Folsom Faces Paternity Suit Ties to Alabama Politics
Governor James E. Folsom of Alabama is accused in two suits of being the common law husband and father of Christine Putman Johnston’s 22 month old son, with petitions seeking legal marriage and paternity declarations. The cases, filed in Cullman, allege living as husband and wife across several states and note political advisers’ influence on the matter.
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Washington
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folgsom
Cullman
Ala
Christine Putnam
James Douglas
Folsom
Christine Johnston
Johnston
Carter E. Putman
Birmingham
Un-American Activities Fund Size Grows in House Action
A $200 000 fund to investigate un American activities was approved by the House Administration Committee, with final approval by the House expected soon. The amount would double the committee’s previous funding and exceed any prior total. Public hearings may feature subcommittee findings targeting Dr Edward A Condon, director of the National Bureau of Standards, amid Republican criticism.
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Washington
House Administration Committee
House
Un-American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
LeCompte
Iowa
Administration
Condon
Robert E. Stripling
Un-American Activities Group
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Commerce Department
Thomas
Sgt Thad Cyzak Returns Home to Kenosha Kin
The remains of Sgt. Thad S. Cyzak will arrive in Kenosha from the Chicago graves distribution center Thursday noon. He was killed in action in the South Pacific on Oct. 14, 1943 after serving eighteen months overseas with an infantry regiment in the New Guinea campaign. Cyzak was born in Kenosha on Nov. 27, 1921 and attended St. Casimir's and Kenosha High School. He was the first Macwhyte employee to enter service and a former Eagle Scout. he is survived by his mother, three sisters, and one brother.
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Thad S. Cyzak
South Pacific
Kenosha
Chicago Graves Distribution Center
Cyzak
John A. Cyzak
St. Casimir's School
New Guinea
Buna
Charlotte Cyzak
Army Nurses Corps
Australia
Macwhyte
St. Casimir’s Catholic Church
Rose Cyzak
John Cyzak
Joseph Trejnowski
Phil Arlansky
Superior
Greeks Execute Reds in Athens Dec 1944 Crimes
Eight Communists were executed in Athens today for crimes tied to the December 1944 rebellion. The sentences reflect the postwar crackdown on insurgents and political dissidents.
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Athens
British Withdraw Last of United States Loan
Britain has exhausted its 3.75 million dollar loan from the United States with a final 100 million dollar draft, the Treasury disclosed. The funds, meant to last three to five years, were drawn down in 19 months at about two hundred million dollars per month. Britain’s last withdrawal came Monday amid a white paper signaling bankruptcy risks and a four billion dollar overrun in two years. ERP funds may supply new aid, with Britain seen as a leading beneficiary.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Treasury
Senate
Fine Driver on Hit-Run Death Guilty Plea
Adolph William DeCesaro 23 pleaded guilty in municipal court to leaving the scene after hitting and killing Ignatz Szacynka 58 on Sheridan road May 3. He was fined 350 dollars plus 11 costs. Szacynka died from internal injuries. coroner and inquest linked the death to DeCesaro's car.
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Adolph William DeCesaro
Tenth Avenue
Ignatz A. Szacynka
Eighteenth Avenue
Edward J. Ruetz
Szacynka
Sheridan Road
Kenosha Hospital
DeCesaro
James A. Crossin
Szacywka
Crossin
Strike Date Set By Packinghouse Workers in 1948
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers set March 16 for a nationwide strike involving about 100000 workers at the nations large packing plants. It would be the first industry wide strike of 1948 and the first from union demands for third round wage increases.
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Chicago
U.P
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Proud Television Pugilists Stopped Cold by Gary Cops
Racine manager Marshall Simonsen and three fighters Pat Murphy Tony Motisi and Fred Hadley were stopped by four Gary Indiana police after a Michigan City bout. Officers questioned them for license and identity, Motisi recalled his Robinson bout, none were arrested and the group left after a tense encounter.
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Gary
Ind
Racine
Marshall Simonsen
Kenosha
Michigan City
Simonsen
Pat Murphy
Tony Motisi
Fred Hadley
Hadley
Motsi
Murphy
Western defense pact sought to bolster ERP in Senate
A plan by Sen. Joseph H. Ball would create an 11 nation supreme council to monitor aggression in Western Europe with power to force action, forming a mutual aid framework tied to the ERP. Universal military training and continued Senate debate on ERP accompany the push amid Czech and Finnish tensions.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
Supreme Council
United Nations
Europe
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ball
State Department
International Supreme Council of 11 Nations
UN Security Council
Russia
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Albert Hawkes
N. J
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Chan Gurney
The
Armed Services Committee and Sons
Edward V. Robertson
Wyo
William F. Knowland
Cal
Robertson
AFL Local Indicted For Political Spending
The justice department indicted Painters' Local Union No. 481 AFL and its president John R. O'Brien in New Haven for illegal use of union funds on political advertising in the Hartford Times and a political speech on a radio station.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
AFL
Clark
New Haven
John R. O’brien
Hartford Times
Pennsylvanian social work dean Kenneth Pray dies at 66
Kenneth L. M. Pray 66 dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital. He was born in Whitewater Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Kenneth L. M. Pray
Pennsylvania School of Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
Jefferson Hospital
Whitewater
Wis
Insurance Firm Officials Practice Their Preaching
Superior, Wis. officials of the George C. Newton Co. preached about insurance protection and practiced it when a weekend snowstorm blew in a display window and a short circuit in a spotlight caused a $1,000 fire. The loss was fully covered by insurance.
