Dewey Opens Presidential Drive With Des Moines Speech
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will launch his campaign for the presidency Sept. 20 in Des Moines Iowa delivering a 8 to 830 p m CST address at Drake Stadium The speech will be broadcast on CBS and Mutual networks The trip follows Truman’s Iowa appearance and Dewey plans west coast travels thereafter to build momentum with major addresses across the country
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Des Moines
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Iowa
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Drake Stadium
Dewey
New York
CBS
Mutual
Mr. Truman
Dexter
James C. Hagerty
West Coast
President Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Truman
Detroit
Motor City
Minnesota
Council Defers Action on Bus System Changes
City council deferred action on Kenosha Motor Coach Lines fare hikes and route revisions after a three hour meeting. The measure passed 5 to 2 with Wade pressing deferment while Lourigan opposed. Public school concerns over student passes and fare impact dominated discussion alongside route objections from Sunnyside and north of 27th Avenue residents. The council plans further talks with the transport firm before PSC approval.
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Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Wade
Joseph Lourigan
J. M. Herrmann
Lourigan
Wade
F. E. Conner
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
Conner
Sunnyside
Red Line
14Th Ave
Lincoln
St. Mark’s School
27Th Ave
22Nd Ave
35Th
27Th St
Kenosha Housing Authority
A. E. Axtell
Henry Bruner
Racine
Bruner
Chamber
PSC
Stanley G. Haukedahl
De Gaullists Called in Crisis
Paris President Vincent Auriol invited De Gaullists to join a new national union government after the cabinet of Robert Schuman fell last night. Auriol seeks broad support as calls for a general election grow amid a narrow parliamentary split over an 8.33 dollar cost of living bonus for workers in socialized industries. Herriot, 76, former premier and assembly president, declined to form a new cabinet due to ill health after talks with Auriol.
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Vincent Auriol
de Gaullists
Robert Schuman
Auriol
Charles de Gaulle
National Union
Schuman
Radical Socialist Party
Edouard Herriot
Herriot
National Assembly
Britain to join red meeting on Italian colonies plan
Britain accepts a Russian proposal for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting to discuss Italian colonies before Sept 15. The foreign office said Britain is ready to take part in the council meeting and advised Soviet Ambassador zarubin.
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U.P
Britain
Foreign Office
Council of Foreign Ministers
George Zarubin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Marshall
State Department
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Truman to hold news conference at 8:30 a m
President Truman will hold a news conference at 8 30 a m CST tomorrow in Washington. Local press coverage is expected.
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Washington
Truman
Gun Toting Reds Guard Benes Funeral in Prague
Thousands of armed workers and police guarded Eduard Benes's state funeral as banners and silence marked his final farewell. Premier Zapotocky warned against reactionary elements while mourners lined Wenceslas Square and the procession passed to Sezimovo Usti.
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Prague
U.P
Eduard Benes
Red
Communist Action Squad
Wenceslaus Square
National Museum
Sezimovo Usti
Klement Gottwald
Antonin Zapotocky
Oldrich John
Dvorak
New World Symphony
Zapotocky
Wencelaus Square
Hana Benes
Memorial Hall
The
Sokol
Czech Gymnastic Society
Start of School Year Brings 10 000 Kenosha Students Back
Ten thousand Kenosha youths return to classes as public and parochial systems begin the new term. About 7,600 public students enroll with 1,800 at Mary D Bradford High. 2,500 join ten parochial schools. A $1,000,000 vocational education building nears completion. McKinley elementary and junior high additions have approved plans.
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Mary D. Bradford High
McKinley
Dorian Riel
Milwaukee
Doris de Conte
John Freeburg
David Hunter
Board of Education
Joseph Hamelink
Florence M. Donnelly
Lincoln Junior High
C. A. Strange
McKinley Junior High
J. C. Chapel
Washington Junior High
D. T. John
L. T. Kent
Leslie
Patricia Timme
Louis Gallow
William Eiffel
Glenn Holt
Marjory Peterson
Jean Gallagher
Tavern Owners Sued by Flying Group
The Fox River Valley Flying Club sues two tavern operators in Waukegan Illinois for 5000 dollars alleging they sold intoxicating liquor to an aviator. Kenneth C. Thomas of Elgin rented a small plane from the club Jan 10 and crashed on ice at Lake Marie near Antioch.
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Waukegan
Ill
Fox River Valley
Flying Club
Kenneth C. Thomas
Elgin
Lake Marie
Winther Accepts Cleveland Post
Martin P. Winther, president and general manager of Dynamatic, leaves Sept. 15 to head Eaton plants’ engineering departments in Cleveland. The Dynamatic plant is Eaton owned. He will be guest of honor at a Valley banquet Friday at 7 p.m. with 35 Dynamatic supervisors attending. Farewell events are planned. Winther is an inventor with many widely used devices.
