Kenoshans Urged to Vote Early in Local Elections
Kenosha voters are urged to go to polls early tomorrow. Polls run 7 a m to 8 p m with about 18 000 ballots expected, more than the primary. Council candidates include Vernon Christiansen Edward G Fechner Joseph H Greenwald Jacob M Herrmann Felix Olkives and Nicholas Wade. Board of education candidates are Charles Anderson Daniel C Lenesoni Orville C Leonard Paul Saftig Paul L Whiteside and Mrs Jessie Wolcott. Edward N Rice and Roger F Schmitz seek justice of the peace.
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Kenosha
Board of Education
Justice of Peace
Council
Vernon Christiansen
Edward G. Fechner
Joseph H. Greenwald
Jacob M. Herrmann
Felix Olkives
Berlin Talks Move Forward on Allied Rail Dispute
Allies and Soviet officials prepared for a possible four power meeting over Russian controls on rail traffic through the Soviet zone to Berlin. Maj. Gen. Brownjohn signaled U S and allied readiness to discuss the restrictions amid ongoing freight shipments through the zone. A second U S rail freight train carried 52 cars of food oil and supplies into Berlin without Russian inspections.
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Berlin
United States
N. C. D. Brownjohn
U. S
Allied Control Council
Germany
Four Marines Held in China
Four United States marine fliers were captured by Chinese Communists after an emergency landing near Tsingtao. The Marines were reportedly uninjured and walked from their plane under escort. Vice Admiral Badger said contact would be made if the marines are not returned to local command. Names were not released pending next of kin notification.
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Tsingtao
China
Hunghiyai
Hunghsiyai
Tsingtao Bay
Tsingtao Yuan
Oscar C. Badger
West Pacific
Navy
Arabs Pour Into Jewish Village Mishmar Haemek
About 1000 Arab troops, aided by heavy artillery, surged from the hills into Mishmar Haemek in the Jezreel valley southeast of Haifa. The Haganah reported repulsing overnight assaults and killing more than 100 attackers, with Fawzi El Kawakji said to have led the charge.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Mishmar Haemek
Haifa
Haganah
Jezreel
Fawzi el Kawakji
Palestine
House Committee Cheers Road Grant Plan
The House Rules committee approved a three year federal aid highway program totaling 1.5 billion dollars starting July 1 1949. The program provides 500 million dollars annually with a 50 50 state federal cost share and follows prior approval by the Public Works committee.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Public Works Committee
House
Winter Damage Pushes County Road Repair Costs Past 200000
Kenosha County faces debt and delays as one of its harsh winters causes widespread road damage. County Highway Commissioner Harold H. Herzog and committee chairman George Friedl Jr. estimate repairs and rebuilding will exceed 200000, with 100 miles of county roads and another 100 miles of township roads affected. Pleasant Prairie and Somers townships report extensive damage and full shift repairs, signaling a heavy financial burden across the region.
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Kenosha
Friedl
Herzog
Pleasant Prairie
Somers
Steve Robinson
Robinson
Jay W. Rhodes
Sturgeon Bay Woman Found Slain in Palatial Home
An elderly recluse in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was found murdered in her 18 room mansion. Mrs. R. P. Cody, about 85, was identified after neighbors reported she had not been seen since last Thursday. Her body was found stuffed in a furnace with signs of blood and a blood soaked nightcap nearby. Authorities expect Milwaukee crime experts to assist in the investigation.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
U.P
Door County
Edward G. Minor
Milwaukee
Minor
R. P. Cody
Hallie Rowe
Frank Parkman
Cody
Sheboygan
Ohio
New York
Sadie E. Marsh
Marquette University
Slight Error in Report of Cat Stranded in Tree
Sioux City misunderstands a rescue call as a cat in a tree. Firemen find a man stuck aloft after a limb he cut fell and broke his ladder. a second truck with a longer ladder is required.
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Sioux City
Ira
Palm Springs Novelist Blanche Upright Dies at 68
Mrs Blanche Upright a 68 year old novelist and playwright died Saturday in Palm Springs California. She was born in San Francisco.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Blanche Upright
San Francisco
World Federalists hear call for global government
Dr. Vernon Nash urged rapid move toward world government at a United World Federalists dinner in Kenosha. He warned UN reforms have failed since Dumbarton Oaks and argued for world government powers to prevent another war. The address drew about 250 attendees, with local officials introducing him and leading background speakers.
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Vernon Nash
United World Federalists
First Methodist Church
Nash
Dr. Nash
United States
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Palestine
John Lindsay
Kenosha
Mary Morss
Wisconsin World Federalists
National World Federalists Executive Council
Harry Newport
Arthur Brodey
Riots Rock Alexandria as Egyptian Police Strike Sparks Deaths
At least 30 people were killed and hundreds injured in Alexandria rioting as troops tried to quell the unrest. Premier Mahmoud Nokrashy Pasha flew in to order order restored and authorized shoot on sight for disobedience while civilians were urged to stay indoors after 7 p.m.
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Cairo
U.P
Alexandria
Mahmoud Nokrashy Pasha
Egypt
Nokrasky
Daylight Jewelry Burglary Hits Local Home
Burglars ransacked A. E. Woodworth’s residence at 7215 Thirty Second Avenue stealing 350 dollars in jewelry and cash. Entry occurred between 2 and 5 p.m. using a skeleton key. four men’s watches, several women’s rings, a wedding band, a bracelet, and coin jars with pennies and dimes were taken. Detectives Amos Vollbrach and Felix Miller investigated.
