21 Nation Conference Opens With Plea for Reasonable Solutions
The 21 nation peace conference opened at Luxembourg palace with bids to abolish war and seek reasonable peace. Bidault, provisional chair, urged nations to publish full treaty texts and sought open meetings amid split views among the big four on disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Europe
Georges Bidault
France
Bidault
United States
Russia
Conference
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Britain
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Foreign Ministers Council
Greenwich
London
Washington
Moscow
Byrnes
Ten Injured In Week End Traffic Wrecks
Seventeen auto crashes over the weekend injured ten persons in city and county. Gerviani Pica 52 was charged with careless driving after a Highway 50 collision with Ross Schultz 41. Katherine Pica suffered facial and neck injuries. Other crashes injured Willard Englhardt Melvin Schroch and passenger Daniel Schmiedl in county trunk K. Grady Hurley suffered a gashed hand after hitching. Nelson 21 rode motorcycle into a truck on Highway 50. Edmund Bull suffered facial injuries after losing control on Trunk B. Max Kosanke 62 lost control near Highway 41. George Moldenauer 21 was involved in a separate incident on Forty-fourth Place.
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Gerviani Pica
Sixth Avenue
Gerviani
Ross B. Schultz
Third Avenue
Pica
Katherine Pica
Schultz
Willard Englhardt
Salem
Melvin Schroch
Chicago
Englhardt
Schroch
Daniel Schmiedl
Milwaukee
Kenosha Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Engl
Leo Sikora
Grady Hurley
Zion
Til
Pleasant Prairie
Hurley
Charles D. Nelson
Eighteenth Avenue
Tom Krueger
Rt. 2
Kenosha
Seventy-fifth Street
Nelson
Edmund Bull
Burlington
Wis
Silver Lake
DeWitt
Burlington Hospital
Max Kosanke
Park Ridge
Kosanke
George Moldenauer
At Least 10 Drowned In Mississippi River Collision
A ferry near Caruthersville Missouri collided with two oil laden barges on the Mississippi River. At least ten people are missing and presumed dead. thirteen passengers were saved as the ferry overturned and dumped vehicles into the water. Rescue teams search the river as officials plan an investigation.
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Caruthersville
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Jerry Vickers
Claude Vickers, Jr
Larry
Jesse Guy
Ridgley
Tenn
Guy
L. L. Green
Temiscot County
Jim Ed Kelly
Green Automobile
Robert Wood
G. W. Myers
Janice Eastwood
Cronanville
Robert Lee Eastwood
Jennings
Mount Vernon
Ind
Fred B. Zigler
G. B. Zigler Towing Co
E. W. Rogers
Vicksburg
Miss
Rogers
Pierce
Memphis
Kenosha Leads In Factory Pay in Wisconsin June
Wisconsin industrial workers topped the state pay scale in June with an average weekly wage of 44.49 for a 414 hour week. State totals show manufacturing payrolls at 13,272,000 and employment at 298,400, up from May figures. Milwaukee county workers averaged 46.05, Racine 48.63, Beloit 45.97, Green Bay 41.44, LaCrosse 40.94, Madison 40.31, Oshkosh 39.01, and Sheboygan 36.59.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
State Industrial Commission
Racine
Beloit
Green Bay
LaCrosse
Madison
Oshkosh
Sheboygan
Milwaukee County
Menomonie Man Drowns While Wading in River
Frank Shearer 21 of Menomonie drowned while wading in the Red Cedar River yesterday afternoon. His body was recovered about three miles north of Menomonie.
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Menomonie
Menomonie, Wis
Frank Shearer
Red Cedar River
Here
Army Officer Sentenced For Branding Girl
Army Lieut. Thomas Farrell was sentenced to three to five years in state prison for branding 18 year old Helen Stavrou, but the sentence was stayed after defense counsel said an appeal to the state supreme court would be filed.
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Boston
Thomas Farrell
Helen Stavrou
State Supreme Court
Judge Feels Same Way As Juror in This Case
In Long Beach a municipal court transcript shows a physician explaining death caused by brain edema from cerebral thrombosis possibly embolism, due to arteriosclerosis and gangrenous cholecystitis. A juror exclaims and the judge notes he would normally fine such language but agrees with the sentiment.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jail Cell Guard Over Heirens Intensified
The jail guard over William Heirens was intensified after Sheriff Mulcahy reported a note found in his cell indicating the 17-year-old suspect contemplated ending his life. State and defense teams planned procedures for arraignment and a possible confession as details of his actions in custody emerge.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Michael Mulcahy
William J. Tuohy
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Roland Towle
Defense
Tuohy
Mom
Pop
Mulcahy
Cuutody
Chicago Daily Times
Three Die and Dozens Hurt in Vernon Bus Plunge
A Continental Trailways bus plunged 20 feet through a bridge railing into the nearly dry Pease River near Vernon Texas. Three people were killed including Cynthia Ann Clark and Mary Wolff enberger. at least 40 were injured, with more than 50 taken to Vernon hospitals.
