Wife tries to jump from courthouse balcony in reported incident
Mrs Clyde Maxson attempted to leap from the second floor inner balcony as deputies escorted defendants Clyde Harlow and another man after they were arraigned on statutory charges. Maxson was restrained by relatives and her daughter and son in law helped pull her away. Prosecutors say the men admitted relations with a 13 year old girl. two teenage youths, ages 16 and 15, are in juvenile custody.
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Clyde Maxson
Lowell Harlow
83Rd St
Clyde
W. W. Davis
William Schmitt
Eugene Schend
Maxson
Schmitt
Albert Hart
18Th Ave
Frank Shannon
Schend
Police Deliver Second Strike Past Dan Cupid
David Jesse Harris, 23, faced two burglaries that jeopardized his May wedding to a 19 year old Keno girl. He admitted burglary of his landlady’s room for 314 dollars and, in Waukegan, to stealing 27.50 dollars, three watches and a lighter from his ex girlfriend. Harris was jailed awaiting hearings.
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Cupid
David Jesse Harris
Kenosha
Waukegan
Harris
Arthur J. Riley
Two Men Seize $19,000 Payroll on Campus
Two Wells Fargo guards were robbed of 19000 dollars on the Columbia University campus as two armed men approached from the rear near University Hall. The robbers fled in a car toward Broadway after grabbing the payroll and escaping through a campus doorway.
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New York
Wells Fargo Express Co
Columbia University
University Hall
Broadway
Poland Trade Unions Chief Zawadzki Seeks Release
Warsaw reports Alexander Zawadzki first vice premier asks President Bierut to be released from office to devote time to directing Poland's trade unions of which he is chairman. The president is expected to grant the request.
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Warsaw
Aleksander Zawadzki
Poland
Boleslaw Bierut
Zawadzki
Murray Denounces Lewis Over Taft-Hartley Claims
CIO President Philip Murray accused John L. Lewis of rumor mongering and lack of responsibility in denying claims of secret deals. Murray stated he never made secret agreements to accept oppressive amendments to the Taft-Hartley repeal bill and backed Truman and anti-Taft candidates. The intraunion dispute arose amid Senate debate on labor legislation as Elbert D. Thomas opened four hours of remarks defending the Truman bill.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Murray
AFL
William Green
Truman
Thomas- Lesinski
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
State-Commerce-Justice Department
Wisconsin Deer Hunters Win Controlled Hunt Plan
Wisconsin's 213 delegates approve a controlled hunting measure allowing special seasons to crop surplus deer in critical areas while keeping the forked horn back season. They also authorize a bow and arrow season from Sept 24 to Nov 7, with final passage on the back-buck and forked horn votes.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
The
Conservation Congress
Conservation Commission
State Senate
Assembly Conservation Committee
Congress
Mertz
Milwaukee
Ross Bennett
Columbia County
H. A. Hansen
Bayfield
Conservation Department
Executive Council
Commission
Centennial Graduation at Keno sha High School
Graduation at Keno sha senior high school marks one hundred years with 330 graduates in a program themed Through Long Generations honoring the centennial. Narration by John D. Davies features five era portraits with music from the Southport brass band, Civil War songs, and modern choral works concluding with diplomas presented by Forrest E. Conner.
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Kenosha Senior High Ool
John D. Davies
Alice Mae Rauch
Elwood Stark
Doris Bereiter
Roger Axtell
Pearl Chase
Southport Brass Band
Palestrina
Fred Waring
Council Approves Natural Gas Entry for Kenosha
The Kenosha city council gave final reading to an ordinance repealing sections banning natural gas and authorizing Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co. to lay mains. Gas to be piped in 1950 with conversion costs borne by the utility. expected consumer price about 10 percent lower. The meeting also adopted a moral turpitude examination ordinance, first reading for lower water main interest, and discussed Racine’s gas study.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co
Harrison M. Pauley
Joseph Lourigan
State Public Service Commission
Racine
Minneapolis
Detroit
Dave Richter
Ray Flansburg
Fred Heimes
al Reid
Charles Zalesak
Matthew Hinderholz
Henry F. Andersen
Henry Nelson
Public Works
Columbus Park
Columbus
Roosevelt
R. B. Whyte
Civil Service Commission
35Th Ave
Domenick Tirabassi
51St Ave
32Nd Ave
60Th St
Sheridan Rd
10Th Ave
Forrest Park
65Th St
42Nd Ave
Kirschner Highlands
79Th St
18Th Ave
Jerome Creek
Charles Creek
K. T. Savage
22Nd Ave
Buchanan Rd
26Th
35Th St
7Th Ave
City Planning Commission
24Th Ave
23Rd Ave
Phillips Garage
6Th Ave
Police Department
Last Ohio GAR Dies Alliance Member John H. Grate
The last member of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic died today. John H. Grate aged 103 was a soldier, buggy maker and farmer.
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Alliance
Ohio Department
Grand Army of the Republic
John H. Grate
Cold Wisconsin Dips To Near Freezing Across State
An influx of cool air from the north lowered temperatures overnight across Wisconsin. Park Falls logged 36 degrees and Land O Lakes 28 with other areas in the 30s and 40s while daytime highs reached about 80 to 85 at Lake Geneva. Forecasts show clear skies and continued cool conditions tonight with a warming trend expected tomorrow.
