Common Council approves bus stop taxi stands ordinance
The council adopted a new bus stop from the Monroe hotel entrance to South Street and taxi stands at the Eugene and Monroe hotels. The report recommended meter zones on the square when meters are installed, with no loading zones. The meeting also covered traffic accident figures on 13th Avenue and related safety measures, plus purchase of a new generator for the squad car and gas service arrangements for the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Police and Safety Committee
Monroe Hotel
Sth Street
Eugene
Monroe
Emmett J. Norton
Norton
13Th Avenue
Henry Tschudy
73Rd Avenue
J. H Schwaiger
Herman L. Schindler
North Court
15Th Avenue
23Rd Street
22Nd Avenue
23Rd Avenue
26Th
17Th Street
W. Lengice
Soaking Rains Badly Needed in Wisconsin
The Associated Press reports needed rainfall across Wisconsin especially in the south and farm lands. Northern areas saw substantial rain while Shawano and River Falls suffered about half corn damage with Washburn county crops nearly ruined. Grain yields were good and harvesting was favorable though truck crops and gardens lagged. more moisture was urged for other regions.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Shawane End River
H. J. Thompson
Bureau
Washburn County
Thompson
Shoes Found Not Fort Girl's Belongings On Beach Mystery
The Centerville mystery over a missing Wisconsin girl continues as bones found on a Lake Michigan beach are linked to shoes and a purse found nearby that were tested and declared not to belong to the missing child. George Weckler, whose eight-year-old daughter vanished, provides details as investigators pursue leads.
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Centerville
Wis
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
George Weckler
Lie test sought for Monticello farmhand in Weckler case
Robert J. Schaar a 34 year old Monticello farmhand was taken from the county jail to Jefferson today for a lie detector test in the disappearance of the Weckler girl. He was escorted by Sheriff Evan Chambers and County Highway Officer George Armstrong for a 1 30 p m appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weckler
Robert J. Schaar
Monticello
Jefferson
Evan Chambers
George Armstrong
Missing Fort Atkinson girl tied to beach bones investigation
The one eight year old body bones were found on a Sheboygan beach after a purse and shoes were recovered on the sand. Manitowoc officials say no local missing child matches. The bones were moved to Milwaukee for FBI study as deputies questioned a Fort Atkinson family.
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Georgia Jean
Fort Atkinson
Weckler
Manitowoc
Arthur Truttschel
Milwaukee
FBI
Sheboygan
Sheboygan County
Wesley van Vanten
Search for Ambassador Atcheson Continues Despite Loss
Honolulu reports the navy will keep air and surface patrols for several days in the search for Ambassador George Atcheson Jr. and nine others who perished in a plane crash. efforts shift from active search to recovery hopes as Brig. Gen. Kimble pledges full investigation.
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Honolulu
Navy
George Atcheson Jr
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Frederick W. H. Kimble
Tokyo
Atcheson
Mrs Mina Edison gravely ill in New York hospital
Mrs Mina Edison 82 widow of Thomas A Edison is seriously ill at Harkness pavilion where she has been a patient since July 16. Attendants describe her condition as not good and the nature of her illness was not disclosed.
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Edison
New York
Mina Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Harkness Pavilion
Attorneys Have Brawl at Los Angeles Federal Hearing
In a federal building hearing on Hollywood film labor the AFLs Joseph A. Padway and congressional committee counsel Irving McCann clashed in a brief fight. Padway accused McCann of gestapo tactics as Reagan and others separated them. Padway said his glasses were broken.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Hollywood
Carroll D. Kearns
R-Pa
House Committee On Education and Labor
Irving McCann
Joseph A. Padway
AFL
Padway
McCann
Ronald Reagan
J. C. Penney Lease In Court Transfer
H L Jacobs sues to terminate the lease of J C Penney Co at 1013 16th Avenue in county court the suit to be transferred to the U S district court in Madison Jacobs seeks to determine lease construction declare rights and end tenancy asserting Penney has no option to extend the current term which expires July 31 1951 with possible extension to 1956
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
16Th Avenue
H. L. Jacobs
Au. S. District Court
Madison
Penney
Jacobs
Peterson and Kittelsen
Anna Blum
Blum and Blum
Oscar T. Toebaas
Mexican Charged After Swiss Claim Found Untrue
Au gustin Zanino Del Molino alias August Spengler, held on a board bill in New Glarus, was found not Swiss but naturalized Mexican. U S immigration inspector M B Ross concluded he overstayed a visitor permit and his case was referred to the immigration department. He was remanded to county jail for the adjourned Justice Koenig appearance.
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M. B. Ross
Milwaukee
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Bureau
Augustin Zanino del Molino
August Spengler
New Glarus
Justice Court
del Molino
Immigration Department
Ross
Court of Justice L. A. Koenig
Lie Defends UN Balkan Mandate Amid Russia Veto
Trygve Lie criticized Soviet claims that the Balkan commission and its Greek arm were dissolved and said the UN bodies would stay active unless the Security Council orders otherwise. Carlos Muniz proposed Britain and Egypt restart talks over Britain's troop withdrawals in Sudan.
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Lake Success
Carlos Muniz
United Nations
Britain
Egypt
Sudan
Trygve Lie
Balkan Investigation Commission
Greece
Russia
Poland
Balkan Commission
Lie
Security Council
Council
United States
Commission
Balkans
U. N
General Assembly
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Andrei A. Gromyko
Solo
Day Held at Fall River in Mass Political Reverie
Speaker Joseph Martin of Massachusetts said he is not a candidate for the 1948 Republican presidential or vice presidential nomination and does not plan to be. Fall River marked the day with nonpartisan tone, though Martin left the door open to accepting a nomination or serving if elected. Fellow senators Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. were also discussed as potential favorite son candidates.
