Senate OKs Aliens for Armed Forces
The Senate approved enlisting 25,000 aliens into the armed forces by a 43 to 33 vote. Sen. Lodge pushed the amendment to cut draft draftees by about 24,600, arguing they would become U.S. citizens after five years service. It limits service to the Caribbean, Alaska, and the Far East with potential overseas stations.
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Washington
U.p-T.e
Senate
Armed Services
Henry Cabot Lodge
R. Mass
Chan Gurney
Serviccs
Lodge
U.S
Thesses
U U. S
Ledge
Caribbean
Alaska
Far East
Millard E. Tydings
Cooney Guard Units to Attend Camp McCoy
Wisconsin national guard units including Co G of Oconomowoc will attend the summer encampment at Camp McCoy from July 30 to 24. Adj Gen John Widlow announced in Madison. The program covers basic training, target practice, and firing of large caliber weapons. Senior officers Maj. Gen. D. Hill and Brig. Gen. Waldemar Breidster will join, with Brig. Gen. Hugh Fanning assisting.
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AUP
Wisconsin
Co. G
Orenomowoc
Camp McCoy
Adj
John Widlow
Madison
Twoareck
Mullen
Dim Dan Hill
32Nd
Red Arrow
Hugh 31. Fanning
Waldemar Breidster
G. E. Roberts 90 Dies Directed U S Mint
G E Roberts longtime newspaper publisher and financial authority died at his home after a long illness in Larchmont New York He served as director of the U S Mint from 1898 to 1907 and 1910 to 1914 owning Des Moines Register Fort Dodge Messenger and Jesup Vindicator newspapers He was 90.
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Larchmont
George Evans Roberts
United States
Tut
Hig
Ene
Iowa
Roberts
Mint
Des Moines Taj Register
Fort Dodge Messenger
Jesup Vindicator
Hirohito Family Expected to Convert to Christianity
ordained Presbyterian minister Tuna says Empress and three daughters are receiving religious instruction and are expected to embrace Christianity soon. Emperor Hirohito and Crown Prince Akihito reportedly do not attend the classes.
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Tuna
Hirohito
Tamaki Urmia
YAWCA
Magaka
Aikihito
Forecast Cool, Pleasant Weather Spreads Across Wisconsin
Weather forecast says cooler air moves in with fair conditions tonight through tomorrow. Howard Thompson of the Weather Bureau in Milwaukee predicts fair weather in western Wisconsin and partly cloudy conditions in the east, with temperatures varying from 76 to 65 for highs and 43 to 54 for lows.
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Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Wisconsin Weather Ahead A Bizarre Almanac Note
Wisconsin forecast shows a mixed bag with near term temps around mid fifties and highs near the sixties. The Waukesha Almanac lists moon phases first quarter upcoming, with star Castor and Felis noted and planets Venus Jupiter Saturn and Mars posted with rise and set times for the evening.
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Waukesha
Jane
Castor
Fellix
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Taft predicts Congress may reconvene after June 21
Senator Taft said Republican leadership doubts the year can end on June 39 and plans to discuss returning after the Republican convention in Philadelphia the week of June 21. He noted about a dozen major items remain on the senate calendar as the party weighs the timing with House leaders. The issue follows Taft's briefing after a senate policy committee session in Washington.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Congress
Taft
Senate Policy Committee
Senate
House
Philadelphia
Youth Fireguard Admits Starting Fires in Wisconsin
SOMELANDER AP A 20 year old mural youth employed by the conservation department as a forest protection worker pleaded guilty to two charges of arson. Charles Dahl confessed setting fires at Lake Tomahawk and a warehouse in 1946 causing over 200000 dollars in damage. He also admitted lighting fires in Wausau area including a 34000 dollar warehouse fire on May 3 and an 8000 dollar community building fire on May 21. Dahl faced sentencing in the Oneida county upper branch. bail was set at 5000 dollars. He had been committed to the central state hospital at Waupun after a prior arraignment and a dismissal last fall following a plea of temporary insanity.
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Somelander
Wausau
Conservation Department
Charles Dahl
Lake Tomahawk
Cahil
Oneida
H. F. Steele
Dahl
Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station
Central State Hospital
Waupun
West Gives Truman Train Big Load of Worries
President Truman camps West on a 9000 mile tour as Montana hosts a major speech in Butte while party harmony frays over travel plans. Dewey Stassen and Taft push for delegates in Maryland Virginia and North Carolina. Elliott Roosevelt backs Douglas amid New Mexico primaries and senate fight.
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West
Truman
United Press
Montana
Butte
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Harold E. Stassen
Asc
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Taft
L. Howard Schriver
Cincinnati
Elliott
Elliott Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
New Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton F. Anderson
John Dempsey
Lester H. Loble
Loble
Nebraska
William Ritchie
Mr. Truman
Idaho
County Adds Seth Precinct in Waukesha County
State Secretary Fred Zimmerman approved a new voting precinct in Muskego, Waukesha County, following Muskego town board action to split the township into two precincts. Muskego now has 68 precincts with Sam Salentine as first precinct inspector and Frank Price as second precinct inspector.
