Crowds greet General MacArthur in Chicago welcome day
Thousands line Chicago streets as General MacArthur, wife Jean, and son Arthur arrive at Midway Airport aboard the Bataan. He is greeted by Mayor Kennelly amid a 17 gun salute and a review of the 174th military police battalion. The motorcade heads to the loop, followed by a Soldier Field jamboree tonight.
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MacArthur
Robert E. Wood
Fort Sheridan
Walter Healy
Mammoth Soldier Field
Central Avenue
National Guard
First Cavalry Division
Lee R. Dunn
Walthill
Neb
Dunn
Tennessee
55Th Street
485 Graded Students Will Visit Milwaukee
The largest charter bus group from Monroe is set to depart at 7 a m with at least a dozen large buses carrying 485 rural and state grade school pupils from Green county plus teachers and some parents on an annual outing in Milwaukee on MacArthur day. Bus depots report increased demand and drivers from Chicago are being recruited to meet reservations.
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Monroe
Milwaukee
Green County
Ted Schmiedlin
Chicago
Chicago Visit Sidelights and MacArthur Welcome
General MacArthur's Chicago visit brings cool foggy forenoon weather and tonight's Soldier Field welcome with clear skies and 42 degrees. 1,500 chrysanthemums rain from hotel windows as Mrs MacArthur arrives, a diamond brooch copy of the five star insignia by her side. Michigan City guests spread an arrowed greeting toward Chicago on the beach, while Kirkland High School sends its student body to Chicago for MacArthur events.
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Soldier Field
Jean MacArthur
Stevens Hotel
Michigan Avenue
MacArthurs
Michigan City
Ind
MacArthur
Windy City
Mac
Freeport
Kirkland High
Kirkland
Mattress Fire At Arnold L Love Home
Firefighters responded at 2 28 p m to 1522 17th avenue to extinguish a blazing mattress. The blaze started from a burning cigarette and caused smoke damage to a second floor room. The mattress was destroyed as water from booster and Indian pumps was used. Fire crews left by 2 45 p m.
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Arnold L. Loveland
17Th Avenue
William Moon Named To MacArthur Honor Guard
William S. Moon an MP at Ft. Sheridan Illinois was selected from 600 candidates to serve in the honor guard for General MacArthur when he arrives at Chicago and departs for Milwaukee. Moon is the son of Mrs. Charles Thrasher of 2400 14th Avenue.
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William S. Moon
Ft. Sheridan
General MacArthur
Chicago
Milwaukee
Moon
Charles Thrasher
14Th Avenue
Milwaukee Prepares General MacArthur Homecoming
Final plans for General MacArthur’s Milwaukee homecoming are set as the city expects a large crowd. Governors and escorts greet him at the border, with stops in Great Lakes, Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee before a 15.8 mile city tour and a flight to New York aboard the Bataan.
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Price
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Wisconsin- Illinois
Kohler
Chicago
Great Laxes Naval Training Station
Highway 42
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee County Line
Plankinton Hotel
Marquette Stadium
Billy Mitchell
Bataan
New York
John Sweeney 84 Argyle Man Dies at Fayette Home
John Divan Sweeney aged 84 died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. Harvey White’s home in Fayette after a three week illness. Born in Cadiz township he married Jane Knewstubb in Lamont. Lifelong farmer he left behind wife two daughters and several sons with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. funeral at Argyle Methodist church with Rev. George H. Crow.
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John Divan Sweeney
Harvey White
Fayette
Sweeney
Cadiz Township
Henry
Lucinda Divan Sweeney
Jane Knewstubb
Lamont
Benton
Fayette Township
Glenn
William
Beloit
Homer
San Fernando
Calif
Charles
Lena
Lester
Chicago
Winnie May
George
Elanore) Duff
Erickson Funeral Home
Argyle Methodist Church
George H. Crow
Argyle Cemetery
Dr Hamilton Holt Dies at 78 Educator and Rollins Leader
Dr. Hamilton Holt aged 78 noted educator died in his sleep at Day Kimball hospital Woodstock Conn He was stricken with a coronary thrombosis late yesterday Holt was president emeritus of Rollins College in Winter Park Florida.
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Conn
Hamilton Holt
Kimball Hospital
Holt
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Assembly Seeks Ruling On Tightened Gambling Laws
The assembly agreed to ask the attorney general to rule on the legality of a proposed law tightening liquor and gambling enforcement. Adoption of the ruling resolution delays consideration of the senate bill until next week. The measure would allow search warrants for raids in neighboring counties to prevent tip-offs. The assembly also backs a study of education needs and fiscal relations for state colleges and UW.
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Atty
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Senate
Assembly
University of Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Assembly Judiciary Committee
House
State Personnel Board and Industrial Commission
Ground Broken At East School
Ground was broken today at the site of a new East school addition signaling the start of the long planned building program. The project includes an addition for South school and repairs to both buildings funded by a $300,000 bond issue. Excavation by Alice Holtshopple firm under subcontract to L S Wagner and Son Co, successful bidder. Five large trees dating to presettlement days removed.
