Police Fire Board Backs Suspensions After Closed Meeting
The Police and Fire Commission backed temporary suspensions for Det. Sgt. Franklin Hill and Det. Melvin Knox after a closed session led by Chief Stanley G. Haukedahl. The panel ordered future assignments restricted to avoid joint duty except emergencies and directed further reports on any department infractions. The written report, dated April 16, remains public but cannot be removed from files.
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Stanley G. Haukedahl
Franklin Hill
Melvin Knox
Police and Fire Commission
Claus Anderson
Maukedahl
Haukedahl
Sgt
Hill
Det
Knox
Police Department
Jasper Gentile
Nicholas Wade
Dayton
Alex Altergott
Altergott
Det. Hill
End to Michigan prison riot agreed after five days
In Jackson Michigan inmates agreed to end a five day revolt though clashes between leaders Earl Ward and Crazy Jack Hyatt continued. Governor Williams and Warden Frisbie yielded to reform demands to free eight hostage guards and alleviate prison conditions as negotiations and no reprisals were pledged.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan
Tu Ais Tripil Ules
Milne
Kenneth Moore
Earl Ward
Crazy Jack” Hyatt
Ward
Julian Frisbie
G. Mennen Williams
Moore
Frisbie
James Akins
Akins
Lillian
Cecil Lawrence
Gov. Williams
Williams
State Department of Corrections
Jack
Crazy Jack) Hyatt
Hyatt
James J. Martell
Benton Harbor
Russell H. Jarboe
Southern Michigan
Weather shifts to warmer skies across Wisconsin
The U S Weather Bureau Milwaukee reported unusually low temperatures statewide yesterday except in the northwest where Grantsburg reached 63. Grantsburg also logged the highest and recorded a 26 night low, seven degrees above the nation's 19 low at Grand Marais Michigan. Other readings included 27 Superior 28 Eau Claire Park Falls, 30 Wausau, 31 Green Bay, 34 Dalton, 35 Madison, 36 Watertown, 37 Lake Geneva La Crosse and Lone Rock, 39 Lancaster Milwaukee and 40 Janesville Kenosha. It was 48 at noon in downtown Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Grantsburg
Grand Marais
Upper Michigan
Superior
Eau Claire
Park Falls
Wausau
Green Bay
Dalton
Madison
Watertown
Lake Geneva
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Lancaster
Janesville
Kenosha
Convict Official For Taking Fee In Texas Government Claim Case
Jack Cowart a ousted agriculture department official was convicted by a 12 man federal jury of taking a fee to aid Capitol Prefabricators of Tyler Texas in collecting a government claim. He accepted 1374 four dollars from Charles D Bridgman for expediting the claim to the Commodity Credit Corp. The jury urged mercy and Cowart was released on $1000 bail while a new trial motion is sought.
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Alexandria
ALP
Jack Cowart
Agriculture Department
Texas
Cowart
Charles D. Bridgman
Capitol Prefabricators, Inc
Tyler
Tex
Commodity Credit Corp
Mercy
Italy lays keel for first postwar destroyer
Leghorn Italy launched the keel of its first destroyer since World War II and announced plans to build five more vessels soon in a push to expand naval strength.
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Leghorn
Italy
Mundt urges probe of perjury at hearing
Sen. Karl Mundt said he will urge Senate investigators to refer conflicting testimony by V. M. Harris and Glen Yancey to the justice department for possible perjury charges. Harris faces a $414,000 shortage case at Camp Crowder, with testimony alleging a 1950 quid pro quo. Yancey denied any such deal. Mundt noted the apparent lying and the subcommittee plans to hear Harris's son and daughter-in-law next week.
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Washington
U.P
Karl E. Mundt
Senate
Justice Department
South Dakota Republican
V. M. Harris
V. M. Harris Grain Co
Scott City
Kan
Glen Yancey
Kansas City
Harris
Yancey
Senate Agriculture
Camp Crowder
Bill Smith
War Assets Administration
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
May Coronate Next Year
The Daily Express reports the British Cabinet advised Queen Elizabeth II to set June 2 1953 as the coronation date. The move follows royal planning and dates the ceremony for London with official backing.
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London
The
Daily Express
Courts Urged To Oppose Truman Steel Seizure
The U S Steel Corp and other industry spokesmen pressed Judge David A Pine to issue a temporary injunction blocking Secretary Sawyer from enforcing Truman's steel mill seizure. Kiendl warned of imminent wage and condition changes while lawmakers probe the move. The Chamber of Commerce criticized the action as unconstitutional and a step toward dictatorship as talks on employee pay raises continue.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO Steelworkers Union
U. S
David A. Pine
Alexander Holtzoff
Kiendl
Sawyer
Truman Reveals Ultimatum Used to Clear Iran of Russians
President Truman disclosed that in 1945 he sent an ultimatum to Stalin demanding Russian forces leave Iran by a set date or the United States would deploy naval and ground troops. He cited also directing Eisenhower and three divisions into northern Italy to deter a Trieste march, with the Mediterranean fleet sent to the Adriatic. The Russians reportedly withdrew from Iran by the specified deadline.
