West German Republic Constitution Approved for Western Zones
The constitutional convention approved a 146 article draft creating a democratic federal republic for the western zones with general elections planned and a July 15 target. It bans war, says there is no army, guarantees basic rights and bans censorship while outlining a high commissioner system and future talks on a unified Germany.
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Germany
Western Zone
East Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
U. S
Washington
West Germany
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Truman Urges Swift Action on Executive Reorganization
President Truman urged Congress to pass a bill granting him power to reorganize the executive branches. He noted a 60 day window for any submitted plan to take effect without disapproval by either chamber and emphasized the need for quick enactment to allow proposals this session. The House has approved the measure and awaits Senate action.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Executive Branch
Governor Proclaims Shut-Ins Day For June 5
Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm designates June 5 as Shut-Ins Day to urge visits and messages to residents in homes hospitals and sanitariums.
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Madison
Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Second Hearing In Babich Case Gets Underway
Milwaukee reports the second preliminary hearing for Milton Babich on a first degree murder charge resumed after recess. Defense argues statements were coerced and improper while prosecutors push to admit evidence including Babich’s confession and gun possession. About 200 people attended as the case moves toward possible trial.
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Coplon Request to View New York City Not Granted
Judith Coplon attorney asked a federal court jury to visit New York City to see where she allegedly passed government secrets to a Russian. Judge Elbert L. Reeves said the request unlikely to be granted but would keep it under advisement.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
New York City
Elbert L. Reeves
Watkins Quits Pact Hearings Amid Embarrassment Claims
Senator Watkins of Utah quit the North Atlantic pact hearings after denouncing humiliation by Senate Foreign Relations Chair Connally. He said he would question witnesses only from the Senate floor henceforth. no decision on whether to take up the labor bill or pact first was reached at the White House conference.
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Utah
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kathryn H. Stone
U. S. League of Women Voters
Senate
Lucas
Ill
White House
Truman
House
Rayburn
Barkley
McCormack
Mass
Lesinski
Labor Committee
Ford Refuses Mediation as Auto Strike Widens Coast to Coast
Ford Motor Co rejects outside mediation offers in the speed-up dispute arguing for arbitration by a company chosen expert. UAW led a 5000-strong parade with Walter Reuther and Dearborn Mayor Hubbard backing a show of force as plant shutdowns spread to Minneapolis St Paul St Louis Metuchen and other sites.
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UAW
Walter Reuther
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
Rouge
Hubbard
George Edwards
Labor Mediation Committee
Ford
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Minneapolis-St. Paul
St. Louis
Metuchen
N. J
Chairman of State Tax Appeal Board Resigns
Madison reports Chairman Harry Slater of the state board of tax appeals has resigned. The 44 year old will join Milwaukee as an assistant city attorney Thursday, focusing on utility cases.
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Madison
Wis
Harry Slater
State Board of Tax Appeals
Rennebohm
Slater
Milwaukee
Canadian Pilot and Army Nurse Rescued After Six Days
Vancouver pilot Bill Grant and Army nurse Sheila Cure returned home after six days stranded on Mount Hozomeen following a crash in a snowstorm. They survived on five chocolate bars daily, used a newspaper and matches to start fires, and were finally rescued by RC AF para-rescue teams and a Coast Guard helicopter.
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B. C
Associated Press
Bill Grant
Sheila Cure
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Hozomeen
Grant
Cardston
Alta
Miss Cure
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Truman Names Two Professors to Atomic Group
President Truman named Gordon Dean and Henry DeWolf Smyth to the atomic energy commission and sent the nominations to the Senate after accepting the resignations of Robert F. Bacher and William W. Waymack. Dean, 43, is a USC law professor and attorney from Seattle. Smyth, 51, is Princeton physics chair from Clinton, New York.
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Truman
Gordon Dean
Henry DeWolf Smyth
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Robert F. Bacher
William W. Waymack
Dean
University of Southern California
Smyth
Princeton University
Seattle
Clinton
N. Y
Dr Rutledge Murder Trial Witness To Be Called
A defense attorney said he would call Mrs. Rutledge to testify about her seduction by Byron Hartman in the murder case of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The claim centers on Hartman as the man Rutledge allegedly killed to protect his marriage and reputation.
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U.P
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Battles Reach Near Shanghai As Civil War Expands
Chinese civil war widens with Red forces advancing toward Shanghai from Kiangsi and Chekiang. Kaiting lies seven miles north of the Shanghai Nanking highway as 200 miles of the Yangtze southward drive is reported. Nationalist garrison orders 950 trucks and 300 jeeps to be handed over for military use amid martial law.
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Banker Gill Held on 25000 Bond After Bank Irregularities
John K. Gill former assistant cashier of the Bank of Madison is held under a 25000 bond after arraignment on charges of false entries in the bank ledger tied to about 150000. He surrendered to federal agents after a seven week disappearance and appeared before Commissioner J J McManamy without counsel. A federal warrant was issued March 24 and Gill faces up to five years in prison and a 5000 fine if convicted.
