Atom bomb test crews evacuated before Bikini drop
More than 35,000 sailors aboard the target ships are being evacuated 48 hours before the atomic test codenamed Dave's Dream. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal observes, weather may delay the Monday 4:30 p.m. Bikini time detonation as Vice Admiral Blandy prepares final decision. Observers tour ships and Bikini Island while Los Alamos scientists christen the bomb named Gilda.
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Mt. McKinley
Bikini
U.P
Dave
Bikini Lagoon
James Forrestal
Kenosha
W. H. P. Blandy
Task Force One
U.S.S
Blueridge
Bikini Island
Kwajalein
Los Alamos
Manhattan District
Gilda
Rita Hayworth
Admiral Blandy
Hoover Urges Global Food Council to Feed Starving Children
Former President Herbert Hoover called for the new international emergency food council to coordinate redemption of millions of starved children and urged nations to fund the effort. In his final famine report he cited war damage and plunder as causes, but predicted harvests could close a 3.6 million ton gap in basic supplies, except in China.
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Ottawa — UP
Herbert Hoover
International Emergency Food Council
Hoover
China
Mr. Hoover
President Truman
Germany
Europe
Manchuria
Eleven Believed Lost After Tug Boat Capsizes
Port Weller Ontario reports the tug Dalhousie Rover capsized in the Welland canal. Eleven believed drowned with five rescued. two men escaped from bunks and surfaced.
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Port Weller
Ont
Oklahoma City Restaurant Promotes Atomic Waitresses
A Oklahoma City eatery posts a menu warning customers to be careful with its atomic waitresses as a joke about workers who they say will blow up if insulted. The item plays on modern fears and local humor in a city feature.
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Oklahoma City
British Troops Seize Jewish Agency Leaders in Palestine Raid
Predawn raids across the Holy Land led by British forces captured leaders of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem and other communities. A curfew and mass roundups targeted agency offices and suspected Hagana members as London declares a campaign to root out terrorism amid ongoing talks on Palestine's future.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Holy Land
Alan Cunningham
Alen
Britain
Palestine
High Commissioner
Jewish Agency
Hagana
Tel Aviv
Air Show Sunday at Kenosha Airport Features P‑38 Barkey
The Wisconsin Air Show at Kenosha Airport on Sunday features Navy planes from Grenview, a P-38 exhibition by Robert M. Barkey, and a full 10 event schedule starting at 1:00 p.m. Barkey is a WWII veteran and credited with multiple aerial victories and honors. The American Legion Post No. 21 sponsors the event with a volunteers and grandstands.
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Wisconsin Air Show
Kenosha
American Legion Post No. 21
Air Show
Frank Rowan
Twenty-second Avenue
Grenview Naval Training Center
Robert M. Barkey
Army Air Force
R. M. Barkey
Farmact
Carl Rupert
Barkey
15Th Air Force
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Russia
The
American Legion
Harvey Culbertson
Fabian Monfils
Bill Schmidt
Safety and Police
Bruce Eastman
Art Gail
Jack Mead
Leo C. Meyer
Legion Post No. 21
Waldo Elected J C C President At Milwaukee Convention
About 1500 Junior Chamber delegates prepared to adjourn a five day national convention in Milwaukee where Selden F. Waldo of Gainesville Florida was chosen as president.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Chamber of Commerce
Selden F. Waldo
Gainesville
Fla
Pedestrian Killed as Car Jumps Curb in Madison
Ruth Holt Price 22 of Madison was struck by an automobile that jumped a curb while she walked on a sidewalk in front of her home. The fatal mishap occurred yesterday in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Ruth Holt Price
DDT Spraying Begins Over Tokyo to Combat Disease
The Fifth Air Force starts a large scale operation over 300 square miles around Tokyo to deploy 400000 pounds of DDT and one million gallons of oil to kill disease carrying flies and mosquitoes in the densely populated region.
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Tokyo
Fifth Air Force
Vets Fear Anxiety Impairs Sight in Combat Veterans
Navy doctor Cmdr Meyer A Zeligs told the American Ophthalmological society that emotional stress from combat disturbs brain centers and the sympathetic system, causing tremor pallor and reduced retinal blood flow leading to degeneration. He based findings on Marines veterans treated at Oakland naval hospital.
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Cmdr
Meyer A. Zeligs
Naval Reserve Medical Corps
American Ophthalmological Society
Oakland, Calif., Naval Hospital
Zeligs
Veterans retire from Kenosha Manufacturers association
Sen. Conrad Shearer and Miss Grace Havens will retire Monday after long service with the Kenosha Manufacturers association. Shearer joined in 1907, rising from post office work to secretary and office manager. Havens joined 1907 and has served as treasurer. The pair oversaw growth from 12 to 30 member firms and from 5,500 to 17,300 employees. Continues on Page Nine.
