Teen Age Drivers Hurt In Highway 33 Crash
Two teenage boys were hospitalized after their car overturned multiple times near a curve on highway 33, three miles east of La Crosse. Driver David A. Clark Jr. 16, and passenger Jack Ritter 15, both suffered cuts and bruises with Clark reported sleeping fairly well Wednesday morning. Clark said he drove east at 50 mph, set brakes at the curve, causing the car to swerve and roll. The 1937 Chevrolet ended up smashed on the north side of the highway.
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la Crosse
David A. Clark, Jr
South 16Th Street
Jack Ritter
South 20Th Street
Clark
Esther P. Bruhnke
Ettrick
16Th
Green Bay
Bruhnke
Jack Buchel
Market Street
H. Schnickh
Redfield Street
Buchel
Mauston Youth Elected At Boys State Meet
RIPON Wis. Badger Boys Staters elected county officials Tuesday and then moved to state level party conventions. American Legion sponsors spoke as new officials emerged. In Doolittle County Herb Jones of Mauston was chosen Sheriff.
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Mauston
Ripon
Wis
Badger
American Legion Sponsored
Doolittle
Herb Jones
Local Lady Shifts After Using INNER AID Remedy
After hours of spitting up acid liquids with meals the woman now eats normally. She reports relief from gas bloating headaches and irregular bowels and credits INNER AID containing 12 herbs. The ad claims the remedy cleanses bowels and steadies liver and kidneys and urges readers to buy at drug stores.
Boy Confesses Killing Brother In War Game
An 18 year old Fort Smith man told deputies he accidentally killed his younger brother while demonstrating what he would do to the Germans. Charles Owens said he shot Preston on November 20 while they were alone with an old pistol. he faces involuntary manslaughter charges and has joined the church.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Prentices Maddux
Charles Owens
Preston
Owens
Maddux
Charles
Light From Edge of Universe Reaches Earth After 900000 Years
Astronomers note that light observable by the naked eye from the universe's farthest detectable point requires about 900000 years to travel to Earth. This represents the immense scale of cosmic distances and the time light takes to cover them.
Soften Up Callouses With Ice Mint Balm
A frosty white medicated balm promises cooling soothing relief for burning foot pain. The product claims to soften hard stinging callouses and provide comfort for daily walking. Available at druggists nationwide.
Conflict Over Beer Age Law Dismisses Three Cases
MILWAUKEE three cases involving sale of beer to persons 18 or older were dismissed Tuesday by Dist. Judge John Barry due to a conflict between state law and a city ordinance. The legislature allowed sales to 18 plus, while city rules prohibit sales to anyone under 21.
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Milwaukee
John Barry
Barry
Assembly Bill Closes Wells and Uncovered Excavations
In Madison the Wisconsin Assembly passed two bills on ground holes. One requires abandoned wells and pits to be capped with concrete covers, and another makes it illegal to leave building excavations exposed for more than six months. The body also killed a civil defense agency bill. The House also non-concurred in a Senate seed dealer licensing measure, and approved a hotel night watch requirement for tall hotels as a fire safety measure.
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Madison
Wis
Ireland's 1937 constitution outlines two houses
Eire's constitution of 1937 provides for a senate Seanad Eireann with 60 members and a chamber of deputies Dail Eire ann with 138 members.
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Eire
Senate
Seanad Eireann
Chamber of Deputies
Dail Eireann
Father of the Detective Story Named William Wilkie Collins
The author born in 1224 is cited as William Wilkie Collins and called the Father of the Detective Story. The statement links a long-ago birth to a pioneering literary figure in mystery fiction.
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Willam Wilkie Collins
Wisconsin orders pollution cleanup for Fox River by 1951
The state committee on water pollution ordered six cities and 13 firms to stop polluting the Lower Fox River within two years. Green Bay must complete treatment facilities by June 30, 1951, with several other towns and companies required to submit or complete plans by late 1949 to 1950.
