Weather and crop progress in Wisconsin and famine report in Hunan
Wisconsin farmers saw rain boost soil moisture with corn and soybeans planted across regions while pastures and alfalfa improve. In Hunan China, U N relief reported famine threatens thousands as Gov Wang Tung yuan relays that many Chinese residents die by their own hand amid rice bowl region distress.
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Door County
Wisconsin
Shanghai
U. S
Yangtze
Hunan
China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Wang Tung-yuan
Hold Detroit Men After Woman Beaten
Two Detroit men Allen Peck and Evan Zimmermann were bound over to municipal court on charges of failing to stop after injuring Mrs. Florence Traber in Milwaukee. She testified she was hit on the head and fell from their truck en route to Chicago, suffering a skull fracture. Police said the men initially claimed no sighting of her fall but returned after realizing she was gone.
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Milwaukee
Detroit
Florence Traber
Allen Peck
Evan Zimmermann
Chicago
Sigma Delta Chi photography winners named in tribune feature
The Western University chapter honors journalists with awards for top images. Ralph Frost of the Chicago Sun earned the John L. Meyer plaque for Death Pattern from the Naperville wreck. Other winners include Dick Jones of St. Joseph News-Press for Neighborhood Feud and Louis Fandrick Manitowoc for First Haircut, with numerous certificate recipients across full-time and part-time categories in sports and general photography.
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Western University
Sigma Delta Chi
John L. Meyer
Ralph Frost
Chicago Sun
Naperville
Ill
Dick Jones
St. Joseph
News Press
Louis Fandrick
Manitowoc
Wis
Herald Times
T. Ford Yoder
Elkhart
Ind
Harry Larsson
Sam Bjorkman
Rock Island
Argus
Charles Smith
Gary
Post Tribune
la Crosse
News-Press
James A. Daniels
Post-Tribune
la Tribune
Victory
W. Haden Ettinger
Decatur
Herald
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Grand
Clyde Hinchcliffe
Rufin
Rock River
Herald-Times
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Bloomington
New York
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Tom Daugherty
IIL
Pantagraph
Frank Bill
Marshall Geiler
Jerry Moriarity
la Crosse Tribune
de Fence
Stan Windhorn
Izaac Walton
Dale Murphy
South Bend
Tribune
Albert Risser
Chicago Times
Chester Gabrysiak
Chicago Tribune
Fred Giese
Clyde Hodges
Hands of
Thomas Linton
Detroit Free Press
Eli Simpson
Bill Winek
Germans Shot Yank Red Cross Aides In Bulge Testimony
An American ambulance driver Samuel Dobyns testified before a U S military court about Red Cross insignia being ignored by German troops at Malmedy crossroads on December 17 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge He described being shot four times while aiding wounded soldiers and seeing others shot as they cried for help along a field in Belgium.
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Germany
Normandy
Red Cross
Malmedy Crossroads
Samuel Dobyns
Sandusky, C
U.S
Belgium
Robyns
Homer D. Ford
Leeton
Salvation Army Campaign Continues in La Crosse
Salvation Army in La Crosse extends its drive for funds as campaign chairman Earl Krause reports the effort at its halfway point. He urges local residents to donate to reach the $10,300 goal, noting the organization’s ongoing noble work and asking mail contributions to Fifth avenue and Vine street.
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Salvation Army
la Crosse
Earl Krause
Krause
Fifth Avenue
Vine Street
Hard Coal Miners Hit With Two New Demands
Anthracite operators negotiating a new contract with the AFL United Mine Workers face two fresh union demands. Thomas J. Kennedy, UMW secretary treasurer, says one demand covers vacations holiday pay and overtime payments while the other targets supervisory employees. The contract expires May 31 and the union has filed notice of intent to strike.
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New York
AFL
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Kennedy
UMW
Chinese Advance Reported Near Changchun In Manchuria
The Associated Press reports Chinese government forces claim entry to Kangchuling near Changchun as Communists counter with Chaoyang and Tsinan operations. Mukden notes the first army advances along five routes toward the capital amid calls to repent.