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East School
South School
Alice Holtshopple
L. S. Wagner and Son Co
Wisconsin Mother of Year Mrs Woods O Dreyfus Named
Mrs Woods O Dreyfus of Milwaukee named Wisconsin mother of the year for 1951 at the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers convention. The 57 year old grandmother serves on the Milwaukee school board and the Milwaukee County Red Cross board and is a former matron of Eastern Star Milwaukee Chapter No 2. She has three sons and four grandchildren. New officers elected include Mrs Joseph Born of Sheboygan president and Mrs R J Normington of Waukesha vice president along with Leslie Johnson of Superior and Mrs P J Kummerlein of Milwaukee as officers for two year terms.
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Fond du Lac
Woods O. Dreyfus
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Congress
Dreyfus
Milwaukee County Red Cross
Order of Eastern Star
Joseph Born
Sheboygan
R. J. Normington
Waukesha
Leslie Johnson
Superior
P. J. Kummerlein
Truman Will Not Silence MacArthur at Press Conference
President Truman said he will not gag General MacArthur and will let him speak freely. He noted five star rank legislation could give him control but he has no plan to use such power. Truman also said Korea's fate depends on Russia and praised Secretary Acheson.
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Truman
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Russia
Korea
Acheson
Gen
Courtney Whitney
Defense Marshall
aé_e
Whitney
Key West Collision Kills 43 As Divers Recover Bodies
Grim navy divers recovered wreckage and bodies from a Cuban airliner and a navy Beechcraft after a mid-air collision near Key West. By 11 a.m. 24 bodies were raised. divers worked in relays to search the 20 foot deep sand beds while a naval board investigates the crash. The four engined transport carried 34 passengers and five crew from Miami to Havana. the Beechcraft carried four. The crash occurred in clear weather near President Truman’s little white house. Aviation Radioman Alfred L Gasser of Wisconsin was among the navy crew.
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Truman
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Havana
Navy
White House
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Oe Aviation
Alfred L Gasser
Martin Gasser
LaValle, Wis
President seeks tighter controls farm price limits
President Truman asked Congress for higher taxes and tighter credit controls to curb inflation. He urged fair ceilings on farm and other prices and proposed extending the defense production act for one year while outlining parity-based farm pricing and a farm price freeze aimed at limiting gains to about five percent.
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Eric Johnston
Milo F Swanton to Speak at Green County Breeders Meeting
Miko F Swanton executive secretary of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture will address the Green County Breeders Association cooperative at the courthouse tomorrow night. He will discuss the cooperative role in agriculture with Ben Miller president presiding Merlin Ruffer reporting on breeding and testing divisions. A proposed resolution calls for sale and transfer of the breeding program to Southern Wisconsin Breeders Cooperative while the testing division remains unchanged.
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Madison
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Green County Breeders Association
Court House
Ben Miller
Juda
Merlin Rufer
Wisconsin Breeders Co-operative
Lane Ward Dies At 54 In Madison Home
T Lane Ward 54 longtime head of Ward Brodt Music Co and former director of the national association of sheet music dealers died at his Madison home today.
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Madison
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Ward-Brodt Music Co
National Association of Sheet Music Dealers
Prague AP Chief Arrested by Reds
Prague authorities accuse Associated Press Prague bureau chief William N. Oatis of activities hostile to the state gathering and disseminating information and spreading malicious rumors about the Czech state. The arrest follows a crackdown seen as part of a propaganda push and mirrors the exile of western reporters in Prague.
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Reds
Frankfurt
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
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Oatis
Prague
U. S
Tyler Thompson
Foreign Ministry
Vladimir Clementis
Moscow
Cancer Fund Canvass To Be Made Saturday
The house-to-house canvass in the cancer fund drive will be held Saturday led by Mrs. E. A. Jan ke city lieutenant. Ward leaders coordinate high school groups with Mrs. John H. Bruni and Mrs. Clarence F. Kempfert in First ward and others in Second Third and Fourth wards. Lyleger city treasurer reports several organizational donations and Mrs. E. C. Hamilton heads business solicitation.
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E. A. Janke
John H. Bruni
Clarence F. Kempfert
Edna Mackey
Robert Kingdon
Victor Sorenson
Sam ‘Rubi
Louis Blanc
H. B. Caradine
Lyleger
E. C. Hamilton
Artillery Repels Chinese Attacks In Korean Front
UN forces on the west-central Korean front withdraw further toward Seoul as Chinese troops mass. Artillery and air power slow red assaults around the Hwachon reservoir and Munsan while an armored unit rescues at least 100 men trapped northwest of Uijongbu.
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United Nations
U. N
Pointblank
Seoul
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Hwachon
Yonchon-Uijongbu
Changgo
Uijongbu
Munsan
Kapyong
Yanggu
Eighth Army
Hwachon Reservoir
April 30 Deadline Set For Food Dispensers
Taverns restaurants and any place selling food or beverages must file an operating statement by April 30 with the Milwaukee OPS office. The report should show gross sales based on the previous fiscal year or calendar year 1949 or the months of either period. Ceiling prices are set by the operator from the ratio of raw food costs to gross sales in the report.
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Milwaukee
Bombing of Manchuria Proposed to UN by U S
United States proposes bombing enemy bases in Manchuria if communists strike heavy air attacks on UN forces in Korea. A U S spokesman said the plan was outlined to 13 other nations with forces in Korea and drew no objections.
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Manchuria
United Nations
Korea
U. S
U. N
Pleasant weather forecast for Gen MacArthur homecoming
The weather bureau issued a favorable outlook for Milwaukee events with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures are expected to reach into the 60s in the afternoon as Gen. MacArthur's homecoming celebration approaches.
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Gen. MacArthur
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