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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
2
James Marlow reports on the Selective Service Act reissued in 1950. The president will sign the law extending the draft to men aged 19 to 26 who must register for possible 21 months of service, with broad exemptions and deferments including ministers students on track, veterans and conscientious objectors.
The United States steps up arms shipments to western Europe and allied nations to deter Soviet pressure amid the Korea crisis. Officials warn the Korea event could signal a broader war of nerves in eastern Europe and near Turkey as U.S. strategy seeks congressional backing to bring Spain and Western Europe into the defense orbit. Senator Knowland calls for bombing North Korean bases.
The Soo locks at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan were closed to civilians indefinitely for security reasons. Locks superintendent Clifford Aume received the order from Lt. Col. John Bristol of the Detroit U S corps of engineers. The closure will be tested with nightly 11 p m to 7 a m shutdowns for 10 days.
Subscription rates listed for five year and five cent options across states. The notice references pricing for postal delivery and single copy costs, with a total amount shown as 7.30 for the period.
London playwright George Bernard Shaw urged in the Daily Worker for pacifists to seek war prevention through biblical guidance rather than fuss over peace petitions and gun bans. He questioned the Bible's sufficiency for pacifist aims.
Britain increases its whiskey export target for the year beginning May 1 1950 to 9 600 000 gallons from the originally sought 9 000 000 gallons.
In Toledo Ohio during the same month two years after a fatal truck accident the Hackney family mourns as eight year old Howard and four year old Shirley suffocate in an abandoned icebox behind their home. Their parents Huey and his wife grieve the loss of both children.
Madison Wisconsin reports the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sent 56175 to the state in the first half of the year to support 14 county chapters that exhausted March of Dimes funds. Nine Japanese firms sold Britain 30000 cases of canned sardines.
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