Hap Arnold Dies at 63 Former wartime Air Force chief
Gen Henry H. Hap Arnold, pioneer of U S military aviation and head of the wartime air forces, died at 63 at his Sonoma California ranch. He collapsed after a party, with death from coronary occlusion. burial planned in Arlington. His career saw the air force grow from a small branch to a massive force of planes and men by 1945.
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Sonoma
Calif
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
America
U. S
San Francisco
Valley of the Moon
Arnold
Russell V. Lee
Palo Alto
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Hamilton Field
Johnson Down
Wright Brothers
West Point
Air Force
Signal Corps
Air Corps
United States
Walter Murphy
March Field
Henry H. Arnold, Jr
Command and Graff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
William B. Arnold
Banana River
Fla
Captain Carl N. Anton Dies at 68 Former Great Lakes Ship Crew Leader
Captain Carl N. Anton who headed Great Lakes ship crews for 44 years during a 50 year sailing career died Saturday at a convalescent home. He was 68.
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Cleveland
Carl N., Anton
Great Lakes
Reds Extend UN Walkout In protest at Nationalists
The Soviet bloc led a general walkout in three United Nations committees over Chinese Nationalists remaining at the table. Czechoslovakia walked out with Russia while Poland joined in other sessions. The boycott extends to the Security Council where Russia had already left.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Little Assembly
Russia
Crarhneland Aalanatna
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Security Council
T. F. Tsiang
Runaway Milwaukee Road Loco Roars 17 Miles Through Suburbs
A diesel locomotive from the Olympian Hiawatha streamliner broke free today, tearing loose from the engine and tearing through Brookfield Elm Grove and Wauwatosa before entering Milwaukee Union Station. It struck a semitrailer in Caplainville, sped up to 40 mph, and halted on a bridge over the Kinnickinnie River after a grade slowed it. The crew remained aboard. another engine was prepared but not needed.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee Bridge
Olympian Hiawatha
Caplainville
Waukesha County
Brookfield
Elm Grove
Wauwatosa
Union Station
Kinnickinnie River
Drive to Raise 20000 Polio Fund Launched
The 11th annual March of Dimes drive began in Kenosha this morning aiming for 20000 to prevent and cure polio. Dr. E D Newman urges Kenoshans to give when solicited as 16000 pledge cards go out and 700 coin containers are placed in taverns and stores. Half the funds stay local to aid 33 of 47 polio cases last year, with the rest sent to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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E. D. Newman
Kenoshans
Junior Woman's Club
Organized
Newman
Kenosha County
U. S
National Foundation For
The
National Foundation
M. Eugene Baker
G. M. Phelan
William Kult
Otto Steffensen
Margaret Diehl
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Foster named director of Independent Refiners Association
Tulsa Oklahoma reports D E Foster of Sheboygan Wisconsin was named a director of the Independent Refiners Association of America on Saturday.
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Tulsa
Okla
D. E. Foster
Sheboygan, Wis
Independent Refiners Association of America
Two American Professors Killed in Philippine Mountains
The bodies of Dr. Robert F. Conklin and Prof. Marvin Pittman were found in northern Luzon by a U. S. Air Force patrol and Igorot trackers. Investigators say three Ifugao tribesmen admitted killing the professors with spears on Christmas Day and burying them.
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Philippines
Manila
Robert F. Conklin
Marvin Pittman
James L. Meader
United States
U. S. 13Th Air Force Patrol
Luzon
Baguio
Mitted
Philippine
Conklin
Pittman
University of the Philippines
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Miami University
Oxford
Tokukan
Miners in Six States Refuse to Return to Work
About 64,600 soft coal miners across six states refused John L. Lewis’s call to return after a one week strike. In Western Pennsylvania 45,000 of 56,000 miners were idle as production continued to lag in northern fields while Utah Illinois and Indiana reported full operations. West Virginia Alabama Kentucky and Ohio showed varying idle totals with little official explanation for the walkouts.
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John L. Lewis
Western
Pennsylvania
Steel Companies
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Utah
Illinois
Indiana
Virginia
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Western Pennsylvania
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Library
Pitt
Weirton Steel Company
Washington County
Miners Rescued One by One as Efforts Continue
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania rescuers worked by electric lamps and hand tools to reach Edward Burda 25 entombed 110 feet underground for three days. His brother Joseph 27 was pulled free after two days trapped 60 feet below the surface. Charles 23 escaped when a mine collapse Friday afternoon trapped him briefly.
