Gas Pipeline Row Settled
A court order by County Judge W. W. Davis clears the way for a Wisconsin-Michigan Pipe Line natural gas pipeline from Highway 45 toward southeast of Somers. The company gains right of way after posting a 15,000 bond and agreeing a three member commission will assess damages to 11 Paris farmers named in the condemnation action.
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W. W. Davis
Highway 45
Somers
Wisconsin-Michigan Pipe Line Company
Davis
Theodore Radtke
Joseph Barkovec
Norman C. Bailey
Michael Stollenwerk
William Kreuscher
Catherine Kreuscher
Leo J. Fonk
John M. Sears
Mathias Frederick
John Hebbet
Edwin G. Bailey
Mathew G. Fonk
Town of Paris
Leo E. Vaudreuil
Kenosha
Vaudreuil
Somers Village
Wall of seven story building collapses in Philadelphia fire
A seven story vacant building on Sansom street in midtown Philadelphia collapsed, sending flames and embers over three blocks. Four alarms brought 40 apparatus. an hour later crews had the blaze under control before it reignited with a roar. Large wall sections fell, with wood chunks landing on nearby rooftops and fifteen small fires started but were quickly extinguished.
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Philadelphia
Sansom Street
Midtown
City Hall
Foundation spends $100,000 daily on polio care
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis leader Basil O Connor announced the group is spending about 100000 dollars each day to provide medical care for polio victims in New York.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Two Dedication Services Set For Kenosha Hospital
Two dedication ceremonies are planned at Kenosha Hospital this Sunday. At 3 p.m. the George Stuart Whyte Memorial Lobby will be presented, followed by the Harold E. Long Emergency Room at 3:30 p.m. The lobby honors George Whyte. the emergency room memorial honors Harold Long, funded by Nash Motors employees after his 1948 death. The lobby houses the auxiliary shop and patient reception, featuring a 24 by 4 foot mural.
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Kenosha Hospital
Harold E. Long
George Stuart Whyte
Nash Motors
Nash Kenosha
George Whyte
Jessel Whyte
Kenosha
Pioneer
George Pollard
60Th St
Long
W. W. Vincent, Sr
Three Nations Begin Talks on British Crisis
Washington reports that the United States Britain and Canada opened high level talks on Britain's financial crisis. Delegations include Treasury Secretary Snyder and William McChesney Martin. Bevin Cripps Franks. Abbott Pearson. They aim to speed up dollar spending for strategic materials and consider relaxing the 1946 Anglo American loan provision to curb Britains dollar and gold spending while boosting aid.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
State Department
Department
The
Treasury
Snyder
William McChesney Martin
Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Exchequer
Sir Oliver Franks
Douglas C. Abbott
Secretary of the Treasury
Acheson
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Lester B. Pearson
Taxes Cut Into Nash Estate Inheritance Totals Revealed
The federal government received 23580899.06 in inheritance taxes on the estate of Charles W. Nash, pioneer Kenosha maker. The $43.18 million appraisal shows two Nash savings accounts totaling over 12 million and 62,900 Nash Kelvinator shares valued above 1 million. Trusts hold remaining estate for daughters Mae Orenton and Ruth Bliss. California taxes pending.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Nash
Kenosha
Wis
California
Nash
Beverly Hills
Jessie
Mae N. Orenton
Ruth N. Bliss
Grosse Pointe Farms
Mich
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Britain Transport Commission Reports First Year Deficit
Britain's nationalized transportation system posted a net deficit of 18,895,296 dollars in its first year of operation, according to the first annual report of the British Transport Commission released today.
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London
U.P
Britain
British Transport Commission
Two Doctors Find Electrical Waves of Memory
Denver doctors John L. Kennedy and Robert M. Gottsbanker report in the American Psychological Association that memory involves electrical waves. The waves, called kappa waves, rise from the temporal lobes and are strongest when recalling imperfectly learned material.
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Denver
American Psychological Association
John L. Kennedy
Robert M. Gottsbanker
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
Tufts
Kennedy
Repeal of State Rent Measure To Be Sought
Milwaukee lawmakers announce a plan to repeal the state rent control law. Senator Gettelman and co-sponsors propose a new rent control procedure, seeking a vote to empower the legislature to act on rent issues. The measure targets reinstating prior rent ceilings with merit-based increases and extending the law to June 30, 1951.
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Milwaukee
Gettelman
Rennebohm
la Fond
Two Rivers
Dempsey
Hartland
Leverich
Sparta
Senate
Getterman
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Neighbors' Remarks Fuel Camden Gunman Horde
In Camden New Jersey Howard Unruh killed 13 people in a 20 minute spree targeting storekeepers he called moneychangers. A 12 year old boy John Wilson died later at Cooper hospital. three others were wounded and remaining injured were not in critical condition. Police planned 13 murder charges and psychiatrists would reexamine him as the public learned of his resentment toward local merchants.