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A. E. Woodworth
Woodworth
Amos Vollbrach
Felix Miller
International Financier Denied Supreme Court Review
Russian-born financier Serge M. Rubinstein had his bid for Supreme Court review denied. He was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act for filing false statements to his draft board claiming essential wartime roles in companies he controlled.
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Washington
Serge M. Rubinstein
Supreme Court
Rubinstein
Baby Girl Found On Doorstep In Racine County
A newborn baby girl less than 24 hours old was left on the doorstep of a Racine county welfare worker’s home last night. She was described as healthy and normal and taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, wrapped in blankets inside a cardboard box.
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Racine, Wis
Racine County
St. Mary’s Hospital
Miners Sitting Tight Despite Court Order
Six people were injured in nine city and county motor accidents this weekend with one in critical condition. Harold J. Michalak remained in critical at St. Catherine's Hospital after a compound left leg fracture a right leg fracture and a skull fracture from being struck on Highway 41 near Somers Road at 1 48 a m. Relatives of the Michalak family could not yet be located by sheriffs deputies.
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Harold J. Michalak
St. Catherine's Hospital
Highway 41
Somers Road
Sheriff's
Michalak
Kenosha County
Milwaukee County
Traffic toll in city and county rises in 1948
A report lists injuries and deaths from city and county accidents in 1948. Officials urge safe driving as springtime celebrations begin and remind motorists to be cautious rather than reckless.
Murderous Beliefs The Act of God Concept
Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, discusses how sincere religion shapes views of accidents as acts of God and questions whether divine retribution or fate governs mishaps. He explores the tension between faith and human responsibility.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Address for Gunderson in Crash Case
Deputies report Edward E. Gunderson, 56, Milwaukee, driver in the Michalak collision, said the man leaped into the road from a west ditch on Highway 41. Additional weekend incidents include two auto horse collisions on Highways 50 and 41. Five people injured in six city crashes, with one driver named Conrad Piller among the injured after an underpass collision on Fifty-sixth Street.
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Edward E. Gunderson
Waukegan
Michalak
Albert Bornhuetter
Chet Molinaro
Highway 41
Joseph Frey
Burlington
Kermit Schreck
Robert Wallace
Highway 50
Frey
Earl Caron
Robert Jay
Slades Corners
Schreck
Wallace
Fifty-sixth Street
Conrad Piller
Racine
North Western Railway
Thirteenth Avenue
Piller
Eclipse Delays Korea Vote After Sun Eclipse
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge announced a one day postponement of Korea’s election to form a government due to a total solar eclipse on May 9. Korean sources cite superstition and rural voters avoiding polls while Christians already opposed Sunday voting.
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Seoul
John R. Hodge
U.S
Plane collision near Berlin kills 15 aboard British Viking VC-1
A British Viking VC-1 transport with 10 passengers and 4 crew collided with a Russian single-engine fighter five miles northwest of Gatow airfield in the Russian zone. All aboard the British plane perished, and the Russian pilot also died. Robert Collier of British United Press was aboard en route to Berlin.
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Berlin
Gatow Field
Germany
Gatow
British European Airways
London
Hamburg
Douglas
Royal Air Force
Robert Collier
United Press
Lewis Gives No Move on Court Order Amid Walkout
UMW leader John L. Lewis offered no response to a federal court injunction ordering an end to the 22 day coal miners strike. U.S. marshals served the order at the union headquarters after Lewis arrived, with no indication he would seek dissolution or comply.
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Matthew F. McGuire
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
U. S
H. B. McCauley
Michael Colasanto
Commerce Department
Congress Today
Commerce
David K. Bruce
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Connecticut Avenue
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Truman
Mr. Truman
Clark
Racine Pilot Breaks Nose in Crash Landing
Elmer Banke, 22, of Racine, sustained a broken nose when he crash landed a four place airplane yesterday. Passenger Rodney Buzzler, 19, of Fort Atkinson, escaped injury.
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Racine
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Elmer Banke
Rodney Buzzler
Ogilvie Wins Legion Regional and Kenosha Orators Shine
Lloyd Ogilvie, Kenosha high school senior, won the American Legion regional oratorical contest at St. Paul. He heads a strong Kenosha squad that qualified seven of ten entries at Sheboygan for the Marquette finals and will travel to Chicago for the national sectional.
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American Legion
St. Paul
Lloyd Ogilvie
Kenosha
Ogilvie
Sheboygan Central High School
Marquette University
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago
Sheboygan
Ralph Jensen
Pearl*Chase
Marvin Warter
Allan Mink
Mario Albe
Mink
Milwaukee
Port Washington
Madison
Roger Axtell
Jane Davies
Paul Foght
Laura Steffen
Martin Rafshol
Davies
Central States Speech Association
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Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Harold Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
MacArthur
Moscow
Nebraska
Dewey
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Missouri
Herbert Brownell
New Hampshire
Maine
Brownell
Vandenberg
Iowa
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
St. Charles
Girls’ College
J. Howard McGrath
Evening News
Larry LaReau
Margaret LaReau
Marvin Lytle
Thirty-ninth Avenue
Herman E. Arndt
Somers Township
Army
International Financier
Sheriff's Office
Korea
Legion
KHS
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