Honor City War Dead On Monday Parade Honors Veterans
Kenosha dedicates Memorial Day with a morning parade led by Marshal William P. Schmitt. The procession proceeds to Library Park for services including prayers by Rabbi Arthur Brodey and songs by Mrs. Herbert Kley, with readings on Lincoln and Gettysburg and a garland for unknown dead. The event concludes with taps, benediction, and the national anthem as Coast Guard and Navy units place wreaths.
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Kenosha
Atty
Vilas H. Whaley
Racine
Wisconsin Department
American Legion
Whaley
Library Park
William P. Schmitt
Donald Boyle
Paul Herrick American Legion
Jensen
Alderson
Phelps
Rasmussen
Paul Herrick Post
Kley
God Bless America
Paul Chropovka
CYO
William Schumacher
ROTC
Order of the Purple Heart
VFW
Civil Air Patrol
Sheriff's Auxiliary County Police
DAR
Howard Gatley
60Th St
22Nd Ave
21St Ave
20Th Ave
Schmitt
Charles W. Haubrich
French Break Through to Relief at Yen Phu and Phu Ly
French relief forces smash through rebel lines at Yen Phu and Phu Ly near Hanoi after 18 days under siege. About a division of French units aided by air cover and tanks supplied the tiny post, vital to Red River delta defense, while Vietminh regrouped with 12 battalions in the area. The operation, hailed as the biggest since Dien Bien Phu, aims to disrupt the Hanoi Haiphong highway and railway used for American war materiel.
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Hanoi
Yen Phu
Phu Ly
Red River Delta
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Haiphong
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Indo-China
Rene Cogny
Luang Prabang
Fort Fell
Paris
Primicias Urges Philippine Expeditionary Force to Indo China
Manila senator Cipriano Primicias proposed sending a Philippine expeditionary unit of battalion strength to Indo China. The plan would rely mainly on wartime guerrilla fighters for the mission.
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Manila
Cipriano Primicias
Indo-China
Danish Song Group Convention in Milwaukee Festival
Nearly 300 members of the United Danish Singers League of America gather for their annual convention hosted by Brage society of Kenosha at Danish Brotherhood hall. The Swedish Glee club of Waukegan joins for an 8 o’clock concert. Gerhard Rasmussen leads the choruses as officers are elected at 11 a.m. Sunday and a banquet follows at 5 p.m. in the hall.
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United Danish Singers League of America
Brage Society of
Kenosha
Danish Brotherhood
Racine
Danish Brotherhood Hall
Martin Jensen
Brage Society
North Central Airlines to drop Green Bay from Chicago Duluth run
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized North Central Airlines to remove Green Bay Wisconsin from its daily Chicago to Duluth air service.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central Airlines
Green Bay
Wis
Chicago-Duluth
Saint Pope Pius X Canonized in Historic Vatican Ceremony
Thousands fill St. Peter's Square for the canonization of Pope Pius X presided by Pope Pius XII. The first pontiff canonized in 242 years, with radio and television broadcasts reaching millions. Giuseppe Sarto born 1835 in Riese, known for humility, poverty, and austere papacy. He died August 20 1914 as World War I began.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
Pope Pius X
Pius XII
Vatican
Great Square
Pope Pius XII
Giuseppe Sarto
Pius X
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican Radio
Riese
Brussels
Wisconsin Weather: Sun Breaks After Friday Showers
Cloudy skies gave way to sun as liberal showers moved through Wisconsin. Rain totaled .07 inches with a high of 76 Thursday and a 53 night low. Noon readings ranged from 63 at the sewage plant to 65 downtown. Tonight to be mostly fair and cooler with a low 42 to 47. Sunday forecast calls for sun and warmer conditions with highs in the mid 70s.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Salty Sake Case Baffles Osaka Police
Osaka police cracked a case of salty sake after crew members on a freight ship allegedly drank from each bottle and replaced it with sea water. The scheme caused numerous complaints of salty-tasting sake from the cargo.
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Osaka
Japan
Kenosha to Buy Four Civil Defense Air Raid Sirens Next Week
City officials plan to purchase three large sirens and one smaller unit after tests showed strong audible coverage in the north end, fair coverage west of 60th Street, and poor audibility in the south. Federal Siren Co. of Chicago and Biersach and Niedermeyer Co. of Milwaukee participated in the test at the highway department garage.
