Schnuck Case Ruling Upheld by State Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a Kenosha circuit court ruling awarding Peter Propsom and Son Inc. $8,813 for a Schnuck home, offset by two accounting errors lowering the judgment by $200. The decision reviews contract and debt questions tied to a Kenosha Veterans Council Building Committee project finished in 1948 with costs of $27,326 and $16,000 raised locally.
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Kenosha County
Alfred L. Drury
Peter Propsom and Son, Inc
William Schnuck
Kenosha
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Henry Highes
High Court
Justice Hughes
Veterans Committee
Kenosha Company
Schnuck
Marjorie
Propsom
Schnucks
Kenosha Veterans Council Building Committee
Jude Ogrury
Dairies to Stand Trial on Anti Trust Charges
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 10 Milwaukee dairies must face trial for alleged price fixing as they controlled about 94 percent of Milwaukee milk. Companies challenged charges as vague and license forfeiture as unconstitutional, but court found uniform pricing evidence indicates agreement. Names include Golden Guernsey Cooperative, Borden, Lueck, Dairy Distributors, Blochowink, Clove Lane, Gehl Guernsey Farm, Layton Park, Willie Dairy, and Emers Bros. firm.
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Madison
WUP
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Brown
Golden Guernsey Dairy Cooperative
Borden Company
Lueck Dairy Company
Dairy Distributors, Inc., Cooperative
Blochowink Dairy Company
Clove Lane Dairy Cooperative
Gehl Guernsey Farm
Layton Park Dairy Company
Willie Dairy Company
Emers Bros
Supreme Court
Otto J. Breidenbach
Rule School Head Illegally in Office
Madison Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Shawano County schools superintendent Rex Kroll holds office illegally for lacking two years teaching experience. He defeated Arthur L Pahr who had served 21 years. court finds one year teaching experience insufficient. Justices did not rule on Pahr’s request to declare him superintendent.
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Madison
Wis
WUP
Supreme Court
Shawano County
Rex Kroll
Kroll
Arthur L. Pahr
Pahr
Watertown Savoy Theater Fire Causes Major Loss
A morning blaze gutted the Savoy theater in Watertown Wisconsin causing over 50 000 in damage. The fire spread from the theater to upper offices and scorched the adjacent Kusel hardware. One firefighter was overcome by smoke and the cause was not yet determined. The theater was undergoing remodeling and the fire was spotted around 6 15 a m by a restaurant operator.
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Watertown
Wis
Savoy
al Lindy
Kusel
National Bank
Lindy
Seabiscuit’s Owner Charles S. Howard Dies at 69
Charles S. Howard, 69, Pacific coast automobile dealer and owner of Seabiscuit, died suddenly at his Hillsborough home. Once an auto man, his horse racing ventures eclipsed that fame as Seabiscuit became one of the era’s greatest turf horses.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Charles S. Howard
Howard
Two youths surrender in slaying of Petoskey officer
Ed George 20 and his brother in law James W. Allen 22 surrendered to state police after George said he shot Patrolman Robert Russell when ordered to drop his gun. The incident occurred in Petoskey Michigan this noon.
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Petoskey
Mich
Ed George
Robert Russell
Russell
George
James W. Allen
Clear skies and warm for Wisconsin forecast
The sun shines over Milwaukee as Howard J. Thompson forecasts continued mild weather tonight and tomorrow. Kenosha reached 84 this afternoon while June remains unusually warm with a 44 degree low at Land O Lakes and a 89 degree high recorded yesterday at Menomonie.
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Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Land O'Lakes
Menomonie
Polio Strikes Six in Burlington Wisconsin
Six Burlington residents, including two adults, have polio in the last 10 days. Five patients are at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison and one at Racine Isolation Hospital. School at St Charles closed as a precaution after a victim’s family attended it. State board lists 12 Wisconsin cases citywide this year. no other Racine County cases outside Burlington.
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Burlington
Wis
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Racine
J. H. Carroll
E. E. Bertholiet
Elkhorn
State Department of Health
St. Charles
State Board of Health
Janesville
de Forest
Dane County
Union
Pierce County
Manston
Juneau County
Medford City
Medford
Taylor County
Edgerton
Rock County
Colby
Clark County
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Racine County
Burlington City
House Ways and Means Votes to Retain Light Bulb Tax
Washington The house ways and means committee reversed itself and kept the 20 percent excise on light bulbs while approving other tax cuts totaling 1.095 billion dollars annually. The panel also rejected a 10 percent levy on television sets and tentatively backed cuts to telephone telegraph travel ticket and property transportation taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Japan Bans 24 Communist Leaders After MacArthur Letter
Tokyo reports the occupation forces ordered the ban on 24 top Communist politburo members following a letter from General MacArthur to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. The Communists condemned the move but urged patriotic citizens to join in opposing bases and the occupation casualties.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Politburo
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Ryuichi Tokuda
Sanze Nozaka
Yoshio
Senate Shown Report on Reds By McCarthy
Washington and Tokyo reports describe actions against communists in Japan with seven lawmakers to resign and bans on party activity. McCarthy cites an FBI chart claiming 124 state department agents or sympathizers as of 1947. Miami survivors recount a charter plane crash rescue and ongoing search for missing workers near Cuba and Bahamas.
