Senate votes to regulate welfare funds of unions
The Senate approved 48 to 40 an amendment to the labor bill to regulate union welfare funds. The move echoed John L. Lewis demands for a 10 cent a ton coal royalty to fund United Mine Workers welfare programs. Sen Robert A. Taft led the opponent side, urging legal restrictions to prevent funds from becoming war chests for labor leaders and calling for congressional study of such funds.
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Senate Today
Senate
John Ll. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert A Taft R
Taft
Congress
President
House Republian
Repuair
Stefan R Neb
House
Small Business Committee
Mississippi River
C Inmersoll Jr
Inland Waterways Corp
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Charles C Rohrer
North Manchester
War Department
Margaret Truman to Debut in Pittsburgh May 20
Margaret Truman daughter of the president will make her national concert debut in Pittsburgh May 20 at Sia Mosque according to Beegle Concerts manager Tom Beegle He said Miss Truman signed her contract and that the Pittsburgh appearance starts a national tour The 23 year old is the first presidential child to pursue a professional career and recently made her national radio debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with mixed critical reaction to her soprano tone.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Truman
Wil
Tom Beegle
Beegle Concerts
Beegle
Miss Trumans
Sia
Miss Truman
United States
Detroi, Symphony Orchestra
Legion Post to Meet Monday and Tuesday
The DJ Martin Post No 8 American Legion postpones its regular meeting from Monday May 12 to Tuesday May 13 at 7 pm to join the joint county Camp American Legion night at the Nightingale ballroom Hy 74 at Tom. A Camp American Legion movie and a Fibber McGee and Molly radio program will precede a short business meeting to elect new county officers. Delegates and alternates for the district conference in Waukesha May 18 and the state convention in Appleton July 19-21 will be elected.
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Martin Post
Waukesha
Appleton
Truman Sees Peace Ahead on V E Day Anniversary
President Truman marked his 63rd birthday by predicting lasting world peace through the United Nations. He praised UN prospects, discussed plans for universal military training, inflation control, and continued Vatican mission, reflecting on the war’s end and reconversion challenges.
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Washington
Truman
Germany
United Nations
Truynan
Congres
Vatican
Myon CG Taylor
Southern Baptist Convention
St Louis
Ium
White House
Japan
San Francisco
Potsdam
Building Slump Continues Here
Building activity remains strong for homes but commercial projects fall. BR L Jones reports April permits totalled 107200 with home building around 70000 and commercial at 19800 amid labor and material shortages plus a carpenters strike. Four month permits reach 279460.
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Bulding
BR ‘L Jones
Pewaukeean Fined $50 on a Driving Charge
Edward J Caine 51 of Pewaukee route 1 pleaded guilty to drunken driving in municipal court and was fined 50 with costs. Judge Scott Lowry revoked his license for one year after the incident on Highway 30 four miles northwest of Waukesha. No injuries were reported in the crash involving Roy Southcott 52 of Oconomance route 4 and Ben Reisch 56 of Waukesha route 4, who received minor injuries and were treated for cuts and bruises.
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Edward J Caine
Pewaukee
Scott Lowry
Waukesha
Caine
Roy Southcott
Oconomance
Ben Reisch
Highway 19
Goerkes Corner
Shore Patrol Begins Search for 2 Bodies
Coast Guard equipment and men from the Racine auxiliary shore patrol aided in dragging operations on Upper Wemahbin lake for the bodies of two Milwaukee youths who drowned Sunday. The search targeted Earl Grimmer and Dan Pachmann, both 20, in about 60 feet of water. four days after their motorboat capsized. Friends and relatives assisted local authorities in the effort.
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Coast Guard
Racine Auxilary
Wemahbin Lake
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
Waukesha County
Earl Grimmer
Dan Pachmann
May's Son Testifies in War Fraud Trial
Washington witnesses recount two $1000 checks cashed by former Rep Andrew J May on Oct 13, 1944, as the government traces payments tied to the Garsson empire. Robert May testifies regarding endorsements and alleged influence peddling linked to war contracts.
