Conflicting Claims Over Wisconsin Delegates in GOP Race
Wisconsin primary heats a three way battle for 27 Republican delegates as Stassen Dewey and MacArthur backers clash. Stassen pledges vote appeals and faces possible supports from MacArthur. Dewey hopes to win more delegates than Stassen while MacArthur may lead in the long run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Iowa
Maine
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chicago Board of Trade
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Fred R. Zimmerman
MacArthur
Jewey
Dewey
Appleton
Truman to Sign Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman prepared a ceremonial signing of the 6.098 billion dollar foreign aid bill as Congress approved it ahead of the April 15 deadline. The act aims to back anti communist efforts in Europe and Asia with coordination by the Marshall Plan nations and the American recovery administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Europe
Asia
Robert Lovett
Vandenberg
R Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D Tex
Representative Eaton
R-N.j
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Bloom
D. N.Y
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Martin
D-Mass
Representative McCormack
Congress
American Recovery Administration
Bomb In Vienna Russian Zone Injures Child
A plane dropped a bomb over the Russian zone of Vienna today injuring a child seriously. Soviet headquarters in Vienna were notified of the accident in the initial report.
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Vienna
Sovieteadquarters
As You Please Coal Miners Tell Union Members
President Truman directed Attorney General Clark to seek a court order to end the three week coal strike. John L. Lewis told miners they may return to work at their own decision and without union direction, leaving recovery of the walkout status unclear. Lewis stressed no orders were given to cease or resume work and the crisis centers on pension terms and contract honors.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Clark
White House
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Mr. Truman
U. S
Berlin
Marienborn
Clay
Frankfurt
Battle over Margarine Tax Faces House Action
The House moves toward a new clash over oleomargarine levies with Rep. Rivers backing a near term repeal. Signatures from 218 members pressure action by April 26 as debate over removing a quarter cent per pound on uncolored margarine and 10 cents per pound on colored margarine intensifies.
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Washington
House
House Agriculture Committee
Rivers
D-S.d
Agriculture Committee
Halleck
Ind
Hope
R-Kan
House Rules Committee
Fierce Fighting Continues in Greece Near Albanian Border
Dispatches report ongoing heavy combat in northwestern Greece near the Albanian frontier. National forces reportedly captured five villages in mountainous terrain about 35 miles northwest of Ioannina with guerrilla losses exceeding 150.
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Athens
Greece
Ioannina
Racine Mayor Pledges Action Over Lake Michigan Dumping
Racine Mayor Francis Wendt told Kenosha officials that steps will be taken to stop garbage migrating to Kenosha beaches in Lake Michigan. Army Engineers and state health officials will investigate and may bar lake dumping. A district engineer will visit Kenosha. Cardinal Lines seeks rehearing on a Kenosha Racine Madison bus link.
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Francis Wendt
Racine
Kenosha
Lake Michigan
Col
J. O. Colonna
Milwaukee
Army Engineers
L. F. Warrick
Madison
State Board of Health
A. E. Axtell
Charles Dilday
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace Beach
Chamber Transportation Committee
Wendt
Cardinal Lines, Inc
Janesville
Kenosha Racine
Cardinal Line
Dane County
Truman Returns From Virginia
President Truman returned to Washington aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg at 10 a.m. EST after a visit to Williamsburg Virginia. He, along with Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret, went to the White House in an automobile after docking at the naval gun factory on the Anacostia river.
