Widen Sixth Avenue Proposal Draws Business Leaders
A plan to widen 6th Ave from 55th to 59th Streets prompts a July 12 meeting of about 200 businessmen and property owners at the Wisconsin Gas and Electric auditorium. Engineer Robert Smith says no cost estimates are ready as petitions may be circulated if the plan gains support.
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6Th Ave
55Th St
59Th St
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Ifwill
Sigewaia
Robert Smith
Sixth Ave
Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Committee
Harold Bode
60Th St
Man Disappears In Lake Michigan
Chicago businessman Joseph Lutkus 40 vanishes from a cabin cruiser on Lake Michigan. Coast guard to resume search. police note no foul play suspected though some mystery surrounds the disappearance. Lutkus owned Northwest Radio Sales. boat owner Dominic Siragusa 35 and Beth Adams 23 were detained for lie detector tests.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Joseph Lutkus
Lutkus
Northwest Radio Sales Corporation
Dominic Siragusa
Beth Adams
Thomas
Weather report notes cold night in northern Wisconsin
Northern Wisconsin saw unusually cold temperatures with Land o Lakes at 37 degrees. Across the state highs reached the 60s while Prairie du Chien hit 88 yesterday. Kenosha reported 74 at noon as a warmup approached. Thunderstorms were forecast for tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Land O’ Lakes
Howard J. Thompson
Thompson
Prairie du Chien
Kenosha
Federal Jury Weighs Fate of Judith Coplon
In federal court Judith Coplon, a Barnard College graduate, faces a jury in a espionage case. The eight man four woman panel heard jury instructions from Judge Albert L. Reeves before beginning deliberations at 9 12 a m. The defense argues a frameup by the Justice Department while the government says Coplon planned to pass secrets to Russia via Valentin A Gubitchev.
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Washington
W.P
Judith Coplon
Russia
Barnard College
Justice Department
Albert L. Reeves
Miss Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Palmer
Reeves
New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
FBI
Gubitchev
Army Discloses Recruiting Drop Amid Draftee Debate
Washington reports the army is concerned about a recruiting slump but will not call for a draft. Lieut. Gen. E. H. Brooks, personnel director, says the service aims to stay voluntary even if under strength. Authorized strength is 677,000. March 31 strength was 664,900, with early June reports showing light recruiting.
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Washington
E. H. Brooks
Burnside Reported Signed by New York Giants
Pete Burnside a 19 year old strikeout ace of the Kenosha Chiefs reportedly signed a 35000 dollar bonus contract with the New York Giants. The southpaw from Wilmette Illinois drew major league interest with two Chiefs appearances this year after a stellar Dartmouth season. Burnside struck out 11 in five innings at his Kenosha debut and later whiffed 19 against Fernwood, part of a strong Illinois Wisconsin Michigan league showing.
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Pete Burnside
Kenosha Chiefs
New York Giants
Burnside
Wilmette
Ill
Chiefs
Frankie Thompson
Dartmouth University
Kenosha
Fernwood Club
AFL Urges Senate To Defeat Amended Labor Bill In Polls
AFL President William Green urged Senator Lucas to kill the administration labor bill amended to include national emergency injunction powers. CIO leaders warned Taft-Hartley would stand for two more years as Taft pressed to preserve core features while trimming others. Green argued amendments would be useless and pressed opposing the bill before further votes.
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Washington
AFL
Senate
Congress
William Green
Lucas
Illinois
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
Green
Taft
Ohio
South
Capehart
Ind
Ives
N.Y
Langer
N-D
Morse
Ore
Thye
Minn
Ohio Republican
Taft-Hartley
Federal Mediation Service
National Labor Relations Board
Bombing of Chapei Distract Shanghai Ends in Casualties
Nationalist bombers struck the Chapei district in Shanghai injuring over 100 and killing at least two. Rescue workers pulled the injured from rubble hours after the attack while gunfire from anti aircraft units proved ineffective. Reports listed two to six planes involved as hospitals logged around 70 critical injuries.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Lunghwa
Bubbling Well
Assembly Votes 50 Percent Surtax Amid Senate Deadlock
Madison Wis U P The assembly passed a 50 per cent income surtax to fund building and school aid programs, in contrast to the senate cut its long range building plan and reduced education funds. The two houses remain at odds over taxes and education. Senate leaders caucused to adjust Rennebohm's building program while debate over funding continued.
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Assembly
Senate
Madison
Wis
U.P
Senate Gop
Rennebohm
Senate Republicans
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Nicol
Leland McParland
Cudahy
GOP
Ora Rice
Delavan
Rice
Assembly Finance Committee
Alfred Ludvigsen
Hartland
Vernon Thomson
Arnie Betts
Lodi
John Pritchard
Eau Claire
Betts
State
Milwaukee Chambers of Commerce
Optimistic business view from 100 Milwaukee visitors in Kenosha
A group of 100 Milwaukee wholesalers and manufacturers visited Kenosha for a luncheon at the Eagles club. Arthur H. Hall of the Milwaukee Journal highlighted Kenosha Racine and Milwaukee counties as a balanced economy with 69 manufacturers and a $21 million payroll, contributing to Wisconsin's strong manufacturing and farm income. He urged business adjustment while noting rising savings and high income levels, and praised local industry and wartime production awards.
