Education Emphasized as Path to World Peace
George McCarty of South Dakota State College spoke at the Kenosha Kwanians luncheon about how honesty in facing domestic problems and education for an informed electorate are essential to peace. He cited WWII costs and casualties, urged renewed civic participation, warned of a teaching shortage, and urged democracy to guide future international cooperation.
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America
George McCarty
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Kenosha Kwanians
Elks Club
McCarty
United State
Washington
United States
Nash Plant Here to Resume Production
Nash Kelvinator announces recall of 16,000 workers including Nash Motors plant staff to start work on June 10. Plants in Michigan and Wisconsin closed May 24 for inventory due to rail and coal strikes.
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Nash Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Nash Motors
Nash Kelvinator
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kenosha police report break in and street crime notes
The blotter lists multiple incidents including a salt shaker thrown through windows at 1405 Sixty-fifth Street between 12:30 and 1 a.m. today. Other items include burglaries, traffic charges, court dates, and various local ads for services and sales across Kenosha, with names such as George Zura and Ralph Gallo appearing in entries.
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George Zura
Sixty-fifth Street
Anderson Furniture
Six Injured in Highway Crash Near Racine
A light truck driven by Pfc. Lawrence O Connell and a sedan driven by Louis VanDerMoen collided at Highway 42 and Springbrook road. Four adults and two youths suffered injuries. all were treated at Kenosha hospital with none listed as critically hurt.
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Pfc
Lawrence O'Connell
Camp Kilsner
N. J
Louis VanDerMoen
Box 190
Kenosha
Highway 42
Springbrook Road
O'Connell
Racine
van DerMoon
Clarence Huck
James Marshall
Kenosha Hospital
Victory Queen Contest Sees Post 1865 Entrant
Phyllis Mc Gonegle, 22, selected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1865 to represent the post in the Victory Queen contest for Kenosha Welcome Home celebration on July 4. She is the eighth entrant. the ballot opens Thursday June 20 for public voting by Kenosha residents.
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Junker-Ball Post
Phyllis McGonegle
Phyllis
Kenosha
Mrs Zora H Pedley Dies After Long Illness at Kenosha
Mrs Zora H Pedley 61 wife of Ralph Pedley of 6022 19th Avenue died at Kenosha hospital after a long illness. Born January 17 1885 in Brooklyn Michigan she taught school after high school and married Ralph Pedley September 25 1907. She lived in Kenosha since then and belonged to First Methodist Church and its Women Society of Christian Service. Survived by husband two daughters Grace E Pedley and Mrs Henry Hanson of Kenosha a niece Jane Hewitt a former resident with the Pedleys four brothers Hazen Hewitt Vincent Hewitt Leland Hewitt and Robert Hewitt and a sister Mrs Helen Stockton.
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Zora H. Pedley
Ralph Pedley
19Th Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Brooklyn
Michigan
Charles and
Alice Smith Hewitt
Mich
Kenosha
First Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Grace E. Pedley
Henry Hanson
Pedley
Jane Hewitt
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Hazen Hewitt
Santa Monica
Cal
Vincent Hewitt
Farmingdale
New York
Leland Hewitt
Gross Point Park
Robert Hewitt
Wyandotte
Helen Stockton
Philadelphia
Two Fires Damage Hen House and Garage
Two fires Thursday afternoon, six minutes apart, caused over 500 dollars in damage to a four car garage and a small chicken house. A fire at 1410 Sixty ninth street starting from children playing with matches damaged the Ferguson garage, totaling about 500 dollars. A second fire at 6114 Twenty-fifth avenue, due to spontaneous combustion of floor sanding, damaged the single story chicken house for roughly 25 dollars.
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Sixty Ninth Street
Duncan Ferguson
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Mike Lento
Car Strikes Four Year Old Boy In Kenosha
A four year old local boy, Bernard Schmitz, was hit by a car that passed over him after impact on Eighth Avenue north of Sixty third Place. He suffered a bumped head and a bruised elbow and was admitted for overnight observation at a Kenosha hospital.
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Kenosha Hospital
Bernard Schmitz
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Maye Reinold
Twentieth Avenue
Raymond Gleason
Bernard
Kenosha Youth Foundation Offers Summer Swim Classes
Enrollment for boys and girls ages six to 18 is now at the KYF main desk. Classes run June 24 to September 1 with beginner lessons, advanced swimming, diving, and synchronized formation swimming. Special mixed classes for six to eight year olds, and separate sessions for boys and girls in various age groups are scheduled with multiple weekly timings.
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Kenosha Youth Foundation
KYF
American Red Cross
George Limpert
Jerry Smith
Wisconsin Restaurateurs Seek OPA Regulation Changes
A delegation of Wisconsin restaurant operators led by Elmer A. Conforti traveled from Mitchell Field to Washington via Pennsylvania Airlines to meet Wisconsin congressmen and Paul Porter director of the OPA. They discussed menu price control regulations and proposed modifications affecting Milwaukee Oshkosh Madison and other cities.
