Supreme Court Likely To Hear End of Segregation Push
Analysts say the court may face a major challenge to segregation in future terms after last Monday’s rulings banning race-based differences at the Texas and Oklahoma state universities. The decisions hinge on equal opportunity under the Fourteenth Amendment and could broaden to schools and public facilities across the nation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Texas
Oklahoma
Kohler Endorsed By Wisconsin Republican Convention
Delegates in La Crosse endorse Kohler after informal ballot becomes formal. Kohler thanks the convention promising to represent a united party and win November races with Republican support. Wayne Hood closes with appreciation, praising a convention marked by Gov Rennebohm's recent withdrawal.
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Higley
Kohler
Bubolz
Wayne Hood
la Crosse
Republican Voluntary Committee
City Persons In ACT Jobs
Two La Crosse residents were named to offices at the state convention of the United Commercial Travelers in Marshfield Saturday. Ove Guberud was elected to the grand executive committee and Esther Nelson was named to a three year term as grand treasurer of the ladies auxiliary. The three day session closed with officer installations and resolutions, and La Crosse was named as the 1950 state convention site in June.
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la Crosse
United Commercial Travelers
Marshfield
Ove Guberud
Cass Street
Esther Nelson
Winnebago Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Counterfeit Job Embarrasses Count
Federal Judge Pierson Hall presided over Herman Otto Walter on charges of passing a counterfeit ten dollar bill. Walter claimed he bought several notes at half price and was caught after a bill passed at a service station. The judge reacted with embarrassment as he identified the note. Walter received three years in prison and a ten dollar fine.
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Los Angeles
Pierson Hall
Herman Otto Walter
Secret Service
Fred Wasson
Hall
King Found Innocent In Madison Slaying
A circuit court jury found George Butch King innocent by reason of insanity in the July death of Madison waitress Sadie Jackson. Judge Reis ordered King committed to the central state hospital at Waupun for an indefinite period.
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Madison
Wis
George
Butch) King
King
Blooming Grove
Sadie Jackson
Alvin C. Reis
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Presbyterians Aid Well Known Baptist
MASSANETTA SPRINGS Va. Missouri Presbyterians defended a prominent Baptist here on Saturday. The Presbyterian general assembly approved a proposal asking the president not to reappoint a Vatican representative. J Walter Gray an elder from Green Spring Presbyterian Abingdon added a quip about sending Mr Truman. Missouri delegates quickly opposed.
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Massanetta Springs
Missouri
Vatican
La Crosse Shriners Fly to Shrine Convention
Fifty Shriners and wives departed by Milwaukee railroad train Saturday for Los Angeles to attend the national Shrine convention. The Zor temple Oriental band, composed of La Crosse Shrine club members, accompanied the delegation. This marks the 16th cross country trip for the 18 year old Zor temple based in Madison.
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la Crosse
Proposes Press Photos At High Court Session
Atlantic City reports Kent Cooper executive director of the Associated Press urged Friday that press photographers seek permission to photograph the U S Supreme Court in session. He said lesser courts may be influenced by permission and noted the silent presence would be widely seen as news.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
Cooper
National Press Photographers Association
Association
Joseph A. Sprague
Girl Fatally Shot At Syracuse Amusement Park
In Syracuse New York a 15 year old girl Arlene Banyas died after a .22 caliber bullet struck her chest at an amusement park. Police scoured nearby woods for the shooter while she had been at a picnic in Manlius and had just won a U S savings bond as first prize in a singing contest.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Arlene Banyas
Manlius
New York
U. S
Kohler Leads GOP Bid as County Rally Draws Strong Support
Kohler courted party unity and pledged humility if elected governor while rival Higley and Bubolz pressed for leadership. Higley tapped county leaders, boasting long party service. Ko hler promised consulting with county chiefs on appointments. Kohler carried 30 counties, Higley 23, Bubolz 13, five tied.
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Bubolz
Higley
GOP
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Kohler
President Truman Speech Praises Progress and Peace
In a solemn address during a reunion of the division, President Truman contrasted the Soviet regime's vast peacetime armed force with its domestic needs, while optimistic about near permanent peace. He led a breakfast with battery D, 129th field artillery in France and ordered officials to march in the division parade.
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Hitler
Soviet Union
Truman
129Th Field Artillery
France
Johnson
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Rice pledges equal education and welfare support in state
The speaker asserts belief in equal educational opportunities for all citizens and promises to continue a realistic welfare program for the unfortunate. He concedes the program costs money but argues fiscal policy will sustain state government. He notes extensive service to his district and intends full attention if elected to a third term.