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Martin P. Winther
Dynamatic Corporation
Eaton Corporation
Cleveland
Dynamatic
Winther
Valley
Too Much Supper Rookies Complain At Fort Devens
Old soldiers from Fort Devens recount army changes after 200 18 year-old recruits from Fort Dix complain about being served supper. They say the rookies were fed supper twice before in Hartford Connecticut and Providence Rhode Island.
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.P
7Th Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Hartford
Conn
Providence
R. I
Mitchum and four indicted on marijuana charges in Hollywood
Actor Mitchum Starlet Lila Leeds dancer Vickie Evans real estate agent Robin Ford charged by a county grand jury with two counts Possessing marijuana and conspiring to possess the drug. They were arrested during a raid on Leeds cottage and released on bond pending arraignment.
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Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Hollywood
Miss Leeds
Chicago Woman Plunges to Death in Court House Lobby
Mrs Elsa Mommsen, 56, died after leaping from the sixth floor railing in the United States Court House lobby at Clark and Adams. Elevator operator Turner watched her collapse, shouting a warning as she struck a cornice and fell to the fifth floor. Her note said she could sleep now.
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Chicago
United States
Clark and
Adams Street
Elsa Mommsen
Martin
Turner
Earthquake Reported From Far Bay Area Sensing
University of California seismographs in Berkeley recorded a sizable quake at 8:21 a m PDT with traces in the Bay area. Scientists propose the tremor originated far away possibly in Japan or Chile, about 5 200 miles distant.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
University of California At Berkeley
Pacific
Berkeley
Japan
Chile
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Soviets Stage Large Air Maneuvers
Soviet air units conduct deep assaults over Berlin and western corridors from treetop to 36000 feet while 19 west sector police are arrested en route to the French sector. French Koenig protests to Soviet Sokolovsky and U S officers seek talks amid blocked German governance talks.
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U.P
Russia
Pierre Koenig
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
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Germany
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Moscow
Sokolovsky
Koenig
Frank Howley
Alexander Kotikov
Kotikov
Edward Morrow
New York Times
Ed Haaker
National Broadcasting Company
Candy Plant Fire Death Toll Eight
Four more workers died, raising the total to eight from yesterday's explosion and fire at the E. J. Brach and Sons candy factory. Victims include Milton Seidel, 57, Berkeley. Anthony Leon, 39. Pasquale Columbo, 35. and George Van Winkle, 29, all of Chicago.
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E. J. Brach and Sons
Milton Seidel
Berkeley
Anthony Leon
Pasquale Columbo
George van Winkle
Governor Candidates Favor Corporate Tax Increases
Wisconsin gubernatorial contenders respond to League of Women Voters questions on taxes. Democrats Carroll and Thompson push higher corporate taxes or broader surcharges, while Berquist Uphoff urge education and housing taxes. Republicans Rennebohm and Immell avoid new revenue specifics, prefer ability to pay. Sales tax opposed by most.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin League of Women Voters
William D. Carroll
Carl Thompson
Henry Berquist
People’s Progressive
Walter Uphoff
Oscar Rennebohm
Ralph Immels
Carroll
Thompson
Immell
Rennebohm
Berquist
Uphoff
Cash Seized in Blaze Destroyed $32 000 in Vehicle Fire
Hopkinsville Kentucky police report $32 000 to $34 000 in currency burned when a car parked near C A Barnett's home caught fire. Barnett said the money was in the glove box and he carried large sums after past deposit problems. Officers advised redemption through the U S Treasury after the blaze.
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Hopkinsville
C. A. Barnett
James Durham
Clyde Vinson
Barnett
U. S. Treasury
Marshall says Berlin disorder aimed at disrupting Big Four talks
Secretary Marshall described Berlin unrest as a Communist pattern aimed at upsetting the Big Four military governors' talks on Germany. He warned resistance may be necessary, while noting no military action was confirmed. He also outlined briefings from Gen. Clay and pending U S actions on Israel recognition, Romania property issues, and Western Europe aid.
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Marshall
Berlin
Pentagon
Germany
U. S
Israel
Truman
Bucharest
Romania
Western
Europe
Britain
France
Benelux
City to Protest Minnow Raids
City Manager A. E. Axtell announced an official protest against lifting the 300-min per day Minnow removal limit for Kenosha Milwau kee Racine harbors. The protest follows a Wisconsin Conservation Commission proposal and concerns over control of small fish harvests. Fishermen report increased minnows boosting trout whitefish and perch fishing in Lake Michigan.
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A. E. Axtell
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Eagle River
Madison
Lake Michigan
Cotton Crop Outlook Up By Fifty Thousand Bales
Washington U P reports the Agriculture department raised its 1948 cotton crop forecast to 15,219,000 bales from the prior month’s estimate, reflecting a modest increase in production prospects.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
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