Holdovers from 46 Polio Outbreak Receive Care at Orthopedic School
Kenosha's Orthopedic and Open Air school cares for polio victims of 1946 with inpatients and outpatients. Twenty two inpatients remain, with 91 inpatients total at the school and 57 on outpatient treatment. The facility, dedicated in 1929, expanded after the epidemic, adding equipment, therapists, and transportation arrangements to support up to 50 60 polio inpatients.
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Evening News
Carol Ann Althoff
Genevieve Brenneman
Kenosha
Kenosha Hospital
Otto T. Steffensen
Weiskopf School
Kenoshans Hear Kluchesky On Law Enforcement Talk
About 200 Kenoshans including city and county officials heard Joseph T. Kluchesky discuss law enforcement and minority groups at a Beth Hillel dinner. Remarks by Axtell and Clau sen preceded the former Milwaukee chief’s talk on factors influencing crime and cooperation among police, prosecutors, courts, and the public.
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Joseph T. Kluchesky
Milwaukee
Beth Hillel Temple
B'nai B'rith
Kenosha B'nai Brith
Paul Herzog
David L. Phillips
Clarence J. Huck
Leonard J. Jensen
Kluchesky
Phillips
Truman Seeks Extension for Grain Control Power
Congress is urged to extend grain control authority to October 31. The amid debate includes Knutson pushing a 6.5 billion tax cut, while Truman signals vetoes and proposes a $40 per person cost of living tax cut with $3.2 billion in corporate taxes. Party lines split on strategy as election year pressures mount.
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Washington
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Republican Congress
White House
Senate
GOP
House
Coughton
D-N.c
Citt
Martin Rules on State Education
Attorney General John E. Martin ruled that the legislature cannot create a state board of education that strips powers from the state superintendent of public instruction. A board could be formed only if it assists and remains subordinate to the superintendent.
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Madison
Eral
John E. Martin
Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Martin
M. G. Toepel
New State School Study Committee
Toepel
Burglars Break Into Milton Union High School Vault
Milton Wisconsin police report burglars hammered through a masonry wall to steal 30 dollars from the Milton Union High School vault. Superintendent C H Door said damage to the vault will cost about three times the loot.
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Milton
Wis
Milton Union High School
C. H. Door
Indianapolis Trucker Is Sentenced to Electric Chair
Robert Watts a 25 year old Indianapolis dump truck driver was given the electric chair at Michigan City state prison for the November 2 slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney. Judge Harold Barger imposed the sentence after Watts was convicted of murder by a jury last night in Shelbyville Indiana.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Robert Watts
Indianapolis
Michigan City State Prison
Mary Lois Burney
Watts
Harold Barger
New Type of Peace Warrant Issued in Milwaukee
August C. Schmidt, veteran district and municipal court clerk, issued a new type of peace warrant. The document charged Patrolman Cal Steckling with permitting a nuisance by an inmate pounding on cell bars. Steckling stopped the racket promptly.
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Milwaukee
U.P
C. Schmidt
Schmidt
Cal Steckling
Steckling
Weatherman Explains Unusual Cold and Drought Patterns
Gordon F E Dunn of the U S Weather Bureau cites central Canada cold masses driving south winds and subfreezing Texas and Florida impacts. He attributes California drought to high pressure over Idaho and Nevada diverting Pacific storms northward, with Alaska receiving warm Pacific air instead.
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Chicago
U.P
California
Alaska
Gordon FE. Dunn
U. S. Weather Bureau
Canada
Florida
New Mexico
Texas
Dunn
Idaho
Nevada
Pacific Ocean
Cold Wave Drives Huge Layoffs Across Midwest and East
More than 241000 workers in Michigan Ohio and western Pennsylvania were laid off as plants shut down for gas shortages. Detroit area alone faced about 200000 idle workers after oil limits hit artificial gas supply. Ohio and nearby cities faced 20 000 plus layoffs and industrial plants curtailed output across Buffalo and other towns.
