French blast radio towers in Berlin renews Cold War tension
French army engineers dynamited two large Soviet controlled antenna towers in Berlin near Tegel airbase. The action disrupted Radio Berlin and drew surprise from American and British authorities while Moscow prepared possible reprisals as Berlin remained divided.
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Berlin
Radio
Soviet Union
No 1
Europe
Soviet Zone
Jean Gan¢tyil
Jan Herlin
Jetter
Genevals
Fundinns
Ganeval
Tegel
Americana
Teged
Anry
Rusia
Rundfunkhaus
Santa rental service hits Waukesha with гип
A local venture in Waukesha offers rent a Santa for Christmas Eve visits. Mr and Mrs Tyan W Brown and Paul Vrakan assemble 12 actors, costume in traditional red, to deliver gifts and explanations to children. The service charges 88 cents per hour and plans careful child specific arrangements.
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Bania
Waukesha
Tyan W Brown
Harrison Ave
Christiana Ave
Paul Vrakan
Dnote
Satta
Mtrs Brown
Santa
St Nick 4
Santi Jt
Waukesha finds mystery $1000 with prank joke revealed
A painter named George Boyd sparked a police probe after claiming to find $1000 in cash and cashing a $1400 check as a joke. The incident led to a city housing project worker revealing the money came from earnings and triggering a hunt for the lost sum.
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Waukesha
Mae Port
George
Michael Yundtco
Wauheaba
Wan Dag Boyd
Thi
Beathaven Hospital
Boyd
Staton
Ifianin
Kail
Liveman
Wnn
Dawttown
Taj
Four Men Trapped After Mine Roof Collapse in Indiana
Four men were trapped when a roof caved in at the Christmas coal mine in Meinrad Indiana. State Police and emergency crews said the chances of rescue were very slim. Eight of twelve miners escaped as sounds of collapse echoed from the Ample Strip Mine. The incident drew aid from local police and surrounding towns.
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Meinrad
Ind
Christmas
Albert Stiles
Alate
Jasper
Bicknell
Operatons
Stiles
Ample
Okauchee Man Admits Forged Check Guilty Plea
John Wilkes of Okauchee pled guilty in Oconomowoc municipal court to uttering a forged $16 check drawn Dec for Rasmussen drugstore. He received probation to the state welfare department while Robert Noble was charged with drunkenness and orderly conduct, fined $80 and costs by Municipal Judge Alvin Brendemudi.
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Okauchee
John Wilkes
Oconomowoc
Rasmussen
State Department of Public Welfare
Oconomowne & Waukeshaman
Robert Noble
Alvin G Brendemuedi
Weather forecast draft with incomplete data
Forecast text is garbled with missing words and unclear locations. It references temperatures, yesterday’s high, and a year ago, but provides no usable figures or place names.
Holdout Tavernman to Close Christmas Eve in Waukesha
Tavern owners led by Park Inn operator Pucci consider closing at 6 pm on Christmas Eve in line with citywide policy. A meeting with Al Testelin clarified ongoing decisions about staying open or shutting doors before the holiday. The Friday timing aims to align with pay checks and holiday rituals. The report notes mixed plans as some keepers choose voluntary closures.
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Waukesha
Christman
Tom Puecel
Waukesha Tavern League
Pucci Saig al Testelin
Park Inn
White Rock Ave
Puce
Testelin
League
Testolin
Pucel
Ling
Paget
Mart Ag
Hiss Denies Perjury Charge and U S Talks With Hitler
Documents released by the House Committee on American Activities reveal state department officials urged delaying a 1938 trade agreement with Nazi Germany to avoid political embarrassment for the Democratic administration. The papers, alleged to be in Alger Hiss handwriting, were among confidential files given to Whittaker Chambers, who faces perjury charges in New York.
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Washington
State Department
Hitler
House On American Activities Committee
Algo
Alger Hiss
Ring
Europe
Far East
Thy Atais
Naxis
United State
Japan
Whittaker Chambers
Gourier Chambers
New York
pelNry
Nazi Germany
Prnoncy B Sayre
Department
Perjury Charge Over Secret Documents In Red Spy Case
Federal grand jury indicts John W Mine for allegedly lying about delivering government documents to communist spy courier Whittaker Chambers. Indictment cites two perjury counts tied to testimony denying involvement and contact with Chambers in 1936 and 1937. Bail set at 4000 with tentative arraignment date and further court action planned.
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New York
Alger
Edward McLean
Whittakit Chambers
Way View
Chambers
Une Shire
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Flo
Pio
Cham
John W. Clancy
Hise
Tom Clark
Hian
Red Grip Near Nanking Tightens as Communists Link North
Nationalist forces broke the Communist encirclement of the 18th army group near Nanking and linked with Huang Wei's army. the Red advance threatened Peiping as urban centers faced disruption. Reports said Charlatans weighing Chiang Kai-shek's resignation grew amid battlefield reversals.
