Police identifications expert James Barker shot by son in Homestead
James Oakes Barker, a Miami police identification captain who helped with the 1943 Sir Harry Oakes case for the Duke of Windsor, was shot dead today by his son James Barker Jr. The younger Barker, held in jail, admitted the shooting amid family feuding and prior divorce actions.
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Homestead
Fla
James O. Barker
Duke of Windsor
Oakes
James O. Barker Jr
John Tyler
County Criminal Bureau of Investigation
Young Barker
Tyler
Barker
Miami Police Identification Bureau
Nassau
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
International Association For Identification
de Marigny
Sir Harry
Seven Killed In State Mishaps
Seven people died in Wisconsin accidents during the holiday period. Names include Harry Beels of Chili, an unidentified man aged 60 to 65 struck by a Chicago North Western 400 train in Racine, Fred Kramer of Racine, Hattie Gamm of Madison, Benjamin Worwick of Brown County, Airman 3C John B. Call of Osseo, and Walter Williams of East Troy. Multiple injuries were reported and authorities cited car crashes, a crossroad collision, and a highway departure as the causes.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Harry Beels
Chili
Clark County
Wood County
Trunk C
Rudolph
Chicago North Western 400
Racine
Fred Kramer
Hattie Gamm
Madison
Waukesha
Benjamin Worwick
Preble
Brown County
Green Bay
Warwick
John B. Call
Osseo
Highway 27
Russell Dean
Eau Claire
Walter Williams
East Troy
Walworth County
Highway 15
Elkhorn
Williams
Car backfires injures La Crosse station worker
Andrew Anderson 52, operator of a Rose Street service station, suffered third degree burns to his hand and wrist when a car he tried to start backfired in a garage at 504 St James Street. He was taken to a local hospital by police squad car after first aid by firemen. The car belonged to Gethry n Rude and the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. Fire crews responded with two engines and a truck.
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la Crosse
Andrew Anderson
Rose St
Anderson
Gethryn Rude
St. James St
Ice On Wisconsin Lakes Risks Cars Falling Through
Outdoors writer warns drivers to avoid thin ice on lakes like Lake Winnebago. Cars can misjudge black ice and hidden water, slipping into holes. Tips include watching for skittish behavior, calking doors, or securing vehicles, though one man tied a line to his steering wheel and disappeared with his car into 40 feet of water.
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Lake Winnebago
Souvenir shell injures four at Alabama Christmas gathering
Four people were injured when a souvenir 45 mm tank busting shell exploded during a Christmas gathering in Chickasaw Alabama. Among the injured are 16 year old Mildred Childres who lost both legs and Mrs. Verbile McCrory who had a leg amputated. The shell was brought by Marine Pfc James W McCrory who dropped it. An ordnance expert from Brookley Air Force Base investigated the incident.
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Chickasaw
Ala
Mildred Childres
Verbile McCrory
Joe McCrory
McCrory
Kenneth Andrews
M. H. McWhirter
Pfc
James W. McCrory
Camp Lejeune
McWhirter
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Papers Filed for Merrill TV Station WOSA TV Inc
Nixon era article notes Audrey Saeger of Merrill filed incorporation papers for WOSA TV Inc in Madison. Rep Alvin O Konski of Mercer listed as agent and owner of nearby Radio Station WLIN Merrill, which recently got approval to move to Wausau and expand operations.
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Madison
Merrill
Alvin O’konski
Mercer
Secretary of State
Audrey Saeger
Wosa-Tv, Inc
WLIN
Wausau
Secret Engraving On Truman's Tub Revealed
Herman Perlman, who carved glass panels for five White House bathtubs, disclosed a hidden inscription on President Truman's tub on CBS I’ve Got a Secret. The message reads in part that the man’s heart is clean and serves his people truthfully.
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Washington
Herman Perlman
U. S
White House
Mrs. Truman
Margaret Truman
Perlman
Truman Eisenhower and Stalin Talks Face Skepticism
Washington weighs a potential Stalin Eisenhower meeting yet demands concrete proof of any truce move. London reports suggest Britain would attend, while Senators warn against Trojan Horses in Russian peace talks and push for Stalin to visit the United States if sincere. Eisenhower's wartime diplomacy is cited as relevant experience.
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Truman
Stalin
Washington
Eisenhower
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Great Britain
Churchill
Europe
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Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. Wiley
Adenauer Faces Final Hurdles Over West German Pacts
Chancellor Adenauer must push three pacts through the Bundestag final reading and survive a constitutional battle over rearmament. If court guidance requires a constitutional amendment, the two thirds margin needed may be out of reach due to Socialist opposition.
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Federal Supreme Court
Adenauer
Walking On Gold
Hong Kong customs officers arrest Leung Hing after he hobbled off a ferry from Macau. Police find five small bars of gold in his socks.
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Hong Kong
Leung Hing
Portugese
Macau
Marriage Licenses Listed for Whitehall and Beyond
Whitehall Wisconsin marriage licenses issued for Lynn Forbes Barry of Melrose Massachusetts and Betty Jean Gauger of San Francisco California as they plan to marry in December.
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Lynn Forbes Barry
Melrose
Mass
Betty Jean Gauger
San Francisco
Calif
Weather lows and highs in major cities for Saturday
The forecast lists Duluth 0, Milwaukee 22, Washington 28, New York 29, Chicago 24, Los Angeles 49 as the principal cities by early Saturday. Two high pressure centers dominate the pattern over the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle and the Rockies. Chill winds swirl around the highs as shown by map arrows.
