Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 132 Across Nation
The Associated Press reports at least 132 deaths from a prolonged heat wave with nine more dead and five missing from a sudden squall in the New York metropolitan area. Heat and heart attacks caused most fatalities, with statewide tallies including Illinois 54 and Missouri 10 among others. Temperatures rose above 90 in multiple cities while relief delayed.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Illinois
Chicago Area
Coroner's Office
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin
Bus Official Testifies at Fare Hearing in Kenosha
D. S. Durbin of Kenosha Motor Coach Lines faced sharp questions from City Attorney Robert V. Baker as the Public Service Commission opened a hearing on proposed fare increases. E. W. Wood led PSC officials with other experts, while labor leaders and local officials attended. The company revealed it bought 15 new buses last winter, delivered February this year, after writing off eight months of depreciation. The initial fare hike request in October 1948 was blocked, unless new buses were purchased. a second demand followed the bus additions.
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D. S. Durbin
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines
Robert V. Baker
Public Service Commission
Kenosha
Nick Wade
E. C. Fechner
Felix Olkives
J. H. M. Klinch
North Shore Lines
A. J. Beiberstein
Transportation Company
Mike Maxin
United Voters Club
Jack Beni
CIO Council
Chris Gerber
Local 72
Transportation Committee
Leo Downing
Arthur Martell
Trades and Labor Council
Leo Weston
Howard Colby
Hugo Pucci
James Scalzo
Federal Labor Union 18456
the Simmons Company
the Transportation Company
Council
State Public Service Commission
City Hall
Vocational School Board
Ralph Y. Cooper
Vocational Board
Vocational School
Simmons Company
Truman Seeks Congress As Midyear Economic Report Arrives
President Truman’s midyear economic health report is due in Congress Monday. Press secretary Charles G. Ross said the message is expected to be ready and on track for the target submission date.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Doerfer Named to Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Gov Rennebohm seeks senate confirmation of John C. Doerfer West Allis city attorney for the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. If approved he would replace Timothy Brown who served until a permanent successor was found. Lynn Ashley’s term expired and he was not reappointed.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Senate
John C. Doerfer
West Allis
Public Commission
Doerffer
Timothy Brown
Lynn Ashley
Ashley
Brown
Hitchhiker Fires Shot Into Back of Motorist
A hitchhiker wearing a gaudy cow boy shirt shot and wounded Edwin Begenhardt 22 of Loyal after a stop on Highway 73 in Adams County Wisconsin. Begenhardt said the man demanded his billfold and fired once before fleeing. He described the attacker only by his shirt.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Highway 73
Here
Adams County
Wood County
Arthur E. Berg
Edwin Begenhardt
Rt. 2
Loyal
Begenhardt
Berg
Sam Stone
Just in Time For Heat Wave Sled Sale
In Mount Vernon Ohio a hardware store advertised all sleds at half price to lure shoppers during a 90 degree heat wave now entering its tenth day. The manager said every item was on sale including sleds.
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Mount Vernon, O
Mercury
Lilienthal Defends AEC Amid Criticism in Senate Hearing
Lilienthal told Senators the United States was virtually unarmed atomically in 1947 when the AEC formed and that its aim is unquestioned leadership in atomic field. He rebutted charges of mismanagement by Hickenlooper and defended policy of rapid arming and limited bureaucratic procedure.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
AEC
Iowa
Senate House Atomic Committee
Wholesale Food Price Index Declines to 5.66
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index drops to 5.66 the lowest since livestock decontrols began on Oct 8 1946. It marks a three cent weekly fall, and is 1.46 or 20 percent below last year’s level after Oct 8 1946 when it stood at 5.40.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Jury Selected in Tokyo Rose Treason Trial
San Francisco jury panel of six men and six women was chosen to hear the Tokyo Rose treason case against Iva Toguri D'Aquino, with the government not seeking the death penalty. Prosecutor Tom De Wolfe said the minimum penalty on conviction is five years and a $10,000 fine, as opening statements and preliminary testimony loom.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri
Tokyo Rose
D'Aquino
Tom de Wolfe
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
de Wolfe
Council Seeks Federal Help For Street Improvements
City council votes to seek federal aid for 60th Street and 22nd Avenue. It appropriates up to 5000 dollars for a state origin and destination survey to be conducted in spring 1950.
