Justices Split Over Extent of School Religion Ruling
Nine Justice majority bans religious instruction in public schools while supporting the Champaign plan. Justice Black authors the majority upholding separation. Justice Reed dissents, warning the decision may ban released time programs. Justices Jackson Frankfurter Rutledge Burton align with Black. Reed notes dangers to public education.
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Champaign
Ill
Justice Reed
Black
Vashti McCollum
James Terry
John L. Franklin
High Court
Rep
Landis
R.-Ind
Vinson
Douglas
Murphy
Jackson
Frankfurter
Rutledge
Burton
United States
Reed
New Jersey
Doctor Takes Drug Overdose In Milwaukee Hotel
Dr Garrett L Jacobus Jr a 25 year old Chicago brain specialist in critical condition after overdosing on sleeping and other drugs in a Milwaukee area hotel room. Suburban Wauwatosa police found him unconscious after a telephoned warning from his sister and mother contact. Detected on the 24th floor he was alone in the double bolted room and rushed to a hospital.
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U.P
Chicago
Wauwatosa
Garrett L. Jacobus, Jr
Chicago Presbyterian Hospital
Jacobus
John Ridgeway Jaeckel
Redwood City
Calif
Jaeckel
Garrett Jacobus
Louis R. Wrasse
Expect Heavy Vote In Primary Tuesday
City officials anticipate a heavy turnout at the primary on March 16 due to large voter registrations. Despite limited campaigning for council and other local offices, the last minute registration rush before March 3 suggests a higher than usual participation.
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Council
Board of Education
Justice of the Peace
Croneis Urges More School Spending in Democracy Talk
Beloit College President Dr. Carey Croneis told about 300 Kenosha teachers that U S educational spending lags behind totalitarian nations. He urged robust funding for primary through college education and warned against federally fettered schooling while stressing liberal arts value. Polls open at 7 a m with primary races for council justice of the peace board of education and more across 36 precincts 18 wards.
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Beloit College
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Kenosha
Beloit
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Croneis
Truman
Germany
Japan
Deep Freeze Grips Upper Midwest With 32 Below Zero
Chicago Bemidji Minnesota City reports 32 below zero as part of a cold belt stretching through the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. Wisconsin reaches eight below at Superior and Park Falls four below at Wausau and one below at La Crosse.
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Chicago
Bemidji
Minn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Superior
Park Falls
Wausau
la Crosse
Women Win Grass Lake Village Presidency Again
Grass Lake Michigan voters reelected Miss Helen McCall and nine fellow women to village offices, boasting a $4900 surplus, a new village garage, refreshed water tank paint, and new bearings for water pumps. Miss McCall credits higher turnout from 25 to 175 voters, noting the women’s campaign woke the town.
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Grass Lake
Mich
U.P
Helen McCall
McCall
Miss McCall
Meson Breakthrough Reported From California Cyclotron
Dr. Ernest Lawrence and James B. Fisk announced that laboratories at the University of California have produced mesons for the first time using a 4 000 ton cyclotron. The advance marks a milestone in fundamental atomic research with potential future energy implications, though no immediate applications are foreseen. Larger particle accelerators are sought to study more powerful mesons.
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Cal
America
Europe
MacatvYery
Ernest O. Lawrence
James B. Fisk
Atomic Energy Commission
University of California
Lawrence
First Human Use of Polymyxin Reported by Hopkins Scientists
A nine year old boy in Baltimore with a skin eruption and infection recovered after injection of polymyxin, the first human test of the drug. Johns Hopkins physicians Perrin H. Long Morton S. Bryer Eleanor A Bliss and Emanuel Schoenbach reported preliminary results to the Hopkins Medical Society. Polymyxin, from bacillus polymyxa, is a soil organism and is not yet available for general clinical use.
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Sydenham Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hopkins
Perrin H. Long
Morton S. Bryer
Eleanor A. Bliss
Emanuel Schoenbach
Hopkins Medical Society
Benedict and
Lang Lyke
Northern Research Laboratories
Peoria
Stansley, Shepherd and White
American Dynamid Company
Madison Couple Suffer Fatal Gas Leak Tragedy
In Madison Wisconsin Mrs William B Nicholson 76 was killed and her husband 75 overcome by gas from a stove burner last night. Police say one burner was open and failed to ignite from the pilot light after both occupants grew ill in the kitchen.
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Madison
Wis
William B. Nicholson
Nicholson
Attorney General Rules on Decision
Madison Wis. Atty. Gen. John Martin ruled today that a judge had no authority to commit an alcoholic or drug addict to a state mental institution for a definite period of time. Commitments must be made under the institution's superintendent who decides release timing.
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Madison
Wis
John Martin
Martin
Tax Collection Bureau Draws Sharp Criticism
The House Appropriations Committee criticized the internal revenue bureau and urged abolition of political patronage in appointing federal collectors. The panel proposed funding for the Treasury and Post Office for the year starting July 1, cutting total cash appropriations from President Truman's request by 1.7 percent. The bill left out the tax refunds appropriation and postponed action until tax legislation clears.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office
Truman
Postoffice Department
Delinquent Chicago IRS Office Reported by Investigator
A congressional investigator says the Chicago internal revenue office is in a delinquent state with poor facilities and archaic methods. The House Appropriations Committee released the report alongside the Treasury Department money bill, noting 150 unfilled jobs on average and widespread inefficiency hindering tax document processing.