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John K. Gill
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J. J. McManamy
Dane County
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Federal
Richard Hosten
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
FDIC
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U. S. Atty
Carl Runge
Norman T. Gill
Credit Bureau of
Wisconsin ends weekend with six fatal accidents
Six people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Julia Bolstad 17 Dor othy Henderson 14 and Philip Heal 14 perished in a two car crash near Folsom Vernon county. Others injured included Charles Henderson 20 Norma Lee Callaway 14 and Adolph Gald 17. David Wishart 60 active in Republican politics died from a tractor crash in DePere. Dennis Rouse 50 died in a street collision in Preble town Green Bay. Patre Bortle 10 drowned at a Eau Claire quarry.
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Folsom
Vernon County
Julia Bolstad
Readstown
Dorothy Henderson
Béaz
Richland County
Philip Heal
Dorothy
Charles Henderson
Norma Lee Callaway
Adolph Gal
David Wishart
DePere
Wishart
West DePere
Dennis Rouse
Preble
Green Bay
Patre Bortle
Eau Claire
Prince Louis II of Monaco Dies at 78
Prince Louis II ruler of Monaco dies after long illness at age 78. He had ruled Monaco since 1922, a tiny principality of about six tenths of a square mile dominated by the Monte Carlo casino.
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Prince Louis II of
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Wisconsin Fires Cause Major Damage Across State
Three separate early morning fires in Wisconsin caused about 260000 dollars in damage. In Lake Geneva a block of businesses burned, destroying three establishments, three other buildings and two trucks. Fire officials cited defective wiring as the cause and firefighters from Lake Geneva Lyons and Elkhorn battled the flames.
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Lake Geneva
Claude Foster
Lyons
Elkhorn
William Draper Supply Co
Lake Geneva Welding Co
Blue Sales and Service Co
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Dunn Lumber Co
Foster
Walworth
Nash Workers Back at Tasks After Bendix Brake Supply Restored
About 12 000 NashKelvinator workers returned to work. Six thousand at the Keno sha plant and six thousand at the Milwaukee plant resumed production after Nash dies were removed from the Bendix South Bend plant and a new supplier found. Normal Nash output is 600 cars daily. At American Brass 80 more workers were laid off bringing total to 600 of 1000 employed. Simmons plant totals remain around 3000 with some 35hour weeks. schedules vary.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Bendix Company
South Bend
Ind
Nash
Bendix
American Brass Company
American Brass
Simmons Company
K. L. Terrell
Catholic War Veterans elect state leaders in Wisconsin
Elmer Briesmeister of South Milwaukee was chosen state commander at the Catholic War Veterans annual convention in Racine. Rev. Erwin Van Handel of Madison was named chaplain and Al Stoegbauer of Appleton was elected treasurer.
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Wis
Elmer Briesmeister
South Milwaukee
Catholic War Veterans
Erwin van Handel
Madison
al Stoegbauer
Appleton
Weather forecast for Kenosha area cooler with frost pockets
The weatherman called for clearing skies and continued cool air in the Kenosha region after light frost occurred in some sections. Downtown temps hit the mid-50s Sunday, noon today showed 48 degrees, with Superior at 76 for the high and Land on Lakes reporting a low of 36.
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Land On
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Jorgensen Named Education Supervisor in Wisconsin
Arthur W. Jorgensen of Columbus will become supervisor of education for the conservation department starting June 1. He ran for state superintendent of public instruction in 1945 and in the April election, and now serves as educational and vocational adviser at the University of Wisconsin veterans' center in Madison.
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Wis
U.P
Arthur W. Jorgensen
Columbus
Conservation Department
Jorgensen
University of Wisconsin Veterans’ Center
Plane retraces historic 1919 NC-4 flight to Lisbon
The Truculent Turtle landed in Lisbon at 12 07 p m retracing the NC 4 trans Atlantic flight 1919. The two engine plane took off from Floyd Bennett Field New York yesterday routing Newfoundland and the Azores and returning in 16 hours 50 minutes. Cmdr Thomas D Davies of Chevy Chase Maryland piloted the Lockheed P2V 2 Neptune.
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Portugal
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Azores
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Thomas D. Davies
Chevy Chase
Perth
Australia
Columbus
Soviet order lifts Berlin blockade by Chuikov
London and Moscow radio say the Soviet occupation zone commander Gen. V I Chuikov ordered restoring transport trade and communications in Berlin effective 12 01 a m Thursday 4 01 p m CST Wednesday the move ends the blockade moment agreed by the big powers
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V. I. Chuikov
Stuart S Ball Elected President of Montgomery Ward
Chicago firm Montgomery Ward and Company announces Stuart S Ball elected president by the executive committee. Ball succeeds Wilbur Norton who resigned last summer and now serves with General Motors. The office had been vacant since Norton's resignation.
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Chicago
Stuart S. Ball
Montgomery Ward and Company
Ball
Wilbur Norton
General Motors Corporation
Norton
Graziano cleared to box in Illinois after discharge rule lifted
The Illinois athletic commission lifted a ban on fighters dishonorably discharged from service allowing ex-middleweight champion Rocky Graziano to resume boxing in Illinois. Graziano had been suspended in New York for failing to report an alleged bribe offered two years ago and was reinstated there last Friday.
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Illinois State Athletic Commission
Rocky Graziano
Illinois Boxing
Graziano
New York
Defense counsel denounces rights abuse in Babich case
Milwaukee chief defense counsel Arthur W. Richter charged in district court that there is obtuseness about constitutional rights as he argued his client Milton Babich, age 19, had been deprived of his rights by the state during an extended address.
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Arthur W. Richter
Milton Babich
District Court Today
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