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Madison
Wis
Fox River
State Committee On
Green Bay
Acto
Edward Schneberger
Appleton
de Pere
Kaukauna
Little Chute
Wrightstown
Juvenile Furniture Co
River_— Ash Corp
Fox River Cp
Consolidated Water Power and Co
Kimberly-Clark Co
Kimberly
Cleveland Officials Check On Lemay Case
Cleveland police were asked by Milwaukee sheriff's department to verify whether Cecelia Lemay had a Cleveland Trust Bank account. The move is part of efforts to identify a woman's skull found near Ironwood Michigan, where a Cleveland savings bank book bearing the bank's name was found near the skull but unreadable. Friends failed to identify rings and other items found with the skull as Lemay's.
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Milwaukee
Cleveland
Milwaukee Sheriff's
Cecelia Lemay
Cleveland Trust Company
Ironwood
Mich
Cleveland Bank
Denazification Court Adds Ten Years to Schirach Sentence
A German denazification court increased Baldur von Schirach’s prison term from twenty to thirty years for war crimes. The judge ruled him a major offender and ordered confiscation of his property. Schirach currently serves at Spandau prison as part of the Nürnberg trial legacy.
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Munich
Germany
Baldur von Schirach
Spandau Prison
Schirach
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Jefferson County Sets Price For Building Plan
Jefferson county board rejects plans for a new courthouse at about 1.5 million dollars and approves preparations for a lower cost. Four years earlier estimates had pegged the project at 900 thousand. Bids in May reached 1.675 million before reductions brought the figure under 1.5 million.
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Jefferson
Wis
Jefferson County
Cocker Spaniel Bites Spares Little Girl
A Chicago police report credits a Cocker Spaniel named Sally with saving nine year old Jacqueline Thompson from an attempted assault by a 60 year old man. The girl and dog were walking near her grandparents’ south side home when the man forced them into his car. Sally bit the man on the hand, prompting Jacqueline and Sally to jump from the vehicle as the man fled.
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Chicago
Jacqueline Thompson
South Side
Sally
Lhe
Jacqueline
Prairie du Chien Air Show Promises Excitement
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin hosts an air show Sunday June 26 at 2 30 p m featuring amateur and professional pilots from Wisconsin and nearby states. Steve Wittman with Bonzo and Lieut Bob Bromberger with the Bell helicopter are among performers along with P 51s from Milwaukee and St Paul and navy planes from Glenview. A crop spraying gear exhibit and other stunts are listed.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Wisconsin
Howard A. Morey
Madison Flyer
Middleton
Floyd Johnson
Tigers Air Circus
Johnson
Steve Wittman
Oshkosh
Bob Bromberger
Bell
Coulee
Haen
Halaieye
Air Force
Billy Mitchellfield
Milwaukee
Holmanfield
St. Paul
Navy
Withrow to Address Wisconsin Veterans Rallys and Meet
Congressmen Gardner Withrow will speak at an American Legion rally in Soldiers Grove Wisconsin on July 3 and attend a development meeting in La Farge Wisconsin on July 4 focusing on the Kickapoo river project.
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Washington
Gardner Withrow
Wisconsin Assembly Moves Seven Bills to Calendar
Wisconsin assembly members approve pulling seven finance committee bills to the calendar for action. One rejection blocks turning veterans housing money into grants. Measures include 5 million dollars for school building aids, boosted old age assistance, and repealing the 1947 truck reciprocity law. Finance Chairman Ludvigsen laments delays as bills must be considered separately.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
Veterans’ Organizations
Ludvigsen
R-Hartland
Second Sea Captain Suspended After Fatal Ship Collision
The coast guard suspended a second ship captain over a fatal collision of two lake vessels last June 23. Captain Frank W. Quinn of Cleveland commanded the J. P. Morgan, Jr. and received a two year suspension with the first year outright and the second on probation for failing to operate at moderate speed in fog. Two seamen died and three were injured in Lake Superior. The Morgan is owned by Pittsburgh Steamship Co. and the Crete by Interlake Steamship Co. Captain Stanley Kielbase of Chicago, master of the Crete, was suspended for a year after pleading guilty to negligence.
