Amarillo Tornado Leaves City Devastated
A strong tornado struck Amarillo Texas causing extensive damage across the south area of the city. Officials declared a disaster area as ambulances highway patrols and rescue crews worked by night light. transportation and communications were disrupted with power outages and training cars blown from tracks.
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Amarillo
Tex
Mapid
Panhandle
Teme
Stete Helson
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Smith Demands Resignation of Atomic Group
Representative Smith calls for the resignation of all Atomic Energy Commission members after accusing the body of granting research fellowships to two known Communists. He cites Hans Freistadt of UNC and a second unnamed recipient, urging an extensive House investigation.
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Smith
Atomic Group
Ee UN
Lew H. Smith
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
House
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Freistadt
Communist Party
David Lilienthal
AEC
National Research Council
Commission
Shanghai Ringed By Men and Guns
Communist vanguard presses toward the Woosung forts at the mouth of the Whangpo just north of Shanghai as armed groups ring the city. Reports describe heavy force and tight siege positioning near the river approaches.
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Shanghai
Woosung Forts
Whangpo
Truman Reports Europe Gains and Pending Marshall Plan Funds
President Truman cites "satisfactory progress" in Europe and notes that Marshall Plan aid payments are due by year’s end 1952 as part of his regional assessment.
Nomination of Tehan Okayed by Committee
Nomination of Tehan Okayed by Committee follows the vacancy created by the promotion of J F Ryan to Circuit Court, with the committee approving the candidate for the post.
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Tehan
J F. Ryan
Circuitator
State Accidents Take Six Lives
Six people die in Wisconsin weekend accidents. Jens Jensen, 53, Racine, fatally fell from a motor scooter on a town road. Devere E. Bauder, 27, Harvard Ill., dies in a two car crash near the state line. his wife injured. Mary Rotkay, 67, Milwaukee, dies from injuries after being hit crossing a street. Two Fargo, North Dakota flyers killed when their light plane crashes in fog near Marsh. Gordon K. Marcy, 32, Almond, dies when his car crashes into the Copper Loop Limited locomotive at Mason Street crossing in Green Bay.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Jens Jensen
Racine
Devere E. Bauder
Harvard
Wisconsin-Illinois
Mary Rotkay
Milwaukee
Johnston Emergency Hospital
Fargo
N. D
Marsh
C. M. Graham
Clark County
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Gordon K. Marcy
Almond
Milwaukee Road
Crack Copperee Limited
Mason Street Crossing
Body of War Hero Reburied Sunday
The body of S/Sgt. Louis Kadwit, killed in action, was reburied in Kenosha after being returned from the Chicago Graves Registration Center. Born January 24, 1913 in South Bend, Indiana, Kadwit grew up in Kenosha and attended Mary D Bradford High School. He served in the U S Army from 1942, trained in multiple states, and went overseas in 1943. He married Miss Herzog January 25, 1943.
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Louis Konese
Acre
Kenosha
Kadwit
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
May Kadwit
Mary D. Bradford
Union Dye Works
Milwaukee Spic and Span Cleaning Co
U. S. Army
Texas
Louisiana
California
Pennsylvania
France
Miss Herzog
Carpenters Strike Ends with 10 Cent Raise in Kenosha
Three unions reach a settlement as Carpenters Local 161 accepts a 10 cent hourly hike to 2.20 in a two group deal with General Contractors' Association amid talks over unemployment, holidays, and hospital benefits. Plumbers and painters push for higher wages and benefits with June 1 acceptance deadline.
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Kenosha
Union Club
General Contractors’ Association
Carpenters’ Local 161
Carpenters
Contractors’ Association
Master Plumbers’ Association
Local 934
Master Painters’ Association
Weather Outlook For Kenosha Sees Rain Thunder Showers
The weatherman predicts cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers for Kenosha late today and Tuesday after Sunday rain totals reached .17 inches statewide. Northern Wisconsin reports clear skies with similar expectations tonight. Yesterday’s high hit 79 degrees at Blair and the low fell to 37 at Land O Lakes.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Blair
Land ’S Lakes
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Market Blaze Wrecks Fire Crew and Injures Chief
A basement fire at a Milwaukee lower east side market sent 24 firefighters and two others to hospitals after a collision with a private car delayed operations. Fire Chief Ernst Stuppan and his driver were only lightly treated and returned to the scene.
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Milwaukee
Lower East Side
Ernst Stuppan
Harold Luecht
Stuppan
Luecht
Porter Cockroft
U S May Enter Talks at Ford
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co resume peace negotiations amid a nationwide strike involving about 65 000 workers. Federal mediators may join today per UAW leader Walter Reuther though Detroit officials say they will stay out unless concrete proposals emerge. Ford remains firm against union demands as production stalls across most plants.
