Gunshot Death of Mrs Genevieve A Nelson Investigated
Coroner Jay B. Glerum reported progress in the case of Mrs Genevieve A Nelson aged 54 of 1912 54th Street who died from a gunshot wound and her husband Harry aged 58 was wounded. Authorities say Mrs Nelson attempted to kill her husband before taking her own life.
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Jay B. Glerum
Genevieve A. Nelson
54Th St
Harry
Alife Weucaaudt
Glerum
Nelson
Milwaukee
Haukedahl
Tokyo Rose Convicted Of One Count Treason
Iva Toguri D Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, found guilty on one treason count after a four day jury trial in San Francisco. Court heard she broadcast messages to U S troops in 1944 about Leyte gulf, while seven counts ended in not guilty. Sentencing set for October 6 with potential five years and ten thousand dollars, but death penalty not sought.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Leyte Gulf
Pacific
John Mann
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Tom DeWolfe
United States
Wayne Collins
Collins
Madison Man to Direct State Vets Housing Act
Harrison L. Garner of Madison was named supervisor for Wisconsin’s veterans housing act. A World War I and II veteran, Garner will oversee home loan activities within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, drawing on long ties to Madison building and loan groups.
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Madison
Housing Act
Harrison L. Garner
Garner
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Pays $2,000,000 Liability In Tax Evasion Case
Eleanor Louise Patenotte, 80, former principal owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and received a suspended sentence upon paying a $2,000,000 liability. The case stemmed from the 1930 sale of the Philadelphia newspaper to Curtis Martin Newspapers for $10,500,000.
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New York
Eleanor Louise Patenotte
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia
Curtis-Martin Newspapers, Inc
Homecoming Queen Crowning Sparks Kiss Tradition
Dick Tappa, senior class president at KHS, crowns Miss Betty Hinz as homecoming queen amid assemblies. The crown falls twice, prompting repeated ceremonies before junior and senior rallies. Hinz leads the parade to the Lake Front Stadium for tonight’s football game against Beloit, with gifts and a trophy ending the celebration.
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Evening News
Dick Tappa
Betty Hinz
Kenosha High School
Marge Petersen
Marge Landre
Khs-Beloit
Lake Front Stadium
KHS
Lawrence Hinz
26Th Ave
Young Tappa
Miss Hinz
Tappa
Marge Peterson
Martin Peterson
38Th Ave
G. E. Landre
57Th St
Lake Front
Beloit
C. S. Hubbard
Kissless Wife Wins Detroit Divorce Over Germs Fear
Mrs. Eleanore Croze, 31, testified in Detroit that her husband Robert refused to let her kiss him and kept her from sitting on his lap because she feared germs and would spoil the crease in his pants. The court granted the divorce today.
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Detroit
U.P
Eleanore Croze
Robert
Cabinet Pay Hike Approved by Senate Uproar
Senators pushed an executive pay bill, approving a raise to 22 500 dollars for cabinet members and top officials, returning the measure to the House with a conference committee to resolve differences. The Senate also prepared four other pay increases totaling about 170 million for postal and civil service workers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Employers urged worker contributions to insurance plan
Chicago’s International Harvester Co. told two CIO unions it will add 10 cents per hour to an insurance and pension plan while urging employees to contribute as well. A Milwaukee firm has purchased Giant Grip Manufacturing Co. and will rename it Giant Grip with Oshkosh as headquarters.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
CIO
Milwaukee
Giant Grip Manufacturing Co
Oshkosh
Ray Stamping Corp
Giant Grip
Chrysler Next UAW Target For Pensions
The United Auto Workers plan to win the same $100 monthly pension for Chrysler workers as Ford, excluding social security, with negotiations to begin soon. Chrysler counters that pension talks are not open this year while GM faces no immediate talks due to its escalator wage clause.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Chrysler Corp
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Wisconsin Warm Weather as Cold Wave Moves South
Wisconsin enjoyed pleasant conditions with highs in the high 60s while a cold front moved toward the southeast. Federal Weatherman Howard Thompson forecast increasing clouds and cooler weather in the far north after today’s fair skies. overnight temps were 4 to 18 degrees above last night. Lone Rock and Darlington posted 28 degrees for the state’s lows, Kenosha at 48, and noon in Milwaukee reached 62.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Lone Rock
Darlington
Kenosha
Coal Walkout Pauses as Lewis Restores 102000 Miners
John L. Lewis ordered 102000 United Mine Workers back to work in a first break of a 12 day coal strike. About 80000 eastern Pennsylvania miners and 22000 western bituminous diggers resumed, while roughly 400000 more in bituminous fields stayed out. Violent incidents rose as petitions for settlement faltered.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
UMW
United States
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Illinois
PMW
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Grass Flats
Clearfield County
Snow Shoe Mountain
Morgantown
Robert M. Smith
Junedale Coal Company
Tipples
Dover
Rail Brakeman Killed After Bold Attack on Train Crew
Kenneth W. Hopkins of Portland died from injuries after attacking engine crew aboard a speeding freight train near Salem Oregon. He waved lighted signal flares at engineers Brent Campbell and Ben Mackowiak then struck them with a hammer and a flare. Hopkins was killed in the cab during the struggle.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Kenneth W. Hopkins
Salem
Hopkins
Eugene
Brent W. Campbell
Ben J. Mackowiak
Junction City
Campbell
Mackiewiak
Mackowiak
Community Fund pledge drive reports strong start
At the Elks club meeting over 150 attended as six hundred seventy five pledges totaling 36 612 were reported toward the Community Fund. Women and men teams led by Mrs L O Denyes and W J Lucareli listed dozens of pledges with varying sums and a total of 993 for the women and 3 906 for the men.
