Assembly Raises Qualification for County School Job
Madison bills revising county school superintendent qualifications and boosting county board salaries passed by the assembly. Bills require a county resident with a college degree for superintendents, raise board member pay, allow district transfer rules for a high school pupil, extend mutual insurance coverage, and fund state liability for inmate escapes. The package also advances state aid for vocational schools, a lakeshore UW Milwaukee branch, and higher pensions for fallen Milwaukee fire and police survivors.
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Madison
Assembly
Town Mutual Insurance Companies
Korea
Senate
Wisconsin
Okays
State Board of Medical Examiners
National Board of Medical Examiners
Lakeshore
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Sieadh
State Athletic Commission
Ice-Breakers Cut Lake Channel Between Huron and Michigan
Heavy-duty ice-breakers move to open a shipping channel between Lakes Huron and Michigan. The Mackinaw Kaw and Mesquite head for the Straits of Mackinac to crack the Michigan Huron passage and then cut a channel through Green Bay toward Green Bay Milwaukee and Escanaba ports.
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Lakes Huron
Michigan
Mackinaw
Kaw
Straits of Mackinac
Michiga Huron
Green Bay
Mace
Escanaba
Stock slump hits shares in active trading on Wall Street
New York markets opened with a sharp slide as prices fell more than four dollars a share in active trading. The pace quickened by noon as the tape failed to reflect actual floor transactions. Major decliners included Youngstown Sheet and Tube Chrysler New York Central DuPont General Electric International Paper and Montgomery Ward.
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New York
Exchange
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Chrysler
New York 1 Central
du Pont
General Electrc
Internations Paper
Montgomery Ward
Albany Area Boy Drowned in Tank
Claude Mitchell Cowan Jr., five, son of the Cowans who moved from Durand, drowned in a water tank at the Sommerfeldt farm near Albany. He fell through lumber covering the tank after helping his father with chores. Rescue efforts lasted nearly two hours. he was in the water 15 to 20 minutes before the father found him. Funeral services set for Thursday at Durand Methodist Church. Burial in Durand Cemetery.
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Albany
Speciah
Claude
Mitchell
Mickey) Cowan Jr
Cowans
Durand
Albert Sommerfeldt
Ciama Pimr
Rockford
Robert
Belvidere
Ill
Rock
Durand Methodist Church
John Main
Chapin Funeral Home
Sharer Funeral Home
Korea Rotation To Start April
Washington reports the army will begin a Korea rotation on April 1 with 150 officers and enlisted personnel leaving the United States to relieve an equal number in Korea. Details of a larger future rotation are being developed and no return date for the first group is set.
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Washington
Army
Korea
United States
Far East
Richland Center Post Appoints New School Principal
Richland Center announces A. Koyen, 49, research assistant in education at the University of Wisconsin, as principal of the Richland county normal school. He succeeds John G. Stoffel who resigned to become Richland postmaster, effective soon.
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Richland Center
A. Koyen
University of Wisconsin
Richland County
Women Politicos Sweep Michigan Village Contests
In a small southwestern Michigan village, a female ticket won every contest. Incumbent City Clerk Vern McClish faced no opposition. Village president Helen Hickmott defeated incumbent Da man 77 to 43. Trustee winner Mary Male defeated her husband, Gordon Male. Voter turnout reached 120 in a town of 750. The slate campaigned on women running local government better than men.
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Sien
Vern McClish
Helen Hickmott
Kalamazoo College
Via Daman
Michigan
Mary Male
Gordon Male
Blanchardville caucus names candidates for trustees
In Blanchardville the April 3 village election will include three trustee races with 59 residents voting. Nominees include incumbents Arthur Juve Allan Marshall Ercil Skaife and Herbert Kopps plus Arleigh Olson, while Elmer Wamstad Arthur Berson and Floyd Helsdon are unopposed. In the town caucus George Gilbertson Elmer Paulson vie for supervisor, Vernus Olson Arne Fineheart oppose, with Orvin Phillipson Chris Prestbrotten as assessors.
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Blanchardville
Arthur Juve
Clifford Lee
Allan Marshall
Ercil Skaife
Herbert Kopps
Arleigh Olson
Elmer Wamstad
Arthur Berson
Floyd Helsdon
Walter E. Gould
Clarence Alfred
Harry Hanson
Justice of Peace
Town of
Blanchard
George Gilbertson
Elmer Paulson
Vernus Olson
Arne Fineheart
Orvin Phillipson
Chris Prestbrotten
Selma Dearth
Raymond Hanson
Willard Emberson
John Granberg
Elliott Roosevelt to Wed Minnewa Bell Ross Thursday
Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Minnewa Bell Ross plan a 10 30 a m ceremony at Mrs Ross Sun yacht island home with Circuit Judge George E Holt officiating They will honeymoon at Veradero Beach near Havana and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will not attend. Madison cheese market drifted weak with light demand and varying state prices for different forms.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Minnewa Bell Ross
Ross
Sunxet_ island
George E. Holt
Roosevelt
Cuba
Veradado Beach
Havana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Madison
Wisconsin
Le.l
Mid- Bes
Costello Defies Crime Link Proof Before Senate Panel
Frank Costello challenged senators to prove he runs a national crime syndicate as the committee cited him in a report. Debate over deportation and citizenship surfaced with deputies and whistleblowers linking Joe Adonis to Costello's syndicate in New York to New Orleans.
