Kenosha Halts Vocational School Plans Pending State Bond Law Action
City council and the board of vocational education in Kenosha agreed to hold in abeyance the plans for a new vocational school building amid anticipated state legislative action on bonding laws. They noted bids near 900000, far above initial estimates, and discussed cost-plus options and possible gymnasium elimination to fit financing.
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Board of Vocational Education of
Kenosha
R. V. Baker, Jr
Vocational Board
Chapman and Cutler
Board of Education
Four Slayers Begin Life Term At Waupun
Four Milwaukee men Louis Fazio John Mandella Jerome Mandella and Dominic Lampone sentenced to life for the Highway 41 slaying of Mike Farina start their prison terms at Waupun under heavy guard. Escorted in three squads from Kenosha jail the group leaves after visiting hours with families allowed a final visit. A later court session involved a replevin action over radios tied to the case and the release of the slain man’s truck and radios from custody.
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Robert Eating
Ernest Chambers
Lampone
Jerome Mandella
James Marshall
Leland Chartier
Giles la Violette
Dick Henderson
Eugene Schend
William Schmitt
Milton la Violette
Gehl
Waupun
Milwaukee
LaViolette
Mandella
Mike Farina
Kenosha County
Oscar Tschury
Trieste Internationalization Plan Faces Skepticism
As Big Four foreign ministers meet to push peace treaties for Italy and the Balkans, US and Russian officials question the French proposal to internationalize Trieste for 10 years with final sovereignty by plebiscite. Critics warn past plans like Danzig and Fiume suggest limited success. Moscow cites Yugoslav national aspirations against internationalization.
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Paris
U. S
Trieste
Italy
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Adriatic
United Nations
Danzig
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Russians New Agency
Tass
Soviet Union
Case Company buys part of tank arsenal near Bettendorf
The J. L. Case Co. of Racine Wisconsin has purchased a portion of the tank arsenal near Bettendorf Iowa. War Assets Administration reportedly accepted a bid around 1 250 000 dollars from L R Claussen Case president.
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Davenport
Crash injures few after Mexico City plane crash
A four engine Mexican Aviation Company plane crashed a mile from the runway end near Mexico City. All 42 passengers and four crew members escaped with minor injuries. The flight bound for Los Angeles failed to climb properly and the cause remains undetermined.
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Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Company
Los Angeles
Sheriff Candidate Offers Reward After Sign Theft
Spokane county sheriff candidate John A. Scott seeks a $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of thieves who stole three of his large hand painted campaign signs. Scott reports no clues in the thefts.
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Spokane
Wash
John A. Scott
Spokane County
Tragic Bus Crash Claims Spokane Team Members
Seven Western International league players died when their chartered bus plunged off Snoqualmie Pass amid flames. Driver Glen Berg and several teammates were severely burned. four bodies remained unidentified at the scene. Surviving players and injured opponents were rushed to Seattle area hospitals.
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Seattle
Spokane
Western International League
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Vic Picetti
San Francisco
Oakland
Pacific Coast
George C. Risk
Hillsboro
Ore
Frederick T. Martinez
San Diego
Mel Cole
Wenatchee
Wash
Bob Kinnaman
Washington State College
Brooklyn
Bob James
Tempe
Ariz
Bob Patterson
Glen Berg
House Votes Through 44 Draft Army Halts Induction Two Months
The House backed a compromise OPA bill renewing price controls while curtailing some powers. President Truman expected to sign. final approval by both houses and the president required to keep price ceilings. The plan ends meat, butter, cigarettes and gasoline controls but delays livestock and petroleum changes. An ensuing Senate vote and possible changes loom as lawmakers weigh inflation fears.
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House
Washington
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate House
OPA
Senate
Chester Bowles
Car Hits Pole Claiming Racine Youths In Fatal Crash
Two Racine youths were involved in a high speed crash on Highway 42 Monday night. Jay Richard Hammond 18 died at St Catherine s hospital at 3 am. Charles Stark Jr 18 was treated for head and internal injuries. The car left the pavement struck neon light and tension poles, fire broke out under the hood, and fire crews contained the blaze before arrival of the Somers department. The crash occurred shortly after 7 pm near Central Park as Hammond swerved and the car careened into poles.
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Evening News
Racine
Jay Richard Hammond
D. F. Hammond
Charles Stark
Highway 42
Hammond
St. Catherine’s Hospital
St. Catherine's Hospital
Monroe Ave
Charles Stark, Jr
Lindermann Ave
Central Park
Nesbit
Oil Barge Explodes at New York Harbor Dock
An oil barge tied up at a Staten Island dock next to the ferry house exploded and burned this afternoon. A number of persons were believed trapped by fire in the two story ferry house.
