Weekend auto crashes yield two minor injuries
Sheriff and police reports show two minor injuries across 15 weekend accidents. Sunday morning collision on Highway 41 near the state line left William G. Adkins and Gail Krell with neck complaints after Clement Iwanski rear ended Adkins’ car. Other county incidents involved John Hanley and George E Colby in property damage only.
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Sheriff's
Clement Iwanski
William G. Adkins
Milwaukee
Adkins
Gail Krell
Adkins’ Auto
John Hanley
Cooper Road
George E. Colby
Twenty Ninth Avenue
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City and county races face a toll as injuries affect campaigns and voters. Limited readable notes mention 19 hurt and a tally of even more unsettled results amid darkened precincts and overall political trouble.
Traffic accidents flood Kenosha with minor injuries avoided
Police report 11 accidents over the weekend on Kenosha streets near Highway 50 and Roosevelt Road. No injuries occurred despite heavy property damage as drivers from Springfield Mass and local residents faced reckless and drunken driving charges.
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Harold H. Herzog
Paddocks Lake
Kenosha
Great Lakes
Springfield
Mass
Ronald G. LaBeau
James McAlpin
Joseph
Roaring 20s Reunion Tonight at Elks Club
Ke nosha high school alumni from 1920 to 1930 gather tonight at the Elks club for a Roaring Twenties reunion fundraiser for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Notables Dick Sullivan Milton Herth and Jim Ameche will attend with monologues and period music. Local former students from Racine Waukegan Milwaukee and Chicago expected.
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Kenosha High School
Damon Runyon
Sullivan
Notre Dame
Herth
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Ameche
John Davies
K.H.S
Runyon Cancer Fund
Walter Winchell
New York
K.hs
Racine
Waukegan
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Man Dies After Bus Run Collision
Donald Halva, 26, died from injuries after a Friday struck him as he ran for a bus on a Milwaukee street. The incident occurred when he was hit by a passing car while attempting to board the bus.
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Milwaukee
Donald Halva
Innocent Plea in Kenosha Cigar Store Shooting
Camillo Migliano 60 of 2101 Fifty fifth street pleaded innocent to assault with intent to murder in the shooting of James Buttera 34 at Cookies Cigar store 2207 Fifty sixth street after a poker game. Bond set at 7500 with preliminary hearing slated for Oct 8. Buttera was wounded in neck shoulder and forearm and treated at Kenosha hospital in good condition. Police say Migliano fired after an argument. Buttera knocked Migliano down and struggled for the gun. Detectives hunted a man named Camelhead as investigation continued.
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Fifth Street
James Buttera
Migliano
Buttera
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Fifty Sixth Street
Kenosha Hospital
Migliano Sai
al Gastaldi
Gerolmo
Gastaldi
Aldo Nudi
Twenty-second Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Camel
Arthur J. Riley
Matt Kirsch
Frank Brus
Michael Bruno
Fifty-fifth Street
Riley
Congressman Smith Visits Romania with U S group
Congressman Lawrence Smith of Wisconsin joins a U S congressional delegation in Bucharest to review State Department Information facilities abroad. King Mihai and Queen Mother Helen hosted the visitors yesterday.
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Romania
Mihai
Helen
State Department
Office of Information
Lawrence Smith
Wis
New York Bootblacks Protest Higher Shine Price
About ninety bootblacks at Grand Central and Pennsylvania stations walked out today to protest a 5 cent increase in shoeshine price from 10 to 15 cents. They said tips were affected and earnings were reduced.
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New York
Grand Central
Pennsylvania
France Calls for Balkan Compromise in UN Debate
France urged the United Nations to temper demands that three Soviet Balkan satellites be found guilty of aggression. Yvonne Delbos proposed cooperation with the Soviet Union and allies to seek a peaceful settlement and supported a commission to monitor the Balkan situation. Greece accused Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia of arming Greece as tensions rose.
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United States
United Nations Assembly
Greece
Russia
Balkan
Yvonne Delbos
Soviet Union
Delbos
Assembly
Constantine Tsaldaris
Albania
Bulgaria
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Marshall
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Herschel V. Johnson
Andrei A. Gromyko Delbos
Special Assembly
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General Assembly
Red Sox Name McCarthy Manager
New York based Joe Cronin announced that Joe McCarthy former Yankee boss signed a two year contract to direct the Boston club with Cronin becoming the general manager. McCarthy takes over at once after leaving the Yankees in May 1946 for ill health. Eddie Collins remains as adviser and vice president.
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Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Boston
Cronin
McCarthy
Yankees
Eddie Collins
Red Sox
President Truman Sends Cheer to Injured Indiana Boy
Eleven year old Jimmy Wisehart of Medora Indiana, recovering at Riley hospital after a garage accident, received a personal letter from President Harry S. Truman on White House stationery. Jimmy said he was thrilled and proud the president wrote him as he bravely faces possible loss of use of his legs.
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Indianapolis
Jimmy Wisehart
White House
Harry S. Truman
Jimmy
Riley Hospital
Russell
Medora
Ind
Signs Confession In Girl Slaying
The state highway patrol said Ray Sheppard of Prospect Ohio signed a confession to the slaying of 16 year old Roxie Ann Green whose body was found near Norton Ohio after she attended a football game on September 19. Green was the daughter of farmer Carl Green of Near Prospect Ohio.
