Bricker Declines 1948 Run as Taft Paths GOP Route
Ohio Senator John W Bricker withdraws from consideration as a 1948 Republican presidential hopeful, clearing Taft’s path after a major Ohio GOP rally. Party leaders expect formal support for Taft from the 44 member state GOP steering panel and a congressional delegation committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Taft
York
Thomas E
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Maus
Congress
Bodies Found as British Sergeants Hanged in Palestine
In Palestine near Nathanya two British sergeants, Mervyn Paice and Clifford Martin, were found hanged by the Irgun underground. A booby trap exploded during the removal, wounding a British officer as the bodies, hidden since July 12, were located in eucalyptus trees near an orange grove.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Nathanya
Palestine
United Press
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Mervyn Paice
Clifford Martin
Price
Martin
Irgun
Jewish Agency
Jewish National Council
Paice
Sharon Plain
Red Cross
Army
Duck Hunting Season Reduced to 30 Days in States
President Tru has cut the duck hunting season to 30 days or less nationwide due to a sharp drop in waterfowl. Interior official J A Krug led the action, the strictest since the mid 1930s low mood. Wisconsin sets open season from 21 to Nov 19 with a seven per day bag limit reduced to one wood duck and other limits on types and methods of taking waterfowl.
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Washington
Trutoday
of Interior
J. A. Krug
Wisconsin
Louis to Fight Walcott November 14 at Madison Square Garden
New York heavyweight Joe Louis will clash with Jer Walcott of Camden New Jersey in a ten round non title bout set for November 14 at Madison Square Garden. The match was announced by Twentieth Century Sporting today.
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New York
Pion
Joe Louis
Jer- Joe Walcott
Camden NJ
Atadison
Washington Kids Enjoy Ice Cream as Heat Returns
The forecast 95 to 96 degrees sweeps Washington as striking workers return to seven ice cream plants after winning 11 cent hourly wage increases.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Rent Office Defers Decontrol to Local Boards
The federal rent control office will not lift ceilings in any of 614 areas on its own. Policy now hinges on local advisory boards created by the new rent law, with decontrol likely only after board recommendations. Governors must submit lists. as of now only two states have approved boards, and nine governors have submitted.
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Washington
Federal
Congress
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Georgia
Wyoming
North Carolina
Oregon
New Jersey
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Indiana
Alabama
Lions convention ends with election of new president
The four day Lions International convention in San Francisco closes with Fred W. Smith of Ventura California elected president to succeed Clifford D. Pierce of Memphis Tennessee.
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San Francisco
Lions International
Fred W. Smith
Ventura
Calif
Clifford D. Pierce
Memphis
Tenn
College Students to Grade Radio Comedians in National Poll
Chicago report details a plan by the National Federation of Catholic College Students press commission to name 180 Catholic schools in a Radio Acceptance Poll. 1,800 students weekly grade 10 programs over 13 weeks, using a panel including four radio chains reps and a Protestant woman observer.
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Chicago
U.P
National Federation of Catholic College Students
Joseph Scheuer
St Joseph’s College
Indiana
James V Malone
National Association of Broadcasters
Sly
Greeks Consider Charges Against Soviet Satellites
Greek government weighs invoking UN Charter Chapter VII actions against Soviet Balkans allies amid Security Council deliberations on the Indonesian and Balkans cases. US backing cited as Truman aid remains in force. Gromyko veto discussed as UN members await explanations.
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United Nations
Australia
Security Council
Council
United States
Russia
Balkans
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Balkan
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Woman Shot on Burlington Rail Coach Near Carthage
Mrs Eliza beth Grady 46 of Harvey was shot and killed aboard a Burlington passenger train near Carthage as her 82 year old father James J Stuffelbean was held in Hancock County jail without charge pending a coroner inquest. The victim and her parents were returning to Brookfield after visiting Harvey.
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Carthage
Elizabeth Grady
Harvey
Burlington Railroad
Here
Hancock County
Willard Steinbarger
Grady
James J. Stuffelbean
Brookfield
Kathryn Stuffelbean
Weather Peak Temperatures Across Wisconsin and Nation
The forecast shows cooling breezes in Kenosha while highs reach near record levels elsewhere. Wisconsin records include 98 at Prairie du Chien and 44 at Land o’ Lakes, with Milwaukee 95 and Janesville 96 as heat persists nationwide.
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Kenosha
Edward Baker
Milwaukee County
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Land O’ Lakes
The
Weather Bureau
Janesville
Watertown
Dalton
Madison
Milwaukee
Midwest
Mercury
Blythe
Cal
New
Truman vetoes Wisconsin commemorative half dollar bill
President Truman vetoed a measure authorizing a Wisconsin 1848 centennial half dollar coin. He cited the “wise policy” of Hoover and Roosevelt and noted 18 bills pending for 12 events, arguing many designs cause confusion and counterfeit risk while impairing money's function.
