Eight Traffic Mishaps Reported By Police And Sheriff
Police and deputies reported seven city crashes with no injuries and three arrests overnight in Kenosha. August Hort Sr. 64 of 1312 64th St faced a hit and run charge after his car struck a parked vehicle on 22nd Ave and 61st St. Eugene Oster 26 of 1712 311st St was arrested for drunken driving after his car struck a curb on 50th St. Peter Klevickis on a bicycle was charged with violating a traffic signal at Sheridan Rd and 50th St. Several other collisions caused minor damage with no hospitalizations, including incidents on 11th Ave 64th St 65th St and 57th-60th Sts. A three-vehicle crash near County Trunk near the state line injured three in a separate late-night incident. A Los Angeles driver James Fredman and George Spanos of 4913 13th Ave collided at Highways 41 and 50.
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Kenosha
Sheriff's
August Hort, Sr
64Th St
22Nd Ave
Joseph Lees
Joseph Tyuanaitis
Hort
John F. Slater
Chicago
Hart
61St St
Eugene Jack Oster
311St St
George Hartung
Albert Molinaro
50Th St
Oster
Peter Klevickis
Sheridan Rd
Grant Tyler
Melvin Knox
Alex Uttendorfer
Arvo Koski
la Salle
L1th Ave
Thomas King
Koski
Uttendorfer
Louis Blood
William J. Wallis
Robert G. Roeder
73Rd St
14Th Ave
65Th St
Russell Avrian
21St Ave
John Costan
5Th Ave
57Th
60Th Sts
Avrian
John Duchaklian
Rt. 1
Racine
Ernest Macht
29Th Ave
75Th St
Macht
L. B. Hansbusher
8Th Ave
Bernard Tappa
Washington Rd
Lee Hale
Apt. Ell
31St Ave
Ruth Bucks
Fond du Lac
59Th St
Leonard Paul
Joseph Triska
Illinois
Kermit Schreck
Alfred Oetting
Henry Addante
Triska
Elizabeth Raimondi
Angelina Schickian
Raimondi
Miss Schickian
Paul
James J. Fredman
Los Angeles
Calif
George Spanos
13Th Ave
Leonard Jensen
Kenosha Day at North Western 400 Playhouse Salute
Kenosha celebrates 100 years with the Chicago and North Western Rail System during Kenosha Day at the 400 Playhouse. The exhibit features old films, barber shop quartet history, community singing, and train replicas the Pioneer locomotive and a 400 streamliner.
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Kenosha
Chicago and North Western
North Western
The
Chicago
Payroll heist at Columbia University in 30 seconds
Two men armed with pistols robbed the Bursar's office of Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, taking $9,900. The holdup ended within about 30 seconds, and many employees did not realize the crime occurred until afterward.
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New York
Teachers College
Columbia University
Ter
Russians Kidnap Four Western Sector Police
Soviet forces abducted four German police officers in Berlin’s western sector after halting two plainclothes men from the American zone. One victim was stabbed and another beaten with a rifle butt before being carried into the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
Bran Ene
RED
Milwaukee Boy Escapes Again During Return to Milwaukee
A 17 year old boy from South Milwaukee on probation for truancy escaped from two detention home officers while being returned to Milwaukee by car. This marked his second escape in a week. The youth, John Rebisch, had been involved in taking a car from Yager Auto Service and was detained on $500 bond. Rebisch fled on Hwy 41 at Forrest Home avenue and has not been recaptured. The incident follows prior escape attempts and car recovery.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Detective Bureau
John Rebisch
Yager Auto Service
Washington Rd
Harry Yager
11Th Ave
Rebisch
Forrest Home Avenue
Cudahy
Yager
United States
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Russia
Kosenkina
Tolstay Haven
Cottage Valley
N. Y
Greeks claim split by forces near Grammos mountain
Unconfirmed reports say the Greek army closed a pincer in Grammos, splitting Communist forces into two fronts. The general staff could not confirm but noted a possible juncture of Greek armies in the area.
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Athens
Grammos
Three Hospital Patients Die and Injuries in Illinois Car Crash
A weekend trip by three middle aged patients from Wood General hospital near Milwaukee ended with Captain Smith aged 60 dead and Joseph Wendell 56 and Stanley John Mitkus 54 seriously injured. Their borrowed 1930 jalopy lost a wheel on Skokie highway near suburban Wilmette and overturned into a ditch. The car was borrowed from another patient at the veterans' hospital.
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Chicago
Wood General Hospital
Milwaukee
Captain Smith
Joesph Wendell
Stanley John Mitkus
Skokie Highway
Surburban Wilmette
Veterans’ Hospital
How to Live To Age of 91 Keep Working
George Gru, who observed his 91st birthday while working eight hours in his Brooklyn law office, says there is nothing like work to keep a man alive. He is the oldest practicing lawyer in New York state and began his career in 1878 as a clerk in Alexander Hamilton Jr.'s law office.