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Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
CIO
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Walter Reuther
Washington
Cyrus Ching
Supreme court refuses Hartmann libel appeal
Washington AP reports the U S Supreme Court declined to hear George W Hartmann a Columbia University professor in a libel suit against American News Co over Life magazine articles about Fascists, including a caption over his photo.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court Today
George W. Hartmann
Columbia
The
American News Co
Life Magazine
Hartmann
Rennebohm Names Two Appointees to State Boards
Gov. Oscar Rennebohm reappointed A. E. Wegner of Madison to the Wisconsin state board of accountancy with a term to June 25, 1952. He also named John M. Chancellor of Mt. Horeb to the free library commission for a term ending June 1, 1954.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
A. E. Wegner
Wisconsin State Board of Accountancy
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
John M. Chancellor
Mt. Horeb
Free Library Commission
Western powers prepare for talks with Russia
A brief report notes detailed preparations for negotiations with Russia at a ministers' council. The article mentions American involvement and the council's opening, signaling early-stage diplomacy.
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Russia
Barge Reaches Berlin First Since Blockade
The barge Emma arrived in Berlin from Hamburg with 100 tons of mixed cargo and food packages for western Berlin. It reopened the last traffic lane closed by the Russian blockade, as train and highway traffic resumed at midnight May 12.
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Berlin
Emma
Hamburg
All Summer Session Likely For Congress
Congress likely to stay in Washington through mid summer to push President Truman's program. Speaker Rayburn said no special session and that three to four months remain in the current term. Key items include appropriations, European recovery, housing, Atlantic pact, arms for Europe, and Taft Hartley concerns. Paul Hoffman reports Western Europe nears pre war production with expansion needed by 1952.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Truman
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
House
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Hoffman
Soldier Peterson of Amherst Killed in Accident in Tokyo
The army announced Lt. Peter N. Peterson of Amherst Wisconsin was killed Thursday by an accidental pistol discharge. His wife and children were in the United States preparing to travel to Japan.
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United States
Independence
Army Air Force
Navy
Wisconsin
Kenosha
R. S
Tokyo
Peter N. Peterson
Amherst
Wis
Japan
British Judge Refuses Bail For Eisler Extradition Case
A London Bow Street magistrate denied bail to Gerhart Eisler the German Communist arrested on U S extradition requests. Eisler will remain in Brixton prison eight days until May 24 hearings while protests in the House of Commons and foreign office unfold.
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Eisler
New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Gerhart Eisler
Samuel Kacfman
London
United States
House of Commons
British
Foreign Office
John Eastwood
Bow Street
Eastwood
Brixton
Jerzy Michalowski
Southampton
Michalowski
Poland
Ernest Bevin
James Chuter Ede
Ejssler
Dudley Collard
British “Council For German Democracy
Collard
Gerhart
University Names Eight Top Students
Eight students at the University of Wisconsin were named outstanding student award recipients. Richard W. John of Waukegan Illinois earned outstanding senior man. Mary Markham of Janesville won outstanding senior woman. They received life memberships in the Wisconsin Alumni Assn valued at 100 dollars each. Outstanding junior awardees were William B. Johnson of Racine and Sylvia M. Fudzinski of West Allis, each with 100 dollar checks.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
University of Wisconsin
Richard W. John
Waukegan
Mary Markham
Janesville
Wisconsin Alumni Assn
William 8. Johnson
Racine
Sylvia M. Fudzinski
West Allis
25 000 Mile Quest for New Nash Auto Nears Kenosha
Buddy Barnick of St. Paul Minnesota nears the final leg of a 25 000 mile city to city hunt for a Nash sedan. After travels that touched Manila Canton and Milwaukee he is to arrive in Kenosha next Saturday for a broadcast and pickup of a Nash Ambassador Airflyte, with a 1918 Nash touring car delivered as a detour note. The public can attend the broadcast at Nash offices as Barnick hopes to end the globe trotting with his prize.
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Evening News
Kenosha
Gay Phillipson
Kenosha Country Club
George Nelson
The
Jaycees
Dorothy Petersen
Nelson
Joyce Simons
Charles Goodell
Jaycee
Miss Phillipson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Atlantic City
Wausau
Wis
Edward Cychosz
Marathon County
Hatley
Waupun
Duchoss
New Nash Auto
Buddy Barnick
St. Paul
Minn
Manila
P. I
Far East
Canton
Barnick
Ralph Edwards
Nash
Dres
Mr. Key
George Mason
Nash Motors
Buddy
RR Globe
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Ivan Williamson
Reds
Dicker
Kenneth Gertenbach
U.S
University
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