City Parking and Traffic Data to Be Heard
A September survey of Le Fens parking and traffic will be reviewed Friday at 9 30 a m by the survey committee. George W Barton engineering director of Associated Consultants Evans ton Ill will present preliminary findings to shape final recommendations for Leger. Members include Mayor Henry J Ahrens City Attorney Fred Steele City Clerk Fred Kramer John Barth and acting Capt Leonard Bennett.
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le Fens
George W. Barton
Associated Consultants
Evanston
Ill
J. N. Cribben
Citizens’ Parking Committee
Barton
Leger
Henry J. Ahrens
Fred Steele
Fred Kramer
John Barth
Leonard Bennett
Club Dances And Dues Reminder For January Events
Members are reminded to pay insurance dues by Saturday midnight and notes of a second Christmas season dance on December 29. Committeemen to meet at 8 p m. for planning. New Year’s dance at the club with reserved tables and hats. Post meeting January 4 includes election of two house committee members and delegates to Portage Wisconsin midwinter conference January 28 and 29. Sick list includes Norman Anderson and others in hospitals and at home.
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Belona
House
Portage
Wis
Norman Anderson
Madison General Hospital
Albert Frederick St. Francis
Cecil Grover
Cecile Oestrich
Tomah Vets’ Hospital
Louie Hanson
Clarence Hanson
Ted Blinn
Harry Place
Phil Vitali
Woman 43 Kills Self With Blank Cartridge
SIGNAL HILL California Mrs Ruth Hamre 43 killed herself Tuesday with a blank cartridge Officer C R Blake said she placed the pistol against her neck and pulled the trigger Deputy Coroner Phillip Adkins said the shot severed her jugular vein and she bled to death Alfred Hamre her husband told police she kept the pistol under her pillow to repel prowlers while he was at sea He noted she had been in ill health.
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Signal Hill
Calif
Ruth Hamre
C. R. Blake
Birth details of Aly's family amid a Paris divorce and Moslem faith plans
The report notes Aly has two sons from a previous marriage, Prince Amma 13 and Prince Am yomo hmmed 11, children attending school about 15 miles from Lausanne. Aly divorced British-born Joan Yarde-Buller in Paris shortly before marrying Miss rth on May 27 at Villains, with vows describing the child’s Moslem upbringing.
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Page Lh
Aly
Prince Amma
Amyomohammed
Lausanne
Joan Yarde-Buller
Paris
Rth
German Actor Emil Seivan Reported Critically Ill
Vienna report states German actor Emil S Seivan was listed in critical condition on Wednesday at Wolfgangssee. Hans Lauda, dean of Vienna University medical faculty, was summoned to his bedside to attend him.
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Vienna
Emil S Seivan
Wolfgangssee
Hans Lauda
Vienna University
Postal Receipts Drop With December Totals Rise
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak reports Tuesday postal receipts fell to 530 dollars. Through December 27 total receipts reach 610,462.50, exceeding the 1948 established figure of 539,549.66.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
Olympic miler Lovelock killed by subway train in Brooklyn
New Zealand born Olympic runner John E. Lovelock known for a 3:47.8 1500m world record in Berlin 1936 and a 4:07.6 mile at Princeton in 1933 died after dizziness caused him to fall in front of a Coney Island station. He worked at Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery and served as a British Army medical corps major. wife and two children left behind.
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New York
John E
Jack) Lovelock
Brooklyn
Lovelock
Church Avenue Stoo
Princeton
N. J
Bill Bonthron
Berlin
GOP Unit Gets Census Data
Madison Wis U S census supervisor Gordon E Brewer accepted an invitation to speak to the Waukesha County Republican club on census taker qualifications He noted a date after Jan 13 would suit him Republicans had previously accused him of bias toward Democrats and sought a probe into possible violations of the Hatch Act Brewer said he would give the same talk to all interested groups and was prepared to share information with GOP members
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Madison
Wis
Waukesha County
Gordon E. Brewer
U. S
Wisconsin
Republican Club
Waukesha
Brewer
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Brave Tennessee Girl Loses Hand to Save Life
Betty Lou Marbury a 10 year old from a Tennessee farm had her right hand amputated between the wrist and elbow to halt a malignant bone tumor on the third finger. The operation followed her plea for prayers and showcased her faith and courage as doctors acted to prevent spread of cancer.
