Diplomat Among Train Victims in Missouri Wreck
Alexander W. Weddell former ambassador to Argentina and Spain and 13 other holiday travelers were killed when Missouri Pacific trains collided near Otterville Missouri on New Year’s Day. About 12 people were injured five seriously. The Weddells were en route from Richmond Virginia to Tucson Arizona. The crash prompted reports of alleged negligence and conflicting fault over signaling.
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Missouri Pacific
Otterville
Alexander W. Weddell
Spain
Argentina
Missouri
Frank M. Ryan
Missourian
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouritate
K. K. Johnson
Harriet Thompson
John P. Murphy
Katy
Viola Andrews
Richmond
Cpl
Everett P. Gilpin
Gerhart
Green Haven
N. Y
Camp Crook
Calif
Hugh Waggoner
State Highway Patrol
Four hurt in Kenosha traffic crashes this week
Police report four people injured in two Wednesday afternoon collisions in Kenosha. Dorothy Fish and Rita Augustine from Twenty-sixth avenue, and Elizabeth Fish suffered minor injuries. A second crash involving Kath leen O Connor and Ethel Westergren caused heavier damage and led to Westergren being charged with drunken driving.
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Kenosha
Sheriff's Department
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Dorothy Fish
Twentysixth Avenue
Seventysixth Street
Charles Augustine
Tenth Avenue
Senate names 17 Commerce Dept employees in commodity trades
The Senate Appropriations Committee released a list of 17 upper‑bracket Commerce Department employees who had speculated in commodities since July 1, 1946. Names include Forest G. Warren and several others across bureaus, with details on trades not disclosed. Foster noted a department rule against speculation and warned false replies to inquiries are a crime. The list excludes work locations. The disclosure followed an FBI‑style inquiry into Edwin W. Pauley and broader commodity dealings.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Commerce
William C. Foster
Senate
Commerce Department
Forest G. Warren
Office of International Trade
Office of Domestic Commerce
Robert S. Lehman
Census Bureau
Thomas J. Murphy
Walter Sabin
Patent Office
George A. Hermanson
Gordon B. Massergale
Bureau of Standards
James E. Bolling
Earl L. Williams
Warren B. Nelson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
John R. Carney
Raymond R. Meyer
William E. Carpenter
John P Rowan
W. L. Perrotta
Harold A. Wilde
Phillip Tucker
Foster
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Secretary of Army
William E. McNeil Dies After Short Illness
William E. McNeil 72 an associate of Louis Hansmann Printing and Elks member of Kenosha died at Kenosha hospital after a brief illness. Born Oct 28 1875 in Pleasant Prairie he taught school briefly before moving to Chicago and later returning to Kenosha where he worked 25 years. Survived by three daughters a granddaughter two brothers and two sisters and by his widow.
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William E. McNeil
Louis Hansmann Printing Company
Elks Club
Kenosha Hospital
McNeil
Pleasant Prairie
George McNeil
Kenosha
Chicago
Kenosha Lodge of Elks
Arthur DeYoung
Waukegan
C. A. Maxwell
Maurice Parker
Walter McNeil
John Butcher
Archie Crow
Howard McNeil
Detroit, Mich
Practical Joker Triggers False Alarm During Milwaukee Storm
Milwaukee police search for a practical joker with a grim sense of humor who turned in a false alarm at the height of yesterday's storm. The downtown call drew three engines two aerial trucks two district chiefs one deputy chief and a fire boat and wagon. Fire crews, slowed by slick streets, found a pair of footprints near the box.
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Milwaukee
U.P
New York Stock Exchange Suspends Trading Tomorrow
The New York Stock Exchange announced that trading would be suspended tomorrow January 3 due to storm conditions.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Harvey Is First 1948 Baby Born in Kenosha
The first 1948 baby born in Kenosha was a girl, 6 pounds 3% ounces, born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Harvey at 2:20 a.m. in Kenosha hospital. Four other New Year’s Day births occurred in local hospitals. Police noted the year’s first complaint at 2 a.m. and the first arrest, 25-year-old Richard Brombeck, for dis orderly conduct with fines. A fallen tree was reported at Highways 42 south of Kenosha as storms raged.
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Lawrence A. Harvey
Thirtieth Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Miss Harvey
Joseph Trotta
William Schorn
Eagles Club
John Cunningham
Kenosha
Brombeck
W. W. Davis
Sheriff's Department
Highaway 42
Kenoshans
New Year Storm Sweeps Half the Nation With Ice and Snow
A winter storm paralyzed the northern half of the United States from Oklahoma to New England. Power and telephone lines failed, trains and planes faced delays, and highways froze as ice and snow disrupted services. Chicago and Midwest cities reported 60 mph winds and multiple tower damages.