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Duluth
Milwaukee
Washington
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Rockies
Possible U S Korea War Plans Across Eisenhower Era
The piece outlines Eisenhower and Dulles thinking on Korea including options such as a neck-of-Korea offensive, Manchurian border push, extended air operations beyond Korea, a naval blockade of Red China, and possible use of Nationalist forces from Formosa. It notes fears of Russian propoganda and the political constraints of a transition era.
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Russia
Moscow
Eisenhower
U. S
U.N
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Korean Peninsula
Far East
Europe
North Korea
Manchuria
Yalu River
China
Thhe
United States
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Weather Record U8 Department of Commerce Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather forecast notes cloudy conditions with snow flurries in Wisconsin tonight and Saturday. Minnesota reports a cold wave with five to 15 below zero tonight and colder in the south. Iowa shows considerable cloudiness with light flurries in the northeast. Shippers forecast protects shipments within 150 miles of La Crosse with low temperatures from minus five to fifteen above zero depending on direction.
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Midwest
Memphis
Atlanta
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Readings Show Little Change in Stage Forecast
Flood stage readings from Hastings to Guttenberg indicate no significant river rise today with minimal 24 hour change and expect little movement for an extended period.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Intelligence men forecast 1953 cold war outlook
In a European outpost, experts say Russia controls the situation more than the West. They foresee possible moves including new Berlin blockades, shifts in Austria, and continued Soviet rearmament. Five trends loom: intensified world communism, colonial unrest, eased Iron Curtain trade, Yugoslav alignment efforts, and potential Western disunity if German plans falter.
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Germany
France
Saar
North Africa
Europe
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
West Berlin
Austria
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Britain
Holland
Yugoslavia
Tito
Professor Fred J. Sievers Dies at 72 in Amherst
Professor Fred J. Sievers, 72, former director of the graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, died today in Amherst. He was born in Milwaukee, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, and taught there before serving as superintendent of the Milwaukee County schools agriculture and domestic science departments.
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Amherst, Mass
Fred J. Sievers
Graduate
University of Massachusetts
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Schools
Winona Livestock Prices Reported by Swift & Co
Swift & Co. quotes buying hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Hogs up to 25 cents higher with top at 17.75 and varied prices by weight. Cattle steadies with ranges for dry feds, steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves. Lambs steady with top near 19.00. Grains and produce mixed with cash quotes for Chicago wheat, corn, oats, barley, seeds, and soybeans. Cattle and hog salable figures listed by weight class. prices shown for prime to utility categories. Market notes emphasize condition affecting buying prices and discounts for excessive fill.
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Swift & Co
Chicago Livestock Chicago (P
Longtime La Crosse Mason Dies After 31 Years Servant
Death ends a 31 year member of La Crosse Masonic bodies including Frontier Lodge 45 A F M Smith Chapter 13 La Crosse Commandery Scottish Rite Valley of Milwaukee and the Shrine Survivors include his wife three daughters Margery Trowbridge Eugene Oregon Frances Hayden Grimstad Madison and Alice Storey Arlington Virginia one sister Mrs J P Hummel Richmond Virginia and seven grandchildren
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la Crosse
Frontier Lodge 45
F. M
Smith
la Crosse Command‘ery
Scottish Rite
Valley of Milwaukee
The
Shrine
Hoyt
Margery) Trowbridge
Eugene
Ore
Frances Hayden Grimstad
Woman Refused Maternity Leave Not Violation of Contract
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board ruled Badger State Dental Laboratory did not violate its contract or commit an unfair labor practice by denying maternity leave to Anna Lewinski. The contract with Local 1142 allows leaves for reasonable cause, and Lewinski began work on April 1 without reporting pregnancy. She requested leave before June 26, which was denied. board said she should have notified upon hire.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
WERB
Badger State Dental Laboratory
Anna Lewinski
United Optical and Dental Workers Union
CIO
Dies Mrs. John R. Clarkin Dresbach Minnesota
Mrs John R Clarkin 50 Dres bach Minn died Thursday at a La Crosse hospital after two months hospitalization She was born Doris Moe daughter of Mr and Mrs Ole Moe Viroqua Married in 1931 the family lived in La Crosse before moving to Dresbach Survivors include her husband two sons John R Jr and David Michael a daughter Rosemary Kathleen three brothers Adrian Omaha Raymond Downing Calif Kenneth West Prairie near Viroqua Funeral services will be held at St Josephs Cathedral La Crosse with details incomplete
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Dresbach, Minn
John R. Clarkin
Dresbach
la Crosse
Clarkin
Doris Moe
Ole Moe
John R. Jr
David
Michael
Rosemary
Truman Grants Full Pardon to Andrew J May
President Truman pardons former Kentucky congressman Andrew J May who served nine months in prison for bribery tied to muni tions contracts. The decision restores May’s citizenship and follows a Christmas clemency also issued for J Parnell Thomas, former New Jersey Republican and ex Un American Activities Committee chair.
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Washington
Truman
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Congress
May
Justice Department
House
J. Parnell Thomas
Republican House
New Jersey
Un-American Activities Committee
Thomas
Chiang Kai-Shek condemns Soviet Russia and the West in Christmas message
In a Christmas address to the National Assembly Chiang Kai-Shek blasted both Soviet Russia and the West. He implied Western nations and Britain backed Red China and harmed the Nationalists. He warned the fight to rebuild China could be lost if Soviet Russia achieves its goal of world conquest.
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State Department
U. S
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China
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
National Assembly
West
U.S
Britain
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