Big Prison Break Sparks North Palestine Hunt
British troops and police launched a large scale manhunt across northern Palestine after 251 of Acre prison’s 555 inmates, including 19 wounded, escaped through a wall blast by the Irgun underground. Sixteen killed in the breakout, with a broad search extending from Acre to the Sea of Galilee and Jordan headwaters.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Acre
Jewish Underground
Haifa
Sixth Airborne Division
Tiberius
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Wisconsin Weekend Auto Drownings and Fatalities Reported
Seven people including 11 year old Randy Roubal of Racine died in Wisconsin over the weekend from drownings or auto accidents. Randy drowned off the Marinette shore after a raft incident. Two Milwaukee youths, both 20, drowned when their speed boat capsized on Nemahbin Lake near Delafield. Additional fatalities include Casimer Zywicki 23 of Rosholt, Gerald Wiese 23 of Mount Horeb, Louis Darras 44 of Norway Michigan, and Ignatz Szacyka 58 of Kenosha from accidents in Manitowoc area, Rosholt, Dane and Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Randy Roubal
Racine
Lake Michigan
Marinette
Milwaukee
Earl Grimmer
Dan Pahman
Nemahbin Lake
Delafield
Louis J. Darras
Norway
Mich
Manitowoc
Casimer Zywicki
Rosholt
Portage County
Zywicki
Gerald T. Wiese
Mount Horeb
Dane County
Ignatz A. Szacyka
Kenosha
U S Could Close Ellis Island to Save Costs
Immigration Commissioner Ugo Carusi told a House subcommittee that Ellis Island may be closed to save about 300000 dollars annually. The plan would shift operations to several floors of the Immigration Service building in New York.
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Washington
Ellis Island
America
Ugo Carusi
House
New York Harbor
Immigration Service Office
New York
Weekend Traffic Crashes Injure Thirteen in City County
Thirteen people were hurt in 22 city and county crashes over the weekend, with one pedestrian death and a theft incident involving a city truck into a tavern on Roosevelt Road. Police logs note six minor injuries from 16 city crashes. county sheriff reports list seven injuries from six highway crashes.
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Roosevelt Road
Sheriff's Department
Green Bay Road
Lillian Peacock
Chicago
Wallace H. Meyers
Union Grove
Meyers
Harvey L. Pearse
Evelyn
Pease
Kenoshan Held After Truck Rams Tavern
A stolen 7 1/4 ton City of Kenosha truck loaded with three tons of asphalt was rammed into Joe and Joe's tavern on Roosevelt road by husband John Vincent Zieck 38. He admitted anger at his wife for not leaving the tavern. Damage exceeded $2,000 to the tavern and $300 to the truck. no injuries were reported. Zieck waived preliminary hearing on burglary malicious destruction of property and using the truck without consent and is in county jail on $3,000 bond.
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Donald Taylor
Genoa City
Browne
Bornhuetter
Taylor
Evening News
Joe
Roosevelt Road
Kenosha
John Vincent Zieck
Sixty-third Street
Ruth
Zieck
City of Kenosha
On Ee
Joe and
Arthur J. Riley
City of Kenosha Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Frank Grasser
Streets Department
Grasser
Twenty-third Avenue
A. E. Axtell
The
Amvets
Axtell
N. E. West
Immanuel Baptist Church
Compulsory Army Training Debate At American Legion Post 21
Post 21 members vote Tuesday on endorsing the universal military training bill offered to Congress. The executive committee urged Harold Bode to draft a resolution backing the Brooks Gurney plan, praised for civilian controlled national security training with four month basic training and six advanced plans under religiously aligned moral standards.
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Post 21
American Legion
Congress
Americanism Committee
Harold Bode
Brooks-Gurney
National Executive Committee
National Legislative Committee of the Legion
Post
Carl M. Gardner
Question youths in shotgun slaying questioned
Two youths arrested at Madison Wisconsin were questioned by authorities of Ogle and Cook counties today in connection with the shotgun slaying of Army corporal Frank J Arnish whose body was found in an Ogle county culvert. Authorities planned lie detector tests later.
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Chicago
Madison
Wis
Ogle
Cook Counties
Frank J. Arnish
Ogle J County
Moscow Air Parade Hints At Use of Five B-29s
Washington reports Walter Bedell Smith saw a large four engined bomber like a B 29 during the Moscow May Day parade. Five B 29s fell into Soviet hands during the war and were retained by Russia. Possibilities include copies or production in Russia, or misidentification by Smith.
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Moscow
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Berlin
United States
Japan
Siberia
China
Smith
Five Nations Propose Palestine Debate Compromises
United States rejects all plans to modify the Palestine debate at the UN. Yugoslavia on behalf of the Soviet bloc offers a compromise to let the political committee hear Jewish agency spokesmen and other Palestine population representatives, including the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
U.P
Five Nations
United Nations
Palestine
United States
Yugoslavia
UN General Assembly
Poulation of Palestine
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Search for Missing Girl Continues In Wisconsin
Jefferson county authorities admit eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler was kidnapped near her Weckler farm home near Ft Atkinson Wisconsin four days ago. District Attorney Francis Garity and Sheriff George Perry say the case is baffling with the only clue a mysterious black car seen by several witnesses. Police halt all 1936 Ford sedans on highways for questioning as volunteers search woods. FBI officials in Milwaukee say they have no new lead.