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Nation
Oklahoma
Texas
New England
West
Midwest
New York City
Chicago
Michigan
Erie
Coast Guard
Milwaukee
Lake Erie
Detroit
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Michigan
Eight Die in Wisconsin Holiday Auto Accidents
Eight people died across Wisconsin during the New Year holidays as snow and winds worsened travel. Racine men Glenn J. Rulle and Walter Orlowski perished when their car left Highway 42 near the Milwaukee county line. Racine’s Max B. Dajnowski was critically injured. Other deaths included Frank Andrszyczak of Milwaukee struck on a city street. Tobe Jackson of Rockford Ill died after being hit on Highway 18 near Jefferson. an unidentified man around 70 was killed on Highway 15 New Year’s Eve. Melvin Kopotic drowned when his car crashed into Manitowoc river. Leo Derus of Sheboygan died after being struck. Everett Jackson of Cuba City injured fatally while separating two cars on Highway 20. Jackson was attaching a crank to his wrecker when struck.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Glenn J. Rulle
Walter Orlowski
Racine
Highway 42
Milwaukee
Max B. Dajnowski
Frank Andrszyczak
Melvin Kopotic
Manitowoc
Twenty-First Street
Kopotic
Leo Derus
Sheboygan
Everett Jackson
Cuba City
Highway 20
Jackson
New Year Storm Ties Up City Roads With Ice and Snow
A northeast gale, rain sleet and snow yesterday coated streets and highways with ice then slush and drifts. Crews cleared major arteries, downed trees, and hydrants were warned to stay clear. Police and highway workers reported hazardous but improving conditions as they maintained routes. The county logged 40 to 50 cars ditched and 13 trouble calls. full clearance expected by afternoon.
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Coast Guard
Frank Grasser
Grasser
Storm Wallops Southeast Wisconsin With Heavy Snow
A blizzard slammed southeast Wisconsin with nine inches of snow and 35 to 40 mph winds causing drifts and transportation disruption. In Milwaukee at least two deaths were attributed to the storm, including 13 year old John Dollhoff who collapsed after shoveling and Edgar Orth a veteran Milwaukee Sentinel artist who died of a heart attack, likely from the cold and exertion.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
John Dollhoff
South Side
Edgar Orth
Milwaukee Sentinel
Community figure Joseph Schnell dies at 49 in Wisconsin
Joseph R Schnell 49 a Kenosha native who moved to Waukegan Illinois in 1935 died after a heart attack at Glen Flora Country Club New Year s morning. He was a WW I veteran and former Greiner Nash and Wetzel Turner Auto Agency associate. He married Elizabeth Johnson on November 14 1924 and is survived by his widow two sisters and a brother. Location details include Kenosha and Waukegan with family notices from Kenosha and St Petersburg Florida.
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Joseph R. Schnell
Kenoshan
Waukegan
Glen Flora Country Club
Schnell
Kenosha
Phillip H. Schnell
University of Wisconsin
Greiner Nash Company
Waukegan, Ill
Nash Agency
Wetzel Turner Automobile Agency
Elizabeth Johnson
Elks Lodge
Richard E. Schnell
Ernest Schultz
Wilson Shierk
St. Petersburg
Fla
Phillip L. Schnell
British Move to End Palestine Mandate in Early April
Jerusalem reports say British authorities aim to relinquish the Palestine mandate in early April, six weeks ahead of schedule, as Arab incursions rise. Hagana forces reinforce Galilee after Syrian border crossings. clashes, casualties, and siege conditions intensify around Genosar and Jerusalem's old city.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine Mandate
Holy Land
Hagana
Sea of Galilee
Genosar
Galilee
Palestine
Newberry Fisherman Lands 23-Pound Muskellunge Early Year
David Ritter of Newberry started the year by spearing a 23-pound 37-inch muskellunge in the Tahqua menon river. The catch marks a strong start for Newberry fishing activity in the new year.
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Newberry
Mich
David Ritter
Tahquamenon River
Church Makes Clerk Post Permanent for Dole
The Shopiere Congregational church in Wisconsin voted to make the church clerk position permanent for Frank J. Dole. Dole, 84, completed his 62nd annual term Sunday and becomes the longest serving clerk in the nation.
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Shopiere
Wis
U.P
Frank J. Dole
Dole
Veteran railroader retires to farm life after 46 years
John V. Alderson 71 retires December 31 1947 after 46 years with Chicago and North Western and Milwaukee Road. He ends as station agent at Truesdell Bristol planned farm life, recalling no wrecks or passenger injuries and noting railroading’s major changes including diesels and roller bearing cars.
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John V. Alderson
Milwaukee Road
Chicago and North Western
Alderson
Tessachall Wie
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Weddells Enroute
Tucson
Weddells
Ariz
Weddell
State Department
Denmark
Roosevelt
Frank Ryan
Adelaide Ryan
James
Judith
Frankie
Ryans
Hollywood
Ind
Pullman
E. K. Emmons
St. Charles
Harry Chamber
Lovejoy
Ill
Roy Ryan
Evansville
Jane Raddatz
San Fernando
Cal
Rita Augustine
Augustine
Elizabeth Fish
Miss Fish
Roosevelt Road
Kathleen O'Connor
Thirty-ninth Avenue
Ethel Westergren
Silver Lake
Albert Molinaro
Donald Murphy
Westergren
O'Connor
Daniel O'Connor
Lucille Cairo
Miss O'Connor
Miss Westergren
Hartwick Dahl
Seventy-fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Dahl
Employes of Commerce Dept
Wm. E. McNeil
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Harvey
Richard Brombeck
Fortieth Avenue
A. B. Tolley
Colorado Penitentiary
Canon City
Colo
William J. Brady
Harold H. Herzog
Twenty Sixth Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Twenty Fifth Avenue
Russell Watson
Joseph Schnell
Mount Scopus
Old City
Damascus Gate
Church
Arti
uUu Touvois
Wrate
Bristol
Art Institute — and
Music
Platteville
Khe
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
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Wadsworth
Gatewood Yards
Bensonville
Raney Crossing
Truesdell
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