Rennebohm Not Running Again
Governor Oscar Rennebohm announces he will not seek reelection citing medical advice for complete rest. The Wisconsin governor, in office since 1947, says health requires a quiet period as the Republican party heads toward the Milwaukee convention to endorse candidates.
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Madison
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Milwaukee
Walter Goodland
Republican Party
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Three Republicans enter Wisconsin governor race after Rennebohm exit
Gov Rennebohm drops reelection bid sending Wisconsin Republican contenders into the governor race. Frank Keefe Walter Kohler and Gordon Bubolz announce campaigns with Kohler favored by party leaders. Ralph Immell declines to enter the contest as Keefe and Kohler seek convention endorsement. Keefe plans future bid if endorsed. Bubolz may run without endorsement.
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Frank B. Keefe
Wis
Oshkosh
Walter J. Kohler
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Bubolz
Ralph M. Immell
Madison
Rennebohm
Kohler
Harold E. Stassen
Republican Party
Keefe
Workers Shore Ship Save Child From Water Rescue
At New York harbor 150 longshoremen united their strength to push a 10,000-ton freighter enough to free four-year-old Diana Svet from a perilous gap between the hull and the pier. A human chain formed by three workers lowered into the water pulled her to safety as two tractors pressed the vessel closer. The dramatic four minute effort spared the child from crush or drowning near the Srbija ship.
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New York
Diana Svet
Joseph Zappulla
Diana
Arms to Middle East: U S Britain and France pledge supplies
The United States Britain and France announce a joint arms supply pact for the Middle East aimed at defense only. President Truman says the deal should boost confidence in future security and promote peace in the Near East with strict assurance that buyers will not use arms for aggression.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Truman
Arab States
Israel
Near East
Arab Nations
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Deaths Projections
The National Safety Council said 290 people have a short time left to live and may be killed in Memorial Day weekend traffic.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Woman 64 Drowns in Three Feet of Water at Nagawicka Lake
Delafield Wis 64 year old Shorewood resident Mrs Henrietta Casper drowned in three feet of water while visiting friends on Nagawicka lake early today. Her husband Edward Casper found her body near a pier at 7 15 am. Coroner Alvin Johnson ruled accidental drowning. local firemen tried to revive her for an hour using respirators.
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Delafield
Wis
Shorewood
Nagawicka Lake
Henrietta Casper
Edward
Friends
Alvin Johnson
Waukesha County
Waukesha
Standby Draft Measure Clears House In 216 to 11 Vote
The House approved a two year standby selective service plan to keep the draft ready. It would register 18 year olds until 1952 but allow inductions only after a national emergency is declared. The bill ties to broader M day manpower and labor mobilization ideas.
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Washington
Senate
House
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
W. Stuart Symington
SNRB
Air
Congress
Elderly Man Dies After Street Crossing Accident in Appleton
Carl A. Johnson aged 78 died at St. Elizabeth's hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car on May 18 while crossing a street in Appleton Wisconsin.
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Appleton, Wis
Carl A. Johnson
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Wisconsin Sees Record Heat Then Cold Front
A warm spell pushed southern and central Wisconsin into the 90s yesterday. A cold front brought a drop of up to 30 degrees. Kenosha hit 62 at noon amid high humidity with scattered thunderstorms forecast tonight. Milwaukee recorded 90 degrees for a city all time daily high.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Indictment Of Binaggio Aides Expands Tax Case In KC
A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted three more Binaggio associates Walter Rainey Samuel Goldberg and John Mangiaracina on income tax evasion counts. The panel also charged Goldberg with missing tax returns for 1947 and 1948 and claimed years 1946 1947 and 1948 income totaling about 70 631 with unpaid taxes of 25 200.32.
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Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Walter L. Rainey
Samuel Goldberg
John Mangiaracina
Agiinst
Samuel C. Hayden
Jackson County
Tano Lococo
Hayden
Truman
Lococo
Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Truman Road
Kansas State
Goldberg
Rainey
Mangiaracina
Wildcat Strike Halts Oak Ridge Building Project
AFL workers walkout shuts down a massive Oak Ridge atomic plant construction affecting about 3000 workers. The Laborers and Hodcarriers union led the action amid a wage dispute arbitration, with no clear explanation from officials or the union.
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Wildcat Strike
Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Laborers and
Hodcarriers Union
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Laborers and Hodcarriers’ Union
Knoxville Building Trades Council
John S. Turner
Hodcarriers
Turner
Kenosha Census Shows City and County Population Gains
Preliminary 1950 census figures released by Racine district supervisor Mrs. Bernice K Harvey show Kenosha city at 54 360 and the county at 20 802, with city up 5 595 since 1940 and county up 6 062 including Silver Lake and Twin Lakes. The full official tally awaits final checks and a Washington announcement.
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Kenosha
Bernice K. Harvey
Racine
Silver Lake
Twin Lakes
Harvey
Bureau of Census
Washington, D. C
Kenosha County
Brighton
Somers
Pleasant Prairie
Salem
Randall
Wheatland
Bristol
Paris
Blood Insurance Plan Offered by St Luke's Hospital Racine
St Luke's hospital in Racine announces a blood insurance plan with annual premiums of two units of blood for families and one unit for individuals. The contract covers husband wife and children under 19, allows replacement with any blood type, and provides blood or plasma as needed without replacement or charge. A unit price reduction from 25 dollars to 18 50 per unit is also announced.
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Racine
Wis
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. S. Olson
33 U S Warships Assemble at Guam
The largest postwar naval gathering in the western Pacific includes 33 U S warships arriving at Guam under Vice Adm Arthur D Struble of the Seventh Fleet. Task forces built around carriers Boxer and Valley Forge convene at Apra Harbor in a new rotation to keep a first line carrier visible in Southeast Asia.
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Guam
Western Pacific
U. S
Arthur D. Struble
Seventh Fleet
Boxer
Valley Forge
Apra Harbor
United States
Southeast Asia
Tennessee Sheriff Asks For Troops At Enka Plant
Strife flared at the American Enka Corp. plant near Morristown as Gov. Gordon Browning reported Hamblen county sheriff Robert Medlin had requested state troops to quell violence following an overnight clash.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corp
Gordon Browning
Hamblen County
Robert Medlin
Aid chief cites large European recovery fund save
ECA head Paul Hoffman announced that he has saved 277 million dollars of this year's European recovery fund and indicated a potential 129 million dollar reduction in aid to Britain.
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Washington
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Britain
Lawyer is Sought For Harry Gold
Harry Gold, 39, a Philadelphia biochemist accused of delivering atomic secrets to Russia, remains jailed as family seeks counsel. His brother says the first action will be habeas corpus to lower the $100000 bail set by Federal Judge James P. McGranery. Senator McMahon says the FBI set its trap weeks ago after sifting 1200 suspects in the probe linked to Klaus Fuchs.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
America
Russia
Joseph
Harry
James P. McGranery
McMahon
D-Conn
Washington
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gold
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini wed by proxy in Juarez
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini wed by proxy in Juarez Mexico to bypass legal delays across the United States Sweden and Italy. The ceremony was performed by Judge Paul Orozco with Juarez lawyers signing the register. Bergman expected a Paris and London honeymoon once Rossellini finishes his Life of St. Francis film.
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Ingrid
Roberto
Mexico
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Paris
London
Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Juarez
United States
Sweden
Italy
Renzo Rossellini
Mrs. Rossellini
Renato
Paul Orozco
Rio Grande
el Paso
Javier Alvarez
Arturo Gomez Trevino
U. S
Stromboli
Mediterranean
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