Waukesha Youth Center Nears Opening Despite Fund Gap
Waukesha's youth center aims to start operations Sept. 15 with about $2,300 still needed to reach a $12,000 goal. The center has $9,700 raised, and fundraising head Vince Conboy says plumbing and heating remain, with contracts underway. A Sept. 28 benefit dance by Veterans of Foreign Wars and local musicians will donate proceeds to the center, as directors draft an operational plan and study Racine centers for guidance.
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Waukesha
Vince Conboy
Racine
Milwaukee
YMCA
Moose Club
J. Case Co
Chest to Raise 3900 for USO in Waukesha
Waukesha community chest drive targets 3951 for the USO with last year’s 2500 donations. Local drives start Sept 4 and no separate USO campaign is planned this year. Governor Kohler urges Wisconsin residents to support the statewide Wisconsin United fund for the USO and defense services.
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Waukesha
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Wisconsin United Fund
USO
Kohler
White Leads Race In Mississippi Governor Runoff
Ex governor Hugh White 70 and defender of states rights built a dominant lead over the younger Paul B Johnson Jr as Mississippi reports runoff results. White secured a near decisive advantage amid turnout and regional support across the state.
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Jackson
Miss.s
Hugh White
Paul B Johnson, Jr
Mississippi
Wisconsin Weather Almanac Preview With Forecast Details
WISCONSIN ALMANAC reports cloudy skies with thundershowers tonight and tomorrow in the west and south, minimal temperature changes, lows around 60 to 70, highs near 85 in the south and cooler near Lake Michigan. Friday and Saturday show continued cloud cover with some showers, east-southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, and a 7 am minimum temp around 65.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Polio Outbreak Delays School Openings
Milwaukee health commissioner Dr. E R Krumbiegel announced a one week delay for kindergarten through sixth grade openings due to a polio outbreak. If conditions worsen, start of school may be later while junior high and high school begin Sept 5. A Milwaukee teen, Robert Haas, 13, died yesterday, the 10th polio death this year. total cases reach 19 new today, 206 YTD, versus 85 last year.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Krumbiegel
Robert Haas
Czech Stand on Oatis Defies US Trade Pressure
Washington reports say Czechoslovak Ambassador Prochazka declared the Oatis case closed and pledged no yield to United States propaganda or trade pressures to free William N. Oatis. He defended the 16 year spying sentence and noted Acheson warned of possible US trade cuts unless Oatis is released.
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Washington
Czechoslovaek
Vladimir Prochazka
William N. Oatis
United States
Provhhazka
Czecho- Slovakia
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Oatis
Chazke
Chazka
Czechoslovakia
Prochazka
Truman
Congress
U.S
Worker killed as wall collapses at Milwaukee cement plant
One construction worker Henry Tab, 44, was killed and a second, Herman Krull, 29, was seriously injured when a concrete wall at Froedtert Grain and Malting in West Milwaukee fell on them. The men, both of Milwaukee, worked for Klugr and Smith Construction Co.
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Milwaukee
Froedtert Grain and Malting Co
West Milwaukee
Henry Tabaka
Herman Krull
Klug R and Smith Construction Co
Brookfield Area Seeks School District Plan And Meeting
Brookfield area residents plan a meeting at Fisher School to debate forming a separate district for a new high school and whether to pursue an integrated or union free high school system. The discussion covers borrowing power and district consolidation while Pleasant Hill votes to join the Waukesha district, aligning with Butler.
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Brookfield
Fisher School
W. North Ave
Guy Kieckhefer
4 Citizens’ Committee
Pleasant Hall
Waukesha
County School Committee
Pleasant Hill
Women Halt Fire at Blanche's Drive In
Two local women Mrs Hazel Ernst and Mrs Merrial Wolf prevented a fire at Blanche's Drive-In by dousing the walls with water after a gas valve end sparked a kitchen fire. Firemen tackled the flames in minutes with negligible damage, though a 147 Ford owned by Barry Graf at 120 La Salle Street burned due to a short in wiring.
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Hazel Ernst
Harrison Ave
Merrial Wolf
Blanche’s Drive-In
Summit Ave
la Salle Street
Ford
Barry Graf
la Salle St
Ridgway Leaves Door Open for Resuming Talks
UN monitors in Japan and Korea listen for a message from General Ridgway to North Korea and China as he signals willingness to meet the Communists for a cease fire resumption. He rejects a reinvestigation of Kaesong bombing while urging progress toward an honorable armistice and possible reopening of talks. Allied air strikes target rail lines in northwest Korea as UN forces push to clear Bloody Ridge.
