Seven traffic accidents injure seven in Kenosha weekend
Police and sheriff reports detail ten weekend traffic crashes in Kenosha and county. Injuries include a woman with a fractured nose and bruised knee, a boy knocked down by a truck, and several head or facial injuries. One driver faced drunken driving charges. others paid fines or received home treatment.
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Kenosha
Harold W. Plew
Wood Rd
Somers
22Nd Ave
Elizabeth Jane Frisque
12Th Ave
Plew
Robert D. Quayle
37Th Ave
Charles Molinaro
24Th Ave
32Nd Ave
Quayle
Betty
Kenosha Hospital
John Komis
Chicago
Frank Neu
Rt. 3
Box 203
18Th Ave
63Rd St
Joseph Shramovich
Komis
Neu
John Haebig
Apt
Haebig
William
Kenneth Veil Wood
8Th Ave
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Frank Brownell
54Th St
Donald Kocol
5Th Ave
10Th Ave
55Th St
Frank
Wisconsin Blasts of Wind Cut Power and Damaged Towns
A fierce eastward moving storm lashed Wisconsin with 60 to 75 mph winds, toppling trees and poles, ripping metal sheets, and blacking out electricity from Milwaukee to Racine. Flights and roads disrupted as weather officials warned of further drops near zero, while towns reported dozens of calls for help and extensive property damage.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Midwest
Sheboygan
Waukesha
Jefferson
Neenah
Madison
LaCrosse
Weather Bureau
Racine
Main St
Burlington
Lake Michigan
Winnebago County
Oshkosh
60Th St
34Th Ave
Frank I. Wilen
Telephone and
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Kenosha
Bradley M. Auten
Auten
Reds say encirclement seals Suchow garrison near Nanking
Chinese Communist radio reports an air tight encirclement of the Suchow garrison, about 110000 troops from the 16th 13th and Second army groups. Government forces abandoned Suchon to break toward the trapped government troops near Suhsien, roughly 45 miles south. If true, only the Hwai river defense line troops remain free.
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Nanking
Communist Radio
Red
Suchow
Suchon
12Th
Suhsien
Hwai River
Coastguardsman Rescues Crew in Gale Near Beaver Island
Coast guardsman John Gallagher rowed a small boat 3000 yards through eight foot seas to rescue three aboard the grounded fishing tug La Blanc near Beaver Island in Lake Michigan. He made two trips despite the strong gale and aided the assistant keeper of the light, 39-year-old Gallagher.
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Nomad
Mich
John Gallagher
Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
la Blanc
Writers Have No Time For Wedded Happiness
London reports Vincent Sheean’s ex wife Diana Forbes-Robertson says he is a wonderful man but cannot marry again because writers have no time for marriage. She married him in Vienna thirteen years ago and they divorced in Reno two years ago. She calls him a great friend but not suited to domestic life due to his work.
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London
Vincent Sheean
Robert Walker in Topeka Glass Attack Flight
Hollywood actor Robert Walker, in Topeka for a drunkenness charge, caused extensive damage at the police station. He shattered three glass panels and injured his hands, later treated with many stitches. Walker faced charges for destroying city property and public disturbance.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Robert Walker
Hollywood Star
Russell Purdie
Walker
Sergeant Purdie
James Bowen
Fred M. Tatzlaff
Menninger Psychiatric Clinic
Menninger
Purdie
Hollywood
Crying Baby Foils Auto Theft in San Francisco
A 12 month old girl in Mrs. Maxine Baker’s car thwarted a thief who called police to say he would abandon the vehicle in San Bruno after the baby’s cries prompted his retreat. The incident began on Eighth and Mission streets.
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San Francisco
Maxine Baker
San Bruno
Eighth and
Mission Streets
Berlin's Heavy Vote Seen as Slap at Reds
Final count shows 1,330,820 votes in Berlin three sectors with 86.2 percent turnout. Social Democrats won in the west, while Communists boycotted and warned of reprisals. Western Berliners faced Communist threats yet voted for anti communist leaders amid East West tensions.
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Berlin
Reds
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
PSC Authorizes Freight Rate Hike in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission allowed four state steam railroads to raise intrastate freight rates by about 25 percent and coal and coke shipments by five cents per ton. The increase follows an Interstate Commerce Commission order and affects the Chicago and North Western, Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific, Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, and Green Bay and Western railroads.
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Madison
Wis
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
PSC
Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Red Intrigue in State Department Emerges at New York Grand Jury
New York grand jury receives evidence from congressional investigators in a case tied to Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers. Wheeler presents secret papers allegedly passed from a state department underground to Chambers. The probe may reopen the Hiss-Chambers libel case and affect tomorrow's public hearings on the 1937 38 leak.
