Kenosha Seeks Additional Truck Service in Wisconsin Hearing
City officials and industry representatives urged public service commission to grant Yule Truck Lines authority to run Kenosha Racine Milwaukee routes. Axtell said current monopoly hurts growth as nearby cities have more carriers.
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Evening News
PSC
Court House
Yule Truck Lines
Public Service Commission
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Claude Jasper
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Yale Truck Lines
C. T. Deneen
West Shore Transportation Company
Cornelius T. Young
Arthur Sells
Motors Transport Company
Glen Stephens
Northern Transportation Company
Appleton
Peter Lewis
Motor Transport Company
A. E. Axtell
Yale Company
Axtell
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Sheboygan
Wausau
Fond du Lac
H. R. Briggs
Economic Research Agency
Briggs
Waukegan
Ill
Elmer Swartz
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Nash Motors Division
Chamber
Everett W. Mason
Chamber Retail Council
Woolworth
Chicago
Ernest H. Kendall
Uptown Business Association
Donald G. Bishop
Dynamiie Corporation
Dynamatic
Arnold F. Larsen
Jury Selected In Mercy Killing Trial In Connecticut
A jury of nine women and three men was chosen to try 21 year old Carol Ann Paight for the slaying of her father Sgt Carl Paight in Stamford hospital last Sept 23. The defense admits the shooting and argues temporary insanity from the shock of his cancer diagnosis.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Carol Ann
Carl Paight
Stamford
Paight
Pug the Pelican Finds New Home at Racine Zoo
Pug the pelican, captured on Lincoln park lagoon Nov. 16 1949, was moved to Racine zoo by director Emil Rokosky. He adapts with a steady appetite and enjoys visits from Kenosha friends while beside Leo the lion. Visitors are welcome as the birds settle into winter routines.
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Pug
Lincoln Park Lagoon
Park Department
Racine Zoo
Emil Rokosky
Zoo
Rokosky
Kenosha
California
Gulf of Mexico
Wisconsin Weather Dips to Subzero Readings in Kenosha
The city of Kenosha reported temperatures 25 to 35 degrees below yesterday with noon readings around 18, compared to Wednesday’s 50. Tonight’s forecast calls for five to 10 degrees below zero, with yesterday’s late afternoon to midnight range from 59 to 34. Friday is expected to be clear and cold with a high near 15.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Freak Storm Strikes Wisconsin Causing Deaths and Damage
A freak storm battered southern Wisconsin with heavy damage, outages, and floods. Two deaths were reported indirectly along with a hit and run fatality near Oshkosh and a car crash in Prairie du Chien as sleet and iced windows hampered travel. Lafayette County bore the worst impacts with floods, downed lines, school closures, and power blackouts.
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Wisconsin
Beloit
Lafayette
Madison
Oshkosh
Prairie du Chien
Lafayette County
Pecatonica
Gratiot
Dartington
Shullsbury
Injuries Cause Death Of Wisconsin Tavern Keeper
Hartford Wisconsin Roy Grether a 36 year old Pike Lake tavern keeper died Tuesday night from injuries suffered Sunday in an automobile collision.
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Hartford
Wis
Roy Grether
Pike Lake
Wilmot Board Calls Special District Meeting On Addition
The Wilmot school board orders a mandatory special meeting after a 24-resident request to vote on a $350000 addition to the Wilmot school. The board declines a petition from the Central high school association to call a districtwide election on a new school site.
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Wilmot High School
Wilmot
Central High School Association
Highway 50
County Trunk F
Joseph F. Dassing
Twin Lakes
Association
Alfred Oetting
Glenn Pacey
Oetting
Madison
Twin Lakes Reporter
Peter DiCello
Milwaukee Officer Suspended and Demoted in Duty Case
Veteran detective Ferdinand Wendler, 48, with over two decades in the Milwaukee Police, was found guilty by a board of inquiry of intoxication and sleeping on duty. Police Chief John W. Poleyn demoted him to patrolman, ordered a 10 day suspension, and assigned night duty.
