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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1952
Page
8
The steel strike will sharply reduce output with layoffs spreading across steel using industries. By mid next month big manufacturers may cut back while iron ore shipments and ore boats on the Great Lakes are idle. Even after the strike ends furnaces must be fired up and pipelines to consumers refill, delaying full production by weeks.
Non fatal traffic incidents left 12 people injured over the weekend across city and county. Mrs Madeline Corey age 28 was rear ended on Highway 50 injuring her left arm while no one required hospital care.
Two Kenosha patrolmen helped a local family by recovering a missing billfold. After stopping a car on Sheridan Road for a taillight issue, Mrs. Hilbert Simonis led officers to the purse eight blocks away, containing her license and money, returned to her by the officers.
Leonard Shutter 28 of 5620 23rd Ave entered an innocent plea in municipal court to charges of taking indecent liberties with two minors. He waived a preliminary hearing, was bound over, and jailed in default of 500 bond after a carnival arrest on 22nd Ave. A nine year old Kenosha girl identified him for a June 7 molestation at Eichelmann park. Detectives arrested him at police HQ after the Ferris wheel identification. He said he served a 1943 47 Green Bay term on a statutory rape charge involving a 14 year old. He spent 15 months in a Waupun mental hospital.
A 20-year-old Waukegan man, Robert Hordges, was charged with assault and attempted rape after a 27-year-old mother and her child were targeted. Detectives arrested him at a local tavern at 5 p.m. after recognizing him from a police broadcast and he admitted the attacks while en route to the station.
Kenosha soldiers advance in Korea with the First Marine Division earning a Presidential unit citation. Pfc Eugene W Cismoski serves as a mechanic in Germany with the 18th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company after studying at the University of Wisconsin. Pvt Norman Lindas returns home on emergency furlough to care for his ill father. Capt Joseph J Lukawski prepares for new assignment at Waco Texas while visiting family in Kenosha.
Sgts Eugene G Harris and Dean P Harris are on a 25 day furlough with parents in Somers Road. Pfc Lawrence S Jones completed basic training and spent a 10 day furlough at home before joining the motor division at Camp Pendleton. Donald Thompson now staff sergeant with Air Force detachment 28 6 in South Ruislip England. Pvt William R Beecher assigned to airborne infantry at Fort Benning after 16 weeks at Camp Chaffee and prior work as an assembler for Simmons Co. French Dr Ralph W Thomas attends anti aircraft artillery reserve officers training camp at Fort Bliss Texas for commission in the Army organized reserve corps.
Pvt William A Schmitt son of Mr and Mrs S E Schmitt 6412 20th Ave was awarded the combat infantryman badge for exemplary duty with the 7th Infantry Division He is a rifleman in Co B 171th Infantry Regiment entered service July 1951 arrived in Korea last April and has received the Korean service ribbon with one campaign star and the United Nations service medal
Five Kenosha service members have enrolled in USAFI courses in Madison including Richard E. Jorgensen Charles E. King Howard A. Fredricks Envin L. Hillesland and Pfc Max W. Weaver. M Sgt William C Bredek was awarded a high school diploma by Kenosha High School based on the USAFI test last month.
Two Kenosha taxi drivers clashed over customers late Friday night and one appeared in municipal court. Peter Bruno pleaded not guilty to assault and battery and posted a $100 bond. his trial is set for July 8. Pedicone alleged Bruno attacked after a dispute over fares and a knife threat. Bruno claimed self defense and produced a finger cut.
Careless disposal of a cigarette blamed for a Sunday afternoon blaze that damaged an upper flat occupied by the Louis Kulesh family at 1806 35th Street. Firemen reported 1500 dollars in damage to the two story building and 800 dollars to the interior of the upper flat where the fire started in a studio couch and spread through the interior. Engine companies 1 and 2 Truck 1 and the rescue squad answered the alarm.
The Kenosha Citizens Safety committee meets at KYF at 7:30 tonight to discuss a year round safety program for the city and county. The public is invited to attend and share opinions on any safety phase.
