Photographer loses divorce bid after 45 minute nagging tape
Swansea Wales photographer John Hedley Robinson failed to win divorce on grounds of mental cruelty after a 45 minute tape recording of his wife nagging. Justice A Davies called the recording remarkable evidence but did not accept it as a substantial part of married life. He ordered Robinson to pay 100 pounds in court costs and noted the wife feared losing their home and feared for her two daughters aged 8 and 2.
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Swansea
Wales
Cardiff
A. Davies
John Hedley Robinson
Cording
Robinson
Debate Over County Land Transfer for Auditorium Site
Merritt Gibson of La Crosse opposes transferring county land for the proposed auditorium site without a local referendum. He urges the Board to let residents decide the location and questions paying for land, while others defend the council’s authority and existing restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Gibson
la Crosse 4Th Ward
Gibson
la Crosse
Mary Sawyer
Sawyer
Ray Parmenter
Burns
Parmenter
Weather Forecast Preview from U S Weather Bureau
Forecast period ending 730 AM est 2 17 shows cold air mass across the nation with teens to 40s. Minimums include Atlanta 30 Washington 34 New York 31 Chicago 25 Duluth 15 Miami 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S Weather Bureau
Dept. of Commerce
Georgia
Plains
Gulf States
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Chicago
Duluth
Miami
Bismarck
Boston
Denver
Dubuque li
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville Kansas City
Knoxville
LA Crosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
ITV Strikes Four Papers In Tri City Area
Four Tri City papers including The Davenport Democrat Moline Dispatch Rock Island Argus and Davenport Times faced a printers strike by the AFL International Typographical Union. Editions were reduced to 10 16 pages as talks over new type setting machinery outside tape for teletypesetters and a fifth member on the disputes committee continue. Negotiations began Sept 15 with the old contract expired Nov 1 and about 125 printers voting to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Davenport
Democrat
Tri-Cities
AFL
Moline Dispatch
Rock Island, Ill
Argus
Davenport Times
AFL International Typographical Union
Dispatch
Argus and Times
Henry Hook
Morning Democrat
Harold Clark
Indianapolis
Ind
Rock Island Argus
Ben Potter
New Wage Offer To AFL Bus Drivers In Racine
A new proposal was presented Monday to Racine AFL bus drivers who are on strike since December 5 over pay. The vote on the offer is planned for Wednesday night after talks with Fred Worden, E. J. Ehrlich, and union officials. The drivers want 25 cents extra per hour plus 5 more cents if fares rise to 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
AFL
Fred Worden
E. J. Ehrlich
Federal Conciliation Service
David Low Joins Manchester Guardian Cartoonist Duo
David Low renowned British cartoonist famous for Colonel Blimp will join the Manchester Guardian staff. He ends a three year run with the London Daily Herald on January 31, with the Herald noting a very happy relationship during his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
David Low
Manchester Guardian Fed
Low
Colonel Blimp
London Daily Herald
The
Herald
Becomes Father At 93 Surprised By Stork Hubbub
Des Moines report on Luis A. Carrizales age 93 who fathered a daughter with wife Mary 28 his 13th child. He has seven children from two previous marriages and continues work at a farm equipment firm. He expresses surprise at the publicity each time the stork visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Luis A. Carrizales
Mary
Viroqua Man Fined $100 For Hit and Run
A Viroqua man pleaded guilty to hit and run charges in La Crosse County Court and was fined $100 plus costs. Alban Gilbertson, traced by license number, left the scene after colliding with Charles E. Flynn's car on Highway 14 Shelby. Flynn, Clara Lind, Ragna Lind, and Alice Smith were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Alban Gilbertson
