River locks and dams closed to the public
Rock Island is closed to sightseers as all Mississippi river locks and dams from Minneapolis to St. Louis suspend public access. Col. R L Dean of the Rock Island district says only authorized personnel with ID may enter, and the ban remains until further notice.
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Rock Island
Ill
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
St. Louis
R. L. Dean
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Dean
Col. Dean
Washington
Driver Swerves to Avoid Crash Hits Parked Truck
Frank Trussoni of 2018 South 21st Street tried to avert a head on collision on West avenue near Ferry street but struck a parked pickup owned by Willard A. Stern at 824 Market Street. The impact pushed the truck 18 feet onto the boulevard. damage totaled about 200 dollars to Trussoni's car and 25 dollars to the truck.
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West Avenue
Ferry Street
Frank Trussoni
South 21St Street
Trussoni
Willard A. Stern
Truck Tip Over at Junction No Injury Reported
A Swift Co truck tipped over at the junction of highways 16 and 162 at 8:30 a m Friday. The driver Glenn Wooden 35 of 212 North Sixth street escaped unhurt. He said he began to pass an older car when a newer model came from behind and he tried to return to his lane. The truck swayed and toppled near the highway center with no details on truck damage.
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Swift Co
Glenn Wooden
North Sixth Street
Wooden
United States authorizes strikes and blockade in Korea
The president orders the Air Force to hit military targets in northern Korea and a naval blockade of the Korean coast. General MacArthur is cleared to use ground units as needed. Far East forces include 123,000 men across four divisions with others stationed in Japan Okinawa and the Philippines.
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Republic of Korea
Korea
United States Air Force
MacArthur
South Koreans
Far East
Seventh Infantry
24Th Infantry
25Th Infantry
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Far Eastern
U. S
Japan
Okinawa
Ryukyu Chain
Philippines
White House
Hawaii
North Korea Warfront Shifts As U S Air Strikes Step Up
Reports say Suwon air strip may be lost as North Korean forces advance toward Seoul while MacArthur orders raids on invasion bases from Taejon and Pyongyang. Allied air and naval units from the United States Britain Australia and New Zealand prepare to strike across the peninsula.
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Pusan
Korea
Seoul
Taejon
MacArthur
Britain
Holland
China
Australia
New Zealand
Clarence Ryee
North Korea
Ryee
Pyongyang
Tass
Moscow
Indonesia
E. M. Almond
Squalls Take Three Lives In Texas Crash
A severe squall struck north central Texas causing a car to overturn and kill Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Simpkin and their child from Opelika Alabama near Rhome. The storm brought violent rain and wind to Fort Worth affecting the criminal courts building.
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Forth Worth
Criminal Courts
Allen M. Simpkin
Opelika
Ala
Rhome
Tex
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Bullet fired into kitchen at Lloyd Bayard home
Police investigate source of a .22 caliber bullet that pierced a kitchen window and lodged in a wall at 1327 Farnam street. The shot occurred about 9 30 p m Wednesday.
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Lloyd Bayard
Farnam Street
Chicago cattle and hogs market report with price ranges
Chicago livestock market shows salable hogs 5 000 with higher bids on many weights and sows. cattle and calves 1 800 plus 300 calves, with varying gains across classes. Grain prices and futures table list for wheat corn oats soybeans rye and edibles with opens highs lows and closes.
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Chicago
South St. Paul Livestock Prices Steady for Cattle Hogs Rise
USDA market report from South St. Paul shows cattle 2,500 head and calves 1,500 with slaughter cattle mostly steady vealers fully steady and stock cattle scarce. Steers 31.00 for 1,209 1,250 lb highs. hogs 9,000 head up about 50 cents with 190-240 lb barrows and gilts 21.25 and sows around 16.75 to 18.75 for the lighter weights.
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Chicago
USDA
Swift & Company
South ST. Paul
Chicago Potatoes Market Report With Prices and Arrivals
Potatoes arriving in Chicago include 193 cars on track 501 and total U S shipments 538. Supplies are moderate with demand good for whites and market firm to slightly strong. reds show fair demand and slightly weaker market. Arizona Triumphs 4 15 to 25, California long whites 2 90 to 3 25, bakers 4 15, Oklahoma Triumphs 3 90, Texas Triumphs 4 15.
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USDA
U. S
Arizona
California
Oklahoma
Texas
Immunize 67 Children at City Hall Clinic
Sixty seven children received immunization shots at the health department clinic in city hall Thursday. Sixty one were given second dose diphtheria tetanus whooping cough vaccines and ten received booster shots. Public health nurses Miss Victoria Malinoski and Miss Augusta DeFlorin assisted along with Mrs. G. H. Breuer. The third clinic in the series will be held next month at the north side library and city hall.
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Victoria Malinoski
Augusta DeFlorin
G. H. Breuer
North Side Library
City Hall
Motion Day Delayed to July 17 in Marinette Court
Clarence Weber reports that motion day usually held on the first Monday of each month will be held Monday July 17. Judge Arold F. Murphy of Marinette will preside as court begins at 9 a m and will continue for several days or until the motion day calendar and contested suits are completed.
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Circuit Court
Arold F. Murphy
Marinette
Local Paper Stamp Imprint from La Crosse Trib
The La Crosse Tribune edition notes its second class mail status as of June 23 1904 in La Crosse Wisconsin under the 1870 act.
Action Speeds Up Plan To Cut Excise Taxes
Senate leaders promise rapid action on a House passed bill to cut excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars amid Korea crisis concerns. The House approved the measure 375 to 14. Senate hearings and finance committee discussions are slated to begin soon. The bill would reduce wartime sales taxes on items from furs to travel tickets.
