Control Sought Over Roadside Business
Madison Wisconsin bills to empower the state highway commission to restrict roadside structures and driveways along busy highways are proposed by the legislative council as part of a broader highway safety program. The proposals include zone bans near trunk highways for trade and industry, limits on access, and a ban on neon signs near traffic lights, with public hearings required before rules take effect.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
State Highway Commission
Legislative Council
Commission
State Home For Veterans
King
State Historical Society
Veteran's Home
Russia accuses U N of terror in Korea as veto stalls conciliation
In Paris the Soviet delegation led by Jacob Malik demands abolition of the UN commission on Korea accusing it of dismembering Korea and endorsing U S backed elections under police terror. He denounces Dulles and links Korean policing to Japanese methods.
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Paris
U.P
Russia
Jacob Malik
United Nations
UN Commission
South Korea
Korea
United States
Malik
John Foster Dulles
United States Administration
UN Commission On Korea
Eleanor Roosevelt
Social Committee
General Assembly
Ensign Johnson Detours for Eight Minutes of Search
Ensign L A Johnson of Minneapolis, navigator on a navy patrol bomber, said his eight minute plea to fly on helped locate 33 survivors of a mid Pacific C 54 ditching. Pilot Steve Kona and chief machinist Clodis Killam reported the life rafts were spotted during a 39 hour search as fuel ran low and they circled the rafts two hours longer.
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Honolulu
L. A
Johnny Johnson
Minneapolis
Minn
Navy
Steve Kona
Hammond
Ind
Johnson
Steve
Killam
Clodis Killam
Cmdr
Kona
Johnston Island
Shorewood Teacher Sues School Board for $1163
Esther Jensen, a Shorewood kindergarten teacher, filed a circuit court suit yesterday seeking 1163 dollars she says is owed for the 1947 48 school year. She was injured in 1947 when she struck her head on an open cupboard door and was disabled for months. The district says the amount was withheld because she had sick leave pay and workmen compensation.
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Milwaukee
Esther Jensen
Shorewood School Board
Miss Jensen
J. Jensen
Shorewood Schools
Kaukauna Treasurer Nicholas Haupt Dies in Sleep
Kaukauna Wisconsin city treasurer Nicholas Haupt aged 70 died in his sleep. Haupt formerly served on and led the Kaukauna school board and operated a local grocery for more than 40 years.
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Kaukauna City
Kaukauna
Wis
U.P
Nicholas Haupt
Haupt
Woman Questioned In Alger Hiss Case
A woman described as a former State department secretary who worked with Alger Hiss was questioned behind closed doors by the House committee on un American activities. Eunice A. Lincoln gave her name to reporters. The panel pursues claims by Whittaker Chambers that Hiss shared secret papers with a Russian agent.
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Washington
State Department
Alger Hiss
House Committee On un-American Activities
Eunice A. Lincoln
Frances B. Sayre
Hiss
Savres
Whittalger Chambers
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Chambers
Maryland
Russia
State Lovett
Congressional
Eunice Lincoln
Mundt
S. D
Seggion
Alex M. Campbell
Justice Department
George Morris Fay
U. S
District of Columbia
Campbell
Nixon
Calif
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
House
Germany
Japan
Bureau of Standards
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Baltimore
Francis B. Sayre
Peurifoy
Spencer Works Keeps Santa Spirit Alive With Six Memorial Trees
In Spencer Iowa six evergreens were lit in Glen Pedersen American Legion park to honor Tav Roberte, the town’s longtime Santa Claus who repaired toys and helped baskets for families for 34 years. After his death last October, local sponsors raised 1500 dollars to plant the trees and fund a Christmas party and workshop to continue his charity work. The ceremony featured Roberts’ son Charles and daughter Joyce Fertick, with speaker Sen-Elect Guy Gillette praising his sacrifices for the underprivileged community.