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Milwaukee
John W. Poleyn
Ferdinand Wendler
Polcyn
Wendler
Truman Works Hard On Soft Coal Problem Says White House
White House visitor Senator Kilgore reports President Truman said he is working as hard as he can on the soft coal strike and hopes for results. The remark was conveyed amid ongoing labor tension and industry negotiations.
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Washington
White House
Senator Kilgore
W. Va
Truman
Acheson Under Republican Fire Over Hiss Stand
Secretary of State Acheson says he will not turn his back on Alger Hiss, sparking GOP backlash led by Senator Mundt. The dispute centers on loyalty, due process, and the Hiss perjury conviction as McCarthy questions broader communism links. Hiss was sentenced to five years for lying about passing documents.
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Washington
Acheson
Alger Hiss
Roosevelt Truman
Mundt
S. D
Hiss
Administration
Senate
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Capitol Hill
Rep. O'Toole
Brooklyn
O'Toole
Christ
FBI Chief Calls for Expanded Force to Curb Spies
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told the House Appropriations Committee that internal security work has surged since World War II and called for an enlarged FBI force. He defended wiretapping as essential, noting fewer than 170 taps and all used in internal security cases amid rising major crime.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
House
Appropriations Committee
Watson B. Miller
Lewis Receives Letter Proposing Contract Talks
The soft coal industry renews its offer to John L. Lewis to negotiate a new contract citing worker earnings losses and a coal shortage. The proposal seeks a 1952 end date, no wage increases, a no strike pledge, and removal of the able and willing clause, with 20 cents per ton royalties continuing. About 88,000 miners in six states are on strike. President Truman weighs options as production drops and Taft-Hartley measures loom.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Love
United Mine Workers
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
White House
Boyd
Chrysler Strike May Be Long And Disruptive
The CIO United Auto Workers face a possibly long strike at Chrysler over pension terms. The walkout halted 7,000 daily car production and idled about 106,000 workers, with 85,000 production staff affected mainly in Michigan. Briggs Manufacturing laid off 21,000 auto-body workers while the union allowed 21,000 office and supervisory staff through token lines.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Tate
Ford
General Motors
Michigan
de Soto
Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Matthews to Face Quiz on Denfeld
Washington report says Chairman Tydings plans to call Secretary Matthews before the Senate armed services committee to question him about the ouster of Admiral Louis Denfeld as top navy commander. Sen Knowland and other Republicans press for the session despite opposition from Tydings.
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Washington
Charman Tydings
Matthews
Senate Armed Services Committee
Louis Denfeld
Knowland
Calif
Tydings
McCarthy
Wis
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Man Shot by Widow Gets Term as House Breaker
Edward R. Kanieski 31 was shot and wounded Sept 12 by a 76 year old widow. He pleaded guilty before Wood County Judge Byron Conaway and received a one to two year prison term in Wisconsin state prison for attempting to break into her house.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Edward R. Kanieski
Kanieski
Wood County
Byron Conway
Waupun
Engine Tears Loose From Stratocruiser Over Illinois
A Northwest Airlines stratocruiser carrying 44 aboard lost an engine near Glenview Naval Air Station and landed safely at Chicago Midway with 37 passengers and seven crew unharmed. Civil aviation investigators join the probe as the Boeing craft is scrutinized.
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Chicago
U.P
Northwest Airlines
Glenview
Naval Air Station
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago Midway Airport
Naval Base
R. A. Ernst
Air Station
San Francisco
Tokyo
Pacific
Boeing Aircraft Co
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Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
House UN- American Activities Committee
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Lend-Lease
Manhattan
Bureau of Economic Warfare
Board of Economic Warfare
BEW
Lic R. Groves
Groves
Trade Association and
Pug Pelican
Pug the Pelican
King of Beasts
Leo the Lion
Leo
Kenosha Park
United Press
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
United Nations
Department of Justice
Berlin
Germany
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Kenoshans
Mansell Lewis
76Th St
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Corp
Uaw-Cio
Mich
Judd Halenza
Ernst
Halenza
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