Compulsory Voting Study Proposed by Rep Javits
Rep Javits of New York said he will seek a congressional study on compulsory voting. The bill would create a special committee to review current education and encouragement measures and assess whether compulsory voting by law or constitutional amendment is advisable, noting Australia the Netherlands and Belgium as examples.
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Washington
Javits
R-Lib-Ny
Congress
Australia
Netherlands
Belgium
Amerasia case probe tests Justice Department diligence
Officials testified the prosecution collapsed due to illegally obtained evidence amid a Senate subcommittee inquiry led by Senator McCarthy into Amerasia. Critics dispute the point as investigators examine alleged State Department Communist influence and a broader Red network in government.
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Justice Department
Amerasia
McArthy
R-Wis
State Department
Fifth Column in Russia Reported by Italian Action
The information service of the Italian Catholic Action said an anti Communist fifth column operates in Soviet Russia and satellite states. It names war prisoners escaped from concentration camps former German officers and many Baltic patriots among its members.
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Rome —i
Italian Catholic Action
Soviet Russia
Capt Harry's speeches grow longer after war service
Veterans recall Captain Truman during a 1918 rising to command battery D 129th field artillery. Fred Schmidt of Liberty Missouri recalls his blunt warm leadership and strict discipline. The piece notes Truman’s ongoing speaking style as he reunites with 35th division veterans.
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Harry Truman
Missouri University
Frederick A. Middlebush
Columbia
ST. Louis
Truman
Fred Schmidt
Liberty
129Th Field Artillery
Schmidt
Harry
Negro Gunfire Sparks Panic in Manhattan Store
In a crowded Lower Manhattan shop, an armed man identified as Lester R. Trice fired three times at pursuers, wounding himself and injuring six women amid a frenzy of shoppers. Store officials cornered him and turned him over to police as customers fled the melee.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Lester R. Trice
Trice
Robbers Strike Woodbury Bank in Broad Daylight
In Southbury Connecticut on Friday two bandits robbed the Woodbury Savings Bank of 8500 dollars. They held three employees and four patrons at bay and fled in a car after currency was scattered on the ground. State trooper George H. Bunnell Jr. set up a road block near the Housatonic river and pursued the suspects, finding the car abandoned with the robbers gone.
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Southbury
Conn
Woodbury Savings Bank
Woodbury
George H. Bunnell, Jr
Housatonic River
Bunnell
No Bust Seen As Prosperity Persists In Postwar Market
The federal reserve board reports no imminent bust and notes industrial production may match the 1948 peacetime peak. Consumer credit remains steady while the economy produces goods and services worth about 260 billion dollars annually. Dr Emerson P Schmidt of the Chamber warns that mood swings trigger booms or busts, urging caution. The stock market has begun reflecting growing business confidence.
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Federal Reserve Board
Emerson P. Schmidt
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Smith Wins With Backing in Machine Vote
Smith secured backing from party machinery by a 1507 to 964 victory. Nicol showed influential support in high circles, yet party workers resisted dumping the lieutenant governor without reason. Smith, 38 and a salesman, parlayed a prior senate praise into gains as presiding officer. Secretary Fred R. Zimmerman and State Treasurer Warren R. Smith received unanimous endorsements with no opposition or roll calls.
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Nicol
Smith
State Senate
Fred R. Zimmerman
Warren R. Smith
Zimmerman
Woman Killed Crossing Highway 53 in Chetek
Mrs. Mary Sirinek, 78, Chetek, was fatally struck Friday while crossing highway 53. Paul W. Jones, 18, of West Salem, Va., charged with reckless driving and released on $100 bond by Justice Robert Bergeron Barron. Jones’ parents were vacationing in the Chetek area.
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Chetek
Wis
Mary Sirinek
Highway 53
Here
Paul W. Jones
West Salem
Justice of the Peace
Robert Bergeront
Barron
Jones
Boy on bike killed in Wisconsin collision
Nine year old Donald Rettschlag died after his bicycle veered into a car driven by James H. Levi of Stevens Point on a Portage county road. Levi said the boy suddenly swerved into his path and the collision occurred Friday near Beaver Dam.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Donald Rettschlag
James H. Levi
Stevens Point
Portage County
Levi
Here
I Do Minister Feted Today at Clinton Church
In Clinton Illinois a big crowd is planned for a wedding bells service honoring Rev. H. B. Wheaton who has officiated 782 marriages in 22 years at the First Christian church. Only eight of his couples have divorced and ten spouses are now deceased.