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Superior
Wis
U.P
George C. Newton Co
Czech Envoy to U S Resigns in Protest Over Czechoslovakia
Juraj Slavik the Czech ambassador to the United States resigns in protest against the Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia describing the country as a proletarian police state. He says the Czech envoy to Canada is also resigning and notes Edvard Benes was under duress.
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Washington
Juraj Slavik
United States
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Slavik
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Canada
Eduard Benes
Kiement Gottwald
Madison Plane Crash Claims Second Victim
Madison Wisconsin reports a second fatality from a weekend plane crash. Robert L. Horstmeyer age 22 died in hospital from injuries while his brother in law David E. Hill, 27, had already died. The crash occurred when Hill lost control while circling over the city.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Robert L. Horstmeyer
David E. Hill
Hill
Nash Names Little As Acting Manager
Seventy two automotive industry representatives attended the funeral of Harold E. Long, Nash Motors general works manager killed in a train collision near the city. Services were at St. Matthew’s Episcopal with burial at Green Ridge. many executives from Nash Kelvinator and related firms attended.
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Kenosha
Harold E. Long
Nash Motors
Chicago and North Western
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Green Ridge Cemetery
Bus Held Up by Youthful Bandits Near Arlington Tennessee
Two youthful bandits boarded a Greyhound bus 20 miles east of Memphis near Arlington last night. They held up the vehicle at gunpoint, taking 568 dollars from passengers and a 1600 dollar bankroll hidden in seat upholstery. Police in three states issued a description of the holdup men as alerts spread. The driver, T. L. King, had stopped to allow pickup on the Memphis to Nashville schedule.
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Tenn
U.P
Here
Arlington
T. L. King
Greyhound
Nashville
Christoffel Perjury Trial Heads For Jury Today
Defense attorney O. John Rogge labeled government witnesses as lying and argued a quorum issue from March 1, 1947. The Christoffel trial at Allis Chalmers Milwaukee centers on alleged Communist affiliations and features six claims with possible sentences up to 60 years. An appeal is expected if convicted.
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Washington
Harold Christoffel
O. John Rogge
Milwaukee
Federal District Court
Rogge
Allis-Chalmers
House-Labor Committee
Christoffel
Thas
Uaw-Cio
Allis Chalmers
Curran
District of Columbia
Labor Committee
Nash Motors names Little acting general works manager
Lena P. G. Little of 517 Sixtieth Street is appointed acting general works manager at the Kenosha Nash operation after the death of Harold E. Long in a Friday night train automobile crash. Lawrence Finkler becomes interim factory manager, with Harry R. Costley injured and Earl Warner moved to temporary duties.
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P. G
Pat) Little
Sixtieth Street
Nash Motors
Kenosha
Harold E. Long
Little
R. A. de Vlieg
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Lawrence Finkler
Twentieth Avenue
Nash
Harry R. Costley
Long
Costley
Kenosha Hospital
Earl Warner
Thirty-seventh Avenue
DeVlieg
French War Commission
Army
Navy
England
London
Marathon Motors
Haynes Motors
Finkler
Warner
Reo Motors
Michigan
Brimley
Jackson
Mich
Sole State GAR Survivor Wilcox Reaches 102 in Wisconsin
Cadett Wis U P Lansing A Wilcox the state's sole survivor of the Grand Army of the Republic is 102 today. Native of Kenosha he serves a fourth term as Wisconsin GAR commander. He recalls three comrades who died after last year's Madison convention and notes his simple life on a farm with his fourth wife and a summer garden.
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God
Midwest Digs Out From Snow
A major blizzard's aftermath loosens its grip as the Midwest clears. Pennsylvania and New York report light flurries while Wisconsin cities face deep snow, with Milwaukee under a state of emergency and multiple towns deploying road crews to reopen highways and schools ending early.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
New York
New England
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
John Bohn
Racine
Francis H. Wendt
Beloit- Rockford
Madison
Lone Rock
la Crosse
Lewis Vacationing at Pine Island Resort Fort Myers
United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis is vacationing at a remote Pine Island resort near Fort Myers Florida and answered no comment when asked about fishing plans.
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Fort Myers, Fla
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pine Island
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Republic Steel Corporation
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J. B. Fyfe
Ann Arbor
Frank E. Farrell
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
R. B. Dunbar
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Don C. Rule
Nash Kelvinator
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O. L. Currier
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
R. J. Schell
Chicago-Nash Company
Paul D. Wilson
Stewart-Warner Corporation
C. L. Dorst
Columbus Bolt Works Company
W. H. Jerstad
Nash Body
S. H. Eckstein
Jeanne Clair Lucas
Pittsburgh
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Tennessee State Penitentiary
Budzynski
Richard Reilly
Samuel Colsky
Lena
Wilcox
Baton Rouge
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