B 36 Entry Undetected Over Hawaii Sparks Alarm
Major concerns rose in Hawaii after Col. Thomas W. Blackburn said up to 12 unidentified planes could enter peacetime airspace undetected. Fort Worth announced a B 36 bomber flew 8000 miles round trip, untracked, prompting Governor Stainback and officials to call for improved defense readiness. A separate note: a B 50 bomber later completed a 9400 mile non stop mission from Texas to Hawaii and back using in flight refueling.
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Honolulu
U.P
Thomas W. Blackburn
United States Air Force
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Air Force
Fort Worth
Tex
Blackburn
State Department
Secretary of Defense
Carswell Air Base
Territorial
Ingram M. Stainback
Peyton Harrison
U. S. Navy
Komandorskies
Bering Sea
Hickam Field
R. M. Mamey
Eighth Air Force
Forth Worth
Washington
Texas
Carswell Base
Hawaiian Islands
Senate Democrats Hint At Tax Boost for 1950 Budget
Key senators discussed possible tax increases to avoid a deficit in the 1950 fiscal year starting July 1. Senator George indicated higher taxes may be needed due to foreign and military spending and new domestic programs. Senator Byrd favored some excess profits tax rather than broad rate hikes. Other leaders urged financing war-winning efforts, with debate on timing and methods.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Congress
George
Harry F. Byrd
Finance Committee
Byrd
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Joint Economic Committee
Wisconsin Central Announces 5 Percent Air Fare Discount
Madison reports Wisconsin Central Airlines cuts five percent on round and circle trip fares effective immediately after Civil Aeronautics Board approval. The state airline reduce fares as announced today.
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Madison
Wisconsin Central Airlines Today
Civil Aeronautics Board
Appleton Chemist Called in Probe
William Ward Pigman a 38 year old chemist and Institute of Paper Chemistry staffer was subpoenaed as a witness in a spy investigation. He previously worked for the Bureau of Standards and is connected to the U S Senate and House inquiries into leaks and un American activities. He left for New York as a federal grand jury probes top secret information.
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Chambers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Louis J. Russell
Washington
Wadleigh
Alger Hiss
Brooklyn
Nathan L. Levine
Levine
Time Magazine
Time
Appleton
Wis
National Bureau of Standards
New York
Grand Jury
Henry Wadleigh
Vienna
William Ward Pigman
Appleton Post-Crescent
Pigman
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Bureau of Standards
the Post-Crescent
Federal
House Committee On un-American Activities
Robert E. Stripling
Whitaker Chambers
Henry Julian Wasleigh
U. S
The
Chemical Bulletin
Chicago
George Washington University
University of Maryland
University of Leipzig
Federal Post
Corn Products Company of
Argo, Lll
Topeka power plant blast claims ninth life
A blast at a Topeka Kansas power plant killed a ninth worker and injured many as crews worked in subfreezing temperatures to restart a seven story station. Officials said the cause was undetermined while power shortages forced rationing and reliance on outside lines. The disaster occurred during a $15 million expansion program and halted major local industry as fire and rescue efforts continued.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Kansas Capital
Kansas Power & Light Co
Big Brick
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Wichita
Kaw River
J. L. Owens
H. F. Shay
Christ’s Hospital
R. W. McClure
Legislators At Wisconsin Lobbyist Advice Meeting
About 30 state legislators from Wisconsin attended a dinner hosted by the Wisconsin Conference of Association Executives at the Wisconsin hotel. Elmer Genzmer urged caution with lobbyists and warned that some lawmakers seek publicity rather than influence. Senator Everett LaFond urged fair press coverage and faulted state employees as key lobbyists for better jobs. Assemblyman Theodore Holtebeck joked about invitations as he begins his third term, while several other senators and assemblymen from Milwaukee and surrounding areas attended the event.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conference of Association
Elmer Genzmer
Mayville
Madison
Genzmer
Everett LaFond
Two Rivers
Theodore Holtebeck
West Bend
Marshfield Concrete Plant Destroyed By Fire
A general alarm fire leveled the S. F. Mengs Ready-Mix Concrete plant in Marshfield Wisconsin. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars. The blaze started from a defective oil heater and burned over an hour, razing a 60 by 30 foot frame building as fire crews faced cold weather and a broken hydrant.
