Four Railroads Prepare To Halt Trains Tomorrow
Multiple western and mid western railroads plan to stop passenger and freight service as switchmen strike at 6 am. The union targets Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago Great Western Western Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western Great Northern. Great Northern not affected due to different union.
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Associated Press
Switchmen’s Union of North American
AFL
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Great Northern
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
CIO
New York World Telegram
Sun
American Newspaper Guild
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Detroit
CIO Auto
Galli Denies Dealer Holiday Rumor in Cheese Trade
Fred Galli of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers association dismissed rumors of a buying holiday. He noted high production but no need for a slowdown, observed cautious dealers at Plymouth and at a cheese exchange meeting, and reported ample cows in the Ozark region with mixed herds amid rains delaying crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Galli
Ozarks
Green County
Manitowoc Student Wins in VFW Essay Contest
Mary Singer of Manitowoc won first prize in the VFW auxiliary high school essay contest receiving a gold medal and 50 dollars from national chaplain Mrs. Doris Holm at the Oshkosh state meeting. Lorna Mae Gruhl of Sheboygan and Louise Everhart of Portage placed second and third. Sybil Blumer of Monroe wrote the local winning essay on Peace With Honor for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Mary Singer
Manitowoc
Doris Holm
Chicago
VFW
Oshkosh
Lorna Mae Gruhl
Sheboygan
Louise Everhart
Portage
Sybil Blumer
Monroe High School
America
California Fires 157 Oath Snubbers
The University of California fired 157 faculty and staff who refused to sign loyalty oaths denying communism. Dismissals effective June 30 followed a 14 month dispute with the Regents backing President Sproul. Names withheld to allow reapplication. 62 cases delayed for individual review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
University of California
Board of
Regents
Robert Gordon Sproul
Sproul
Communist Party
Academic Senate
Chester W. Nimitz
Earl Warren
California
Edwin W. Pauley
Nimitz
Jesse Steinhart
Weary District Distracted by Rain and Floods
The district faced over an inch of rain that unsettled residents and disrupted plans. Lightning sparked a house fire near Argyle while the Pecatonica river rose another foot. Farmers mourn wet hay and delayed harvest as thundershowers are forecast. Temperature reached 80 at 1 pm after a 86 high yesterday.
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Pecatonica
Argyle
Monroe
Ward Penniston
President Rescues Stranded Students With Naval Vessel
President Truman acted to save 600 Europe bound students by landing them on the General Ballou after the Svalbard transport was banned as a firetrap. Navy Rear Admiral William M Callaghan arranged the transfer with a contract release and repayment of nearly 200000 in expenses.
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New York
Truman
White House
General Ballou
Coast Guard
New York City
Navy
William M. Callaghan
Military Sea Transportation Service
Ballou
Svalbard
Youth Injured In Hill Accident Near Monroe
Paul Wenger sixteen suffered deep lacerations to the head when his car left Schwarzen berger hill and struck a farm truck driven by Fred Vogel three miles east of Monroe on highway 1181. Wenger was thrown from the car and rushed to a Monroe physician. three others were uninjured. Wenger had just passed his driver’s license exam.
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Paul Wenger
Virgil Wenger
16Th Avenue
Schwarzenberger Hill
Monroe
Fred Vogel
Wenger
Arley
Richard Kelley
Ralph H. Kelly
8Th Street
Juda
Eugene H. Segner
Vogel
VFW Proposes Bonus Policy Payment in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars endorses a state veterans bonus as a 20 year endowment insurance policy not to exceed 500 dollars. The plan would pay 10 dollars a month for domestic service and 14 dollars a month for overseas service funded by the state liquor tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars
FBI Agents Nab Fugitive Shelton
Indianapolis reports two FBI agents shot the wanted criminal Henry Har land Shelton as he reached for a gun blocking arrest. The 41-year-old Michigan fugitive, long sought since a Kaleva bank robbery, was critically wounded after a gunfight at a tavern.
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Indianapolis
FBI
Henry Harland Shelton
Michigan
Shelton
Mason P.harper
Kaleva
Mich
Sam Lieb
Labor Day
Midwest
Indiana
Lieb
Mayfield
Illinois
Crash Kills Youth in Three Car Waukesha Collision
John A. Carlson Jr., 23, of Waukesha, was killed in a three car crash on Bluemound road near here last night. The other drivers, all Milwaukee residents, were not seriously injured.