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Japan
South Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Red
Kaesong
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
Peng Teh-Huai
Korea
Pyorgyang
8Th Army
i_ Allied
Rairoads
U. S. Air Force
Marine Tactical
Pyongyang
Kunuri
Manchurian
Sinanyu
United Nations
Bloody Ridge
Fire at Stuckert farm destroys barn, saves shed and stock
A fast response by Stone Bank volunteer firefighters saved a nearby shed and livestock after a fire broke out at Felix J. Stuckert’s Hy. farm. The 34 by 64 foot hip-roofed barn burned within five minutes, destroying hay, oats, and milking equipment, while authorities suspect spontaneous combustion or wiring fault. The farm well was ruined, but no humans were harmed. The barn was insured.
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Stone Bank
Gray Banks
F Tayle Balkman
J. Stuckert
Stonechinery
Freeman
Felix J. Stuckert
Stone ‘Bank
Glenn Jorgensen
Henry Jorgensen
Glenn
Melvin Lucht
Stone Bank Department
North Lake
Stuckert
Pasadena Blvd
Wauwatosa
Okauchee Lake
Truman Offers Arlington Burial for Indian War Vet
President Truman ordered Arlington National Cemetery interment for Army Sgt. John R. Rice, denied burial in Sioux City because he was Indian. The Army will fly the body from Winnebago to Washington for a ceremony, formalizing national gratitude beyond race.
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Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Sioux City
Army
John BR. Rice
Winnebago
Neb
MR. Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Rice
Vaughan
Arlington
White House
Joseph Short
Washington
Soux City
John R. Rice
Deny New Trial In Munger Case
In Oconomowoc a motion for a new trial for Van Munger charged with two counts of negligent homicide was denied by Judge Allen Young as the jury trial neared its third day. Witness Roland Rolefson testified he initially said Munger wasn’t drunk, then recanted after cross examination. Dr. G R Love testified Munger was treated for crash injuries and acknowledged tests were unnecessary due to other evidence of intoxication.
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van Munger
Allen Young
Roland Rolefson
Monterey
Rolefson
Munger
Munge
Wisconsin
Occnomowse
Dist
David Dancey
Edward Nehls
Monsterey
Young
G. R. Love
Summit Hospital
Dancey
Lave
Point Men Restored to Duty at West Point
New York bar association official Robert Daru said at a public hearing that at least six of about 90 cadets ousted from West Point have been restored to duty. He noted the inquiry focuses on dismissal procedures for alleged cheating and not on guilt or innocence.
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NEW York -Ip
Robert Daru
Bar Association
West Point
Academy
Daru
New York Criminal and ‘Civil Courts Bar Association
Jmen
Boy Killed by Car in Superior Front Yard
Harold Hickok, three, son of Mr and Mrs Wu fred Hickok of Superior, died after being struck by a car in front of their home. Robert Fisher, 15, of Superior, the driver, forfeited 100 in municipal court on a charge of careless driving.
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Sir Harold Hickok
Wufred Hickok
Robert Fisher
Resthaven Hospital Names New Manager Dr Eisele
Washington announced Dr Paul L Eisele 49 was named the new manager at Resthaven hospital Wattkesha succeeding Dr Morris Thoma who heads a veterans hospital in Madison. Eisele a former Resthaven chief of surgical services and ex lieutenant colonel, arrives after four years as chief of professional services at a Missouri veterans hospital. He was born August 7 1902 in New Albany Indiana earned an MD from Northwestern 1927 and has held private practice and medical posts since 1928.
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Glenn R. Davis
Paul L. Hisele
Umanager
Resthaven Hospital
Morris Thoma
Madison
Veterans’ Hospital
Eisele
Jeanette
Wattkesha
Statesaw
Wales
Resthaven
Waukesham
Armed Services
Ichief
Springfield
Indiana
New Albany
Northwestern University
Ilinois
Milwaukee County Hospital
Johnston ‘S Emergency Hospital
Milwaukee
Rapon
Officials Quiet on Lobbying Expenditures Policy
County figures spar over lobbying costs as Chairman Gaspar and group officials offer no comments on use of dues for legislative influence. Dane County official Bardwell ruled such outlays illegal when used to wine and dine legislators. The association plans to discuss Bardwell’s opinion at its Stevens Point convention October 11 to 13.
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Jeanon Gaspar Ieday
Wisconsin County Boards
Dane County Dist. Atty
Richard W. Bardwell
Dane County Board For Association
Gaspar
State-Wide Association
Roy Thelen
Association
Stevens Point
Richard Sylvester
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
Thelen
Cooney Man Honored Dahms Elected in Wis Mich District
Hubert Dahms of Oconomowoc has been elected lieutenant governor of the southern district of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan Sivenis International at the 33rd annual convention in Escanaba Michigan late yesterday. Dahms, an attorney and former president of the Oconomowoc club, represents clubs in Waukesha Oconomowoc Mukwonago Watertown and Pewaukee.
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Hubert Dahms
Oconomowoc
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Sivenis International
Dahms
Oconomowoc Club
Escanaba
Mich
Oconomewor
Waukesha
Mukwonago
Watertown
Pewaukee
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