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Vernon, Tex
Continental Trailways
Pease River
Vernon
Cynthia Ann Clark
James R. Clark
Amarillo
Tex
Mary Wolfenberger
Saint Jo
Green
Vernon Hospitals
Continental
Dallas-to-Amarillo
Childress
Stratoliner Makes Safe Landing as Gear Jams
A TWA Stratoliner flying New York to San Francisco with 32 passengers and 5 crew made a belly landing in Burbank California after its landing gear jammed. No injuries were reported by the airline.
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Stratoliner
Burbank
Calif
U.P
New York-San Francisco
TWA
Untold billions in war contract renegotiations questioned
Senate hearings probe Garsson munitions profits as Comptroller Warren accuses lax renegotiation laws and moral decline of government oversight. He cites expense paid parties for officials and travel subsidies, urging tighter scrutiny despite GAO limits. May blasts Mead smear campaign amid governor bid chatter.
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Washington
U.P
Lindsay C. Warren
Senate War Profits Investigations
Senate War Investigating Committee
Garsson Munitions Combine
Warren
General Accounting Office
George Meader
Garsson Combine
GAO
Garssons
Senate Committee
May
James M. Mead
N.Y
Mead
War Investigating Committee
New York
Jim Mead
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Truman Nominees for Decontrol Board Approved
The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved three Truman nominees for the new price decontrol board. Roy L. Thompson of the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans would be chairman, with Daniel W. Bell and George H. Mead as members. Truman planned to confer with Mead as press secretary Ross said all three accepted.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Price de Control Board
Senate
Roy L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Decontrol Board
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
George H. Mead
Dayton, C
Paper Company
Frost leads state amateur with 67 at Kenosha course
Jerry Frost, a 30 year old Kenosha Country Club golfer weighing 115 pounds, shot a 67 five under par to lead the state amateur as one third of the 172 players completed 18 holes. He posted five birdies on the front nine and two on the back, with a 31 on the front and seven under at the 14th before bogeys on 14 and 15. The field includes Richard Wagstedt and Wilford Wehrle, with Frost brothers fueling Kenosha’s strong showing as the day’s early leader.
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Jerry Frost
Kenosha Country Club
Frost
Kenosha
Richard Ashley
Wisconsin Legislature Trails Governor Goodland on Housing Plan
In Madison a special session opened with the Senate approving a fast track housing bill for veterans and a 1.15 million dollar grant to the emergency board. The measure requires single joint hearings and tight reporting, limiting bill delays. Leaders aim for quick enactment as lawmakers seek re election before the August primary.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Senate
Assembly
Walter S. Goodland
State Emergency Board
Congress
House
House of Introduction
Goodland
Howard Ohm
Emergency Board
Public Welfare Department
Editor Julian Miller Dies at 59 in Charlotte
Dr. Julian S. Miller editor of the Charlotte Observer since 1935 and a member of the North Carolina board of education died Sunday in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
N. C
Julian S. Miller
The
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina Board of Education
Farmer seeks wife by mail from Wisconsin farm
Arthur Birnstengel of Grantsburg, Wis., a 44 year old single farmer with a 610 acre dairy and six year old son, writes to United Press about trying to find a wife by mail. He wants a frugal partner who can milk cows, enjoys humor, health, manners, and country life. He has been divorced twice and emphasizes practical living and honesty.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Arthur Birnstengel
Grantsburg
Wis
United Press
Birnstengel
van Johnson
Arnie
Two Men Arrested In Kenosha Confidence Game
Detectives arrested David Solomons 34 Hollywood California and Paul Arnold 37 Tulsa Oklahoma on a charge of attempting a confidence game in Kenosha. Both were held on 1500 dollar bonds. They allegedly approached William Cass 6742 Twelfth Avenue and used a staged clerks deception to exploit Cass at the bank and near Kenosha High School.
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Kenosha
David Seixas Solomons
Hollywood
Cal
Paul Poe Arnold
Tulsa
Okla
William Cass
Twelfth Avenue
Arnold
Worcester
Mass
New York State
Arthur J. Riley
Solomons
Troy
N. Y
Riley
Kenosha National Bank
Cass
Seventh Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Kenosha High School
Cattle and Hog Prices Hit New Highs in Midwest
Cattle prices rose to new highs for prime steers in Chicago and St Louis while hog prices jumped by 1 to 1.25 over last week’s close according to Department of Agriculture figures.
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Radcliffe
OPA
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Chicago
U.P
St. Louis
Department of Agriculture
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Adm
Emory S. Land
Germany
Harold Cobin
Newark
N. J
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Richard Wagstedt
Frost Brothers
Jerry
Moe
Kenoshans
Johnny Gibbs Smith
Dick Frost
Dick Jensen
Morton
Thompson
Bell
Gov. Goodland
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