Swift Currents Halt Weckler Body Hunt
Swift currents and ice slowed the Wisconsin river search for eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler. County officials asked State Atty Gen John Martin about diverting a river channel to aid the hunt as a convicted killer confessed kidnapping and slaying last May.
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Blue River
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin River
Georgia
Jean Weckler
John Martin
Madison
Martin
Prairie du Lac
George Lehmann
Watertown
Buford Sennett
Richland Center
Georgia Jean
George Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Sennett
Robert Winslow
Carl L. Carlson
University of Wisconsin
Winslow
Carlson
Wisconsin State Prison
Waupun
GOP Leaders Weigh New Bid on Anti infl ation Legislation
Washington reports indicate Senate Republicans may retry anti inflation legislation in a special session. Senator Taft yesterday introduced a bill after the Walcott measure failed in the House 202 to 188 with GOP and Democrat opposition. Taft to confer with Speaker Martin and Floor Leader Halleck to decide if the Senate should push a modified Walcott bill.
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Washington
Tobey
Buck
Taft
Banking Committee
House
Truman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Martin
Mass
Halleck
Ind
Senate
Charge Egg Dealers With Price Fixing
A federal grand jury indicted the Boston Fruit & Produce Exchange and 12 Boston egg dealers for conspiring to fix egg prices in New England. The indictment alleges higher retail egg prices and charges violation of federal anti trust laws. If convicted, defendants face up to $5 000 fines.
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Washington
Justice Department
Boston Fruit & Produce Exchange
Boston
New England
Well-Guarded Ship Set For More Buccaneers
The Dutch passenger ship Van Heutz, raided by Chinese pirates who kidnapped six voyagers, sailed again with seven armed guards aboard. The 4,522-ton ship carried 1,600 passengers as pirates looted up to half a million dollars in goods.
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Hong Kong
Swatow
U. S
Bias Bay
van Heutz
Singapore
City Council Targets Traffic Violations in Tough Penalties
City officials move to curb rising traffic toll in Kenosha. Judge Edward J. Ruetz to stiffen penalties for drunks and careless drivers, raise fines, and bring pedestrians to court for jaywalking. Enforcement focuses on school, city, and outlying districts with new speed limits and strict rules. Council demands police crackdown after a record year with multiple crashes and deaths.
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Edward J. Ruetz
Kenosha
Accident totals rise as arrests fall in Kenosha 1947
In Kenosha the first 11 months of 1947 saw a 20 percent rise in traffic accidents to 1,250 from 1,060, while speeding arrests dropped from 224 in 1946 to 115 this year. Drunken driving and other violations also shifted, with 41 drunken drivers docketed this year vs 19 last year and total traffic and motor vehicle law offenses down from 288 to 171.
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Kenosha
Kenosha Council Pushes Hard on Traffic Enforcement
Coates calls traffic in Kenosha demoralizing as pedes trians defy laws and ticket fixing is urged to stop at once. Axtell to intensify checks after discussing with Inspector Clausen, with one man squad cars considered for daylight hours. Council orders stricter enforcement, including red lights violations and speeders, while extending a $20 cost of living bonus for city workers into 1948.
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Coates
Kenosha
Axtell
Council
James Webb
Kenosha Evening News
Chamber of Commerce
Drivers Freed In Two Deaths
Kenneth Wilson, 25, and passenger Lilly Molinaro, 53, were absolved of blame after statements in the Kenosha, Wisconsin traffic deaths. Gust, 68, died after being struck by Wilson’s eastbound cab near the Eleventh avenue intersection while Jenkins, 72, was killed earlier on Sixtieth street near Twenty-sixth avenue by Earl Pugh. No inquest or autopsy was planned.
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Kenneth Wilson
Sixtieth Street
Alex Gust
Tenth Avenue
Jay B. Glerum
Glerum
Wilson
Lilly Molinaro
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Gust
Fifty-sixth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Molinaro
James A. Crossin
John Jenkins
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Jenkins
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Earl Pugh
Crossin
Pugh
Marshall to Report to Nation on Big Four Conference
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will address the nation Friday night to explain the failure of the Big Four foreign ministers conference. The State Department said arrangements for the radio address are not finalized but the speech will run about twenty minutes.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
State Department
Marshall
Six Die in Navy Plane Collision at Norfolk Station
Six persons were killed when two U.S. Navy planes collided at about 100 feet during approach to land at the Norfolk naval air station in Virginia. The incident occurred as the aircraft were coming in to land.