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Conrad Shearer
Kenosha Manufacturers Association
Grace E. Havens
Sen. Shearer
Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
Milwaukee
Manufacturers Association
Somers
Kenosha County
Kenosha
Local Manufacturers Association
Badger Brass
Bain Wagon
Chicago Brass
Chicago-Kenosha Hosiery Company
Cooper Underwear Company
Frost Manufacturing Company
Kenosha Crib Company
N. R. Allen's Sons Company
Simmons Company
Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Windsor Spring Company
Frank L. Wells Company
Miss Havens
Green Bay
Lawrence College
Appleton
Association
Scholer
Korf
Kenosha National Bank
Sen
Shearer
City Park Commission
State Assembly
Wisconsin Senate
Manufacturers’ Association
Kenosha Manufacturers’ Association
Grace Havens
Hugh Rafferty
Soviet Criticism of Japan Policy Ties China Stance to Potsdam Promise
The United States defends its China policy while accusing the Soviet Union of failing to fulfill Potsdam surrender terms to Japan. Acting Secretary Acheson reiterated Washington’s position at a news conference, following similar charges by Allied Japan council head George Acheson Jr in Tokyo. The Potsdam pledge allowed disarmed Japanese troops to return home to peaceful lives.
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China
Soviet
Russia
Potsdam
Japan
Dean Acheson
Orient
George Acheson, Jr
Allied Council For
Tokyo
U. S
Britain
Foul or Fowl Hurling Chicken Brings $5 Fine
Robert Durfee, 30, was fined five dollars after he hurled a fried chicken at a restaurant proprietor. Judge Michael Tremko described the act as a foul throw.
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Chicago
Robert Durfee
Michael Tremko
Byrnes Heads For Showdown With Molotov
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes pressed to force a straight yes or no from Vyacheslav Molotov as the Big Four foreign ministers meet to decide on convoking a 21 nation European peace conference this summer. Byrnes warned he would take unresolved questions to the United Nations if no conference is held.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
Byrnes
Molotov
Europe
Italy
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Russia
Trieste
Danube
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Fench Foreign
Fair Board Plans Big Kenosha County Agricultural Exposition
Kenosha County Fair association directors will meet at Wilmot high school to discuss the 1946 agricultural exposition. The August 9–11 event at Wilmot aims to restore pre war farm show scale with free acts movies rides and games. Exhibits include poultry hog sheep cattle garden flower fruit honey and needlework. a senior exposition and 4 H displays plus a county school educational display and a horse show local riders compete for honors.
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Kenosha County Fair Association
Association
Wilmot High School
E. V. Ryall
Wilmot
Ryall
Truman Signs Draft Bill Extending Service Nine Months
President Truman signed a compromise bill extending military draft for nine months and allowing induction of childless men aged 19 to 44. He did not act on a companion measure boosting pay from 50 to 60 percent for certain armed forces personnel.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Truman vetoes OPA extension bill over conflicting provisions
President Truman vetoed the long wrangled over OPA extension bill calling it contradictory and impossible to administer. The 4,000 word veto message was sent to the House which originated the bill as it prepared for a prompt vote on overriding or upholding the veto.
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Washington
Truman
House
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Price Administration
Bowles
New Suspect Named in Degnan Murder Case
Chicago district officials said a 17 year old University of Chicago student is the man in the Degnan kidnapping slaying after fingerprint experts found nine points of similarity between the ransom note and the student. Authorities report the youth, held at Bridewell jail hospital, feigned unconsciousness while being questioned.
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Chicago
Degnan
William J. Tuohy
University of Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Tuohy
Husky William Heirens
Heirens
Bridewell
Criminal Courts
Vpage
OPA Chief Porter Gives No Hint on Resignation Plans
OPA administrator Paul Porter refrained from signaling whether he will resign, not indicating plans to follow Chester Bowles who left his post earlier. Porter, who succeeded Bowles as agency head, offered no guidance even to top associates.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Chester Bowles
Porter
Bowles
Army Cuts Butter Demands: More for Consumers
The Agriculture department predicts more butter for consumers next week as the military set aside program ends. About 43 million pounds were under set aside in two months. creamery butter production trails 1945. Cheddar cheese set aside stays through July and August, with civilians set to receive about 740 million pounds of cheddar and other cheeses this year.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Heat Wave Persists Across Wisconsin With Scattered Relief
Heat continues across Wisconsin as heavy showers provided brief relief. Watertown hit 95 degrees, with Madison 94, Prairie du Chien 94, Reedsburg 94, Green Bay 92, and Milwaukee 91. Ellsworth rainfall reached 1.32 inches, with near inch in Milwaukee area and hail at East Mequon. Forecast calls for more showers tonight and thundershowers tomorrow, cooler in the northwest.
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Wisconsin
Watertown
U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Madison
Prairie du Chien
Reedsburg
Green Bay
Lancaster
Janesville
la Crosse
Wausau
Ellsworth
East Mequon
Weather Bureau
Railroad Section Man Killed by Zephyr in Alma
Fred Schwark about 67 a railroad section worker was killed instantly when struck by the Minneapolis bound Zephyr of the Burlington road. The Zephyr was delayed about 15 minutes due to the accident.
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Alma, Ws
Fred Schwark
Burlington Road
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