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New York
Crash of B-29 Kills 17 Near Rapid City South Dakota
Air force officers investigated the takeoff crash of a B-29 at Rapid City S D that ploughed into the ground killing 17 crew and passengers. The plane dipped left wing nosed over and burst into flames near a farm house as it left a north runway during a routine training flight.
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Rapid City
S. D
Air Force
Tom Segler
Lawrence Tietz
Tietz
28Th Bomb Group
England
U S Air Force Probes Farm Fire Mystery at Willey Farm
U S Air Force scientists arrived in Macomb Illinois to test if radio waves or radioactivity sparked fires that burned Willey’s farmhouse and two barns over two weeks. Neighbor suspicions and expert opinions differ with solar influence and sabotage theories referenced. Willey fled after the latest blaze.
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Macomb
Ill
U. S. Air Force
Charley Willey
Lewis C. Gust
Wright Field
Willey
Gust
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
National Fire Underwriters Laboratory
Lulu
Arthur McNeal
Lomakin Exit Sparks U S Soviet Diplomatic Clash
The State Department demands the recall of Soviet Consul General Lomakin over alleged kidnapping and coercion of three Soviet teachers who renounced communism. Washington anticipates a strong Soviet protest and possible retaliation while noting the move follows a 1933 resumption of ties.
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State Department
Lomakin
United States
Russia
Axis Sally to be brought back on treason charges
U S Marshals await the arrival of Mildred Gillars, known as Axis Sally, returning from Germany to face a federal treason grand jury in Washington. She broadcast propaganda for Berlin during World War II targeting American troops, with name recognition from North Africa, Italy, and the Normandy era reports.
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Washington
U. S
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Miss Gillars
Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Portland
Justice Department
Miss Gillars’ Radio Activities Had Presented “A Prodigious Task.” Miss Gillars
France
England
North Africa
Italy
Sally
Justice
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Los Angeles
Japan
Mystery surrounds New York Soviet consulate affair
An air of mystery hung over the Soviet consulate as Consul General Jacob Lomakin prepared to sail for home August 28 aboard the Stockhol m. The U S State Department demanded his recall, with Swedish American line confirming bookings for Lomakin and his family. Seven unidentified men left the consulate with packed bags, then returned empty handed.
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U. S
Jacob M. Lomakin
New York
United States
Russia
Jacob I. Lemakin
State Department
Washington
Jacob Lomakin
Lomakin
Stockholm
U. S. State Department
United Nations
Goteborg
Sweden
Moscow
Oksana Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Weather Outlook Mixed With Warm Midwest Skies
Associated Press reports pleasant conditions with some local thunder shower activity in the upper Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes. Wisconsin saw scattered overnight showers, with Land o Lakes at .65 inch and other towns minimal rainfall. Coolers expected tonight and tomorrow. Blair marked the hottest day at 92 degrees with several towns near 90.
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Upper
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Midwest
Wisconsin
Land o’Lakes
Wausau
Blair
Menomonie
Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Gen Wainwright elected national commander of DAV
Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, was unanimously named national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the close of the DAVs 27th annual convention in New York yesterday.
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New York
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and Corregidor
Disabled American Veterans
DAVV
British urged to step aside in Trans-Jordan Arab Legion
El Misri today reported Iraq asked Britain to advise its officers with the Arab Legion to resign or take long leaves. The move signals growing regional pressure amid British involvement in Trans-Jordan.
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Cairo
el Misri
Iraq
Britain
Arab Legion
Milton Junction Child Dies in Fall from Car
A 17 month old boy, Dale Gosda, was fatally injured when he slid from an automobile driven by his mother in Milton Junction Wisconsin. The child in a baby seat hooked over the back of the front seat fell when the mother backed out and the door opened unexpectedly.
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Milton Junction
Wis
Dale Gosda
Harold Gosda
Farewell for Doctor Who Forgot to Send Bills
Friends plan a solemn farewell for Dr George MacKinnon known as Doc who died at 65 after years serving a farming community. Though he earned little from bills his 3000 plus deliveries won him lifelong gratitude from patients now spread across Wisconsin and beyond.
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Doctor Who
Prentice
Wis
Doc MacKinnon
George MacKinnon
Doc
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Gale Helverson
Garland
Utah
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
B. E. MacMahon
Morrill, Neb
Alexander Jelisarov
Potsdamer Platz
Veterans Hospital
South Dakota
Willey Farm
Russ Consul
Vladivostok
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Mikhail I. Samarin
Somakin
White House
Truman
Hosptal
Mrs. Kosenkina
Weatherman
Outlook
Associated Press
Gen. Wainwright
Congregational
Baptist Church
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