Wisconsin Civil Defense Lags in Several Cities
An Associated Press survey finds Milwaukee La Crosse and Kenosha actively drafting A bomb defense plans while many Wisconsin communities delay. State leaders prepare legislation for a 1951 session and a regional aircraft spotting system will link to a national master plan as locals form committees and outline evacuations housing and alarm procedures.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Kenosha
Ralph J. Olson
State Legislative Council
Green Bay
Olson
Madison
Civil Defense Committee
State Medical Society
State Nurses Association
Amateur Radio Operators
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Wayne Festival Promises Full Day of Events Tomorrow
South Wayne hosts the annual fall festival and homecoming with a 10 am coaster race for local boys, a 11 am water fight by firemen, 11:30 am band concert with Argyle Shullsburg and Gratiot, plus a 1 pm parade and 2 pm German band and fowl fly. South Wayne vs Gratiot at 2:30 pm football closes the day, with dances and reunions through the afternoon.
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South Wayne
W. O. Bruns
Argyle
Bruns
Lloyd Retzlaff
Paul Lawrence
E. J. Hill
Thomas Lacey
Oswald Webster
Gerald Fritz
Shullsburg
Gratiot
Gerald von Klein
Albert Rieze
Ludwig Peterson
Clarence Rudd
Rosemary Peterson
Clinton Montgomery
Norman Olson
James Kavanaugh
Harry Hanson
Ella Lincicum
Irma Hartsough
Dr Bunche Wins Nobel Peace Prize Medal For Mediation
Dr Ralph Bunche, former United Nations mediator in Palestine, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He succeeded Count Folke Bernadotte after Bernadotte’s assassination on September 17 1948, and helped negotiate armistice between Israel and Arab states ending the war.
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Oslo
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Bunche
Count Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Bernadotte
Israel
Holdup Fatal To Bank's Messenger In Brooklyn
A 49 year old bank messenger died of a heart attack after four armed masked men grabbed a $16,000 payroll and fled through downtown Brooklyn. He collapsed while calling police and died en route with his partner transporting the funds to a housing project.
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New York
Brooklyn
Harry Schadkin
Tell Phone Rate Boost Approved
Madison Wisconsin The state public service commission approved an about 18.5 percent increase for within the state long distance rates for Wisconsin Telephone Co The new schedule adds five cents to the initial three minutes for calls over six miles Longer calls vary by distance and time The boost will yield about 1 932 000 annually The order follows PSC action on August 7 which denied a 6 million local rate hike but allowed a new long distance plan.
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Madison
Wisconsin Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Bradley Receives Fifth Star in White House Ceremony
President Truman pins on Gen Omar N. Bradley the fifth star to make him general of the army. The ceremony at the White House was attended by high officials and Joint Chiefs of Staff members, with Marshall Eisenhower and MacArthur currently holding the five star rank.
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Washington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George C. Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Slack Gets 15 Years For Wartime Spying
Alfred Dean Slack received 15 years in federal prison for wartime spying for the Soviet Union. Judge Robert L. Taylor called the espionage shocking, denying the government's recommended 10-year term. Slack, 44, was arrested in Syracuse on June 15 after allegedly stealing RDX details from Holston ordnance works and passing them to Harry Gold in Philadelphia.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Alfred Dean Slack
Russia
Robert L. Taylor
Slack
U. S
James M. Meek
Syracuse
N. Y
Holston Ordnance Works
Kingsport
Holston
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
New Glarus Kilby Plans Confined to Sunday Services
Kilby festival in New Glarus will be limited to church services at Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church at 10 30 a m with confirmation roll call and rededications. Dr Theophilus Hilgemann will deliver Kilby sermon and teach Sunday school. A 2 p m Kilby ball game at the ball park features New Glarus versus Blanchardville Bullets. No Kilby dance Monday night.