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Kangchuling
Szepingkai
Changchun
Chaoyang
Jehol
Tsinan
Mukden
First
Tu Li-ming
Hannegan Quizzed On Purge Program
Washington D C. Democratic leaders pressed Robert E Hannegan to deny any purge plan and to assure dissidents that no removal of legislators opposed to the administration is under consideration A harmony committee was named two months ago to seek unity after tense discussions among party members
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Washington
National Democratic
Robert E. Hannegan
Rpuse
Hannegan
Contagious Diseases Rise in Wisconsin Yet Again
Wisconsin reports 56 771 communicable disease cases from January 1 to May 18 this year, up from 33 961 in the same period last year. For the week ending May 18 total cases fell 72 from the prior week but exceed the 1 537 figure for the same week a year earlier. measles 2815, mumps 642, chicken pox 480. no smallpox typhoid fever or poliomyelitis reported that week.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Malone dies in Superior house fire
Carl W. Malone, 50, died Wednesday in a fire that destroyed his residence. He was alone in the house when the blaze broke out.
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Carl W. Malone
Malone
Extortion Note Sent To Memphis Leader Crump
Memphis Tenn April note delivered to E H Crump home demands 50000 dollars in small bills in a brown briefcase by May 20. Partly printed and scribbled it is postmarked from a Memphis postal station and signed Revised Capone Inc. Crump says no further instructions were given and no compliance made. FBI and police declined comment.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. H. Crump
Capone Inc
Crump
FBI
Senate Defeats Price Subsidy Elimination Move
Senate Banking Committee defeats the Capehart proposal to end all consumer price subsidies on food next July 1 by an 11 to 7 vote. The plan would have spared subsidies for copper, lead, zinc and rubber while continuing retail price supports. Committee members estimate subsidies total about $1.6 billion annually and will reconvene to decide further reductions and possible elimination.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Democrats Complete State Election Slate Adds Four Aspirants
The Democratic slate in Wisconsin gains four new candidates: LeRoy Larson of Shorewood and John Kaiser of Port Washington for governor, Ray S. Kamper of Franksville for state treasurer, and Elizabeth Hawkes of Washburn for attorney general. Also listed are Daniel W. Hoan for governor, plus Michael Richdorf of Sheboygan and Lewis Nelson of Kaukauna seeking lieutenant governor.
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Milwaukee
Leroy Larson
Shorewood
John Kaiser
Port Washington
Ray S. Kamper
Franksville
Elizabeth Hawkes
Washburn
Daniel W. Hoan
Michael Richdorf
Sheboygan
Lewis Nelson
Kaukauna
Kaiser
Kamper
Racine
Larson
Miss Hawkes
Racine Principal To Join Lawrence Staff
Washington Park high school principal George B. Walter resigns effective year end to join Lawrence College as chairman of the department of education, announced by Superintendent W. C. Giese. Walter departs Racine after serving since 1942.
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Racine
George B. Walter
Washington Park
Toda
W. C. Giese
Giese
Walter
Lawrence College
Department of Education
Railroad cars in housing pinch at Johns Manville plant
Four Pullman cars were rolled onto a siding at the Johns Manville Corporation plant Wednesday to help relieve the acute housing shortage in Waukegan.
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Waukegan
Pullman
Johns-Manville Corporation
Wenesday
Tru-Lex Medicine Promises Bowel Cleansing Power
A Wisconsin reader reports taking Tru-Lex for three days and experiencing relief from headaches gas bloat skin eruptions and rheumatic pains. The ad claims hundreds benefited and urges readers to buy Tru-Lex from local drug stores.
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Tru-Lex
Wisconsin
McCallum Resigns As County Voluntary Republican Official
J T McCallum resigns as chairman of the La Crosse county voluntary Republican committee citing lack of time. Milton Sikaske called a meeting of the executive committee to choose a successor at Hotel Stoddard, with members Watkins Roehm Lias Terpstra Gunderson and Sikaske listed as officers.
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McCallum
J.T. McCallum
South 13Th Street
la Crosse County
Republican Voluntary Committee
Milton Sikaske
Johnson Street
Everett Yerly
Sikaske
Stoddard
Mittee
Harry Watkins
la Crosse
Linus Roehm
West Salem
Ben Lias
Onalaska
Terpstra
Sikakske
Oswald Gunderson
Nericho District Council Tax Aims Education Fund
In Kenya the Nericho district council imposes a $1 per person levy to fund education for African women. The plan targets expanding schooling access and improving literacy through dedicated resources.
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Nericho
Kenya
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