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Gilbertson
Charles E. Flynn
R. 1
Lyndon Station
Shelby
Flynn
Clara Lind
Ragna Lind
Viroqua
Alice Smith
S. 7Th St
Highway 14
Christie Seeks Proceeding After Suspension Meeting
Patrolman James Christie, suspended last Thursday by Police Chief George Long, will meet with the police and fire commission Tuesday night to decide further procedure. If a trial is ordered, it will be scheduled and held before the commission. Christie has served since 1936 as a radio operator and ambulance driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Christie
Police and Fire Commission
Christie
George Long
Fred Steele
Long
Hoboken Officials Clash in 1949 Public Works Inquiry
The inquiry centers on Florio’s alleged access to De Sapio’s office with DeSapio denying excessive visits. Proskauer confronts vague testimony while Borelli, denying waterfront rackets, vows libel action against DeVincenzo and defends public safety role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borelli
Commission
Theodore Kiendl
Florio
DeSapio
Joseph M. Proskauer
Hoboken
Proskauer
Ignatius Wilkinson
Jersey
DeVincenzo
Weather Record for Wisconsin and Minnesota Report
Weather data from the US Department of Commerce notes fair to partly cloudy skies across Wisconsin and Minnesota with colder temperatures midweek. Station readings show sunrise at 7:34 a.m. and sunset at 4:28 p.m. River forecast predicts a 2-4 ft fall from Alma southward by Wednesday morning due to ice action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hastings
Guttenberg
Alma
la Crosse
Loyalty Review Reverses Duty Action on Vincent Case
The State Department reversed a prior action in a loyalty review concerning John Vincent, a former director of the office of Far Eastern affairs. The board cited testimony from ex Communist Budenz and criticized the department for not denying Vincent’s alleged ties. Vincent led Far Eastern policy from 1945 to 1947 amid China crisis era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Department
Loyalty Board
John Stewart Service
Foreign Service
Vincent and
Davies
U. S
China
Vincent
Louis Budenz
Acheson
Bingham
Ussr
Office of
Far Eastern Affairs
Norwalk PTA Plans Christmas Program at High School Gym
Norwalk Wisconsin high school gym hosts a Christmas program by the Norwalk PTA with grade school pupils directed by teachers. The PTA votes to join the American Legion in sponsoring a New Year’s Eve ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
PTA
American Legion
Five-Generation Senior Dead in Wisconsin
Mrs Jorand Grinde aged 93 died at home in Shake Hollow near Taylor Wisconsin one week before her 94th birthday. She was a longtime resident with her son Helmer Grinde and daughter-in-law in the farm home. Born December 21 1857 in Hardanger Norway she was predeceased by her husband Atle Grinde. Survived by three sons Theodore Blair Cornell Tennessee Helmer Blair one daughter Helen Rue Blair a sister Anna Barlow Sparta and many grandchildren great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Theodore
Blair
Cornell
Tennessee
Helmer
Helen) Rue
Anna Barlow
Sparta
Rescue Aboard Grommet Reefer Continues After Nightfall
Rescue crews battle wind and waves to haul three sailors from the Grommet Reefer, a 1945 Duluth built cargo ship under Sea Transportation Service contract, carrying provisions and seven tons of turkeys for GI Christmas dinners to Italy and Austria. One line snapped but survivors reached safety for the night as darkness halted further lowering of a steel cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Sea Transportation Service
Italy
Austria
Police seek remedies for rising county highway accidents
County officials and local police press state laws and court fines to curb speeding. Chief Wright and Tabbert urge radar speed devices and visible squad cars as deterrents. Participants include Perry Freeman, Clarence Dunnum, Harry Sween, George Berger, and Henry Molledahl from La Crosse wards.