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Joseph Burda
Morea
Mahanoy City
Edward Burda
Edward
Joseph
Charles
State Accidents Claim 4 Lives
Four people died in Wisconsin accidents and a fatal fire over the weekend. Edward Olson, 61, of York, died when his gun discharged as he climbed a fence during rabbit hunting. Fred Bostwick, 53, of Troy Center, was struck by a car at midnight while nearby an earlier minor crash occurred. James Gutchemrnder, 19, and James Kutschenreuiter, 20, both died in separate incidents along Highway 83 in Chenequa. Joan Dyle, 57, died in a cabin fire near Abbotsford caused by an overheated stove.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Edward Olson
York
Jackson County
Sidney Jackson
Olson
Fred Bostwick
Route 1
Troy Center
James Gutchemrnder
Chenequa
Waukesha
James Kutschenreuiter
Okaochee
Joan Dyle
Abbotsford
Marathon County
John J. Hildemsperger
Dyle
Granger Named Public Relations Director at Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Co. announced the appointment of Charles W. Granger as public relations director. Granger previously served eight years as public relations editor at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. in Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Oscar Mayer and Co
Charles W. Granger
Granger
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee
Thousands of Cars Stranded as Lake Winnebago Fractures
More than 250 abandoned autos floated with a huge ice sheet on Lake Winnebago after a Sunday wind tore the ice from shore. About 1,000 ice fishermen were rescued by boat. nearly 200 vehicles reached land before the gap widened to 100 feet. Deputy Muskovich described a sudden break as pilots reported an ice island on the lake.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Lake
Winnebago
Winnebago County
Blackbird Island
Neenah
Fond du Lac
Marshall Muskovitch
Accident rate in Kenosha industry drops in 1949
The Kenosha industrial accident rate fell to 9.9 accidents per million man hours in 1949 from 15.2 in 1948, signaling progress in reducing plant accidents. Carl O. Nelson of the Manufacturers association Industrial Safety council announced the figures at a luncheon in the Elks Club, noting plans to maintain low national rankings and citing ongoing safety programs and recognition from state and national safety bodies. Officers and executive board members were re-elected for one year.
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Kenosha
Carl O. Nelson
Manufacturers Association Industrial Safety Council
Elks Club
Nelson
Industrial Safety Council
National Safety Council
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
National Safety Groups
A. C. Homer
Charles L. Holderness
Homer
Harold M. Erickson
Ernest G. Knoedler
John D. Alexander
B. C. Latham
W. A. Testard
Carl Hertlein
Teachers Convene in Madison for 59th Wisconsin Meeting
About 2,600 teachers will gather in Madison on February 10 for the Southern Wisconsin Educational Association’s 59th annual convention. The event will include more than 20 speeches discussion groups and demonstrations.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Southern Wisconsin Educational Association
Five Kenoshans Rescued From Lake Winnebago Ice
Five Kenosha men Edward Ide Sr and Jr Ted Sather Robert Hammes and Carl Bielski were saved when they drifted two miles from shore on Lake Winnebago. They found 150 feet of open water between ice and shore on return and, with 100 others, were assisted ashore in relays at the point two miles out.
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Kenosha
Lake Winnebago
Edward Ide
39Th Ave
Edward Ide, Jr
South Kenosha
Ted Sather
60Th St
Robert Hammes
56Th St
Carl Bielski
37Th Ave
Rescue Effort Amid Ice Break in Shallow Coast Waters
Sheriff, police and volunteers used boats along the coast to aid a rescue after a swimmer leaped a wide gap into icy water. Workers entered boat houses to retrieve craft and an ambulance was sent with blankets, though no further word came for a man attempting the 50 foot crossing.
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Sheriff's Office
Cold Wave Grips Nation as 69 Die in Weather
A vast cold wave swept the nation amid flood threats and a blizzard in Michigan. The death toll reached 69 across the U S and Canada, with 13 in Washington state and ten in Canada. Roads iced, snowdrifts blocked travel, and 100 cars were stranded on the Upper Peninsula.
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U.P
Midwest
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Pacific Northwest
U. S
Canada
Washington State
Pacific
British Columbia
Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Houghton Peninsula
Lake Superior
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bitter Weekend Cold Snap Reshapes Local Weather
Weekend weather brought bitter cold and high winds with light snow. Kenosha saw 43 degrees Sunday afternoon and a 9 degree low after midnight. by noon today downtown hit 16. Subzero readings were reported in Superior and Park Falls with other locales near 20 below.
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Kenosha
The
Mercury
Rhinelander
Superior
Park Falls
Eau Claire
Wausau
Truman Hesitates on Coal Emergency Yet Lacks Proof
Congressional leaders quoted President Truman saying he lacks sufficient evidence to declare a national emergency in the coal shortage. After a White House conference Senator Lucas reported the president would act when justified, but warned against failing in court. The three day work week is blamed for grave shortages in some areas, though not a general emergency.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Rescuers Free Man From Chute of Sand Hopper
In Madison Wisconsin rescuers freed Joseph Fleiner a 55 year old employee after a 30 minute effort. He was trapped in the chute of a sand hopper up to his chin as firemen and coworkers labored in near zero weather to break through the frozen sand crust protecting him.
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Madison
Wis
Joseph Fleiner
Fleiner
Milwaukee seeks ex alderman Krause after sudden resignation
Milwaukee District Attorney William J. McCauley said he ordered a nation wide search for Albert J Krause an alderman who resigned last Tuesday and apparently left the city. In New York the defense in Alger Hiss second perjury trial concluded evidence after 54th witness was excused.
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Milwaukee
William J. McCauley
Albert J. Krause
Hiss
New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Claude B. Cross
Government rests case against longshore leader Bridges
The government unexpectedly rested its case against Harry Bridges, Longshore union leader, and two subordinates on charges of perjury and conspiracy after 36 days of trial in San Francisco. Prosecution spokesman F Joseph Donahue announced the development.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
F. Joseph Donahue
Liquidation of East Zone Concentration Camps Warned
Gen Vassily Chuikov head of Soviet control commission in Germany told East German authorities that all concentration camps in the east zone will be liquidated immediately.
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Berlin
Vassily Chuikov
Soviet Control Commission
Germany
East Zone
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