Crash of U. S. Embassy Plane Investigated
U S embassy plane crashed near RAMSAYVILLE Ontario killing Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt and four others. Maj Gen Victor Bertrandi directs joint Canadian and U S probe with sole survivor Sgt Gwynne A Long giving testimony while investigators rule out sabotage.
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Gwynne A. Long
Vanney
N. C
Here
Long
Alan C. Harrington
Julian Harrington
U. S
Ottawa
RCAF
Steinhardt
Rockliffe
Newark
Onalaska Yearbook Nears Completion for 1950 Issue
Final work and organization on the 1950 Onalaska high school yearbook is underway. The 44 page book has editors Jeannine Stuhr and Diane Gilbornson and aims for distribution May 15. Britain uses crocodile hide production in East Africa.
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Onalaska, Wis
Onalaska High School
Jeannine Stuhr
Diane Gilberson
Britain
East
Africa
Open Probe Into Unfair Tobacco Sale Practices
Eastern tobacco companies buyers and managers from Wisconsin attended a morning hearing led by Court Commissioner M N Daffinrud to investigate alleged unfair leaf tobacco buying practices. The session focused on records and correspondence as preparation for testimony expected to start later in the day. Farmers in the area were sparse at the morning session, with larger crowds anticipated in the afternoon.
Finger-Pressing Trial Demonstration Fails in Bednasek Case
In Iowa City a doctor failed to produce puncture wounds on the prosecutor during a bedsheet demonstration in the Bednasek murder trial. The defense contends the victim Margaret Anne Jackson died in a men’s room incident, while the state eyeing evidence that she inflicted neck wounds herself.
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Bednasek
Iowa City
Ila
Robert E. Bednasek
University of Iowa
Margaret Anne (Gee- Gee) Jackson
Edward F. Bate
Harry R. Jenkinson
Rate
Jenkinson
Miss Jackson
Two Drivers Ordered to Court Over Highway 16 Crash
County officials seek appearances of Norman Henke 19 and Marlin Tauscher 26 in county court at 10 am Friday. Henke says he backed into Larson Coulee road after passing it, Tauscher claims Henke parked over the center line and Tauscher struck the left rear of the other car before driving away.
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Norman Henke
Jackson Street
Larson Coulee
Marlin E. Tauscher
la Crosse
West Salem
Henke
Tauscher
Witness Accounts Follow Court Instructions
Reported remarks describe a pursuit as a witness said I took off after him and he stopped when warned of capture. Participants have been told to repeat their stories to the court as the proceedings continue.
Holmen Homemakers Donate to Tots Fund
Holmen Wisconsin special report shows the Holmen homemakers voting a donation to the Association for Crippled Children at their Thursday meeting in the Holmen church parlors. President Mrs M P Hendrickson reported on the La Crosse presidents conference and project leaders led a lesson on color in the home.
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Holmen
Wis
Association For Crippled Children
M. P. Hendrickson
la Crosse
Lynn Olson
Bernie Anderson
L. T. Lee
O. C. Olsen
Mmes
Chester Tolvstad
Fred Martin
Leland Meidma
Huge Canning Firm Building Hit By Fire
A large warehouse and office of the Poplar Canning company burned in an early morning blaze. Losses exceed 100000 with 70000 in canned goods and 13000 in pie mix destroyed. Firefighters from Superior saved nearby equipment and records possibly protected by a steel vault. The frame building, 120 by 75 feet, was a total loss. cause under investigation.
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Poplar
Wis
Poplar Canning Company
Superior
Olaf Sorenson
Sorenson
Norman Lapole
Canning
Lattimore Sets Return to U S Amid McCarthy Spy Claims
Owen Lattimore plans to depart Karachi for London on Wednesday on the way back to Washington to answer charges by Senator McCarthy that he is the top Soviet spy in the United States.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Owen Lattimore
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
London
Tokyo Strippers’ Mishap Ends Show To Police
In Tokyo five dancers at a new look strip show briefly lost their brassieres during a performance. The next night the club reopened to a packed audience but fans left disappointed as police warned accidents do not recur in multiple venues.