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Waukesha
John A. Carlson Jr
Bluemound
Here
CityOK Allows Off Premise Sales of Refrigerated Beer
Acting City Attorney L A Koenig ruled that city class A retailers malt beverage licenses may permit off premises sale of refrigerated beer. The decision follows a 1941 state supreme court ruling and prompts removal of the unrefrigerated wording from the ordinance. Local depots named include Swiggums Mucks and Tait Old Style Distributors Ralph Haberman and Huber Brewing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Koenig
Koenig
J. H. Schwaiger
F. A. Buehler
Swiggum’s Beer Depot
Mucks and Tait
John W. Tschanz
Old Style Distributors
Ralph W. Haberman
Earl Barnett
Huber Brewing Co
Buehler
Council
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Stopgap Draft Bill Signed by President
President Truman signed a stopgap draft bill that keeps the current draft law alive for fifteen more days while Congress debates a longer term replacement. The measure was rushed through Congress to prevent expiration at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Meteor Fireball Stuns Wide Area From Alabama to Texas
A brilliant fireball lit the southern sky around 7 40 p m seen from Montgomery Alabama to Fort Worth Texas with reports of a fiery streak and dust trail. Astronomer Oscar Monnig traced a southeast trajectory while locals speculated it might be a jet plane meteor or even a flying saucer.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
Fort Worth
Galveston
Natchez, Miss
Abilene
Langley Field
Oscar Monnig
Monroe
Lake Charles
Houston
Monnig
Disaster Worst On U S Airlines
A historical tally of major air disasters lists fatal crashes from 1946 through 1950, detailing airline names, flight routes, and death tolls. Notable incidents include a 1947 DC-4 crash at LaGuardia and a 1950 Air France sequence near Bahrain, among others.
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New York
Northwest Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Washington
Cardiff
Wales
Gander
Newfoundland
Colombia
LaGuardia Field
Port Deposit
Blue Ridge Mountain
Virginia
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Mt. Carmela
Air France
Martinique
French West Africa
Winona
Minn
Scotland
San Juan
Miami
Atlantic
Azores
Persian Gulf
Bahrein Island
Drug Addict Reports Cost at 1000 a Year
Milwaukee police charged and jailed Jess A. Brown after a vice squad raid found narcotics in his attic room. Brown, 58, said he spent about 1000 dollars a year on drugs for 40 years, totaling around 35000 dollars. He received two concurrent 90 day terms.
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Milwaukee
Jess A. Brown
Senate Probe Group Seeks FBI Talk Transcript on 1945 Amerasia Case
Senate foreign relations subcommittee members push the Justice Department for the full FBI transcript of a 1945 conversation between John S Service and Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe. The panel weighs McCarthy era loyalty files and whether they prove or deny communist influence in government. The commission has partial FBI testimony but lacks the complete record.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
John S. Service
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
State Department
McCarthy
Lodge
R-Mass
Tydings
Dmd
Sene Foreign Relations
Service
Jaffe
FBI
Mrs. Fred Roth Dies at 51 in St. Clare Hospital
Mrs. Fred Roth 51 of Jefferson township near Monroe died last night at 10 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Esther Block May 25 1899 she married Fred Roth Feb 9 1922 and was a member of East Clarno church. Survived by husband son Nathan daughter Lillian father Otto Block two sisters and one grandson. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at East Clarno Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev Homer Retzlaff to officiate. Burial in East Clarno cemetery. Body at Shriner Neushwander funeral home until Tuesday.
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Fred Roth
Jefferson Township
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Esther Block
Otto
Martha Timm Block
Fairfield
East Clarno Church
WSWS
Nathan
Lillian
Otto Block
Emil Burri
Mt. Pleasant Township
Leslie Albright
John Mark Roth
East Clarno
Shriner-Neushwander
Chures
Six Giant Bombers Complete 38 Hour Pacific Flight
Six of America’s greatest bombers landed in Honolulu after a nonstop nearly 38 hour flight covering about 10 000 miles into the Pacific.
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Honolulu
America
Northwest Line DC-4 Disappears On Non-Stop Run
A Northwest airliner carrying 58 aboard vanished while en route from New York to Minneapolis. Navy and coast guard craft scoured Lake Michigan near South Milwaukee as oil and paper fragments surfaced, with weather hindered search efforts and divers planned at the scene.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Northwest
Minneapolis
George Parkinson
Naval Reserve
New York
Seattle
Battle Creek
Mich
Wisconsin
Parkinson
Daniel A. Joy
South
Grenview
Naval Air Base
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Kenosha
Racine
CAA
Flight 2501
LaGuardia Field
NWA
Spokane
Portland
Ore
Naval Station
Glenview
Architect Stricken in Marinette Dies at 68
Marinette Wisconsin architect Max Hanisch age 68 died today after a long illness. A native of Germany he came to Racine in 1923 and built experimental cinder and concrete homes there. He designed numerous schools and other buildings in Wisconsin.
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Stricken Marinette
Max Hanisch
Wisconsin
Germany
Racine
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Kas
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Joseph McCarthy
Dixieland
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Bulletin
Wisconsin Woods
Fifth Air Rescue Squadron
Lowry Field
Denver
Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol
Weather Bureau
Robert Lind
Hopkins, Minn
Vern F. Wolfe
Bonnie Ann Feldman
St. Paul
Lind
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