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Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Midwest
East Coast
Hudson Bay
Detroit Automobile
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
East Ohio Gas Company
Northeastern
Dayton
East Liverpool
Akron
Mansillon
Cleveland
Youngstown Niles
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Michigan water intake clogged by needle ice
The city faced a critical water shortage as Lake Michigan intake pipes iced over at 5 30 a m. The emergency harbor intake was activated and a pumping engine deployed. By 1 30 p m a shift in wind began breaking up the ice and officials expected normal supply later today.
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Water Department
Lake Michigan
Fire Department
Ted Rudgal
Rudgal
Fred A. Meyer
A. E. Axtell
Robert M. Smith
Lew Heller
Chicago
North Side
Wilson Avenue
Fullerton Avenue
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Soviet Grain Fares Well in Mild Winter Reports
Newspapers report Russian grain crops fared well in the first half of a mild winter with winter crop areas expanded significantly across the country according to Moscow dispatches.
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Moscow
Japs Who Print Yens Strike for More Yen in Tokyo
In Tokyo more than 8,000 government printers walked out seeking higher pay. It was the first strike by workers in a government agency. Exact demands were not disclosed.
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Tokyo
Treasury aid to subversive groups claimed
Senator Ball charged the treasury allows tax deductions for donations to eight groups labeled subversive by the attorney general. He listed Joint Anti Fascist Refugee Committee, National Council of American Soviet Friendship, Hollywood Writers Mobilization, International Workers Order, Ohio School of Social Sciences Cleveland, Philadelphia School of Social Sciences, Samuel Adams School Boston, and School of Jewish Studies New York City.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Treasury
Clark
U. S. Treasury Department
Federal Department
Treasury Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Hollywood Writers’ Mobilization
International Workers Order
Ohio School of Social Sciences
Cleveland
Ohio
Philadelphia School of Social Sciences
Samuel Adams School
Boston
Mass
School of Jewish Studies
New York City
Truman asks extension of grain control to ease shortage
President Truman asked Congress to extend until October 31 the authority to control grain use for alcohol and distillers, citing a critical shortage jeopardizing national security. He urged measures to conserve grain and export goals while noting European demand and weather losses.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Anderson
United States
Meat price war climax fulfills free hamburger offer in St Helens
The St Helens price slashing saga goes national as butcher ships prepaid dry ice packed hamburger to mail order customers. Rival shops cut prices 20 to 30 cents while Sappington promises free meat to correspondents then cancels the offer.
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St. Helens
Ore
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Jack Sappington
Norman Raymond
Ernest Peterson
Roy Harrington
Harrington
Safeway
Rite
St. Louis
Sappington
March of Dimes
Daring holdup man trapped after diamond theft in New Orleans
Eddie Brouel, 26, of Chicago and Detroit, is held on armed robbery charges after a woman companion and a flashy blue convertible led police to recover $25,000 in unset diamonds. Police found $70,000 in bonds and $15,000 in AmEx checks in Brouel’s car, with his wife Mona Jean, 19, detained for investigation.
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New Orleans
J. L. Schuering
Eddie Brouel
Chicago
Detroit
Brouel
Michigan State Penitentiary
A A. Watters
Cicero
Ill
Watters
American Express
Mona Jean
Lawmaker proposes ban on the word billion in English
Rep Twyman of Illinois proposed replacing billion with a thousand million. He argued the term is confusing and often misused, noting that a billion dollars equals a thousand million and questioning why such a large amount should be slurred.
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Washington
Rep. Twyman
Twyman
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National Labor Relations Board
Federal District Court of
Southern New York
General Motors Corporation
John Bright
Bright
General Motors
Robert N. Denham
Denham
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kenoshans
Milwaukee Road
Franksville
Racine County
Weatherman
United Press
Paris
National Assembly
Finance Commission
Robert Schuman
Assembly
Schuman
Jacques Duclos
France
Chicago Area
Department
U. S
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