Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds State Law on Deviates
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the states power to commit sexual criminals for treatment under 1951 law. A Madison youth 17 pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge with a 15 year old girl. The court ordered continued commitment and rejected challenges to the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Sachtsen
High
Jonas Co
Milwaukee
Electrical Workers Union
AFL
Milwaukee Circuit
Jonas
W. S. O'Neill
Allies Consider Restarting Austria Peace Talks
Washington, London and Paris reportedly discuss proposing to Russia a revival of negotiations toward a peace treaty for Austria. The talks would aim to settle the Austrian question through diplomatic dialogue among major powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
UN accuses Reds of stalling in Korean truce talks
The UN command accuses Communist delegates of smoke screening and stalling in Panmunjom as they refuse to commit to a neutral custodian for 48,000 returning prisoners. Lt. Gen. Harrison says agreement on a neutral state is essential to progress and warns no armistice without custodial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
UN Command
Red
William K. Harrison Jr
Korea
Pakistan
Harrison
Nam Il
Nam
Eisenhower plans large armed forces cuts defense officials say
Washington Democrats voice private misgivings as Republicans defend the plan to trim 200000 military personnel. The administration aims to reduce active forces from 3500000 to about 3300000 for 1954 starting July 1, with deeper cuts possible if the Korean war ends. Expected savings total about 2.1 billion dollars in military spending. Senator Homer Ferguson defends the move, saying real security will not be harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Truman
Pentagon
Sen
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Soviet Union
State Dulles
Congressional
Congress
Dulles
United States
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Group
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security
White House
Bridges
R-N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Johannesburg Woman Claims 79 Day Water Fast
Mrs. Cornelia Foster of Johannesburg says she lived on water and soda for 79 days to set a world fasting record. The housewife planned two more days then milk, noting a 48 pound loss from 284 to 236 pounds as she pursued weight loss to ease arthritis symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Cornelia Foster
Wagner, Labor Law Author, Dies at 74
Robert F. Wagner longtime New York senator and author of the Wagner Act died at his New York home after a long illness. He served nearly 23 years in the Senate and helped shape New Deal labor and social welfare laws before resigning in 1949 due to illness. He was 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert F. Wagner
U. S
Wagner
Senate
Manhattan Bourough
Robert F. Wagner Jr
U. S. Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Dulles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Margaret McTeague
Postpone Probe of Kaiser Frazer
The Securities and Exchange Commission reopened then postponed its long delayed inquiry into Kaiser Frazer corporation and its failed plan to sell 10 million dollars of common stock in 1948. After a brief session SEC examiner Edward C. Johnson postponed further hearings to May 26 involving Otis & Co. of Cleveland which was to be chief underwriter for the proposed stock issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
SEC
Edward C. Johnson
Otis & Co
Cleveland
Weather outlook with scattered showers across Wisconsin
The weather bureau forecasts increasing cloudiness with occasional rain. Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with scattered showers. Noon temperatures: 50 downtown and at the Sewage Treatment Plant, 51 at Nash. Yesterday’s high 51, low 42. Elsewhere in Wisconsin most readings in the 60s. statewide high 72 at Grantsburg, 50 at Two Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Nash
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Two Rivers
Wisconsin Assembly Debates Redistricting and Pay Changes
Madison Wis an amended redistricting proposal would redraw nearly all state senate districts to align with congressional boundaries except in Barron St Croix Calumet and Catagamie counties Milwaukee would lose a seat as in the original bill. The assembly also approves a 5 percent income tax surcharge to fund a governor pay raise and OKs a school bus unloading stop rule and humane officer dog custody changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Senate
Wisconsin Assembly
William Belter
Wautoma
Barron
St. Croix
Calumet
Catagamie
Milwaukee County
Belter
Frank Schaeffer
Milwaukee
Assembly
Court Clerk Fired Over City Hall Bets
Municipal court deputy clerk George Luto was fired after a deputy sheriff arrested him for taking horse race bets in the lobby of Chicago City Hall. Mayor Martin Kennelly reacted with disbelief saying Holy smoke. Is that so?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Luto
Martin H. Kennelly
Troops Shifted Near Indo China Border Report
