Chicago Project Would Aid County
Herbert Moore, Milwaukee engineer, says a north Racine water intake drawing from Lake Michigan could relieve Kenosha County flood and drainage problems. The plan links to a 60 mile aqueduct paralleling the Des Plaines, with a Wind Point Niagara limestone site near Racine.
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Racine
Chicago
Kenosha County
Herbert Moore
Milwaukee
DesPlaines River
Moore
Lake Michigan
Lake Front
Niagara
Seven Proposals Made On State Traffic Laws
The Wisconsin legislative council recommended seven traffic law tightening bills for the 1949 session. Proposals include local controls on pedestrian traffic, stricter teen driver rules, three year license renewals with higher fees, school bus stop requirements, tractor lighting, prohibiting scooter and motorized bike passengers, and banning dangerous drug users from driving.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Gordon Bubolz
Truman to host Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Friday tea
The White House announced President Truman will meet Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on Friday at 4 p.m. CST. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said she would be the guest of the Trumans for tea at the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
White House
Charles G. Ross
China
Higher Postal Rates Sought by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Donaldson told reporters at the White House he will ask Congress to raise rates on all non first class mail. He plans higher charges for second class newspapers magazines third class circulars advertising fourth class parcel post and special services while noting a projected all time deficit of 550 million dollars for the current fiscal year, up from 310 million last year.
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Washington
Donaldson
Congress
White House
Truman
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
Kansas City coal dealers indicted for price fixing
A federal grand jury in Kansas City Missouri indicted the coal dealers trade association and 15 leading dealers on charges of conspiring to fix coal prices in the Kansas City area.
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Washington
U.P
Kansas City
Executions in Salonika for Treason Linked to Guerrilla Revolt
Three women and four men were executed by firing squad today in Salonika after being convicted of treason tied to the Communist guerrilla revolt.
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Athens
Salonika
General Property Tax Set at 40 Mills For 1949
A 1949 property tax levy of 40 mills was set, up one mill from 1948, with wages raised eight dollars. In a separate item, 33 air force survivors were rescued by the navy carrier Rendova after a mid Pacific crash, eight hours on life rafts under shark-infested waters, with four passengers listed as dead.
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Honolulu
Aaval Ass
Air Force
Navy
Rendova
Joseph L. Smith
Stockton
Kans
Charles T. Millapaugh
Port Jervis
N. Y
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Calhoun
L. R. Johnson
Minneapolis
Johnson
Steve G. Kane
Hammond
Ind
Johnston Island
Allen H. Stotts
Kwajalein
Marshall Kidney Operation Successful At Walter Reed
Secretary of State James F. Marshall, 67, underwent kidney surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Officials said the operation was successful and he is doing well with no complications reported. Marshall, a former Army chief of staff, has led the State Department since 1947 and his absence leaves Undersecretary Robert A. Lovett in charge.
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Washington
Marshall
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
State Department
James C. Kimbrough
Robert A. Lovett
Walter Reed
United Nations
Paris
Hiss
Department
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Chambers
Baltimore
Welles
Public Hearings Reopened In HUAC Spy Probe
The House Un-American Activities committee moves to reopen public hearings on communist spying naming former Undersecretary Sumner Welles as a witness. Rep. Mundt arrives to lead, with Rep. Nixon and investigator Stripling as participants to place on record the case's evolution and sources.
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
Cal
Washington
State Department
Robert Stripling
House Un-American Activities Committee
Maryland
Whittaker Chambers
Sumner Welles
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
Richard N. Nixon
Rcalif
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Welles
Pearl Harbor Recalled on Anniversary Worldwide
The article notes Pearl Harbor’s anniversary marked by remembrances in Hawaii and abroad. In Tokyo Prime Minister Yoshida urged parliament to back recovery of the empire while China’s Madame Chiang Kai-Shek saluted the dead for human liberty. In San Diego a Veterans of Pearl Harbor chapter formed and services were planned aboard the Curtis.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Mid- Pacific
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
San Diego
Calif
Veterans of
Wisconsin wardens nab Christmas tree truckers without licenses
State conservation wardens in Fond du Lac Wisconsin rounded up more than a dozen truckers for operating without dealers licenses during the weekend. Additional arrests and fines followed as officers continue daily enforcement efforts.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
U.P
Fire at United Nations Headquarters in Paris
Late bulletins report a fire at the United Nations headquarters in Paris as security officers clear the Palais de Chaillot. Also two Russian air force fliers expressed belief war between Russia and the United States is inevitable, and Paul Mantz began a flight from Los Angeles to New York to attempt to beat his Bendix record.