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60Th St
22Nd Ave
State Highway Department
Edward Gillen Co
Milwaukee
Harbor
Southport Beach House
Lakefront
Gillen Company
Yacht Club
Southport
Pact Defended By Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact as a shield for free men against embattled greedy Communism. He argued the treaty warns would be conquerors and cites 300,000,000 resisting aggression while framing the world’s danger as stemming from Communism abroad and at home.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
United States
U. S
Wisconsin Rent Hike Bill Moves Toward Governor Action
The Wisconsin legislature sent a bill ending rent controls by June 1 and allowing a 15 percent rent increase in many cases. It includes provisions for leases through 1950 or 1951, eviction notice changes, and looser eviction causes. Governor Rennebohm may veto, arguing local control should stand.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Senate
Assembly
Committee Opposes Single Chief of Staff Plan
The House Armed Services committee tentatively approved a military unification amendment to block a single chief of staff or a general staff. Chairman Vinson urged fast action to align with a Senate bill tightening the 1947 unification act and incorporating the new rule.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces
Vinson
D-Ga
Floating grain bins planned for reserve ships
A dozen ships from the reserve mothball fleet will be converted into floating grain bins to ease the storage problem. A second item notes a bill signed by Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm eliminating nomination papers for presidential candidates in preferential primaries and allowing delegate candidates on a single paper.
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Washington
U.P
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Teachers in Stand Against Reds
Boston reports the National Education Association representing 825000 school teachers took a firm stand today that Communist party members should not be allowed to teach in the nation's schools.
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Boston
National Education Association
Communist Party
Senator Butler Attacks Brannan Hog Plan Trial Run
Senator Butler of Nebraska warned a Senate agriculture subcommittee that a trial run of the Brannan farm plan on hogs would wreck the nation’s agricultural economy. He testified as the committee examined a bill by Chairman Thomas to authorize government production payments to hog raisers.
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Washington
Butler
Neb
Brannan Farm Plan
Senate Agriculture
Thomas
Okla
All-women jury selected in Green Bay traffic case
An all woman jury, the first since 1940, was chosen in Green Bay to hear a traffic case. The defendant, William J. Ruben Jr., 20, faces charges of leaving the scene of an auto accident in which he was one of the drivers.
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Green Bay
Wis
William J. Ruben, Jr
Weather forecast bleak as heat wave grips Wisconsin
The weather man warns of no relief for a nine day heat wave across southern Wisconsin with temperatures in the 90s. Thunderstorms and heavy humidity persist as warm air from the south drives hot conditions statewide. Darlington reports 2.16 inches of rain while Menomonie measures 1.72 inches, and fog develops in northern regions.
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Midwest
U. S
Pacific Coast
Canad
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Darlington
Menomonie
Superior-Duluth
Blair
Milwaukee
Madison
Kenosha
Wisconsin Assembly Votes to Add 15 Traffic Officers
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill to add 10 traffic officers to the state motor vehicle department, boosting there to 70 with a 180 900 dollars biennial appropriation. The measure targets enforcement of the weight law and heads to the Senate.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Gilley
R.rhinelander
Cripps Orders Maximum Cut In Purchases
Sir Stafford Cripps announced a standstill on dollar area buying for Britain except urgent national interest cases. He cited sterling reserves dropping to 1.624 billion dollars and outlined plans to curb imports while maintaining existing contracts. Talks with U S officials and dominion finance ministers are planned.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
House of Commons
Treasury
Exchequer
John W. Snyder
U. S
Canada
Sudan
Burma
Iceland
Iraq
The
Commons
United Kingdom
United States
Commonwealth
British Press Association
Troops Ordered To London Docks Amid Longshore Strike
The Labor government sent troops to the London waterfront to unload ships stalled by a two week stevedore strike. United States dock workers threatened a boycott unless the strike ends as more than 100 cargo ships remain harbor locked on the Thames with food for rationed Londoners at stake.
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London
United States
Crowe Receives Three Year Sentence
Richard H. Crowe, 41, former assistant manager at National City Bank, was sentenced in federal court to three years in jail and five years probation for stealing $883,660. He pleaded guilty May 24 to four counts. about $5,950.65 remains unaccounted for, according to Chief Assistant U. S. Attorney Irving H. Saypol.
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New York
Richard H. Crowe
National City Bank
Crowe
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Rules Against Outside Religious Instruction
Madison, Wis. Atty. Gen. Fairchild rules that any plan releasing pupils from public schools for outside religious instruction is unconstitutional. He notes doubt about release plans using school time or school regulation to facilitate attendance and says dismissal time plans may be valid if public school facilities or compulsion are not used. Bubolz cites Appleton and others using school time for religious purposes.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas Fairchild
State Senate
Bubolz
R. Appleton
Fairchild
Appleton
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Louisville
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Ivan A. Sherman
A. W. Larson
Doerfer
Tokyo Roses
Supreme Court
Tom Connally
Arthur Vandenberg
Connally
Alben Barkley
Gilbert Petzke
Petzke
Ed Fechner
Nicholas Wade
Kenosha County
J. M. Herrmann
Ed Lourigan
Ed Warre
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Bill
Brannan Farm
Vote Historical Society
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Schlabach
R.-La Crosse
Legislative Council
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