Fair Climax Signals End Of Wilmot Fair Week
The Wilmot county fair nears its final day with many events left including stock car races and a horse show rescheduled after rain. Time trials start at 6 30 p m and finals at 8 p m with the Nash race cancelled. judges awarded blue ribbons across divisions led by Walter Christensen of Kenosha in farm crops.
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Evening News
Dyer Lake Farm
Wheatland Township
Gordon Periman
Betsy Guyer
Periman
Grace
Wilmot
Henry Frank
Fair Association
Frank
Walter Christensen
Kenosha
Ernest Kreuger
Bristol
Jasper McCormack
Salem
Lester Biehn
Union Grove
Riley Green
Sturtevant
Ardys Martell
Rt. 1
Fred Pitts
Clarence J. Martell
Frank Lidik
Peter P. Green
John Rolling
Mabel Tuttle
Barbara Schubert
Thomas Fliess
Arthur Fonk
Walter Biehn
Marion Mich
Erminie Carey
Clarence Hansen
Harry Lubeno
Trevor
Triple Crash Fatal to Four in Wisconsin
A three car collision ten miles north of Madison at State Highway 51 and Dane County Trunk V killed four people, including a boy, a girl, a woman about 60, and a man. The woman and children died at Madison hospital. seven were injured. Names were not released.
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DeForest
Wis
Madison
Dane County
Couple tied the knot after 62 years together
Manuel Rodriguez Lopez aged 103 and Ursula Mendez aged 72 wed yesterday in Veracruz after living together. He said the marriage was to legitimize the births of their two daughters, now 56 and 53, who already call them mom and dad.
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Veracruz
Mexico
U.P
Manuel Rodriguez Lopez
Ursula Mendez
Air forces claim clean week as allies attack Korea
Allied jets reported shooting down 18 MiG-15s and damaging 19 more while United States planes lost four to ground fire and four to unknown causes. A U S Eighth Army raid southeast of Pyongyang yielded heavy enemy losses with 79 killed or wounded, 11 bunkers blown and six trench lines knocked out amid a four hour battle.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Haeju Peninsula
38Th Parallel
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
Carnival Worker Dies in Track Stunt Contest
In Huntington West Virginia a carnival worker died during a so called contest to stay on the tracks as a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train neared. Coroner Robert Barrett said the man was knocked more than 100 feet by the approaching train and hospital staff were told of the incident. Another man was reported to be involved.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert Barrett
Baltimore and Ohio
Cooler Weekend Expected Across Wisconsin
Weather system brings cooler air and scattered thundershowers over Wisconsin today. Kenosha reports 0.37 inches of rain yesterday and today as the state eyes clearing skies tonight and a warmer Sunday afternoon. Temperature readings include 79 high yesterday, 63 low, 74 downtown Kenosha, and 78 at Nash Motors.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Nash Motors
Polio Claims Two Milwaukee Parents
The polio deaths of two Milwaukee parents were reported Friday. Mrs. Marion Peters, 37, mother of two, and Russell J. Goggins, 31, father of three, died this year in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Marion Peters
Russell J. Goggins
Five Pallbearers Question Five Pallbearers
Chicago police released five pallbearers in the Theodore Roe case and arrested six Capone syndicate mobsters. Four pallbearers were nabbed at Roe’s graveside. another was later caught on a street corner. Court reports set for Tuesday on disorderly conduct charges.
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Chicago
U.P
Theodore Roe
Capone Syndicate
Roe
Tony Accardo
Jake
Greasy Thumb
Guzik
Sam
Mooney
Giancana
Golfbag
Hunt
Gus Alex
Cliff Davis
Ponomarenko Receives Second Order of Lenin
A government decree published in Moscow newspapers announces P. K. Ponomarenko, secretary of the Soviet Communist Party central committee, has been awarded his second Order of Lenin.
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Moscow
P. K. Ponomarenko
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Lenin
Mitchell Named Democratic National Chairman
Stephen A. Mitchell of Chicago was tapped to head the Democratic National Committee by Adlai Stevenson. The 49 year old lawyer and former chief counsel for the House judiciary subcommittee on the justice department will join Stevenson in campaign planning and meet with McKinney and Sparkman as the party solidifies its November strategy. Mitchell's rise marks his entry into top Democratic ranks and hails from Rock Valley Iowa with Irish Catholic background.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Stephen A. Mitchell
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Mitchell
Stevenson
Frank E. McKinney
Indianapolis
House Judiciary
Justice Department
McKinney
Kansas City
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Rock Valley
Veronica Lake Ill With Virus Infection
Actress Veronica Lake is recovering at Pratt Diagnostic Center after a virus infection. A hospital spokesman said she is progressing and expected to be confined for a few days.