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Page
Tabbert
Chief Wright
Wright
Cvar
Perry Freeman
la Crosse
Clarence Dunnum
Washington
Harry Sween
Holmen
George Berger
Henry Molledahl
Deaths of Sir William Goscombe John 92 noted
Sir William Goscombe John aged 92, dean of British sculptors whose works included royal commissions, died Monday. His career linked to several members of the Royal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preast
London
Sir William Goscombe John
Notable Deaths and Defense Casualty List Update
The item notes the death of Ida C MacKeown a 67 year old miniature portrait painter in La Jolla California. It also reports the Defense Department release identifying 96 Korean War casualties in list No 712 with 19 dead 70 wounded three missing and four injured. Vernon Carl Renis a 57 year old retired Quaker Oats official in Akron Ohio died on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Jolla
Calif
Ida
C. MacKeown
Washington
Department Today
Aia J
Bowling Green
Vernon Carl Renis
Quaker Oats Company
Akron
Mountbatten Named NATO Naval Commander in Mediterranean
British Admiral Earl Mountbatten is named commander in chief of NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean, with duties from Gibraltar to Suez. The Naples based U S Sixth Fleet under Admiral Robert Carney remains an Allied striking force, reporting to General Ridgway alongside Mountbatten.
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Paris
Earl Mountbatten
NATO
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
U. S
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Mountbatten
Carney
Matthew B
Southern European Command
Ridgway
Inquest Held Into Death Of William Heath
A coroner's inquest in Black River Falls investigated the death of William Heath a Farm youth who died November 24 after being struck by a moving vehicle on Highway 12 in Brockway. The 14 year old was found on his expected 15th birthday. The jury ruled the death accidental and the owner was unknown. Coroner Sidney Jensen led the inquest with District Attorney Louis Drecktrah and Sheriff Edward Rockney present. Jurors included Lloyd Nanstad Robert Mills Emil Johnson D W A Holder Lloyd Gilbertson and Paul Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
William Heath
Black River Falls Farm
Heath
Brockway
Highway 12
Sidney Jensen
Hixton
Louis Drecktrah
Edward Rockney
Lloyd Nanstad
Robert Mills
Emil Johnson
D. W. A. Holder
Lloyd Gilbertson
Paul Cooper
Jensen
Warren Rhode
Juneau
Rhode
Woman with shotgun ends sewer dispute in Florida
Mrs. E. J. Humpfer paused her protest after a week long stand against sewer work near her Winter Park home. She had threatened to shoot any worker entering her lawn to protect shrubbery and lawn from dirt piling. City workers agreed not to move dirt on the parkway in front of her house as a settlement was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Park
Fla
E. J. Humpfer
Train Hits Car Kills Three Near Honey Creek Crossing
A Soo Line passenger train struck a car at the Town of Honey Creek crossing, killing Mary Ellen Harvan 18, George Ciungna 21, and Robert Meyer 19, all of Chicago. Patricia Harvan 19 was in critical condition at Burlington Hospital. Ciungna’s car was moving west on Racine County Trunk D when the collision split the vehicle.
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Racine P
Chicago
Honey Creek
Soo Line
Racine County
Mary Ellen Harvan
George Ciungna
Robert Meyer
Winona Swift & Co Livestock Prices and Market Report
Swift and Co reports buying hours 9 to 4 weekdays 8 to 12 Saturday. Hogs show higher prices with tops to 16.00 and varied weights. lambs steady with top around 20. Cattle market described as steady to strong with ranges for steers, heifers, cows, and bulls. Chicago produce and wheat prices noted with hog and cattle market activity in Chicago and South St. Paul reports.
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Swift & Co
Evway
South ST. Paul
Minn
Castle
Chicago
USDA
U N push stalls as China rejects plan for Korea talks
Chou En-lai to Lester Pearson denounces the Menon drafted U N plan as illegal and unreasonable. Pearson reports to the General Assembly on Communist rejection while Eisenhower hints at pushing peace moves after his Korea trip. The U N Command remains ready to meet at Panmunjom if the Communists accept basic U N principles.
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Chou En-lai
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Peiping
U.N
India
S V.k.krishna Menon
U. S
Pearson
General Assembly
Eisenhower
Korea
Loff
U. N
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
United Nations
United States
Postpone TV Hearing in Duluth Superior Channel 6
A licensing hearing for a new TV station on Channel 6 in Duluth Minnesota or Superior Wisconsin was postponed until next week. Hearing examiner Herbert Sharfman granted a joint extension for Ridson Inc of Superior and Lakehead Telecasters Inc of Duluth. No exact resume date set. engineering testimony was presented last month.
