Probe Into Conduct Of Kenosha Deputies Under Review
An upcoming Kenosha county civil service probe will examine the conduct of several deputy sheriffs who testified at the former Sheriff Leonard Jensen trial. The meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday is closed to the public and will involve the sheriff and district attorney among others.
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Leonard Jensen
County Civil Service Commission
County Board Sheriff's Committee
Lester LeRoy
Commission
Fred Schmalfeldt
LeRoy
Sheriff's Committee
Kenosha County
Anthony Zeitler
Zeitler
Civil Service Commission
Lyle Milligan
Milligan
Harold Bode
Jensen
Dist. Atty
Urban Zievers
Frank Shannon
Reds Study Truce Bid
Truce talks in Munsan Korea recess for first time in five months as UN waits for Communist reaction to an Allied armistice proposal. The plan seeks a single package settlement on prisoner exchange, airfield rebuilding, and Russia as truce supervisor. A Chicago Sun Times dispatch says Allies may approve airfield rebuilding during a truce if three of five prisoners are returned, with over a 50 percent chance of a near term armistice. No official UN comment.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Peiping
Pyongyang
Moscow
Russia
Chicago Sun Times
Washington
North Korea
Frederick Kuh
U S Attorney Reverses On Steel Seizure Powers
The U S Attorney in the steel seizure case retreated from arguing that President Truman’s powers exceed the Constitution. He aligned with Truman’s view that presidential power is limited by constitutional constraints and with Senator Humphrey’s remark that Truman is a constitutional president. A supplemental memorandum in U S District Court urged upholding the steel seizure.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Holmes Baldridge
U. S. District Court
David A. Pine
Potato Black Market Report Shocks Chicago
Reports of a growing potato black market were investigated today as the Office of Price Stabilization denied ceilings caused shortages. Chicago carload receipts fell to 95 yesterday, one of the smallest consignments on record, while Milwaukee received a Spanish potato shipment to ease the shortage.
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Chicago
U.P
Office of Price Stabilization
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Milwaukee
Midwest
Wisconsin trout season may be postponed by fire conditions
Madison Wisconsin trout season opening scheduled for Saturday at 10 may be delayed due to hazardous forest fire conditions. The conservation department cited central counties as most affected and issued a caution regarding the opening.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Conservation Department
Kentucky stars receive suspended sentences in point shaving case
General Sessions Judge Saul S Streit today sentenced former Kentucky basketball players Alex Groza Ralph Beard and Dale Kearnstable to suspended terms for conspiring to shave points. He held the University of Kentucky and Coach Adolph Pupp responsible for the scandal.
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New York
Saul S. Streit
University of Kentucky
Adolph Pupp
Alex Groza
Ralph Beard
Dale Kearnstable
Rules Steel Plant Seizure Ruling in Steel Case
Federal Judge David A. Pine ruled President Truman’s seizure of the steel industry unconstitutional. The justice department planned to seek an immediate stay of the judgment pending review by higher courts in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
David A. Pine
President Truman
Justice Department
Pine
Court weighs presidential seizure powers in historic case
The article notes ongoing deliberations over Truman's authority to seize steel mills during a national crisis. Judge Pine may issue a ruling today or tomorrow. The House Judiciary Committee meets on impeachment and censure proposals as steel firms seek injunction to reclaim property after the April 8 seizure.
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Judge Pine
Truman
District Court
House Judiciary Committee
GOP
CIO
Join the Women in the Services ad appeal
To the women of America if you are 18 or over there are more than 450 jobs waiting in the nine Services. Big jobs with equal pay, promotions and benefits. You will receive specialized training for a civilian career and 30 days vacation a year. Couturier-designed uniforms medical care living conditions. No other job offers so much.
Unseasonably warm statewide warmth tops several cities
Breezes from Lake Michigan kept Kenosha and lake shore towns cooler while statewide temperatures ran high. Records fell in multiple locations with Wausau at 91 and readings of 90 in Madison Stevens Point Park Falls Reedsburg Menomonie and Hillsboro. Milwaukee reached 67. Forecast calls for fair weather with little change tonight and Wednesday. Noon in Kenosha registered 56.
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Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Lake Shore
Wausau
Madison
Stevens Point
Park Falls
Reedsburg
Menomonie
Hillsboro
Milwaukee
Rep. Reid Murray Dies at 64 in Bethesda Hospital
Washington Rep. Reid F. Murray a Wisconsin seventh district Republican, died early today at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 64. He entered hospital April 16 while serving a seventh term. Survived by widow two sons Reid Jr Hyde and daughter Kittie Ann.
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Reid F. Murray
R-Wis
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Wisconsin
Murray
Congress
Bank of Oshkosh
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Winnebago County
University of Wisconsin
Ogdensburg
Wis
Reid Jr
Hyde
Kittie Ann
Ike in Farewell Visit to Troops
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at Frankfurt Rhine Main airport to bid farewell to U S forces under his command. He notes a French air liner incident in a neutral corridor and proceeds to Heidelberg after a stop in Koblenz with Gen. Thomas T Handy.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Heidelberg
Thomas T. Handy
Europe
Plane Attacked by MIGs Endangers Berlin Flight
A DC-4 airliner en route from Frankfurt to Berlin was attacked by two Soviet MIG fighters over a neutral corridor. Two passengers, a German woman and a German man, were wounded. the pilot Gilbert Schwallinger landed safely at Tempelhof after emergency handling. Allied authorities protested the incident and halted Berlin flights briefly before resuming later.