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Spencer, Ia
W.P
Santa Claus
Glen Pedersen American Legion Park
Spencer
Tav Roberte
Uw Sewerus
Roberts
Charles
Joyce Fertick
Gillette
Hoover Commission Drops Plan to Double President Salary
The Hoover commission shelved plans to urge Congress to double the president's pay from 75000 to 150000 and to raise top officials by 25 to 150 percent. It will now seek substantial increases without specific price tags to avoid hamstringing Congress while aiming to attract and retain top government talent.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Civil Service
Charman Ralph E. Flanders
Mail Exchange Halted Between Berlin Sectors
Russia halted mail exchange between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin in response to Sunday elections. American official J H Gayer cited Soviet postal officials saying mail traffic was suspended the day after the vote. Western Germany’s industry also faced technician emigration from the Soviet zone, with 20 000 to 30 000 refugees monthly, according to Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
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Berlin
U.P
Russia
J. H. Gayer
Karlshorst
Germany
Walter Albright
Moscow
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Father charged in assault after infant in critical condition
An eight month old girl in Kenosha was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple skull fractures caused by a blow. The girl's father, Allen Harold Gustavus, 22, of 4036 14th Ave., was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm by District Attorney Urban J. Zievers.
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Kenosha Hospital
Allen Harold Gustavus
14Th Ave
Urban J. Zievers
Breakthrough claimed in Nanking encirclement battle
Chinese government reports that units of the 12th army group broke through Communist lines near Nanking, linking with forces advancing from the Hwai river defense line about 100 miles northwest. Reports note air deliveries of supplies to the trapped 12th and renewed efforts by Chen Yi's columns against the pocket near Suchow.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Hwai River
Here
Suchsien
Fallen Suchow
Suchow
Red
Chen Yi
Wuhan
China
Hankow
Hanyang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lovett asserts code overhaul at State Department
Lovett says the State Department has a completely new code system, far more secure than a decade ago, as he discusses a wide ranging inquiry into the alleged loss of documents reported by Whittaker Chambers. He defends urgency in security reforms across sensitive agencies and cautions against publicizing 1937 1938 papers.
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Washington
Lovett
State Department
House UN- American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Peurifoy
House
Chambers
House Committee
Milwaukee Man Files $12,500 Suit Against Brown County Sheriff
Julius Sovinski of Milwaukee files a damage suit in Green Bay asking $10,000 for humiliation anguish of mind publicity and detention from business after his arrest as a suspect in a Green Bay holdup last May. He also seeks $2,500 costs.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
Merle Streckenbach
Milwaukee
Julius Sovinski
Sovinski
Raymond McGuire Held After Overdose Attempt
Police arrested Raymond McGuire after he deliberately took sleeping pills. McGuire said he has more troubles at 17 than most men have at 40.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Raymond McGuire
McGuire
Cubs Trade Gustine and McLish for McCullough and Chambers
Frankie Gustine of the Pirates and Cal McLish were traded to the Chicago Cubs for catcher Clyde McCullough and pitcher Cliff Chambers. Separately, a House committee accused foreign aid programs of favoring giant firms at the expense of small businesses. Elmer W. Sims surrendered to police over an acid attack plot against a rival. Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm commuted life prisoner James Blaine Skidmore, with McCarthy aiding the action.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Frankie Gustine
Pittsburgh Pirate
Cal McLish
Chicago Cubs
Clyde McCullough
Cliff Chambers
Washington
Capitol Hill
Ploeser
House
Small Business Committee
Chicago
Elmer W. Sims
Sims Motor Transport Lines
Raymond Hayes
Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
James Blaine Skidmore
Deerbrook
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Skidmore
McCarthy
Soldier William Ianni to be reburied in Kenosha
The remains of Sgt. William Tanni from the Chicago Graves Distribution Center arrive in Kenosha for reburial. He was killed in action March 17 1945 near Germany while serving with an American infantry company. Surviving are his mother Mrs Margaret Ianni and father Frank Ianni with brothers Walter Dino Phillip and sister Margaret, all listed with ties to Kenosha Melrose Park and Camp Stoneman.
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William Tanni
Frank Ianni
18Th Ave
Kenosha
Chicago Graves Distribution Center
Ianni
Germany
Pittsburgh
Melrose Park
Civilian Conservation Corps
Walter
Camp Stewart
William
Greenland
States
Camp Haun
Calif
Camp Howie
Texas
Seventh Army
Margaret I Ianni
Frank
Dino Ianni
Camp Stoneman
Phillip Ianni
Parris Island
S. C
Margaret Ianni
Typhoon with 85 mph winds slated to hit northern Luzon
Tokyo report says a typhoon packing 85 mile an hour winds is forecast to strike northern Luzon today per the U S. typhoon warning network.
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Tokyo
U.P
Luzon
U.S
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Albert Molinaro
Arthur J. Riley
Helen Streich
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