Secrecy Label Removed From Income Files
President Truman tore the seals from income tax records of major crime figures to aid Senate investigators. Sen. Wiley urged independent non-partisan anti crime commissions in cities, citing California Chicago and Miami as examples, as part of a broader effort alongside Kefauver committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Inquiry
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Congress
Kefauver Committee
Wisconsin
California
Chicago
Miami
Labor union delegates denounce Taft Hartley act
Convention speakers from Ohio Wisconsin and national officials attacked the Taft Hartley act as a heavy financial burden on unions for legal services and argued for greater political action by members. They urged licensing reform apprenticeship progress and Unity to defeat the act with delegates expected to reconvene Sunday.
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Hillock
Association
Robert Burwinkel
Ohio State Association
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Wisconsin
Tive
Gerald O’donnel
St. Paul
Minnesota Pipe Trades Association
Green Bay
Milwaukee
John McCartin
Washington, D. C
Walter Spencer
McCartin
Spencer
M. M. Hanson
U. S. Department of Labor
Madison
Water Main Break Leaves Whitehall With Drought
A break in an eight inch water main in front of the Whitehall Mill and Power Co. cut water to about three quarters of Whitehall Friday. Wilbur Holtan discovered the leak about 1 a.m. and alerted the night marshal. Repairs by city workers restored service around 1:45 p.m. with only the upper Main street and part of the cast not affected.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall Mill and Power Co
Wilbur Holtan
Woltan
W. R. Bensend
Joe Wilczek
Main Street
Theft of Towel Noted During Republic Day Event in Calcutta
R Papia received five months imprisonment for stealing a towel from a bedroom in government house Calcutta during public access in the Republic celebration. The case pivots on the theft occurring amid festivities and the sentencing followed standard legal process.
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Government House
Calcutta
India’s Republic
R. Papia
Obituary: Miss Helen Weber Dies at 210 South 22nd Street
Miss Helen Weber died Saturday at the home of her niece, Mrs. E. J. Kelly, 210 South 22nd street. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Helen Weber
E. J. Kelly
South 22Nd Street
Mrs. Charles Marquette dies at 71 in Kendall Wisconsin
Mrs. Charles Marquette, 71, died in her sleep at her Kendall home Friday afternoon. A Kendall resident for 52 years, she was active in the community. Survived by her husband, a daughter Verone Roberts of Thiensville, three sons Roy of Milwaukee Claire of University Miss who was visiting Kendall, and Charles of Beloit, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Two sons preceded her in death.
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Kendall
Wis
Charles Marquette
Milton
Milton College
Charles
Beloit
Funeral rites honor Mrs. Dora Roth in Mason City
Norwalk Wisconsin special report Sam Walz and George Koehler attended Dora Roth's funeral in Mason City Iowa. She was Koehler's sister. Mrs. Roth's husband died several weeks ago.
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Norwalk
Wis
Sam Walz
George Koehler
Dora Roth
Mason City
Roth
Koehler
Severt Sherry 84 Dies in Wisconsin Home
Severt Sherry of Folsum Wisconsin aged 84 died Friday at his home. He leaves nine sons Selmer Alvin Sidney Gerhard Albert Carl Orvin Melvin Earl and Victor and one daughter Mrs Edna Solverson 40 grandchildren and a late wife Mrs Sherry who died in 1935. Funeral services Monday at Anderson funeral home Readstown at 1 30 p m and 2 p m at North Kickapoo Lutheran Church with Rev H M Finstad officiating. Burial in adjacent cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at Anderson funeral home.
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Anderson Funeral Home
Readstown
North Kickapoo Lutheran Church
H. M. Finstad
Birthday Wishes for Robert Haas at 2704 Cottage Grove
A local birthday note honors Robert Haas at 2704 Cottage Grove. The item notes that dairy products claim about one fifth of the average city family’s food budget.
