Rural districts battle rising costs in school meetings
Residents across Somers Pleasant Prairie and surrounding areas held meetings to approve or contest budgets, elect directors and set tax levies. Numerous districts authorized new teachers and additions, with taxes rising in several communities and plans for new schools or improvements advancing.
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Washington School District 1
Somers
Leslie F. Yunk
Emmett Leach
Brighton
Berryville
Nathaniel McIntyre
Dublin
Pleasant Prairie
Kitty Stahl
Roswell Griffiths
Bristol
Bullamore Forks
Russell Bullamore
Madeline Kleinschmidt
Star
U S Halts All Russian Propaganda Publication
The United States orders Russia to stop publication of all propaganda in the country and halts Amerika the Russian language magazine. The action targets the Soviet information bulletin and other Moscow propaganda while leaving Voice of America as the sole U S information link. Senator Mundt backs full reciprocity as the rule for handling Russian media.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Russia
Kremlin
Amerika
State Department
Soviet Information Bulletin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Department
Voice of America
Karl E. Mundt
Reds Accidentally Rescue Their Foe On Korea Front
U S forces on the central Korean front reported a bizarre battle as Chinese units fired on each other while a United Nations patrol, ambushed west of Yonchon, watched the clash and later directed Allied artillery on both Chinese groups.
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Korea
U.S
United Nations
Explosion Rattles Fairfield Square Destroys Shelton Building
A violent 1:25 a.m. blast levelled the two story brick Shelton structure in Fairfield Illinois damaging nearby shops including the Brown Hotel. Police have no suspects with property damage estimated at 50 000. Big Earl Shelton and his outlaw gang once terrorized Southern Illinois.
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Fairfield
Big Earl Shelton
Shelton
Southern Illinois
Big Earl's
Brown
Fairfield National Bank
Wayne County
Elmer Brown
Illinois
Big Earl
Indiana
Churchill backs Red Dean in free speech stance
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that the Red Dean of Canterbury must be tolerated as part of free speech. He said free speech includes foolish and venomous remarks, preferring to lump them rather than abolish them. He addressed calls for a tribunal on Dr Hewlett Johnson, the dean and noted Communist sympathizer.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Canterbury
Hewlett Johnson
Dean
Britain
Stop Move Aimed At Kefauver
Campaign manager Gael Sullivan accused backers of other Democratic candidates of plotting to stop Estes Kefauver from winning the party’s presidential nomination. He cited reports of deals behind closed doors and named a California committeeman and Len Kerr as possible figures, while denying Truman or McKinney involvement.
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Chicago
Gael Sullivan
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Sullivan
Truman
Frank McKinney
National Committee
California
John Anson Ford
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Eisenhower Plans a Short Colorado Fishing Trip
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Denver and plans a brief fishing trip after a day of packing and errands. Press secretary Hagerty says he will spend most of today cleaning up odds and ends before fishing. He and Mamie stay at the Brown Palace and visit Mrs. Eisenhower's mother before overnight. Crowds greet him as Denver welcomes the Republican nominee after Chicago heat.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Colorado
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Mamie
Brown Palace
John Doud
Chicago
U S Destroyer Southerland Hit By Four Shells Off Korea
The destroyer Southerland was struck four times in a 24 minute duel with Communist shore batteries off Korea. Eight enlisted men suffered minor injuries as the ship silenced five of seven emplacements after firing more than 200 rounds of five inch shells.
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Washington
U.S
Southerland
Korea
Wisconsin Temperatures Fall as Cool Air Mass Moves In
A cool air mass swept south across Wisconsin yesterday dropping temperatures. Rain totals in several cities ranged from near .59 inch in Kenosha to 1.87 inches in Lancaster while Milwaukee recorded 1.75 inches. The day’s high reached 85 in Janesville and Madison, 81 in Kenosha with a 58 low, and a noon reading of 69. Expect fair, cool conditions tonight then warming tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Lancaster
Janesville
Madison
Superliner United States Arrives Home After Atlantic Triumph
The 53,000-ton liner United States completed a two way Atlantic conquest on its maiden voyage and reached New York Harbor amid a celebratory welcome. Police helicopters and private planes escorted the ship as it set a new westward speed record of three days 12 hours 12 minutes, surpassing the Queen Mary by over nine hours.
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New York
United States
Atlantic
New York Harbor
U. S. Lines
Statue of Liberty
North Atlantic
Hudson River
46Th Street
England
McCarthy Treated for Sinus Ailment at Bethesda Navy Center
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin is receiving treatment for a sinus ailment at the Navy Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda, Md
Ford Loses Metals Bid Before NPA in Korea Era
The National Production Authority rejected Ford Motor Company's bid for a larger share of materials allotted to the auto industry. The ruling favors Chrysler and others, leaving General Motors as the top producer. Ford had argued for a base period shift to gain 23.42 percent of controlled metals for passenger cars, up from 21 percent.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
National Production Authority
Chrysler Corporation
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
NPA
Korea
Await Next Move In Pittsburgh Steel Strike Talks
After a two hour bargaining session President Philip Murray of the United Steel Workers and John R. Steelman urged both sides to stand by for White House word. Murray and Joseph M. Larkin said discussions remain in disagreement and Steelman was to report back within hours as price stabilization offices monitored the situation.
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Tion
OPS
Weirton
Armco
Pittsburgh Steel
Steelman
United States Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
White House
Philip Murray
John R. Steelman
Murray
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel
Government frees steel for civilian use to curb industrial idleness
The government announced a broad release of all steel not essential to the military. Production Chief Henry H. Fowler said the move opens supplies for small and medium manufacturers to produce items such as washing machines vacuum cleaners metal furniture and household appliances.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
Egyptian Premier Pushes Suez Evacuation and Sudan Unity
Cairo Egypt January 1939 Hussein Sirry Pasha outline of a new government program calls for removal of British troops from the Suez canal zone and the unification of Egypt and Sudan under King Farouk crown.
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Cairo
Egypt
W.P
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Farouk
Wisconsin farmer killed as tractor crushes him at Big Slough
Jens Berge, 37, died when his tractor rolled downhill and fell on him on his Big Slough farm near Pigeon Falls Wisconsin. The incident was reported as a late bulletin from the state. Also noted, about 20 Wisconsin dentists will be drafted into navy service in August September and October according to announcements.
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Pigeon Falls
Wis
Jens Berge
Big Slough
Here
NAVY
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Democrats Redesign Convention Hall In Chicago
The Democratic National Committee plans a major decorating overhaul at the International Amphitheater for next Monday’s convention opening. expect vertical nylon bunting, large portraits of Roosevelt Truman and Wilson, new signage, and altered TV camera positions to present a head-on view of speakers. Presidential hopefuls will also use public headquarters at the Conrad Hilton, with Kefauver Kerr McMahon Russell and Russell assigned to specific rooms.
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Highland District 5
Pleasant Prairie
Norman Fitzpatrick
South Bristol
Gerald Mallman
William Schutzen, Jr
Tooting
Estes Kefauver
Michael Gallagher
Syracuse
N. Y
Kefauver
Chicago
International Amphitheater
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
United States
GOP
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Roosevelt
Halsted Street
Frank E. McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Conrad Hilton
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