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Buenoss Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Trinidad
New York
Berlin
A.P
Air France
Ttem
Frankfurt
Korea
Gilbert Schwallinger
Alabama
Tempelhof
Schwallinger
Tempelhoff
C. F. C. Coleman
Britain
Allied Joint Command
Andre Francois-Poncet
Koblenz
Irmgard Nebel
Walter Kurth
Hamburg
Nebel
Kurth
Schwalinger
Savings Bond Reforms Raise Rates and Introduce H Bond
Washington reports a Treasury overhaul of the savings bond program with higher rates across the board. F and G bonds are discontinued. new H bonds will be issued to individuals at par with semiannual interest checks, including a 3 percent rate over ten years for larger payouts. Existing E bonds may opt for the new 3 percent rate at maturity.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Thousands Battle Utah Floods as Water Levels Rise
Thousands of workers fought Utah's worst flood crisis, trying to control surging streams fed by melting snow. The flood knocked out a railroad bridge and dam, forced families from homes, blocked highways, and spread across farmlands in a patchwork pattern unlike Midwest river levee failures.
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Utah
Wasatch Range
Spanish Fork
Salt Lake City
Midwest
Pen Pal Requests Some Hand Grenades in Korea Note
An army private who writes to 225 pen pals described a boy in New Jersey who asked for hand grenades to “blow up the kid next door” because he played his bugle too loudly. The remark was attributed to Pfc. Richard Lax of Duluth, Minnesota serving with the U S 45th Division in Korea.
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U. S. 45Th Division
Korea
U.P
New Jersey
Pfc
Richard Lax
Duluth
Minn
Choice of Clark Faces Criticism
Washington reports show Gen. Mark Clark drawing criticism in Congress as Gen. Matthew Ridgway is named to succeed Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and lead NATO forces. Senator Long seeks reviews of Clark's WWII record while Republicans argue for opposite assignments in a reshuffle that also moves Ridgway to Europe.
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U.P
Matthew Ridgway
Dwight Eisenhower
Mark Clark
Ridgway
Congress
Pentagon
Far East
Wa Mawle Feanmahiat
Lurope
Alu Vigin Livill
Army
Truman
Omar Bradley
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Clark
Sen
Long
D-La
Armed Services Committee
Mass. Casts Votes Today For Republican Delegates
In Massachusetts a major battle for delegates and popular support begins with 38 GOP delegates at stake. Taft and Eisenhower each hold two pledged seats. six are free. The remaining 28 will be elected today amid rain and a new preferential ballot. Analysts expect a strong show by Eisenhower and Taft in a tight contest.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Wiley and Smith urge Gruenther for top European command
Senator Wiley and Representative Smith of Wisconsin voiced dissatisfaction that Gen. Alfred Gruenther was not named to succeed Gen. Eisenhower as supreme Allied commander in Europe. They cited his NATO links and role as Eisenhower’s understudy as reasons he fit the post. Gruenther will become Ridgway's chief of staff, as he was to Eisenhower.
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Clark
Rapido
Texas National Guard
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Ridgway
Army
Congress
Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Rep
Shager
Mich
House Armed Services Committee
Vorys
Ohio
Smith
Wis
Washington
Wisconsin
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred W. Gruenther
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Gruenther
Lisbon
R-Wis
Gen
Senators accuse wealthy citizens of tax loan write offs
Sen. Williams of Delaware told the senate that three wealthy citizens were allowed to charge off 90 percent of loans made to Democratic committees from 1940 to 1948. He named Marshall Field of Chicago Richard J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem N C and David A Schulte of New York.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
Del
Senate
Williams
Marshall Field
Chicago
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
David A. Schulte
New York
Wisconsin vacation land conference to hear resort group plans
The Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce reported that resort organizations from across the state will attend a vacation land conference in Stevens Point Friday.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Stevens Point
Chicago seeks federal action on record Lake Michigan level
Chicago city council approved a resolution urging Congress to address the highest lake level in 23 years. The Association for the Protection of Great Lakes Property, Inc. sent a similar letter to Illinois senators calling for corrective action.
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Chicago
Congress
Lake Michigan
Association For the Protection of Great Lakes Property, Inc
Illinois
Cherry Blossom Festival Set for May Weekend in Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay in Door County will host its annual cherry blossom festival the weekend of May 11 marking the earliest bloom in ten years. Chamber officials cite warm weather pushing trees toward blossoming.
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Sturgeon Bay
Door County
Chamber of Commerce
Hawaii welcomes Nellie Kiefer mother of Nisei soldiers
Nellie Kiefer of La Crosse Wisconsin, age 68, receives a warm Honolulu welcome from more than 100 Nisei veterans and families. Her son George invited solitary Japanese American soldiers to his home during World War II, sparking a 44 day Island tour as the veterans treat her to sights, song, and hospitality.
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Honolulu
Nellie Kiefer
la Crosse
Wis
Hawaii
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