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Washington
New York
Congress
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
House
American Activities Committee
Grand Jury
William A. Wheeler
Justice Department
Time Magazine
Sumner Welles
Welles
Wheeler
Maryland
Robert E. Strippling
House Committee
Clark
FBI
Madison Fire Kills Woman
A stove explosion in a reconverted barracks at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin, killed Dorothy Alburn, 32, a local mother. Her husband Walter, 31, and two children, Betty Jeanne 2 and Walter Jr. 11 months, survived with noncritical burns. Two older daughters were at a grandmother’s home. Two neighbors were slightly injured rescuing Mrs. Alburn. This followed another deadly Madison fire within eight days.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Truax Field
Dorothy Alburn
Walter
Betty Jeanne
Wisconsin farmer wins Skelly award for agriculture
Gerald Mielke of Outagamie county Wisconsin is named the recipient of the W G Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture He will receive the honor at a community breakfast conducted in his honor next Saturday in Chicago
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Chicago
A.P
Gerald Mielke
Outagamie County
Wisconsin
W. G. Skelly
Two Japanese War Criminals Win Supreme Court Hearing
The U S Supreme Court, in a 5 4 vote, agreed to hear appeals for General Kenji Dohihara and Koki Hirota condemned as war criminals by the Tokyo International Military Tribunal. Justice Jackson cast the deciding vote, with a split four four on the court. The case challenges legality of the Tokyo trials, while MacArthur had deferred executions of seven top criminals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Dohihara
Hirota
Hideki Tojo
China
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
William Logan, Jr
New York City
Davis F. Smith
U. S
Nuernberg
Railroad Freight Embargoes Lifted
Washington reports freight embargoes on west coast export and eastern intercoastal trade ended today after the maritime strike settlement. Embargoes had been in place since September 1 to prevent a freight car tie up at ports during the strike.
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West
Washington
U.P
Five Die in Wisconsin Weekend Plane Crash and Accidents
Wisconsin weekend accidents killed five people including Karl S Reynolds a Sturgeon Bay cherry grower. Reynolds 55 died when his plane crashed nine miles north of Sturgeon Bay along with two companions. The other victims were Erving Kassow 38 and Lougee Stedman 40 both of Sturgeon Bay. A separate drowning claimed Bernard J Golke 24 Stevens Point after his car went through an ice pond guard rail. A two car collision near Middleton injured Mrs Russell Noah 23 Badger Village and eight others.
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Wisconsin
Karl S. Reynolds
Sturgeon Bay
Reynolds
Erving Kassow
Reynolds’ Orchards
Lougee Stedman
Fruit Growers’ Cooperative of
Fond du Lac
Bernard J. Golke
Stevens Point
Golke
Middleton
Russell Noah
Badger Village
Boy charged with murder in West Branch case
William Lee Farley, 15, described as a perfect gentleman by his teacher, is held without bond on murder charges after killing his mother following a dispute over selling Christmas cards. Probate Judge Ethel Chapin waived jurisdiction, allowing trial as an adult.
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West Branch
Mich
William Lee Farley
Ethel Chapin
Naval Academy official to helm Pitt athletics
Captain Thomas Hamilton, director of athletics at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis, today accepted a similar post at the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt officials said Hamilton will report here Feb 1.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Hamilton
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Hamilton
Madison officials question Wisconsin Telephone rate proposal
Cross examination of utility officials began in Madison before the state Public Service Commission over the Wisconsin Telephone Company request to raise rates again. The plan seeks about 8.4 million dollars in annual additional revenue. In Waukesha, Mrs. Harold Hanrahan gave birth to an eight pound girl overnight, two hours after a car crash that injured five others. she remains in serious condition at Waukesha Memorial Hospital.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Telephone Company
State Public Service Commission
Waukesha
Harold Hanrahan
Waukesha County
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Survivors Plotted as C-54 Crashes 1200 Miles from Honolulu
An Air Force C-54 transport with 37 personnel ditched 478 miles southwest of Johnson Island. Rescue ships and aircraft from Johnston Island, Ren Dover, and Zelma converged as flares indicated some castaways reached a life raft. Navy planes maintained air and surface watches while crews hoped for survivors.
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Johnson Island
mid-Pacific
Air Force
Honolulu
Johnston Island
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
98Th
Thomas L. Wiper
Allen H. Stoots
Hickman Field
Basset
Scott
Supreme Court refuses to force Alabama electors
The Supreme Court declined to order Alabama's presidential electors to vote for Truman. Alabama electors have pledged to vote for Governor J Strom Thurmond. Justic Black did not participate. Electors meet December 13 to cast their ballots.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
James E. Folsom
Justice Black
Widow swears out warrant in Georgia lynching case
Amy Mallard, widow of Robert Mallard, swore out a warrant naming William L. Howell as a band member who killed her husband on November 20 in what authorities may consider a lynching. She traveled from Savannah with state trooper escort to identify the suspect.
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Lyons
U.P
Robert Mallard
William L
Spud) Howell
Amy Mallard
Savannah
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