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Paris
U.P
United Nations
Palais de Chaillot
Wiesbaden
Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Peter A. Piragov
Anatoly P. Barsov
Austria
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Los Angeles
U.S
Paul Mantz
New York
Truman Allows Soldiers on Army Court Martial Boards
Washington reports an executive order by President Truman permitting soldiers to serve on army court martial boards. The move broadens eligibility and aims to streamline trials within the military justice system.
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Washington
Truman
Santa Not Jolly Gets Hot Foot at Burlington Parade
In Burlington North Carolina an unidentified youth slipped under the business district float carrying Santa during a Christmas parade and set his trousers on fire with a match. Santa extinguished the blaze and chased the prankster before the youth cut a hole in Santa's shoe with a pocketknife then fled.
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Santa
Burlington
N. C
Jolly Old
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Sun Prairie Man Killed by Car
Oscar Tjugum aged 58 of Route 2 Sun Prairie Wis was struck by a car near his home and killed by a 15 year old driver. Dane county coroner Dr David Atwood said an inquest would be considered. The youth told his mother and they went to the scene. Tjugum was the father of nine children.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar Tjugum
Sun Prairie
David Atwood
Dane County
Tjugum
Veteran nurse Charlotte Brown dies at 86 in Gardner
Charlotte A. Brown, aged 86, one of the nation's oldest registered nurses who helped establish nurses training schools at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia and at Bellevue in New York City, died Monday. She was born in Athol, Massachusetts.
Traffic Trips Officials Too In A Big Way
Three traffic accidents occurred overnight. Police Chief Stanley Haukedahl’s car collided with a truck at 13th Ct and 43rd St injuring his daughter Sharon 12. FBI Agent John Braun’s car hit a station wagon at 55th St and Sheridan. Assistant Fire Chief Anthony Schlenker’s unit collided with Peter Scherk’s car at 24th Ave and 63rd St while en route to a fire.
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Stanley G. Haukedahl
18Th Ave
Charles Whitcher
Bristol
13Th Ct
43Rd St
Sharon
St. Catherine’s Hospital
24Th Ave
Roosevelt Rd
Fights Break Out at Cincinnati Clippard Plant
A clash erupted at the Clippard Instrument Co plant in Cincinnati as striking workers clashed with those arriving for shifts for the third time this week. Police reported shouting women forcing their way into a grill area and attacking five colleagues, with glass broken, tables tipped, and at least one striker armed with a rubber hose.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Clippard Instrument Co
Edward Mulcahy
Wind Drops Yet Cold Lingers Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin remains cold with light winds after a day of gales. Federal meteorologist H J Thompson notes wind near 20 mph. overnight minimums hit 14 degrees at Park Falls and single digits elsewhere, while daytime highs reached up to 38 in Milwaukee.
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H. J. Thompson
Park Falls
Land o’Lakes
la Crosse
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Land o'Lakes
Inquest Planned Friday in Death of Six Children
Oshkosh Wisconsin report states a coroner will empanel a jury Friday to hear facts in the deaths of six children who perished when their tiny home burned last Thursday night. I F Statz of the State Industrial Commission Safety and Fire Prevention committee is to attend.
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Oshkosh
Wis
U.P
A. G. Steele
Winnebago County
I. F. Statz
State Industrial Commissions Safety and Fire Prevention Committee
Daring Errol Flynn Charged With Shin Kick In Taxi Incident
Errol Flynn 38 charged with third degree assault after allegedly kicking a New York police officer in the shin during a taxi dispute after midnight. Companion Robert Graham Wahn 38 facing disorderly conduct. bail set at 500 dollars each. Flynn claims frame up as bench warrant issued after he failed to appear in court.
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Errol Flynn
New York
Flynn
Robert Graham Wahn
Joseph Bergeles
Joseph Gardner
Wahn
Bergeles
John Perona
el Morocco
Perona
Flynns
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Berlin
ADN
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Rudolf Wissel
Electrical Corporation
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Secret Department
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