Relief Fund Seeks 10 Million for Flood Areas
Donations to the relief fund reach 655 dollars with ongoing small gifts. The national body requests ten million dollars for flood relief in the river regions. Recent contributors include Clinton W Burns Walter Bruenner Pettibone Island Chester Olson and A Olson of Mindoro.
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Federal Building
Sopper River
Clinton W. Burns
Walter Bruenner
Pettibone Island
Chester Olson
A. O. Olson
Mindoro
India plans expedition to study Great Nicobar forests
A survey shows vast timber resources on Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. India will send an expedition to determine development and preservation approaches for the forests.
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Great Nicobar Island
Bengal
India
Etzell defeats Dunn for Minnesota GOP committeeman
George F. Etzell the Clarissa Independent publisher wins the Minnesota GOP committeeman post in an upset over Roy E. Dunn 122 to 194. Dunn has managed Sen Taft's Minnesota campaign. Etzell is lifelong ally of Gov. C. Elmer Anderson and will serve until after the July national convention.
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Minneapolis
Dwight Eisenhower
Minnesota
Robert Taft
Elmer Anderson
George F. Etzell
Roy E. Dunn
Dunn
Taft
Etzell
Gov
Anderson
GOP
State Central Committee
Pelican Rapids
Skull Fracture After Man Jumps From Car Near Pettibone Park
Early Sunday a man, Martin De Boer of South Pettibone Island, jumped from a moving car near Pettibone Park injuring his skull. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture and described as in pretty good condition. Local police and witnesses provided details of the incident and related traffic crashes with minor damages reported for nearby collisions.
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Martin de Boer
South Pettibone Island
Io Pettibone Park
de Boer
H. E Martell
S. 29Th St
Sill and
George Streets
Martell
Eugene Lehman
Bluff View ‘Gardens
Anna Kreutz
S. 6Th St
West Avenue
Market Streets
Second Highest Medal Awarded Dead Hero
The Distinguished Service Cross, the U S Army second highest combat medal, is awarded posthumously to Cpl. Jack Korakian of Racine Wisconsin for actions with Company F 279th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Division on January 23, 1952. After his squad leader was wounded he took command, organized a withdrawal, crawled toward a bunker under fire and, though wounded, fired on the enemy until his squad reached safety.
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Tokyo
Jack Korakian
Racine
Wrs
Korakian
Margaret Korakian
45Th Infantry Division
Tito Honored On His 60th Birthday in Belgrade
Relay runners bearing silver torches from seven provinces delivered flaming greetings to Premier Marshal Tito on his 60th birthday. Tito, in strong humor, spoke at his palace of Yugoslavia’s postwar progress and warned the nation to stay vigilant amid nearby Russian satellites.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Father Arrested For Beating Infant Girl
MILWAUKEE police held a 20 year old father for beating his five month old daughter. An officer quoted Jack Bruno saying he struck the girl three or four times to stop crying. The infant was hospitalized in poor condition with a possible skull fracture and severe bruises behind both ears.
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Milwaukee
Jack Bruno
Evolution of Hari-Kari From Noble Punishment to National Honor
The practice originated as a method of self-inflicted death permitted for noble offenders in feudal Japan. It later transformed into the national form of honorable death by one’s own hand, shaping cultural and historical perceptions of ritual suicide.
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Japan
Posthumous Honors for Eau Claire Lt in Korea
Tokyo reports Lt. Jack L. Dinkel of Eau Claire Wisconsin received a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross for actions June 14 1951 near Sobang San Korea. He ordered a withdrawal under heavy fire while his unit expended ammunition, was wounded, and was killed by a mortar barrage as his troops found safety.
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Tokyo
Jack L. Dinkel
Eau Claire
Wis
U. S
Korea
Sobang-San
Dinkel
Grede elected national president of YMCA
William J. Grede, Milwaukee industrialist and head of the National Association of Manufacturers, was chosen national president of the YMCA. He succeeds Harper Sibley of Rochester, New York.
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Detroit
William J. Grede
Milwaukee
Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
National Association of Manufacturers
Grede
Harper Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
Student Board Demands Fair Suspensions at UW
In Madison the Wisconsin Student Board denounced university authorities for suspensions following last week’s campus raid. The board passed a resolution calling suspensions severe and inequitable, criticizing one and two semester punishments as akin to a death sentence for traffic violations.
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Madison
University of Prestitution
Wisconsin
Uni
University
Thomas Anderson
Washburn
Joan Garfinkel
Milwaukee
Bavaria Feels Vaccine Shortage Behind FMD Spread
Bavaria faces a vaccine shortage as foot and mouth disease spreads rapidly. Health officials warn the outbreak accelerates amid limited immunization resources and ongoing containment efforts.
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