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Washington
WUP
Andrew J May
D. Ky
Robert VW May
House
Garsson
Henry Garsson
Murray Garssons
Joseph Freeman
Young May
May
E D Feldman
Calfornia Chemical
Albert H Freeman
Immunization Clinic in Merton for Young Children
Immunization for protection against smallpox and diphtheria will be available to all school and preschool children over nine months old. The clinic will take place Friday at 9 15 am at the North Lake State Graded School in Merton.
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Merton
North Lake
Waukesha Board Sees Adequate Pay But Inadequate Facilities
Waukesha school board reports teachers are paid adequately to attract talent, but building facilities are deficient. Superintendent R F Lewis notes high enrollments strain small rooms and outlines steps to secure better schools. He urges business leaders to study duties teachers shoulder and support higher salaries and improved social life for staff.
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Waukesha
R F Lewis
Association of Commerce
Lewis
Wisconsin
Harade
Orchestra to Present Friday Concert at High School
Forty students of the junior and senior high will perform at the high school auditorium Friday at 8 pm in the annual orchestra concert directed by Walter Fandrich. The program opens with Dittersdorf Symphony in F and Tschaikowsky Andante Cantabile, then intermission followed by Chanson Triste and Schubert selections, and concludes with Johnson Symphonie Miniature, Dolly Dancer by Poldim, and Prokofieff Gavotte arranged for the group.
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Gemiar
Walter Fandrich
Dittersdorf
Tschaikowsky
Johnson Dolly Dancer
Poldim
Prokofieff
Fandrich
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Turns Cold With Frost Threat
A Wisconsin forecast warns of arid unseasonably cold conditions tonight with killing frost and freezing temperatures. Friday will be sunny but not as cool in the west. Minimum temperatures tonight around 40s, with yesterday’s high 49 and low 32. year ago high 66 low 34.
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Wisconsin
Lair
West Porblon
Hunt for Georgia Weckler Shifts to Green Bay Area
Sheriff Perry asked authorities in northeastern Wisconsin to hunt for an elderly man driving a steel grey car with a dented rear fender, linked to the disappearance of eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler. A tavern patron reported a nervous elderly man and a crying girl near Larrabee, prompting a search toward Green Bay and Duck Creek area.
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FT Atkinson
Wis
George Perry
Wisconsin
Georgia Jean Weckler
Green Bay
Here
Perry
John Worachek
Larrabee
Manitowec Wis
Worachek
Peshtigo
Duck Creek
Manitowoc County
Arthur Truttschell
Truttschell
Gil
Senate Overrules Rennebohm Veto On Work Hours Bill
The Wisconsin Senate voted 20 to 10 to override Governor Rennebohm’s veto of a bill capping felons’ working hours in second and third class properties at 72 hours per week. The veto, the first of the 1947 session, now faces Assembly action. The measure, pushed by the Wisconsin Association of Firefighters and Wisconsin Paid Firemen, drew charges of external pressure to veto.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Actinng
Oscar Rennebohms
Rennebohm
Flemen
Assembly
Edward Hilker
Racine
Wisconsin Association of Firefighters
Wisconsin
Hiller
Senate
Senato
Bubolz
Buchen
Bushy
Dempsey
Downing
Gettélman Heden
Hilker
Krueger
LaFond
Laird
Leveisch
Panzer
Schlabach
Risser
Gawronski
Lytle
Reuther
Tehan
Zablocki
Votming
Ferlenz
Eupke
Knowles
Lenroot
McBride Madsen
Olson
Robinson
Shearer
Faces Electric Chair 2nd Time
The U S Supreme Court rejected last minute appeals to halt Wilde Francis's second Louisiana death sentence for murder. Chief Justice Vinson noted refusals of Wright and DeBlanc, with dissents from two justices. Francis faces execution tomorrow, after a prior botched attempt drew criticisms of officials.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Wile Francis
Louisiana
Willie
Fred M Vinson
Sas
Cour
Wilde
Bertrand DeBlanc
J Skelly Wright
Vinson
Wright
DeBlanc
Frost Tonight and Cold Weather Nears
The region faces freezing temperatures with a light frost in parts of the state. The weatherman forecasts sunnier and milder weather Friday in the western areas, while early morning frost impacts crops only slightly per county agent data. Local reports show heavy frost in the county and subfreezing lows overnight, with 20 to 36 degrees observed and small temperature swings during the day.
