Senate Doubts Senate Action on Mundt Nixon Communist Bill
Taft doubts Senate will act this year on the House approved Mundt Nixon bill to curb Communists. He cites needed judiciary scrutiny and a crowded agenda with adjournment late June. Wherry asserts House vote mandates action before adjournment. Nixon says public support exists despite opposition funding.
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Senate
Washington
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Taft
Republican Policy Committee
Judiciary Committee
Kenneth S. Wherry
House
Richard M. Nixon
Cal
Wherry
Nixon
Communist Party
Justice Department
Moscow
Senate Judiciary Committee
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Madison
Beulah McNeil To Terminate Police Career
Beulah McNeil a 25 year veteran of the Kenosha police department filed for retirement effective July 8 in a letter to Police Chief Stanley G Haukedahl. She noted her service began March 1 1923 and marked 25 years on March 1 1948 including leadership of the women division since 1928.
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Beulah McNeil
Kenosha
McNeil
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Kenosh
City Electrician
Army Posse Kills Fugitive After Coast Guard Escape
An Army posse killed Tech Sergeant Jesus Bolante after he fatally shot Captain George F. Gardner Jr and seized a Coast Guard boat to flee to Ike Shima. The April 9 incident followed Bolante’s court martial sentence of six months hard labor. details of Bolante’s offense and both men’s home towns were not released.
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Manila
Okinawa
Coast Guard
Jesus Bolante
Bolante
George F. Gardner, Jr
Ike Shima
Gardner
U S Closes Border To Russian Zones
The United States has closed the border between the American and Russian zones of Germany to all Russians including official Soviet missions. Maj. Gen. George P. Hays ordered Russians to enter the American zone only through a U S checkpoint at Helmstedt in the British zone.
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Frankfurt
United States
Germany
George P. Hays
U. S
Helmstedt
Hays
Melmstedt
Slim Chance for Hawaiian Statehood in Senate Vote
Senate votes 51 to 20 to refrain from taking the House approved Hawaii admission bill from the interior and insular affairs committee. The measure remains bottled up in committee, dimming hopes for statehood this year.
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Washington
Senate
Hawaii
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Guardsmen patrol Rath plant after fatal shooting riot in Waterloo
National guardsmen moved in with fixed bayonets as unrest erupted around the Rath Packing plant after CIO UPWA picket William Farrell was shot dead. About 500 troops patrolled the area while 150 non striking workers remained inside the plant before it shut down. Police said Fred Lee Roberts would be charged with murder.
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Ila
National
Rath Packing Company
CIO United Packinghouse
UPWA
William J. Farrell
Farrell
Rath
Blair Wood
Fred Lee Roberts
Dunkerton
Wood
Roberts
H. T. Wagner
Robert D. Blue
Ralph Lancaster
Wagner
Frank Williams
Freedom Train Planned for Kenosha Centenary Week
The Freedom Train comes to Kenosha as part of a rededication week with June 27 set as Freedom of Worship day. Martin Snyder of the American Heritage Foundation outlined plans to pair the centennial celebration with events highlighting American citizenship. The seven car train will open to the public 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and travel 23 000 miles since September starting in Philadelphia.
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Kenosha
Martin Snyder
New York
American Heritage Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder
Labor and Industries
Police
Fire
Navy
Philadelphia
Lawton Paper Claims Jesse James Alive at 100
The Lawton Constitution reports it found Jesse James alive as J Frank Dalton aged 100 and bedfast with a broken hip. Dalton allegedly matched James in appearance and scars, claimed reform, and accused the 1882 Ford shooting hoax while recounting a decades long career across Mexico South America and Africa.
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Jesse James
Oklahoma
Lawton, Okla
W.P
Lawton
Frank Hall
J. Frank Dalton
Missouri
Constitution
Lindsey Whitten
Dalton
James
Bob Ford
St. Joseph, Mo
Ford
Frank
Charles Bigelow
Jesse
Mexico
South America
Africa
Texas Confederate
Rolls
Quantrill
Centerville
Tex
Lee Hawk
Baxter
Austin
Hawk
Peace talks stalemate in U S Soviet rift over global issues
Moscow insists negotiations cover two powers on atomic energy and human rights while Marshall urges settlements through the United Nations and international bodies. Norway and Denmark seek military aid, a move Moscow may use for propaganda.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Marshall
United Nations
Council of Foreign Ministers
Four Injured In Head-On Jeep Auto Crash On Highway 41
Four people were injured, including three men and a woman, in a head-on collision between a jeep and an automobile on Highway 41 near County Trunk E at 4 30 p m Yesterday Sheriff s officers reported The drivers were George Slattery 60 West Allis and Dorothy J Biedermann 22 Chicago Both were hospitalized in serious to critical condition Slattery operates a Milwaukee funeral home Colley 26 Chicago and Hrbevich 55 West Allis were also injured The jeep carried a heavy elevator gear from Colley Elevator Co All three vehicles involved were directed to St Catharine s hospital.
