Polio Toll in Kenosha Rises to 29, Aid Assured
The Kenosha county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 29 polio cases with six new in 24 hours. The youngest patient is 10 months old, 19 are in isolation hospital, and aid covers consultation, hospital, and followup costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Eugene Baker
Kenosha County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
New Hampshire
Detroit
Minnesota
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Parents urged to refrain from visiting isolation hospital
Parents of children with infantile paralysis are asked not to visit the Isolation hospital to avoid disturbing other patients. Nurse in charge Miss Eva Randall explains visitors interrupt treatments and heat packs are temporarily discontinued. Parents are advised to call the hospital or ask the receptionist for updates instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fva Randall
Nation's Polio Outlook Brings Nurse Appeals
A meeting of National Foundation officers and Kenosha health officials discussed polio aid including advances for medical care, convalescence units, and equipment. Nurses are urged to volunteer as polio outbreaks strain hospitals with cases rising in Iowa Minnesota and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Iowa
Des Moines
Minneapolis
The
Red Cross
U. S
Canada
J. J. McCann
McCann
Montreal
Three Rivers
Que
Minnesota
Bemidji
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Pierre
S. D
Aberdeen
Britain Warns on Iran Policy and Unilateral Action
A Foreign Office spokesman stated Britain could act unilaterally if a violent or sudden threat to British lives or property arose in Iran, without UN Security Council consultation. Iran protested Indian troop movements to Basra, Iraq, noting replacement of troops near southern Iran oil fields. The spokesman warned law and order could deteriorate quickly, leaving no time for UN involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Iran
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
India
United Nations
Security Council
British Fleet and Airships Patrol Eastern Med for Palestine Refugees
British warships and aircraft mobilized in peacetime strength to block Jewish refugee ships bound for Palestine. The operation targets Russian ports with refueling or departures while troop movements in Palestine unfold. About 10,000 refugees, many aboard ships in Haifa harbor, are believed en route or in Palestinian waters. former Senator Gillette calls the ships slave vessels and condemns forced immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
A.P
Mediterranean
Palestine
Fa Tamdaw
Meatless
RMS
Afsk
Wilali Gispaten
Nicosia
Cyprus
Adriatic
Royal Air Force
London Daily Telegraph
Britain
Russia
Telegraph
Mexico
Palestinian
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Haifa
Europe
Rain Ends 31 Day Drought for Kenosha County Crops
Rain from thunderstorms ended a 31 day drought across Kenosha County and the middlewest. Rainfall measured 0.73 inches in the city with heavier downpours in a 10 minute window. Officials called the rain wonderful and said it aided corn vegetables and late crops, with more rain still desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha County
Middlewest
H. T. Rudgal
County Agricultural Office
Peace Conference Rebuffs Russians in Vote Demand
In Kenosha a meeting of former National Guardsmen at the American Legion postponed the final decision on the type of unit for a local National Guard in the Thirty-second division. A recon troop or a headquarters company were options, with a Sunday follow up planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General’s Office
Madison
Kenosha
John D. Alexander
Kenoshans
National Guard
105Th Cavalry
Paul B. Clemens
Wisconsin
Polio Scholarship Graduate Uses Training in Kenosha
Ruth Steuber of Milwaukee with a fresh physical therapy degree offered to aid Kenosha during the infantile paralysis emergency. She trained at the University of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Downer College with a National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis scholarship. The foundation funded $1,367,000 for 400 scholarships to address a national shortage of therapists. Two more therapists from New Hampshire were expected in Kenosha by the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Ruth Steuber
Milwaukee
Miss Steuber
Milwaukee Downer College
University of Wisconsin Physical Medicine School
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Palmer F. Davgs
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Steuber
Helen Frederickson
Thelma Pierce
National Foundation
New Hampshire
Last Chinese Emperor's Heir Steppe Out to Testify in Tokyo War Trial
Atsugi airfield near Tokyo reports Henry Pu Yi, former emperor of China and puppet ruler of Manchukuo, emerging from Russian custody to testify before the International Military Tribunal. He arrives from Vladivostok aboard a military transport at 5:29 p.m. local time to face Tojo and 26 others as war criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atsugi Airfield
Tokyo
Henry Pu Yi
China
Japan
Manchukuo
Vladivostok
International Military Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Study Heirens Mental Probe Proceedings in Chicago