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Fall River
Joseph Martin
Martin
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Investigator Arrives in Leghorn to Probe Abuses Claims
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche inspector general of the U S Army arrived in Leghorn Italy to investigate newspaper charges of abuses in Lt Gen John C H Lee s Mediterranean theater command Eisenhower ordered the inquiry with no favor or partiality to allay public concern
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Leghorn
Italy
Ira T. Wyche
U. S. Army
John C. H. Lee
Wyche
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
McCarthy Defeats Tobey and Wins Vice Chair Role
Washington Rep Gamble moves to heal rift on housing probe panel after a bitter fight for chair. McCarthy vetoed proxy ballots to secure Gamble and the vice chair post while Tobey seethes over the outcome. Gamble signals cooperation as the panel sets to begin the $100000 housing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Rep
Gamble
Senate-House Committee
New York
Tobey
McCarthy
Wis
New Yorker
Harmony
Las Vegas
Nev
New Hampshire
MccCarthy
Senate
Two Deaths Investigated at Oregon Farm
Dane county authorities probe the deaths of Alma Sholts 86 and her son Arthur Sholts Jr 47 at their Oregon area farm home after a dynamite purchase earlier that day. The bodies were found badly burned by tenant farmers Leon Marty and John Wild who heard an explosion and saw smoke. Alma Sholts widow of Arthur Sholts Jr a former University of Wisconsin regent and high school principal.
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Oregon
Dane County
Alma Sholts
Arthur Sholts Jr
Here
E. A. Fischer
Sholts
Brooklyn
Fischer
University of Wisconsin
Stoughton
Evansville
Tropical Storm Center Located South of Pensacola
The center of a Gulf of Mexico tropical storm was located about 440 miles south of Pensacola at 9 15 a m CST with winds 50 to 60 mph. It moves west at 10 mph with squalls extending 300 miles north and east. A 3 am bulletin said the storm lay 320 miles west-southwest of Key West with 40 to 50 mph winds and 200 miles of outward squalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
United States Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Fla
Weather Bureau
U. S
Mercury to Drop Friday Forecast in Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin endured 90s with Eau Claire Ellsworth and Blair seeing soaking rains. Weatherman H J Thompson says cooler air will reach all sections by Friday with temperatures easing and rains possibly saving crops. Prairie du Chien reported a high of 102 as the state’s hot spot.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Thompson
Eau Claire
Ellsworth
Blair
Murray Corp Strike Settlement Reached
Detroit reports a settlement ending a 30 day strike by 7,000 CIO united auto workers at Murray Corp of America under Taft Hartley. The pact raises hourly wages 15 cents retroactive to May 1 and restricts company rights to sue for breach. Production to resume Thursday.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Murray Corp. of America
Ford Motor Company
Studebaker Corp
Murray
Hitler's Doctor Sentenced to Hang by War Crimes Court
Adolf Hitlers personal physician and six other Germans were condemned for using concentration camp inmates in medical experiments. Die sentences varied from death by hanging to life imprisonment, with Herta Oberhausern receiving 20 years. Several doctors were acquitted.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Herta Oberhausern
Ravensbruck
Oskar Schroecer
Luftwaffe
Karl Genzken
Waffen SS
Karl Gebhardt
German Red Cross
Heinrich Himmler
Britain Seeks Revisions in Dollar Loan Conditions
Britain pressses Washington as dollar talks enter day three. London demands revision of non discrimination and convertibility clauses while presenting a detailed spending schedule for the 3.75 billion loan. UK officials outline how funds were used including 25 percent for food and 27 percent for raw materials.
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Washington
Britain
Sir Wilfrid Eady
London
Hugh Dalton
United States
Germany
Cadiz Wreck Toll Figures Adjust After Blast
In Cadiz Spain rescue teams have recovered 134 bodies with 99 in the morgue and 35 in hospitals. Officials lowered the death toll to about 200 as casualties rise, while 5,000 injured and damage estimates near 10 million dollars are reported after a torpedo and mine factory explosion.
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Cadiz
Spain
Francisco Sanchez Cossio
Antonio Fernandez Pernia
Cops Honored In Japan For Pickpocket Capture Record
Tokyo officials awarded citations and watches to ten detectives from the pickpocket detail led by Junji Hayashi. Hayashi reportedly nabbed 38 solo thefts in a nationwide contest last month as part of the awards and ceremony at the home ministry.
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Tokyo
Japan
Junji Hayashi
Home Ministry
Marshall urges Europe aid as key to Western Hemisphere recovery
Secretary of State Marshall told the Inter-American Conference that Europe's economic revival is vital to the Americas and should take precedence over Western Hemisphere needs. He urged unity among 20 nations drafting a hemisphere defense treaty and stressed mutual moral standards, free expression, and cooperative action.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Marshall
Europe
Americas
United States
Asia
Mexico City
Bogota
Colombia
Panama
Ricardo Alfaro
Argentina
Chile
Moose Elect Yoke as Supreme Governor at Moose International
F Roy Yoke of Parkersburg West Virginia was elected supreme governor of the Loyal Order of Moose yesterday a day ahead of the schedule for the 59th annual international convention in Columbus Ohio.
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MOOSE
Columbus
F. Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
W. Va
of the Loyal Order of Moose
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