31 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1951
Page
1
Late bulletins report a bus truck collision killing three and injuring thirty others. A Royal Air Force Canberra bomber set a trans Atlantic record, flying from Northern Ireland to Gander in four hours and nineteen minutes.
Senate crime investigation panel urged cities to form privately funded crime commissions and a national crime council with a $100000 startup grant. It criticized corruption linked to public officials and called for a broader probe of ties between crime and capital-area groups.
A Greyhound bus collision near Kenosha left three women dead, including Mrs. Sadie Dreblow and Mrs. Elsie Blankenheim, and Miss Susan Deubig, all from Milwaukee. Nine others were treated at Kenosha hospital with various injuries and two more in critical condition at St Catherine's hospital. Emergency crews, deputies, and multiple ambulances responded as the wreckage was cleared by 9 10 p.m. The crash involved a three-bus run from Chicago to Milwaukee and occurred as heavy truck traffic began on Hy 41.
New York police smashed a million-dollar annual Harlem dope ring supplying customers coast to coast. In an 11 hour roundup yesterday and last night narcotics detectives arrested seven men who had been under surveillance for 10 weeks.
The body of five year old Yvonne Georgina Biritz was found near a railroad right of way on Chicago's west side. Police said she had been beaten to death and had been missing from Cicero since yesterday evening. A suspect was questioned and the brother, nine, last saw her about 6 p.m. Thursday.
Governor Kohler said Labor Day in Madison Wisconsin gains special meaning this year due to the national defense bond drive. The campaign starts Monday and runs until October 27, urging Americans to mobilize thrift to support the defense effort.
The Wisconsin public service commission issued an emergency order limiting new natural gas connections. Nine utilities must stop new applications by August 22, with exemptions to be decided by tomorrow. Low and medium demand areas face a 5 percent yearly or 1 percent post two-year cap, and a September 13 hearing may alter the rules. The PSC seeks to gauge future needs and requests a fair share of pipeline fuel from the federal commission.
The Fond du Lac fire and police commission resigned en masse. One member stated that any comment must come from the city council, signaling an official response would be referred upward.
Washington reports postal examiners ruled Evelyn West pin ups were lewd and not eligible for sale through the mail despite her defense that the images depict art. The case followed her earlier ads offering 22 pin ups for $1 and an appeal option remains. Des Moines dancers sparked Republican farm show protests calling the routine licentious.
Peiping Radio quoted a London Communist dispatch claiming two Red soldiers were killed as United Nations troops reportedly invaded the Kaesong neutral zone near suspended cease-fire talks. The report followed a day of similar allegations, while U N spokesmen expected talks to resume. Meanwhile fighting intensified along Bloody Ridges with Korean troops mounting assaults to dislodge Communist positions on the ridgeline.
Most Nash Motors division departments closed early due to excessive humidity. The foundry halted at 10 a.m. and assembly lines and most departments ceased by noon. Reopening planned Tuesday after Labor Day under regular schedule.
Lightning struck two boys in a bean field near Storm's Weston home in Wausau Wisconsin. Fourteen year old Lee Storm died while companion Thomas Hoff twelve was knocked unconscious but revived.
The weatherman forecast much cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow after a spell of uncomfortably high heat and humidity. Downtown Kenosha measured 87 this noon, with yesterday’s state high reaching 89 at Watertown. Northern Wisconsin saw heavy rains and Bayfield’s third flash flood in ten years, while Brown county endured wind felled trees and downed wires.
The senate finance committee signaled support for expanding excise taxes beyond the House total of 1.252 billion dollars. They tentatively included vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and garbage disposal units at 10 percent. The panel backed higher levies on autos, trucks, trailers, parts, gasoline, liquor, beer, cigars, and many electric and gas appliances including dishwashers and dryers.
An explosion aboard the cabin cruiser Helena hurled four men into Lake Michigan. Jacob Hardoff, 21, an Israeli exchange student, drowned while attempting to reach a buoy. Sheldon Liebowitz, 26, Marvin 23, and Francis Huntman survived. Marvin suffered burns. The boat burned to the hull.
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