Four Gunmen Guilty In Gang Slaying Trial
A Kenosha circuit court jury found Louis Martin Fazio John Mandella Jerome Mandella and Dominic Lampone guilty of murder in the first degree and assault with intent to commit murder in a gangland slaying of Mike Farina and wounding his brother Joe near Paris township on Highway 41. The six day trial ended with verdicts delivered after a brief deliberation.
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Kenosha Circuit
Louis Martin Fazio
John and Jerome Mandella
Dominic Lampone
Edward J. Mevine
Mcation
Ono
Milwaukee
Mike Farina
Highway 41
Highway 43
Paris Township
Kenosha County
Joe Farina
K. T. Savage
Eugene Sullivan
Gehl
Fazio
Kenosha
John
Jerome Mandella
Joseph Farina
Truman Aims At Maintaining Labor Peace
President Truman relies on six new labor appointees to curb industrial crises after the maritime settlement ends threats of strikes. John R. Steelman becomes an influential director of war mobilization and reconversion, with Steelman tied to labor interests and ready to advise across agencies.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Philips L. Garman
New Wage Stabilization Board
John R. Steelman
John W. Snyder
Secretary of Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Steelman
Organized Labor
Snyder
Federal Conciliation Service
Philip Hannah
Ohio Federation of Labor
AFL
David A. Morse
New Jersey
National Labor Relations Board
Schnellenbach
Mr. Truman
James J. Reynolds, Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Quentin Reynolds
National Labor Relatios Board
Gerard D. Reilly
OPA Hikes Butter Cheese Milk and Hosiery Prices
The OPA ordered an 11 cent rise in butter, six cents on cheddar, and a one cent higher price for evaporated milk. Ceiling hikes cover fine nylon hosiery and sheet aluminum ware with higher consumer costs. Predictions warn shirts and dresses may leap if MAP ends, with no new controls planned.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Britain May Block Franco Action In UN Debate
The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss a sub committee report on Franco Spain. Britain contemplates clarifications and possible changes to the report while Russia opposes it. The US France China Australia Poland Egypt the Netherlands and Brazil back the report.
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New York
Great Britain
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Alexander Cadogan
London
Alexander
Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
Franco
Gromyko
Security Council
British Labor Party
United States
France
China
Australia
Poland
Egypt
Netherlands
Brazil
Bruno Held on Perjury Charge in Milwaukee
Bruno, 32, a former prizefighter and witness in the Farina murder case, was arraigned before County Judge W. W. Davis on perjury charges. He pled not guilty, $5,000 bond set, remanded to jail, hearings slated for June 27. Also, Samuel Daquista of Milwaukee faced a contempt warrant in Kenosha for failing to appear in the Farina case. he posted $500 bond and awaits a Tuesday hearing.
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Anthony Carmen Bruno
Milwaukee
John
Jerome Mandella
Louis Fazio
Dominic Lampone
W. W. Davis
Davis
Bruno
Leland Chartier
Floyd Hughes
Milton LaViolette
Edward 2 Gehl
Farfina
Samuel Daquista
S. Twenty-seventh Street
Kenosha
Edward J Ruetz
Ruetz
Daquista
Farina
Eugene Schend
Gerald LaPoint
Milwaukeean
Erie Railroad Engineer Killed in Derailment
An Erie railroad engineer was killed when high waters washed out a small bridge three miles west of Creston Ohio causing a freight train to derail, derailing the engine and 23 cars.
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Creston
Erie Railroad
Here
Barbed Wire Club Aims For National Former Prisoner of War Group
Milwaukee leaders plan a Barbed Wire club for former POWs from Japan and Germany. Air force S/Sgt Azzan McKagen, shot down over Cologne in 1943, conceived the idea to share prison camp experiences and build friendships while seeking justice in political and economic issues.
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Azzan McKagen
Air Force
Cologne
MecKagen
McKagen
Omaha
Neb
St. Louis
New Orleans
Niagara
N. Y.) University
Pastor Dies during Demonstration of Brotherly Love
In Van Dyke Michigan Reverend Walter I Pate pastor of the Church of God collapsed and died of a heart attack while demonstrating brotherly love by embracing a man during a sermon. The incident occurred as he sat beside an audience member and kissed him before dying.
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van Dyke
Mich
U.P
Walter I. Pate
Church of God
Reach Compromise on Draft Extension
Senate and House conferees failed to agree on drafting teens but voted to extend the selective service law to March 31 1947. The date bridges a House plan to end the draft February 15 and a Senate proposal pushing it to May 15.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Jewish Underground Raids Tighten Palestine Tension
Five injuries reported in weekend accidents across city and county. A five year old girl was hurt when a car door swung open as she tried to roll down a window on Old Highway 42 near St. George cemetery. Three Milwaukeeans sustained non critical injuries in a Highway 41 crash north of Highway 43. A Chicago driver escaped injury after colliding with a horse on Wilmot road near Trevor. A sideswipe on Highway 50 near Highway 45 left both drivers and a pole damaged. Police noted weekend traffic remained heavy with limited injuries.
