Allies Complete Atom Agreement
Washington reports the United States Britain and Canada near a broad atomic energy partnership. The plan would concentrate weapon production in the U S with British and Canadian scientists taking part and Britain halting A bomb projects.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
State Department
Congress
Congressional
U. S
Chemical Warfare Service
Belgian Congo
Warning Repeated On Yale Greetings Mailers
Post officials remind Yale greetings that no messages may be included in cards sent with two cent stamps. Envelopes found with messages will be set aside or returned if a return address is shown. otherwise the addressee may be charged postage due. Delays and scheduling problems may follow.
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John J. Burkhard
Jimmy Pochon's Christmas Gift Fades as Betatron Fails
In Tarentum Pennsylvania five year old Jimmy Pochon battles chest cancer with a hope placed in Illinois betatron trials. Doctors say the case is too advanced and the treatment would not help. His parents received a holiday tree and gifts as they face an uncertain future.
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Jimmy Pochon
Santa Claus
Tarentum
Jimmy
George Pochon
University of Illinois
Andrew C. Ivy
Illinois University
Mrs. Lucy Graham 86 Brodhead dies after long illness
Mrs Lucy Graham 86 of Brodhead died early this morning at St Clare hospital after a long illness. Born in Decatur township in 1863 she lived in Brodhead since infancy. She married Jesse Graham in 1889 who died in 1935. Surviving are son Sidney of Madison three grandchildren three nieces and one nephew. Services Wednesday 2 pm Everson funeral home with burial Greenwood cemetery Brodhead. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
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Lucy Graham
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Decatur Township
Samuel
Sarah Clark Kingman
Graham
Jesse Graham
Sidney
Madison
The
Congregational Church
Aid Society
Round Table Study Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Brodhead High School
Wednnesday
Everson Funeral
J. C. Robertson
Greenwood Cemetery
Man Impersonator Given Suspended Vagrancy Sentence
James Brayton Nash, a 29 year old Michigan man who posed as Flying Tiger pilot to obtain medical aid in Freeport, received a suspended 30 day jail term for vagrancy in justice court. He had been in Green County jail since Dec 5 after leaving St. Clare hospital. The sentence requires him to leave the county and follows an FBI probe into his use of a military title at a Freeport hotel.
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James Brayton Nash
Michigan
Flying Tiger Pilot Force
Justice Court
Nash
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
FBI
Freeport
Revolt Seen as Likeliest Path to Formosa Seizure
Informed sources say Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa fortress is likeliest taken by internal revolt rather than a mainland invasion.
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London
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Wisconsin to spend forty two million beyond income
Wisconsin faces a two year budget period ending July 1 1951 with an estimated deficit of 42 million dollars. Yet budget director E C Giessel cites a strong surplus and expects about 7.4 million to remain. Revenues in 1948-49 reached a new high while surpluses rise from continued prosperity.
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Madison
Wisconsin
E. C. Giessel
U. S
Conservation Department
University
Public Welfare
Giessel
T W McClosky Dies At Blanchardville
Thomas Wilbert McCloskey 50 of Blanchardville died this morning after a yearlong illness. Born January 10 1899 in Moscow township he was a retired farmer who moved to Blanchardville in 1936. He is survived by one brother William of Blanchardville. Funeral arrangements include rosary tomorrow at 2 p.m. and services Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at Saether funeral home and 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception church with Rev. Paul Dwyer officiating. Interment at Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers named Hugh Cavanaugh John Kelley John Kelley Jr Fred Stoller William Dobson Walter Gould.
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Blanchardville
Thomas Wilbert McCloskey
Moscow Township
Edward and
Mary Jane MclIilhatton McCloskey
Cleary-Hanson
William
Immaculate Conception Church
Saether Funeral Home
Paul Dwyer
Calvary Cemetery
Hugh Cavanaugh
John Kelley
John Kelley Jr
Fred Stoller
William Dobson
Walter Gould
End of Hiss perjury trial testimony in New York
The government rested its case at 11:27 a m in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial with Mrs Hede Massing as the final witness. She supported Whittaker Chambers account that Hiss led a prewar underground in Washington while denying he gave State Department papers to a Soviet spy ring. Noel Field was described as under Hisss influence before disappearing after traveling to Eastern Europe earlier this year.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker
Henry W. Goddard
Massing
Chambers
Washington
Noel Field
Field
Europe
Death of Albany Farmer Frank Hilliard at 69
Frank Hilliard of Albany 69 lifelong resident and retired farmer died today at St. Clare hospital after Friday heart ailment. Born June 26 1880 Mt Pleasant son of Alonzo and Harriet Wil son Hilliard. Survived by two sons Shirl Juda and Dean Washington township. preceded by two sisters Ethel OBrien Janesville 1923 and Fred Morton Albany and a brother Ellis Janesville. Body at Sharer funeral home Albany with arrangements pending.
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Frank Hilliard
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Alonzo
Harriet Wilson Hilliard
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Coed Found Strangled in Rooming House
Margaret Ann Jackson, 20, a University of Iowa psychology senior from Burlington, was found strangled at the Empty Arms rooming house after a night with her escort Robert Bednasek, 24. Bednasek, arraigned on murder charges, claimed a hazy mind while police say a party and dance preceded the killing.
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Margaret Jackson
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
Mind
Bednasek
Callahan
Miss Jackson
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Sigma Phi Epsilon
a_ police
Liberated Consul General Ward Reunites Aboard Evacuation Ship
Consul General Angus Ward and 19 aides left the Lakeland Victory off Tientsin after 13 months under red surveillance. Ward said he endured 28 days in Chinese jail, 25 pounds lost, in freezing conditions with a six-slice bread diet. The party’s exit followed red deportation orders and delays, with Ward insisting all 19 join him before boarding.