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Nanking
18Th
Bourcey
Peipin
Central
Huang Wei
Sunsien
Nationaliat
Red
Peiping
China
Draft Exams Change for Waukesha County Selective Service
Mrs Elis of the Waukesha county selective services board announced a postponement of pre-induction physicals. Men set for December 1 move to December 30 and December 22 exams shift to December 30, affecting 08 Waukesha county men due to the induction station closure from December 15 to 27.
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Mra
Elis
Waukeeha County
Dee
Mite
Des
May Base Ban on School Pool
The Waukesha public schools may open Saturday swimming to private and parochial students if enrollment and attendance justify it and WIAA insurance coverage remains for educational programs. The board will seek written WIAA clarification on coverage for non public school children if admitted.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
WIAA
R F Lewis
Hadfield
White Rock
Jeanne Opanh
Wan
Misa Opsabl
Betty Stock
Milwaukee State Teachers' College
Layman Attended Birth Resulting in Damages
Mra Lol Dockter of Ironton Minn won 3000 damages claiming privacy invasion after a layman attended her delivery at St Joseph's hospital Brainerd with Dr Carl Wins quint and Bert H Betters named in the suit. Dockter sought 20000 against the trio alleging improper attendance at the Dec 28 1946 birth.
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Brainerd
Minn
Mra
Lol Dockter
Ironton
Mra Dockter
Carl G. Winsquint
Bert H Setters
Tronton
St Joseph's Hospital
Winquist
St. Joseph's Hospital
Firemen Help Teacher Who Locks Herself Out
Mrs Florence Field a well known teacher of music and dramatics at 132 West Broadway faced a lockout after a busy day. Firemen arrived at 445 pm and forced a window to enter the house, unlocking the door from inside.
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Mra
Florence Field
Broadway
Mra. Field
Japan Orders Christmas Trees Removed From Stations
The Japanese government directed removal of ten trees from railway stations to avoid state endorsement of a religion, citing a law against promoting any faith. The Dai Nihon Buddhist Association protested, calling the display Chijimuian and illegal at Tokyo central and twenty other stations.
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Tokyo
Dai Nihon Buddhist Association
Tokyo Central
Machine Digs Coal Faster Demonstrated in Pa Mine
A Joy Manufacturing Co mechanical mining machine, touted as the fastest coal digger, was demonstrated at the Matthieu mine of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co in Finleyville Pennsylvania. The 25 foot long armored unit replaces separate cutting, blasting and loading with a single continuous operation, claiming higher speeds in bituminous and hard coal, with current use in Colorado Laramie lignite and central Pennsylvania seams.
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Pittseargh
Mathieu
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co
Finleyville
Joy Manufacturing Co
Colorado
Laramie
Pittsburgh
Freeport
Pennsylvania
Jailed for 67th Time Theft Ring Ties to Teeth Case
Ernie R Smith 44 appeared in jail today for the 61st time since 1939. Police said the arrest stemmed from a charge by his former wife that he stole her teeth and a pocketbook containing $18. Most prior arrests were for drunkenness.
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Sal Ior
Ernie R Smith
Nald
Clear and Cold Replaces Gloom Weather Story
The article reports a shift to clear and cold conditions across regions with temperature drops to near or below freezing. Widespread cold fronts cause travel hazards, with record highs in some cities and deadly accidents linked to winter weather. A Madison girl is struck and injured by a North Western train.
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Madison
Hartland Opens Its First Youth Center After Years of Talks
After months of planning Hartland unveiled its youth center at the high school drawing 130 youths ages 10 to 18 for an evening of volleyball boxing dancing and games. Student and School and Home club committees organized the event with free orange drinks cake and cookies. The next gathering may occur twice monthly as momentum builds.
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Hartland
Ed Grover
Hila
Grover
Hartland School
Betty Jana Schiellack
Rosemary Lingelbach
Leary
Pat Pfeifffer
Verna Christopherson
Marian Duff
Victor Bolle
Citizens Group
Frederick Faytel
Chris Jensen
Hughitt Hinderaker
Hartland News
Former Deputy Hurt After Crash Into Truck
Former deputy Lane of Nashotah route 2 was treated at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in good condition after a collision on Highway 16 near Waukesha County Airport. Lane, hospitalized for shock and minor injuries, was named as a former deputy sheriff from Delafield and was traveling east when his car veered under a semi trailer carrying gas drums.
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Iugene
Nashotah
Waukesha MeMoria Hospital
Waukesha
Iairport
Colgton
Lane
Yes
Remehal
Delafield
Wisconsin Democrat Tehan Predicts 1950 Senate G.O.P. Seat Chance
Robert E Tehan, Wisconsin Democratic committeeman, told reporters after a White House visit that Democrats may win the Senate seat held by Republican Alexander Wiley and carry Wisconsin in 1950. He said no man of stature remains in the old Progressive movement.
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Tehan
Truman State
Demos
Washington
Robert E Tehan
Wisconsin
Truman
Alexander Wiley
Tie White Houe
Tehan Eal
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