Marshall Calls Austrian Talks Test for Russia
Secretary of State Marshall blamed Russia for the failure to complete an Austrian independence pact, calling it a test of Soviet intent for better relations. He proposed a Danube navigation conference in Belgrade on July 30 and offered little on Palestine questions. The piece also notes Soviet readiness to settle publication exchanges in Germany and reports on wartime control clashes in Berlin over Soviet licensing and the handling of 209 Germans seized at Oranienburg.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Danube
Belgarde
Yugoslavia
Palestine
Israel
Berlin
U. S
Germany
George Hays
Gordon E. Textor
American Information Control Division
M. I. Drauvin
Allied Control Council
Textor
W. T. Babcock
Oranienburg
Saxony
Babcock
Virden Withdraws Resignation Over Tass Affair
John Virden, director of the Commerce Department Office of Industry Cooperation, withdraws his resignation after Rep Crawford demanded his ouster over his daughter Euphemia's employment with Tass the Russian news agency. President Truman defended Virden, calling the attack politically expedient.
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Washington
John C. Virden
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Virden
John Virden
Commerce Department
Office of
Industry Cooperation
Cleveland
Ohio
OIC
Crawford
Rmich
Ohioan
Euphemia
Tass
Truman
Wisconsin Centennial Ships Sail Thursday
The first of four ships forming Wisconsin's centennial fleet will depart Milwaukee for Norway carrying 4,000 pounds of clothing 1,000 food packages and 400 tons of freight. The voyage marks the state's centennial gesture of friendship and will bring Norwegian families to Wisconsin upon their return.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Norway
Ornefjell
UN Fails in Its Cease Fire Demand As Jews Reject Arabs Conditions
A Senate move to attach civil rights provisions to the draft bill risks a southern filibuster. President Truman urges federal school aid and a $300 million annual grant plan faces House hurdles. The House clears an interior supply bill and a tariff veto proposal tracks through Congress with GOP backing.
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Washington
Langer
N. D
House
Congress
Senate
Truman
Martin
R Mass
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Eaton
N. J
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Halleck
Ind
Mr. Truman
Cool reception to idea of rail nationalization
Washington reports that government officials gave a cool reception to the unions demand for nationalizing American railroads. The White House is seeking to settle the labor dispute after the seizure of the railroads, with labor adviser John R. Steelman in talks with both sides to explore a settlement.
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Washington
U.P
White House
John R. Steelman
United States of America
Congress
Curiosity Drives Thief Into Kenosha County Jail
Chicago baker Charles W. Clump, 21, known for borrowing cars, abandoned a 1947 car near the Illinois line after engine trouble. He later went to the Kenosha sheriff to find out what happened to his car, leading to an arrest on a Dyer Act warrant in Milwaukee. He admitted borrowing cars to impress a girlfriend and waited at home for questions that never came.
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Chicago
Kenosha County
Charles W. Clump
Illinois Line
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Clump
Milton LaViolette
Phooey
West Allis
Wis
Sheridan Road
Windy City
Sheriff's Office
James Marshall
Walter Cumiskey
Mielke Receives Prison Terms On Theft Counts
Theodore Mielke 22 confessed burglaries at Schilling's tavern and Nash Motors plant. He received concurrent sentences of one to five years and one to three years in Green Bay reform school. Accomplices Badgerow and Cooper were fined 30 dollars plus costs or 40 days jail. Others charged include Christensen Streich and Greenwood facing burglary and larceny cases. Streich linked to Nash theft. Greenwood and Christensen admitted Farmers service cooperative burglary.
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Theodore Mielke
Fortieth Avenue
Nash Motors
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Mielke
Edward J. Ruetz
Ruetz
Donald Badgerow
Thirty-second Avenue
Irvin A. Cooper
Waukegan
Ill
Schilling
Sixtieth Street
Nash
Badgerow
Cooper
James M. Christensen
Route 3
Box 185
Elsid Streich
Fourteenth Avenue
Edward E. Greenwood
Thirtieth Avenue
Streich
Greenwood
Christensen
Farmer's” Service
Highway 43
Somers Township
Nine-Year-Old Drowns in Medford River
Nine-year-old Charles R. Way son of Mr and Mrs Ben Way drowned yesterday in the Little Black river Medford Wisconsin. He had been swimming without parental permission. The body was recovered by his father.
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Medford
Wis
Charles R. Way
Ben Way
Black River
Way
Maria Pena Romulo dies in Camiling
Mrs Maria Pena Romulo mother of Brig Gen Carlos P Romulo permanent Philippine delegate to the United Nations died today in Camiling Tarlac province.
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Manila
Maria Pena Romulo
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
United Nations
Camiling
Tarlac Province
Landmark House Faces Razing for Kenosha’s Largest Apartment
Kenosha plans a 54 to 60 unit four to five story apartment building on the 303 by 153 foot lot at 1021 Sixtieth Street. The 1845 Bond family house will be razed after being bought by David M. Korf from the Bond heirs. The project features elevator service, a roof solarium, garage, laundry, playgrounds, and recreation rooms for all ages.