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New York
U.P
Staten Island
Bikini Area Declared Off Limits to Foreign Vessels and Airships
Vice Admiral Blandy announced Bikini Atoll off limits to all foreign ships and aircraft amid Crossroads operations warnings. A test bomb dropped from a B 29 by Maj Harold Wood demonstrated bombardier accuracy aboard the USS Nevada as preparations continue for Able Day. Safety measures for 42000 personnel limit exposure to gamma radiation to one tenth Roentgen per 24 hours.
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Mt. McKinley
Bikini
O.P
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Maj
Harold Wood
Bordentown
N. J
Nevada
Wood
Bikini Lagoon
Green House
Independence
Crossroads’ Radiological Safety Section
Joint Task Force One
Roentgen
All-India Party Accepts Plan For Federated India
The All-India Congress accepted a long-range British plan for an independent federated union of India but rejected interim government proposals. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad announced the decision after a two hour Congress Working Committee meeting to Viceroy Lord Wavell. Speculation swirled about a new constitutional statement possibly tonight or tomorrow. The plan envisaged a 14 member cabinet with Congress and the Muslim League holding five seats each and four seats for minority groups.
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New Delhi
All-India Congress Party
Union of India
Congress Working Committee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Lord Wavell
Congress Party
India
Truman Nominates Hooker For International Bank
President Truman named John S. Hooker of Maryland as United States alternate executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a two year term.
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Washington
Truman
John S. Hooker
Maryland
United States
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
Robins Establish Nest on Montrose Harbor Cement Mixer
Two robins have set up housekeeping on the top frame of a cement mixer at Montrose Harbor on Lake Michigan. A few days ago two baby birds hatched, and the parents now serve as sentinial caretakers, incubating the nest and foraging for worms to feed the chicks.
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Chicago
Montrose Harbor
Lake Michigan
Nash to ship 400 Nash cars weekly by lake carrier
Nash-Kelvinator resumes water shipments of 400 cars each Wednesday from Kenosha harbor on the L. D. Wells to Buffalo for eastern dealers in New York New Jersey and New England. Harold Long notes the plan follows a 10 year lapse and aims to ease box car shortages for rail transport.
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Nash
Lake Carrier
Harold Long
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
L. D. Wells
Milwaukee Transit Company
Long
City
Kenosha Harbor
Buffalo
Great Lakes
New York
New Jersey
New England
United States
Girls Burned When Film Ignites Car Blaze on Sixth Avenue
Three teenage girls were severely burned after a rear seat fire started by burning movie film in a car on Sixth avenue A at 10 12 p m Monday. Two front-seat youths suffered burns. a sixth person escaped injury.
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Sixth Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Jean Orlin
Fiftieth Street
Margaret Prell
Thirtieth Avenue
Gloria Aiello
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Ole Jensen
Twenty Sixth Avenue
Lorna Prell
Margaret
Burns
George Stehlik
Lincoln Road
Jensen
Highway 41
Fifty-ninth Street
LeRoy Stark
Roosevelt Road
Pay Increases And Draft Holiday In July August
The Army received pay raises for all armed forces and Congress approved a draft extension to next March 31. A July August draft holiday was ordered focusing inductions on 19 year olds to 44, with exceptions for 18 year olds, fathers, and most ex servicemen.
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Washington
A.P
Army
House
Senate
Robert P. Patterson
R. Ewing Thomason
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Navy
Patterson
Dewey Short
Senate House
Thomason
War Department
Eisenhower
Test Planned for Mystery Bomb Aboard USS Appalachian
Army plans to expose a 4000 pound mystery bomb to Bikini Atoll atomic blast on July 1 to study if atomic heat and shock will trigger an explosion. The device will carry an explosive charge but no fuse to mimic a dump scenario without detonating fuses.
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U. S. S. Appalachian
Bikini
Illinois Man Confesses To Murdering His Wife
Chester IL sheriff Elmo Morrison said Daniel S Clifton 32 of Centralia railroad foreman confessed to beating his wife with a hammer cutting her throat and placing her body in a freight train path. The slaying occurred June 1 and the body was found June 2 near Sparta IL. Clifton was arrested June 2 and denied the slaying. Rosalie Teets 19 of Salem testified they planned marriage after his wife’s death and said he claimed divorce.
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Chester
Elmo Morrison
Daniel S. Clifton
Centralia
Ill
Morrison
Clifton
Sparta
Rosalie Teets
Salem
Twenty-Two Admit Auto Black Market Guilty Pleas
Twenty-two of thirty-one defendants pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy to buy and sell used cars above ceiling prices. The scheme involved auto purchases in Detroit and transshipment through Murray Kentucky and Cairo Illinois to southern and southwest states. Judge Arthur Koscinski set no sentencing date and released the guilty with bond conditions awaiting a probation review.
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Detroit
Arthur Koscinski
CPA
Murray
Cairo
Ili
OPA
Kentucky
Koscinski
Soviet Rejects U S Protest Over Censorship
Acting Secretary Acheson said Russia rejected a US protest over news freedom suppression in Romania. The protest led to Reuben Markham of the Christian Science Monitor being expelled from the country.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
The
Christian Sciences Monitor
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