March of Dimes Plan Put in Motion for January Drive
Kenosha county March of Dimes chair M Eugene Baker announced the annual campaign will run January 15 to 30. The drive aims to raise funds for infantile paralysis relief as polio incidence climbs and costs surge, with 1948 expected to mobilize over 500000 volunteers nationwide.
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March of Dimes
Eugene Baker
Kenosha County
Baker
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes Committee
America
M. Eugene Baker
G. M. Phelan
Otto Steffensen
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert Wellman
Elmer Hanak
Emil Robillard
Gordon McAleer
James R. Anderson
Robert F. Cooper
E. V. Ryall
Robert Smith
Olga Rasmussen
Leblanc Firm Opens Kenosha Branch In Postwar Venture
World renowned George Leblanc Company of Paris establishes a Kenosha division after Vito Pascucci, a World War II Glen Miller band member, meets Leon Leblanc in Paris. The March 1946 startup employs 11, moves assembly to the U S, and earns a University of Michigan award for its clarinet.
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Kenosha
George Leblanc
Vito Pascucci
Leon Leblanc
Paris
Herb Cappelli
Ralph Zumpano
France
Leblanc
Glen Miller
Pascucci
Pasecucci
New York
United States
University of Michigan
Wreck Victims Identified After New Year Collision
Otterville Missouri report confirms the last of 14 victims of a New Year’s Day passenger train wreck. Conductor injured says the crash occurred as speed was estimated 40 to 45 mph during a blinding snowstorm. Victims include Alexander Weddell and family, Frank M Ryan and kin, and Corporal A J Hannaway of Astoria New York. Jewelry valued at 125000 recovered by state patrol.
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Otterville
Sedalia
J. B. Rogers
Cpl
A. J. Hannaway
Astoria
Long Island
N. Y
Spain
Alexander W. Weddell
Frank M. Ryan
Weddell
State Highway Patrol
Fatal Fire in Omura Japan Kills Nineteen in Two-Story Block
Nineteen people perished when a two-story building housing 168 residents burned in Omura Japan. Ten others were injured as survivors from wartime housing losses watched. The blaze razed the structure today, compounding the community’s postwar devastation.
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Omura
Japan
U.P
Italian Paper Attacks U S Aid to Italy
Rome report says the Communist newspaper L Unita denounces United States stop gap aid to Italy as interference with and control of Italian finance and production. Italy was to sign the interim aid accord at a ceremony at the government building tonight.
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Rome
L'Unita
United States
Italy
Senate probes Graham trading records bootlegged by FBI
Washington U P investigators subpoenaed brokerage records of Brig Gen Wallace H Graham personal physician to President Truman. Senate aide Knowland said Bache Co NY will furnish records Monday. Justice Dept antitrust division also studying Graham account tied to grain price speculation. FBI copied Graham account from Bache Co on Dec 24 at Sennett request. Knowland tried contacting Sennett but was told he was busy and would call back.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
William F. Knowland
Cal
Senate Appropriations
Bache & Co
New York
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Graham
Department
FBI
John F. Sennett
Knowland
Sonnett
Trustbuster
Centennial Observance Sparked by Wisconsin Day Proclamation
Kenosha leaders issue a joint proclamation urging participation in Wisconsin Centennial celebrations as the state marks 100 years since statehood with events in Madison and Milwaukee. The plan includes a May 29 holiday and an August Milwaukee exposition, with Gov Rennebohm and Bohlen among speakers and a $3,000,000 budget for the fairgrounds showcase.
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Wisconsin
Peter W. Harris
Kenosha
Oscar Rennebohm
State of
County of Kenosha
A. E F. Axtell
City of
Milwaukee Fairgrounds
Retail Group Plans Second Winter Meeting
Edwin R. Hodge Jr of the University of Wisconsin will address the Chamber of Commerce retail council dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Eagles club. M Eugene Baker will present him and C S Hubbard will preside. New 1948 promotion plans will be announced.
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Edwin R. Hodge, Jr
School of Business Administration
University of Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce Retail Council
Eagles Club
Hodge
M. Eugene Baker
Chamber
C. S. Hubbard
Retail Council
Baker
Baker. After Prof. Hodge
Victor Joerndt
Sam Block
R. J. Colbert
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Hubbard
Arthur Brodey
Chamber Retail Council
Retail Council Governing Board
Minnesota Governor and Wife Start Swedish Pleasure Trip
Governor Luther W. Youngdahl of Minnesota and his wife left for Stockholm aboard a Scandinavian Airlines jet for a strictly pleasure trip. The flight departed at 10:49 a.m. EST after a weather delay that postponed the original 9:45 a.m. schedule.
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New York
U.P
Luther W. Youngdahl
Minnesota
Stockholm
Scandinavian Airlines
Green Bay thief steals comics and magazines
A Green Bay man likely remains engrossed in reading as police report a theft at a news stand. The thief took 78 comic books and various magazines, then filled pockets with four pipes four packages of nuts and penny candy.
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Green Bay
Wis
U.P
Legion Pushes Drive For Army Training Bill
The American Legion intensifies its push for universal military training in the 80th Congress. Wisconsin mayors and city managers are urged to proclaim Jan 5 to 12 as Universal Military Training Week. In Kenosha, City Manager A E Axtell backs HR 4278 and will issue the official proclamation.
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Congress
American Legion
Wisconsin
Legion
United States
Fabian Monfils
Legion Post 21
Kenosha
Monfils
John D. Alexander
Post 21
National Defense Committee
Lawrence Jacobs
Americanism Committee
A. E. Axtell
East Storm Snarls Communications and Transport
A vast northeastern storm crippled communications and transport from Iowa to the Atlantic coast. At least 26 people died as utilities and railroads faced losses over 50 million dollars. Hundreds of thousands lacked power or phone service, with New York and New Jersey hit hard by outages and fuel worries.
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Iowa
Atlantic
New York
William O'Dwyer
Bell Telephone Company
New Jersey
Detroit
Michigan
Pensylvania
18 European War Brides Given Temporary Paroles
Temporary paroles granted to 18 European war brides who came to marry American GIs but were sent to Ellis Island for arriving a day late.
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New York
Ellis Island
Marines to Mediterranean bolster U S forces aboard Midway group
A Marine detachment from the Second division, size undisclosed, will sail next Tuesday from Morehead City to join the Aircraft Carrier Midway and three cruisers plus ten destroyers in the Mediterranean. Navy says ships are under manned and aims to restore normal complements.
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Washington
U. S
Midway
Mediterranean Sea
Little Rock
Greece
Morehead City
N. C
Mediterranean
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Fairgrounds
Evening News
Retail Group
National Guard
East
United Press
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Lansdale
Bucks County
Bangor Daily News
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Bethlehem
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