Poor Roads Stir Automen Demand and Industry Debate
A discussion with 1940s auto industry figures on highway inadequacy. GM executive Albert Bradley cites underfunded postwar construction and rising traffic to 53 million vehicles in a decade, while Nash Kelvinator head George Mason links car dependence to national health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bradley
General Motors
National Highway Users Conference
George W. Mason
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Pekinese Attack Sparks Store Scene in a Quiet Day
In a small town shop a shaded social clash erupts when Grace Muchmore and Miss Myra Sharpe clash over diets and candy. Ching the Pekinese bites Roger Blessen and triggers a dramatic, frightened exit as Betsy and staff react.
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Fortson Pharmacy
Betsy Sharpe
Grace Muchmore
Doan
Ching
Grace
Myra
Myra Sharpe
Youth Center
Betsy
Miss Myra
Mrs. Muchmore
Roger Blessen
Tom Carson
Greta
Roger
Tuberculin then Streptomycin Reported to Cure TB Meningitis
London report by Drs Honor V. Smith and R L Vollum says tuberculin liquid with growth products and streptomycin cured two children near death from tuberculous meningitis. They caution that results are preliminary and more testing over 12 to 18 months is needed. Tuberculin attacks the germ while streptomycin limits spread.
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London
Honor V. Smith
R. L. Vollum
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Lancet
Robert Koch
Donkey Ouster Sought in West Africa Overrun Reserve
Windhoek reports 2000 ownerless donkeys roam the Ovito to Native reserve. Government invites offers to remove them dead or alive. Some consider South African butchers as potential buyers for the herd.
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West Africa
Windhoek
Ovitoto
South Africa
La Crosse Tribune Postal Registration Note
The La Crosse Tribune records its status as a second class matter entered at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office on June 23 1904 under the 1879 act.
13000 On Strike At Harvester Plants
Chicago and four midwest International Harvester plants saw more than thirteen thousand FE union members from the farm equipment division off the job. Gerald Fielde said about 13,200 workers were striking across Chicago Louisville Rock Island and Rock Falls locations amid wage dispute as talks resume Monday.
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Chicago
International Harvester
Middle West
Gerald Fielde
Harvester Conference Board of Farm Equipment Division
Harvester
Louisville
Rock Island
Ill
Rock Falls
CIO
United Auto Workers
Fe-Harvester
Fielde
CIO Group
Notable Deaths Across U S Regions Highlight Early Lifespans
The AP lists several prominent figures: Ross James Beatty 96 nat ural gas pioneer and former Inland Steel VP born Beaver Falls Pa. Col Henry A Allen 83 Pan ama canal planner and WWI France regimental commander born Madison Wis. Dr Edmund G Howe 66 political science head at Marietta College in Tuscaloosa Ala. Dr William F Petersen 63 former Vanderbilt and Illinois medical faculties. Jack Edmunds 41 KPRC program director in Houston Texas.
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Chicago
Ross James Beatty
Indiana
Inland Steel Co
Beaver Falls
Tuscaloosa, al
Edmund G. Howe
Marietta College
Milwaukee Tax Valuation Reaches Record 1.208 Billion
Milwaukee's 1950 tax valuation hits a new high at 1,208,133,390 dollars, according to Tax Commissioner Thomas Byrnes. The figure tops the 1949 total by 47,381,950 dollars, marking the fourth billion-dollar valuation in city history as higher assessments spread across properties.
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Milwaukee
Thomas Byrnes
City Reassessment Ties Property Tax to New Construction
Taxable real and personal property were attributed to the city's reassessment program and to new residential and industrial construction.
Six Die in Highway Crash Near Fond du Lac
A 1938 car lost a wheel and crashed into two Milwaukee bound Greyhound buses six miles south of Fond du Lac. Earl Simon 34 his wife Betty and his mother Nellie Simon 56 and three children James 11 Robert 9 David 3 all died. Six bus passengers injured treated and released.
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Fond DU Lac
Here
Earl Simon
Betty
Nellie Simon
James
Robert
David
St. Agnes Hospital
Simon
Highway 41
Greyhound
Easter Week Sparks Firework Displays Across Latin America
During Holy Week communities in Latin America stage large firework displays. Towns such as Lima, Bogotá, and Mexico City showcase elaborate pyrotechnics drawing crowds from nearby regions and celebrating with parades and music.
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Latin America
Bids Exceed Estimate On Westlawn Housing Project
Milwaukee bids for the Westlawn low income housing project came in about one million dollars higher than the initial estimate and roughly 20 percent above government limits. The Milwaukee Housing Authority will seek a higher funding cap from the federal Public Housing Administration as Richard Perrin notes the rise reflects the broader economy.
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Milwaukee
Westlawn
Milwaukee Housing Authority
Federal Public Housing Administration
Richard Perrin
Authority
Burglars Loot Schroder House Including Sink
Burglars broke into Harry Schroder's Chicago home stealing a phonograph mattress garbage burner wash basin and the kitchen sink. Police investigate the break in and recover no items at this time.
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Chicago
Harry Schroder
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David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
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Cee
Haddad Cleaners
George
The
Henry A. Allen
Panama Canal
France
Madison
William F. Petersen
Vanderbilt University
University of Illinois
Houston, Tex
Jack Edmunds
KPRC
Robert Roberts
Sparta
Tenn
First Cavalry Division
Driver
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