Rain and lightning halt spring planting across state
A heavy electrical storm drenched the state with over two inches of rain yesterday and last night, halting urgent field work and flooding low spots. The Pecatonica River near Argyle rose about a foot in 24 hours, while power and phone services suffered outages but were expected to resume by tomorrow. Weather systems suggest continued rain and cool winds with river crests near flood stage at LaCrosse Prairie du Chien and Winona.
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Argyle
Pecatonica
United Telephone
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Darlington
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Chippewa
Wisconsin
St. Croix
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Winona
Minn
Fisher Sentenced After Plea Change in Minor Case
Liano Fisher a Green County farm worker pleaded nolo contendere to taking improper liberties with a six year old girl and was sentenced to not less than two nor more than four years by Judge J E Collins in county court. jury panel was dismissed before final pleas.
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Liano Fisher
Green County
J. E. Collins
Darlington
Fisher
Collins
Waupun
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Max I. Armstrong
Janesville
J. G. McWilliams
McWilliams
Arthur Hanson
Brooklyn
B. H. Lynch
Monroe
Vincent Conway
Adams
Herman Lehnherr
New Glarus
Henry Babler
8Th Street
Herman A. Becker
Monticello
Will Meinert
Spring Grove
Frank Salzwedel
Woodford
Evert Green
Sam Hoesly
22Nd Street
Gilbert Duerst
New Glarus Township
Fred Theiler
Browntown
Albany
Harold E. Scherer
Monroe Clinic
Scherer
Baptist Church Burns After Lightning Strike
Delavan area church fire destroys Millard Baptist Church after a Sunday night lightning strike hit the steeple. Firefighters saved the organ from the blaze.
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Baptist Church
Delavan
Millard Baptist Church
Here
Crookston Flooded By Break in Dam Crest Hopes Rise
Floodwaters of the Red Lake river surged into Crookston Minnesota after an Ottertail floodgate broke. Residents awoke to a wall of ice and a 24 foot crest that covered about 75 city blocks as a new flood crest moved toward the city with observers predicting a fall to below a foot by late morning.
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Crookston
Minn
Red Lake
Minnesota
Ottertail Dam
Red Lake Falls
Ottertail
Fire, blasts rate atomic quarters at Berkeley
A fire with minor explosions destroyed the Atomic Energy Commission administration building in Berkeley last night. Guards kept people from the nearby cyclotron area as flames rose from the two story frame structure. The University of California cyclotron nearby remained undamaged. An AEC guard described the site as housing a maze of apparatus.
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Berkeley
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Hainan Captured by Reds in Chiang Order
Reports from Se Yulin Hainan Island say Chiang Kai-shek ordered a total evacuation of Hainan, yielding roughly half of nationalist China to the communists. A top defense officer accuses Chiang of sacrificing Hainan for political aims amid lack of official confirmation.
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Yulin
Hainan
Chiang Kai-shek
China
South
Chiang
Defense Under Way At Maragon's Trial
The government finished presenting its perjury case against John Maragon and the defense moved for judgment of acquittal. The jury was told the government dropped one of four charges accusing him of lying to Senate investigators about business and finances. The discarded charge claimed a $5,000 gift from his mother-in-law was a loan. she is ill and unavailable to testify.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Maragon
Senate
New Berlin Push By Russians Seen As 1950 Offensive
Western Berlin fears a May 27 to 29 invasion by German communist youths as part of a Soviet spring offensive. American British and French officials prepare to defend the western sectors and deter aggression. Acheson frames the plan as Kremlin designed to intimidate and elicit concessions, with Baltic air incidents cited as further pressure.
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Berlin
John M. Hightower
Washington
U. S
Germany
West
Truman
Acheson
Kremlin
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Florida House Leader Shoots and Killed in Office
Florida House Leader Charles J. Schuh Jr. was shot dead in his downtown Tallahassee office. Deputy Sheriff Andy Rand said suspect Charles Ross, 71, of Bay City Texas, is held in city jail after being wounded in an arrest following Schuh's death. Schuh backed Gov Fuller Warren and helped push the three percent sales tax.
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St. Petersburg
Charles J. Schuh Jr
Fuller Warren
House of Representatives
Andy Rand
Charles Ross
Bay City
Tex
Rand
Ross
Schuh
L. C. Deal
Gov. Warren
Three Drowned In Wolf River Accident Near New London
A triple drowning ended a Manston family fishing trip on the Wolf River near Northport bridge two miles from New London. Kenneth Boyd 35 his wife 29 and their 11 year old son Daniel drowned when their rented plywood boat overturned during a swift current search recovered the father or son bodies by Sunday morning while six younger children were in Mauston at the time. Sheriff Henry Marten led the hunt with only a handbag found overnight.
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New London
Wolf River
Manston
Kenneth Boyd
Daniel
Mauston
Henry Marten
Waupaca County
Pabst Brewer Dies After 55 Years Service
Milwaukee obituary notes the death of Dr. Alfred H. Schedler 81 chief brewing technician for the Pabst Brewing Co. for 55 years. He passed away Sunday night in Milwaukee reflecting a long career with the firm and its brewing operations.
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Pabst Brewer
Milwaukee
Alfred H. Schedler
Pabst Brewing Co
Bell System Walkout Shuts 10000 Workers Coast to Coast
Telephony across the nation faces a potential shutdown as Western Electric workers join a Bell system strike. CIO Union claims 10000 members in 43 states plus DC will walk out by nightfall, amid wage dispute and a disputed South Bend tower site. Negotiations with a federal mediator continue while most employees keep service intact.