A nationalist news agency stated 100000 Chinese Communist veterans of the Korean War were moved in recent weeks from Taipei Formosa area toward South China near the Indo China border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
South China
Indo-China
House Repeals Secretaries' Firing Authority
The house voted to repeal the power of the secretaries of state and commerce to dismiss departmental workers without recourse, reversing an earlier decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Washington
U.P
Secretaries of State and Commerce
Liberated POWs Reach Honolulu in Transport Flight
The second of three Air Force transports carrying 149 freed Americans from Red prison camps landed in Honolulu today. Seventeen U.S. servicemen were aboard the flight with details forming part of the final repatriation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Air Force
U. S
Eisenhower Asks Congress for Foreign Aid Near Six Billion
The Eisenhower administration asked Congress for 5.828 billion dollars in new foreign aid as essential for U S security against the Soviet threat. President Eisenhower urged the measure in a special message with cabinet briefings and testimony by Gen Omar Bradley before joint committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
United States
Gem theft at auto showroom nets $1,000 reward
Jewelry salesman Sebastian A. Jongelings reported three men stole two sample cases from his unlocked car at Nash Kenosha Inc. on 22nd Ave after 3 p.m. The thieves fled south with gems worth at least $26,000. Detectives Miller and Murphy traced the crime with help from a witness. The Morris Kaplan firm offered a $1,000 reward for the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
Sebastian A. Jongelings
New York
Jongelings
Robert Bosman
Nash Kenosha, Inc
22Nd Ave
Morris Kaplan and Sons
Felix Miller
Don Murphy
Jongeling
Arthur J. Riley
Riley
Beloit Jewelers
Auto Company
Kenosha
David Kaplan
Rebels Push Southward Toward Luang Prabang in Laos
Communist led forces push from the Mekong toward Luang Prabang as French troops укреп guard the royal palace. Bangkok reports time table aims for a royal capital capture this week and possible power shift to Prince Souphanu Vong with border fighting near Tatom and Plaine des Jarres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
U.P
Luang Prabang
Laos
Thailand
Siam
Sisavang Vong
Bangkok
Souphanu Vong
Mekong River
Tatom
Plaine Des Jarres
Toronto mother dies after gas tragedy kills three children
Police report a mother in East Toronto activated gas in her home early today, resulting in the deaths of her three children and her own suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Wisconsin Public Service stock listed on NYSE
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation announced that its common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Universe Weds Filipino In Tokyo Shiner Tale
Armi Kuusela of Finland and Virgilio Hilario of the Philippines wed in a small Tokyo church after a whirlwind courtship that began in March in Baguio and Manila. The 18 year old Miss Universe will move to the Philippines while he plans business trips and a move to Manila, then Hawaii and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Armi Kuusela
Finland
Virgilio Hilario
Philippines
Virgilio
Imperial Hotel
Honolulu
Manila
Hawai
Ian Islands
United States
Europe
Baguio
Islands
Columbia University
New York
Armi
Stove Explosion Kills Two Children in Lake County Home
A oil stove exploded beside a bed in a two room Lake County apartment near Lake Villa killing Edward aged 6 and Edith aged 4. Parents Ralph Johnson and Mary Johnson, asleep nearby, could not save them. their burns left Mrs. Johnson unable to aid the children. The couple rescued a second son Ralph aged 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Ralph Johnson
Mary
Ralph
Ambassadors Aid Needy Friends Abroad
Public service advertisement notes fifteen million CARE packages sent overseas by Americans. It calls each package a person to person ambassador of hope and freedom and urges continued donations to relieve inadequate diets in Europe and Asia. Published with The Advertising Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope and Freedom
United States
The
Advertising Council, Inc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stoke- Iv Foods Inc
Berlin
Jamaiccans
Obediah Pusey
Noel Simpson
Industrial Commission
Alvin Reis
Supreme Court
Juneau County
Peterwell Lake
Thomas
Rose Peterson
Wisconsin River Power Co
Wisconsin and
Yellow Rivers
Necedah
Armenia
Petersons
Bruce Beilfuss
Circuit Court
Appleton
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co
Willard
Rita
Bernard Tillman
Tillmans
U. S. 41
City of
Walter M. Schau
San Anselmo
Calif
Pit River
Redding
P. M. Overby
Portland
Ore
Kaiser-Frazer
Vatican City
Patrick James Byrne
Vatican
Custer
Richard Custer
Kenosha Housing Authority
Arthur Korf
E. V. Ryall
City Planning Commission
Ernest Kendall
Police and Fire Commission
Edward Fechner
Felix Olkives
KHA
Mike Maxin
Labor
Council
R. Merrill Rhey
Fechner
Rhey
Shirlee Lake
Bonnie Hame
Kendall
Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Wade
Wade
Conrad Shearer
Jack Beni
CIO Council
Ryall
Maxin
Miss Universe
Shiner
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!