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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
3
On Normandy’s Omaha Beach five years after D-Day the memories remain strong in the landscape. The article notes thousands of fallen soldiers rest in American soil, their presence felt in the wind and surf at Easy Red Beach and the surrounding bluff.
New York firm sources indicate food prices will dip into fall with poultry and grain costs easing as supplies stay ample. Industry leaders expect profits to shrink but sales volume may hold steady, while government policy and distribution costs keep a wide farm to store price gap.
Prime Minister John A. Costello of the Irish Republic appeared in public in Northern Ireland for the first time yesterday at the ordination of three American Catholic priests in County Tyrone. He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Sean MacBride. The priests were Rev. Patrick McNamara Providence R L Rev. Amideus M. Vickers Chicago and Rev. Damian M. Kobus Yorkville Ohio.
Radio Moscow reported a tractor powered by a high tension electric line. The machine is praised as silent and exhaust free and is claimed to cover 50 acres with a long supporting cable enabling movement across fields.
Roger Touhy and his legal team faced a five month pause when chief attorney Robert Johnstone collapsed from overwork. Johnstone was aiding Touhy in a habeas corpus bid linked to the June 30, 1933 Factor kidnaping case. Judge Barnes ordered a recess to October 31, and Touhy will be moved back to Joliet for now.
About 6,000 people attended a Lutheran hour rally at Shawano county fairgrounds. Dr. Walter A. Maier of St. Louis urged that religious instruction be provided in public schools during his address.
Costa Rica pursues foreign markets to secure rubber boots for workers as part of a large public project program. Local agencies and contractors coordinate procurement to equip crews for infrastructure efforts.
Delegates and alternates from Wisconsin's 71 counties gather in Madison for the 14th Annual Conservation Congress to select recommendations on hunting fishing and trapping seasons. Chester S Wilson Minnesota conservation chief opens the two day session with Floyd Davis of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service to discuss waterfowl. The commission uses congress and department guidance to set seasons with deer questions highlighted for tonight's session.
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress executive council recommended a nine day statewide buck season from November 19 to 27 and a controlled hunt from November 29 to December 4, subject to legislative approval. The plan favors an antlerless controlled hunt in areas set after hearings and approves limited hunter numbers. A separate trout size limit proposal would reduce minimum from seven to six inches.
The council endorses a 10 A.M. start for future state fishing seasons, seeks a compromise with 1 P.M. openings this year and 12:01 A.M. for general fishing. It opposes trolling by motor or sail boats in inland waters and backs the conservation department’s method for early-season openings on the Wolf Fox and Wisconsin rivers after spawning. Live bait allowed on the Wisconsin River Sauk City to Prairie du Sac by 5 to 4 vote, and set lines at night are to be forbidden.
About 300 workers walked out at Consolidated Badger Cooperative’s four Wisconsin plants in Shawano Appleton Iola and Wittenberg demanding a 10 cent hourly wage rise. Pickets vow six months to a year of protest if needed as tensions rise with farmers threatening to disrupt operations and security, including rail cars and trucks.
A gang burglarized a downtown Milwaukee filling station and garage during weekend lull. They stole $115 in cash and a 400 pound steel safe after climbing to the second story, breaking a window, and removing the dial from the office safe. They loaded the safe onto a truck and fled.
About 120 patients at a sanitorium outside Paris began a hunger strike to protest being given too much beef. The act drew attention to dietary practices and patient welfare at the facility.
President Truman names Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas a banker and former Democratic National Committee member as the first woman to serve as U S treasurer. Clark will replace William A Julian who died in a car crash and she notes her handwriting is terrible.
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