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Memphis
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Roger
Betty
State Man John Czarapata Dies at 103 in Wisconsin
John Czarapata died at 103 on Tuesday in Marinette Wisconsin He was born in Poland and came to the United States in 1873 A farmer he lived in Peru for 30 years His wife died in 1943 Survivors include one daughter three sons 41 grandchildren and many great and great great grandchildren
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Marinette
Wis
John Czarapata
Beaver
Pulaski
Green Bay
Czarapata
Poland
United States
Peru
Tremor toll and damage tallied in central Honshu
Japan reports more than 3.6 million dollars in damage from a three day tremor siege in central Honshu from Sunday night to Tuesday night. The death toll stays at eight as national rural police finalize the loss estimate.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Small November rise in living costs reported
A November study shows virtually no overall change in living costs with the index up only one tenth of a percent from October. Fuel, electricity, and food edged higher while clothing and some apparel items declined. Rents rose, and regional figures for Houston and Milwaukee show notable three month increases.
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Washington
Tto
Department
Bureau of Statics
Houston
Tex
Milwau
Wife appeals to world leaders for peace to bear children
Patricia Capella, an American wife, pleads with President Truman Premier Stalin King George and Vincent Aurion to avert war. She criticizes leaders except Stalin as architects of peace and urges a guarantee of peaceful life for her future children.
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Patricia
Ids) Capella
Detroit
Mich
Jacques Capella
Iegar
N. Y" Boe
United States
Truma XII
Stalin
King George
Vincent Aurion
Boy 5 Critically Hurt By Whirling Propeller
In Wausau Wisconsin a five year old boy David Swiderski was severely injured when he ran into a moving airplane propeller after leaping from a plane piloted by his father Stanley F. Swiderski. He remained in critical condition at Memorial Hospital with slim chances of survival. The accident occurred after the craft landed on a Mosinee area farm.
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Wausau
Wis
Memorial Hospital
David Swiderski
Stanley F. Swiderski
Swiderski
Mosinee
Weather Update Highlights Unstable Air Across Nation
The article describes variable temperatures from 31 degrees in the north and 20 in Superior, with an expected subzero to single-digit low in the north and 10 to 15 above in the south for Wednesday night. It notes widespread conditions including warm and snowy areas, with records in Ala City and New York City for December 27 and a forecast of hotter and colder fronts moving south and east.
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Rees
Superior
Mississippi River
Atlantic
New England
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
Michigan
Billings
Mont
Cutbank
Kalispell
Minnesota
Ohile
Ala
New York City
Two Cars In Crash On Gillette Street
Police report a morning crash on Gillette street at 6 07. Henry H Schmitz 1934 Wood street drove west and struck a parked car in the 800 block owned by Roy R Fritz 2139 Loomis street. Total damage about 200 with Fritz at 125 and Schmitz car at 75.
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Gillette Street
Henry H. Schmitz
Wood Street
Roy R. Fritz
Loomis Street
Fritz Carrgo
Schimtz
UCLA Officer Files Crackdown on Illegally Parked Cars
A UCLA campus policeman found a large number of illegally parked student vehicles, exhausting his ticket quota after writing many tickets. He joked about cranking out more notices and his book going blank after the 22nd.
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Los Angeles
Ucla
Fire Devours 2000 Tons Fertilizer in Wrightsville
Wrightsville Ga residents faced a smoky night as more than 2000 tons of fertilizer burned. Fire smoldered into Wednesday with billows seen for miles while townspeople checked homes for embers and motorists inspected vehicles for signs of ignition trouble.