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Robert Haas
Cottage Grove
Battleship killer model on display in La Crosse for two days
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1530 bring a 21 foot electrically operated battleship killer to La Crosse for Monday and Tuesday. The mobile exhibit, first used in the Mediterranean and credited with sinking ships including the Queen Elizabeth and Valiant, will be in the 400 block of Main Street from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm with donations benefiting VFW service welfare and relief funds.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas Rooney
la Crosse
Mediterranean
Veterans For Foreign Wars
Alexandria
Egypt
Gibraltar
Anzio
Main Street
Department of Wisconsin
Patriotic pageant to open observance with elaborate fireworks
Schubert announced an observance featuring a pageant written by Mauree Applegate Irna Rideout Ellen Fowler Mrs Arthur Hebord and Mrs John Alexander of the American Association of University Women. Miss Muriel Fuller oversees research and Howard Fredricks directs the pageant with aides John Sullivan John Zimmerman and E P Hartl. Participating groups include American Legion and auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary Junior Chamber of Commerce La Crosse Bar Association Toastmasters and Toastmistresses. Fireworks will follow the pageant with an elaborate display arranged under contract.
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Schubert
Mauree Applegate
Irna Rideout
Ellen Fowler
Arthur Hebberd
John Alexander
American Association of University Women
Muriel Fuller
Howard Fredricks
John Sullivan
John Zimmerman
E. P. Hartl
American Legion and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Junior Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse Bar Association
Atomic Bomb Casualty Study Aims Long Term Effects
The commission of the National Research Council conducts a study on the long term genetic and health effects of atomic bomb exposure. It notes that observing not only the bombed individuals but their grandchildren will be necessary to obtain definite information. Funding comes from the AEC. The report also advises providing sheep with ample clean water where livestock have none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aircraft Clue Found on Lake Michigan Shore
Milwaukee man Harry Franz president of General Door Co vanished on a flight to Cleveland. A piece of a Beechcraft Bonanza wing washed ashore at Lake Michigan with Franz’s registration. Airport staff recalled he left Norwalk airport in Cleveland Thursday after brief stop, planning to visit a small northwest Fort Wayne area field.
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Milwaukee
Cleveland
Lake Michigan
National Guard
Billy Mitchell Field
Harry Franz
General Door Co
Franz
Dean Ortner
Norwalk
Fort Wayne
Ind
Diplomats In Asia Ordered To Carry Arms For Protection
The state department announced that diplomats stationed at certain posts in southeast Asia must carry firearms for protection. Details on the posts were not disclosed and officials declined further comment. The move followed criticism by Senator McCarthy who accused diplomats of fighting with kid gloves. The department cited past dangers including imprisonment in Communist China and a 1948 Palestine sniper death of Consul General Thomas Wasson.
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Washington
State Department
Southeast Asia
Department
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Milwaukee
China
Palestine
Thomas Wasson
Cloudburst Destroys Farmhouse Kills Three in Canyon
In Pomeroy Washington a 20 foot wall of water swept through a canyon home at 2 a m stranding an elderly couple and their son. Herman Baden 75 and his wife 69 died with their son pulled from the stream eight miles away. The son's wife and two grandchildren were present. The father’s body was later recovered but his wife’s and the son’s bodies had not all been found yet.
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Hanson
Labor Temple
Pomeroy
Wash
Herman Baden
Carl
Baden
Powder Puff Flier Arrivals Spark West Palm Beach Race
Two young women in the Powder Puff derby arrived in West Palm Beach after a Montreal to Florida flight. Miss Marjorie Harrison, 32, a treasury department secretary, piloted a tiny two seater with Miss Eloise Ruddle of National Geographic. They were delayed by bad weather. six of twelve contestants had already landed, leaving two still en route.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Montreal
Marjorie Harrison
Treasury Department
Palm Beach County International
Tie Clasp Links Father To Assault On Woman
Milwaukee police arrest Thomas Bagnall 31 after his wife identifies a tie clasp as hers and links him to a February 10 assault on a 26 year old married woman waiting for an interurban car. He faces charges of assault with intent to rape and three counts of indecent exposure and was bound over to municipal court.