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Elks Club
Special Prospects
Ralph S. Kingsley
L. O. Denyes
E. H. Kleist
Erich Tillman
Marrian J. Brister
Harry Chemerow
Leo C. Berres
Frank van der Wee
W. J. Lucareli
Stig Wiren
Ken Wilson
Fred Molitor
David L. Phillips
Territorial
J. W. Quarles
Jessel S. Whyte
Quarles
Truman Girls For Long Fight For Fair Deal Campaigns
President Truman warned Capitol Hill foes he will keep Congress in session until the fair deal program is enacted. He pledged to push measures to raise national income to 300 billion dollars and halve poverty with an annual 4 thousand dollar per family target. He urged a stronger free press and rejected a return to 1890 isolationism while urging moral vigor to match material progress.
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Kansas City
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
William M. Boyle, Jr
Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Agreement Reached to End Goodrich Rubber Strike
Dayton CIO official Asa Tiller announced a settlement of the 34 day strike by 16 000 Goodrich Rubber workers. A new contract with B F Goodrich Co. was to be signed that afternoon.
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Dayton
Goodrich
Asa Tiller
CIO
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
U S mediators try last minute peace in steel strike
Federal mediators led talks as big steel and CIO confront a looming midnight nationwide strike. Union and industry offered conflicting pension and insurance plans while production drops and wildcat walkouts spread from coast to coast. Crucible Steel plant near Pittsburgh reports 7000 workers already quit.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
CIO
Gulf
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Portsmouth
Ohio
Crucible Steel
Midland
Crucible
Republic
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin
Inland
Carnegie-Illinois
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
National Tube
Geneva
Navy Refuses to Aid Freighters Off Shanghai
The U S navy will not intervene to free three U S freighters halted by Chinese Nationalist warships near Shanghai. Admiral Louis E Denfeld stated inter vention conflicts with U S policy in a telegram to Isbrandtsen Line of New York, operator of the ships. The telegram cites a State Department telegram of September 16 and notes the department concurs.
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Washington
U.P
U. S
Shanghai
Louis E. Denfeld
Navy
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
State Department
Isbrandtsen Company
Un-American Committee Names Minnesota Prof as Scientist X
The House Un-American Activities Committee labeled Joseph Weinberg, a University of Minnesota professor, as Scientist X who allegedly passed wartime atomic secrets to a Communist spy. Weinberg denied the charge and pledged he had no secret information or meetings with Nelson, Doyle, or other named individuals.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Joseph Weinberg
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Weinberg
Justice Department
Communist Party
Communist League
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Bernadette Doyle
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
David Bohm
Irving David Fox
Max Friedman
Murray
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See Wite
Tokyo Rose
Iva
Los Angeles
Green Pledges
St. Paul
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Building Trades Department
AFL
Steel
Associated Press
Lonely Hearts
Robert Brennan
Inez Brennan
Center
Harry Terry
Del
Wade N. Wooldridge
Stone Mountain
Brennan
Wooldridge
Spear
U. S. Steel
Un-American Committee
Minnesota
Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Scientist X
James Sterling Murray
Harold Zindle
George Rathman
Berkeley
Calif
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