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Kenoshans
Milwaukee
Arthur H. Hall
The
Milwaukee Journal
Racine
Kenosha
Hall
Wisconsin
Eagles Club
Macwhyte Company
Militia Subdues Catholic Riots in Czechoslovakia
Czech militiamen armed with tommy guns subdued four Catholic villages in Turciansky Svaty Martin area after four days of unrest sparked by police attempts to arrest priests. Martial law covered 100 square miles near Zilina as priests remained free. Archbishop Beran missed a seminary ceremony.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Turciansky Svaty Martin
Moravian
Slovakia
Zilina
Pod Znievou
Svaty Petr
Turec
Turany
Beran
Madison Girl Killed While Riding Bicycle
Carol Jean Tolley a 12 year old Madison girl was struck by a car and killed while riding a bicycle on Highway 96 in Kaukauna Wisconsin last night.
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Madison
Kaukauna
Wis
Carol Jean Tolley
Kenosha Girl Injured By Car In City Street
Rita Fredericks six year old of 5911 Sheridan Road was hit at 12 53 p m on 59th Street near Sheridan Road by a car driven by William Dronemeyer of Milwaukee. Patrolmen Leef and Molinaro said she ran into the street and was taken to Kenosha hospital with head and right leg injuries. Public Housing Section Dropped From Bill In House Vote. Washington D C -- The administration's housing bill lost a housing section on a 168 to 165 vote aided by southern Democrats, removing a provision for 810000 public housing units financed by annual federal payments of 308000000.
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Rita Fredericks
Sheridan Rd
William Dronemeyer
Milwaukee
59Th St
Joseph Leef
Albert Molinaro
Rita
Dronemeyer
Washington
Birmingham reporter warns committee on violent detail disclosure
Clancy E. Lake of the Birmingham News told a House judiciary subcommittee that exposing violent details in Alabama could hinder local prosecutions of hooded mobsters while a county grand jury is active. The Birmingham reporter urged caution during the hearing.
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Congressional Committee
Washington
U.P
Birmingham
Alabama
Clancy E. Lake
City Hall
Birmingham News
House Judiciary Subcommittee
State sick pay bill tabled in Wisconsin assembly
A Wisconsin assembly bill proposing a state sick-pay fund for workers was quietly tabled. The measure would have required both employers and employees to contribute to a state fund to pay workers during illnesses, though author Assemblyman Harold Gade did not protest the burial.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Assembly
Harold Gade
Racine
Fish in Faucet Not Alarming Says Officials
San Diego county health department reports fish spilling from faucets in outlying areas due to an electric fish screen failure at the San Jacinto reservoir. Officials say the situation is not alarming and expect fish to disappear in a few days, but advise housewives to boil and strain water in the interim.
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San Diego
Cal
U.P
San Jacinto Reservoir
Arthur Schmitz Taken by Death
Arthur J. Schmitz age 57 of 6511 7th Ave. Kenosha realty firm head and World War I veteran died after long illness at Kenosha hospital. He married Eleanore Casey in 1918. survived by son W Casey Schmitz daughter Eleanore Schmitz, brother Earl M. and three grandchildren.
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Arthur J. Schmitz
7Th Ave
Kenosha Realty Co
Kenosha Hospital
Kenosha
Mathias and
Frances Huck Schmitz
Pio Nono Academy
Milwaukee
Schmitz and Lauer
Schmitz
St. James Church and
Elks Lodge
Knights of Columbus
American Legion Post
Last Man’s Club
Navy Club
Kenosha Aerie of Eagles
Rotary Club
Eleanore Casey
St. James Church
W. Casey Schmitz
Eleanore Schmitz
New York City
Earl M
Detroit
VA Administrator Rejects Hoover Reorganization Plan
Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. has rejected the Hoover commission proposals for reorganizing the Veterans Administration in full. In a sharp letter to House Veterans Committee Chairman John E. Rankin he calls the plans useless costly or harmful to service. He objects most to lumping veterans hospitals into a single government health agency with army navy and public health service facilities.
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Washington
U.P
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
John E. Rankin
Miss
House Veterans Committee
Gray
Commission
Army, Navy and
Public Health Service
Wisconsin governor signs ice cream sugar bill
Governor Rennebohm signed a bill allowing corn sugar and syrup in ice cream sherbet and ices in Madison. He claimed the measure does not tamper with pure food standards and modernizes the state's rules. Hearings showed manufacturers already using the methods.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Rennebohm
Justice Wickham Estate Leaves Widow and Son Large Share
Madison Wis Supreme court Justice John D Wickham died June 19 leaving an estimated 15000 dollar estate to his widow Mary and son Robert according to county court records revealed yesterday.
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Madison, Wis
Supreme Court
John D. Wickham
Mary
Robert
Speechless man claims two attackers killed fiancée in car
Arthur Marino, 27, drove to a police station with his fiancee Joan Coward’s body after reporting they were ambushed by two men in a lover’s lane. He scribbled notes claiming the assailants forced them to drink a noxious substance and forced him into nearby water as the girl died from ammonia exposure.
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Chicago
U.P
Arthur Marino
Riverdale
Joan Coward
Marino
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
William Nottorf
Dolton
Cook County
Victory Lake
Fred Moore
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Peoria
Sixth Avenue
Army
N. Y. Giants
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Marian Mumford
Citizens Public Expenditure Survey
M. G. Toepel
Sen
Arthur Lenroot
Bill
George Smith
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Robert Robinson
Beloit
Finance Committee
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Bendix
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Pentagon
Malcolm P. Ferguson
W. Stuart Symington
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Kingsley
R. S. Kingsley
A. E. Axtell
Raymond H. Weisbrod
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Axtell
Norman C. Greening
Chamber
Arthur Schmitz
Marina
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