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Clinton
H. B. Wheaton
Rev. Wheaton
First Christian Church
Milt Walden
Decatur
Clinton Church
Wheaton
Rev
Bloomington, IL
Post-War Rubber Cargo Returns to United States
A UNRRA aid shipment of composition rubber sent to Italy after the war has returned to the United States aboard the SS Exceller. About 2,500 bundles arrived in Baltimore from Venice and are bound for Kaum Co in Canton Ohio. Waterfront sources say the rubber likely stood untouched in Italy for months before being picked up by a broker in an Ohio deal. The materials were provided at no cost under UN relief and rehabilitation programs. Buxbaum representative notes the firm buys from samples and may not know the exact origin of the material.
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Baltimore
Italy
UNRRA
America
Exceller
Venice
Kaum Co
Canton
Ohio
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Program
Buxbaum
Brindley Endorses Wisconsin Auto Signal Law
Brindley from La Crosse praised the state law requiring hand and arm or mechanical signals for turns and stops. Wisconsin AAA officials said the law improves driving manners, noting it is less than a year old. Proponents also urged a parking law for lots and garages, led by Armin Mauthe and Henry G. Smith.
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Minocqua
Wis
Wisconsin Aaa Motor Club
Thad Brindley
la Crosse
Henry G. Smith
Beloit
Fairchild Blasts McCarthy Speech At Wisconsin Rally
Atty Gen Thomas Fairchild Democratic Senate nominee harshly condemned Sen McCarthy at a sixth district Democratic rally in Fond du Lac calling McCarthy’s Milwaukee convention remarks an admission the GOP wins by fear. Other state leaders Lavern Disney Daniel Hoan and William Sanderson spoke.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Thomas Fairchild
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Fairchild
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
GOP
Lavern Disney
Daniel Hoan
William Sanderson
Mrs. Vandenberg Dies. Funeral Planned in Washington
Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg wife of Michigan Senator will be held in Washington Monday. Interment at Lindenwood cemetery Fort Wayne Indiana. She aged 67 endured two major operations and years of illnesses. Sen Vandenberg and three children were with her at the Wardman Park hotel when she died.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Lindenwood Cemetery
Fort Wayne
Ind
Vandenberg
Sen. Vandenberg
Wardman Park
Worker Electrocuted at Bemis Plant in Sheboygan Falls
Edward Fenner, 20, was electrocuted Friday while operating a high frequency gluing machine at Bemis Manufacturing Co. in Sheboygan Falls. Coroner James Hildebrand said Fenner reached up to throw a switch, received a flash, and fell to the floor.
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Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Edward Fenner
Bemis Manufacturing Co
Sheboygan County
James Hildebrand
Fenner
Miller Rites Set for Mary I Miller in La Crosse
Mary I. Miller 205 South 23rd street died Saturday in a local hospital. She is survived by sister Harriet Rask Blooming Prairie Minn and niece Catherine Johnson Hudson Wis. Christian Science services Tuesday 2 p.m. Dahl funeral home burial Oak Grove cemetery friends may call Monday evening.
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Mary I. Miller
South 23Rd Street
Sam A
Harriet) Rask
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Donald M
Catherine) Johnson
Hudson
Wis
Job Miller
Herman J. B. Miller
la Crosse
Miller’s Coulee
Mrs Mary Kindhammer 70 Hokah Minn dies in local hospital
Mrs Mary Kindhammer aged 70 of Hokah Minnesota died Friday afternoon in a local hospital. She is survived by two daughters Anne Holbrook of Feudenheim Germany and Florence Hammes of La Crosse Wisconsin a son George Kindhammer of Hokah one sister Frances Dahlke Hokah two brothers Otto Dahlke of La Crosse and Charles Dahlke of Hokah four grandchildren and is preceded by burial at Calvary Cemetery Hokah. Funeral services set for Tuesday 8:30 am at Schumacher funeral home and 9:00 am at St Peter Catholic Hokah conducted by Rt Rev Msgr George Hammes with rosary Monday evening
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Mary Kindhammer
Hokah
Minn
J. S
Anne) Holbrook
Feudenheim
Germany
A. C
Florence) Hammes
la Crosse
George Kindhammer
Frances Dahlke
Otto Dahlke
18 Go Over Side As Boat Sinks
The coast guard reported that the boat Signal Hill sank Saturday between San Pedro and Santa Catalina Island. Eighteen passengers went over the side and the cutter Morris rushed to the scene to rescue survivors. It was not known if all 18 were recovered.
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San Pedro
Calif
Coast Guard
Signal Hill
Santa Catalina Island
Morris
Globe-Girdling Wife Accused in Divorce Case
Cambridge based case sees Norman R. Morrow-Tait sue for divorce alleging misconduct by his wife Richarda Morrow-Tait. The action names Michae l Townsend, 26, a Cambridge University scholar, as co respondent linked to her world travel in a year and a day.
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Cambridge
Eng
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Cambridge University
Norman R. Morrow-Tait
Micael Townsend
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