Holmstrom relief manager of Household Finance Co. at 609 58th St. reports a Thursday robbery yielding $200. A thief pried open a car window Sunday night and stole two jackets and a white fingertip length coat from a car in his driveway.
Health department reports 65 measles cases for week ending June 28 with 21 chicken pox, 34 rubella? notes 4 mumps and 1 tuberculosis. Vital stats show 57 births 30 males and 27 females, 9 deaths and 31 marriages.
Nathan D. Perlman, longtime New York judge and former four term congressman starting in 1920, as well as labor attorney, died Sunday. The death marks the loss of a noted public servant with a career spanning judiciary legislative service and labor law.
Mrs. John Weege of Cornell Wisconsin touts Renor Concentrate claiming 34 pounds lost after three bottles. The testimonial promises easy weight reduction without dieting and offers a money back guarantee.
An Anxious Citizen urges Kenosha council to cover travel costs for city manager candidates. He argues the process is crucial, applicants risk their jobs, and industry practice covers specialist travel. He warns against skimping and asks readers to pressure council.
Drill teams from Milwaukee and Madison won first place at the Eagles convention here. Winners advance to national honors at the Philadelphia convention in August. The state event closed Saturday night with a dance in the Eagles club ballroom.
The Coast Guard rescued a 26 foot steel yacht three miles south of Kenosha after a clogged gas line disabled the vessel on Saturday. Owner Gustave Corduan of Chicago watched the tow to Kenosha Yacht Club for repairs before continuing to Green Bay this morning.
Politika reports saboteurs ruined several large industrial plants in Budapest including an oil refinery two hemp and jute factories an agricultural machinery plant a furniture factory and multiple warehouses and depots. Many arrests were reported by Tan Jug quoting the dispatch.
John Gierens, 74, of Oshkosh died yesterday from injuries after falling down stairs. Winnebago County coroner Dr. G A. Steele said an autopsy found death instantaneous from a fractured skull and a broken neck.
The National Production Authority ordered canners of perishable foods to receive priority during the steel strike. It also suspended tin plate quality rules, allowing heavier tin coating for canning peas. NPA lifted limits on copper and aluminum inventories and removed zinc inventory controls to ease shortages.
Averell Harriman told a CBS telecast from New York that Americans will spend needed funds to finance world unity against Communist aggression. On the two way program Harriman, campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, predicted the USSR would lose ground and disintegrate within years if anti communist policies continue.
In Stockholm government and parliamentary leaders chaired by King Gustav Adolf met to consider two sharp notes to Russia. A draft note on Baltic air incidents was presented by Foreign Minister Osten Anden. The events include a Swedish air force Douglas disappearance on June 13 and a Catalina shot down three days later by Soviet MiG-15 fighters while searching for the Douglas.
Irving Wexler 63 once a prohibition beer baron and later a narcotics convict was buried in Mt. Hebron Queens after dying of a heart attack in Alcatraz. His widow two children and a few friends attended the simple Brooklyn funeral.
Rhinelander Paper Co reports a national steel strike delaying the completion of its $750000 plant and pollution reduction equipment. Two dome shaped stainless heads for an evaporator are stuck behind picket lines at a Pennsylvania mill, finished on the eve of the work stoppage.
Riley S. Young of Darien Wisconsin former state assembly speaker from 1919 to 1923 and longtime Darien Farmers State Bank founder and director since 1906 dies at 91. He served on Walworth County board for 20 years and worked as Hartford Insurance agent for 50 years. Survived by sister and several nephews and nieces. Wife died in 1931.
A three alarm blaze in Milwaukee gutted a two story brick warehouse owned by the American Hair and Felt company. Fire Chief Edward Wischer said internal combustion on the first floor started the fire, which burned for hours before discovery around 4 30 a.m. About 125 firefighters battled the flames but could not save the building.
Minneapolis obituary notes the death of Clark Hampstead, 78, former president and co chairman of the board of Pillsbury Mills, who died Sunday.
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