Two Fatal Crashes Hit Kenosha County Early Today
Kenosha County highways were the scene of two fatal crashes with five others injured. George L. Rodgers, 52, of Bensenville Illinois, died at Kenosha hospital from skull fractures after a rear collision on Highway 41 west of the city. Oliver Wells, 19, of Trevor, was killed instantly when his car skidded on a curve east of Camp Lake and hit a tree.
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Kenosha County
George L. Rodgers
Bensenville
Kenosha Hospital
Highway 41
Oliver Wells
Trevor
Camp Lake
Milwaukee Mayor Denies Bribe Claims In Sawyer Trial
Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler testified denying ex Alderman Albert Krause took $3000 in bribes from auto dealer Walter Sawyer. Krause had claimed payment for defeating a street widening project. other officials supported or contradicted the bribery charges as Krause testified in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Frank Zeidler
Zeidler
Walter Sawyer
Albert Krause
Sawyer
Walter Mattison
Krause
Milton McGuire
Common Council
Warm Opening Day Brings Warmth Across Wisconsin
The state enjoyed the warmest day of the year on opening day of fishing season and the American Association. Temperatures ranged from 73 at Lake Geneva to 66 at Wau sau with no rain and light winds. Nearby Es canaba set a 71 degree record while southern regions fell to the 40s and 30s overnight.
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Wisconsin
Wolf River
American Association
Lake Geneva
Wausau
Kenosha
Escanaba
Mich
Lone Rock
Grantsburg
Eau Claire
Reveal State Numbers Racket in Wisconsin
Madison officials expose a state racket selling numbered lottery tickets to taverns and pool rooms. D H Prichard, director of the beverage tax division, vows to revoke licenses of places found with the devices and seize all gambling items. The tickets tie prizes to bowling machine scores.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
D. H. Prichard
Beverage Tax Division
Prichard
Bribe Counts Dismissed Against Downtown Motors Chief
In Milwaukee circuit court judge Gerald Boileau dismissed two attempted bribery counts against Sawyer Downtown Motors Inc for bribing ex Alderman Albert J. Krause. Charges against company president Walter J. Sawyer remain active.
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Milwaukee
Gerald Boileau
Sawyer Downtown Motors, Inc
Albert J. Krause
Walter J. Sawyer
Flood News At La Crosse Shows Mixed Outlook
La Crosse Wisconsin faces both relief and risk as flood officials report a lower crest projection of 15.6 feet and ongoing seepage. A 12 inch turbine pump from Alma is moving 3 million gallons daily to push water back, with 25 000 sand bags ready and a civil defense group organized for block by block alerts. The city council pledges 25 000 for emergency flood control as residents await potential dike failure warnings.
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la Crosse
Wis
U.P
A. D. Sanial
Government River
Alma
Mississippi
Monitor Street
Auto Lite Co
Black River
Henry Ahrens
Ambrose McGrath
North Side
City Board of Public Works
Prisoner Exchange Talks Pressed for Resumption
Communist truce negotiators pressed today for immediate resumption of off the record talks on prisoner exchanges in the Korean War.
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Munsan
Douglas backs Kefauver for president amid Illinois withdrawal
Sen. Paul H. Douglas, a northern liberal from Illinois, endorsed Sen. Estes Kefauver for the Democratic presidency. He urged the people to back Kefauver, listing seven reasons from honesty and anti-corruption to civil liberties and user welfare, while Stevenson withdrew from nomination. He suggested Kefauver could defeat Taft and possibly Eisenhower.
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Washington
U.P
Paul H. Douglas
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Illinois Democrat
Kefauver
Douglas
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gov. Stevenson
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Stevenson
Truman Calls For Future Flood Plan Heeds Plea
President Truman addresses postwar flood risks urging a comprehensive plan to prevent future disasters. He calls on federal agencies to coordinate with state governments and municipal leaders to stockpile emergency supplies, improve levee maintenance, and fund long term river management projects.
Truman acts to aid midwestern flood victims and plan preventions
President Truman with Congress backs flood relief across Nebraska South Dakota Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska floods prompt a Missouri basin flood control program. $250000 federal money helps Nebraska while housing agency sets up Omaha Council Bluffs HQ.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Missouri River
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Raymond M. Foley
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs, In
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Authority
NPA
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Harry W. Ketchum
Defeat Five Red Attacks Near Munsan On Front Line
Allied infantry repelled five brief Communist attacks northwest of the UN truce camp at Munsan, with about 300 attackers suffering 36 killed. On the Kum Song front a small group trapped UN patrols, later rescued. Air operations were hampered by weather as American tanks engaged hill positions, causing about 250 enemy casualties.