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Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Unruh
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
U.P
John Wilson
Cooper Hospital
Wilson
Camden Street
Paul McCray
Camden County
Mitchell Cohen
Cohen
Philadelphia
Debutante Adrienne Atwell Dies After Fall Aboard Excalibur
Miss Adrienne Atwell a Dallas debutante and granddaughter of a federal judge died aboard the Excalibur from a brain injury after a fall from the boat deck to the promenade deck along with Robert M. Willard who was injured. The liner said they apparently slipped nine feet during calm seas and the ship steered toward Boston.
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New York
U.P
Adrienne Atwell
Dallas
Tex
Miss Atwell
Robert M. Willard
Coast Guard
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Willard
Samuel Norman Groves
The
Excalibur
Boston
Community Fund Plans Three Meetings in Kenosha County
A three meeting series under E. W. Bernitt invites county leaders, clergy, and agency directors to organize the 1949 Community Fund drive. Tonight at 7:30 at Knotty Pine a rural planning session. tomorrow at 11 a.m. clergy meet at Kenosha Youth Foundation. Thursday 7:30 p.m. director meeting at KYF with 14 agencies represented.
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Community Fund
E. W. Bernitt
Kenosha County
Knotty Pine
George B. Price
Bernitt
Switchman Severely Injured In Freight Car Fall
Eugene F. Sheppard 24, a North Western railroad worker, fell under a freight car in Janesville Wisconsin while riding a car being disconnected. He lost both legs below the knee and remained in critical condition at Mercy hospital. Sheriff Miles Sweeney provided the incident details.
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Janesville
Wis
Mercy Hospital
Eugene F. Sheppard
North Western Road
Miles Sweeney
Sheppard
Typhoon Bearishes Hong Kong as Typhoon Approaches
Royal Observatory warned a typhoon was forming in the China Sea and urged Hong Kong firms to close storm windows as gale conditions were expected tomorrow morning. In Ohio, railroad workers pledged no change to plans for Friday Missouri Pacific strike at 3 p.m. Medford flight false alarm forces return from Honolulu bound NW Airlines jet.
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Hong Kong
Royal Observatory
China Sea
Cleveland
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Medford
Ore
U.2
Northwest Airlines
Richard Allen
Explosion Destroys British Ship Chaksang in Hong Kong Harbor
The 900-ton Chaksang blew up in Hong Kong harbor sending a 200 foot flame as police and navy launches rescued 9 survivors and searched for 37 missing or dead. In Madison Wisconsin a 73-year-old man, George W. Long, died from gas fumes from an unlit fireplace. his 72-year-old wife survived after hospital treatment.
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Hong Kong
Madison
Wis
George W. Long
London Opera Star Walter Widdop Dies at 56
London born tenor Walter Widdop, famed as one of Britain's leading opera singers, has died at age 56 after a brief illness. He enjoyed a celebrated stage career with prominent operas and concert appearances across Europe.
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London
Walter Widdop
Britain
School bells ring for 1949 50 enrollment rise noted
10 000 students return to classes as 7 500 public and 2 500 parochial pupils fill 27 schools. Principal rise expected in second and third grades with 1 100 public entrants. War baby boom cited by Miss Signe Corneliuson. Staff of 310 on hand. high school enrollment to dip from about 1 800 in 1948.
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Signe Corneliuson
Wisconsin Rain Douses State in First General Storm
Federal Weather man Howard Thompson calls the rainfall the first general statewide rain fall of the season. Areas near Superior and Duluth stayed dry while Plym outh had .72 inches and Kenosha reported .26 inches. Temperatures mainly in the 60s with a few 68 degree highs in Milwaukee Prairie Du Chien Janesville and Lake Geneva. Overnight lows ranged from the 40s in the north to the 50s statewide. Land O Lakes recorded 45. Kenosha read 55 at noon.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Superior
Duluth
Plymouth
Kenosha
Thompson
Milwaukee
Prairie du Chien
Janesville
Lake Geneva
Land O’ Lakes
Barkley Presses Privacy On St Louis Romance Date
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley requested reporters and photographers be removed from the Chase hotel roof as he dined with St. Louis widow Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley. Barkley called it his private life and planned to travel to Springfield, Ill., to unveil a Franklin bust, leaving Hadley behind.
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St. Louis
U.P
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Chase Hotel
Hadley
Barkley
Springfield
Ill
Benjamin Franklin
Old Kentucky
Paducah
Koplar
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