Youngest Child Survives Night Of Severe Cold
In Lakewood Wisconsin a three year old girl Mary Ann Church survived a night in the Nicolet National Forest after two five year olds and a cousin perished in a winter storm. She was found at 10 a m and taken to Oconto Memorial Hospital then to a state hospital. Searchers had scoured a four mile wide area with about 700 volunteers amid deep drifts and freezing temperatures. The three children wandered from home to watch a porcupine when the storm hit.
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Nicolet National Forest
Lakewood
Wis
Mary Ann Church
J. F. ‘Dougherty
Suring
Dougherty
Oconto Memorial Remy
Joseph Foral
Clarence McMahon
Oconto County
Mary Ann
Cathy
Steven Kennedy
Soulek
Oconto
Foral
Wisconsin
Tuhe
Sheriff Foral
Mrs Nancy Kefauver to Visit La Crosse Tuesday
Mrs Nancy Kefauver wife of Senator Estes Kefauver arrives at La Crosse airport at 1 p m for a party with local Democrats and tours including the Electric Auto-Lite plant. A 2 30 p m meeting at Stoddard Hotel is planned before returning to Milwaukee at 3 30 p m.
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Nancy Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
la Crosse
Lee Swett
Wrenseee
Crosse
Third
Kefauver
Keef
Ryfauver
Stoddard Hotel
Citi
Milwaukee
McCarthy Joins Opponents to Ease Senate Test
Senate action to expel Sen. McCarthy is softened as he joins opponents in opposition to a discharge motion. The move aligns both sides against cutting off the inquiry, though procedural steps remain and timing may limit any decisive vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Congress
Benton
Dconn
Senate Rules Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Subcommittee
Rules Committee
Hayden
D-Ariz
Alrready
Student Dies In Experiment At University Of Washington
An 18 year old honors student James Stanley Leedom died after an injunction of bacterial contamination in blood used in a war research project at the University of Washington. He fell ill three days after the procedure despite efforts to save him. Doctors Williams and Finch said the contamination occurred after refrigeration and expressed willingness to participate again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
University of Washington
James Stanley Leedom
Seattle University
Robert H. Williams
University of Washington Department of Medicine
Williams
Clement A. Finch
University
Taft Campaign Costs 65,736 in Wisconsin
Wisconsin campaign finance filings show Taft expenditures totaling 65 736 up to Saturday per Secretary of State Fred R Zimmerman. Other nominees filed figures: Stassen 35 781. Warren 12 155. MacArthur group 1 075. Taft clubs receipts 88 598. Stassen groups 38 242. Warren groups 2 019.
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Madison
Wisconsin
U. S
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Fred R. Zimmerman
Harold E. Stassen
Gov. Warren
California
Gen MacArthur
Stassen
Warren
Local Weather Report for La Crosse Area
Fair, continued cold tonight with low around 15. Tuesday to be partly cloudy and not so cold with a high near 38.
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la Crosse
Dewey Reaches 50 Amid Birthday Quiet in New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey marks his 50th birthday in Pawling New York but says he is not celebrating, joking that he is trying to forget the milestone. The remark was made as he carried on with public duties and political commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wisconsin primary looms as Ike shadow shapes race
Wisconsin voters face a key April 1 primary with taft leading delegates while Earl Warren Harold Stassen and Dwight Eisenhower loom large. Warren and Stassen push to fuse their campaigns with Ike’s appeal though Eisenhower is not on the ballot.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
California
Earl Warren
Lould
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ike
Warren
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
U.S. OKs Increases In Consumer Goods Output
Washington reports the government will raise production of passenger cars washing machines and other consumer goods after July 1 due to a small metals allotment decline. The Defense Production Administration says more metal will also fund schools hospitals stores offices merchant ships and industrial plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Manley Fleischmann
War Lessons From Korea Shaping Texas Military Exercise
At midnight, the nations largest postwar maneuvers begin at Ft. Hood Texas involving 115000 to 120000 troops. Exercise Long Horn tests lessons from Korea with 82nd Airborne as aggressors and U S defenders including the 31st and 47th Inf Divisions the 1st Armored Division and air forces from Greenville and Ft. Bragg. Lt Gen Hoge leads the drill.
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FT. Hood
Tex
Korea
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
U. S
31St Infantry
Camp Jackson
S. C
47Th
Camp Rucker
Ala
1St Armored Division
18Th Air Force
Greenville
9Th Air Force
W. M. Hoge
U S Pilots Strike Across Korea in Major Air Battles
U S pilots destroyed or damaged 12 MIG 15 jets in three air battles over Northwest Korea. The Fifth Air Force reported three Reds shot down, two probably destroyed and seven damaged. Sabres engaged about 30 MIGs near a rail-cutting mission, downing one aircraft and damaging others. B 29s and B 26s attacked front line positions and trucks, while the carrier Bairoko returned to patrol off North Korea’s West Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U.S
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U.S. Eighth Army
U.N
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Navy
North Korea
Gruenther Urges European Aid to NATO Defense
Gen Alfred Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Western Europe can be defended only if nations there apply maximum effort from their own resources. As Eisenhower’s chief of staff for NATO forces he said the defense must come mainly from within the region. The hearing reviewed Truman’s 7.9 billion foreign aid request amid discussion of Eisenhower’s succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alfred N. Gruenther
Congress
Europe
Gruenther
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Western
Connally
Shapiro Heads to Federal Prison for Tax Evasion
Milwaukee businessman Michael Shapiro began a three year term at Terre Haute federal correctional institution after a conviction for helping his wife Rae evade an estimated $600000 in 1944 income taxes. He appealed to the Supreme Court and was denied bond.
