Two Crashes Take 3 Lives
A pair of traffic crashes in southeast Wisconsin on Tuesday night killed three people. Mr and Mrs Stanley Osowski of Kenosha died after colliding with a Milwaukee Lakeshore bus on Highway 42 near Kenosha. In a separate crash, Robert Helgemo of Porters Lake died when his car skidded into a Greyhound bus on Highway 15 near Waukesha. Three bus passengers were injured in the first crash. none in the second.
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Stanley Osowski
Kenosha
Lawrence C. Jones
Osowski
Jones
Milwaukee
Robert Helgemo
Potter’s Lake
Jefferson County
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Highway 15
Waukesha
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John Dorff
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Racine
Agnes Moore
Boy 16 Pleads Guilty to Killing Father in Mass
In Plymouth Massachusetts a 16-year-old student Francis Whorf admitted murder and received life with hard labor. He was sent to Charlestown state prison for the first day in solitary confinement. The victim Kenneth Whorf 49 died from a gunshot in his North Scituate home last September. Police said the father had a long history of arrests for drunkenness and wife beating and had been treated for alcoholism-related insanity.
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Charlestown State Prison
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North Scituate
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Navy enlistees to report to San Diego station in April
New navy enlistments will be sent to the U S naval training station in San Diego starting April 1 per C H Greiner of the La Crosse and Winona recruiters. La Crosse station quota was increased and qualified applicants may enlist now. Recent enlistees include Lyle A Kramme of 306 North 21st Street and Stanley M Gittens of La Crescent Minnesota. A note on kitchen tools appears at the end urging use of a Temon squeezer and other utensils.
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la Crosse
Lyle A. Kramme
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Stanley M. Gittens
la Crescent
Minn
National Capital Sesquicentennial Stamps to Debut in Washington
A blue first day stamp honoring the national capital sesquicentennial will be issued in Washington on April 20, featuring a replica of the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol. Three additional stamps will follow, with the central design showing the Statue of Freedom and a ribbon bearing the phrase National Capital Sesquicentennial Washington 1950. Stamps target collectors via first day cancellations by sending 10 envelopes to the Washington Postmaster with payment. Also notes Liechtenstein wildlife stamps and Israel RosHashanah stamp release.
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D. C
Capitol
Congress
Potomac
United
Thomas Crawford
Capitol Dome
Washington, D. C
France
Gimbel
Spain
San Juan de Dios
Victor S. McCloskey, Jr
Stamps Spark Controversy With Joyous Holidays Motif
The story notes stamps inscribed Joyous Holi days caused offense after a bereaved husband received a condolence card with the same stamp. Postal authorities recalled and destroyed the remaining issues, while newspapers criticized the matter. Also referenced are Germany’s semi annual Leipzig Fair stamps and a Soviet zone winter sports set.
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Aoene
Germany
Leipzig
Leon Monosson Pameeg
Soviet
Hughes Helicopter Ready For Tests In California
Howard Hughes’ twin jet XH17, the largest helicopter yet designed, is rolled out at Culver City plant and expected to undergo extensive testing. The rotor span is about 136 feet, powered by two J-35 jets, with a gross weight near 40,000 pounds.
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Calif
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The project will test a heavy lift system with a maximum load of 20 000 pounds through extensive ground tests before it can fly.
Warships rout Communist junks south of Shanghai
Chinese Nationalists said on Wednesday their warships attacked near Shanghai, sinking most of two fleets of nearly 100 armed Communist junks.
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Taipei
Formosa
Shanghai
Burglar Escapes from Kochi City Jail in Japan
A burglar broke into the Kochi City jail at Shikoku in Japan, escaping with clothing and 2,500 cigarettes. No injuries reported. Police investigation underway.
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Kochi
Shikoku
Japan
Bryn Mawr Student Vanishes During Easter Break
Philadelphia police questioned Bryn Mawr College students and faculty but found no clues about 19 year old Gertrude Colston Nauman a junior who disappeared last Friday before she was due to return home to Harrisburg for a 10 day Easter vacation.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Gertrude Colston Nauman
Harrisburg
Social Bureau Aims to Liven Washington Parties
Washington social workers form the Social Bureau led by Caroline Shaw to energize parties from banquets to weddings. The group offers planning help, hiring out‑of‑town orchestras, varied menus and backgrounds while preserving formal etiquette and precedence seating for hostesses in the capital society.
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Washington
Social Bureau of
Caroly. Hagner Shaw
Social List of
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