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Lakeland Victory
Tientsin
Angus Ward
United States
Mukden
St. Peter
Ward
Sever
Five Die in Birmingham Gas Explosion and Fire
A fatal explosion and subsequent blaze in a Birmingham suburb north of Detroit killed five people and injured five others as fire inspector Lee Carroll searched for a gas leak. The blast shattered an antique shop, left a three story house with only the chimney standing, and sent flames over three square miles while two officers and guests were among the wounded. Wilson Carroll, a Birmingham fire inspector, died after being found in the ruins.
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Birmingham
Mich
Edith Jones
Mother and Son
Wilson Jones
Lee Carroll
Ruth Bramson
Bloomfield Hills
Arthur B. Wilson
Dearborn
Wilson
Florence
St. Joseph Hospital
Pontiac
Detroit
Birmingham Fire Department
Carroll
Robert Pepperell
City Misses Snow as Winds Grow Strong
Monroe failed to receive expected snow yesterday but the region saw more than an inch of rain and dense fog. Temperatures spiked to 58 before dropping to near zero in southern Wisconsin as last night’s winds eased. Wind and rain disrupted rural lines served by United.
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Monroe
Mercury
Wisconsin
United
Blast Damages Public Square Decorations
Winds yesterday ripped through the public square decorations and toppled several pieces. Most decorations held due to stout wire, but sections whipped loose prompting John W. Schild to be notified as head of the square decorations committee.
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John W. Schild
Square Decorations Committee
Weather toll rises as storms lash Midwest and South
A cold front moved through Wisconsin and Illinois scattering dense fog and rain while tornadoes and blizzards caused damage and deaths. James Daly 68 of Portage died when his car crashed in fog on highway 51. Junia Kay Loveless nine was killed by lightning near Modesto Illinois. A 98 year old Montana retiree died of exposure in Miles City as Denver and Livingston recorded heavy snowfall.
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Decatur
Illinois
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Hannibal
Junia Kay Loveless
Modesto
Ill
Miles City
Mont
Denver
Livingston
Atlantic
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Robinson Honored with 1949 Carver Institute Award
New York The George Washington Carver memorial institute awarded its 1949 gold prize for race relations to Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The honor recognizes Robinson's impact as a Negro star in breaking racial barriers.
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Robinson
New York
George Washington Carver Memorial Institute
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Washington Mourns Cartoonist Berryman Friend of Presidents
Washington laments the death of Clifford K. Berryman at 80 after 53 years of front page cartoons. A Pulitzer winner and Star cartoonist, he collapsed in the lobby November 17 and died yesterday of a heart ailment. Survivors include widow and two children James and Florence, with James also a Star cartoonist.
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Washington
Clifford K. Berryman
Evening Star
America
Berryman
The
Star
James
Florence
Roosevelt
USS Manpower Mobilization
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis B. Hershey
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
William Green
Miss Edith Bailey Dies After Illness at 69
Edith S. Bailey aged 69 of 622 15th Avenue died yesterday at St. Clare hospital after years of illness. She was a practical nurse for 20 years at the veterans hospital in King and lived in Monroe the past year. Born February 12, 1880 in Adams Township, she was the daughter of William E. and Lydia A. Scrake Buite. Surviving are one sister Mrs Alma Satterlee of Chamberlain South Dakota and several nieces and nephews. Services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home with Rev Lawrence A. Brown of Bethel Church officiating. burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Edith S. Bailey
15Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Bailey
Veterans Hospital
King
Monroe
Adams Township
William E
Lydia A. Scrake Buite
Alma Satterlee
Chamberlain, S. D
Elsie
Frank
Charles Thomvson
William
Reason
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Fidelity Life Association
Shriner-Neushwander
Lawrence A. Brown
Bethel Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Clock Clock Stops After Tapper Motor Burns Out
Ottawa Illinois repairman Wallace Jaha visited the courthouse Saturday to adjust the clock. The motor controlling the tapper burned out, so striking will be suspended until a replacement part is installed.
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Court House
Wallace Jaha
Ottawa
Supreme Court upholds 1949 rent control act
The Supreme Court reversed Chicago Judge Elwyn R Shaw with an 8 0 decision upholding the 1949 federal rent control act The ruling cites an earlier rent control case and notes Justice Douglas did not participate The decision affects tenants in Shoreline Cooperative Apartments and confirms the local option section letting states and cities set or end controls
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Justice Department
Department
Douglas
Congress
Federal Housing Expeditor
Shoreline Cooperative Apartments, Inc
Shoreline
District of Columbia
Edith Shimek
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rent Law Upheld by Supreme Court Decision
A U S supreme court ruling upholds the 1949 federal rent control law, likely ending the Wisconsin rent dispute. The case centered on Milwaukee resident Edith Shimek who challenged state control provisions. Wisconsin allowed rent increases of 15 or 30 percent tied to lease terms and prior increases.
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Madison
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
U. S. Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Edith Shimek
Federal Supreme Court
Shimek
Supreme Court
Editor E T Leech Dies at Pittsburgh Press Leader
Edward T. Leech editor and president of the Pittsburgh Press died at Mercy hospital after a brief illness at age 57. He previously led the Memphis Press challenging the Ed Crump machine and faced contempt sentences, and earlier fought the Ku Klux Klan as editor of the Birmingham Post which he helped found for Scripps Howard.
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Pittsburgh
Edward T. Leech
Pittsburgh Press
Mercy Hospital
Leech
Memphis Press
Ed Crump
Birmingham Post
Scripps-Howard
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U. S. Hiss
Coed
William E. Jackson
Iowa Parole Board
Olga Bednasek
Cedar Raunds
U.S
Reds
U. S. State Department
Edith Bailey
Striker
E.T. Leech
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