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Wisconsin
Clifford Wendricks
Kenosha Restaurateurs Association
Washington
Wisconsin Restaurateurs
Mitchell Field
Pennsylvania Airlines
Ilwaukee
Oshkosh
Madison
Okwanago
Green Bay
Racine
Marinette
Appleton
Elmer A. Conforti Kenoshan
State Association
Wisconsin Group
Paul Porter
OPA
Kenoshan's Brother Walter Franz Killed at Paper Mill
Mrs Edmund LaMacchia learned of the instant death of her brother Walter Franz 29 at Niagara Wisconsin Paper Mills when a reel of paper weighing thousands of pounds broke loose and pinned him to adjoining machinery. He was a World War II veteran who had often visited Kenosha. Funeral services planned in Iron Mountain Michigan.
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Edmund LaMacchia
Walter Franz
Niagara, Wis
Kenosha Born Heroine Saves 32 Allied Fliers
Dorothy Blackman of Kenosha, later known as Drue Leyton, a Hollywood actress, aided 32 fliers from Nazi occupied France. She holds the Croix de Guerre, US Medal of Freedom, and the King's Medal. She married a French patriot who died. her book The House Near Paris chronicles her experiences.
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Dorothy Blackman
Kenosha
France
United States
Dorothy
Hudson X. Blackman
California
Hollywood
Drue Leyton
Paris
Geoffrey Parson, Jr
Escapes Driver's License Suspension in 1945 Case
William H. Bennett of Kenosha escaped license suspension after a 1945 Municipal Court ruling. Despite an attorney general opinion that a road grader is a motor vehicle and could trigger suspension if operated while intoxicated, Bennett was fined 50 dollars and costs for operating the grader and released without license suspension. Judge Edward J. Ruetz stated the case was completed and no suspension would be ordered.
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John Martin
William H. Bennett
Kenosha County
Dominic Tirabassi
Bennett
Edward J. Ruetz
Shoe Repairmen Plan Convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin
A large delegation of Kenosha shoe repairmen will attend the 13th annual convention of the Master Shoe Rebuilders Association of Wisconsin in Oshkosh. The Legion hall serves as the meeting headquarters with entertainment lined up beside the business sessions. Oscar Haubrich is treasurer of the state association.
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Kenosha
Master Shoe Rebuilders’ Association of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Legion Hall
Oscar Haubrich
Fifty Seventh Street
State Association
Valdez Baby Boy Dies at Hospital
The 74 month old son of Hilario Valdez of Bonnie Hame subdivision died at Kenosha hospital after a short illness. Born October 25, 1945 in Kenosha, he is survived by his parents a brother and two sisters Hilary Diane and Catherine Valdez at home. Deputies handled a report of two stray horses damaging crops on Harry Thompson’s farm and returned the animals to the owner.
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Donald Neal Valdez
Hilario Valdez
First Avenue
Bonnie Hame
Kenosha Hospital
Kenosha
Hilary
Diane
Catherine Valdez
Sheriff's Department
Harry Thompson
Route 4
Box 344
Wood Road
Albert Bornhuetter
Eugene Schend
Thompson
Veterans Administration office updates hours and guidance
The Veterans Office in Room 215 Schwartz building now closes at noon Saturdays and operates 8 am to 4 30 pm weekdays. Veterans should obtain a certificate of eligibility for education or training programs to avoid delays in subsistence benefits and enrollment.
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Kenosha
52Nd Street
18Th Avenue
City Hall
Veterans’ Administration
Schwartz Building
Gail D. Hansis
John P. Cullen
Milwaukee
V.O
Hansis
Courthouse Sports New Bronze Markers
The Kenosha courthouse now bears exterior markers after 22 years, revealing the building as the county's government center to passersby.
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Courthouse
Kenosha
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Becker
Adios
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Grunow
Simon Electric and
43Rd St
Pucci
Stellar Tavern
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Juanita Kraemer
Harold Kraemer
Lydia
59Th St. Kenosha
Congress Club
Lee
7Th Ave
Barden
Household Appliance and Radio Co
57Th St
Household
Sixth Avenue
Municipal Court
57Th St. Ady
Mary's Cafe
Ruth and Fritz
6Th Ave
Mary Romantine
Schneeberger's
54Th St
Ralph Gallo
Fifty-fourth Street
Rathskeller
Helen Schott
22Nd Ave
Chris’ Roosevelt
28Th Ave
Karl Stephens
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Walter Frank Krupinski
Slosson Street
Eagles
Raye Black
Nap's Tavern
Ted's Tavern
45Th St
Schneeberger's Tavern
Melvin Dahl
Dahl
Trafic
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Rothskeller
Louie
Jonly
Frank Burt
Herby
Sun Dodgers
DeWald’s
14Th Ave
Patek
Great Western Paints
Fowler's
Roosevelt Rd
Richard P. Larson
Ashland
Green Bay Reformatory
Larson
Advance Novelty Co
Newberry Abstract Co
Lecker’s
Johnnie Dorff
60Th St
Propeller Club
Maplecrest Country Club
James W. Myers, JR
Andrew Chirigotis
Kenosha National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kenoshan
Wisconsin Iron & Metal Co
L. T. Kent
Navy
Fifty-eighth St
Shoe Repairmen Plan Convention
Valdez
Veterans Office
County Board
William Grewenow
Court House
Nehlsen’s
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