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Cleveland
Coast Guard
Frank W. Quinn
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Quinn
Morgan
Crete
Lake Superior
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
Interlake Steamship 0
Stanley Kielbase
Chicago
Wisconsin bans releasing names of blind aid recipients
Atty. Gen. Thomas Fairchild ruled the Wisconsin legislature cannot force the department of public welfare to disclose names and addresses of blind persons receiving state and federal aid. Both laws bar release. violating could cost the state $440,000 yearly in federal aid. The department may share statistics on numbers aided amounts and expenditures.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Department of Public Welfare
Thomas Fairchild
Assembly
Fairchild
Widow Fails In Search For Swindler
Chicago widow Mrs. Re seda Corrigan, 39, returns after a week in New York seeking a confidence man who vanished with her $5,000 before their planned June 6 marriage. Police charged Sigmund Engel, 73, tied to similar schemes, with running off with the money.
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Chicago
Reseda Corrigan
New York
Sigmund Engel
Corrigan
Hold Man and Boy Detained Over Wisconsin Burglaries
In Racine Wisconsin a 22 year old man Ralph B Adams of Eagle Lake Manor and a 14 year old boy were held after officers trailed them to a swamp tent near the Fox river. Sheriff Walter Becker said the pair admitted robbing several boathouses and cottages and stealing two boats two outboard motors tools gasoline and fishing tackle.
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Racine
Wis
Fox River
Walter Becker
Ralph B. Adams
Eagle Lake Manor
Clarence Nissen
Milwaukee
Michigan Lake
Becker
Adams
Misnomer on Footballs Pigskin Origin
A note clarifies that despite the nickname pigskin, footballs are usually made from cowhide leather, not hogskin, correcting a common misconception.
Diplomatic Post Nominated For Society Leader Mesta
President Truman nominates Mrs. Perle Mesta of Newport Rhode Island and Washington society circles for minister to Luxembourg. The pick follows weeks of consideration amid other women candidates including Mrs Daisy Harriman and Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde. Truman also recently named Mrs Georgia Neese Clark as U S treasurer.
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Washington
Perle Mesta
Newport
R. I
Washington D. C
Democratic Party
Truman Tuesda
Luxembourg
U. S
Brussels
Belgium
Mesta
Truman
Oklahoma
Washington Society
Rhode Island
Daisy Harriman
Norway
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
William Jennings Bryan
Denmark
Georgia Neese Clark
Kansas
United States
Fate of Catholic Churchmen Uncertain
Five North Korean Catholic clerics reportedly jailed in Pyongyang after arrests in May by the Communists. Five seminarians who fled to South Korea supplied the latest report, saying the clerics face charges of collaborating with South Korea to overthrow the northern regime.
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Seoul
North Korea
Pyongyang
South Korea
Republic of
Wisconsin River Power Company Complying With Clearing Order
Madison reports the Wisconsin River Power Company is substantially complying with a PSC order to clear timber and brush from the Petenwell dam area. PSC chief engineer Steinmetz testified before a panel of lawmakers that the 1951 deadline is being met and the action serves the public interest. A submarine saw is cutting timber six feet below the water line to satisfy navigational safety and federal regulations.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin River Power Company
Petenwell Dam
Eorge Steinmentz
Public Service Commission
PSC
Steinmetz
Assemblyman
Standler (Bowen
Ruben Peterson
Three Is a Lesson After Thrice Burglarized Home
A Cape Town homeowner posts a warning sign after three burglaries at the same residence. The sign reads Beware of the Pet ion. indicating frustration and a call for caution.
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Cape Town
South Africa
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Little Rapids Pulp Co
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