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Japan
Washington
McCarthy
Senate Today
FBI
State Department
Wisconsin
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Miami
Fla
U.P
U. S
Saufley
S. S. Cape Ann
Coast Guard Rescue Control
Westair Co
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Joe Halsey
S.O.S
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Florida
Iowa Voters Fuel Battle Over Brannan Farm Plan
Iowa's primary results set a clear battle over the Brannan farm plan for the fall election. Albert J. Loveland won the Democratic U S Senate nomination while Rourke B. Hickenlooper secured the Republican renomination. California and South Dakota primaries also produced key races involving Warren Roosevelt Nixon Foss Gurney Case and other state contests.
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Iowa
Brannan Farm Plan
California
New Mexico
South Dakota
Albert J. Loveland
U. S
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Washington
Associates
Charles F. Brannan
Uranium Strike Reported in Michigan Upper Peninsula
State Geologist G. E. Eddy announced a second uranium discovery in the Upper Peninsula. He said the conservation commission may issue a three year exploration lease to Thad D. Isham and J. E. Leitch of Owosso for four 40 acre plots in Sturgeon River State Forest. Isham found radioactive rock about four miles northwest of Felch in Dickinson County.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
State Conservation Department
G. E. Eddy
The
Conservation Commission
Higgins Lake
Thad D. Isham
J. E. Leitch
Owosso
Sturgeon River State Forest
Isham
Felch
Dickinson County
Coach Sundt's Mother Dies in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin Mrs Alfred Sundt 72 mother of Guy Sundt University of Wisconsin track coach and assistant athletic director died Monday after a fall at her Stoughton home three weeks earlier.
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Madison
Wis
Alfred Sundt
Guy Sundt
University of Wisconsin
Stoughton
Tornado Hits Southeast Texas Towns
A fast moving tornado, winds around 70 mph, struck Kenny Klump Patterson Brookshire and Katy in southeast Texas yesterday. The storm damaged Kenny’s 250 residents, demolished two buildings and injured several people, with Red Cross director L F Weige noting injuries.
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Kenny
Tex
Texas
Klump
Patterson
Brookshire
Katy
Houston
L. F. Weige
Red Cross
Wisconsin Adopts First Modern Any-Deer Season
Conservationists approve Wisconsin’s first modern any-deer season for nine days, starting 8 am November 18. Delegates vote 48 in favor, 21 against, two abstentions, with bears now open to all ages and no bag limit. Bow and arrow season similar to last year runs Sept 23 to Nov 6.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Conservation Congress
John Hammer
Colfax
Congress
The
Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Bubolz Clarifies Stand On Race for Governor
Appleton state Sen. Gordon A. Bubolz said he will back the endorsed GOP candidate if not receiving the convention endorsement this weekend. He joined Walter J. Kohler Jr. of Kohler and Harvey V. Higley of Clintonville in noting he would seek the gubernatorial nomination only with convention endorsement.
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Appleton
Wis
Gordon A. Bubolz
Bubolz
Alon
Walter J. Kohler
O Kohler
Harvey V. Higley
White Firm Low On Road Projects
White Construction company of Milwaukee submitted low bids totaling 343851 for Kenosha county road work. Projects include Hy 43 widening from Kenosha to Hy 41 and Hy 31 resurfacing from 60th St to 52nd St, Somers road resurfacing, and Hy 174 resurfacing to county trunk EZ. About 12 percent of county roads are affected. Statewide, 16 projects received low bids totaling 2979155.
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Kenosha County
State Highway Commission
White Construction Company
Milwaukee
Kenosha
60Th St
52Nd St
Somers Road
Somers Village
Wood Rd
Reds Desertions Boost Nationalists in South China
Nationalists claim a communist Chinese regimental commander and more than 700 Red troops deserted to their side in South China citing hatred of Russian arrogance and cruelty by the Sino Reds toward civilians.
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Taipei
South
China
Identify Train Victim In Pewaukee Wisconsin
The man killed Monday when struck by a Milwaukee Road train near Pewaukee is Jacob Vanderby a 43 year old mental patient at Waukesha County Hospital.
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Waukesha
Wis
Pewaukee
Milwaukee Road
Jacob Vanderby
Waukesha County Hospital
Horlick, Racine Civil Leader, Dies at 76
Alexander J. Horlick longtime Malted Milk Corp executive and Racine civic figure dies after a month long illness at 76. He led the firm 52 years and served as mayor of Racine in 1907 09 before retiring from business in 1945. Survived by two daughters in Connecticut four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Racine
Wis
Alexander J. Horlick
Horlick
William Horlick
The
Horlick Malted Milk Corp
Bertha
William ‘R
Chicago
Alexander
Con
Thenglish
Horick
Old Racine College
Harold S. Bond
John J. Bowles, Jr
Greenwich, Conn
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James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Helen Gahagan Douglas
Manchester Boddy
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Richard Nixon
Chan Gurney
Francis Case
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Harlech
William Horlick, Sr
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