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Washington
W.P
Truman
United States
Iran
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Russia
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Persian Gulf
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Navy
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Azerbaijan
Soviet Union
Democratic Party
Tudeh
Communist Party
UN Security Council
Ahmad Gavan Saltaneh
Moscow
Hugh Baillie
United Press
Tehran
Red Army
Nine Communist tanks destroyed as UN jets strike front in Korea
Allied planes destroyed nine Communist tanks eight near UN positions on the west central front. Sabre jets knocked out armor and unarmored vehicles and chased MiG-15s across the Yalu. Bombing and naval actions sank junks and damaged bridges, vehicles, artillery, and bunkers with dozens of enemy casualties reported.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
West Central
North Korea
Yalu River
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
5Th Air Force
Yellow Sea
Manchester
Buck
Yonchon
House Probers Hear Of Stiff Fee For Tax Case Work
Washington witnesses testified that Joseph D. Numan received 24 985 dollars for three or four telephone calls as attorney in a tax case soon after resigning in 1947 as revenue commissioner. Chicago attorney Thomas Sullivan told the Ways and Means subcommittee investigating scandals that Numan was paid the stiff fee for services in a case involving Charles Ward, head of Brown and Bigelow of St Paul.
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Washington
House
Joseph D. Numan
Thomas Sullivan
Chicago
Ways and Means
Numan
Charles Ward
Brown and Bigelow
St. Paul
Flood Crest Nears Safe Kansas City
Yellow floodwaters ten feet deep covered Sherman air force base as the Missouri river crest bore down on Kansas City. Upstream Leavenworth faced a tragic scene where the base was flooded and runways inundated, while north dike held and damage was estimated at a million dollars.
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Sherman Air Force Base
Leavenworth
Kansas
Arrow
Kansas City
U.P
Missouri
Kans
Air Force
Chinese Communists consolidate rule in Tibetan frontier
The Indian Express reports China has completed strategic roads and military posts in Tibet, expanding control near India. Chinese authorities are said to have taken near complete power in the remote kingdom along India’s northern border.
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Mairas
India
The
Indian Express
Tibet
Coast Guard Aids Sick Man Off Kenosha Harbor
The Kenosha coast guard rescued Edward Jagemann, 43, of Erie Pa, from the ship Amasa Stone six miles off Kenosha harbor after a stroke. He was taken to St Catherine s hospital in a basket stretcher with Coast Guard and city fire department personnel aiding.
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Kenosha
Racine Coast Guard
Kenosha Harbor
Edward Jagemann
Erie
Sturgeon Bay
Jagemann
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Skinner Engine Co
Chicago
Garren
Piotrowski
Jngemann
Joseph Voleska
Edward Ungemach
William Goetuck
Sawyer Trial Likely After Jury Exhibit Mixup
Milwaukee dealer Walter Sawyer faces a possible new trial after a court clerk found prosecutors notes among jury exhibits used in his bribery conviction. Circuit Judge Gerald Boileau said the error could warrant a mistrial, though he planned to rule only on defense motions.
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Milwaukee
Walter Sawyer
Gerald Boileau
Wausau
Boileau
Larry Filut
Herbert Mount
Chicago Judge Deciphers Jury verdict in Moretti case
Judge Rudolph Desart spent four hours parsing a jury verdict in the trial of three brothers linked to former Policeman Michael Moretti on witness bribery charges. After poll, uncertainty arose over which defendant was guilty or innocent causing tension in the courtroom.
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Chicago
Rudolph Desart
Michael Moretti
Criminal Court
Desart
Truman Predicts Voters Will Pick a Democrat
President Truman at a weekly news conference predicted the voters will elect a Democratic president who will carry on his peace efforts. He declined to forecast who the Democratic nominee might be.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Truman Denies Ultimatum To Stalin And Expands Relief
White House aide said no ultimatum was sent to Stalin despite Truman using the term in a layman sense. Truman signed $25 million emergency flood relief for the Missouri river area and urged Congress to provide $600 million for civil defense. A report warned states and cities are unprepared for an air attack.
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Washington
White House
Stalin
Roger Tubby
Truman
U.P
Missouri River
Congress
House
Senate
Millard F. Caldwell
Western Electric Strike Threat Looms Amid Mediation
A new Western Electric strike was threatened as mediators pressed to settle the ongoing dispute. Five thousand workers in North Carolina were ordered to stop work at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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New York
Western Electric
North Carolina
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Charles Nethaway
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Glyn Butler
Merril Chamberlain
George Smeester
Eugene Hanson
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L. K. Greenwood
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