Oshkosh to Host Labor Meet with Haberman to Speak
Oshkosh prepares for the 63rd Wisconsin State Federation of Labor convention at Recreation Gym starting Monday with 900 delegates and 500 guests expected to attend. A prelude concert by the Oshkosh Civic Band runs 9 to 9 30 a.m. followed by color guards and the national anthem. Haberman of Milwaukee will give the opening address. keynote speakers include James L. McDevitt and Rep. Lester Johnson.
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George Haberman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Recreation Gym
Lawrence Reno
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Building Service
Raulf
American Federation of Musicians
Floriap Lampert Vfw Post
Maribeth Ostertag
B. H. Romanowski
St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ernest R. Siewert
Chamber of Commerce
William Petrie
Herbert Mueller
Victor Jordan
William A. Goiz
Bernard Geffers
Virginia Williams
Board of Education
Sydney R. Mertz
Clarence Jeske
Oshkosh Building Trades
Haberman
Tules
Ing
James L. McDevitt
Labor
League For Political Education
Rep
Lester Johnson
Wisconsin
Irish Raiders Steal Arms In Foray at Night
A bold IRA raid on a British army camp in southern England at 2 a.m. saw about 20 raiders seize Sten and Bren guns, 303 rifles, ammunition, and tied guards. They escaped in the pre-dawn darkness, two men arrested as alarm spread.
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Reading
England
Garrson
The
IRA
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Dying Hurricane Leaves 30 Dead, Millions in Damage
A Chesapeake Bay storm wrecked the Levin J Marvel an Annapolis bound schooner killing ten and leaving two missing with thirteen rescued by firemen guards and volunteers near North Beach Maryland The vessel was torn apart with debris littering the sand and eight bodies sent to Baltimore two to Annapolis Survivors led by skipper John Mechling recount the tragedy and the doomed voyage from Thursday toward Annapolis before Hurricane Connie struck
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North Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Levin J. Marvel
Annapolis
New York
Baltimmore
John Mechling
The
Marvel
Stephen Morton
Iessel
Chesapeake
Missing parakeet spurs $50 reward in Huntington Park
Mrs. Mary McIntyre offers a $50 reward for the return of her missing parakeet Timo thy from Huntington Park California. The bird is known to squawk Here kitty Kitty and could be in trouble if left free.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Mary McIntyre
Timothy
Eisenhower OKs $1 Minimum Wage and Free Polio Shots
President Eisenhower signed a $1 per hour minimum wage and a $30 million polio vaccine program, affecting 24 million workers and about 2.1 million employees. He left three bills pending on Washington transit, land for a Colorado River project, and stockpiling minerals. He vetoed a Civil Service retirement benefits bill to bring federal workers under Social Security.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Colorado
White House
Gettysburg
South
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trinity River
California
Civil Service
Controversy Over Siewert Veto To Be Heard Monday
Me nominee Park cutoff and related vetoes dominate Monday’s Common Council agenda. Mayor Ernest R. Siewerts seeks reconsideration after vetoing a public works roadway project from Hazel Street to Lake Boulevard, while he favors changes to the cutoff layout. Additional measures include a nuisance noise law for animals, motor boat regulations with penalties, and plans for the Oregon Street bridge project with traffic and detour work.
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Menominee Park
Common Council
Ernest R
Siewert
Park Board
Oregon Street
State Highways Commission
Ald
A. P. Charapata
Water Board
Soviet to Cut Armed Forces by 640000 Men
Moscow announces a reduction of 630000 men from the Soviet armed forces by December 15 as a step to ease international tension and boost confidence among nations. Tass notes total forces not officially disclosed, with estimates around 2.8 million in the army and 750000 in the navy.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
Austria
Geneva
United States
Britin
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
American first to see Antarctica by Charles Wilkes
Report states Commander Charles Wilkes was the first American to see the Antarctic continent in 1840. The item appears in the Daily Northwestern Classified Section inviting readers to call for more cash value from unwanted items.
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Antarctica
Visi
Antarctic
Charles Wilkes
Daily Northwestern
Thomas Mann dies at 80 world pays tribute
Nobel laureate Thomas Mann, famed opponent of the Nazi regime and author of Buddenbrooks, died Friday night in Kilchberg near Zurich at age 80. He suffered a thrombosis after a period of weakness, with wife Katja, daughter Erika, and a son at his bedside. funeral planned for Kilchberg.
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Switzerland
Thomas Mann
Rkilberg
Lake Zurich
Mann
Katja
Erika Mann
Netherlands
Loeffler
United States
Kilchberg
Frank Foe
Hitler Mann
Goethe
Lend Heine
Adolf Hitler
Buddenbrooks
Formosa to Get 102 Million in Aid
The United States will provide 102 million dollars in mutual security aid to Formosa for 1955 56. Of this total 137 million goes to support the Nationalist Chinese army, 34 million for commodities, with the rest for industrial reconstruction and technical aid, according to Martin Wong secretary-general for the Council for US Aid.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
Martin Wong
The
Council For US Aid
Child Killed After Tractor Accident Near Fond du Lac
Julia Ann Simon fourteen months old died after stumbling under the wheel of a tractor driven by her father on a farm near Fond du Lac Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ervin Simon.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Julia Ann Simon
Here
Ervin Simon
Three Eastern States Threatened by Floods
A dying hurricane Dennis battered seven states with winds and heavy rain causing at least 30 deaths and widespread damage. Flood warnings covered Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and Connecticut while Bermuda faced the Diane threat. Red Cross aided over 14 000 refugees as power outages and evacuations mounted.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York State
Diane
Bermuda
New York City
Weather Bureau
New York
Richmond
Thailand
Rock
Red Cross At Work
Red Cross
Odd Even Watering Rule in Pre Connie Baltimore
In Baltimore a drought prompt led to a water restriction ordering even numbered houses to water on even days and odd numbered houses on odd days. A caller at the Southwestern Police Station asked which schedule applied, and the officer confirmed the even houses rule.
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Baltimore
Hurricane Diane Nears Bermuda Island
Miami AP reports Hurricane Diane reached 113 mph top winds as it neared Bermuda, 70 miles east of the U S coast. Kindley AFB ordered evacuations for non-essential aircraft while Bermuda authorities warned of possible gale and hurricane-force winds by Sunday or Monday. The system centered about 1,200 miles east of Palm Beach with a north-northeasterly drift at 6-7 mph, growing in size and strength.
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Diane
Atlantic
Bermuda
U.S
Kindley Air Force Base
U.S. Weather Bureau of Miami
Palm Beach, Fla
Weather Bureau
Four New Polio Cases Reported at Madison
Four new polio cases were reported to the Madison health department on Friday, raising the city’s season total. Thus far Madison has recorded three polio deaths this year.
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Madison
Madison Health Department
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Aurricane
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Harry Benjamin Jr
Worthington
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Red China
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