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James Parmelee
Fair
Kenosha
60Th St
Federal Siren Co
Chicago
Biersach and Niedermeyer Co
Milwaukee
Highway Department
W. 60Th St
Parmelee
Edward Fechner
Marshall Simonsen
Robert Thomey
James Amendola
Walter Anderson
Sidney Latton
Peter Harris
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Racine
Probation Officer Robbed by Youth
A probation officer in Waukesha says a 13 year old on probation for delinquency stole his wallet containing $9 and two baseball tickets from his coat pocket. The youth later returned the wallet and money to police after the loss was reported.
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Waukesha
Guatemala Red Loses High Post
Jose Manuel Fortuny head of Guatemala's Communist party and adviser to President Jacobo Arbenz was relieved of his post as secretary general due to health. Observers speculated the move signals internal party splits or pressure from Arbenz to shed communist stigma. Fortuny's removal ends his role in the National Democratic front as well.
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Guatemala
Jose Manuel Fortuny
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz
Fortuny
Arbenz
National Democratic Front
Democratic Front
la Hora
Jose Angel Sanchez
United States
U. S. State Department
Washington
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Latin America
Smathers
Tornadoes Struck Metamora and Spring Bay in Illinois
A second Illinois tornado weekend ripped through Metamora on a bluff above the Illinois river and Spring Bay. It toppled 100 year old oaks damaged roofs and snapped lines blowing 25 cars off Highway 116. No injuries were reported.
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Peoria
Ill
U.R
Illinois
Metamora
Illinois River
Spring Bay
Metamora Woodworking Co
U. S
St. Louis
Aurora
Army Pvt Jarosz Dies From Gas Fumes in Okinawa
Cpl Robert P Jarosz aged 22 from Racine Wisconsin died after inhaling gasoline fumes while working on a storage task in the Naha area this week the Army announced Friday night.
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Okinawa
Robert P. Jarosz
Racine
Wis
Naha
Car Crash Fatality Near Brodhead Claims Baker
George Baker, 42, of Genoa City died in a hospital Friday night from injuries suffered when the car he rode in ran off Highway 1118 three miles west of Brodhead and struck a tree. The driver, Herbert Twist, 29, of Lake Geneva, was severely injured.
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Monroe
George Baker
Genoa City
Brodhead
Herbert Twist
Lake Geneva
Seven Communist Leaders Arrested in NYC Art Studio Raid
The Justice Department announced seven more Communist party leaders arrested in New York City and Connecticut. Three were seized at a third floor art studio meeting in Manhattan, with the others taken at homes in New Haven and West Hartford. They face charges under the Smith Act for conspiring to overthrow the government by force.
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Washington
U.P
Justice Department Today
Communist Party
New York City
Connecticut
FBI
New Haven
Conn
West Hartford
Herbert Brownell, Jr
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
Simon Silverman
Sid Taylor
Connecticut Communist Party
Robert Ekins
Connecticut Communist State Committee
Jacob Goldring
Joseph Dimam
Alfred Marder
Sidney Sussman Resnick
Labor Youth League of Connecticut
James Sherman Tate
Hartford
Hoover
Driver Killed In Car Plunge On 6th Street Viaduct
Milwaukee authorities report a car skidded on wet pavement and plunged off the 6th Street viaduct injuring Janet Anderson and killing David Leah, 21, of Waukesha. Anderson, 19, Milwaukee, was taken to hospital in serious condition.
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Milwaukee
6Th St
David Leah
Waukesha
Janet Anderson
Western Clipper in Distress Off Mexican Coast
The tuna clipper Western Clipper, 76 feet, out of Los Angeles, radioed distress 60 miles west of Acapulco amid a bad storm. The vessel was taking water and may be abandoned with 12 men aboard. The 11th Coast Guard District in Long Beach handled details and sought two nearby ships.
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San Diego
Calif
U.2
Acapulco
Mex
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
11Th Coast Guard
Long Beach
Prayers For Peaceful Future Mark Memorial Day Observances
Memorial Day observances across the nation will span two days due to the holiday falling on Sunday. Veterans, parades, and flowers at seasides will mark the remembrances as Americans face fears of nuclear weapons. Eisenhower designated a nationwide moment of prayer at 11 am local time to seek peace and guidance.
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America
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
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Norm Greening
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Paul Herrick
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