Truman Barkley Ticket Advances In Midwest Parley
Midwest Democrats backed a Truman Barkley ticket for 1952 urging Truman to be standard bearer at the Chicago convention and Barkley renominated for vice president. The resolution pledged support for pursuing corruption charges against public officials and noted possible Stevenson candidacy. Kefauver announced Ohio primary entry and Illinois plans. Taft pushed delegate drive with Gannett predicting MacArthur nom if Taft Eisenhower deadlock.
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Jack Bell
Kansas City
Kas
Democratic Conference
Truman
Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
India Edwards
National Committee
Humphrey
D-Minn
Barkley
Edwards
Kefauver
Ohio
Tennessee
McMahon
Harry S. Truman
California
Paul Douglas
Ill
Taft
New York City
Florida
Frank F. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Miami
Gen
MacArthur
Gannett
New York
Gov
Dewey
Eisenhower
Sensenbrenner raises $115000 for University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee notices show 87 year old F J Sensenbrenner, longtime UW board of regents president, used illness in December to raise 115000 for UW. He spoke to industrial firms from his Neenah bed and dictated letters as alumni and foundation supporters pursue a 5 million fund.
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Milwaukee
F. J. Sensenbrenner
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Sensenbrenner
Neenah
Reds Release Noel's Pictures From Prison Camp
Tokyo reports AP photographer Pappy Noel who was captured in Korea in 1950 has sent new images from a communist prison in Pyokdong No. 2 Manchurian border. Photos, shot with aid from Bob Schutz, were processed under censorship in Tokyo and by American censors. Noel vows to continue sending film if supplies arrive.
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Frank Noel
Associated Press
Pyoktang
Yalu River
Noel
Fred Obruff
Wheelwright
Roy L. Jenkins
Dallas
Tex
William Rueckbie
Edinburgh
Scotland
Panmunjon
Okyo
Robert Bunson
Tokyo
Frank
Pappy) Noel
Korea
Pappy
Bob Schutz
Schutz
Pyokdong
No. 2
Manchurian
Wilfred Burchett
Paris
Ce Soir
Reds
Red Prison
Robert Tuckman
Albany
N. Y
Tuckman
Max Desfor
Monroe Delegates Named for MacArthur Favoritism Slate
Three Monroe residents Wendell L Simmons Irene Powers and Grant Ritter were named among ten of thirty delegates to enter with a favorite son candidate in the Wisconsin preferential primary on April 1 by the state draft MacArthur committee. Simmons Powers and Ritter filed acceptances after a Milwaukee committee meeting. Ritter’s name circulated as the favorite son option but the chosen identity was not disclosed.
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Monroe
MacArthur
Milwaukee
Wendell L. Simmons
Lincoln Road
Irene Powers
10Th Street
Grant Ritter
Ritter
Gen
Illinois
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Stock Prices Steady During Brief Session
The stock market opened with little excitement as prices moved on a narrow path. Most changes were fractions, with declines of one to two points and advances of two to three points, while total volume reached about 700000 shares, below last week’s 730000.
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New York
Taft Groups Form In Seven Wisconsin Counties
Committees in Iowa Douglas Fond du Lac Door Jefferson Kewaunee Richland counties align to back Senator Robert A. Taft in the republican nomination. Madison reports Taft to speak at Monroe chamber dinner, Ft Atkins March 1, Marshfield March 22, and a Wisconsin Rapids rally February 9. County chairmen named along with county group members and local organizers.
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Door
Douglas
Fond du Inc
Iowa
Jefferson
Kewaunee
Richland
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Madison
Sen. Taft
Monroe
Jerold E. Murphy
Fond du Lac
Leo W. Roethe
Ft. Atkinson
George Crab
Iowa County
Harley I. Hicks
Edward T. Mundy
Lucy M. Strong
Dodgeville
Glenn H. James
Montfort
John Petrus
Anthony J. Pusch
Highland
Hazel Martin
David O. Jones
Mineral Point
Emma “d Treseder
Ridgeway
Kenneth Olson
Spring Green
John E. Wedlake
Clarence J. Holman
Reds Report Son of General Streit Captured with Maps
A Chinese broadcast claimed a missing American flier is the general’s son, Junior Lieutenant Streit, who parachuted from a Jan. 1 raid on North Korea. It said he carried maps of Peiping Port Arthur Mudken and Vladivostok for “concrete assignments.” The U S air force previously said 2nd Lt. John P Streit—son of Maj. Gen. Paul Streit—has been missing in action since Jan. 1.
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London
Streit
North Korea
U. S. Air Force
John P. Streit
Paul Streit
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Peiping
Port Arthur
Mudken
Vladivostok
China
Manchuria
Viet Siberia
U. N
Ripon Fire Chief William Burroughs Resigns
Ripon Fire Chief William Burroughs resigns after 48 years of service to the Ripon fire department. He served 74 years of age before stepping down from the role.
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Ripon
William Burroughs
Ripon Fire Department
Reapportionment Talk To Open County Board Session
State Senator Louis C. Romell of Adams and Marquette counties will address Green County Supervisors at 11 a.m. Tuesday February 5 during the opening session. The public is invited to attend both the board and Romell’s talk. Romell is an authority on the amendment and reapportionment bill in the legislature. He is also set to speak the preceding night at a Janesville PTA meeting.