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Kenosha
Sixtieth Street
David M. Korf
Josiah Bond
Kerr
Elizabeth
Emily Lyman
Mem
Plane Burns At Airport Confirmed Short Circuit Blamed
A Taylor craft plane owned by William Gosselin burst into flames at the Airport shortly after noon due to a wiring short circuit. Gosselin, 29, had started the engine to taxi, left briefly for coffee, and returned to find the craft burning. Damages were estimated at 1800 dollars and covered by insurance. The fire caused gasoline tank explosions but no further damage.
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Taylorcraft
William Gosselin
Sixtieth Street
Gosselin
Herb Walraven
U S Boosts Export to Finland With $3.89 Million Shipment
The United States today partially lifts a export ban by approving a $3,890,000 shipment of industrial goods to Finland in the Soviet bloc eastern Europe context.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Finland
Willing to Wed Man Who Will Pay Her $10,000
Dorothy Lawlor, a 28 year old Hempstead divorcee with two children, offered herself as a wife to any man with $10,000 willing to support her. The Hempstead Newsday feature drew 14 calls, and she planned interviews that night with a final decision within a week.
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Hempstead
N. Y
Dorothy Lawlor
Wisconsin Housing Group Pushes Special Session on Veterans Homes
The Wisconsin Council of Housing Authorities urges Gov. Oscar Rennebohm to call a special legislative session to seek a constitutional amendment allowing state spending on veterans housing. The council favors amending the ban over other options for nearly 5 million dollars raised by liquor taxes.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Council of Housing Authorities
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
State
Veterans Affairs Department
Wisconsin
City Industrial Payroll Shows Substantial Gain
Kenosha's weekly industrial payroll rose from 781 200 in February to 885 000 in March per the Chamber of Commerce barometer. The report shows a 17 percent payroll boost since March 1947, with average hourly earnings up to 1 46 from 1 32 and average hours down to 40 per week. Building permits surged with 30 valued at 245 100 in March, total March permits 508 for 418 383, while contagious diseases rose to 730 cases. Marriages births and deaths decreased 16 to 20 percent. bank debit climbed to 30 154 578 in March.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce
Czech President Benes Reported Gravely Ill
An official Czechoslovak source said President Eduard Benes is gravely ill and not expected to recover after two strokes. He has been ill for months and a embassy spokesman declined further comment, calling his condition very serious.
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London
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Cease fire bid fails as Arab demands block truce
A U N cease fire deadline passes with Arab delegates submitting conditions considered unacceptable by Israel. Israel warned of a cease fire effective 10 am CST if Arabs halt fighting. Arabs reportedly demand stop arming Haganah abandon recognition of Israel and limit Jewish immigration. The Security Council adjourned minutes before the deadline as a major power urged possible worldwide diplomatic action.
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Security Council
Council
Israel
Trygve Lie
Haganah
Arabs refuse cease fire until Israel quit area
Arab sources said the fighting would not stop unless Israel disbands and the state is abandoned. Al Assas reported 1,500 Zionist prisoners after the Deir Suneid occupation as Arab officials met in Damascus. King Abdullah condemned the UN cease-fire, while Latrun saw 600 Jews killed in a 24 hour battle. Bevin and Douglas discussed peace plans in London and Moscow radio announced a diplomatic exchange with Israel.
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Cairo
Israel
United Nations Security Council
World Organization
Holy Land
al Assas
Nokrashy Pasha
Palestine
Deir Suneid
Tel Aviv
Damascus
Shukri al Kuwaily
Syria
Mufti
Jerusalem
Haj Amin el Husseini
Yarmuk” Army
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Jamil Mardam Bey
al Ahram
Egyptaan
Amman
Abdullah
Trans Jordan
Haganah
Army of Israel
Associated Press
Carter L. Davidson
King
Trans
Wilmot Memorial Rites Honor WWII Bomber Lt Arthur Scott
A Sunday memorial at Fox River park honors First Lt. Arthur F. Scott, a bombardier killed over Burma in World War II. Semrau-Scott Post 361 adds his name to its charter and presents awards to Mrs. Scott, with District Commander Edgar Jersild and Captain Jason Forney in attendance.
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Wilmot Village
Semrau-Scott American Legion Post 361
Arthur F. Scott
Army Air Force
Burma
Wilmot Legionnaires
Scott
Fred Semrau
Donald Johnson
Edgar L. Jersild
William Scott
Air Corps
Tenth Air Force
Semrau-Scott
Ball Park
Fox River Park
United States
American Legion
First District
Jersild
Jason Forney
Fifth Army
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Nick Ney
Jack Smith
Elsie
Bonnie” Bonhivert
Evanston
Bonnie
Carl Ekman
General Motors
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
Detroit
Mich
John W. Livingston
UAW
T. A. Johnstone
G. M. Department
Romulo
Bers
Bond
Thomas
Evening News
Wilmot
County Park
Arthur Scott
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