Christoffel Guilty Of Perjury In 1940s Labor Probe
Milwaukeean Harold Christoffel found guilty on six counts of perjury for denying Communist ties before the House labor committee. Judge Curran ordered immediate jail, with sentencing deferred five days to allow a possible new trial.
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Christoffel
Washington
Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Neburw
Rwrgees
Svvvmed
NEVES
Communist Party
Edward M. Curran
District of Columbia
House Labor Committee
Communist Political Association
Ned Sparks
Fred Blair
Allis-Chalmers Co
West Allis
Wis
Uaw-Cio
Allis Chalmers
Robert Buse
Liberty
John Rogge
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Allis-Chalmers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Louis F. Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Allis- Chalmers Company
Germany
Russia
Condon seeks full hearing on scientists harassment
Dr Edward A. Condon, head of the National Bureau of Standards, urged the congressional atomic energy committee to investigate the treatment of scientists amid charges by the House Un-American Activities Committee. He warned that harassment and purges threaten U.S. scientific work and urged a complete hearing to restore confidence and protect government research. The dispute follows FBI and loyalty-file issues involving Condon and possible access to documents. Harriman faces a decision on releasing subpoenaed materials.
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Washington
U.P
Edward A. Condon
Congressional Committee of Atomic Energy Today
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Atomic Committee
House un-American Activities Committee
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R., Sa
Atomic Energy
un-American Activities Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
House
Commerce Department
Department
Harriman
Wedemeyer Urges Military Aid to China in Conflict Debate
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer urged military aid to China linking it to economic assistance to halt Communism. He warned dollars alone won't stop the spread and called for advising officers to use weapons, arguing $500 million aid hinges on military backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
America
Wedemeyer
House Foreign Affairs
Chiang-Kaishek
Battleship Pennsylvania Scuttled Near Kwajalein
The battleship Pennsylvania, survivor of Pearl Harbor and Bikini tests, was scuttled near Kwajalein on February 10 after sustaining damage at Okinawa. Two other ships, destroyer Trippe and attack transport Banner, were also sunk last month as part of progressive deterioration. The Navy notes the Pennsylvania could not have remained afloat longer in the lagoon and was once a dominant force with 13 Japanese strikes and 11,000,000 pounds of steel fired.
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Pearl Harbor
Pennsylvania
Kwajalein
Navy
Okinawa
Bikini
Trippe
Banner
Kwajlaein Lagoon
Truman Vacation Criticisms From Ohio Representative
Rep. Cleven Clevenger charged President Truman with neglecting national problems by vacationing in Florida. He accused Truman of lying in the sun on a new balcony while the country faced a sad state, asking if the White House dweller worries at all.
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China
Chiang Kaishek
Wedemeyer
Truman
State Department
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
House Committee
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
MacArthur
House
Tokyo
Washington
Clevenger
Ohio
Florida
Congressional Record
White House
Truman Signs School Lunch Program Bill
President Truman signed a $136,368,385 deficiency appropriation providing an extra $5,000,000 for the school lunch program. The White House announced the approval. The program runs with federal funds routed through the state and supports agencies with shortfalls in the current fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Circuit Court Opens Term With 31 Cases and 16 Jury Trials
The regular March term begins Monday March 8 with 31 total cases on the calendar including 16 jury hearings. Circuit Judge Alfred L. Drury will preside and set hearings and trials. docket includes Patrea Sorenson vs Frank Wilkies Bert Berg Glen E. Moerling and wife vs Royal Transit Inc Chicago and North Western Railway Co vs Quaker Stretcher Co and many more actions involving Kenosha firms and residents.
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G. A. Strangberg
Alfred L. Drury
Petrea Sorenson
Frank Wilkies
Bert. S. Berg
Glen E. Moering
Wife
Royal Transit, Inc
John Cholena
Clifford F. Staves
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Quaker
Mary C. Mitchell
Elmer J. Mitchell
Navy Club
Kenosha
McLean & McLean
Mario Gastaldi
Eula Jonason
Agnes Hammond
Robert Olson
Thomas H. Collins
St. Mary’s Congregation
Mary Engerman
Ronald Engerman
Millard Davis
Erwin Engerman
Joseph Selovich
John Neubauer
Harry Andre
Earl Larsen
Daniel C. Stone
Joseph Haertzen
Kenosha Bindery, Inc
Adele Calais
City of Kenosha
Adam Lorenz
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines, Inc
Yellow Cab & Transfer Company
Bertram Lubin
Virginia Lubin
William DeBell
George Bowman
Harold Hill
Taft Opposes Wisconsin Taft Delegate Slate
Milwaukee attorney Perry J. Stearns said he was asked by Senator Taft to drop his push to organize delegates in Wisconsin's April 6 primary pledged to Taft for the Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Perry J. Stearns
Taft
Wisconsin
Hardware man crafts 18 joke hats from shop odds
Al Colby, a San Mateo hardware store manager, creates 18 humorous hats from stove pipe, door handles, mops and more to amuse women customers. The display draws laughs and surprised praise, but Colby plans to dismantle it soon and stick to hardware sales.