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Washington
Chicago
Internal Revenue Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Russia accuses West of plotting to unify Germany for aggression
Moscow charges the United States Britain and France with engineering a western power scheme. It says Western powers seek to build up Ruhr military potential to turn western Europe into a base for American imperialism and aggression against the USSR. The note, delivered Saturday, follows a London conference on Ruhr control and German federation.
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Russia
United States
Europe
Germany
Soviet Union
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France
Ruhr
Western Europe
U.S.S.R
London
Council of Foreign Ministers
America
Ogilvie Wins District American Legion Oratory Contest
Lloyd Ogilvie, 18, Kenosha high school senior, won the district oratorical contest at Legion Memorial hall. He earns a regional spot in Milwaukee on March 14 and competes for state honors in Kenosha March 22. Judges praised his defense of civil liberties and constitutional freedoms amid comparisons with Racine and Waterford entrants.
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Lloyd Ogilvie
Kenosha
American Legion
Legion Memorial Hall
Ogilvie
Milwaukee
G. McLaine
New Trier High School
Winnetka
Ill
United States
Legion
U S Officials Held In Russian Zone Return Safely
Two American war crimes prosecutors Howard H. Russell chief of administrative division and Virgil Van Street of Eatonsville Md were briefly detained by armed Soviet soldiers in the German zone. They had visited the Leipzig fair with their wives and were overdue in Nuernberg by days before returning unharmed this afternoon.
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Nuernberg
Germany
American War Crimes Prosecution
Howard H. Russell
Baltimore
Virgil van Street
Eatonsville
I. G. Farben
Leipzig Fair
Fears British Collapse Prompted Cripps Appeal for US Aid
Sir Stafford Cripps warned in parliament that Britain faces economic collapse without substantial U.S. aid this year. The statement reflected urgent calls for financial relief as the war effort strained resources.
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London
Stafford Cripps
U. S
Pedestrian Wins Decision Over Car in His Path
In Long Beach California 75 year old K D McIntosh crossed a downtown street when two women in a new sedan blocked the pedestrian zone. He raised his cane and smashed the hood of the car in what he described as a decisive act.
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Long Beach
Cal
U.P
K. D. McIntosh
Kenosha Housing Authority nears bids for 350 home project
The Kenosha Housing Authority may issue its first call for bids on a portion of the 350 home project as the $3,000,000 program moves toward construction. Axtell says plans for the initial group of about 50 homes are ready for review by city officials and the KHA in a city hall meeting.
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A. E. Axtell
KHA
George Anderson
Federal Housing Administration
Advance Mortgage Corporation
Chicago
Anderson
Leo Vaudreuil
Harold Newton
Walter Cunningham
Felix Olkives
Axtell
William Hoyer
New York Irish Welcome De Valera in Hero Parade
The Irish of New York greeted Eamon de Valera returning after 16 years as Ireland's premier. A ticker tape parade formed from the Battery to City Hall as De Valera rode in an open car amid cheering crowds and a festive scene.
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U.P
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
de Valera
Lower Broadway
the Battery
City Hall
New Hampshire GOP Primary Signals Dewey Stassen Clash
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen show strength in New Hampshire as 55,000 voters expected. Prospective delegates back Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg if needed. Only eight delegate seats, Democratic primary unopposed for Truman, MacArthur looming in Wisconsin.
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Concord
N. H
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Dewey
Stassen
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
General Says He Will Accept If Nominated
General Douglas MacArthur announced he would accept any public duty if called by the people, though not actively seeking the presidency. The move, noted in Wisconsin primary filings, widened the Republican field as Truman pressed his bid for a full four year term amid civil rights controversy and party splits. Senator Elmer Thomas dismissed any November Truman chances.
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MacArthur
Truman
Tokyo
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
Japan
Wisconsin
GOP
Madison
Democratic Party
Dixie Party
J. Howard McGrath
Henry Wallace
Mr. Truman
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Madison Housing To Be Probed By FHA Investigation
A federal housing authority official arrives from Washington to probe complaints by about 35 homeowners in a Madison Wisconsin private housing project. Owners allege warped walls ceilings floors splitting joints sagging doors leaks and peeling wallpaper. The FHA VA and leaders of two companies vow to correct defects if complaints are valid. Most owners are World War II veterans with GI loans guaranteed by FHA and VA.
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Madison
Wis
Federal Housing Authority
Washington
United States
Charles H. Cashin
James Doyle
FHA and Veterans Administration
Leader Building Co
Rochelle
Harnischfeger Corporation
Thomas King
FHA
Cashin
District Attorney's Office
British Artist John Hassall Dies at 80
London reports the death of John Hassall, an illustrator of children's books and a poster artist, who died Monday at age 80. Hassall, renowned for his vivid images, shaped mid century British visual culture and left a lasting influence on graphic design.
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London
John Hassall
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