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Tokyo
New Look
Rival carrier feud ends in shotgun death in Arkansas
In Russellville Arkansas Pat Bowers 14 shot Wayne Vethren 15 as they met after school. Vethren died the next day from a shotgun wound. Bowers remained held without charge. Both boys were local newspaper carriers with a long standing feud cited by the prosecutor.
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Russellville
Ark
Guy Hickman
Pat Bowers
Wayne Vethren
Young Vothren
Lee E Bowers
Vothren
Arkansas State Gazette
Bowers
Suffers Heart Attack Victim Accessed by Ambulance
Police report that Florus Stellingware aged 86 of 115 North 10th Street suffered a heart attack and was taken by a lire ambulance to a local hospital at 11 11 am Tuesday. Later at 9 39 pm Tuesday W A Foley of 726 Cameron Avenue also fell ill and was admitted to a hospital by ambulance.
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Florus Stellingware
North 10Th Street
Lire
W. A Foley
Cameron Avenue
Rescue C-47 Lands On North Alaska Ice Pack
Rescue Squadron C 47 air plane lands on the north polar ice pack near Barter Island on March 21 and 22 tests both coarse snow and hard packed drifted snow surfaces. Lieut Go Eugene O Strause piloted the aircraft as Col Bernt Balchen hails the event as crucial for polar aviation.
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Anchorage
Alaska
10Th
North Polar
Barter Island
Air Command
Go. Eugene O. Strause
Topeka
Capital Briefs Notes Farm Labor Shifts and Political Hurdles
Washington reports show farmers plan shifting to crops requiring less labor despite ample fieldwork. Chairman Wood predicts the House will back anti-Communist bills he sponsors with Rep. Nixon before the Easter recess. Senator Taft concedes 49 votes may be hard to assemble to kill Truman’s proposal to abolish the NLRB general counsel office.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wood
D-Ga
House On American Activities Committee
Rep
Nixon
Calif
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Bushman the Gorilla Celebrates 22nd Birthday at Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago marks a birthday celebration for Bushman the giant gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo. The 6 foot 2 inch 550 pound silverback has been at the zoo for 20 years and is the citys top drawing card. Old phonograph records can be melted and reshaped into flower pots with proper heating.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Bushman
Chi
Rennebohm Approves Area Road Projects in Wisconsin
Gov Rennebohm approved three highway maintenance projects in Wisconsin. Buffalo county 7.9 miles of state highway 25 near Nelson with Wabasha Minnesota Transfer Co. 10 450 dollars. Jackson county 3.9 miles of state 95 Alma Center to Merrillan Arthur Overgaard Elroy 6 345 dollars. Dane county 10 miles US 151 Sun Prairie to Columbia county line F H Raemisch Waunakee 3 300 dollars.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohmednesday
Buffalo County
Nelson
Wabasha
Normal School Regent Resigns from State Board
Frank W. Radford of Oshkosh, a mill work manufacturer and member of the state board of normal school regents, submitted his resignation to Gov. Rennebohm on Wednesday. Appointed in 1946 to fill an unexpired term and reappointed in 1949, his current term would have run to 1954.
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Madison
Wis
Frank W. Radford
Oshkosh
State Board of Normal School Regents
Rennebohm
Radford
Hydrogen bomb top priority for atomic energy program
Sumner T. Pike, acting chairman of the AEC, said at Mount Holyoke College that hydrogen bomb development has become the commission’s top priority. He noted a reshuffle of personnel to focus on the specific weapons the president directed, and added work on an atomic engine for naval vessels is being accelerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Mass
Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pike
Mount Holyoke College
Pike
Seizure of Opium on British Ship Shansi
Customs officials seized opium worth 175 dollars from the bunkers of the British ship Shansi. The vessel arrived from London via Bangkok, with the event reported on a Wednesday.
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Hong Kong
London
Bangkok
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Lattimore
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OPTUM
Ford Hopkins
Runda Hebberd
Boerner Drug Stores
Ford
Fashion Academy
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