Natural Gas Coming in '50 for Kenosha
City council gave first reading to repeal a natural gas ban and allow Wisconsin Gas and Electric to supply gas, with June 6 public hearing scheduled. Pauley said gas from Kansas fields could reach Kenosha by July 1950, with consumer costs set by the state PSC. The council also addressed curfew enforcement, medical exams for moral turpitude arrests, annual license plates, and other municipal matters.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Harrison M. Pauley
Kansas
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Lourigan
Pauley
Robert Baker
Catholic Junior League
Woman's Club
Kenosha College Club
Council of Jewish Women
Industrial Board
Ed Nelson
British Minister Helm Arrives in Haifa for Israel Visit
Haifa reports the arrival of Alexander Helm, the first British Minister to Israel, by air with his wife. They later departed in an official convoy toward Tel Aviv.
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Haifa
Alexander Helm
Israel
Helm
Tel Aviv
Bendix Pickets Clash With Company Police in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana CIO UAW pickets attacked with baseball bats near Bendix Aviation Corp striking plant entrances. About 400 demonstrators blocked access as police and early morning pickets confronted each other. City officials later reduced police presence to six day shift officers.
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South Bend
Ind
CIO
United Auto
Bendix Aviation Corp
al Scanlon
Bendix
White Bid of $301,774 Low On Highway 41
Opening bids on 16 highway improvement projects in 15 counties revealed White Construction Co of Milwaukee as the low bidder on a Kenosha County road rebuilding project. The firm bid 801774 for 8.3 miles of Highway 41 from Highway 43 to the state line with a high grade bituminous surface. The Milwaukee company led bids totaling 3,044,267 for work across Milwaukee and neighboring counties.
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Highway 41
State Highway Commission Today
White Construction Company of
Milwaukee
Kenosha County
Highway 43
State Line
Madison
The
Highway Commission
Iron
Iowa
Sauk
Portage
Waupaca
Eau Claire
Grant, Kenosha, Ozaukee, Walworth
Waukesha
Marathon
Shawano
Adams Counties
Bernard McAleer
Kenosha
Highway Committee
Lewis Proposes Talks on New Coal Contract
John L. Lewis sent a letter offering to meet on a new coal contract. Pittsburgh UMW negotiations hinge on talks with steel firms and captive pits as the current contract nears June 30 expiration. Harry Moses of H C Frick Coke Co. acknowledged receipt.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Big Steel
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
UMW
Lewis
Southern Coal
Bluefield
W. Va
Northern Coal
DAV State Convention To Hear Wainwright
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright will be the principal speaker at the American Veterans state convention in Green Bay June 16 to 19. Local events run June 16 19 with veterans from across the state attending to discuss policy and veterans’ welfare.
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DAV
Wainwright
Green Bay
Wis
Jonathan Wainwright
Emperor Hirohito Begins 27 Day Kyushu Tour
Emperor Hirohito left by special train for a 27 day tour of Kyushu island. It is his first extended trip since visiting Hiroshima in 1947.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Kyushu Island
Hiroshima
Babich to enter insanity plea in Milwaukee murder case
Milton Babich 19 will plead innocent by reason of insanity at arraignment on a first degree murder charge for the slaying of Patricia Birmingham 16. Police say the body was found in the Milwaukee river with two bullet holes and a concrete block, after Babich eloped with Patricia’s sister Kathleen.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Arthur W. Richter
West Allis High School
Young Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Kathleen
Milwaukee River
Babich
Herbert J. Steffes
Wisconsin
Thaddeus Pruss
Pruss
Atty
William J. McCauley
Patricia
Wisconsin Senate Advances Budget Plan Amid Amendments Debate
The Wisconsin Senate agreed to consider the executive budget bill Friday as a special order and set a midnight Wednesday deadline for introducing amendments to the $138,000,000 proposal. The body rejected a move to kill a bar disbarment bill 16-15, approved a Hoover anniversary resolution 15-10, invited Minnesota Governor Youngdahl to speak May 27, confirmed Prof. M. F. Guyer to the state board of examiners in basic science, and advanced a bicycle operation bill restricting passengers and requiring safety devices.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Senate
Assembly
Milwaukee County Bar Association
State Board of Bar Commissioners
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Minnesota
Luther M. Youngdahl
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
M. F. Guyer
University of Wisconsin
State Board of Examiners
Guyer
Truman Withdraws Wallgren Nomination as Senate Battle Loomed
President Truman drops the fight to confirm Mon C. Wallgren as head of the National Security Resources Board at Wallgren’s request. He laments the Senate would have approved if given a vote. Senator Cain had opposed Wallgren’s qualifications for the defense post.
