Prairie du Chien Stays Calm as Flood Closes Town
Residents of Prairie du Chien ignore fear as Mississippi River flood advances. Fourth Ward and Frenchtown see water on Main Street while 180 families moved out last year and over 250 evacuated this time. City welcomes help but reports quiet, orderly response with visitors calm and cooperative.
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Prairie du Chien
Mississippi
Fourth Ward
Frenchtown
Main Street
Dousman
Villa Louis
Praire du Chien
M Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Marquette
John W. Bolender
Fennimore
Monroe
Bolender
Prairie Street
LaCrosse Flood Workers Claim Victory Amid Crest Passing
City engineer Zenno A. Gorder led officials and workers who fought the Mississippi River flood in LaCrosse. Crests passed. patrols remain, and a rainstorm could disrupt forecasts as water stays above flood stage for about a week.
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LaCrosse
Zenno A. Gorder
Monroe
Gorder
Mrs. Marie Burkhard, 84, dies after long illness
Mrs. Marie Bruni Burkhard Sr., 84, of Monroe died yesterday at 5 p m after a lingering illness. Services Wednesday at 2 p m at Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev A R Achtemeier officiating. Burial in Greenwood cemetery. Swiss born in Amsoldingen Canton Bern March 25 1868, she came to America in 1883. Survived by her husband John J Burkhard Sr and ten children, fourteen grandchildren, four great grandchildren. She was a longtime St Johns church member and charter member of the American Legion auxiliary.
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John Burkhard Sr
21St Street
Shriner-Neushwanderuneral
A. R. Achtemeier
Monticello Zwingli
Burkhard
Marie Bruni
Amsoldingen
Canton Bern
Switzerland
John and
Anna Neuenschwander Bruni
America
St John’s Church
Re Wilhelm Koch
Green County
New Glarus
Postville
Brodhead
Monroe
Rose Zweifel
Fred Bruni
Gotttfried
Carl
Jacob
Mrs McGuire Taken by Illness
Mrs Winifred Murray McGuire died at home after a long illness at 7 last night. Born in Castlebar Ireland on March 15 1872 she came to America at 14 and married John McGuire in Chicago. She leaves daughter Helen Monroe and had two prior daughters who died young. Funeral services at Shriner Neushwander funeral home and St Victor's Church with burial at Mt Carmel Chicago.
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Winurea mcGuire
Lth Street
Winifred Murray
Castlebar
Mayo
Ireland
Patrick
Catherine Murray
Catherine
McGuire
St. Victor's Catholic Church
Altar Society
Shriner-Neushwander Humeral
E. C. McCollow
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Chicago
Rampaging River Starts To Subside In LaCrosse Area
The Mississippi at La Crosse crested at 15.33 feet and began a slow drop as flood crews monitor waves and sandbags. Forecaster Sanial warned rain could renew rises while downstream Missouri River forecasts show longer high water with scattered showers across the region.
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LaCrosse
Associated Press
Mississippi
A. D. Sanial
Minnesota
Samal
Sanial
Black River
Winona
Minn
Missouri
Missouri River
Kaw
Kansas
Kansas Citys
E. C. Corkill
Kansas City
Kas
D. G. Shingler
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Shingler
Blair
Neb
St. Charles
Jesse Gulick
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Conference Set On Flier Refusals
Court martial action against six pilots who refused to fly was expected to be discussed today as Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg meets Randolph Air Force Base officials. The Defense Department reported in Washington that courts martial of pilots who refused to fly have been called off pending a new policy statement. In San Antonio Air Force circles there was speculation that Vandenberg might announce softened action toward Air Force reservists who refused flying duty.
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Antonio
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Randolph Air Force Base
Defense Department
Washington
San Antonio
Wisconsin Anti-Strike Law Struck Down by Milwaukee Judge
Circuit Judge William I. O'Neill ruled that Wisconsin's antistrike law is not usable and refused to enjoin CIO Communication Workers union actions. The decision implies the act cannot stand.
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Milwaukee
William I. O'Neill
Wisconsin
CIO Communication Workers Union
Taft Backers Question Eisenhower Views on 21 Issues
Taft supporters circulate petitions asking Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to state positions on 21 vital questions including foreign policy Civil Rights and the Taft Hartley act. The move surfaces as New York and Pennsylvania primaries approach shaping delegate selection for the Republican convention. Idaho Democrats hold a state convention today to choose 12 delegates likely uncommitted to Truman or Roosevelt era records.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
New York
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Korea Premier John M Chang resigns amid illness
In Pusan South Korea Prime Minister John M Chang resigns as head of the cabinet citing illness. Reporters say Chang may quit to run for president in upcoming elections as the political scene focuses on leadership changes.
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Korea
John M. Chang
Pusan
Chang
South Korea
City Students Return As Six Weeks Remain
City students resume class for a six week period before summer vacation. Easter break was last week and year end activities include prom, senior graduation events, and a Lincoln school folk presentation Our Heritage in Rhythm and Song. St Victor's pupils also started classes Thursday with vacation beginning April 9.
