KYF Opens First Outpost and Anniversary Programs
Kenosha Youth Foundation unveils its first permanent outpost at 711 Washington Rd and plans two more locations by year end as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. The gala featured speakers, aquatic shows, sports events, and a Wisconsin varsity basketball exhibition.
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Kenosha Youth Foundation
R. S. Kingsley
KYF
Washington Rd
Kingsley
50Th St
25Th Ave
17Th Ave
67Th St
Midwest
Dan O'Connell
Simmonsfield
Milton Steinmetz
Bruce Tower
E. M. Odgers
Kenosha
University of Wisconsin
Robert M. Smith
Hansen
7Th
8Th Aves
Three Men Wounded In Clash At Plant Morristown Tenn
At the American Faka corporation plant in Morristown gunfire wounded three men during a shift change. A later burst shattered plant windows as about 60 to 75 workers gathered near the gate. Police and highway patrol units responded with armed officers and gas bombs to quell the disturbance.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Faka Corporation
Rayon Producing
CIO Textile Workers Union Local 1054
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Nashville
Knoxville
Senate Draft Extension Battle Raises Time Pressure
Senate races with a speed-up on a bill to extend the draft act as the current selective service law nears expiry. Democratic leader Lucas of Illinois urges early session to avert a Friday midnight deadline while fights over race-based service, presidential control, and extension length threaten final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
White House
Russell ‘D Ga
Chief of Red Police in Germany Dies at 49
Berlin reports Kurt Fischer, 49, chief of East Germany's police, died in a sanatorium. Official line cites heart ailment. Western sources claim his force effectively numbers as an army of 40.90 men.
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Berlin
Kurt Fischer
East Germany
Information Ministry
Fischer
Arsonist Released From Illinois Mental Hospital
Mrs Elnora Epperly, 22, who admitted starting a Davenport hospital fire that killed 41, has been released from an Illinois state mental hospital in East Moline. Her admission followed the January 7 blaze.
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East Moline
Elnora Epperly
Davenport
Illinois
Wisconsin VFW Encampment Opens in Oshkosh Parade Set
The 29th annual Wisconsin VFW encampment opens in Oshkosh with national senior vice commander Charles C. Ralls of Seattle presiding. About 5,000 veterans and women's auxiliary members attend the four day meeting and a parade is expected to draw 50,000 spectators Saturday afternoon.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Charles C. Ralls
Seattle
Wash
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wisconsin
Veterans and
Women's Auxiliary
Summer Begins With Warm Humid Forecast Across Wisconsin
The first full day of summer brings highs near 90 as Howard Thompson, Milwaukee weather observer, predicts partly cloudy skies and warm humid conditions tonight and tomorrow with possible local thunder showers. Lows will dip into the 60s, while last night’s readings ranged from the upper 50s to low 60s across the state.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Superior
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse
Blair
Lancaster
Lone Rock
Menomonie
Kenosha
General Eddy Nominated For European Post
President Truman nominated Lt Gen Manton Sprague Eddy to be commanding general of U S army forces in Europe and asked the Senate to confirm Maj Gen Stafford Leroy Irwin as commanding general in Austria with lieutenant general rank. Also named were Maj Gen Joseph May Swing as commandant of the army war college and Maj Gen Frank William Milburn as commanding general Fifth Corps. A retirement for Deputy Commander in Chief U S Zone in Germany was requested.
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Washington
Truman
Manton Sprague Eddy
U. S. Army
Europe
Senate
Stafford Leroy Irwin
United States
Austria
Joseph May Swing
Army War College
Frank William Milburn
Fifth Corps
Clarence Ralph Huebner
U. S. Zone
Germany
Spending Probe Targets Primaries Across Several States
Senator Gillette said Senate investigators will probe alleged huge expenditures in at least four senatorial primaries. The subcommittee on privileges and elections plans to review complaints from North Carolina Florida Pennsylvania and Illinois and other states as part of policing this year's 36 senator elections. Details of the complaints were not disclosed but inquiries have been received in writing and by personal report.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New Star Explosion Seen by 200-Inch Hale Telescope
A distant supernova in the Coma cluster, invisible to the eye, was detected by the 200 inch Hale telescope. Dr Milton Humason stated the light took 50 million years to reach Earth, and Vega would have made it as bright as the moon if closer. Palomar Observatory helped locate the event.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Hale
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Today
Milton Humason
Mt. Wilson
Palomar
Coma
Potentate Denies Stolen Affections in Shrine Suit
Chicago physician Emmett L. Wright honeymooning in Los Angeles says he did not know Ada Viola Talmadge Dunne until after she left Stephen J. Dunne. The sergeant sues Wright for 100000 in heart balm alleging he wooed Dunne’s wife since 1946 with money gifts a home and car. Wright calls the suit a publicity stunt and says the divorce grounds were cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U?i
Emmett L. Wright
Medinah Temple
Lake Park
Stephen J. Dunne
Dunne
Wright
Ada Viola Talmadge Dunne
Livingston
Mont
Pocatello, Ida
Service Denies Communist Ties in Amerasia Probe
Senate hearings focus on John S. Service amid McCarthy charges about wartime messages to Chiang Kai-shek. Investigators present a copy of a Amerasia document seized in 1945 FBI raid. Service contends he resisted Communist influence and pleaded innocence in the case.