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New
Mission House Seminary
Plymouth
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ball Park
New Glarus
Blanchardville Bullets
Kilby
Army Will Accept Toothless Draftees
Washington reports the Army will induct men without teeth if otherwise fit. An order issued September 14 directs draft officers to accept toothless draftees, restoring WWII era standards. Previously after the war dental rules required at least 16 teeth, eight upper and eight lower, opposite each other.
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Washington
Army
Appleton Merchant W. G. Thiede Dies at 73
William O. Thiede 73 Appleton merchant and civic leader died after a three month illness. He was a past director of the Wisconsin state chamber of commerce.
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W. GC. Thiede
Appleton
William O. Thiede
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Sauerkraut Day Draws Massive Crowd to Forreston
Forreston held its 31st Sauerkraut Day despite rain and cold drawing an estimated 20 000 people to a normally 1 000 population village The event featured a long parade with Miss Lola Mae Duftsman and her court and a high school float contest with local groups taking prizes After the rain delay Senator Everett Dirksen spoke and school bands performed as the crowd surged through the day
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Forreston
Lola Mae Duftsman
Court of Honor
Betty Jo Vietmeier
Naomi Drake
Lorraine Wabbena
Leona Albert
Six East German Police jailed briefly in Berlin
An American court sentenced six Russian zone policemen to five days in jail for trespassing in the U S sector of Berlin while unlawfully armed. They were released immediately after serving their term. Earlier, 47 eastern police were freed in West Berlin after being held as hostages for 25 western officers seized by communists.
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Berlin
U. S
West Berlin
House Approves First Installment Tax Boost Measure
The House passed a first installment tax boost 328 to 7 to fund arming against communism with an expected annual revenue of 4.7 billion dollars. President Truman welcomed the move and a Senate quick passage was anticipated. The plan foresees a multi bill excess profits tax, with the next measure targeting corporations for 4 to 6 billion dollars yearly.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House Republcan
Dewey Attacks Soviet Labor System at U N Dinner
Gov Thomas E Dewey condemned the Soviet Union for slave labor camps during a New York Waldorf Astoria dinner for U N assembly delegates. Andrei Vishinsky and Jacob Malik left the dais in protest as the remarks drew cheers from the audience.
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New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Jacob Malik
United Nations
Thomas E. Dewey
Soviet Union
U. N
Dewey
Vishinsky
Malik
U. N. Assembly
City of
Labour Rebels Press New National Election at Margate
The left wing of the Labour Party campaigns for a new national election within weeks. The Tribune calls on Labour members to oppose Prime Minister Attlee at the party conference starting October 2 in Margate.
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Attlee London
Labor Party
Socialist Weekly Tribune
Attlee
Margate
Eccentric Los Angeles Beneficiary Will Treads Beach Kindness
Oilman Charles Babonet left a handwritten will naming Mrs. Pearl Tyson and her family as principal beneficiaries from an estate possibly worth 500000 dollars. He praised a beach day they shared, giving 60000 to Mrs Tyson 20000 to her husband and 20000 to their daughter, with others receiving smaller sums. The will was filed for probate by L. M. Giannini of Bank of America after being slipped under a bank door.
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Los Angeles
Charles Babonet
Babonet
Pearl A. Tyson
L. M. Giannini
Bank of America
Tyson
Denver
Melissa Christian Carter
Dairy Surpluses Facing Spoilage In U S Senate Debate
Senator Young argues the agriculture department must cut government held dairy stocks to prevent spoilage and protect the dairy and egg price support program. He cites nearly 192 million pounds butter and over 105 million pounds cheese among holdings and warns repeal would harm agriculture and the U.S. economy.
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Richard Powers
Washington
Senator Young
Agriculture Department
Congress
Young
ECA
United States
New York Market Cheese Prices and Receipts
Receipts at the New York market were 108 548 pounds with firm trading. Wholesale prices cover fresh American cheese whole milk cheddar 34 35 cents, cheddars grass 1949 45, single daisies 36 38, daisies grass 1949 shelf cured 47 49, flats 35 3614, flats grass 1949 shelf cured 47 51, midgets June 1950 39 12 42, midgets grass 1949 shelf cured 47 48, processed 36 38, domestic Swiss tubs grade A 44 46, grade B 42 44, grade C 40 42.