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Marshfield
Wis
U.P
S. F. Mengs
Rodney Porter
Wisconsin veterans face shortage of housing for married veterans
Madison officials report the Wisconsin veterans housing authority says more than 43,000 homes are needed to house married veterans living in inadequate quarters.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Veterans’ Housing Authority
Thelma Langnes A Brave 15-Year-Old Fights Leukemia
Thelma Mae Langnes age 15 of Kenosha struggles with leukemia since July. Doctors had given up on her recovery but she endures with courage for one more Christmas with her parents and siblings. Thelma battled rheumatic fever earlier and spent seven months at home. She underwent aminopterin treatment, faced multiple hospital stays, and remains too weak to feed herself while staying hopeful.
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Thelma Mae Langnes
Alfred Langes
Rt. 3
Kenosha Hospital
Thelma
McKinley Junior High School
Alfred, Jr
Chicago Hubbard Hotel blaze drives 150 into street
An extra alarm fire at the six story Hubbard hotel on North Clark Street sent more than 150 guests into the freezing air. No fatalities were reported though Fire Chief Anthony Mullaney and a 61 year old watchman were overcome by smoke. Damage was estimated at 100000 with 51 pieces of equipment at the scene.
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Chicago
Hubbard
North
Clark Street
Loop District
Anthony Mullaney
Otto Dahl
James Gleason
Walter Mendrewski
Five Railway Shop Workers Die In Boiler Dispute
In St Paul Minnesota a dispute over steam boiler covers led to a shooting spree by John J Hill 54. He killed four coworkers T R Williams 65 W L Butler 44 Arthur Buhrman 48 and Joseph T Murray 65 then killed himself. A company official said Hill refused to replace boiler covers after state inspectors checked them.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
John J. Hill
T. R. Williams
W. L. Butler
Arthur Buhrman
Joseph T. Murray
Hill
Drugs Made in Kenosha County Ship World Wide
U S Standard Products at Woodworth near Kenosha employs seventy locals to produce vitamins glandulars and biologicals. The firm exports to Cuba Puerto Rico the Dominican Republic Costa Rica India and many other nations while testing and developing products with support from the Therapeutic Research Foundation University of Virginia and various foundations. Eighty percent of workers are women. The company is the only southeastern Wisconsin firm to manufacture biologicals and makes inulin for kidney testing and products like zyclophen for skin fungi and lacto antigen protein therapies.
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Kenosha County
U. S
U. S. Standard Products Company
Woodworth
Kenosha
Hwy. 50
Kenoshans
Therapeutic Research Foundation
Philadelphia
University of Virginia Medical School
Richmond
U. S. Standard Products
Max N. Huffman
Robert J. Coleman
Coleman
Wisconsin
Biologicals
Racine
Evening News
Maretta Coon
Lavern Goodman
56Th St
George Mansfield escapes flaming house in Sharon Wis
George C Mansfield age 92 escaped being trapped as his house burned today he smelt smoke and crawled to a window two workmen from a nearby house pulled him to safety. In State College Pa white students picketed five of six downtown barber shops protesting refusals to cut hair of Negro students.
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Sharon
Wis
George C. Mansfield
Mansfield
State College
Pennsylvania State College
Israel to release 2000 Egyptians trapped at Falujah stalemate
Israel agreed to free a force of 2,000 Egyptians trapped in Falujah in the Negev to break a UN stalemate on Palestine. In New York Mrs. Priscilla Hiss testified about an hour and a half before the city grand jury probing Communist espionage, declined to answer reporters, and left the federal building with attorney Edward McLean.
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Paris
U.P
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Faluja
Negev Desert
New York
Priscilla Hiss
State Department
Alger Hiss
Grand Jury
Reburial Nears for Kenosha Soldier Richard Altergott
The remains of Corporal Richard H. Altergott arrive in Kenosha for burial. Born in Kenosha on October 7, 1924, he died in action April 27, 1945, while serving with U S Army Engineers in Germany after time with a tank destroyer unit. Surviving family includes his parents three brothers and four sisters.
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Cpl
Richard H. Altergott
David Altergott
Kenosha
Chicago Graves Distribution Center
U. S. Army Engineers
Germany
Hannan
St. Lukes
Altergott
Massey-Harris Corp
Racine
Yellow Cab Co
Engineer Corps
Seventh
Third
David
Somers
Arthur
Iwo Jima
Ronald
Betty
Mary
Shirley
Carol
Chiang Kai-Shek Extends Martial Law Across China
President Chiang Kai-Shek extends martial law to all Nationalist controlled China with exceptions for the far western provinces and Formosa. The move concentrates power as security measures tighten nationwide.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
China
Far Western
Formosa
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Racine County
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Dmilwaukee
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Grafton
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Green Bay
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William P. Banach
Julius Stangel
Rhewaunee
John Schneider, Jr
Sheboygan
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Raleigh W. Falbe
Rmilwaukee
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Milton F. Burmaster
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