Taft Reports Breakdown In OPA Talks Progress
Senator Taft warned conferees on the OPA bill may split further tonight risking disruption and a possible need for new instructions from Congress. Disputes over meat dairy and poultry decontrol, subsidies, and extended durations dominate the talks as House and Senate delegates weigh a nine month versus one year extension.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Senate
House
Taft
Congress
OPA
Kenneth S. Wherry
R. Neb
Wherry
Brent Spence
D. Ky
Spence
Jesse Walcott
Mich
Sen
R. O
Eight Injured In Accidents Over Week End
City police and county deputies report eight people hurt in eight traffic accidents over the week end. In Kenosha three victims were injured in five mishaps from Friday through Sunday. one incident involved a pedestrian and a bicyclist.
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Kenosha
Robert McLean
Seventy-fifth Street
Thomas Cleveland
Chicago
Kenosha Hospital
Edward Hoffman
Slades Corners
Flood isolates Mellen Wisconsin after dam breach
The Bad River overflowed its banks and burst a dam in Mellen, isolating the 2000 population city. About 35 homes flooded, residents rescued by Ashland Coast Guard reserves and sheltered at city hall and local churches. Roads, bus and train service halted. Penokee veneer plant flooded and logs carried into Lake Superior. Continuous rain from Sunday morning until Monday morning caused widespread flooding in the Ashland Mellen area.
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Mellen
Wis
Ashland Coast Guard
Friends
Penokee
Lake Superior
Ashland-Mellen
Browder to Leave London for U S
An American Airlines official said Earl Browder was placed under surveillance by British immigration officials on arrival at Croydon from Paris without a transit visa. The airline added the matter is resolved and Browder is slated to depart for the United States by American Airlines at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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London
American Airlines
Earl Browder
Croydon
Paris
Browder
United States
Youth Dies in Fall From Farm Truck
Arvid Ellis, 16, died yesterday in Janesville when he fell from the back of a farm truck onto a city street. A passerby alerted authorities and the sheriff investigated the incident.
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Janesville
Wis
Arvid Ellis
Phyllis McGonegle Elected Victory Queen in Kenosha
Phyllis McGonegle, sponsored by Junker Ball Post 1865 of Veterans of Foreign Wars, was elected Victory Queen of the Homecoming Celebration to be staged in Kenosha on the Fourth of July. The election closed at midnight.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marian Cafferty
Kenosha Post No. 21
American Legion
Jean Ogden
Kenosha
Disabled American Veterans
Court of Honor
Junker Ball
Queen's Court of Honor
Leona Grudzinski
Polish Legion of American Veterans
Phyllis Ruberg
Kenosha Navy Club
Jeanne Pfefferle
Gateway Post
Violet Densmore
Paul
Minsters Deal Death Blow to Austria Frontiers Claim
In Paris Molotov led the foreign ministers council to reject Austria s bid for the Pustertal valley in south Tyrol as part of frontier revisions. The panel upheld a previous decision banning major Austrian adjustments, leaving only possible minor changes open.
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Paris
U.P
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Austria
Italy
Pustertal
South Tyrol
Molotov
Coul
Three Youthful Bear Hunters Return Empty Covered Trail
Three boys aged 10 and 14 left home for a bear hunt in the north woods with $25 saved. After a week of wandering and a frantic search by Wisconsin and Illinois police, they were found in Eagle River tired and hungry. Their father retrieved them and planned to bring them home alive.
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Chicago
U.P
North Woods
William Murphy, Jr
George Lehr
Ronald Strandberg
Wisconsin
Illinois
William
Eagle River
Wis
Main St
Inquest Planned Into Youths Death Near Portage Wisconsin
Portage Wisconsin reports an inquest is planned into the death of Paul Dorow 23 found on Highway 13 in Plainville Adam County Sheriff William Rowe said. Dorow and companion Vernon Erdman 17 were walking home from a dance when Dorow was believed to have been run over Erdman was uninjured.