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Norfolk
U.P
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Simmons Honors 130 Kenoshans With Gold Watches Dinner
At the Kenosha Elks Club Simmons marks 130 local workers with 20 years of service during a Gold Watch Award dinner. Joseph V. Quarles lauds 1,100 employees statewide who hold watches as loyalty badges while John Novascone from New York highlights 226 watches awarded nationwide and optimistic company prospects.
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Kenosha
Quarles
Owl Magazine
John Novascone
New York
Simmons
Novascone
Simmons Company
Times
K. L. Terrell
Blind street peddler shoots housekeeper in North Philadelphia
Detective Sgt. Charles Beckman reports William Neithamer a 37 year old blind street peddler fatally shot his housekeeper after obeying a sudden impulse in a dark North Philadelphia apartment. He then attempted suicide but missed.
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Philadelphia
Charles Beckman
Beckman
William Neithamer
Police Arrest Walking Bank in Cleveland
Cleveland police arrested Avery Glen of Detroit, 22, after finding 540 coins totaling $23 on him. He initially claimed the money came from a dice game of nickels and pennies but later admitted robbing a filling station.
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Cleveland
U.P
Avery Glen
Detroit
Western Power Talks Follow Big 4 Breakup
Secretary of State Marshall plans talks with Georges Bidault on unifying western Germany after the Big Four breakdown. Proposals may merge the French zone with the British and American zones while a broader four power plan is set aside. Diplomats anticipate efforts to bolster positions amid Cold War tensions.
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London
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Germany
Bidault
France
Washington
U. S
Moscow
Washington-London-Paris
Standards for Santa Claus set by experts
A veteran Santa and a veteran make-up man from Max Factor Jr. outline uniform Santa standards to prevent parental embarrassment. They propose a five foot nine inch height, 185 pound build, padded frame, white eyebrows concealing real brows, standardized eyes and forehead, a white mustache drooping over the lip and curling by the nose, and a 12 inch beard to ensure Kris Kringle looks the same across shops.
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Hollywood
Santa Claus
Santa
Macy’s
Gimbel’s
Santa Claus’ Association
Kris Kringle
Max Factor, Jr
William C. Strother
Richmond
Strother
House Group Cuts Aid Bill By $88 Million
The House Appropriations Committee cuts 88 million dollars from the emergency foreign aid program and slashes the army relief fund in occupied areas. It sends to the House floor a bill fixing aid at 509 million for France Italy and Austria, with nothing for China. The total measure runs 772.5 million, 31 percent below the administration request.
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House Group
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
Congress
Truman
Thommessen Remains Arrive In Kenosha
The casketed remains of Pvt John E Thommessen arrive Wednesday afternoon with a guard of honor from the Chicago Graves Distribution center. He died in the Normandy invasion on D Day June 6 1944 after being reported missing in July 1944. Survivors include his mother Mrs Agnes Thommessen of Milwaukee and sister Mrs Madelyn Bottger of Clinton Wis. His father died in 1938.
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Kenosha
John E. Thommessen
John A. Thommessen
Agnes Thommessen
West Sixtieth Street
Chicago
Pvt. Thommessen
Normandy
War Department
Thommessen
St. Thomas Aquinas
McKinley Junior High
American Brass Company
Milwaukee
Madelyn Bottger
Clinton
Wis
Army Tanker El Caney in peril amid North Pacific storm
The army tanker El Caney suffered a ripped rudder and damaged propeller from heavy seas south of the Aleutians. In peril early today, ships in the area moved to aid her as a mounting North Pacific storm battered the region.
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Honolulu
el Caney
North Pacific
Aleutians
Russia to train 11 Chinese Communist divisions
Wahk iu Yatpao reports Russia will train and equip 11 Chinese Communist divisions for North China. The training is tied to a six point pact from Moscow conferences, with Russia to provide military and economic aid in return for Chinese Reds backing Russia in potential Middle East or Balkan conflicts.
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Shanghai
U.P
Wahkiu Yatpao
Russia
Moscow
Middle East
Balkans
Bootlegger’s Christmas Cards Reveal Hidden Liquor Trade
Oklahoma City sheriff faced rude humor as bootleggers used Christmas cards to arrange liquor sales. Deputies traced numbers on a red card and arrested one man on liquor charges. The bootlegger lost 42 pints as Santa’s spirit drained away.
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Oklahoma City
Santa
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Leghorn
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Ruetz
Business Loop
Sheridan Road
Roosevelt Road
75Th Street
60Th Street
63Rd Street
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Howard Coates
A. E. Axtell
Charles Fox
Hershey
Emil Clausen
Ed Nelson
Joseph Lourigan
John Steinmetz
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Molotov
Prohibition
Oklahoma
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