Kenosha Opportunity Days Booster Tour Opens City Promotion
Nearly 100 chamber members and officials toured 11 county towns and 10 schools in 50 cars escorted by sheriff and police. The booster visit precedes a three day fall promotion with window displays, caps, and special values to boost trade and goodwill.
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Kenosha News
Raoul Boutan
Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Arlene Arnett
Marion Steinmetz
Chamber
Kenosha
Salem Methodist Church
Sheriffs Department
Leonard Jensen
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Camp Lake
Wilmot
Trevor
Bristol
Pleasant Prairie
Salem Center School
Elmer Pedley
John D. Alexander
Chamber Retail Council Promotions Committee
W. D. Larkin
Eugene Bode
Lewis Turner
Joseph Fiorini
Victor Joerndt
Walter Berquist
Homer Heeman
Robert Nicoll
W. B. Tower
Possible Strike Against Allis Chalmers Looms
UAW CIO union chief disclosed a potential strike against five Allis Chalmers plants. The meeting to discuss action is set for La Crosse Saturday and Sunday. Plants include West Allis main works and locations in La Crosse Pittsburgh Gadsden Ala and Springfield Ill. About 17 000 production workers are employed.
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Milwaukee
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
la Crosse
West Allis
Pittsburgh
Gadsden
Ala
Springfield
Ill
Hospitals keep Kenosha healthy and funded in 1949
A New York report recalls a lion anecdote and urges readers to support Kenosha hospitals through the Community Fund. It stresses hospitals as essential havens and notes their budgets resemble income tax forms with red ink possible. The message backs a 1949 pledge.
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New York
Kenosha
Hot Rods Force Autos Off Road On Sepulveda Boulevard
Police captured eight teenage hot rod racers after two crashes injured two drivers on Sepulveda boulevard near Torrance. The speeders outran six Torrance patrol cars along U S Highway 101 as they raced in small groups, blocking lanes and forcing motorists off the road. One car rolled three times, pinning the driver under the wheel.
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Los Angeles
Sepulveda Boulevard
John H. Stroh
Torrance
Redondo Beach
Stroh
Browder Said to Meet FDR at White House in 1944
Washington reports former Communist newsman How ard Rushmore testified before a Senate judiciary subcommittee that Earl Browder met secretly with President Roosevelt in 1944 at the White House. Rushmore claimed the information came from Benjamin Gitlow and cited intervention by Cordell Hull and Mrs. Roosevelt to admit Browder’s wife to the United States after a deportation order.
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Washington
Senators
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Howard Rushmore
New York Journal American
Senate
Rushmore
Daily Worker
Benjamin Gitlow
Cordell Hull
Polish Priests Sentenced to Death in Lodz
Polish news agency PAP reported two Polish priests Roman Grado tewski and Alojzy Hoszycki were convicted of turning over Polish patriots to the Gestapo and accepting German pay for running their churches under Nazi regulations and were sentenced to death at Lodz yesterday.
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Frankfurt
Germany
PAP
Gestapo
Lodz
Roman Gradotewski
Alojzy Hoszycki
Electrocution in Tub Leaves Woman Dead in Chicago
Mrs Eleanor Kubick aged 35 died when a table model radio she was listening to while bathing touched water and electrocuted her. Police investigated the incident at her Chicago home.
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Chicago
Eleanor Kubick
Wisconsin Legislature Ends Session With Budget Increase
Wisconsin lawmakers adjourned a brief session adding 1,170,000 to the 1949 51 budget bringing total appropriations to 198,329,256 for the biennium. They approved bills over the governor's veto, revised statutes, and kept rent control actions and reapportionment unchanged while naming six senators and three assembly members to the legislative council.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Legislative Council
Assembly
Body of Youth Recovered From Webster Lake
Paul Weinzierl 20 drowned in a nearby lake near Webster Wisconsin. His body was recovered this morning by rescue divers and authorities investigated the incident.
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Lake
Webster
Wis
U.P
Paul Weinzierl
Ghost payment case centers on $50 000 kept for spirits
Milwaukee reports say Angeline Farina 49 held on a charge of obtaining money by fraud after a raid on her home. The Sanfelippos say Farina acted as a go-between for ghosts demanding weekly payments and a final $66 last Aug 29, with police probing missing funds.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Angeline Farina
Mary Sanfelippo
Rose
Saylor wins 26th Pennsylvania seat for GOP in special election
Republican Naval veteran John P. Saylor recaptured the 26th district seat in Johnstown amid backlash to President Truman’s Fair Deal. Defeated Democratic candidate Mrs. Robert Coffey Sr. had campaigned with Truman endorsement, signaling a GOP blow to the administration ahead of 1950 elections. Final returns from 317 of 325 precincts showed the outcome amid statewide primaries.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Uae
John P. Saylor
Iwo Jima
Robert L. Coffey
Steel Workers Press for Pension Costs in Talks
Pittsburgh reports stormy lead up to steel contract negotiations as CIO United Steelworkers warn of a strike if companies refuse to cover insurance and pension costs. U S Steel and three others extend the Truman truce for 11 days while pledging talks, though few back the board's 10 cent coverage plan.
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U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
McAuliffe Nominated As Army Chemical Corps Chief
President Truman named Maj. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe to head the Army Chemical Corps amid a Senate confirmation process. McAuliffe, famed for Bastogne, would replace Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt who faced a prior suspension and recent retirement. Truman also sent Stanton Griffis’s nomination as ambassador to Argentina and Thomas W. S. Davis of Virginia for assistant secretary of commerce.