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Wrightsville
Hearing Slated Into Story Of Road Violations
Public Service Commission to hold a February 1 hearing in Madison to probe intrastate trucking rules and possible evasion by common carriers. Investigations cite shipments diverted to interstate routes from Wisconsin points, with review of need for new regulations and enforcement. Also notes stock authorization for Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co and upcoming hearings on water utility and railway abandonments.
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Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
Commission
3 Lt
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co
Amery
Milwaukee
Town of Lake
Milwaukee County
Lakeside Sanitary District
Oconto
Chicago and North Western Railway
Padus
Forest County
Cardinal Mindszenty Resettled From Budapest Prison
The Roman Catholic cardinal Mindszenty has been moved from a Budapest prison under heavy guard and is believed transported to Russia. ARI, citing prison hospital personnel, said he was sentenced to life last February 8 and was taken for routine health checks.
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Rome
Roman Information Agency
ARI
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Russia
Texans in New York Get Lone Star Water Aid
SHREVEPORT La Three thousand gallons of Texas water travel east through Mississippi toward thirsty Texans in New York who cannot return home for Christmas. The tank truck departed Austin Tuesday loaded with water from Highland Lakes area and is a gift from Lakes News a weekly fishing hunting and loafing journal.
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Shreveport
Texas
Mississippi
New York
Austin
Tex
Highland
the Lakes News
VA Says WWII Dividend Checks Not Yet Mailed
The Veterans Administration reports it does not know when the first of 16,000,000 WWII veteran insurance dividend checks will be mailed. The target date of some time near the middle of January has not been changed despite reports to the contrary, an VA official said.
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Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Oven Explodes At Stoddard Burns Wife On Christmas
Mrs. Leslie Hinze of Stoddard Wis suffered burns to the head and right arm and shock when a gas stove exploded in her kitchen Christmas day. The blast at about 5 30 p m blew the oven door off and sent flames to the ceiling. Hinze was taken outdoors where snow was used to tame the fire in her hair. She was not hospitalized. The area burner is believed to have caused the explosion.
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Stoddard
Wis
Leslie Hinze
Are
Hinze
Two U.S. Servicemen Reported Safe in China
Washington reports two American servicemen missing since October 1948 in the Tsingtao area are alive and held at a large base near the port city. Navy chief electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach and Marine Master J Elmer C Bender of Chicago had not been heard from for 14 months amid tensions with Communist China. The State Department says no formal charges are known and a delayed message confirms their safety.
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Washington
China
Tsingtao
State Department
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
J. Elmer C. Bender
Chicago
Family Of Four Found Dead Of Gas Poisoning
In New York a family of four, Andrew Gazak 33 Veronica Gazak 32 and children Veronica 5 and Andrew Jr 3, were found dead in their fifth floor East 71st Street apartment from suspected carbon dioxide poisoning after Christmas Eve. Police say the gas refrigerator fumes filled the room with windows shut and a sister alerted authorities.
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New York
East Side
Your Angels
Andrew Gazak
Veronica
Andrew, Jr
Gazak
East 71St Street
Fleet-Footed Officer Captures Manitowoc Burglar
Officer Howard Rezach chased and captured George Pratt after a brief pursuit in Manitowoc. Pratt, an ex convict, admitted burglarizing a tavern and carried $92 in cash and $37 in checks. $229 reportedly was missing from a cigar box at the tavern. Pratt and partner Francis Lallensach returned him to police for questioning.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Howard Rezach
George Pratt
Rezach
Francis Lallensach
Pratt
New Capital Name Proposed for United States of Indonesia
Report from The Hague states a Sarees spokesman announced Jacarta as the capital name replacing Batavia for the United States of Indonesia. The name should not be confused with Jogjakarta in eastern Java, former capital of the Indonesian republic now merged into the United States of Indonesia.
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Hague
Netherlands
United States of Indonesia
Jacarta
Batavia
Sarees
Jaca Im
Vanese
Java
Jogjakarta
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