Lumber Dealer 69 to Wed 26 Year Old in Kenosha
The Kenosha romance centers on Peter Moodie aged 69 who will wed Mary Burtnick, 26, on August 10. Moodie, a Massachusetts lumber dealer, met Miss Burtnick in Manitoba and plans to relocate to Canada after marriage. The ceremony will be at Dr George Cady’s home.
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Peter John William Moodie
Mary Jessie Burtnick
Kenosha
Moodie
Janet Schwandt
Boston
George Cady
Miss Burtnick
Domers
William Schwandt
Arlington
Mass
Manitoba
Canada
Fork River
United States
Church Sold by Mistake During Public Auction
The Church of God and Saints of Christ on Cleveland's east side was sold by mistake at a tax delinquent properties auction. Real estate investor Stanley J. Olstyn bought it last April for 590 dollars and seeks 5000 to return the church to the congregation. The Rev J W Grant and parishioners seek resolution while Olstyn mentions arbitration and a plan to raze for lumber if not bought back. County Auditor John A Zangerle notes only the parsonage was intended for sale and churches are tax exempt.
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Cleveland
J. W. Grant
Stanley J. Olstyn
Grant
Church of God and Saints of Christ
John A. Zangerle
Zangerle
Olstyn
Frost Employes Win 12c Wage Increase Agreement
A wage dispute at Frost company involving 170 members of Federal Labor Union 19983 was settled without a walkout after a strike vote of 164 to 129. The agreement provides a 12 cent across the board raise retroactive to May 26, plus six paid holidays. The contract expires Jan 1, 1948.
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Frost Company
Federal
Morton C. Frost
Frost
Federal Labor Union
Anthony Ruffalo
Marshall Has Trouble Following Directions
Frederick Md fourth district notes Secretary of State Marshall drove a Washington car into Frederick asking for directions to Col Harrison McAlpine. Publisher William T Delaplaine helped him by guiding the secretary of state to the correct road and quipped about his big job.
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Frederick
District of Columbia
William T. Delaplaine
Harrison McAlpine
Delaplaine
Marshall
Russia spurns Jap Peace Treaty Parley
The story notes friction between Russia and Japan over a peace treaty and states Russia prefers foreign ministers meet first, reflecting postwar diplomacy dynamics.
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Russia
United States Cancels Poland's Share of Relief
The State department announced Poland will not receive funds from the $350 million emergency relief program. Special assistant Col. R. Harrison reported Poland has minimum food needs met for the rest of the year with grain and other foods available. Some medicines and seed/fertilizer imports are deemed justified but may be provided by private agencies. funds will target only the most urgent needs.
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Washington
State Department
Poland
Col
R. H. Harrison
Agriculture Anderson
Marshall
Harrison
International Emergency’ Children’s Fund
Congress
Hungary
Austria
Italy
Greece
Trieste
China
Free Chest X Rays At Kenosha County Fair
Free x rays will be offered to all county residents attending the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot on August 8. An x-ray unit from the Wisconsin Tuberculosis Association will operate at the fairgrounds with hours arran ged. Those seeking check ups should contact Miss Teubert or mail a card before August 1. Results will be mailed and kept confidential. The program aims to educate residents about tuberculosis and includes an exhibit at Wilmot High School August 8 9 and 10.
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Kenosha
Wilmot
Bergleubert
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Milwaukee
Fair Grounds
Teubert
The
Tuberculosis Association
State Board of Health
Josephine Keough
Taubert
Nellie Sorensen
Kenosha County
Miss Teubert
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Association
Wilmot High School
Five Fischers Find Home Move From City Jail
The Mike Fischer family of five left city jail after nearly seven months in a second floor cell block. They had been evicted from 5617 Twenty-second Avenue on Jan 2 and, after failed efforts to locate lodging, moved to a newly purchased home at Seventh and Fortieth Avenue.
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Fischers
Mike Fischer
City
Fischer
Nash
Seventy-seventh
Fortieth Avenue
City Bus Problems Spur Company Study by Kenosha Line
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines begins a local transportation survey to review routes and schedules. President Henry P. Bruner and Alex W. Maddle meet the Chamber of Commerce transportation committee to outline plans. W. J. Fillmore, a veteran transport engineer, will lead the study part time, aiming for maximum ridership within a self supporting operation. The effort follows multiple local requests for bus service changes and may be expanded after completion.
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Kenosha Motor Coach Lines, Inc
Henry P. Bruner
Kenosha
Alex W. Maddle
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Bruner
W. J. Fillmore
Fillmore
Office of Defense Transportation
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Chamber Transportation Committee
Peter Pirsch
Dutch Advance on Ten Fronts in Indies War
Dutch army reports Ameri can trained marines near southward push to cut 2400 square miles of east Java from Republican Indonesia. Ten fronts claimed with portents of effects on Semarang and Jogjakarta as Dutch air raids strike the republican capital during the conflict framed as a police action.
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Indies
Batavia
Java
Dutch Army Today
East
Republican
Indonesia
Sumatra
Semarang
Jogjakarta
Seemadjang
Malang
East Java
Netherlands
Cheribon
United States
Molotov Demands Consultation On Confab Plans
Moscow radio reports Russia rejected a U.S. proposal for an 11 nation conference on the Japanese peace treaty. Molotov accused Washington of acting unilaterally and called for a council of foreign ministers to set a time for discussion with Britain China and Russia.
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London
U.P
Moscow Radio
Russia
United States
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Great Britain
China
Council of Foreign Ministers
Washington
Council of Ministers
Dewey Expands Campaign Chase Into Idaho
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York pushed his Republican presidential bid into Idaho after an overnight stay at a Jenny Lake Wyoming dude ranch near the Tetons.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Idaho
Jenny Lake
Wyo
Teton Mountain Range
Man with automatic pistol arrested after Truman visit
Lt. M. L. Stanley of the uniformed police reported in Washington that a man carrying an automatic pistol was arrested in a public restroom shortly after President Truman’s senate visit.
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Washington
M. L. Stanley
Uniformed Police
The
Senate Today
Truman
Senate
Bomb roars through Berlin police HQ. eight killed
A bomb shattered the north wing of Berlin traffic police headquarters in the Russian zone. Eight people were killed and four injured as investigators probed whether the blast was purposeful or accidental. Heinrich Kanig, head of traffic police, was away from his office. Russian and German detectives joined the probe.
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Berlin
U.P
Police Central
Heinrich Kanig
Germany
Legion Urges Charter Overhaul to Limit Big Five Veto
The American Legion proposes charter amendments to curb the Big Five veto and create a tyranny proof world police force. It calls for a 10 member Security Council with new representation and ironclad controls on mass destruction weapons.
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Washington
Security Council
American Legion Today
United Nations
Legion
Congress
Russia
Britain
United States
France
China
End of Wartime Credit Curbs Now Up to President Truman
Washington UP Denied peacetime authority to regulate time payment buying President Truman must decide when to lift wartime controls on autos refrigerators and radios The House passed a bill to end controls immediately rejecting a Senate approved measure to extend modified restraints to December 1 Neither bill seems headed for further action
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Truman
Washington
Congress
House
Voice Vote
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Tricycle Type Car Nears Mass Production
Gary Davis of the Davis Motor Car Co announces plans to begin mass production of a teardrop shaped three wheeler by year end. The prototype, built in 1945 and road tested over 400000 miles, features one front wheel two rear, a 60 hp four cylinder engine, aluminum body, weighs 1325 pounds and is priced at 995 dollars fob Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Gary Davis
Davis Motor Car Co
Davis
California
F.o.b
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