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Charlotte Otte
Sixty-fifth Street
St. Catherine’s Hospital
St. George Cemetery
Helen Hillman
Seventy Third Street
Lyle Bolton
Walter Cumiskey
Sheriff's Department
Edward Starich
Milwaukee
Center Parkway
Billups Browns
Albert Bornhuetter
Stanley Starich
Fifth Street
Henry Gooden
West Virginia Street
St. Catherine's Hospital
Elmer Figiel
Chicago
Wilmot
Trevor
Figiel
Alfred Buza
Harold Foley
Henry Pennock
Altoona
Pennock
Kenoshans
Plane Takes Durants to European Theater
An army plane carrying Col. J. W. Durant and his wife Capt. Kathleen Nash Durant left Washington at 5 15 a m bound for Europe. They are being sent back to the European theater of operations at the request of Gen. Joseph T McNarney. They were under provost marshal custody with Sgt. Elizabeth De Young assigned to Mrs Durant.
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Washington
A. C. Miller
Ralph W. Pierce
Provost Marshal’s Office
Wac
Sgt
Elizabeth de- Young
Mrs. Durant
Merger Foes Call Truman Plan Too Late
Washington army navy merger foes label Truman revised unification plan too late amid four weeks left in Congress. They deem concessions to sea services and joint chiefs insufficient and warn of limited action this session. Senator Robertson cites one man control fear and notes Marines kept. plan largely mirrors December proposal. Naval committee may hold open hearings as top officers testify.
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Washington
Truman
War Department
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Robertson
Wyo
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Secretary of National Defense
Senate Naval Committee
Wyoming
Joint Chiefs
Naval Committee
Walsh
Mass
Pace
Frank Sinatra Pants Donated To Police Is Redone
Chicago police Sgt. Joseph Briatta wore Frank Sinatra’s pants as a souvenir but the hips were too wide and the pockets wouldn’t fit. The tailor removed pockets to make the fabric fit, revealing the unique incident.
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Chicago
Joseph Briatta
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Briatta
Airplanes Bring Conferees for Kenosha Day
Three airplanes arrived at Kenosha Airport carrying a Milwaukee delegation to coordinate Kenosha Day for the Milwaukee Centurama centennial celebration. Twelve members of the Kenosha committee led by Felix Kives met visitors and discussed plans. Charles Chan announced July 27 as Kenosha Day and the invitation to enter a float in the parade on July 14, with options for a beauty queen representation.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Centurama
Felix Kives
Ci Cil
Charles Chan
Man starves to spare sons worry in Philadelphia
Edward Buchler a 56 year old foundry worker who lost his job four weeks ago chose starvation over asking for help. He weighed 105 pounds and had not eaten for two weeks. His two soldiers sons were in the Philippines and Europe. A police vigil and doctors kept him alive as he recovers in Hahnemann hospital.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Hahnemann Hospital
Edward Buchler
Buchell
Buchler
Philippines
Europe
Six Die in State Over Weekend
Six persons died in Wisconsin over the weekend as heat drove crowds to lakes and rivers. Three Milwaukee men Peter Piekarski 26 Leonard Groholski 23 and Donald H Lees 20 were killed in a two car crash near Highway 100 and West Silver Spring Road. Vilas Lamb 18 of Wyyville was killed when a truck wheel passed over him at Monroe County. Elizabeth OBrien 22 and her nephew Michael Cimino 5 were killed by lightning in Vilas Park Madison during a storm.
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Wisconsin
Valley Junction
Monroe County
Vilas Lamb
Wyeville
Elizabeth O'Brien
Michael Cimino
Madison
Vilas Park
Harbor Bill Advances River Development Authorization
The Senate commerce committee approved a $542,593,070 authorization bill for future rivers and harbor development. They voted 12 to 4 against restoring the $83,300,000 Big Sandy River project in Kentucky to the measure.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Big Sandy
Kentucky
House
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Schwellenbach
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Steelman and
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White House
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Michigan
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General Motors
Congressional Conference Committee
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Alexander Parodi
Palestine
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Bikini Lagoon
Durants
Eto
Frank M. Bosworth
Jerusalem
Palestine-Transjordan
Abdullah
Transjordan
Jordan
Amman
Britain
Haifa
Holy Land
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Gaza
Haj Amon el Husseini
Mufti
Middle East
Palestine Police Force
Jordan Valley
Arab Legion
Allenby
Associated Press
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