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Seoul
Korea
Munsan
Kumsong
5Th Air Force
Milwaukee Freight Halted as AFL Truckers Strike
A wildcat strike by 2000 AFL Auto Truck Drivers Union members stopped almost all freight in and out of Milwaukee. Union pickets at city limits blocked trucks from other cities, with 100 Chicago trucks turned away creating a Highway 41 jam. One driver reported keys stolen after being pulled from a truck.
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Milwaukee
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL Auto Truck Drivers Union
Chicago
Dikes May Collapse At Omaha As Rivers Rise
Army engineers warned the Missouri River dikes near Omaha could disintegrate as the crest neared 31 feet. Council Bluffs planners appealed for 500 more volunteers to reinforce the levees while a secondary wall was rushed to catch any breach. The flood's reach forced evacuations and wider regional disruption though some upstream areas reported improving conditions.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Missouri River
T. W. Tritt
Engineers
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Tritt
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Pick
Raging Fire Destroys Much of Tottori Japan
A large blaze swept Tottori Japan driven by strong southerly winds destroying at least 4 500 homes and leaving about 15 000 people homeless It damaged the police headquarters Red Cross hospital post office newspapers and department stores No deaths but at least 140 were injured Police attributed the fire to an overloaded electric wire in central Tottori on Honshu Island.
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Missouri
Sioux City
Iowa
North Dakota
Red River
Fargo
Mississippi
St. Paul
Rosemary Mohr
Omaha
Tokyo —i
Tottori
Kyodo
Japan
Red Cross Hospital
Post and Telegraph Office
Honshu
Reinke Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Game Fish
Roland Reinke of Winneconne, 36, pleaded guilty in Oshkosh municipal court to four counts of illegally possessing game fish and equipment to catch them. He paid fines totaling 310 dollars today.
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Oshkosh
Roland “Milligan
Mutinous Convicts Seize New Jersey Print Shop
Sixty eight inmates hold the two story print shop in Trenton as a third rebellion against Warden William H. Carty escalates. Prison guards and state troopers stand by while ringleaders demand a complete hearing of grievances and refuse to surrender.
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
New Jersey
William H. Carty
Carty
Eisenhower Favored To Win New Jersey Delegation
New Jersey Republicans push to award all 38 nominating votes to Eisenhower after a primary. Taft delegates resist, while Stassen trails. Nearly all districts report Eisenhower leading with 388,555 votes to Taft 237,189 and Stassen 23,893. Kefauver registers 161,002.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Princeton
Republican State Committee
Herbert Hoban
Alfred E. Driscoll
Union County
Fred E. Shepard
Elizabeth
Frederick I. Griswold
Summit
Taft
Organization
Griswold
Secretary of Commerce Opens New Steel Talks
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer planned new talks with steel union and management leaders to avert a government imposed pay increase on the industry. He was to meet CIO President Philip Murray and United States Steel Corp chief Benjamin F. Fairless in separate sessions as he runs the seized industry.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Steel Union
Sawyer
CIO
Philip Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Death of Hiram Stewart Likely From Broken Neck in Fall
Iowa County Sheriff Bernard Collins reports Hiram Stewart aged 70 was found dead in his Ridgway Wisconsin home. He apparently died from a broken neck after a fall down stairs. Stewart, unmarried, lived alone and was last seen Monday. village marshal W. H. Paull found the body after neighbors asked for an investigation.
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Ridgway
Wis
Iowa
Bernard Collins
Hiram Stewart
Stewart
W. H. Paull
Road Show Bolshevik Actor Arrested After Milwaukee Assault
Leo V. Gordon a 29 year old New York actor who played a Bolshevik in Darkness at Noon admitted the unprovoked assault in Milwaukee detectives said He attacked Richard Williams a 24 year old Chicago chemical engineer who came to Milwaukee with friends to watch the Robinson Graziano fight Williams suffered a skull fracture and is listed in critical condition Gordon also beat one Williams companion before being subdued in a 5th and Wisconsin street brawl.
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Milwaukee
William Wysocki
Leo V. Gordon
New York
Gletkin
Wysocki
Gordon
Richard Williams
Chicago
Williams
5Th
Wisconsin
Paper rationing ends as pulp supply balances demand
Washington reports that the International Materials conference stated newsprint will not be rationed now as the global pulp paper supply is in balance with demand.
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Washington
International Materials Conference
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