Ambush aimed at Little Earl Shelton wounds associate in Illinois
In Fairfield Illinois gunmen fired from ambush striking in back Dellas Wylie 35 as Little Earl Shelton 34 escaped. Wylie was wounded critically and taken to Flora hospital. The shooting occurred near a garage the pair had just bought on Highway 45. Sheriff Brown found shell fragments and food debris at the scene but no witnesses. The Sheltons have a long history with ties to the Big Earl Shelton era and organized crime.
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Ill
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Shelton
Dellas Wylie
Flora
Tll
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Highway 45
Here
Earl
Elmer Brown
Brown
Sheltons
Big Earl
Bernie
Carl
Southern Illinois
Scientific Ground Troops Need By Allies Says Pace
At West Point Pace urges reliance on highly scientific ground troops to overcome numerical superiority of potential enemies. He notes U S Army is outnumbered and qualitatively behind in tanks and other conventional equipment, and calls for allied effort to match massed ground forces.
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West Point
N. Y
Frank Pace, Jr
U. S. Military Academy
Pace
Finnish Soviet Trade Pact Near Signing in Moscow
Helsinki reports a new Soviet Finnish trade pact ready for signing in Moscow possibly Wednesday Finnish Trade Minister Sakari Tuomioja said in a telephone talk from the Soviet capital.
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Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Sakari Tuomioja
Stock Market Surges After Early Losses In Trading Day
New York prices faced a sharp drop of up to six dollars a share in morning trading early in the day. By afternoon buyers regained control with gains generally under a dollar, while General Motors rose on news of a proposed two for one stock split and reached as high as eight and a half dollars before trimming late.
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New York
General Motors
Bicycle Licenses Delayed for City Purchases
Police report bicycle licenses for the fiscal year have not arrived from manufacturers in Wau Pun. July 1 is the deadline for new tags. With no new licenses, bikes may be ridden with current tags, while new bikes can be used unlicensed. Police warn to wait for the official announcement and note plates are made at the State prison.
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Waupun
Communist purge broadens in Yoshida government clash
The cabinet moves to ban the Communist party and remove seven MPs from Parliament. The order, ordered by MacArthur, bars party members from leadership, guiding party affairs, or writing. Police arrest two union leaders after Memorial Day clashes as elections favor Yoshida's pro occupation Liberal Party.
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Shigeru Yoshida
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Sanze Nozaka
Yoshio Shiga
Communist College
Winona Livestock and Grain Prices Report
The Winona Minnesota market lists buying hours 8 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturday with prices based on arrival time and condition. Chicago Livestock quotations show hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and grain futures with declines in hogs and mixed movements in cattle and lambs, plus futures for wheat corn oats rye soybeans lard and potatoes.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
Jene
St Paul Livestock Market Shows Mixed Cattle and Hog Trends
South St. Paul market reports slow slaughter steer and heifer trade with declines of up to 50 cents, cattle prices varying by grade and weight. Hogs stay fairly active with weights over 300 pounds down about 50 cents. sows and lightweights also ease. Chicago notes keep poultry prices steady for hens and roasters, with minor shifts in butter and eggs.
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Chicago
South ST. Paul
Minn
Police Lieutenant Responds at Family Home to Fatal Heart Attack
Green Bay police lieutenant Harry Bultman rushed to a home on an emergency call and found his father, Bernard Bultman, 73, dead from a heart attack. The incident occurred as rescue crews arrived at the residence.
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Wis
Harry Bultman
Fire Department
Bernard Bultman
Chicago grain prices steady with soybeans no trade
Chicago market summary shows cash wheat unavailable. Corn priced with No 1 yellow 1.50 to 1.50+1 14, No 2 at 1.58-1.58 1, No 3 at 1.48-1.49. Oats listed across several grades and barley bids nominal. Soybeans show no activity.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Liberty Bell on Tour Reaches Eau Claire
Milo Knutson will present a Liberty Bell script as the bell on a truck tours the nation. Dahl Motors services the truck and Ford Motor Co. supports maintenance while Esso furnishes fuel. The Wisconsin bell, weighing 2080 pounds, travels from Wisconsin Rapids to La Crosse and Eau Claire, one of about 50 bells on the national tour. The bells replica Independence Hall’s original, a gift from the aluminum industry, and will be presented to states at tour’s end to symbolize thrift and independence.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
United States
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
John Marshall
Wisconsin conservation congress approves upland game seasons
On opening day April first, fishing bans lifted and ice shanties allowed with owner identified. panfish bag set at 25. Upland bird seasons approved across zones with varied bag limits, including ruffed grouse 51 days starting Sept 23 and quail, Hungarian partridge, and woodcock schedules. Deer area protections and a request to repeal the deer damage law also noted. Officers elected Rich ard Hemp as chairman, Jesse Walker as vice chairman, Emery Premeau as secretary treasurer.
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Conservation Department
Congress
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Menomonie
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Mosinee
Conservation Congress
Jesse Walker
Baraboo
Emery Premeau
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Herb Genzl
Merrill
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William Bauer
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Guenz
Royce Hix
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Glenn Garlock
Argonne
E. W. Palmer
Ellsworth
Ed Skouge
W. H. Alexander
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Hemp
Arthur Johnson
Wautoma
Robert Long
Westfield
John Pivonka
Sturgeon Bay
Harry Klemme
Kiel
Foster Patch
Viola
Harry Nohr
Mineral Point
Ross Bennett
Portage
Walker
Marvin Lederer
Jefferson
Truman Stone
Oconomowoc
John Fraser Jr
Milwaukee
Larry C. Whiffen
Education survey weighs future La Crosse schools and staffing
La Crosse district board weighs site selection and building plans as enrollment trends and population shifts prompt a 15 year projection. The board approved new hires for 1950-51 including Niles Jones Schroeder Gossfeld Lindberg Smith Streblow Grosnick Grainger and Jorgenson.
