Senate
Pauley
Navy
Hd Pauley
Ickes
Calfornia
Democratic Party
Sen. Mullard E. Tydings
D. Md
Iskes
Harold J. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Edwin Pauley
Acme
Spy Ring Sought U S Atomic Secrets Between New York and Oak Ridge
Washington report says a foreign spy ring, likely Russian, operated between New York and Oak Ridge Tenn, with possible American involvement. Wood cautioned on national secrecy and potential hearings. Justice Dept urged stiffer laws to punish atomic espionage and protect bomb secrets.
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Washington
John S. Wood
American Activities Committee
New York
Oak Ridge
Wood
Russia
Canada
Tenn
Hanford
Wash
Nagasaki
Japan
James ¥. Byrnes
U. S
Justice Department
Senate Atomic Committee
Failed to Report an Accident Fined 50
Melvin R. Hermanson of Columbus Wis milk hauler was fined 60 and coats Thursday by Judge Alvin J Brendemuehl in Oconomowoc Western District Municipal Court for crashing a truck into a parked car Feb 25 causing about 200 dollars in damage He failed to report the accident and was later arrested in Watertown after police traced the truck from debris at the scene He pleaded guilty In a separate municipal case Judge Scott Lowry set bail at 50 for Marvin Martin 33 of 233 E Broadway on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges with the case continued to Friday
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Intrun
Alvin J. Brendemuehl
Western District Municipal Court
Oconomowoc
Melvifit R. Hermanson
Columbus
Wis
Watertown
Scott Lowry
Marvin Martin
EH. Broadway
Druns
Wisdom of Churchill's Address Raises Mixed Reactions
Congressional leaders questioned Churchill's bold attack on Russian policy fearing it may undermine trust among major powers. Some worry his Anglo American alliance proposal could give Russia a reason to court buffer states. They support firm action against the Soviet ally and hope Britain acts likewise, though the speech on American soil under President Truman drew critique. Moscow dispatches said the Soviet press ignored the Fulton address.
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Winston Churchill
Russia
Britain
Truman
Virginia
Richmond
Washington
New York
Churchill
Moscow
Fulton, Mo
MacArthur Relieved of Blame in Far East Authority
The State Department clarified that General MacArthur bears no responsibility for actions of Russian commanders in Manchuria or British commanders in Indonesia. The exact reach of his authority in the Far East remains unclear, though his power in Japan is noted.
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Wen
Wqubias MacArthur
Manchuria
Indonesia
State Department
James ¥. Byrnes
MacArthur
Far East
Japan
Protest over Japan warship Yorkuzi sailing from Sydney
A wave of Australian protests followed news the government would not recall the Japanese vessel Yorkuzi bound for Formosa with nearly 1,200 refugees and crew. Critics demand a parliamentary censure, citing overcrowding, water shortages, and lack of medical care aboard the disarmed ship.
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Canberra
UAY
Australia
Sydney
Formoga
Douglas’ MacArthur
Reading
Thay
Philippines
Wetherlands East Indies
Fingehhaten
New Guinnea
Salvation Army Seeks Room for Ex Veterans in Waukesha
Salvation Army and local groups seek a monthly room for transient veterans unable to find housing. The program, supported by the rehabilitation committee, Red Cross, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, has housed 23 veterans recently. The effort aims to prevent gaps while veterans seek jobs and permanent shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Army
Waukesha
Waukesha County
Flora Weber
Ceiling Prices on New Homes Authorized In House Vote
The House passed a version of the Patman housing bill authorizing price ceilings on new homes and other measures to speed construction. The vote was 857 to 204 with administration forces backing the bill and opponents, including Republicans and Southern Democrats, fighting steps like subsidies and ceilings on existing homes. The measure would stay in effect until June 30, 1947, and expand authority to control scarce materials and insure mortgages, with Senate revisions anticipated.
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Washington
U.K
Bhousé
Patman
Tessie Surner
Banking Committee
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
Senate
House
Wright Patman
Tex
Byrnes
Smith
Wisconsin
Taft Opposing Loan Questions War Uses
Senator Taft questioned the proposed 43.75 billion British loan and whether Britain may use funds to rebuild armed forces worldwide. Secretary Clayton testified Britain could use money for military purposes abroad and within the United Kingdom, but may not exhaust all funds.
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Sen
Roverta
Taft
O. Fuge
Great Britain
William L. Clayton
Senate Banking Committee
Britain
United Kingdom
Clayton
Yale Professor Slams St Lawrence Treaty
Yale law professor Edwin Borchard urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the proposed St Lawrence seaway agreement is unconstitutional. He warned that using executive agreement with congressional approval erodes the treaty versus executive agreement distinction and makes the House a mandatory treaty partner.
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Yale Law
St. Lawe ‘Rencé Seaway
Edwin Borchard
Senate Foreign Relations
Congress
House of Representatives
Appleton Man Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Gilbert Louis Krieck aged 36 died at his father W. H. Krieck's Appleton home from an apparent heart attack. He was associated with Karleek Furriers in Appleton.
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Appleton, Wis
Gilbert Louis Krieck
W. H.krieck
Appleton
Karleek Furriers
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