Tom Clark Surprise Pick For High Court
President Truman names Tom Clark as a surprise choice for the Supreme Court and J Howard McGrath for attorney general. Clark, 49, would fill the seat left by Justice Frank Murphy. McGrath, 45, would become chief legal watchdog and head the cabinet. Both selections await formal approval and potential Senate confirmation in the near term.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Clark
McGrath
Texas
Frank Murphy
Democratic National Committee
Rhode Island
Five Policemen Charged in L A Grand Jury Indictments
Ex chief C B Horrall returns from Montana to face perjury charges. Aide Capt Cecil Wisdom and Lt Rudy Wellpott Sgt C V Jackson and Assistant Chief Joseph Reed charged with not telling the whole truth. Wellpott and Jackson accused of accepting five bribes from Brenda Allen. Edward Herbert, tied to Mickey Cohen, dies in a related ambush incident.
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Los Angeles
C. B. Horrall
Big Bluff
Montana
Mickey Cohen
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Horrall
Joseph F. Reed
Cecil Wisdom
Rudy Wellpott
Sgt
C. V. Jackson
Wellpot
Jackson
Brenda Allen
Body of Clarence H. Laper Returned for Burial
The body recovered from the Missouri river at Nebraska City Nebraska is being sent to Markeson Wisconsin for burial. Detective Lt L A Anderson said a deputy sheriff reported personal papers bearing Lapers name were found on the decomposed body.
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Omaha
Clarence H. Laper
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Neb
Markeson
Wis
L. A. Anderson
Laper
Bradley outlines U S use of atomic bomb in defense plan
General Omar N. Bradley testified before the House foreign affairs committee that the United States main mission under Atlantic pact defense would be to employ the atomic bomb on any aggressor. He added that pact nations would prioritize European ground defense and short-range attack bombardment.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Milwaukee and Racine golfers lead in state tourney semi finals
Jacobs Jr of Milwaukee and Mike Bencriscutto of Racine held half time leads in the 36 hole Wisconsin state golf tourney semi finals. Jacobs led Jimmy Lohr of Sheboygan while Bencriscutto led Steve Caravello of Madison. Governor signs welfare bill for about 1 million dollars to improve care in welfare institutions with added medical staff.
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Milwaukee
Burleigh Jacobs, Jr
Mike Bencriscutto
Racine
Jacobs
Jimmy Lohr
Sheboygan
Bencriscutto
Steve Caravello
Madison
Wis
Bennebohm
Truman Calls 1950 Elections Crucial
President Truman reportedly called the 1950 congressional elections crucial. Charles M. LaFollette, newly named national director of Americans for Democratic Action, relayed the view after a White House visit.
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Washington
Truman
Charles M. LaFollette
Americans For Democratic Action
White House
Heat Keeps Grip as Midwest Sees Relief and East Remains Searing
Deaths from the July heat rise to at least 27 in eastern cities as the East endures extreme temperatures. Relief arrives in the Midwest as a mass of Canadian air cools the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and edges toward Michigan and Illinois. Forecasters warn further cool air movement into the sweltering East is unlikely, while many eastern cities expect more hot, humid days with temperatures in the 90s and 100s.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Missouri
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Federal Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic
New England
Boston
Weekend Wisconsin Weather Brings Relief From Heat Wave
The weatherman forecasts a pleasant weekend in Wisconsin with cooling north and northwest breezes ending a five day heat spell. Highs today range 78 to 85 degrees, while scattered thundershowers occur in the south and east. Yesterday’s peak hit 93 at Lake Geneva and Prairie du Chien, with 58 as the low last night and 75 noon in Kenosha. city rainfall neared an inch in 12 hours, with 0.90 inch by 11:30 this morning and a two hour morning storm prompting flash flood concerns.
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Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Prairie du Chien
Park Falls
Kenosha
Robert M. Smith
Berlin Airlift Ends Gradually With Sliding-Scale Demobilization
The United States and Britain announce a staged end to the Berlin airlift starting next Monday. A reduced force will remain to resume aid if needed while rail road and canal lines reopen to supply Berlin as stocks and transport capacity are deemed adequate.
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U.S. Britain
Berlin
U.P
Russia
United States
Great Britain
West Berlin
William H. Turner
Germany
USAF
RAF
Three Teens Escape Detention Then Fatal Truck Crash
A 16 year old boy Kenneth Balsant died after a stolen truck jumped a guard rail and crashed near Port Washington Wisconsin. Two companions Donald Rutenber and Chester Hausman survived with serious injuries. The trio fled a Milwaukee detention home last night by climbing fire escapes and fled toward Cedarburg.
