New Ford Garage Opens in Kenosha with Showroom Event
Kenosha Ford Inc will formally open its new 13 300 square foot garage at 60th St and 11th Ave tomorrow with a display of 16 Ford models in 10 colors. The opening runs 9 a m to 9 p m with facilities for 16 cars, three hydraulic lifts, and an emphasis on home style design and modern efficiency.
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Kenosha Ford, Inc
Ford
60Th St
11Th Ave
Panatol
Wallace W. Beach
Kenosha
5Th Ave
Beach
C. V. Essroger
Kenneth Johnson
Dick Huber
Bill Jepson
O. F. Homan
al Dorn
Bill Fish
Lawrence Monberg
Monberg
Youth Drowns in Lake Winnebago
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin John Detloff 16 drowned after his fishing boat swamped in rough waves about one mile off shore. Companion William Kurtzwig 21 and David Schaub 17 survived with Schaub using a life preserver while Kurtzwig twice brought Detloff to the surface. A George Glish boat recovered the trio ten minutes later.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
John Detloff
Lake
Winnebago
Detloff
William Kurtzwig
David Schaub
Kurtzwig
Schaub
George Glish
VA to Finish State Hospitals
Maj. Gen. Carl Gray, national VA administrator, said the government will complete all hospital construction in Wisconsin. He noted the Tomah mental hospital will stay open despite staffing shortages. New VA facilities are under construction in Madison and Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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Milwaukee
W.P
Carl Gray
Veterans Administration
Wisconsin
Gray
Tomah
Madison
Iron Mountain
Mich
Spanish War Veterans press anti Red legislation
Wisconsin's Spanish War Veterans urged legislation to restrain and control the spread of Communism in the United States. The state encampment adopted a resolution endorsing action. Marcus A. Hansen Sr. of Marshfield was elected commander and George P. Lohmaier of Fort Atkinson was named senior vice commander.
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Milwaukee
A.P
Wisconsin
Chinese Nationalists Apologize for Shanghai Bombing
The Chinese Nationalist government apologized for an accident that bombed the British ship Anchises near Shanghai on Tuesday. Britain lodged a protest over a second bombing and strafing of the vessel on Wednesday.
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London
Shanghai
Britain
Emergency Fund Bill Advanced By House Panel
The House appropriations committee approved a 127 million dollar emergency spending bill and urged immediate liquidation of the War Assets Administration. The agency, scheduled to close Feb 28, had its life extended to June 30, 1950. The panel sees no reason for another extension. It also recommends 2.5 million for accrued leave of WAA workers and 4 million to the Reconstruction Finance Corp for handling surplus WAA property.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
War Assets Administration
Treasury Department
WAA
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Hunt for Passer Of Bogus Checks
Milwaukee police are seeking a passer of 17 counterfeit checks made out to Walter Wagner. Each for 100 dollars, designed to imitate Falk Credit Union on Marine National Exchange bank, printed on yellow paper. One check was caught by a tavernkeeper. remaining 16 found in the clearing house.
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Milwaukee
Walter Wagner
Falk Credit Union
Marine National Exchange Bank
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convene at LaCrosse
More than 1 500 delegates and visitors were expected as the Wisconsin department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars opened a three day convention in La Crosse Wisconsin. Clyde A Lewis national vice commander from Plattsburg New York and John P Cullen Milwaukee regional office manager of the veterans administration spoke at the opening sessions.
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la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clyde A. Lewis
Plattsburg, N. Y
John P. Cullen
Milwaukee
The
Veterans Administration
Waste Not Use of Scrap Tied to Resource Conservation
After war years and heavy production, future natural resources face depletion risk. The Newschart notes that efficient use of scrap saves paper copper and iron, citing data from the National Association of Waste Material Dealers.
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National Association of Waste Material Dealers
Youth Tries to Saw His Way Out of Jail
Rhinelander Wisconsin 19 year old Dominic Nick Kluck held on assault with intent to rob tried to saw bars from his jail cell using a hacksaw blade attached to a toothbrush handle. Sheriff Melford Krouze said the blade was found in his pocket yesterday. The incident occurred at Oneida county jail. The last sentence about tank trains for beer in South Africa appears unrelated to the main item.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Oneida County
Melford Krouze
Krouze
Dominic
Nick) Kluck
Monica
Wisconsin oil firms cut fuel oil prices by half cent
Milwaukee officials report four major Wisconsin oil companies Shell Oil Cities Service Pure Oil and Sinclair Refining cut fuel oil prices by 0.5 cent per gallon following Standard Oil. Socony Vacuum not yet decided. Furnace oil now 12.8 cents per gallon due to ample supply and limited storage.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Standard Oil
Shell Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Pure Oil Co
Sinclair Refining Co
Socony Vacuum
Locomotive Engineers Honor Kenosha Man
George E. Mahoney 82 of Pleasant Prairie received a pin for 50 years of membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He served as fireman and engineer on the North Western Wisconsin division 1886 1901 and on the Rock Island Railway in Texas 1901 1903. Mahoney, a former assemblyman constable and county school board member, is a justice of the peace and a real estate man.
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George E. Mahoney
Rt. 1
Pleasant Prairie
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mahoney
North Western Railway
Wisconsin
Rock Island Railroad
Texas
Church asks Truman to bar parochial school aid
The Rock River Methodist Church conference in Waukegan Illinois asked President Truman and Congress to prevent federal funds from going to parochial schools.
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Waukegan, Ill
Rock River Methodist Church Conference
Truman
Congress
Refuse to Give Lemay His Missing Wife's Rings
Milwaukee county has refused Edmond H Le may's demand that the rings of his long missing wife Cecelia be surrendered to him. District Attorney William J McCauley wrote Lemay that the rings are Mrs Lemay's property and that when she calls for it she may have it.
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Lemay
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Edmond H. Lemay
Cecelia
William J. McCauley
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Ane
Dean
Doan
Lake Winnebago
Veterans of Foreign Wars
LaCrosse
B.O
Lever Brothers Company
South Africa
Locomotive Engineers
D! Scholls
Ane Ine
Milady
Rogers Bros
Sweet Briar
Tudor Plate
Shakers
Holmes & Edwards
Gardenia
Wm. Rogers & Son
Herbert
Bell Dressed
Goodall
Angora Mohair
6Th Ave
56Th St
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