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State Highway Patrol
Ray Sheppard
Prospect
Roxie Ann Green
Norton
Carl Green
Legion elects officers for 25th year in Appleton
The Outagamie council of the American Legion re elected A. C. Bosser of Appleton as secretary for the 25th consecutive year. Paul Wilke of Appleton was named commander and Ernest Miron of Little Chute was chosen vice commander.
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Appleton, Wis
U.P
Outagamie
Judge Refuses to Extend Stay for Milwaukee Church Arson Pastor
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Oscar Fritz denies extending the stay of execution for Dr. John Lewis, the Milwaukee pastor convicted of arson at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Lewis will begin a one to five year term at Waupun State Prison after planed appeal delays. Deputy DA Joseph Tierney says Lewis will be in municipal court tomorrow to arrange transfer pending the appeal.
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Wis
State Supreme Court
Oscar Frits
John Lewis
Milwaukee
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Fritz
Lewis
Waupun State Prison
Aften
Merbert Steffes
Supreme Court
Joseph Tierney
Tierney
High Court
Waupun
Mine Damages U S Destroyer Near Trieste
The U S destroyer Douglas H Fox struck a mine off Trieste during a routine trip from Venice. Three sailors were killed and 12 injured, six seriously, as the explosion flooded the stern. Navy officials said waters had been swept but one or two mines could remain. Names of the dead and wounded were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Trieste
U.S
United States
Douglas H. Fox
Venice
Navy
Milwaukeean killed in scooter car crash
Herbert H. Schieck, 42, Milwaukee, was killed five miles south of here on Highway 26 Saturday night when struck by an automobile while riding a motor scooter.
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Waupun
Wis
Herbert H. Schieck
Milwaukee
Here
Nash Union authorizes call for work holiday vote
Members of Local 72 of the UAW-CIO in Nash voted unanimously to empower the executive board to call a work holiday for a special meeting if needed in current contract talks. President Richard Lindgren announced the action after officers reported on negotiations for a new contract expiring Oct 1.
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Union Club
Nash Union
Tin Binme
Richard Lindgren
Lindgren
D. C. Rule
Nash-Kelvinator
H. E. Long
Harry Costly
Claus Anderson
M. W. Lund
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George Molinaro
Orville Anderson
Jack Millward
Truman Holds White House Conference on Europe Aid
President Truman met for two hours with congressional and administration leaders to seek stop gap aid to Europe without a special session. Senator Lucas said no financing path exists without action and a minimum $500 million aid target was discussed.
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Scott W. Lucas
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Indiana
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Methodist Board Attacks Halsey Over Liquor View
The Methodist Board of Temperance denounces Admiral William F. Halsey for saying a general rule bars trust in non drinkers. The board argues drinking corrupts discipline and cites past leaders who abstained as examples, while Halsey offers no comment in San Francisco.
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Halsey
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Methodist Board of Temperance
William F .Buil
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Saturday Evening Post
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Jeb Stuart
Stonewall Jackson
Alvin York
New Wisconsin Methodist Bishop Named
Springfield Mass reports Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chevy Chase Maryland appointed as the new Methodist bishop for Wisconsin. He succeeds the late Bishop Ernest G Richardson who died last month, leaving the post vacant after the death of Bishop Schuyler E Garth in a China air crash.
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Mass
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chevy Chase
Wisconsin
Ernest G. Richardson
Richardson
China
Schuyler E. Garth
Detroit executive dies in St. Louis at 43
Arch H. McDonald 43, president of the Wheel Trying Brake Shoe Co. of Detroit, died Saturday in St. Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Arch H. McDonald
Wheel Trying Brake Shoe Co
Detroit
Retired Grocer Returns To Help Old Customers
Charles Mike, 78, reopens his old Dubois, Pennsylvania grocery under the original name to share profits with longtime customers. He explains retirement felt like jail and vows low prices with eggs 50 cents a dozen, butter 75 cents a pound, bread 12 cents, cold meats 45 cents a pound.
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Dubois
Charles Mike
Mike
Chicago Plane Crash Kills Three Marines Near Hines Hospital
A light plane crashed on Chicago's western outskirts killing three Marines from Wichita Kansas Private First Class Charityn Hokenstad Paul M Gilfillan Jr and Edward L Bond Jr none were on an official flight The aircraft a Cessna intended for two people narrowly missed the Edward Hines Jr veterans hospital before crashing about 800 yards south of the facility The Navy said the men were not fliers in service and the crash occurred near the Marine Training Barracks at Great Lakes.
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Chicago
U.P
Veterans Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr
Marine Corps
Marine Training Barracks
Great Lakes, i
Navy
Hohenstad
Dance Hall Destroyed In $30,000 Blaze
Birnamwood reports Mayflower lake Mayflower dance hall fire destroyed by blaze. The 70 by 130 foot building housed a dance hall and bar. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars. Cause of the fire not determined.
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Birnamwood
Mayflower
Mayflower Lake
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