Weather Relief Follows Heat Wave Across Wisconsin
A .24 inch rain cooled a week long heat in Wisconsin as a high front pushed the Minnesota air mass south. Weekend highs reach about 80 in the south and 74 in the north with nights near 50 to 64. Fire danger remains low but hot Dakotas air moves toward the region.
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Waukesha
Minnesota
Wisconsin
E. J. Stephan
Cleaki
Dakotas
Prairie du Chien
Land O' Lakes
New England
Maine
Scientist Otis Barton Aims Depth Record In Benthoscope
In San Pedro California scientist Otis Barton plans a dive of 6 066 feet into the Pacific in the Benthoscope a five foot steel sphere designed to withstand immense pressure. The craft will be tested with instruments and cameras before Barton's descent to probe ocean depths.
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Pacific
San Pedro
Cal
Otis Barton
Ofiay
Barton
Barkley Denies Romance With Widow in Kentucky Trip
Vice President Alben W. Barkley dismissed romance rumors with St. Louis widow Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley. He said no marriage would occur in Paducan Kentucky as he brings the 37 year old widow to his hometown for an airport dedication. He also joked there would be no elopement.
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Barkley
Ashington
Alben W. Barkley
St. Louis
White House
Carleton S. Hadley
Paducan
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Tonight Into Saturday
Wisconsin forecast shows pleasant temperatures and humidity levels tonight through Saturday. Minimums around 67 degrees by 7 am with highs in the low 80s. yesterday’s high 83 and low 69, with similar ranges a year ago. Visibility details note hourly temperatures and later astronomical notes for Waurelius Almanac readers.
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Wisconsin
Steeple Jack Falls After Ignoring Minister’s Warning
Milwaukee steeple jack Ed ward Herbst suffered a ten foot slide on wet rope while attaching a seven foot stainless steel Celtic cross to the First Baptist church steeple. A rope burn marred his right leg but he says the injury will not slow his work. The cross, crafted by Broadway Manufacturing Co is unusual and 54 inches wide.
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Freeman
Edward Herbst
First Baptist Church
Milwaukee
Herbst
Dwight M. Bahr
Bob Vredenburg
Broadway Manufacturing Co
Waukesha
Vredenburg
Baptist Church
Two youths charged with contributing to delinquency not rape
The district attorney says the charge is contributing to the delinquency of minors after a misprint. Dionisio Reyes, 19, of Waukesha and Angel Gonzales, 17, of Pewaukee, were arraigned in Oconomowoc Municipal Court. A separate report notes a fatal crash near Kellogg Minnesota injuring a wife and child.
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Freeman
Dist. Atty
David Dancey
Oconomowoe
Dionisio Reyes
Waukesha
Angel Gonzales
Pewaukee
Vaughan to Appear at Probe to Tell Link to Influence Salesmen
A bomb wrecked the car of Assistant U S Air Attache John Childs in Prague, breaking windows and waking him. The blast occurred minutes after he parked near his apartment, as authorities investigate a reported link to influence salesmen.
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Vaughan
Link
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
John Childs
Lodecka Street
Committee Votes to Call MacArthur for Congress Inquiry
A joint Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committee voted 13 to 12 to request Gen Douglas MacArthur return to the United States for congressional questioning on China. MacArthur said in Tokyo he would refuse an invitation citing his sense of duty. The move targeted the administration's 1.45 billion dollar military aid program. A Milwaukee flyer died in a Minnesota crash as a Wisconsin Air National Guard plane went down in Ellenwood State Park. Sheriff Harry Tordsen said the victim appeared to be from Milwaukee and authorities were confirming details.
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Washington
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Far East
China
MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Special
Joint Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Milwaukee Guard
Minnesota
Jackson
Minn
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Ellen Woods State Park
Harry A. Tordsen
Jackson County
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Air Guard
Missing Governor Williams Returns Safely After Delay
Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams, reported missing after not arriving in time from Chicago, reached Detroit safely. Authorities asked Prague police to investigate. The delay followed his visit to the Chicago Railroad Fair as embassies noted no further steps until inquiry concludes.
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Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Chicago
Williams
Price Drop on Hogs Sends Milwaukee Market Down
The Milwaukee livestock market saw a $1.00 drop in hog prices marking one of the sharpest declines of the year. Choice hogs sold at 22.25 per hundredweight, down from 23 earlier in the week, with officials citing increased hog marketing as the cause.
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Milwaukee
Russia Calls Tito Enemy Not Ally in New Note
Moscow blasted Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia as an enemy and foe of the Soviet Union in a diplomatic note broadcast by Radio Moscow. The note accuses Belgrade of joining the western powers, violating treaty obligations, and secretly negotiating with Britain behind Moscow's back amid recent Salzburg talks.