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Milwaukee
Thomas Bagnall
Herman Kubiak
Bagnall
Dismissal in La Crosse Case Over Identity Mix Up
In La Crosse county court a trial for indecent exposure was halted when two plaintiffs misidentified an innocent man as the defendant. The attorney revealed the mistake and requested dismissal. the court granted it after recognizing the actual defendant was among the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Girl 18 Found Dead In Secluded Ohio Field
An 18 year old Croft Run resident was found murdered in a secluded farm field near St. Clairsville during a heavy rain. Police questioned a 32 year old Bellaire cab driver connected to the case while seeking her movements Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
ST. Clairsville
Croft Run
Joel Durdek
Windsor Jones
Wisconsin Democratic senate hopefuls gain union backing
Meeting notes show four Democratic U S senate candidates receiving full backing from the state CIO. Edward J. Masheski led a group distributing 500 Thompson postcard pledges, signed by delegates nationwide and mailed to Thompson. Thompson warned of big business control and slush funds in the GOP, while praising DOC growth.
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U. S. Senate
CIO
Thompson
Edward J. Masheski
Milwaukee County
DOC
Kohler
Thompson For Governor
Carl
Masheski
Charles Greene
Milwaukee
Greene
United States Senate
AFL
Fairchild
William Sanderson
Black River Falls
Senate
Lavern Disney
Green Bay
Daniel W. Hoan
Wisconsin
Republican Party
California Dup Wins All-Women Transcontinental Race
Arcadia pilots Jean Parker and Boots Seymour were declared winners of the fourth annual All-Women's Transcontinental air race in Greenville South Carolina. Forty five entrants finished before Friday noon deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Arcadia
Calif
Jean Parker
Boots Seymour
Schuman Plan Aims Okayed by European Socialists
European Socialist parties meeting in London unanimously endorsed the Schuman plan to pool coal and steel, but set seven conditions. Hugh Dalton presided, with delegates from France Italy Belgium Holland Western Germany Austria Denmark Norway Sweden in attendance. France Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg begin Paris talks without Britain to implement the plan.
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London
Schuman
Europe
Hugh Dalton
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Luxembourg
Paris
Britain
Robert Schuman
Ruhr Valley To Elect New State Legislature
Ruhr valley voters including miners and steel workers will elect a state legislature. The election tests Germany's new nationalism with both Nationalists and Communists claiming strength as observers expect democratic forces to remain strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr Valley
Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
West Germany
Toledoan Heads Vets at Catholic War Veterans Meet
Don Mc Quade of Toledo was elected national commander at the Catholic War Veterans four day convention in Milwaukee. Thomas H. Caffrey of Milwaukee was named second vice commander, Thomas Cuiie of New York City and John Huther Jr of New York City were named other vice commanders. Miss Jean Crow of Baltimore was chosen by judges as Miss Catholic War Veteran with runner up Carol Jean Donov an of Oshkosh Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Don McQuade
Toledo
Thomas H. Caffrey
Thomas Cuiie
New York City
John Huther, Jr
Jean Crow
Baltimore
Abducted Wife Abduction Sparks Regional Pursuit
Frances Counley 34, cashier at Electrolux in Waukegan, abducted by husband Merle Counley 37 from the employer’s office. A grey 1946 Ford was pursued from Waukegan toward Kenosha with roadblocks set as police chase continued for hours across the 20 mile area. A call later from Kenosha positioned Counley and his wife as safe, though car mechanical issues briefly halted Zion police.
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Waukegan, Ill
Waukegan
Kenosha
Wis
Clarence W. Diver
Waukegan-Kenosha
Frances C. Counley
Electrolux Co
Diver
Electrolux
Nevada Holds Largest Area Of Unsurveyed Public Land
Nevada contains more unsurveyed public land than any other state in the United States, a fact highlighting vast federal land areas remaining without formal surveys.
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Nevada
State
The
Union
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