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Milwaukee
Michael Shapiro
Rae
U. S
Shapiro
Federal Correctional Institution
Terre Haute
Ind
United States ‘Supreme Court
Finnegan Draws Two Years Two Year Term For Tax Collector Misconduct
James P. Finnegan, a personal friend of President Truman, was sentenced in St. Louis to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine on two misconduct charges as an internal Revenue collector. The sentences run concurrently. The 51-year-old ex-collector was convicted by a federal court jury on March 15.
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ST. Louis
James P. Finnegan
Truman
Internal Revenue
Rubey M. Hulen
Boxing gloves honor Stevens Point 1952 basketball team
A pair of boxing gloves will hang in the Stevens Point High School trophy case to honor the 1952 basketball squad. The team, coached by Johnny Erickson, returned from Madison after a close final loss to South Milwaukee, greeted by 400 cars and about 2,000 fans in a snowy welcome.
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Stevens ‘Point
Stevens Point
Madison
South Milwaukee
Johnny Erickson
Plainfield
Here
Matt Otte
The
Daily Journal
Plainield
Otto
Erickson
Eisenhower warns of drift to left in U S policy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in an off the record interview published by U S News and World Report, criticizes excessive leftward emphasis on legislation and socialism, urges unity among labor management and farmers within American traditions, and endorses publication of his views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. News and World Report
Eisenhower
America
Sleeping In Parked Cars Okay Under The Circumstances
Madison police allowed visitors to sleep in parked cars in Capitol Square after a state basketball tournament night. Offiers periodically checked to ensure safety. About 15 to 20 carloads were chaperoned due to crowded hotels and icy roads.
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Madison
Capitol Square
Wilson Plans Steel Strike Peace Move Unveiled
Mobilization head Charles E. Wilson met with President Truman in Key West and left for Washington with a steel strike peace plan. He said a plan was agreed but would not disclose details and would present it to industry leaders and CIO United Steelworkers officials. A steel plant walkout threat targets April 8.
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Key West
Fla
Charles E. Wilson
Truman
Washington
Wilson
CIO
United Steelworkers
GOP To Hold 4 Conventions In Next 10 Days
Four state conventions in Maine Tennessee Iowa and Michigan test Eisenhower appeal to Taft delegates. Taft forces aim to boost delegate totals before primary results alter conventions in Tennessee Iowa Michigan and Nebraska write-in efforts surface in Omaha and Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Washington
Maine
Tennessee
Iowa
Michigan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Minnesota
Taft
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Howard Buffet
Omaha
National
Taft Organization
Wesley Roberts
Wisconsin hit by unseasonable spring snowstorm
The storm brought up to six inches of new snow and drifts to five feet in parts of Wisconsin, with 55 mph gusts near Milwaukee. Highs in the 20s and blacks of 5 degrees, dozens of roads blocked, several traffic deaths, and police counting accident reports after a storm that stalled Harold Stassen and disrupted his campaign events.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Iowa
Green Bay
Harold Stassen
Rudolph
Wisconsin Rapids
Marshfield
Wausau
Marathon County
Louis Gionoli
Janitors Strike Keeps Racine Classrooms Cold
In Racine 50 members of Local 152 Building Service Employes Union walked out over wages and overtime pay. Teachers kept brief classes to meet state aid rules while the district offers annual contracts with raises but no hourly schedule. Union asks for overtime pay beyond 48 hours weekly and maintains heat to protect buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Building Service Employes Union
AFL
Board of Education
Kefauver Seeks Democratic Nomination Help If Lost
Sen Kefauver told about 300 in Janesville he would back efforts to elect a Democratic president if he fails to win the party nomination. He spoke at Courthouse Square after visiting Beloit College and other sites, urging that war be avoided and good people enter government. He toured plants in Beloit and Fairbanks Morse, then flew to Rockford for overnight with his wife. Taft spoke to 900 in De Pere as Wisconsin GOP moves toward the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Kefauver
Courthouse ‘Square
Beloit
Chevrolet
Stoughton
Madison
Rockforest
Nebraska
Beloit College
Korea
China
Yalu River
Fairbanks-Morse
de Pere
Sen. Taft
Ohio
St. Norbert College
Wisconsin
Region Roads Still Slippery
Rural and federal routes remain far from fair due to icy conditions after a weekend storm. La Crosse tallied 7.2 inches of snow, now about five inches packed, with temperatures near 11 rising to 25 and forecast to 38 later. River levels receded as colder air slowed flows but are expected to rise with warmer weather midweek.
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Coulee
Sunnday
la Crosse
A.D. Sanial
Mississippi
Durand
West Salem
Hokah
Steuben
Winonna
Dubuque
Lake Pepin
Sanial
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