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la Crosse
French Island
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Elm Grove
Shelby
Reavis
Harold Niles
Cydella Jones
Eleanore Jones
Paul Schroeder
Armin Gossfeld
Margaret Lindberg
Paul Smith
Emily Streblow
Doris Grosnick
Wilma Grainger
Supreme Court ends term with rulings on segregation
The 1949 50 term closed with rulings ordering Texas and Oklahoma to grant substantial equality in higher education for Black students and ending dining car segregation under the interstate commerce law. The court avoided overturning the separate but equal doctrine and urged states to prove real equal facilities if segregation continues. Governor Talmadge of Georgia pledged no admission of Negro students to white schools.
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Supreme Court
Texas
Oklahoma
Vinson
University of Texas
Heman Marion Sweatt
Sweatt
Houston
T. S. Painter
Dallas
Price Daniel
Law
University of Oklahoma
G. W. McLaurin
McLaurin
Clark
Justice Department
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Forest Fire Near Lewisport Brought Under Control
The department of natural resources reported a forest fire in northeast Newfoundland covering 12 square miles is under control. The blaze had threatened Lewisport where 2 million gallons of gasoline were stored, but rain diminished the danger.
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ST. John’s
Department of Natural Resources
Newfoundland
Lewisport
Milwaukee architect found dead at Wisconsin lake home
The body of Louis A. Czarnecki, 43, a Milwaukee architect, was found Monday at his summer home on Black Lake northwest of Rhinelander. Coroner Albert Onson said death appeared natural and that Czarnecki had been dead since about May 25.
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Wis
Milwaukee
Black Lake
Here
Louis A. Czarnecki
Albert Onson
Czarnecki
Belgium coalition government resigns after elections
Belgium's coalition cabinet resigned after the Social Christian victory in last Sunday's polls. Regent Prince Charles would name a premier designate, with Jean Duvieusart named by the Social Christians as leading candidate.
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Belgium
pro-Leopold
Social Christian Party
Gaston Eyskens
Social Christians
Prince Charles
Jean Duvieusart
Villa Louis ownership hearing postponed two weeks
Prairie du Chien Wis the circuit court hearing to establish Villa Louis ownership was postponed for two weeks at the request of Mayor William D Carroll. The June 19 session in Prairie du Chien will resume the dispute between Crawford county and the State Historical Society. Judge Roland Steinle of Milwaukee will preside.
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Wis
Darlington
Villa Louis
William D. Carroll
Crawford County
State Historical Society
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
A. W. Kopp
Platteville
Income Tax Reports Erroneous Hits U S
U S commissioner of internal revenue reports one in four individual returns are erroneous. Understatements total 1.3 billion dollars while overstatements reach 90 million. George J. Schoeneman spoke in Chattanooga Tennessee on Monday.
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Tenn
U. S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
George J. Schoeneman
Golden Rule Helps a Wisconsin Farm Aunt Cherishes a Hawkeye Token
Mrs. Taylor recalls moving from a Vernon county farm near Red Mound to Victory two years ago. She jokes a long, smooth good luck piece keeps her out of trouble and she depends on the Golden Rule as well. One Taylor child, Mrs. Will Long, lives in De Soto Wisconsin.
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Vernon County
Viroqua
Victory
Taylor
Wisconsin
Will Long
de Soto
Resinol Ointment Promises Quick Lasting Relief
Advertising copy touts Resinol Ointment for itching and irritated skin with a modern formula of multiple active ingredients. Claims faster action and longer comfort, urging readers to remember the product name for relief that lasts.
Byrnes Favored as Permanent Chairman of Wisconsin R party Meet
Rep. John W. Byrnes of Green Bay is likely to be the permanent chairman of the Republican state convention in Milwaukee next weekend. The convention committee on organization will recommend him for the post. Wayne Hood of La Crosse serves as temporary state chairman.
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Wis
John W. Byrnes
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Byrnes
Wayne Hood
la Crosse
Polio Strikes Six Burlington Residents
Six Burlington residents, including two adults, are reported stricken with polio in the past ten days. Five patients are at Wisconsin General Hospital Madison and one at Racine Isolation Hospital.
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Burlington
Wis
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Racine
Pettibone Bathhouse Break-In Reported At Beach
A door and window were broken and entry gained at Pettibone bathhouse on Monday night. A lifeguard on duty reported the incident to city police on Tuesday. No losses were found by Tuesday afternoon.
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Pettibone Beach
Political primary races and California House split noted
The article reports Democratic versus Republican battles for the presidential nomination against Nixon. California keeps 12 Republican and 11 Democratic House members. Also listed are South Dakota Senator Chan Gurney’s renomination bid, Francis Case opposing him, five GOP governors candidates, and a four man Democratic race for New Mexico governor including David Chavez, brother of Senator Chavez.
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Richard Nixon
California
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Francis Case
House
New Mexico
David Chavez
Chavez
Senators and representatives urge UN disarmament conference
Seven senators and four representatives proposed that the United Nations call an immediate disarmament conference on Tuesday.
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Washington
United Nations
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