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Washington
Truman
Wisconsin
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Irish Independent Calls Ireland to Withdraw from UN Bid
The Irish Independent urged Ireland to withdraw its application for United Nations membership after Russia blocked it for the second time, citing dangerous intrigue within the UN.
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Dublin
Irish Independent
Eire
United Nations
Russia
U. N
B 29s to Visit City for Army Air Force Day
More than 100 B 29 Superforts will roar over Kenosha to celebrate Army Air Force Day. The aircraft from the 8th and 15th Air Forces, part of the strategic air command under Gen. George C. Kenney, will rendezvous over LaFayette Indiana and fly a route through Milwaukee Kenosha Chicago Detroit Muskegon Fort Wayne St. Louis and Kansas City. Arrival time over Kenosha not announced. Colonel C R Nicolazzo urged air reserve officers to stay active and train for a broader air force program next year. Lt Col Melbourne E Rabedeau joined in anticipating increased air and ground activity in Kenosha.
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Kenosha
National Air Force
Clark
8Th
15Th Air Forces
Strategic Air Command
George C. Kenney
LaFayette
Indiana
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Muskegon
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Kansas City
Air Force
C. R Nicolazzo
Wisconsin
Air Reserve
Melbourne E. Rabedeau
531St Group
Nicolazzo
Diplomat’s Plane Crashes on Oslo Runway
An American military plane carrying Josiah Marvel Jr., U S ambassador to Denmark, tipped and crashed on a runway at Fornebu airfield near Oslo. All four aboard escaped serious injury. Marvel sustained a minor cut.
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Oslo
Norway
Josiah Marvel, Jr
U. S
Denmark
Fornebu Airfield
Marvel
Auto Accident Victim Bitten By His Own Teeth
Walter Springer, 57, sustained a painful chest injury when a car collision caused his false teeth in his shirt pocket to bite him. The incident occurred in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was reported by United Press.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
U.P
Walter Springer
Marines Plead Guilty in Wisconsin Illinois Car Theft Ring
Six Great Lakes Marines pleaded guilty to transporting stolen automobiles across state lines. John Doughterty, 19, of Taylorville Illinois, among four suspects arrested after a Sunday crash near Kenosha, aided by Kenosha deputies. Seven cars stolen since September, most from Milwaukee.
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John Doughterty
Taylorville
Ill
Wisconsin- Illinois
U. S
John A. Looby
Kenosha
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William Moore
Milwaukee
Lake County
Kenosha _sheriffs deputies
Doughterty
Sheriff's Department
Yale M. Streck
Leo Sikora
Leland Chartier
Illinois
Canary Sings Swan Song On Police Station Ledge
Butch a three year old canary perched on a Chicago Avenue police station ledge while crowds watched. Walter Smiler and Detective Thomas McManus rescued the bird by lowering its cage, but Butch died in the effort, its final song heard by the crowd.
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Canary
Chicago
Butch
Chicago Avenue
Walter Smiler
Smiler
Fire Department
Anti-Cruelty Society
Thomas McManus
McManus
Senators Told Of Flying Boat Contract Deals
The Senate war investigating committee heard that Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser secured three 200 ton flying boats in 1942, despite military leaders turning down a mass flying boat program. Lovett testified the transfer of materials was inadmissible and the Kaiser Hughes contract followed a separate War Production Board decision.
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Brewster
Hughes
Owen Brewster
Center
Maryland
Senate
Washington
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airways
Pan American Airways
NEA
John Meyer
Ferguson
Mich
Thomas Slack
California
Senate War Investigating Committee
Henry J. Kaiser
Robert A. Lovett
Joint
Army-Navy) Chiefs of Staff
Robert P. Patterson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lovett
Air
Patterson
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
WPB
Kaiser-Hughes Company
R.-Mich
War Department
Army
Kaiser
Senate Group
Veech and Ashley Advance In Wisconsin Amateur Golf
Nineteen year old Tommy Veech of Milwaukee defeats Billy Sixty Sr. 7 and 6 to reach the quarterfinals of the Wisconsin amateur tour. Dr. Richard Ashley of Kenosha eliminates Harry Hjortness 6 and 5. The day features Veech’s 71 medal round and Sixty’s barley handicap.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Tommy Veech
Wisconsin
Billy Sixty
Veech
Richard Ashley
Kenosha
Harry Hjortness
Racine
Rancher Kills Daughter and Himself After Shooting Wife
Harvey Graham a 42 year old ranch owner and former Palo Alto restaurateur and New York newspaperman killed his two year old daughter then shot his wife fatally before killing himself in Reno Nevada authorities said.
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Reno, Nev
U.P
Harvey Graham
Palo Alto
Cal
New York
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