Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to South Pacific and The Way West
New York Pulitzer prizes were awarded to the Broadway musical South Pacific and to The Way West by A B Guthrie Jr. Other honors went to Chicago Daily News and St Louis Post-Dispatch for public service exposing Illinois state payrolls. Awards announced by Columbia University.
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New York
Pulitzer Rizes
South Pacific
A. B. Guthrie, Jr
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Samuel Flagg Bemis
John Quincy Adams
Meyer Berger
New York Times
Howard Muh
Camden
N. J
Edwin O. Guthman
Seattle Times
Melvin Rader
University of Washington
Edmund Stevens
Christian Science Monitor
Russia
Carl M. Saunders
Jackson, Mich
Citizen Patriot
Inventory Boom Contrasts Cautious 2024 Business Outlook
New York business leaders shift from shrinking stocks to restocking with 60 to 90 day buying. March orders hit postwar highs, led by durable goods as production climbs. Yet observers warn inventory booms may be brief if orders thin and excess stocks build up.
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New York
Department of Commerce
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
NAPA
Rock Island Woman Awarded 30000 Damages in Hotel Fire Case
Mrs. Buelah Lindsay of Rock Island received 30000 for injuries from the 1946 La Salle hotel fire. A sealed verdict opened by Judge Harold G. Ward found negligence by La Salle Madison Hotel Corp. Lindsay, 53, tripped on a fire hose while being led to safety. Sixty one people died in the fire.
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Chicago
Buelah Lindsay
Rock Island
la Salle Hotel
Harold G. Ward
Superior Court
Lindsay
la Salle- Madison Hotel Corp
Michael J. Thuma
Fifteen Grosbeaks Sighted in Hillsboro Wisconsin
A flock of 15 Eastern evening grosbeaks has been seen in several parts of Hillsboro during the past week. The birds, rare in the United States, are about robin size with a thick greenish bill and yellow bodies with black and white wings. This may be the first flock recorded in Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro
Wis
U. S
Forges X On Stolen Tax Check Charged
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Charles Campbell Jr 28 charged with forgery for marking his X on a stolen tax refund check for 30.98 and cashing it at a grocery. Bond set in municipal court at 2500 pending grand jury investigation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Campbell, Jr
Dean's Pills Diuretic Offer for Kidney and Bladder Discomfort
An aged reader note describes how stress exertion smoking and cold may slow kidney function and cause backache fatigue headaches and dizziness. It urges trying Dean's Pills a mild diuretic used by millions for relief from minor bladder irritations and related discomforts.
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Dean
Music School Screens Odds On Prodigies
The Metropolitan School of Music in Chicago offers free aptitude tests for Chicago school children from fifth grade to high school. Parents fill out questionnaires and students take Saturday tests through vacation, assessing interest, finger coordination, concentration, and hearing. President Leonard Keller says music education should be available to all, but only talented students should pursue it as a career.
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Chicago
Fritz Kreisler
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Metropolitan School of Music
Leonard Keller
The
Metropolitan School
Allies Hope May 28 Demonstration Dodges Clash
Reported Berlin May Day events show the Russian zone staging a mass youth demo with military precision while the Western side holds a sprawling anti communism meeting. Observers see signs Russia may avoid a showdown and treat May 1 as a rehearsal for May 28.
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Berlin
Russia
Mental Test Ordered for Chicago Politician in Abuse Case
Joseph L. Rategan 63 a Democratic politician and former state legislator faces assault charges after his wife Helen 50 testified he beat her with an iron. Judge Emmett Morrissey ordered a mental test and the case was continued to May 12.
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Chicago
Joseph L. Rategan
Ategan
West Side
Helen
Fillmore Street
Udge Emmett Morrissey
Greenwood man dies in auto crash near town
Paul Steele 36 of Greenwood died two miles north of Greenwood when his car left highway 73 and hit a tree. A witness said the car was not traveling fast and Clark county officials said he apparently suffered a heart attack. No inquest will be held.
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Greenwood
Wis
Paul Steele
Here
Highway 73
Clark County
La Crosse Tribune Opens with Classified Notice
The La Crosse Tribune announces its second class mail status as of June 23 1904 at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Plan To Inventory Wisconsin Forest Resources
State conservation department proposes a three year project to inventory Wisconsin forests. Meetings for northern and central Wisconsin committees will be held in Wisconsin Rapids May Rhinelander May 9 and Spooner May 10. Funding from state county federal governments and wood using industries. Initial step is aerial photography of all forest areas with department workers speaking.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Conservation Department
Wisconsin Rapids
Rhinelander
Spooner
The
Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Plead Innocent To Gambling Charge In Wisconsin
Three Brown county tavernkeepers pleaded innocent in municipal court to gambling charges. Melvin Eichorst and Harvey Zahn run dice games in Morrison, while Ervin Lieterman of Erv's Bar in Denmark faces a lottery charge. Trial set for May 15.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
Melvin Eichorst
Harvey Zahn
Morrison
Ervin Lieterman
Erv’s
Denmark
Woman's Purse Strap Triggers Six Injured on Roller Coaster
In Stockholm at Tivoli Park a woman's dangling bag strap snagged a coaster wheel causing a three car collision. Six riders were hospitalized as the ride halted after the strap acted as a brake and the park cut power to prevent further damage.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tivoli
Electronic Unit Gives Answers at University of Illinois
University of Illinois engineers claim their electronic unit will outpace all existing electronic computers in speed while occupying far less space. The device, called the black panther, is described as eight feet high, twenty inches wide and ten feet long, weighing under a ton.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
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