Benes Resigns as Czech President
Prague reports Eduard Benes resigns due to ill health amid Communist takeover efforts in Czechoslovakia. He had opposed elections and may have accelerated his retirement as Gottwald's cabinet plans to elect a successor. Benes, 44, had suffered health decline and balance issues while remaining in Sezimove Usti and garden visits.
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Prague
U.P
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Sezimove Usti
Klement Gottwald
Uunderstead
Zdenek Nejedty
Gottwald
Asen Benes
Questioning Legality of Kenosha Bus Line Rapid Transit
Milwaukee mayor seeks city attorney findings on legality of Kenosha motor coach lines operating the Milwaukee Waukesha rapid transit. Assistant city attorney says no PSC approval or public hearing for EMCL sale or option to purchase from EMKCL by Northland Greyhound. No commission record found.
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Kenosha Motor Coach Lines, Inc
State Public Service Commission
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
EMCL
Joseph Bedmarke
Bedmarke
Zeidler
Commission Reschedules Hearing on Milwaukee Waukesha Line
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission announced a new hearing on the embargo of interstate freight service on the Milwaukee Waukesha interurban line. The hearing will occur Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Milwaukee courthouse, delayed from June 3 due to a reporter’s absence. The embargo is opposed by Waukesha and Milwaukee cities and by four local firms using the line. DEWEY SPEAKS FOR CHINA Albany. Governor Dewey urged restoring a $2 billion cut in European and China recovery programs by Congress.
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Publc Survace Commission of
Wisconsin Today
Milwaukee - Waukesha
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Dewey
China
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Weather Forecast and Almanac Notes for Wisconsin
Forecast shows mild Tue when warm front passes with minor temperature change. Yesterday reached 80 high and 54 low. today expected around 45 to 80 range. Almanac lists Moon phase, Planet positions and Arcturus as prominent star with Venus Jupiter Saturn visible at specified times.
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Wauresha
Einiol
Arcturus
Venus
Jupiter
For Sale Wife Finds Husband in Daytona Beach Tale
Dorothy Lawlor, 28, of Hempstead, placed a newspaper for sale ad seeking a husband and $10,000 security for her two children. Den Wicker, Daytona Beach tavern owner, replied with a playful telegram and became the chosen groom in this unusual matchmaking tale.
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Hempstead
Dorothy. Lawlor
Hateheekk
Daytona Beach
Fla
den’ Wicker
Danny
Truman Chides Congress and Sees Nebraska Split
President Truman on the move westbound blasts Congress from the train rear platform near Pocatello Idaho urging funds for reclamation bureau work in the northwest. He notes a Nebraska delegation split led by William Ritchie who will not back his renomination.
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Truman
Congress
Nebraska
UPR
Far West
Republican Congress
Pocatetlo
Idaho
Reclamation Bureau
Northwest
Mr.Truman
Willam Ritchie
Tru- Man
Ritchie
Sun
Great Divide
Sun Valley
Pocatello
Shoshone
Ketchum
Wester Nebraska
Wyoming
Washington
Ure Jman
Grand Island
Kearney
Omaha
Sush
Sen
Robert 4. Taft
Ohio
Thomas F Dewey
New York
Harold E. Staseen
GOP
AnSar-Ben Coliseum
State Fair Sets Waukesha Day at Wisconsin Exposition
Waukesha will be honored as a day at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at State Fair Park August 7 to 28. Officials aim to attract thousands with a special August 17 program. Ralph Ammon says over 500000 will be spent on entertainment and new buildings will cost about 2000000.
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Thesday
State Fair Park
Wisconsin
Ralph Ammon
Freeman
State Centennial Committee
The
Wisconsin Historical Society
Poles and Germans Talk of Fighting Russians, Wartime Views
Dr. Hithan Colton former YMCA world service executive at a Rotary meeting at the Avalon hotel warned Europe is in a vacuum with weakened parties and rising Soviet influence. He cited Poland and eastern Germany as likely to oppose Russia and outlined a theory of historic moment guiding communist takeovers.