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Kenoshans
Park Falls
Land O'Lakes
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Howard Thompson
Thompson
Move to Abolish PSC Defeated
Madison Wisconsin A P dispatch reports the Wisconsin assembly rejected a plan to abolish the three state public service commissioners by a 51 to 43 vote. The measure would have allowed the governor to replace the current board. GOP leader Vernon Thomson called public demand to abolish the PSC minimal. Democrats cited criticism of recent rate decisions.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Assembly
GOP
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
The
Conservation Commission
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Unemployment Jumps in May Postwar Peak Reached
Census bureau reports May unemployment rose by 273000 to 3289000, defying seasonal trends as youths sought summer work. Farming jobs increased 1154000 while non agricultural positions fell 279000 to 49720000, yet overall May saw more people employed than May last year and more full time jobs.
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Washington
Census Bureau
State Supreme Court Upholds Distiller Rights
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a distiller contract restricting dealers from selling liquor below set prices. Daniel W. Sullivan of Milwaukee and Calvert Distilling Corp. prevailed over Charles J. Goldman in restraining below price sales.
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Madison
Supreme Court
Daniel W. Sullivan
Milwaukee
Calvert Distilling Corp
Charles J. Goldman
Chambers admits lying before grand jury in Hiss case
Whittaker Chambers acknowledged lying seven times to the federal grand jury that indicted Alger Hiss on two perjury counts. In Wisconsin, two men died when a sheet metal truck crashed into a ditch and the trailer collapsed onto the cab killing Otto Henry Schwark and Charles E. Hansen.
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New York
Whittaker
Federal Grand Jury
Alger Hiss
Elkhorn
Wis
Otto Henry Schwark
Wilson
Charles E. Hansen
Anoka
Minn
Oppenheimer Questioned by HUAC Behind Closed Doors
HUAC investigated J Robert Oppenheimer in a private session amid debates over atomic science. President Truman plans a trip to Little Rock Arkansas for the 35th Division reunion, returning the next day.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Truman
Little Rock
Ark
White House
Atomic Control Not for Army
Secretary of Defense Johnson stated the military does not seek control of atomic energy. He sent a letter to Senator McMahon indicating the armed forces will maintain civilian control, amid inquiries into alleged mismanagement at the AEC chaired by Lilienthal. Senator Hickenlooper and McMahon cite civilian control, denying moves to revert to military oversight.
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Washington
Johnson
McCahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Seek Cause for Death of Milwaukee Engineer
Allan R. Taylor a 55 year old mechanical engineer was found near the Lake Michigan beach and a post mortem was to be performed. The body showed a head wound and a temple wound according to the county medical examiner’s office a neighbor identified him and said he never had heart trouble.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Allan R. Taylor
Taylor
Gray Appointed Army Secretary by President Truman
President Truman named Gordon Gray of North Carolina as secretary of the army to succeed Kenneth C. Royall who resigned weeks earlier. Gray, former assistant secretary and undersecretary, is a Winston-Salem publisher and radio owner.
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Washington
U.S
Truman
Gordon Gray
North Carolina
Gray
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Army
Winston-Salem
Judge Finds Chambers Testimony Inconsistent With Grand Jury
Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman ruled Whittaker Chambers testified inconsistently before the grand jury on October 14 and 15 versus his trial testimony. The judge allowed Lloyd Paul Stryker to examine days of grand jury sessions while noting December sessions were substantially consistent. Prosecutor Thomas Murphy called the access action unusual.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Chambers
State Department
Kaufman
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Stryker
Child Dies After Fall From Window in Oshkosh Home
Two year old Charyl Kay Hinz died after tumbling from a second floor window in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Her mother Mrs Edmond Hinz said the girl was playing at the window when the screen gave way.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Charyl Kay Hinz
Charyl
Edmond Hinz
Plane crash near Puerto Rico leaves 47 missing
A two motor C-46 charter plane carrying 75 aboard including 53 adults 19 children and five crew members crashed into the Atlantic after departing San Juan for Newark. Coast guard reports 28 survivors with 2 bodies recovered and a search ongoing amid rough seas.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
al Cockrell
Pittsfield
Mass
Coast Guard
Lee Wakefield
D. H. Dexter
Newark
N. J
Miami
Strato Freight, Inc
Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Conn
Dexter
Point Salinas
Air Force
Army
Navy
Brazilian Plane Crash Kills 26 Near Cambirelas Peak
Reports from Florianopolis say 26 people were killed when a Brazilian army C-47 transport crashed into a mountain after taking off. Wreckage located near Cambirelas peak as rescue parties rushed to the scene. The flight carried army personnel and civilians between Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Florianopolis
Air Ministry
Cambirelas Peak
Rio Grande Do Sul
Milwaukee Man Killed by Gangsters Bullets
Milwaukee resident Myron August Gerbing aged 44 was shot eight times in a drive by near a Braidwood tourist camp. Police found slot machine slugs in his car along with rolled quarters totaling 110 dollars and pockets containing three dollars. The confrontation involved a speeding black car with two gun muzzles.
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Joliet
Ill
Myron August Gerbing
Milwaukee
Randolph Street
W. College Avenue
Braidwood
Braidwood Eee
Oliet
Gilbert Knater
Illinois State Police
Gerbing
Woodland Park
Route
Leslie Sinclair
Sinclair
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Dan Cupid
America
Stanley A. Dashew
Grand Rapids
Mich
Martha
Chicago
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Green
GOP Rift Appeals
Mark Centennial
Council
Normandy
France
Joseph O’hare
Boston
Robert Betolaud
Omaha Beach
American Legion
Paris
PSC
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
State Board of Agriculture
Harry C. Dix
Menomonie
Paul C. Schmidt
Medford
State Supreme Court
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