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New York
Chaplain Knier Receives Silver Star for Korea Gallantry
Tokyo announced Chaplain Captain Aloysius M. Knier, whose mother lives in Kiel Wisconsin, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in Korea by crossing open ground under fire to save two medical vehicles used to evacuate wounded.
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Tokyo
Aloysius M. Knier
Route 1
Kiel
Wis
Korea
MacArthur
Knier
Wright apologizes to Jefferson board in courthouse row
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright from Spring Green apologizes to the Jefferson county board over his 1949 remarks calling the courthouse plan a monument to ignorance. He had proposed a ten percent fee, later reduced to a ten thousand dollar settlement as costs rose and plans were deferred.
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Jefferson
Frank Lloyd Wright
Spring Green
Jefferson County Board
Court House
Wright
Death notice for Thomas Hyland in Jordan township
Thomas Hyland aged 87 died at his home in Jordan township after months of illness. Born July 18 1863 in Tipperary Ireland he immigrated to the United States in 1882. He leaves three children two sons and a daughter, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren, with services set for Monday at St Josephs church and burial at Calvary cemetery.
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Thomas Hyland
Argyle Route 1
Jordan Township
Mr Hyland
Balleyporeen
Tipperary County
Ireland
Michael and
Hannora Hyland
Argyle
Monroe
Johanna Flanagan
St. Joseph’s Church
Hyland
Knights of Columbus
Modern Woodmen
Michael
James
Patrick
Mary Ann Geary
Nora Flynn
Thomas Butters
Will Galway
Freeport
Floyd Flannery
Edward
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph
Vincent
James Hyland
John Geary
John Butters
James McQue
Shipyard Sitdown Delays Continue at Camden Yard
About 6,000 New York Shipbuilding Co. workers in Camden, New Jersey, extended their sitdown protest into a second day. Union secretary Thomas Saul said the stoppage targets mass layoffs and aims to hasten government plans to build an adequate merchant marine.
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Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Co
Thomas Saul
Flame Throwers and Bayonets Battle Near Seoul
Allied marines clash with Korean Reds on Seoul outskirts using flame throwers and bayonets. Suwon airfield and city retaken as forces push from southeast beachhead toward Seoul while heavy fighting continues on multiple fronts. Marine air support and armor dominate advance north and west of the Han River.
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Republic
Inchon
Seoul
Tokyo
Suwon
Don Whitehead
South Mountain
Yongdngpo
Tom Lambert
Marine Corsair
Nevin Beckman Hurt in Accident
Nevin L Beckman 23 of route 1 is in St. Clare hospital after a two car intersection collision on county trunk two miles east of Clarno at 6 50 am today. He suffered back and shoulder injuries a broken right collar bone possible rib fractures and bruises. Albert Mann Winslow was a passenger with Beckman and the other car was driven by Emil E Huber 2114 14th street. Both cars left the roadway but did not overturn.
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Nevin L. Beckman
St. Clare Hospital
Clarno
Aia
Beckman
Albert Mann
Winslow
Emil E. Huber
14Th Street
Stocks Reach Peak And Waver In Late Trade
The market moved from a 19 year high in the morning to a wavering finish. Gains of a few cents to around one dollar persisted in many issues while rail stocks backed off with the broader market. turnover ran about 2.5 million shares.
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New York
Editor Stricken at 56 in Charleston Gazette Founder Dies
W E Chilton Jr longtime owner and editor of the Charleston Gazette dies at 56 after 26 years at the paper. He passed away last night in Charleston West Virginia. The newspaper mourns his leadership and press contributions.
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Charleston
W. Va
W E. Chilton Jr
Charleston Gazette
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