Family in tears after fatal crash at busy highways
A father and his four motherless children returned to Joliet by ambulance after a crash at the intersection of Highway 41 and 50 killed their mother. Kenosha Hospital administrator Riley McDavid condemned the tragedy and urged motorists to drive more carefully. He warned of countless dangers at unprotected crossings and busy intersections and called for underpasses or overpasses to reduce the toll.
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Joliet
Riley McDavid
Kenosha Hospital
McDavid
Kenosha County
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Franklin Library in Mexico City Promotes U S Friendship
A United States funded library in Mexico City has grown fivefold in ten years, serving thousands of Mexicans monthly. Named for Benjamin Franklin, it forms part of broader efforts to win Mexican friendship amidst long standing antipathy toward Americans. Films and radio programs promoting the United States are increasingly sponsored by Mexican firms.
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Mexico City
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Mexico
Fifteen Years Ago Students Perform Piano Recital
Piano students of Miss Margaret Schmitt presented a recital at the Woman's club before a large audience. Participants included Edith Sorensen Arthur Leach Jean Uhen Louise Melin Marilyn Nystrom Catherine Stav er Raymond Zukowski Nona Lazarus Jean Jacobsen Eugene Marlatt Lucille Jucius and Jean Thompson. Elmer Schwandes Vernon Voelz and Annalean Nelson will leave tomorrow to attend the seventh annual Central States Bahai Summer school in Davison Michigan. Richard Lindl Kenosha who completed his sophomore year in forestry at Michigan State College Lansing left this morning for Dunbar National Forests near Sault Ste. Marie to take a summer course.
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Margaret Schmitt
Woman's Club
Edith Sorensen
Arthur Leach
Jean Uhen
Louise Melin
Marilyn Nystrom
Catherine Staver
Raymond Zukowski
Nona Lazarus
Jean Jacobsen
Eugene Marlatt
Lucille Jucius
Jean Thompson
Elmer Schwandes
Vernon Voelz
Annalean Nelson
Davison
Mich
Richard Lindl
Kenosha
Michigan State College
Lansing
Dunbar National Forests
Sault Ste. Marie
German War Offspring a Problem
Dr John B Crane examines postwar German attitudes to mixed race children born to German mothers and Allied soldiers. He notes 3,093 such children in Western Germany, compares state support, and discusses World Brotherhood efforts to place orphans with German families and godmothers aiding daily care.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Who Runs the Democratic Party Analysis by John Gunther
Gunther argues the Democratic Party is a loose coalition shaped by regional blocs and factions. He highlights power hinges on office-seeking, Roosevelt’s legacy, and civil rights cleavages between North and South, with the Negro vote pivotal in key states. He notes shifts in Southern support and divides between isolationists and internationalists.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Senator Byrd
Taft
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Douglas
Senator Lehman
New York
Jim Farley
Ed Crump
Memphis
Southern Regional Council
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Jack Avrey
Chicago
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Eleanor Roosevelt
Europe
Stalin
de Gaulle
Marshal Tito
Queen
Greece
Winston Churchill
Ruhr Industri
Roosevelt
FDR
Truman
Illinois
Cleveland
F.E.P.C
South
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Far West
Doctor Answers Reader Health Questions In Answers Column
Various medical inquiries are addressed. Topics include stopping unsupervised phenobarbital use, safe egg intake after prostate surgery, mild diabetes testing, porphyria treatment, Vincent's angina now trench mouth cures, and elephantiasis care to prevent fluid buildup and infection.
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Q—I
J. H
Vincent
Quick Quiz Answers From a Local Publication
The item lists three baking powder types Tartrate calcium phosphate and alum. It notes the merchant marines under the maritime administration of the commerce department. It recalls the Twelfth Amendment separating votes for president and VP adopted after 1800 and effective 1804. It cites John Cobb’s 1947 Bonneville speed of 403.135 mph. Dial 5121 for Classifieds.
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Merchant Marine
The
Maritime Administration
Department of Commerce
Thomas Jefferson
Bonneville
Utah
John Cobb
Bathtub Singers and Transit Troubles in Colonial Note
A humorous miscellany notes only two Americans sing publicly while 98 sing in bathtubs. It blames careless drivers for harm, hints at marital transparency, mentions a public kissing arrest release, and recalls Massachusetts calling the first colonial congress in 1690 to defend against French and Indians.
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Congress of
General Court of
Massachusetts
Oysters From Greenport and the Sea Farm Tales
A columnist recalls Royal Tower of Greenport and his underwater oyster beds. He explains oyster farming steps from breeding to marketing water, noting ages of five years for harvest and the playful biology of gender in oysters.
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Royal Tower
National Fisheries Institute
Oyster Institute of North America
Greenport
Long Island
Royal
Peconic Bay
Papa
We the Women Divorced Parents Late In Saving Children
Ruth Millett reflects on the fallout of divorce for children and cites the Joe DiMaggio case as an example. She argues custody battles and shared living arrangements expose kids to unstable homes and dating by parents. Millett urges stronger efforts to preserve marriages before divorce.
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World Brotherhood
Wiesbaden
Rhine
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Short Discus Throw Won at First Olympics
The article recounts early Olympic discus history mentioning Robert Garrett who won the first Olympic discus event in Athens with a 95 feet 7.5 inch throw. It notes later records by Ken Carpenter, Adolfo Consolini, Fortune Gordien, and others, and compares hammer throw records and javelin progress. It ends hinting at tomorrow’s installment on the Olympic Games.
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Robert Garrett
Athens
Ken Carpenter
England
Adolfo Consolini
Europe
Fortune Gordien
J. J. Flanagan
Patrick O'Callaghan
Ireland
Karl Hein
Irme Nemeth
E. Limming
Matti Jarvinen
Canasta ethics debated in card play column
Oswald Jacoby discusses penalties and fairness in Canasta with a Portland correspondent. He argues melds and red threes raise questions of ethics and profit, noting gambles and penalties shape behavior, while warning rules exist to keep the game orderly.
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Portland
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William Timm
John Wallace
Roswell Griffiths
Paris Township
Washington, D. C
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George Naylor
Edward Mich
W. E. Swartout
Trades and Labor Council
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Charles W. Zweenie
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Joseph F. Schulte
Henry Anderson
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Arthur Thompson
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NEA
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Toner
Abel Kessler
McNaught Syndicate, Incorporated
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U. S&s
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