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Washington
Senate
Amerasia
John S. Service
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
Amerasia Magazine
Service
State Department
Committee approves excise tax cut and revenue plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a balanced bill to cut federal excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars annually and offset the loss mainly by higher corporate taxes. Oshkosh pitcher Hoeft signs with Detroit Tigers for one year. Senate votes 15-day stopgap draft extension. Acheson says allies are on the threshold of a new period in peace efforts despite Soviet ambitions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Oshkosh, Wis
Bill Hoeft
Oshkosh
Detroit Tiger
Cambridge
Mass
State Acheson
United States
Truman Says U S Can Not Afford 70 Air Force
President Truman told reporters the nation cannot pay for a 70 group air force and has limited the force to 48 combat groups for economy. He also announced Charles Spofford as American member of the North Atlantic Council and explained Democrats only invited to a luncheon.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Charles M. Spofford
New York
Spofford
State Department
Dean Acheson
Albany Fisherman Drowns at Power Dam
Burnell Schultz, 32, drowned in the Sugar River at the Wisconsin Power and Light dam after falling from a catwalk while crossing with his nephew Leonard to improve their fishing spot. Rescuers recovered the body within 15 minutes. Schultz, a truck driver for the Albany Farm Bureau, was unmarried.
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Albany
Wis
Burnell Schultz
Sugar River
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Schultz
Leonard
Albany Farm Bureau
Rival to Kohler Emerges in Wisconsin Governor Primary
Leonard F. Schmitt Merrill attorney announced he would seek the Republican nomination to back the party organization and push for a free open primary. He warned the proposed plank to allow caucuses and conventions to place candidates on ballots could kill the primary. Lyall Beggs Madison said he might run for the Senate against Sen. Alexander Wiley amid party dissatisfaction with Milwaukee convention slate.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Leonard F. Schmitt
Merrill
GOP
Schmitt
Walter Kohler, Jr
Milwaukee
Lyall Begs
Alexander Wiley
Beggs
Press Reports Reign of Terror in Russia
The Sun reports Stalin era zeal to root out disloyalty resurges. Soviet publications warn citizens to avoid foreigners and identify alleged spies and wreckers. Moscow Evening News notes dismissals of key workers at Stalin Auto Works as politically corrupt.
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Baltimore
the Sun
Paul W. Ward
The
Sun
Washington
Stalin
Law
Moscow Evening News
U.ss.r
Pravda
Izvestia
Ward
Soviet Union
Moscow
Stalin Auto Works
Nationwide Rail Tieup Looms Across Major Lines
A union sets Sunday strike date against five large lines while two more unions gain cooling off freedom July 15. The Rock Island and Western Pacific threaten to halt runs if switchmen strike. The AFL switchmen union rejects wage and hour findings of a presidential board noted April 19.
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Rock Island
Western Pacific
AFL Switchmen's Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Emergency Board
Fairchild Rules Against Revealing Pension Grants
Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild ruled that a county pension director may not provide a county board member with the names of residents in his district or the amounts of aid they receive each month. The opinion was requested by Winnebago County District Attorney John A. Moore and covers aid to the blind dependent children old age assistance and general relief.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas E. Fairchild
Winnebago County
John A. Moore
Veteran Actress Jane Cowl Dies at 65 in California
Santa Monica Calif veteran stage star Jane Cowl 65 died of abdominal cancer after two weeks in hospital She debuted in 1903 in New York and later moved to Hollywood She played Juliet for 856 Broadway performances and co authored nine plays including Smilin Through and Lilac Time She was widow of Adolph Klauber with no children and was famed for beauty on stage.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Cowl
Juliet
Miss Cowl
Boston
New York City
Hollywood
Adolph Klauber
New York Times
Shakespeare
Broadway
Acting General Manager Named for Johnson Wax
H. F. Croft was named acting general manager of S. C. Johnson and Sons Inc in Racine Wisconsin to succeed J J Babb who resigned to become president of Lever Brothers Croft previously served as managing director of the firm's Canadian affiliate S C Johnson and Sons Ltd Brantford Ont
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Racine
Wis
H. F. Croft
S. C. Johnson and Sons, Inc
J. J. Babb
Lever Brothers Croft
S. C. Johnson and Sons, Ltd
Brantford, Ont
Natchez Explosion Kills Two, Wounds Four
A downtown Natchez blast last night killed two people and injured four others. Fire Chief W. J. Druetta said the explosion started when a match was struck in a basement where gas had accumulated.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez
W. J. Druetta
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Rogers Palmer
KYF Board of
Middle West
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Red Police
VFW
Gen. Eddy
European Post
Potentate of Shrine
Los Angeles
Dunnes
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Justice Department
China
Detroit
Acheson
U.S
Kohler
Russia
Fairchild
Jim Sisler
Denver
Johnson Wax
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