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Washington
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Bastogne
Army Chemical Corps
Truman
Senate
McAuliffe
Alden H. Waitt
Waitt
Senat
Stanton Griffis
Argentina
Thomas W. S. Davis
Virginia
Commerce
Oil Fire Roars On Illinois Farm
A large oil fire at a Bridgeport Illinois pumping station near the Indiana line sent flames skyward. Two workers suffered facial and arm burns while three others escaped injuries as the blaze engulfed about 35 storage tanks along U S Highway 50 in the Ohio Oil company facility. The inferno started around 1 a m and was contained after spreading through the tank yard.
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Bridgeprof. Ll
Ohio Oil Company
Bridgeport
Illinois
Indiana Line
Invasion of Walking Sticks Baffles Marinette County
State assistance was sought yesterday to combat an invasion of walking sticks ravaging woods in Marinette county and prompting county authorities to request expert help.
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Marinette
Wis
Marinette County
Republicans hail PA race victory as rebuke to Truman
Washington Republicans praised a Pennsylvania 26th district win as a stinging rebuke to Truman policies. National chairman Guy Gabrielson called the GOP pick a rebuke to the administration drive toward stateism, while Rep. Leonard Hall said the result signals what voters may do in 1950 and reject socialism.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Truman
Guy George Gabrielson
Xxx
Leonard Hall
New York
Tito Plans Romanian Invasion
Belgrade reports accuse Marshal Tito of plotting to invade Romania to undermine the Hungarian government aligned with Moscow. The Romanian newspaper Scanteia claims U S backing for a Tito led plan to trigger a war among Soviet satellites. A Yugoslav official counters that Russian troop movements on Yugoslavia’s northern border are a plot to deter American aid and stop satellites from following Tito.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.P
Tito
Romania
Scanteia
United States
Russia
Economy Reading Plan Offered by Kenosha News
Kenosha Evening News announces a new Economy Reading Plan to renew existing subscriptions. Willis Schulte, circulation manager, says many readers asked about expiration dates and will have newspaper boys call at homes later this month to offer renewals.
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Kenosha Evening News
Willis Schulte
Schulte
Dedication Set For Kenosha Vocational School Friday
A formal dedication and acceptance of the million dollar Kenosha School of Adult and Vocational Education will occur Friday night with state vocational leaders and local officials present. Ralph Y. Cooper notes 250 invitations were sent to 50 state vocational school directors.
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Kenosha
Ralph Y. Cooper
C. L. Greiber
Madison
L. H. Adolphson
University of Wisconsin
A. E. Axtell
George Molinaro
Fred Pfennig
William F. Trinke
M. J. Lowe
Kenosha Board of Education
Planning Commission
H. M. Clark
Clark
W. F. McCaughey
Park Ridge
Ill
Cooper
Axtell
M. C. Frost
Vocational Board
Murray Wants U S Steel to Accept Pension Recommendations
U S Steel and the United Steelworkers face a bargaining pause as Philip Murray demands the company plainly accepts the presidential fact finding board's pension and insurance recommendations before any negotiations resume. Ed Lopat pitched a four hitter to lead the Yankees past the Browns 2 0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Acheson says Bulgaria Hungary and Romania will be charged in the UN General Assembly with human rights violations. The 1949 World Series open date is set for October 5 at the park of the American League pennant winner, pending any playoffs.
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Pittsburgh
U.s.—Cio
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Presidential
New York
Ed Lopat
St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees
Washington
Acheson
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
United Nations General Assembly
A. B. Chandler
Southern coal operators face Lewis pay up demand in West Virginia
Coal mine owners in the South recount a pay up or else threat as John L. Lewis presses for welfare fund royalties. UMW warns of possible strikes while Southern producers dispute they are in default and push for a negotiated contract. Production figures are cited as the rift widens.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
Lewis
National Coal Association
Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
White Sulphur Springs
Mississippi
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Huntington
Francis
New York
Southern Coal Producers Association
Disease in Korea spreads to eight provinces
The Japanese B type encephalitis outbreak, first reported last month at Kaesong on the North Korea border, has appeared in all eight South Korean provinces. By noon today 3,788 cases and 908 deaths were reported to the health bureau.
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Seoul
Kaesong
North Korea
South Korea
Health Bureau
Coldest Wisconsin night chills several cities to 37 40
The cold snap dropped to 37 degrees in Dalton Hillsboro Lancaster Reedsburg Watertown and 40 in Park Falls and Land O Lakes. Kenosha hit 55 at noon while Prairie du Chien reached 71 and Milwaukee logged 40. Skies remained cloudy keeping readings cool with some frost potential tonight.
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Wisconsin
Dalton
Hillsboro
Lancaster
Reedsburg
Watertown
Park Falls
Land O'Lakes
Kenosha
Federal
Howard J. Thompson
Dakotas
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Prairie du Chien
Superior
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Pavie Nelson & Son
Allis-Chalmers
Browder
Tub
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
Schmidt
Laird
Marshfield
Knowles
New Richmond
Bubolz
Appleton
Miller
Richland Center
Panzer
Oakfield
Atlantic City
N. J
Miss Sanfelippo
Mrs. Farina
Farina
Sanfelippos
GOP
CIO
Murray
U. S
Yankees
Korea
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