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Hithan Colton
YMCA
World Service
Rotary Club
Avalon Hotel
Colton
Europe
Poland
Germany
Cotton
Moscow
Social Democrats
Hitler
D. Cotton
Charles Nash Dies. Automotive Pioneer at Coast
Charles W. Nash, famed auto industry pioneer, dies of a heart ailment in Beverly Hills at age 83, days after his wife's death. Born 1864 in De Kalb County Illinois, Nash rose from farmer to Buick president and led General Motors Truck, Olds, Nash Motors, and later merged with Kelvinator. He mentored Walter Chrysler and helped shape early 20th century manufacturing. He leaves two daughters in Beverly Hills and Detroit, with a third daughter deceased. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mosaares
Charles W. Nash
Nash
Jessie Halleck Nash
Nash Jett
Mag Brenton
Bev«erly
Hills
Haxdall Bliss
Detroit
Mich
James T. Wilson
Kenosha
Wis
Earmer
de Kalb County
Ty Jan
Flint
Flint Road Cart Co
Road Cart Co
Durant Dart~ Carriage Co
Watel
William C. Durant
David D. Buick
Ajso
Buick Motor Company
Buick
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler, Corp
Oakland Motor Company
Olds Motor Works
General Motors
Thomas.b. Jeffrey Co
Kelvinator Corp
George W. Mason
Kelvinator
Six powers urge western Germany self government with troops kept
Washington reports a six nation communique on self government in western Germany while keeping occupation troops until Europe’s peace is secured. The plan aims at German economic and political union in the western zones, with rigid disarmament and international Ruhr oversight, but protests from the Soviet Union are anticipated.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Europe
Elx
London
Britain
France
Belgium
Jeuxembourg
Wetherlands
Ruhr
United Kingdom
Berlin
Marshal V. Sokolovsky
U. S. State Department
Community of Free Peoples
Soviet Union
Reich
GOP Picks Tegge to Head District
Lloyd Tegge of Waukesha was elected chairman of Wisconsin's second congressional district at the State Young Republican convention in Oshkosh. Tegge, previously chairman of the Waukesha county Young GOP, succeeds Richard C. Smith who now heads the state group. Smith, 32, Jefferson, steers the state organization, while Loyal Eddy of Wau kesha had headed the district previously. Tegge was named veterans' vice chairman of the Wisconsin Young Republicans and won broad support from district and county delegates. The gathering rejected a proposal to raise the age limit from 36 to 40 and backed a mili tary preparedness resolution.
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Lloyd Tegge
Waukesha
Oshkosh
Waukesha County
Young Gop
Tegge
Atty
Richard C. Smith
Jefferson
Smith
Loyal Eddy
Wauwakosa
Tegee
Wisconsin ‘Young Republicans
Waukesha ‘County
David L. Dancey
James D'Amato
John Owens
Wisconsin
Young’ Gop
Eddy
Éhaireman
Agreement on Youth Center Groundbreaking Plans
The Youth Center seeks park space in Silurian for a 500000 Memorial building, with planning commission and park board set to decide site location tomorrow. City council already favored allocating park portions to both Youth Center and YMCA, while a study on selling park lands to the YMCA or others proceeds. Representatives from Youth Center and Yucca will attend the 7 20 pm meeting alongside the planning commission and park board.
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Youth Center
Incs
Silurian Park
Planning Commission
Generel
Andh
YMCA
Park Board
Edwin H. Honoyager
Ald
Frank Barron
Richard S. Hippenmeyer
Honeyager
Yucca
Stumpf Sells Herd at Guernsey Auction Stop Dairying
Bernard Stumpf announced at Highway 20 he will raise only young stock after selling his 30 cows and one bull for about $10,000 at the Guernsey sale in the Sales Pavilion. The change ends his practice of keeping adult cattle as he shifts policy toward dairy stock.
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Bernard Stumpf
Highway 20
Nothe Dairylan
Guernsey
Stump
chad,Faisedi
Adm
Red Cross Seeks 715 Vanport Evacuees in Portland
The Red Cross announced it could not trace 715 persons and families from flood wrecked Vanport. It urged all unregistered Vanport refugees to report to disaster headquarters, noting many may be staying with friends or in unregistered homes in the Portland area or have moved to other cities.
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Red Cross
Vanport
Portland
Ore
The
Russia Ready to Aid in Zion Peace Effort
The Soviet Union told the United Nations it is ready to send military observers to Palestine to join the UN mediated truce effort. Deputy Foreign Minister Anvei Gromylko said Russian observers should be included on any UN observation team. In Cairo, Count Folke Bernadotte said he had a compromise plan for halting the Arab Jewish war and would seek acceptances within 48 hours.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Truce Commission
Anvei Gromylko
Beirut
Haifa
Amman
Waukesha Water Gets Higher Depreciation Rate
The Waukesha water department won a state public service commission order Saturday granting depreciation at 1.65 percent, up from 1.55 percent. The change raises the fund amount for a $957,000 system, including wells, mains, reservoirs, pumping and power equipment, but will not affect consumer rates. The department filed the petition on November 6, 1947. the previous certification was from 1938.
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Waukesha
Arthur Kuranz
State Public Service Commission
Kuranz
Water Department
Wackesha
Illinois Congressman Thomas Owens Dies at 50
Rep. Thomas L. Owens, a Republican from Illinois seventh district, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 1 20 a.m. CST after a two week illness. Capitol physician Dr. George W. Calver attributed the death to a coronary thrombosis.
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Washington, IP
Thomas L.owens
Ilinois
Bethesda Naval Hospital
George W. Calver
Capitol
Owens
Showers Help Quench Earth But More Rain Needed
Intermittent showers across Wisconsin and the Midwest eased drought fears after a period of high heat. Logansport Indiana recorded five inches of rainfall, helping crops yet authorities warn more rain is needed to replenish parched soil. Temperatures ranged from 55 to 82 with unsettled forecasts for continued showers tonight and tomorrow. Meanwhile the Supreme Court declined to block U S Steel's proposed $8.25 million acquisition, allowing the deal to proceed.
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Mother Nature
Plant Ilfée
Weukesha County
Midwest
Howard 'J. Thompson
Federal
Saldi
Logansport
Ind
Menomonie
Wau Kesha
Millwaukee
Washington
U. S. Fom
Steel
Conthe
Steel” Corp
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