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San Mateo
Cal
U.P
al Colby
Colby
Mrs. C
Anderson
Dixie Democrats tense as MacArthur talk rises in New England
Northern Democrats urge Gen Douglas MacArthur as Democratic nominee while Virginia bans Truman from ballots. New England leaders including Boston mayor James Curley back MacArthur. Virginia adjusts anti Truman law to allow ballot but bind electors. Florida Democrats delay fund appeal. Klan rhetoric in Georgia warns of blood if civil rights enforced.
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President Truman
Virginia
Truman
New England
Boston
James M. Curley
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Curley
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Philadelphia
MacArthur
New York
Warren Wright
Chicago
William M. Tuck
Florida
National Democratic Party
Ku Klux Klan
Wrightsville
Samuel Green
Spring Opening Plans Delayed by Snowstorm
Victor Joerndt announced a three day merchants spring opening schedule from March 11 to 13 with over 50 stores taking part. A special events day Thursday features judging by the Milwaukee Display club. windows open 9 am to 9 pm.
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Victor Joerndt
Chamber of Commerce Retail Council
Evening News
Windows
Milwaukee Display Club
Conservation Club Votes To Close Pheasant Farm
Kenosha County Conservation Club directors vote to suspend pheasant propagation and raising at the farm citing lack of member support. President Edward Quinn notes the farm is a major local bird raising operation but few members participate, leaving a small core to carry on. The decision awaits a full members meeting for final discussion.
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Kenosha County Conservation Club
Sportsmen’s Organization
Edward Quinn
Quinn
Conservation Club
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
the Coun
Rules on Coin Machine Legal in Madison Wisconsin
Attorney General John Martin ruled that a coin machine quiz game nicknamed tele. quiz is legal if used solely for players amusement. It becomes illegal if prizes are paid for high scores, according to Milwaukee County deputy district attorney John Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
UPR
John Martin
John Barry
Milwaukee County
Speeders to Be Stopped by Radar Police Units
A traffic engineer says future cops will use hidden radar to measure a motorist speed and radio the license number ahead. Arrest could occur in slow speed zones without endangering other drivers. Ralph T. Dorsey described a field team with radar equipment positioned beside a highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Ralph T. Dorsey
Dorsey
ERP debate fuels push for military alliance against Russia
Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg opposed a Republican plan to add a military alliance to the European recovery program. Wherry Ball and other revisionists urged action to stop Soviet aggression, proposing a UN outside alliance with a supreme council and no single nation veto. Vandenberg warned the move could wreck Western Europe's recovery and endanger the UN.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Russia
Kenneth S. Wherry
United Nations
Wherry
Joseph H. Ball
Minn
U. S
Supreme Council
Vandenberg
Western
Europe
Doctor Says Baby Makes Adult Look Like Sissy
Dr. Clement Andrew Smith of Harvard Medical School outlines newborn traits and risks in a Chicago Medical Society conference paper. He notes infants can hold breath briefly after birth, have variable body temperatures, and require rapid breathing and heart rates to compensate for heat loss and high body surface area.
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Baby
Sissy
Chicago
Clement Andrew Smith
Harvard Medical School
Chicago Medical Society
Western European union talks unite five nations on draft
Delegates from Britain France and the Benelux states meet in Brussels to study a Benelux draft for a western European union aimed at countering communism. A communiqué reports broad agreement on principles with possible military clauses amid urgency to present an accord at the Marshall plan meeting in Paris.
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Russels
U.P
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium - Netherlands - Luxembourg
Britain
France
Benelux
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Brussels
Spaak
Paris
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Italy
Arctic
Mediterranean
Bevin
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Train Smashes Stalled Truck At Racine Crossing
Two Kenosha men escaped injury when their stalled truck was hit by a Chicago and North Western streamliner at the Durand road crossing in Racine county. Angelo DeSantis and Albert Anderson, both 39 and 32 respectively, said they tried to flag the approaching train after their truck became stuck in ruts. The collision scattered a $500 cargo of wholesale food produce, the truck was wrecked, and the train continued on. District Attorney Edward A. Krenzke said no word yet on safety-improvement requests to the state public service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Durand Road
Racine County
Angelo DeSantis
Albert Anderson
Edward A. Krenzke
State Public Service Commission
Cardinals Manager Suffers Brain Concussion
Eddie Dyer, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, was struck in the back of the head by a baseball during batting practice in St. Petersburg. He remains in Mount Park hospital for observation with a good condition and no skull fracture reported.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Mount Park Hospital
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