Truman to Speak in Madison at Filene House Dedication
The White House announced President Truman will speak in Madison Wisconsin on May 14 at the dedication of a new international headquarters for the Credit Union National Association. The event honors Edward A Filene and marks the corner stone laying of Filene House.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Madison
Wis
Charles G. Ross
Credit Union National Association, Inc
Filene House
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Filene
Credit Union
Wisconsin
James M. Curley
Justice Department
Curley
Danbury
Conn
Caverall
Marcus Tells Why He Fired Homer Bell
Madison. Marcus L. Ben, motor vehicle department director, cites charges against Homer G. Bell, former enforcement chief, for attempting to create a state police force and neglecting duties. Bell appeals. hearing pending. Marcus says Bell resided in West Ellis despite orders and oversaw increased violations post 1949.
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Madison
Wis
Ben L. Marcus
Motor Vehicle Department
Homer G. Bell
Marcus
Peronnel
Bell
West Ellis
Kefauver Crime Probe to Visit U.S. Cities
Senator Kefauver announced members of a proposed senate crime investigation committee will visit several cities via on the spot surveys of criminal activity. He declined to name cities but affirmed Kansas City would not be avoided amid Republican calls for a probe following the murder of Charles Binaggio. He aims to keep politics out of the inquiry and focus on interstate crime syndicates. travel is planned for summer and fall.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Tennessee
Hope for Airmen Abandoned as Baltic Search Intensifies
U S air force halted the 10 men missing since Saturday aboard a navy Privateer but kept a wide Baltic search. Initially 10 planes were ordered home, then the full maximum effort was restored. Soviet fighters were suspected of firing on the unarmed four engine plane, possibly sinking it with no trace. The Russians claimed the Privateer flew over Latvia.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.P
U. S
Baltic
Latvia
Mrs Stevens Loves Flying She’s Only 101
Natick Massachusetts resident Mrs Lydia Stevens celebrated her coming 102nd birthday with a plane ride over the North Shore yesterday. She later took the controls and said she loved it, adding she intends to fly much more, recalling her 90th birthday flight.
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Natick
Mass
Lydia Stevens
North Shore Area
Mitchell South Dakota Fire Destroys Two Hotels
A historic Mitchell blaze wrecked the Widman hotel and an adjacent three story building housing an apartment hotel and the Kress Drug Co. The Pickwick bar also burned as wind driven embers sparked roof fires across town. Firefighters battled blazes as water pressure lagged and guests were evacuated.
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Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell
Widman
Kress Drug Co
Pickwick Bar
Milwaukee Pedestrian, 84, Dies After Car Collision
An 84 year old Milwaukee pedestrian, Casper W. Kroeger, a retired sheet metal worker, was killed early today when struck by a car.
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Milwaukee
Casper W. Kroeger
Police Capture Youth and Girl After Gun Battle
In British Columbia police closed in on a cabin hideout 16 miles west of Quesnel after tear gas failed. Bert Legace, 19, and a 15 year old girl fought police with a .22 rifle and knives. the girl was wounded below the right knee and both surrendered. Legace was jailed on abduction charges and the girl was hospitalized.
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Quesnel
B. C
Bert Legace
Legace
British Columbia
Here
A. Fairbairn
Legage
Charm Classes for Teachers Set Up by School Board
The Philadelphia School Board announced a six week after school charm and personality class for women teachers. It promises credits and potential promotions or pay raises for those who complete the course taught by teachers. The program covers voice culture and fashion, and runs after school and on Saturdays starting next Monday.
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Philadelphia
Philadelia
Board of Education
Charm School
Senator George Opposes Contempt Action Over Loyalty Files
Senator George argues it would be wasteful for Congress to cite officials for contempt over subpoenas for government loyalty files. President Truman ordered shelving the subpoenas, saying release would cripple the FBI and harm the loyalty program. McCarthy charges Lattimore as a Soviet spy are disputed, with Kohlberg admitting he provided material to McCarthy.
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George
Congress
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Truman
Acheson
McGrath
Civil Service Commission
FBI
Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred Kohlberg
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Russia
United States
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Hotel Fire Destroys Windsor in Bangor Me
Fire destroyed the Windsor hotel a 100 room three story building in Bangor Maine. All 90 guests and staff reportedly escaped unharmed. Estimated loss ran about 200000 dollars. One fireman was overcome by smoke and another injured his foot while fighting the blaze. Fire officials traced the blaze to a basement partition under the kitchen.
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Bangor
Windsor
Fireman Albert Delcourt Dies Battling Superior Fire
Veteran fireman Albert A Delcourt died of a heart attack Thursday afternoon while fighting a fire at the Lief Mangseth residence in Superior Wisconsin.