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Ambler
Frank Costello
Senate
George Wolf
Charles Tobey
R-Nh
Halborn Costello
United States
New York
Joe Adonis
William O'Dwyer
Jerome G. Ambro
O'Dwyer
Ambro
Kings County
Brooklyn
State Assembly
Ipwin Steinout
Frank Quayle
Frank Kelly
Mexico
Adonis
Joseph Doto
New Orleans
Heaviest Snow Of Winter Falls On Green County
Snowblanket spreads across Green County with six inches by noon and five foot drifts on county roads. Northeasterly winds, rising temperatures in the 30s, and ongoing snow removal efforts mark a heavy winter event affecting rural deliveries, city streets, and travel, as accidents occur and power remains stable. The snow belt stretches from Lake Superior to the Deep South, with mixed precipitation in surrounding states.
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Green County
Howard J. Thompson
Kentucky
Thompson
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Clarence A. Norder
12Th Avenue
Lorraine R. Waage
Argyle
9Th Street
William T. Plate
Highway Department
Madison
Wisconsin
Mother Superior
Fond du Lac
St. Clare Hospital
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Ohio
Indiana
Fulbright calls for moral standards inquiry on government
Senator Fulbright proposed a commission of distinguished citizens to examine moral standards in government and the conduct of Congress. The idea follows ongoing RFC loan probe by his Senate Banking Subcommittee, which faces resistance from Republicans and possible grand jury action. The panel continues its inquiry into $6.3 million in loans to Central Iron and Steel, with testimony on profits from a steel sale by a firm tied to loan negotiations.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
RFC
Cess
Senate
REC
Central Iron and Steel Co
Harrisburg
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
Central Iron
E. Merl Young
Central
Green Glass Atom Bomb Secrets Revealed by Spy Trial
David Greenglass described a Greenglass style atom bomb with three concentric shells and a detonator girdle. The outer shell held plutonium, the inner shell supplied neutrons, and the design used V lens configurations to channel explosion force, though not all details were confirmed or shown at the trial.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
Greenglass
Americans Take Red Strongpoint Yudong Captured
American troops stormed back into Yudong and wrested control from Chinese forces, advancing amid mortar and small arms fire. Fifth Air Force fighter bombers targeted the red concentration area northeast as UN forces press toward Hongchow and Hongchon along a 70 mile front. In rearguard action, U S First Cavalry and First Marine divisions secured ridges and probed north of Hongchon while a mass of enemy movement toward North Korea was noted. Four boys drown on a makeshift raft near Medford in a bog opposite Oak Grove cemetery.
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Yudong
Hongchow
U. S
United Nations
Hongchon
North
South Korea
Fifth
U. S. Seventh Division
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Awoy
Seoul
Yongdu
Hoengsong
U. S. First Marine Division
Medford
Mass
Oak Grove Cemetery
Albert Battista
William Battista
Richard Pagluca
George Mason
Tydings Browder Picture Stated Not a Fraud
Washington editor testified that a composite photo used in the 1950 Maryland senatorial campaign was not meant to deceive. He described the image as plainly marked composite showing Tydings and Browder in conversation, while the senator called the tabloid a tissue of lies contributing to his defeat.
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Washington
Butler
House Defeats Emergency Powers Bill
The House rejected a bill granting President Truman power to reorganize executive agencies for national defense. The 227 to 167 vote saw Republicans pare down provisions then ally with some Democrats to defeat it. The Senate had previously passed a similar measure. the House bill would have allowed reshuffling unless both chambers rejected within 18 days.
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Washington
House
President Truman
Senate
Congress
Vandenberg in Graver Condition Says Doctor
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg remains critically ill as his personal physician reports his condition is not improving after a relapse. The medical outlook remains grave unless a rapid turn in health occurs. Iran not involved.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Greenglass Reveals Secrets To Soviet Espionage Case
William Greenglass testified that Julius Rosenberg pressured him to flee the United States after Klaus Fuchs was arrested. He described plans to contact the Soviet ambassador from Mexico City and noted a $1,000 payment plus $6,000 promised for spying. He also mentioned a space ship concept and a 12 page atom bomb description given to Rosenberg. General Eisenhower named Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr. to handle liaison between Atlantic forces and allied governments.
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Mexico City
Atom
United
Los Alamos
N. M
Julius” Rosenberg
Mexico
Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton ‘Sobell
Russia
Greenglass
Hiroshima
United States
Klaus Fuchs
England
Harry Gold
Philadelchemist
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Oklahoma
Sweden
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Stockholm
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Czechoslovakia
Fier
Moon
Julius
Earth
Kaufman
National Secur
Atomic Energy Commission
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