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Highway 41
George Slattery
West Allis
Warren A. Colley
Chicago
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Slattery
Leonard Jensen
Frank Odar
Milton LaViolette
William Schmitt
Robert Eating
Miss Biedermann
Milwaukee
Colley Elevator Company
Colley
Hrbevich
Navy tests Neptune long-range plane from carrier Coral Sea
The P2V Neptune, the world’s longest range aircraft, reportedly launched from the carrier Coral Sea off the Virginia Capes with jet assist. Weighing about 70,000 pounds, the two engine craft flew ashore after a carrier takeoff and is aimed at 3,000 to 4,000 mile search missions.
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Washington
Navy
Coral Sea
Virginia Capes
Perth
Australia
Columbus
Ohio
Barkley Named Keynote Speaker for Democratic Convention
Philadelphia July convention will hear Senate minority leader Alben W Barkley of Kentucky deliver the keynote address. The Democratic committee also recommended House minority leader Sam Rayburn of Texas as permanent chairman, a move seen as effectively decided.
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Philadelphia
Democrats Today
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Polite Burglar Calls To Seek Victim Opinion
London BBC engineer John Vizard was shocked when a burglar stole an engagement ring and a camera from his home. Hours later the intruder phoned Vizard’s wife and asked how she felt about being burgled, prompting astonishment and disbelief.
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London
John Vizard
BBC
Lewis Denounces Inevitable Coal Strike Talk
John L. Lewis dismissed predictions of an unavoidable coal strike when the United Mine Workers contract expires on July 1. He urged constructive wage negotiations and pressed for a miners welfare fund and a pension plan, warning that delaying welfare benefits could spark anger among miners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Extend Deadline for Mustering Out Pay
Washington World War II veterans have until February 3, 1950, to apply for muster out pay after President Truman signed the extending bill. Eligible amounts range from 100 to 300 dollars based on service length and overseas status.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Wisconsin institute for relief directors meetings
Madison officials and the League of Wisconsin Municipalities announce an institute for relief directors to be held in Madison on Monday and Tuesday, detailing the program and hours for attendees.
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Madison
Wis
Institute For Relief
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Students Run Ohio City Pranks Stir Official Prowl
In Zanesville seniors took over city offices for a day staging playful but disruptive acts. Police chief Harker led mock raids confiscating gambling slips, while mayor and solicitor joined in. Fire chief and safety officials tried to condemn the building as a trap, but school leaders quickly intervened.
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Zanesville
Jack Harker
Aubrey Sibbling
Frank Shurtz, Jr
Harker
Charles Cooper
Henry Abele
John Montgomery
Donald Summers
Ralph Storts
Iig
Summers
Tal
Siege lifting reported as Jews claim hold in old Jerusalem
Arabs expected a decision on Jewish fighters in Jerusalem as the Jewish army announced it had captured Mt. Zion and broken the siege, claiming 1 100 Jews held the old walled city while fighting raged around Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital. Egypt seized Beersheba and Deir Suneid, with renewed air raids on Tel Aviv. Premier Davidson declared a state of emergency.
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Mt. Zion
Zion Gate
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Trans-Jordan
Hebrew University
Hadassah
Army of Israel
Abdullah
Deir Suneid
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Lake Hula
Syria
Davidgson
Israel
Israel Rokach
United States
Russia
United Nations
Old City
Lebanse
Marine Corp
Beirut
Counties Favor Deer Proposal In Wisconsin Vote
Wisconsin county meetings approve a one deer season by a vote of 37 for to 33 against with Lincoln county deadlocked. The result clears the path for a congress floor fight in Madison June 14 15 as delegates consider deer policy changes and potential lineup shifts. The deer committee led by Richard Hemp of Wood county had urged a survey showing overbrowsing and starvation threats to the herd.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The
Conservation Congress
Lincoln County
Congress
Madison
Congress Cheer Committee
Richard Hemp
Wood County
Egyptian Forces Capture Beersheba and Deir Suneid
Cairo reports Egyptian forces have captured Beersheba forty miles south of Jerusalem in southern Palestine. The Defense Ministry also says a column pushing up the coast seized Deir Suneid eleven miles northeast of Gaza.
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Palestine
Beersheba
Jerusalem
Ministry of National Defense
Deir Suneid
Gaza
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