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Boston
Veronica Lake
Pratt Diagnostic Center
Miss Lake
Mystery of Hvasta Escape Prompts US Search
Washington reports an American citizen John Hvasta reportedly escaped from Leopoldov prison in Czechoslovakia on Jan 2. Officials say they have no confirmation of his whereabouts or status, while Vienna and safety in the American zone are cited as nearby reference points.
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Washington
John Hvasta
Czechoslovakia
Leopoldov
United States
New York
Hudson River
Michael Hvasta
Vienna
Danube
Hvasta
Associated Press
William Oatis
Oatis
State Department
Prague
Foreign Office
Free Czechoslovak Information Service
London
Hrasta
Britain and France Face NATO Inquiry on 1952 Defense Plans
The North Atlantic Council bluntly asked Britain and France whether they will meet promised 1952 defense goals. A reliable source said replies are due by August 20 for consideration at the Paris council meeting, amid worry that Lisbon minimums may fail.
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Paris
U.2
North Atlantic Council
Britain
France
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Plan to Clear Curbs on New York Main Arteries
New York City plans a curb clearance campaign on 60 miles of main auto arteries during rush hours. Acting Traffic Commissioner T. T. Wiley said no start date has been set for the program.
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New York
New York City
T. T. Wiley
Dulles Warns Of Policy Peril In US Election
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ally John Foster Dulles says President Truman's foreign policy endangers the nation and urges Ike's election to block Soviet dominance and avert a world war. He criticizes Adlai Stevenson for lacking needed experience and decision power. Dulles spoke after a two hour talk with Eisenhower and Nixon.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Truman
America
Dulles
State Acheson
Eisenhower
Free World
Adlai Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
California
Mrs Kai-Shek to Seek Medical Treatment in Honolulu
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China's president, arrives in Honolulu from Formosa for treatment of urticaria. Minister K W Yu of the Chinese embassy says she will not go to the U S mainland unless Hawaii treatment fails.
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Honolulu
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Formosa
K. W. Yu
Washington
Chiang
U. S
McGranery Unveils New Top Aides Amid Reform Push
Attorney General James P. McGranery announced a series of staff shifts and probes as he pushes to clean up corruption in the federal government. He disclosed investigations into alleged Chicago post office job sales and ordered a grand jury probe of the 1946 St. Johns River shipyard sale in Jacksonville. McGranery also disclosed a $39,000 audit contract with Arthur Young & Co to review the alien property custodian’s books and outlined new deputy and assistant attorney general appointments including Ross Malone Rowland Kirks Charles Murray and shift of James McInerney to the lands division.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Chicago
St. John’s River
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa Shipbuilding Company
House
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Tom Dc. Clark
New York
Arthur Young and Company
Truman
Ross S. Malone
Roswell
N. M
A. Devitt Vanech
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Rowland F. Kirks
National University School of Law
Harold I. Staynton
Charles B. Murray
District of Columbia
James M. McInerney
William Amory Underhill
Clark
J. Howard McGrath
McIinerney
Holmes Baldridge
Joseph C. Duggan
Freight rate boost approved by Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized a freight increase for railroad shipments within the state. The order sets maximum rises of 10 percent for gravel sand limestone and crushed stone and 20 cents a ton or 124 percent for coal and coke, while the previous 15 percent interstate boost was limited.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Indicted for role in bank robbery cash swap
Anthony Gelini, 44, indicted on two counts after returning $43000 of $20000 stolen in a bank heist. He aided and concealed funds, faced possible 25 years and $22500 fine. Co-defendants include Charles Frederick Will and Sidney Dobony with varied charges. Will confessed, Dubony charged with receipt of funds.
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San Francisco
U.P
Gelini
Will
Sidney Dobony
Joseph Karesh
U. S
Karesh
Dubony
Reno
Bubony
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Stephen Mitchell
Roman Kortes
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Mich
Kortes
Hillside
Anthony Gelini
Nev
Charles Frederick Will
Pittsburgh
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