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Swu Gems
Lincoln School
St. Victor’s School
Freakish Mishap Injures State Boy in Car Door Fall
A five year old boy fell from a car door in Mannu wuc Wis into a busy lane yesterday. Howard Abbots was driving when the accident occurred and the boy was bruised but not seriously hurt. Robert Gutschow Kiel 16 swerved to avoid the car ahead and narrowly avoided hitting the boy. The incident concluded with the child suffering only a bruised head. DENOUNCE COMMUNISM. HONG KONG Two Chinese businessmen jumped to their deaths from a Canton rooftop after denouncing Communism to a stunned crowd.
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Mannuwuc
Wis
Howard Abbots
Drivetowoc County
John
Abbots
Robert Gutschow
Kiel
Gutschow
Hong Kong
Canton
Vandenberg Book Reveals British A Bomb Veto Ended
A new volume based on Senator Vandenberg’s papers shows Britain held a veto on U S atomic use during and after World War II. Republican pressure in 1947 1948 helped end the veto as Truman sought a broader atomic partnership with Britain and Canada. The account notes secret Quebec and Hyde Park arrangements dating to midwar.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
United States
Canada
Truman
U. S
Vandenberg
Senate
Sen
Tom Connally
D-Tex
White House
Berlin
Stalin
Fred Vinson
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Hick
Truman challenges Congress to solve steel worker fight
President Truman urged Congress to craft its own solution to the steel crisis to avoid hampering government operation of the mills. He warned that funding cuts could trigger a steel shutdown, hurting weapons flow to Korea and overall defense. He offered to cooperate on legislative proposals while aboard the Williamsborg and in talks at the White House with policy officials. Republicans push two measures to bar federal funds for seizure or operation of seized mills, urging strict funding cuts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
Barkley
Williamsborg
Nathan Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Ellis Arnall
White House
National Advisory Board
John R. Steelman
Sup Prhey
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Sen
Knowland
End of Installment Controls Hinted By Officials
Government limits on down payments and repayment periods for consumer goods may end soon the Federal Reserve Board will suspend controls once Congress acts Officials cite potential sales boost and faded inflation as reasons while no change is planned for housing finance and mortgages Also Lt Robert G Feber of Delavan Wisconsin reports his first MIG damage in aerial combat in Korea
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Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Seoul
Korea
Robert G. Feber
Delavan
Wis
Thirteen Killed In State Mishaps One Crash Takes Three
A string of Wisconsin weekend accidents claims many lives. Baraboo area crash on Highway 12 killed Joseph Gleash 36 Dorothy 31 and Gerald Goodman 21. Others include Stephen Stenger 6 and Gordon Durkee 5 who died in separate incidents. Several injured or missing in Milwaukee Janesville and Green Bay areas amid a flurry of auto and drowning fatalities.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Highway
Baraboo
Joseph Gleash
Dorothy
Gerald Goodman
Sauk Coun- Police
Janesville
Stephen Stenger
George Stenger
Jeff Kokke
Kimberly
Frank
Gordon Durkee
Rock River
Watertown
Gordon
Gordon Jones
Route 6
Milwaukee
Charles Walder
Harvey
Irma Coolware
Louis Cryall
Duck Creek
Green Bay
Albert Barnickle
Shabonna
Wolf River
New London
Charles Owen
Carl
Marion
Wis
Gordon Rohm
Appleton
Booker T. Harris
Kenosha
Jerome Fiala
John C. Fiala
Kewaunee
Milwaukee Truckers Vote To Officially Strike
About 2,000 Milwaukee truck drivers voted to formalize a wildcat walkout into an official strike. Pickets menaced Highway 41 south of the city as deputies dispersed a group of about 15 and arrested one man after a boulder blocked a traffic lane.
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Milwaukee
AFL
Bedlain Ptla
Highway 41
Sheriff's
Mutiny at Southern Michigan Prison Sparks Wide Haze of Police
Rioting convicts seized control of large prison sections and fired buildings as about 600 state police and guards cordoned walls at Jackson the siege began last night. The mutiny led by “Crazy Jack” Hyatt wounded two convicts and injured several guards while hostages were taken and a theater and butcher shop were set ablaze.
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Jackson
Mich
Souther
Michigan
Crazy Jack” Hyatt
Gov. G. Mennen Williams
Troops Prepare for Atomic Test Jump at Nevada Site
In Exercise Deskt Rock IV a combined assault will involve 1,500 troops, 504th Regiment paratroopers, and four C46 planes. Ground zero lies about three miles from foxholes as radiological safety teams monitor for post detonation safety before occupation.
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Nev
Ground Zero
504Th Regiment
82Nd Airborne Division
No Man’s Land
Miss Conrad Honored for 33 Years on Times Staff
The Evening Times marks 33 years with Miss Conrad as a longtime staffer. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Conrad she began briefly at Monroe Gas before joining the Times staff. Floral and verbal congratulations accompany the celebration.
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Times
Lene
Conred
Evening Times
Imes
Frank Conrad
Monroe Gas Fp
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