Brewster Urges Truman to Study Forrestal Diary
Senator Brewster of Maine urged President Truman to study James W. Forrestal's diary for a possible clue to the origin of a go slow request in the 1945 Amerasia case arrests.
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Brewster
Truman
Forrestal
Washington
R. Me
James W. Forrestal
Amerasia
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
New York
White House
Naval Hospital
Knowland
R. Calif
Senate
Navy
Mrs. Hazel Vandenberg Obituary Ends Long Illness
Washington mourns the death of Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg wife of the Michigan senator after a long illness and several operations since 1947. She was active in Red Cross work during World War II and a noted contributor to civic and sorority activities. Born Hazel Whitker in Indiana in 1882 she became a prominent public figure in Washington and Grand Rapids.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
The
Red Cross
University of Michigan
Women’s League
University
Vandenberg
Arthur, Jr
Rockefeller Development Corporations
Brazil
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Barbara Bailey
Grand Rapids
Mrs. Vandenberg
Hazel Whitker
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Taxi Struck By Train In Sparta Injures Driver
A 54 year old Sparta taxi driver, Fred Jackson, was critically injured when his car was struck by a Milwaukee Road train at a crossing with flashing signals. He slowed but did not stop, and the collision hurling him more than 30 feet from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprata
Wis
Sparta
Milwaukee Road
Fred Jackson
Jackson
Flames Close To Gas Tanks In Newfoundland Fire
A forest fire near Lewisporte Newfoundland threatened 2,000,000 gallons of gasoline stored at tanks. Firefighters, villagers and woodsmen pushed the blaze back four miles from the tanks as winds shifted. Authorities warned of possible mass evacuation while planes, ships and air lifters stood by to move equipment and people if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisporte
Frederick Rowe
Rowe
Grand Falls
Forest Rangers
Dominion Public Weather Office
Danger
Canadian National Steamships
Springdale
Royal Canadian Air Force Airsea Rescue
Halifax
State Republicans Picking Slate Today
Remington will quit a $10,000 a year Commerce Department post to devote full time to proving he has never been a Communist. He will face federal court in New York Tuesday on perjury charges as he seeks to clear his name while moving Ridgewood, New Jersey as a home base.
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New York
Amerasia
Robert Morris
Senate Committee
McCarthy
R Wis
State Department
Department
Senate
FBI
Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Communist Party
Naval
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Cincinnati
Commerce
Remington
Department Office of International Trade
Michael E. Lee
Lee
Congress
Grand Jury
Remington, Associates
Ridgewood
N. J
Cool Northwest Breeze Ends Humid Midweek Heat
A northwest wind ended the hot humid spell as Wisconsin reports fair weather this morning. Milwaukee's federal bureau notes temperatures 8 to 16 degrees cooler with lower humidity. Land o Lakes records a frigid overnight -44 degrees while Lake Geneva reached 85 yesterday and Superior 66. Scattered showers touched parts of the state with Sunday outlook fair and warmer.
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Federal Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Land o’Lakes
Lake Geneva
Superior
Driver dies as auto overturns near Council Grounds forest
Merrill Wisconsin William Frisch aged 20 was killed when his open roadster overturned on the entrance road to the Council Grounds State Forest. He suffered a broken neck. Two passengers Bruce Riebe and Jack Howe both 21 were thrown clear of the car.
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Merrill, Wis
William Frisch
Council Grounds State Forest
Frisch
Bruce Riebe
Jack Howe
Truman chats with Battery D veterans at breakfast
President Truman greeted World War II artillerymen from Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery at a breakfast, joking about aging and noting 53 fallen from the unit. He plans a serious foreign policy speech later at the Jefferson National Memorial dedication along the riverfront. Secretaries Johnson and Johnson attended as honorary members.
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St. Louis
Truman
Harry
Battery D
129Th Field Artillery
Jefferson National Memorial
Louis Johnson
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two Ft Sheridan Prisoners Escape
Two military prisoners at Fort Sheridan Illinois fled after overpowering a guard who boasted of his car. Laverne H. Bough aged 23 from Oakland California and John M. Landers aged 20 from Davenport Indiana escaped in the guard's car while both were serving sentences for previous AWOLs.
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Ft. Sheridan
Laverne H. Bough
Oakland
Calif
John M. Landers
Davenport
Russian Roulette Ends Life Of 15YearOld Boy
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a 15 year old student, Anthony Petrulli, died during a Russian roulette game with three friends watching. Authorities said he removed all bullets, replaced one, spun the cylinder, and fired a self inflicted shot to the forehead.
