Multiple Hit and Run vehicle damage cases reported
Police documented two hit and run incidents among six weekend accidents. In one, Carl J. Becker’s car was struck by a southbound vehicle near Hut cafe with $40 to Becker's green car, $45 to his hub cap. Another parked car owned by Ruth Ahern suffered $100 damage in a separate incident.
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Welshton
Carl J. Becker
Houston
Minn
Becker
Ruth Ahern
French Island
South Avenue
Ervin Myhre
Blair
Amundson
Ray Garske
West Avenue
Garske
Mervin Kumm
Loomis Street
William Hausmith
Jackson Street
Logan High School
Hausmith
Ralph Stellick
South 19Th Street
4Th Street
Brevitt Tryggestad
Westby
Market
Stellick
Arthur’s Remarkable Recovery From Accident Inspires Hope
Youth Arthur, paralyzed by an accident, learns to dress, walk with an invalid walker and canes, and navigate a 20 foot area. He attends Milwaukee Gaensien pediatric school and shows strong interest in studies. Bidwell calls his case remarkable and says suction socket use may let him return home to Wausau after June.
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Arthur
Thanes
Bidwell
Milwaukee
Gaensien Pedic School
Thur
Wausau
Western Germany shifts to Western Europe policy shift
Ambassador Robert Murphy returns from Berlin where he served as chief adviser to Gen. Lucius D. Clay and will help establish a German affairs office in the State Department. The department appears close to full responsibility for German policy. Acheson aims for final approval of a tentative North Atlantic security treaty draft for release this week. Talks point to a foreign ministers meeting with about a dozen nations in Washington late this month. Western lineup includes the United States Britain Canada Norway France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Denmark's Gustav Rasmussen plans to travel to Washington to explore Denmark joining the core alliance with Portugal and others welcomed by the alliance.
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Germany
Europe
Robert Murphy
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Murphy
State Department
Rman
Acheson
Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
Norway
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Copenhagen
Gustav Rasmussen
Denmark
Jonad
Portugal
Soldiers killed in crash identified in Albany plane incident
Albany Georgia reporters identify two soldiers killed when a rented plane crashed on Saturday. Private William E. Steel, 19, from Ladysmith Wisconsin, and Private L. Eberhardt, 20, from Kearney are named. Eberhardt checked out the aircraft from Albany Air Inc. flying school and picked up Steel at the Turner base.
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Albany
William E. Steel
Ladysmith
Wis
L. Eberhardt
Kearney
Eberhardt
Albany Air Inc
Steel
Turner
Sixty Men Flee From Ice Floe Near Green Bay
A heavy southwest wind split a patch of ice in Green Bay driving a large floe toward the open lake. About sixty men fled to shore after the floe stretched toward Cedar River, five miles north of here. No deaths. an auto owned by Thomas Gebb of Grand Marais lost. Coast guard boats planes and volunteers aided rescue as alarm rang at noon. It marks a second ice danger incident on the Great Lakes that Monday.
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Here
Green Bay
Cedar River
Edward Reindl
Thomas Gebb
Grand Marias
Great Lakes
Early Mississippi River ice breakup prompts bridge opening
Ice breakup near Guttenberg Iowa triggered removal of a six-boat float from an ice floe near Milwaukee pontoon. dynamite freed the float and the open pontoon bridge operated to release ice. Breakup is the earliest in 10 years, with groundhog folklore noting an earlier winter end.
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Guttenberg
Dale Gramling
Marquette
Milwaukee Railroad
Mississippi
Groundhog
Jack Slyfield
McGregor
Slyfield
Congress Eyeing Probe Into Anti Soviet Bias in DOJ
A committee report based on a former office employee claims pro Soviet sentiment ran the DOJ division while anti Russian views were punished. Rep Nixon says the DOJ was informed but blocked further inquiry and urges an immediate full scale investigation. A Tuesday meeting may form a subcommittee to curb communism with Rep Walter likely chair.
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Anti Trust
New York
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Justice Department
Walter
D-Pa
Mass Murderers Sentenced by Allied Court in Nurnberg
Gen. Lucius D. Clay approved Monday the sentences of 19 Germans convicted of mass murder of more than one million people, mostly Jews. The defendants were convicted by an American war crimes court at Nurnberg in April.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Nuernberg
Marriage Licenses in Whitehall and La Crosse Area
John Davidson of Bee town Lincoln and another spouse to wed March 5 in Whitehall. Richard L. McKillip of 731 Division Street La Crosse and Paule L. Stollenwerk of Onalaska to marry in La Crosse on March 13.