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Russia
Tito
London
Ti- 40
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Radio
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Carinthia
Austria
Belgrade
Hotels Relax Dress Code Women In Slacks Allowed In Dining Rooms
Vancouver hotel managers said they will permit women in slacks for dining in their establishments while escorts must wear jackets. The policy aims to stay practical and courteous in public dining spaces.
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Vancouver
B.C
Billy Lamberton Wins Heroic Deed Medal at VFW Ceremony
Five and a half year old Billy Lamberton received a heroic deed medal from the local Disabled American Veterans chapter for rescuing Susan Chase five, who was left hanging by a scarf on a cherry tree. Susan's mother and neighbor Elmer Hanson aided the rescue. Hanson also earned the honor in absentia.
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Freeman
Billy Lamberton
Susan Chase
VFW
Frank Draeger
DAV
Billy
Susan
Bully
Disabled American Veterans Chapter
Leelon Stuart
Grand View Apartments
Chase
Elmer Hanson
Reynold C. Lamberton
Watertown
John Chase
Grand View Court
Profanity Scare Shows Up In Local Theatre
Actor Toney Matthews in a Washington stage performance of On the Town muttered a profane line about a dinosaur bones scene. Police cited him and he posted 25 dollars collateral, later reclaiming it after the line was amended.
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Washington
Toney Matthews
Tokyo Rose Trial Nears End in San Francisco
The prosecution aims to finish its treason case against Mrs. Iva Toguri D aquino accused of wartime Tokyo Rose broadcasts that propagated propaganda to U.S. troops in the Pacific in the war era.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri Daquino
Tokyo
Prisoner Freed Daily Then Vanishes From Appleton Jail
Herbert A. Dempewolf, described as a model prisoner, was allowed daily leaves from Appleton jail but failed to return one night. Neenah police later jailed him on a bogus check charge, the same reason he was imprisoned in Outagamie County.
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Appleton
Neenah Clinic
Appleton, Wis
Herbert A. Dempewolf
Neenah
Outagame
Pewaukee man arraigned for selling liquor without license
A Pewaukee man James Groner age 52 was arraigned in municipal court on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor without a license. He was placed on a 250 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Monday. State Liquor Tax Bureau agents posed as customers and arrested him after two visits to a basement bar.
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Pewaukee
James Groner
Scott Lowry
Dist
David Dancey
Groner
State Liquor Tax Bureau
Highway 190
Dancey
Nashotah
Lowry
Donald Kline
Nashatah
Donald A. Deellis
North St
de Lellis
North Street
Kline
William P. Finn
Apt
Grandview Heights
State Motor Vehicle Department
Pewaukee man survives crash as car overturns on highway
Edward Schmeling 35 of Pewaukee and Mathew Schlehlein 31 of Milwaukee were riding when their car failed to negotiate a curve, plunged into a ditch and rolled end over end. Schmeling was walked from the wreck. Schlehlein was injured. A Milwaukee Road freight conductor narrowly prevented a collision with a car on Madison street tracks when a passing car touched the caboose. No injuries reported to the train crew or drivers. traffic resumed.
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Pewaukee
Edward Schmeling
Kopmeir Dr
Mathew Schlehlein
Milwaukee
Schmeling
Schlehlein
Milwaukee Road
Madison Street
W. C. Brown
Lucille Higbee
North Prairie
Brown
Car Crash Leaves One Passenger Injured In Waukesha
A passenger sustained head injuries and bruises after a collision in a 1949 Packard. The car was a complete wreck and towed to a Prospect garage. Schlehlein was released from Waukesha Memorial hospital this morning.
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Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Packard
Prospect
Schlehlein
Vaughan to testify before Senate panel on Hunt ties
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan agreed to appear before the Senate investigating committee to discuss his connections with James V. Hunt and others. The panel aims to learn about Vaughan’s links to the five percenter and activities surrounding Tanforan race track, while addressing reports about deep freezers sent to several officials, including mentions of White House and Treasury names.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Haspital
Clyde R. Hoey
N.C
Vaughan
James V. Hunt
Tanforan
John Meragan
Maragen
Hoéy
White House
Charles G. Ross
Jonni R. Steelman
Hunt
Alden H. Waits
Army Chemical Corps
Waitt
McCarthy
Ser
Joseph R. R McCarthy
BR. Wis
Truman
Tighe FE
Woods
San Bruno
Cal
Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Hoey
Steelman
Norman C. Armitage
Deering-Milliken
Zuckert
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