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Waukesia
J F Thomas
Water Department
Wyam
Quality Laundry to Serve Southern Waukesha County May Start
Quality Service Laundry and Dry Cleaners at 215 N Grand Ave announces service to a large portion of southern Waukesha County starting around May 15. J O Dawley, manager, states communities including Big Bend Muskego Prospect Vernon Mukwonago Dousman Genesee Genesee Depot North Prairie Wales Pewaukee and nearby territory will be covered.
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Grand Ave
Waukesha County
J O Dawley
Big Bend
Muskego Prospect
Vernon
Mukwonago
Dousman
Genesee Genesee Depot
Fptatie
Wales
Pewaukee Iske
Talking Cows And Crow Talk Stirs Rural County
A Washington report claims cows can imitate human speech with coaching, while Dr Alfred Otto Gross touts crow training methods. He cites crows learning words like mama and hello and even laughter, but notes a grim toll from crow control, with tens of thousands killed near Dempsey Oklahoma and Rockford Illinois in 1937.
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Dairman
Washington
Alfred Otto Gross
Smithsonian Institution
North America
Dudo
Grosg
Guioss
Dempsey
Oklo
Rockford
Ill
Lawn Mower Price War In Waukesh a Hardware Stores
Two downtown hardware shops in Waukesha engage in a price war over lawn mowers. Beginning at 2950, one store cut to 296, then 2596, then 2295, with the rival matching or undercutting. The latest markdown advertises 2395, about a dollar above cost, reviving a flashback to last year when mowers were not discounted.
Okauchee Hotel Owner Divorced in Circuit Court
Selmar B Stadelman 50 owner of the Old Mill hotel, restaurant and tavern in Okauchee was divorced yesterday by his wife Ann 38 in circuit court. In lieu of alimony he pays a cash settlement of 7000 plus other considerations. He retains ownership of the Old Mill. Mrs Stadelman charged cruelty and mental abuse. they were married three years, no children.
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Selmar
Stadelman
Old Mill
Okauchee
Ann
Detroit
Frieda Foote
Frank
Allen D Young
al Smith Corp
Flrst
Wisconsin National Bank
Foote
Virgina Ferrick
Mainst
Donald
Ferrick
Fenrick
Waukesha
Marceline Bender
Milwaukee
Robert
Teen thief steals stage costumes from Union High storage
A 17 year old boy at Waukesha High admitted stealing over 250 in theater costumes to aid local productions. Police traced items to his basement dressing room after he claimed they were taken from Union School attic storeroom during spring break. He admitted handling about 60 items to bolster his Broadway dreams.
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Waukesha High School
Union School
Carroll College
Wisconsin School For Boys
Schoal
Part of Money Lost by Child Is Recovered
Dawn Sherman lost her seven dollar shopping money in downtown Milwaukee on April 23 a black purse with bus tickets and store slips reappears eight dollars has been recovered by Norbert Landerinan a Deer Park foods distributor He found the loose bills in front of Goffs last Thursday and returned them to the girl’s blind parents Mr and Mrs John Sherman at 1108 Main Street
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Dawn Sherman
Norbert Landireman
Sherman Blvd
Milwaukee
Deer Park Foods
Goff
Schmuki
The
Freeman
John Sherpan
Wage deal ends 32-day Wisconsin telephone strike
Wisconsin Telephone guild members in Waukesha and eight nearby cities voted 88 to 59 to accept weekly wage increases of 3 to 5 dollars, ending a 32 day walkout. The pact raises starter pay and tops, includes no discrimination, and restores full long distance service with some cities delaying job assignments. Overall annual cost to the company is about 2.5 million dollars, and rates may be revised to cover the rise.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Guild
Strite
Oconomowoc
Hartfard
West Bend
Vile Pot
Washington
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
Madison
Gordon Johnson
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Sutton
Marvin Burns
Esther Bredeck
Arthur le Fevre
Lefevre
Wiliam Bolents
Public Service Commission of
Balenius
Ioresa
Clement J Murphy
Appleton and
Sheboygan
Guid
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