Defense and prosecution attorneys conferred on procedures for mental examinations of William Heirens the 17 year old confessed killer of Suzanne Degnan and two women. The alienist appointment was approved by Chief Justice Harold Ward as arraignments continued until Sept 4. Heirens entered no plea and admitted three murders 29 burglaries and assaults claiming impulse killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
William J. Tuohy
Wilbert K. Crowley
John and Malachy Coghlan
Rowland H. Towel
William H. Haines
Harry R. Hoffman
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court
Heirens
Suzanne
Josephine Ross
Frances Brown
Bevin in Paris to Head Conference Delegation
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin arrived to head the British delegation at the peace conference in Paris. His London office said he would likely confer with Secretary Byrnes about Palestine soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
London
Byrnes l
Palestine
Democrats Stage Outdoor Rally in Primary Windup
Kenosha Democrats held an outdoor rally at Library Park as primary campaigning neared. Speakers included Daniel W. Hoan former Milwaukee mayor and governor candidate John R. Redstrom former Kenosha teacher and Congress candidate Lewis F. Nelson lieutenant governor candidate and former Kaukauna mayor Howard J. McMurray Senate candidate J B Glerum county party chair introduced all speakers and candidates. Hoan criticized free enterprise and Hoover era policies and defended FDR for aiding circulations and the common man. He warned Wisconsin rural schools rank fifth worst and stressed tax cuts harm education. Redstrom contrasted Democratic focus with Republican name calling and touted a straightforward liberal platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Democratic Party
Library Park
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
John R. Redstrom
Congress
Lewis F. Nelson
Kaukauna
Wis
Howard J. Mc. Murray
J. B. Glerum
Hoan
Hoover
Roosevelt
Zinc Bathtub Is Real Alcatraz for 280 Pound Woman
A 60 year old Brooklyn housewife Bertha Singer weighing 280 pounds spent 17 hours trapped in a zinc bathtub. The rescue involved rubbing oil, her son’s help, and eight emergency police officers with a crow bar freeing her yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alcatraz
Bertha Singer
Brooklyn
Veterans Leave Pay Requirements Outlined by Office
The county veterans service office outlined the steps for terminal leave pay. Applicants must submit original discharge papers or obtain a certificate in lieu if lost. Forms are filed at the veterans office in the county courthouse and discharges should be recorded with the register of deeds. About 15 million claims are expected. processing depends on complete applications and needed research. Forms will print and be distributed in about 45 days and only at post offices. Under the 1946 Armed Forces Leave Act ex servicemen with honorable separations will be compensated for furlough time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Service Office
County Court House
Victory Medals Await More Kenosha WWII Vets
Kenosha County awards bronze World War II victory medals to about 3500 veterans who have not yet received them. The Kenosha Celebration Association urges families to apply at veterans club houses including The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, noting many already received medals and mail outreach failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Armed Services
Kenosha County
Veterans Club
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Navy Club
Byrnes Attacks Bloc Talk At Peace Conference
Secretary of State Byrnes denounced Soviet claims of an Anglo-Saxon bloc and warned against forcing unanimity. The conference rejected a Soviet bid to require two thirds for all decisions by 15 to 6 while adopting a British compromise allowing both two thirds and simple majorities with greater weight to two thirds. Poland, Czechoslovakia abstained. Albania invited later with consul tative voice discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Byrnes
United States
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Poland
Czechoslovakia
V. M. Molotov
Albania
Mosha Pijada
Brynes
Soviet Union
Molotov
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Terminal Leave Pay Bill Signed by Truman
President Truman signed the terminal leave pay measure authorizing 2.43 billion dollars in cash and bonds to about 15 million former service members for unused leave. The act ends prior officer enlisted disparities, limits total leave accumulation to 60 days, and sets a one year window for eligible personnel to file applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Also Mentioned on This Page
John D. Middleton
Foundation
Michael Covengros
Upper
A. J. Randall
Baker
Daugs
Lake Mille
United Press
Gaylord Anderson
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Towa
Louisiana
Father Divine
Edna Rose Ritchings
Philadelphia
Soviet
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Rockford, Ill
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Midwest
White Plains
Yonkers
N. Y
John Redstrom
Veterans Office
Kenosha Celebration Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!