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Washington
Duluth
Minn
Superior Wis
Herbert Sharfman
The
Communications Commission
Ridson, Inc
Superior
Lakehead Telecasters, Inc
Sharfman
Police Check Murder Data in La Crosse Case
Police review records for a possible 1912 La Crosse murder after a Detroit man Henry Alixson admits giving heroin to a youth in a hobo jungle. Alixson, 65, says the victim collapsed after the injection and he left the city. no death confirmation found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Henry Alixson
Detroit
Mich
Alixson
Rescue Dog From River near Black River
A seven year old cocker spaniel named Major was rescued from the Black River near St. Cloud Street. Firemen responded at 4:49 p.m. two unidentified boys helped pull the dog into a boat. The dog was taken to a local veterinarian. owner Fred Reynolds of 408 Hagar St. was notified.
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Black River
St. Cloud Street
Fred Reynolds
Hagar St
Major
Sabre Pilots Destroy Four Communist MIGs Over Korea
Allied Sabre jet pilots claimed at least four MIG-15s destroyed in high altitude dogfights over North Korea. The Fifth Air Force credited additional damaged and possible destruction, with 27 Sabres and about 32 MIGs involved in 13 engagements from 800 to 45 000 feet. Ground skirmishes continued in the Kimhwa ridges as Chinese forces attacked Pinpoint Hill and Rocky Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Kimhwa Ridges
Central Front
Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Appleton man dies from crash injuries near Kaukauna
Robert E Strohmenger 75 of Sun Prairie died at St Elizabeths Hospital from injuries suffered in a traffic crash on Highway 41 near Kaukauna December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Robert E Strohmenger
Sun Prairie
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Kaukauna
Eisenhower Meets Leaders on Postwar Aid and Alliance
President-elect Eisenhower held talks with Harold Stassen on leading the Mutual Security Administration and with Sinclair Weeks on commerce but offered no details. He also conferred with Prime Minister Churchill about defense ties and the ANZUS framework and potential British participation. Churchill seeks a meeting with Eisenhower after his inauguration as Britain weighs alliance options.
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Ity
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Administration
Europe
Stassen
MSA
Eisenhower
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Hagerty
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Producers Group
Johnston
Holland
London
Defense Alliance
Anzus
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Britain
Churchill
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Paul A. Hartwig
Clark
Eighth Army
Japan
Seventh Fleet
1St Marine Division
Inchon
Anzie
First
Ruhr
LA Wagner
Great Lakes
ITV
Manchester Guardian
Jerry Gilbertson
Department OF Commerce
Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Black
Galseville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Norwalk Pta
Boy
Rend Tribune
Chicago Mold P
Hamilton
Inter-Cellucation
James
McQuay Nat. Tool
Minn. Ont
Nekoosa
Ollgear
Paragon
Ho Koehring Co
Ray O Vac
Salway Steel
la Crosse Tele
Wis. Pw. & Light
Heileman Co
Mass. Inv
Trane Co
Northw. Bancorp
North
States Power
Cleveland Clift
Allis-Chalmers
Amn
Tel & Tel
Tobacco
Biscuit
N.Y. Central
Armour
Northern Pacific
Arch. T
Penn, R. R
Edison
St. Brands Amt
Crane Br
St. Oil
Curtiss-Wright i
St. Ou
N. J
Douglas Aire
Studebaker
Elec
Swift
NS Union Carbide
United Aircraft
Gen. Motors
United Airlines
Goodrich U. S. Rubber
Goodyear
Steel
Illinois Central
W. Elec
Mie
Harvard Woolworth
Stewart-Warner Lds
Fox
Kennecott ii
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Joe Marcho
Winona Livestock
Arket
Colorado
Idaho
F.o.b
Yellow Lake
Chicago Livestock
U. N. Command
Wisconsin Department of Securities
Citizens Loan & Finance CO
C. L. Peterson
Main Street
Elgin
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