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New York
Division
CIO Communication Workers of America
Bell System
District of Columbia
Western Electric Co
Rocky Mountain
West Coast
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Montana
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western’ Electric . Co
Owever
Union
Western Electric
South Bend
Ind
New York State
Illinois
New Jersey
Michigan
Indiana
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Louisiana
Utah
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Louisville
Atlanta
Columbus
Cincinnati
Two Men Injured In Auto Accident
Two auto crashes Saturday left two men injured and one fined. Lewis Myers of Freeport and Donald Shater of McConnell Ill sustained cuts and bruises but were not hospitalized. William R Moore of Freeport was fined $10 plus costs for failing to stop at a sign at 11th street and 20th avenue.
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Lewis E. Meyers
Freeport
Donald Shater
McConnell
Ill
William R. Moore
Justice Court
Moore
Shafer
11Th Street
20Th Avenue
Myers
More clues found in Baltic search for missing U S plane
Stockholm reports three new clues possibly linked to the missing U S navy patrol plane crew of ten. A raft a radio call sign book and a lettered piece of wood were found drifting in the Baltic over the weekend. Swedish officials say the raft may show impact from bullets.
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Stockholm
Baltic
United States
Bucko the white deer causes trouble across Illinois farms
Bucko, a white European fallow deer, roams from the Orville Miller farm near Brodhead into the T. F. Cannell farm in northern Illinois. It has tipped milk cans, rolled a mailbox mount, and trampled bee hives. Authorities consider moving Bucko to Horse Shoe Lake refuge. a zoo is unlikely.
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Bucko
Orville Miller
Brodhead
T. F. Cannell
Illinois
Cannell
Anthony Cassioppi
Illinois Conservation Department
Horseshoe Lake
Carroll
Alexander County
Cannells
Symington Warns Air Force Weaker on Effectiveness
Former Secretary W Stuart Symington told a news conference that the air force has seen a six month drop in combat effectiveness due to personnel cuts though remaining units have improved in efficiency. He spoke as Thomas Finletter was sworn in as air force secretary and as defense plans push for a larger force. Johnson noted the United States leads in armaments and described an expanded atomic arsenal developed after the Soviet test, with timing accelerated to boost defenses.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Johnson
Symington
Armed Services
Congress
United States
National Security Resources Board
U. S
Russia
Milwaukee Flier Dies in Mobile Plane Crash
Milwaukee man Joseph C. Strietzel, 22, was killed when his private plane crashed at an airport closed for the night near Mobile, Alabama. Officials found maps suggesting he intended to fly to another airport six miles north. His mother, Mrs. Oscar Strietzel, said he had traveled to Mississippi two weeks earlier for temporary work.
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Mobile
Ala
Joseph C. Strietzel
Milwaukee
Here
Civil Aeronautics Administration Office
Strietzel
Oscar Strietzel
Mississippi
Vienna Priest Refuses Elevation as Bishop
Monsignor Franz Jachym announced he felt himself unworthy and walked out before taking the oath at St Stephen’s church in Vienna during a ceremony to raise him to bishop. Chancellor Leopold Figl and thousands watched as Cardinal Innitzer expressed confusion over the sudden act. Church officials voiced differing views, noting nerves or humility as possible causes.
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Vienna
Leopold Figl
Msgr
Franz Jachym
St. Stephen’s Church
Theodor Cardinal Innitzer
Msgr. Jachym
Cardinal Innitzer
Austria
Jachym
Karl Dorr
St. Stephen’s
Msgr. Dorr
Ambrosius
Gregor
Government Seeks Two Week Rail Strike Delay
The government asked a two week postponement of the planned strike on major railroads including the Pennsylvania system New York Central Southern Railway and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The request came from Francis A. O Neill Jr chairman of the national mediation board in a telegram to David B Robertson president of the striking Brotherhood. The union seeks assignment of a second fireman to diesel locomotives and the board offered services during the proposed truce to help settle the dispute.
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Washington
Francis A. O’neill Jr
National Mediation Board
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive
O'Neill
Pennsylvania System
New York Central
Southern Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Legion Leader Dies From Crash Injuries
Simon Ellos 51 longtime Wisconsin American Legion figure from Hurley died at Grand View hospital from injuries after a motor vehicle crash last Tuesday. He was commander of the Wisconsin department’s 11th district and suffered a skull fracture when his car struck a bridge.
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Iron
Simon Ellos
Wisconsin American
Senate to Hear Budenz In Closed Session On Amerasia Case
The Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee will call Senator McCarthy and Owen J. Lattimore to a closed door session with Louis Budenz to hear corroborative evidence on subversive ties. President Truman prepared a national broadcast amid calls defending loyalty programs and criticizing McCarthy. Acheson condemned the charges as mad and vicious while urging loyalty program methods.
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Washington
State Department
McCarthy
Owen J. Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Amerasia
Senate
Wisconsin
Truman
Kremlin
Acheson
Budenz
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Institute of Pacific Relations
Earl Browder
Party
Daily Worker
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Tydings
Federal Bar Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George C. Marshall
High Court Reverses Conviction of Negro
The Texas man Lee Cassell was convicted of killing a sleeping watchman during a Dallas store robbery. The U S Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction and death sentence by a 7-1 vote finding discrimination in grand jury selection against Negroes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lee Cassell
Dallas
Cassell
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