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Washington
U.P
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Senate
Truman
Capitol Hill
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Detlev W. Bronk
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Kills Self
Frank lin Wathke 37 of Hallie faced trial in Chippewa Falls for attempted murder of his former wife. He was found dead in his car in Washington town, carbon monoxide listed as the cause in an obvious death by own action.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Franklin Wathke
Chippewa Falls
Wathke
Hallie
Washington
Wallace Stokes
Madison Assembly Rejects Reapportionment Plan
In Madison on a 52 to 31 vote the Wisconsin Assembly rejected a resolution to let the Wisconsin supreme court redraw legislative districts after each federal census. Meanwhile in Washington federal Judge Albert L. Reeves ruled that love is not the issue in Judith Coplon's espionage trial and silenced her attorney's efforts to frame it as such.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Washington
Albert L. Reeves
Judith Coplon
Mundt Says Eisler Was Called Home by Kremlin
Senator Mundt asserts Gerhart Eisler was recalled by Moscow and could not act independently. He states Eisler would not have left the country without orders from the Kremlin.
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New York
Karl A. Mundt
Gerhart Eisler
Kremlin
Mundt
Moscow
Connally urges delay of North Atlantic pact action
Senator Connally of Texas suggested delaying senate action on the North Atlantic pact to give the treaty time to soak in with the people.
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Washington
Connally
Tex
Senate
Thousands Flee as Fort Worth Flood Devastates Homes
The Trinity river rose after a 10 inch rain deluge, flooding 1,000 plus homes and leaving about 4,000 homeless. Three bodies recovered, 12 missing presumed drowned, and health hazards grew as the Holly pumping plant failed. Damages estimated at up to 2 million with downstream fears toward Dallas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Trinity River
Holly
Trinity
Dallas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Montgomery Ward and Company
Weather Bureau
General Clay Receives Hero’s Welcome at White House
Gen Lucius D Clay returned from his blockade victory over Russia to a hero’s welcome and a third Distinguished Service Medal from President Truman in the White House rose garden. Mrs Clay stood beside him as Alben Barkley kissed Mrs Clay, with cabinet members and diplomatic corps witnessing the ceremony after Clay’s retirement as U S military governor in Germany and commander of U S forces in Europe.
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U.P
Lucius D. Clay
Russia
Truman
Clay
Berlin
Alben W. Barkley
White House
Clays
National Airport
U. S
Germany
Europe
Lima Quake Shakes City Early Morning Moment
A strong earthquake struck Lima at 1 28 a m EST causing a lengthy tremor that followed a milder quake just before midnight. Local authorities reported no immediate widespread damage. Residents described shaking buildings and rattling windows across the capital.
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Lima
Peru
Warm humid spells forecast across Wisconsin
The region faces continued mild warmth and high humidity with cloudy skies and little sunshine. Scattered thundershowers are expected statewide. Kenosha reached 76 degrees yesterday afternoon, with noon today at 74. Menomonie led the state at 83, while Superior Duluth saw a low of 40 with dense fog overnight.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Menomonie
Superior-Duluth
U S Reviewers Uphold Jap War Sentences
Tokyo reports that U S reviewers upholding war crimes sentences for five Japanese admirals including an imperial cousin. The group and 11 other navy officers were convicted last December of conspiring to kill survivors of allied ships torpedoed by Japanese submarines.
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Tokyo
E. S
Army
Navy
Soviet backed east Germany votes show surprise no vote
In eastern Berlin the People's congress election produced a 66.1 percent yes and 33.9 percent no on a single communist slate. Of 13.5 million eligible voters, 12.9 million cast ballots with 12.0 million valid. Western press noted ballot rechecks as Communist officials lament a split vote and a police state critique.
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Berlin
Germany
People’s Congress
Foreign Ministers Conference
Paris
West
Taegliche Rundschau
Christian and Liberal Democrats
Congress
People’s Council
Congress For
Russia
Amphibious Duck Aids Rescue Near Kewaunee
The Coast Guard used an amphibious duck to free the two masted schooner Northwestern off rocks near Kewaunee after it ran aground in fog. Owner Ray Brown of Rockport Illinois, his two daughters, his son, and crewman Albert Bourkland were aboard. Bourkland reached shore in the dinghy. the vessel was freed in ten minutes.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Coast Guard
Kewaunee
Northwestern
Ray Brown
Rockport
Ill
Brown
Albert Bourkland
Bourkland
North Irish Senator James G. Leslie Dies at 80
James G. Leslie, 80, a member of the North Ireland senate since 1921, died Monday in Ballymoney. He served in legislative duties for decades and leaves a notable record in Northern Irish politics.
Ford Urges UAW to End Strike and Recall Workers
Ford Motor Company asked the CIO United Auto Workers to end the strike and allow non disputed workers to return immediately. The UAW rejected the proposal as negotiations continued on the seventh day. Ford outlined a plan to recall 72,000 Detroit area workers and 25,000 Ford assembly workers nationwide while speed up issues are discussed. Production could resume in other plants for those not directly involved. Federal conciliator Arthur C. Vint was preparing for possible government intervention.
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U.P
Ford Motor Company Today
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
International Union
Ford
River Rouge
John Bugas
Bugas
Arthur C. Vint
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