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Louis C. Romell
Adams
Marquette County
Green County
Clarence W. Loveland
Sen. Romell
Sen. Homell
PTA
Janesville
Admiral Libby Scolds Gen Lee in POW Exchange Row
In a three hour plus subcommittee session at Munsan Ni an allied negotiator told Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho he was getting a little too big for his britches. Rear Admiral R E Libby used harsh language as both sides pressed for data on missing POWs. A counterattack by Chinese forces in west Korea drove allies from a hill seized the previous night.
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Munsan —i
Lee Sang Cho
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee
Toto
U. N. Command
Republic of Korea
ROK
38Th Parallel
West Korea
Six Hurt in Jackson Bus and Truck Collision
Six persons were injured today when a Greyhound bus and a truck collided on an icy road six miles south of Jackson. The Jackson County sheriff clarified earlier reports of fatalities, noting two injured were unconscious at rescue.
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Jackson
Black River Falls
Greyhound
Here
Jackson County Sheriffs Department
Air Force B-26 Crash Kills Three Near Port Chicago
A two engine B-26 crashed and exploded in mudflats near naval magazines at Port Chicago California. Three of the four crew aboard were killed in the crash.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Central Figure in 1952 MacArthur Birthday in Limelight
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, turning 72, marks a private birthday in the United States amid ongoing Korea dispute and political speculation. He battles laryngitis and remains a controversial, noncandidate figure who could influence GOP sentiment and a potential draft movement.
Rail unions urged to accept board backed offer
A presidential emergency panel recommended that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen accept a 23 percent hourly raise for road service and 38 cents for yard work. The panel rejected an extra 9 cents for yard men with a 40 hour week, and supported the carriers' proposed working rules changes with minor edits. The five day week timing was left to carrier judgment. panel members included Daugherty, Cheney, and Jackson.
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Washington —(P
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Army
Carroll R. Daugherty
Illinois
George Cheney
California
Andrew Jackson
New York
Jackson
City Plans Lincoln Park Transformation Nears
Plans for converting Lincoln Park into a modern city park move forward as the Board of Public Works approves the state planning commission layout to remove 33 of 108 trees. Mayor Buehler and park officials advocate cooperation with the park board and city engineer to start work, with two-stage plans including a games and picnic area and potential starling problem mitigation.
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Lincoln Park
Board of Public Works
Commission
F. A. Buehler
Park Board
Buehler
Emmett J. Norton
Public Works
Lee Mitchell
Starlings
Norton
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cold Night Ahead
The area expected a clear weekend with a dry, near-cloudless sky. Temperatures were near freezing tonight with a low around 26 to 31, and a daytime high forecast near 31 as Saturday reaches noon.
Revenue Bureau Struggles With Mismatched Tax Form Columns
The Internal Revenue Service flagged an error in Form 1040 guidance linking to Form 1065 schedule J column 10, which does not exist. Officials corrected the instruction, stating the correct figure comes from Form 1065 schedule K column 3 for partnership profit or loss.
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Revenue Bureau
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mrs. Belle Benjamin 77 Widow of William Benjamin
Mrs. Belle Benjamin 77 widow of the late William H. Benjamin died at her Brodhead home after a brief illness She was born Jan 5 1875 in Rock County and lived in the Brodhead Avon area before retiring in Brodhead She leaves two daughters five grandchildren one great grandchild a sister and two brothers She was a Bethlehem Lutheran Church member and served with the church aid and the Woman's Relief Corps Services will be Monday at 1 30 from Newcomer funeral home with Rev Carl Thompson burial in Orfordville Lutheran Cemetery Friends may call Sunday evening
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Brodhead
Belle Benjamin
William H. Benjamin
Rock County
William
Ellen Noss Swain
William Benjamin
Avon
Benjamin
William Hall
Robert Grenawalt
Beloit
Minnie Hartwig
Leo Swain
Martin Swain
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Church Aid
Woman’s Relief Corps
Inland Press Group to Hear Kefauver in Winter Meeting
The Inland Daily Press association announces Senator Kefauver will address 32 luncheon at the group’s 68th winter meeting February 12. The gathering of over 450 newspaper executives will discuss wage and salary regulations advertising and the newsprint situation during sessions February 11 and 12.
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Chicago
Inland Daily Press Association
Kefauver
Egyptians and Brits Clash as Riots Rock Cairo
Egyptian troops moved into Cairo to quell arson and looting sparked by a battle in Ismailia. British warships rushed from Malta, and U S citizens were evacuated as mobs shouted anti British and pro Russian slogans amid reports of scores killed and about 100 wounded.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Ismailia
Malta
Canal
U. S
LaMar Mulliner
Heliopolis
Canal Zone
Liverpool
Policy Disaster Charged by Taft
New York Senator Taft accused the administration of a disastrous foreign policy, saying it risks the nation’s survival. He labeled the 1948 shift bipartisan, the Korean War an unnecessary Truman war, and blamed ongoing policy failures for danger and war.
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Taft
New York
Women’s
National Republican Club
Broadfoot Seeks Re ballot for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Broadfoot, 59, a state supreme court member since 1948 from Mondovi, filed papers to retain his post. He was named to succeed the late Elmer Barlow and must run to complete Barlow's term ending January 1956. Also filed for secretary of state papers was Circuit Judge Arold Murphy of Marinette. Marshall Oman of Monroe filed Tuesday.
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Madison
Grover Broadfoot
State Supreme Court
Broadfoot
Mondovi
Elmer Barlow
Barlow
Arold F. Murphy
Marinette
Marshall |Oman
Monroe
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