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McKeesport
Anthony Petrulli
Joseph Lennon
Plane Crashes Into Spartan Barracks at Tulsa Airport
An army C-47 crashed on takeoff at Tulsa injuring three Spartan school of aeronautics maintenance workers. The wing pierced three adjacent barracks as 60 men slept in a fourth building. fire crews prevented a larger toll.
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Tulsa
Okla
Aviation School
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Alma Puckett
Samuel A. Kerr
J. W. Long
Sand Springs
Bryn Mawr Dean to speak at UW honors convocation
Madison Wis Lily Ross Taylor dean of Bryn Mawr college graduate school will deliver remarks at the University of Wisconsin 12th annual honors convocation on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison. Wis
Lily Ross Taylor
Bryn Mawr College Graduate School
University of Wisconsin
Mock Saboteurs Hit at Soo Locks
Trained enemy saboteurs staged a dawn mock assault on the Soo Locks near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. About 125 defenders including Michigan National Guard coast guardsmen and civilian guards repulsed the attack as columns of explosions marked the exercise.
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Soo Locks
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Fifth Army
Fort Riley
Kans
143Rd Treadway Bridge Co
Michigan National Guard
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Fort Custer
National Guard
Violence Flare At Enka Plant In Morristown TN
Violence erupted at the American Enka rayon plant as roving bands stoned non-strikers and burned a car. An Enka attorney witnessed a roadblock ambush of night workers, while Gov. Gordon Browning refused to recall National Guardsmen. Authorities feared new outbursts as workers return.
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Morristown
Tenn
U.P
Enka Corp. Rayon
Gordon Browning
Browning
T. W. Iserman
Enka
New York
Drowns in Pond Near Livingston Wisconsin
Leroy Preston, 20, drowned in the Anaston mill pound seven miles west of Livingston Wisconsin yesterday.
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Livingston, Wis
Leroy Preston
Anaston Mill
Here
Beaver Dam Boy Killed In Bike Car Collision
Beaver Dam Wisconsin nine year old Donald Rettschlag died Friday after his bicycle collided with a car driven by James H Levi of Stevens Point The Portage County district attorney advised on the case with details of the fatal crash.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Donald Rettschlag
James H. Levi
Stevens Point
Portage County
Higley Favored But Kohler Has Strong Support
Wisconsin GOP delegates at the 1950 convention edge toward Harvey Higley as their preferred governor candidate with Walter Kohler Jr and Gordon Bubolz also in the race. Higley counted backing from Gov Rennebohm and Cy Philipp, while Kohler drew support from Warren Knowles and others. United States Senator Alexander Wiley also earned endorsement as nominations closed.
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Milwaukee
Republican Party
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Higley
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Kohler
Wis
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Rennebohm
Cy Philipp
Republican National
Phillip
Warren P. Knowles
Bubolz
United States
Alexander Wiley
James Durfree
Antigo
American Legion
Legion
Durfee
L. R. Watson
Knowles
Movie Holdup Gets Real-Life Encore
State police staged a bank robbery reenactment nine months earlier at Woodbury Saving Bank in Southbury now reports a genuine heist at the same bank. Two bandits robbed Woodbury bank of 8500 dollars, held three employees and four patrons, and fled by car. State Patrolman George H. Bunnell Jr. stopped the getaway, locating the abandoned car and scattered currency after pursuing along Route 6 and the Housatonic river.
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Southbury
Conn
Woodbury Saving Bank
Woodbury
George H. Bunnell, Jr
Housatonic River
Bunnell
Bushman the famed ape gravely ill at Lincoln Park Zoo
Bushman a 22 year old 550 pound gorilla weighing six feet two inches lies gravely ill at Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago. Veterinarians warn entry to his cage is too dangerous and he remains under 24 hour guard while treated with digitalis and a reduced diet. Some 3,000,000 visitors see him yearly. captured in West Africa he originally weighed 38 pounds and the zoo paid $3,500.
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Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park
Zoon
Cameroon
West Africa
Zoo
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums
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Delta Gamma Sorority
National Campfire Girls Board
Y.W.C.A
Jimmy Wilson
Dorothy Mortenson
Jacksonville
Fla
U. S
Case
Robert Earl Hughes
Fishook
Hughes
Captain Harry
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Battery
Harry Truman
William Hall
Caledonia
Col
Parker O. Stuart
Army
Stuart
Nashville
Sam T. Wallace
Iserman
Wesley Young
Anti-Cruelty Society
Lincoln Park Zoo
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