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Senate
House
Korea
Lucas
Illinois
Senate Finance Committee
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Taft
Ohio
GOP
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Fire killer Segee linked to 10 major blazes across New England
Investigators tie Segee to fires at Ringling circus Hartford 1944 with 168 deaths and nine other incidents in Portsmouth Dennett Street Portland and Columbus. He admits slaying a nine year old girl Barbara Driscoll in 1938 and names further victims. Extradited after tip and capture near Circleville, Ohio.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford
Conn
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Portsmouth
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Portland
Market Street
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National Youth Administration
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Callan
Middle Street
Cape Cottage
Japan
U. S. Army of Occupation
Circleville
Ohio
USSR Rejects U S Request On Korea Crisis Try
Moscow rejected Washington's demand for Soviet help to remove North Korean forces from South Korea. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said the USSR opposes foreign interference and that responsibility for the fighting lies with South Korean authorities and their supporters. The note cited non interference and questioned U S participation in UN Security Council actions.
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South Korea
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Korea
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North Korea
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Security Council
China
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Gromyko
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Tass
Weather Outlook by Weather Bureau Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
The bureau reports parts of Wisconsin and Iowa will see partly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and cooler conditions remaining into Saturday. Minnesota is mostly cloudy with light showers tonight and clearing cool Saturday. Northwest Iowa may experience thundershowers and frequent showers with little temperature change.
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Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Forecast for Iowa Tailwaters
River readings show only minor fluctuations from Hastings to Guttenberg IA with tailwater gages. Streamflow is decreasing and will drop more sharply Sunday due to reservoir operations.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Weather Across Regions Shows Cool Mornings and Warm Inland
Precipitation was confined to three areas with light showers in the western Great Lakes and Minnesota. The Atlantic seaboard saw the heaviest rain in the Carolinas, while Texas and New Mexico toward Kansas and eastern Colorado stayed mostly fair. Early south plains readings were cooler, Wisconsin felt unseasonably cool as Canadian air moved in, and some eastern states warmed while Leadville and Big Piney logged 38 degrees. Red Bluff rose to 114 yesterday with Blythe at 119.
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Minnesota
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Carolinas
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New Mexico
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Plains
Wisconsin
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Blythe
Referendum Question on Elm Grove Attachment Reaches State Officials
Coleman and Hazel Leicht appeal to the state attorney general and education department experts for an opinion on whether La Crosse must hold a referendum on the Elm Grove attachment. County and city education leaders say no referendum law exists and courts are the only recourse. City Clerk Kramer cites $2000 costs and no petition, noting two weeks to prepare if ordered.
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Hazel Leicht
State Department of Education
la Crosse
Elm Grove
City Board of Education
Fred C. Kramer
Common Council
Kramer
Bodies found on Lake Michigan beach in Mich
Coast guardsmen found two women’s bodies on South Haven beach. Officials describe mangled remains from a Northwest Airlines crash last Saturday. Detectives work fingerprint IDs and ring ownership to identify the victims.
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Mich
Northwest Airlines
Lake Michigan
Coast
Nicol Quits Assemblyman Race Sparks Three Reentries
A L Nicol of Sparta withdraws from the race for re election opening the field to three candidates who had filed and withdrew earlier Frank C Mitchell Roland Vieth and Earl Hall reenter the race with a Democrat expected to nominate later. Nicol served six terms and was speaker in his last term. He gave no reason for quitting.
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Wis
A. L. Nicol
Wisconsin Assembly
Nicol
Solon
Monroe County
Earl Hall
Tunnel City
Ren
Nebohm
Rennebohm
George Smith
Assembly
Thursa
Republican Assembly
Frank C. Mitchell
Wilton
Monroe County Board of Supervisors
Roland Vieth
Norwalk
University of Wisconsin
John D. Rice
Monroe Board of Supervisors
Walter Hampden Birthday Highlight in AP Feature
By AP Newsfeatures Walter Hampden born June 30 1879 in Brooklyn son of a lawyer ranks among the greatest Shakespearean actors. He recently returned to Broadway with Grace George in The Velvet Glove and his Cyrano de Bergerac was among his popular hits.
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Walter Hampden
Brooklyn
Grace George
Navy Finds Antihistamine Drugs Ineffective Against Cold
The navy reported tests at Great Lakes training center in Illinois on 1,1964 participants showed four antihistamine drugs benzylamine chloroprophen-pyridamine doxylamine and pyrathiazine did not prevent or relieve common cold symptoms. Cmdr John R Seal said no evidence these antihistamines were effective versus cold tablets.
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Navy
Navy Training Center
Great Lakes
Cmdr
John R. Seal
Milk and Bakery Strikes Heat Up Nationwide Labor Picture
The AP reports ongoing strikes by switchmen on six railroads seeking 48 hours pay for 40 hours worked. a fact finding board suggested 18 cent hourly increase instead. Milk drivers earn about 12.50 a day after three weeks of stoppage in Pittsburgh. Los Angeles bakers return to work after 21 bakeries shut since June 17 with a settlement granting five cent raises, 40 hour weeks, eight hour days, and retroactive pay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Activation Of 32nd Is Nearly Complete
The Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Infantry Division known as the Red Arrow reaches near completion with five medical detachments yet to activate. Two new units in Tomahawk bring total to 110 units and 9,000 personnel, about 6,500 to train at Camp McCoy this summer. The division also fields 11 air units with 700 guardsmen to train at Oscoda air base next month. Villagers at Manston England gave their postman an armchair.
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Wis
32Nd Infantry
Red Arrow
Wisconsin National Guard
State Adjutant General’s Office
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Camp McCoy
Sparta
Oscoda
Mich
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