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Port Washington
Wis
Milwaukee
Here
Kenneth Balsant
Donald Rutenber
Chester Hausman
Rutenber
Hausman
Cedarburg
FEPC Bill Advances in House Labor Committee
The administration FEPC bill moves forward as the House Labor Committee approves it by 14 to 11 and sends it to the full House for possible action this session.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
FEPC
House
Arms Aid May Last Four or Five Years
Secretary of Defense Johnson told the House foreign affairs committee that U. S. arms aid to friendly nations could extend for four or five years at diminishing annual costs. He backed President Truman's one year 1.45 billion dollar program and stressed no American troops would be sent abroad. the effort is equipment and training oriented with limited U. S. personnel.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Military High Command
Truman
Rep
Mansfield
Mont
Europe
United States
Red Cross Urges Unified Disaster Relief Plan
Robert C. Edson, ABC disaster director, told Kenosha chapter members that unified disaster plans are essential. He repeated Red Cross efforts from Texas City 1947 to Panhandle tornadoes, detailing six Midwest area disasters since January 3 1949 and the joint role of government, army, and Red Cross in feeding, housing, and safeguarding public health after disasters.
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American Red Cross
Robert C. Edson
ABC
Kenosha County
Woman’s Club
Edson
Red Cross
Texas City
Oklahoma-Texas Panhandle
Kenosha
North Shore Line Hearings Reopened for Abandonment
The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered hearings reopened on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad petition to abandon its Chicago to Waukegan rail route. A financial expert and an engineer rate specialist will report by the Sept 28 Chicago hearing while CTA park district and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen oppose a subsidiary bus line for the run. The North Shore cites a $600,000 annual loss to discontinue the route for two years.
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Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Waukegan
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Park District
Brotherhood of Railway
North Shore
Showdown Tuesday On Education Bill
Backers of a 300 million federal education aid bill won a partial victory as the House labor committee agreed to vote next Tuesday. Reps Tom Steed and Hugo Sims pressed for a showdown over federal subsidies for parochial schools. Supporters acknowledge passage this session is unlikely, hoping for a longer session to reach a compromise.
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Washington
U.P
House Labor Committee
Tom Steed
Okla
Hugo S. Sims
S. C
Labor Committee
Huck Finn Day spoiled as adults beat kids to lake
In Muskogee Oklahoma Spaulding Park lake was restocked for Huck Finn Day inviting children under 16 to fish. The event saw three grown men fishing against posted notices and fleeing from police after the restocking, the biggest catch a 2%% ounce perch.
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Muskogee
Okla
Spaulding Park Lake
Ex Bootblack Quizzed in Five Percenter Inquiry
John Maragon a former bootblack turned informal confidant to top officials testified behind closed doors for over an hour as Senate investigators probe alleged influence in government contracts. A hush hush session yielded “plenty hot stuff” though Maragon said nothing concrete yet and hinted more may surface in weeks. He recalled knowing Truman during his Missouri senate days and later worked with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad arranging tickets for members of Congress.
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Washington
White House
Senate
John Maragon
Congress
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Maragon
Kansas City
Malta
Missouri
Capitol
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Argentine ex chief justice Antonio Sagarna dies at 75
Dr Antonio Sagarna, 75, former chief justice of the Argentine supreme court, died Thursday.
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Buncos Aires
Antonio Sagarna
Supreme Court
UN Tosses Out Russ Atomic Plan
The United Nations atomic energy commission voted 7 to 2 to reject the Soviet plan for world atomic control despite objections from Russia and Ukraine. Argentina and Egypt abstained, backing a Chinese resolution that no further discussions could yield a useful result, noting the plan was already rejected by the Paris General Assembly.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
Ukraine
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Argentina
Egypt
Atomic Energy Commission
General Assembly
Paris
Girl Dies After Bunk Fall in Oneida Home
Nine year old Sharon Elizabeth Daoust died from a broken neck after falling from an upper bunk at her parents home in Oneida Wisconsin. Coroner Leslie Holzer ruled the death accidental.
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Oneida
Wis
Sharon Elizabeth Daoust
le Daoust
Leslie Holzer
Outagamie County
Yacht party ends in disputed fight in Chicago harbor
Two executives Arthur Carnahan and Theodore McCall with wives celebrated aboard the cabin cruiser Chetta Monk in Lake Michigan harbor. Police called it a disorderly incident. McCall and Carnahan were jailed but the judge dismissed charges after testimony showed no evidence of a fight.
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Chicago
U.P
Lake Michigan
Arthur Carnahan
Burlington
Theodore McCall
Food Canning Company
Peoria
Ill
Carnahan
Francis
McCall
Elizabeth
Thomas
Carnahans
McCalls
Columbia Yacht Club
Irwin Clorfene
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Eugene Potente, Jr
Henry B. Klein
Andrew Anderson
Oshkosh
William M. Boyle, Jr
John O. Pastore
Dennis J. Roberts
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Kerr
D-Okla
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Associated Press
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Queens
Nathan
New York
Robert R. Nathan
War Production Board
CIO
United Steelworkers
Cites
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Phillip Murray
Murray
Carroll R. Daugherty
Steel Workers
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