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Superior
Wis
Albert A. Delcourt
Lief Mangseth
Leroy F. Fox Named Kenosha Telephone Manager
Leroy F. Fox 44 was named Kenosha manager for Wisconsin Telephone Company by Racine district manager A. M. Hunter. Fox succeeds the late Joseph H. Keating and has 25 years with the firm. An open house is set for May 16 and 17 at the Kenosha building with demonstrations in cable splicing mobile phones and voice mirrors.
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Leroy F. Fox
Kenosha
Wisconsin Telephone Company
A. M. Hunter
Racine
Fox
Joseph H. Keating
Milwaukee
Hales Corners
Whitewater
Beaver
Rennebohm Proclaims May 1 Loyalty Day
Madison Wisconsin governor Rennebohm proclaims May 1 as Loyalty Day and asks Wisconsin veterans organizations to hold appropriate ceremonies.
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Rennebohm
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Veterans’ Organizations
Senate approves income tax formula for life insurers
Washington reports the Senate unanimously approves an income tax formula for life insurance firms. Since 1946 life companies have not been taxed on incomes due to an impracticable formula from the 1946 tax bill. Separately, Rep Spence plans to introduce a bill to extend rent controls to July 1951 with a cities local option provision.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Spence
Bradley Hints Defense Shift For North Atlantic Needs
Gen Omar Bradley said the United States may drop the balanced force theory to meet North Atlantic defense needs. He indicated the army could come off third best under such an arrangement.
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Chicago
Omar Bradley
United States
North Atlantic
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Woman Survives 85-Foot Plunge From Bridge
An unidentified woman fell 85 feet from a bridge into a city park and survived. She was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple fractures and injuries.
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Washington
May Cut Tariff On 2500 Items
The state department may cut tariffs on up to 2500 items including wool jewelry cameras cheese wine and whisky. A mass tariff cutting conference in Torquay England begins Sept 28 with forty nations, aiming for reciprocal concessions to expand imports and expand US sales abroad.
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U.P
State Department
Torquay
England
United States
Germany
Austria
Japan
Committee For Reciprocity Information
Truman
Waitress Beaten to Death Found Near Mountain View
Mrs. Helen May Piper, 27, a red haired waitress and mother of three, was found bludgeoned at the base of a 25 foot bluff near Mountain View. Her brother in law said she worked at his cafe and resided in a trailer. a cook reported she left after a telephone dispute late Wednesday night.
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San Jose
Calif
Helen May Piper
Hubert McAtee
Mountain View
Mary Carver
Seattle Area Feels Quake Shocks North Pacific coast
A sharp quake rattled the Seattle to Vancouver corridor early today with reports of windows shaking and posts wobbling in Seattle and Cle Elum. Police noted tremors across a 140 mile front with no damages reported. no quakes south of Olympia.
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Wash
U.P
North Pacific Seaboard
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Elum
Seaboard
Olympia
Filipino Air Strikes Hit Huk Boat Convoys North of Manila
Philippine air force reports strafing 27 boat loads of Hukbalahap guerrillas crossing the Chico river about 45 miles north of Manila. Officials say 320 rebels were killed as government forces push into Huk territory rarely entered by land.
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Manila
Philippines Air Force
Chiko River
Eastern Berlin Communists Withdraw Whitsun Rally Threat
Communist youth threats to invade western Berlin were withdrawn as the May 28 Whitsuntide demonstrations were confined to eastern Berlin. American troops rehearsed bayonet tactics to repel rioters and officials said the events would stay away from the midtown border to avoid clashes.
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Berlin
Junge Welt
Gerhard Eisler
Communist Party
West Berlin
Illegal disposal admitted by four Wisconsin men
Four Wisconsin men pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally disposing of agricultural products. Clarence Schuerger and Louis Dolezal of Deerbrook, Nick Dombrowski of Amherst, and Ferdinand H. Schultz of Menasha admitted acts involving selling potatoes from the Commodity Credit Corp and cattle and mortgageed cattle. Judge Tehan ordered presentence investigations.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Clarence Schuerger
Louis Dolezal
Deerbrook
Nick Dombrowski
Amherst
Ferdinand H. Schultz
Menasha
Robert Tehan
Schuerger
Dolezal
Commodity Credit Corp
Secrecy Lid Slams On Air Missile Station
At Point Mugu Naval Air Missile Test Center in California the navy enforces secrecy while testing submarine-launched and guided missiles. The facility houses about 2,500 people, mostly engaged in air missile work, with projects like the buzz bomb, the lark drone, and supersonic ramjets indicating advances beyond simple testing.
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Point Mugu
Naval Air Missile Test Center
Navy
Mugu
Weekend Warm-Up Promised by Weatherman Thompson
Milwaukee weather forecaster Howard Thompson predicts a gradual warm-up for the state after a cold spell. He says overnight lows will rise to the mid 40s tomorrow and around 50 by Sunday with clear skies tonight and tomorrow. Downtown Kenosha reported 40 at noon, with night readings near 30. Park Falls logged last night’s low at 12 above.
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Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Mercury
Thompson
Kenosha
Park Falls
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