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Portage
Wis
U.P
Paul Dorow
Wisconsin Dells
Plainville
Adam County
William Rowe
Rowe
Dorow
Vernon Erdman
Erdman
Four Farina Slayers Given Life Terms In Court Today
In a court session today four individuals identified as Farina slayers were sentenced to life terms. The proceedings highlighted the victims and the case details, with prosecutors emphasizing the violence of the crimes and the jury delivering the verdict amid security and public interest.
Pacific Northwest Quake Causes Widespread Damage
A strong tremor rattled the Pacific coast from Vancouver Island to Olympia causing extensive damage in coastal towns. One man, Jacob L. Kingston, 69, died of heart failure in Seattle as buildings swayed. Reports describe a 12:14 p.m. seismograph spike, with Vancouver Island villages suffering collapsing structures and a Campbell River hill moving 35 feet toward the sea.
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Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Kilowna
British Columbia
Olympia
Jacob L. Kingston
University of Washington
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B.C
J. A. Pearce
Dominion Station
Campbell River
Port Alberni
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver
B. C
Canadian National Railway
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver Harbor
Empire
Ihand
Milwaukee Four Get Life Terms In Farina Killing
Four Milwaukeeans Louis Martin Fazio John Mandella Jerome Mandella and Dominic Lampone were given life in Waupun for the gang style execution of Mike Farina and concurrent 1 to 30 year terms for the assault on Joe Farina. Judge Edward J Gehl denied defense motions and awaited further appeals.
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John
Bossman
Joe Farina
Gehl
Eugene Sullivan
Sullivan
Fazio
Savage
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Farina
John Mandella
Mandella
Jerome Mandella
Dominic Lampone
Mike Farina
Bomb practice near Bikini proves timely and praised
Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey led a B 29 mission that scored good practice results for the anticipated atomic drop near Bikini Atoll. Clouds hid target ships but the bombardier fired on schedule, with officials calling the rehearsal swell and noting an air burst several hundred feet above Nevada as the ships awaited the real test.
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Army Air Forces
Roger Ramey
Denton
Tex
U.S.S
McKinley
Associated Press
Elton C. Fay
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Woodrow Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Harold H. Wood
Bordentown
N. J
Fay
Mt. McKinney
Mt. McKinley
Nevada
Independence
Thomas S. Power
Parolees Earn 6435 in May in Kenosha Walworth Counties
56 male adults on parole or probation in Kenosha and Walworth counties earned 6435 during May in wages from a wide range of jobs. 16 married parolees earned 2286 and 40 single men earned 4149. The state saved 3419 by supervising them out of prison. Most parolees are rural residents with no women on parole in the two counties.
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Kenosha
Walworth
Matt J. Coogan
State Department of Public Welfare
Coogan
Pennsylvania
Kenosha-Walworth County
Sprouses Day Sparks 60 Mile Jeep Dream in West Virginia
Delbert Sprouse age 18 and his wife, 79, drew about 12 000 people in Huntington West Virginia yesterday as a popular traveling pair. They rode a jeep for 60 miles from Louisa Kentucky and were introduced as the most celebrated married couple since Windsor. The Sprouses were married in Louisa 16 days ago. Mrs Sprouse has 49 grandchildren.
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Louisa
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
Huntington
W. Va
Cat Hollow
West Virginia
Duke and Duchess
Windsor
Shorty
Four Believed Drowned in Bay Near Sturgeon Bay
Coast Guard search under way for Leatham D. Smith 62 shipbuilder of Sturgeon Bay Elton Washburn and Howard Hunt his colleagues and Mary Loomis of Chicago after their sailboat capsized in a Green Bay squall following a race Patsy Smith the sole survivor reached shore near Little Harbor at 1 35 am reporting the disaster to Frank Hood.
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Wis
Coast Guard
Leatham D. Smith
Smith
Elton Washburn
Howard Hunt
Smith’s
Mary Loomis
Chicago
George Jensen
Patsy
Menominee
Mich
Little Harbor
Frank Hood
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