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Truman
Congress
Charles Ross
William J. Hopkins
White House
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Naval Gun Factory
Anacostia River
Woman Tries to Rent House to 20 Families
A 47 year old Omaha housewife Evelyn Caito was arrested after allegedly renting her home to at least 20 families over a two week period. She collected more than 700 dollars in deposits from victims including four army sergeants. The scheme came to light when sergeants compared notes at Offutt air base. Deputy County Attorney Joseph Inserra said 17 more victims followed within hours. Her husband, a carpenter, claimed no knowledge of the activities.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Evelyn Caito
Caito
Los Angeles
Offutt
Air Forces Base
Joseph P. Inserra
Inserra
Senate Armed Services Committee Plans Quick Draft Bill Move
Washington AP The senate armed services committee pledged rapid action on the administration's bill to draft 19 to 25 year olds. The plan would require 18 to 44 year olds to register, with only 19 to 25 liable for two years of service. veterans with service between Sept 16 1940 and law enactment may be exempt if honorably served over 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
Senate Armed Services Committee
Chan Gurney
S. D
Dr William A McFarlane Dies After Heart Attack In Waukesha
Funeral services planned for Dr. William A McFarlane 70 a Waukesha county dentist and father of four dentists. He collapsed and died of a heart attack yesterday as he left his office in Waukesha Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
U.P
William A. McFarlane
Waukesha County
McFarlane
Woman Rescues Drowning Toddler From Waterlogged Lot
A motorist on Twenty second avenue saw a boy, Larry LaBeau, 21, stranded in water at a vacant lot on Washington road. Mrs. Marvin Lytle waded in to pull him out, and fellow passerby Herman Arndt aided with artificial respiration until a physician arrived. Larry recovered with no serious injuries. Anthon Seiberlich intends to connect the lot to the city drainage system to prevent a repeat incident.
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Larry LaBeau
Twenty-second Avenue
Washington Road
Marvin Lytle
Thirty-ninth Avenue
Girl Killed Dashing From School Bus on Highway 45
A 15 year old Wilmot student Barbara Ann Hoffman was killed after darting from behind a school bus into a speeding car on Highway 45 near her Lake George home. Coroner James A. Crossin noted no inquest. Driver Eugenia McDonnell of Chicago said she saw the girl run across the highway and collide with the car. The bus driver was Lester Dix of Salem, Wisconsin.
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Wilmot High School
Barbara Ann Hoffman
Emmett Hoffman
Lake George
Bristol Township
Kenosha
Hoffman
Kenosha County
Chicago
James A. Crossin
Eugenia McDonnell
Harry Schmalfeldt
Ernest Oberhofer
Highway 45
Miss McDonnell
Kenosha Hospital
Lester Dix
Salem
Wis
Chlorine Gas Leak Affects Twenty at Mosinee Mills
Twenty men were exposed to chlorine gas at Mosinee Paper Mills in Wisconsin after an overhead pipe was struck by a truck loaded too high. The incident occurred yesterday and involved workers at the mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Wis
Mosinee
Woman Strangled By Washing Machine in Appleton
An elderly woman identified as Mrs. Prudence Hoff man was found strangled in her Appleton basement after a scarf over her head was drawn into a washing machine wringer. Coroner Leslie Holzer reported the scarf ends likely pulled in with clothes. no inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Prudence Hoffman
Grant Hoffman
Leslie Holzer
Holzer
Russians Blocked From Berlin Rail Building In Standoff
American troops in Berlin turned back two Soviet generals and about 20 Russians from a railroad administration building in the U S sector. Guards allowed German employees and food to enter while tensions over traffic and guard duties escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Frank L. Howley
Alexander Kotokov
Lucius D. Clay
Potsdam
Kenosha backs museum expedition to Caribbean Pacific
R S Kingsley announces Kenosha Enterprises will fund part of a three and a half month museum expedition led by Norbert W Roeder from Milwaukee to Cuba Yucatan Central America and the Pearl Islands. The Milwaukee Public Museum covers main costs with Roeder as botanist and ornithologist collecting specimens and film records.
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Kenosha Enterprises, Inc
R. S. Kingsley
Civic
Caribbean
Central Americas
Pearl Islands
Pacific
Kenosha
Norbert W. Roeder
Nosha Museum
Enterprises Board of Directors
Roeder
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Museum
Chicago
Illinois-Mississippi
Florida
Cuba
Yucatan
Mexico
Central America
Guate
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