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Daily Records
Whitehall
Wis
John Davidson
Bee Town
Lincoln
la Crosse
Richard L. McKillip
Division Street
Paule L. Stollenwerk
Onslaska
Shooting Reported Near Country Club Bluff
Two 12 year old boys told police they were shot at with rifles from two other youths while on a bluff east of the Country club between 11 15 a m and noon Saturday. Bullets reportedly missed as they fired several times.
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Sparta
Wis
Country Club
Mayor Opposes Tax on Incomes Amid State Proposal
Milwaukee Mayor Charles A. Beranek opposed repealing the ban on city income taxes in a call to Milwauk ee Mayor Frank P. Zeidler. He argued against allowing cities to tax nonresidents and said he would not attend a Madison hearing due to La Crosse housing commitments, remaining to work with the council.
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Charles A. Beranek
Frank P. Zeidler
Milwaukee
Beranek
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Eranek
Madison
Washington, D
Commission Contemplates Split to Two Operating Branches
The commission proposes dividing the department into a transportation service and an industrial and commercial service. The former would oversee transport related units and the weather bureau while the latter would include the bureau of Engag and domestic commerce the fisheries bureau the census patent office and other trade agencies. The commission rejects merging transport agencies into a full cabinet department.
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Weather Bureau
Department
Bureau of
Fisheries Bureau
Census, Patent Office
Commission
Department of Transportation
Fire destroys Western Furniture Co plant in Sheboygan
Fire gutted the Western Furniture Co factory in a three story frame building in about 30 minutes. Fire Chief August Sokoll estimated the loss at 15000 dollars. The blaze was noticed near 9 30 p m and the south wall collapsed a half hour later.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Western Furniture Co
August Sokoll
Milwaukee Common Council Eyes 4 Percent Public Utility Profit Cap
The Milwaukee common council on Monday received a proposal to amend state statutes to cap public utility profits at four percent. Current law only requires charges be just and reasonable.
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Milwaukee
Common Council
Steinle Hears Many Actions In Circuit Court
Milwaukee Judge Roland J. Steinle handles motion day matters due to Judge Cowie’s hospitalization. Grimsild pleaded innocent to embezzling 7730.79 from Pioneer Labor Hall. bond reduced from 3500 to 1500. Several divorces and contempt cases are listed, with alimony, support, and custody orders. Judge to hear injunction on annexation and a Onalaska mayoral paper dispute Tuesday.
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Roland J. Steinle
Milwaukee
Robert S. Cowie
Steinle
Marvin Grimslid
la Crosse
Pioneer Labor Hall Association
Grimslid
Circuit Court
Philip L. Morkwed
Monroe County
Lois Wertz
Ben Wetz, Jr
Ruth Scheller
Lorenz G. Scheller, Jr
Onalaska
Holmen Times
Slavs Accuse Hungary Over Border Incidents
Belgrade Yugoslavia reports Yugoslav officials accuse Hungary of provoking border incidents on Monday, with tensions rising along the frontier and calls for calm amid disputed closures.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
La Crosse Ded Solves Teen Age Problem
A dad explains to Mr. Fiebig his plan to start his three children on systematic savings through life insurance. He notes two aims: teaching thrift and impressing his parents with prudent planning.
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la Crosse
Ded
Wives Press Cardinal Spellman Over Calvary Cemetery Strike
A committee of five wives of 240 striking grave diggers met with Cardinal Spellman in New York to press for leniency and a union-inclusive settlement. The cardinal refused to soften his stance, offering only a small raise and insisting workers act as individuals, not union members. A weekend meeting followed by continued grave digging under cardinal supervision.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Calvary Cemetery
Sigmund Crack
Cardinal Spellman
Queens
Women Voters Plan Study Of State Legislation
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin will meet in Madison Tuesday to decide its program and determine courses to take on pending state legislation. The board of directors will set the league’s study agenda.
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Madison
Wis
League of Women Voters of
Wisconsin
League
Japan reports vast penicillin output surge
Japan produced more than 6.6 billion Oxford units of penicillin in a single month, reflecting a 50 percent rise in 30 days. The industrielle scale highlights rapid growth in antibiotic production within the period.
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Oxford
Japan
Mother and daughter beaten to death in Eldorado home
In Eldorado Illinois a mother Ida Davis seventy nine and her daughter Mildre Gibson fifty eight were beaten to death in their home early Monday. Sheriff Fred Wilmoth said the women were found slain with their assailant identified as Sylvester Denton fifty who is the victim's son. Denton was held for questioning in the Saline county jail at Harrisburg.
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Eldorado
Ill
Ida Davis
Mildre Gibson
Fred Wilmoth
Saline County
Harrisburg
Wilmoth
Denton
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