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Ft. Atkinson
Wis
U.P
Jefferson County
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Francis Garity
George Perry
Wecklers
Weckler
Perry
Milwaukee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release of kidnapping suspect triggers hunt for missing girl
Federal agents in Chicago released a man after questioning about a vehicle matching the description of one seen near the disappearance of eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler. The release prompted a mass search as several hundred residents returned to the countryside in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin today.
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Georgia Jean Weckler
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Missing girl case leaves questions after car sighting
The Weckler family and local entities boost rewards as Gary Garity discusses kidnapping fears. A neighbor transported the girl home from school and a 1936 black Ford sedan was seen turning into the lane, fueling suspicions of abduction despite no ransom note.
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Gary
George C. Weckler
Chamber of Commerce
Garity
Carl Floerke
Phone Peace Hopes Spurred on Wage Talks
Washington hopes rose for a two way development in wage negotiations to end the nationwide telephone strike now in its fifth week. Officials of AT&T long lines may bring a counter proposal when they resume with 20 000 long distance workers. Stalemate with Southwestern Bell and its union may enter wage talks. George S Dring hinted at a counter proposal after rejecting a government suggested $5.14 weekly rise.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
George S. Dring
A.t.&t. Long Lines Department
Dring
Posse Kills Man Sought In Death of Four Persons
James Oliver Hurley, 40, of Ohio, accused of fatally shooting his wife, son, brother, and sister in law during a dispute, was shot and killed this afternoon by a posse member in Fort Gay West Virginia after arriving from Ohio yesterday.
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Posse
Fort Gay
W. Va
James Oliver Hurley
Ohio
Kenosha Welcomes New Amvets World War II Chapter
Sunday afternoon a new Amvets Chapter 22 was instituted in Kenosha at the DAV Memorial building. CityManager A E Axtell and State Commander Carl Mueller addressed attendees, with John D. Davies introducing the ceremony. Officers sworn in include William Petersen and Edwin Rose.
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Kenosha
DAV
Kenoshans
A. E. Axtell
Amvets
Carl Mueller
Milwaukee
John D. Davies
Empire Packing Chief Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Chicago based Samuel Chapman aged 52 head of Empire Packing Company received one year and a day in prison and a $10000 fine for evading $193,319 in income taxes for 1943.
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Chicago
Samuel Chapman
Empire Packing Company
Pedestrian dies after hit and driver arraigned in Kenosha
Ignatz A Szacynka 58 of 4803 Eighteenth Ave died at Kenosha hospital after being struck at Sheridan road and Fifty fifth street Saturday night. The driver Adolph William DeCesaro 23 of 7707 Tenth Ave was arraigned on leaving the scene of the accident. DeCesaro posted bond and his case bound over for municipal court. Coroner ordered an autopsy. cause listed as internal injuries from a sharp blow. Szacynka was Polish native who had come to Kenosha from Poland.
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Chicago
Leonard Jensen
Chester Molinaro
Richard C. Underwood
Glenview
Paul Albert Kraemer
Fifth Avenue
Kenosha
Ignatz A. Szacynka
Eighteenth Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Adolph William DeCesaro
Tenth Avenue
DeCesaro
W. W. Davis
Szacynka
Fifty Fifth Street
Sheridan Road
James A. Crossin
Schuster
Milwaukee
Crossin
Szacywka
Poland
Budget Cuts Slash House 1948 Requests by 23 Percent
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed fiscal 1948 requests for State Commerce and Justice and the Federal Judiciary by 23.3 percent, totaling a $162.9 million reduction. State losses included elimination of Voice of America broadcasts abroad, while Commerce faced deep cuts to civil aviation and other programs. Justice received minimal reductions leaving most of its $111.47 million request intact.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Federal Judiciary
State and Commerce Departments
State Department
George C. Marshall
Voice of America
Russia
House
Senate
Justice Department
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Congressman Bradley Faces Endless Round of Parties
Rep. Fred Bradley, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, says congressmen endure a nonstop schedule of cocktail parties and banquets. He cites receptions at the Mexican embassy for President Aleman as an example and notes he often must attend to fulfill duties, despite needing rest.
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Washington
Fred Bradley
R-Mich
Bradley
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Aleman
Panama Defense Change Planned
The United States proposed a new defense pact with Panama to govern canal protection and continued use of military bases on Panamanian territory. It envisions joint U S Panama administration with base administration to be finalized in further talks. 34 sites remain with U S use, 98 returned, 36 essential for air navigation still in use.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Canal
Republic of Panama
State Department
U. S
Hemisphere
Holdover Senators File Circuit Court Demurrers
Holdover state senators filed demurrers in circuit court as their $100 monthly room and board allowances remain delayed by Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman. Zimmerman had postponed payments while awaiting a decision on an action brought by William T. Byrne, editor of the Capital Times.
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Madison
Wis
Fred R. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
William T. Bvjne
The
Capital Times
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State Line Road
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Albert Bornhuetter
George Ellison
Box 175
Clarence LaMere
Jensen
Molinero
Ellison
LaMere
Kenoshan
Rams
Gardner
Bill
Armed Services
U. 5
State, Commerce, Justice Department
Cites Amvet
Mueller
Green Bay
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