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Fred Zimmerman
Waukesha County
Richard J. Sylvester
Muske
Muskego
Sylvester
Muskego Shores Road
J. Salentine
Frank Price
Seond
New Berlin
Senate Finance Committee Votes to Extend Reciprocal Trade Act
The senate finance committee voted five to extend the reciprocal trade act for one year after striking from the House bill a veto provision over tariff cuts. Chairman Eugene D. Millikin said he hopes to bring the measure to the Senate floor tomorrow and finish action before Saturday when the current law expires. In Rabat, Morocco, Arab Jewish riots left forty four dead and fifty five injured in the Oudja area.
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Vaghing.urg
Congress
Eugene D. Millikin
Solo
Senate
Rabat
Morocco
Oudja
Jean Schultz to Wed Local Divorcee 24
An application for a marriage license was filed by Jean Schultz 50 of 928 Oakland Ave and Marian J Erickson 24 of 345 Illinois Ave. Schultz, operator of J ean's tap on Broadway and Clinton St and chair of Waukesha county Democrats, was divorced from Mary Jane Healy on April 24 1947 after 25 years. Miss Erickson was previously married to Alvin E Klemp who was granted a divorce in 1945.
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Jean Schultz
Oakland Ave
Marian J. Erickson
Illinois Ave
Schultz
Jean
Broadway
Clinton St
Waukesha County
Klemp
Democrats to Pick 13 Delegates for State Convention
Wauxesna County residents were urged to attend a county wide meeting in the municipal court room at the courthouse on June 14. The session begins at 7 p.m. The purpose is to select 13 delegates and as many alternates to the state convention at Madison on June 25 and 27.
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Wauxesna County
P.m
Madison
Truce Date Fix in Palestine Under UN Mediation Plan
United Nations mediator Bernadotte discussed a two proposal truce in Palestine with Arab and Jewish representatives. The plan calls for a four week ceasefire with both sides to return their responses by 3 a.m. EDT Friday. Delegates signaled readiness for final consultations and a possible Arab leadership meeting.
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U. 5S
Vairg
U.e
Kolke Bern
Barueadette
United Nations
Palestine
Bernadotte
Unilan
Jewa
Winds Toss Trees and Cause Property Damage Across Wisconsin
Strong squalls battered Milwaukee and surrounding areas, toppling trees and causing property damage but sparing major harm in Waukesha county. A tree crushed part of a residence at 806 N Easave, injuring occupants briefly, while downed wires disrupted service along Eales, Barney, and Greenfield avenues. A truck driver, Joseph Ciaramita, died when a falling tree crushed his cab near Clinton. Temperatures ranged from 43 to 81 degrees across the state with high winds affecting multiple regions.
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Waukesha County
Milwaukee
Joe Carlson
N. Easave
Wirs
Edward Pilarsky
Motor Hill Ave
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Car
Eales Avenue
Barney Street
Broadway
Greenfield Avenue
Hart
Waukesha Highway Department
Roade
Branc
Sheriffs Department
Robert Hughes
Pewaukee
Monart Motors Co
Joseph Ciaramita
South Beloit
Clinton
Wis
Watertown
Wisconsin
Lands’ Lakes
Green Bay
Wind and Tornado Devastate Indiana and Wisconsin
A violent weather outbreak blamed on high winds killed three people and injured several in Indiana Wisconsin and Illinois. Gayle Mullin 10 died when a tornado struck a Henryville farm home Joseph Ciaramita 22 was killed by falling trees near Clinton Wis Bernard Spiegel 28 drowned at Cedar Lake in Clear Lake Ind Mrs Mullin and her husband were injured their daughter Mildred unaccounted for Emma Applegate suffered a fractured skull in New Albany hail storms in Anderson Ind damaged windows and roofs with stones up to 4 inches in diameter police said 43 hotel windows shattered.
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Gayle Mullen
Henryville
Ind
Joseph Ciaramita
South Beloit
Clinton
Wis
Clear Lake
Bernard R. Spiegel
Cedar Lake
Thomas Mullin
Gayle
Mildred
Emma Applegate
St. Anthony Hospital
New Albany
Anderson
Anderson Hotel
Dog Adopts Deer After Losing Puppies
A dairy farmer in Saddle River reports his dog separated a doe and her fawn last week and another dog took over maternal duties. Sidney Dykstra found the fawn days old after seeing a dog chase the doe into the woods. The family's first setter Red, who recently lost her pups, promptly adopted it.
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Saddle River
ARKA
Sidney Dykstra
Red
Judge to rule June 16 on Marsh murder retrial
Circuit Judge William Carroll said he would decide on June 16 whether to grant a new trial for Glenn Marsh of Romeo who was convicted of murdering his sweetheart's father. The Veterans Administration announced plans to build a Chicago cancer and arthritis research hospital.
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Romeo
Rockford
William Carroll
Glenn Marsh
Washington
Veterans Administration
Chicago
Lilienthal Warns Threatened Cut is Catastrophe
Washington dispatch reports that the House Appropriations Committee cut the Atomic Energy Commission budget by 48.16 million dollars while Commission Chairman David E Lilienthal warned such a reduction could be catastrophic. The panel kept 501.8 million for the commission to continue research and production of fissionable materials and nuclear weapons, with exceptions for non weapon and non medical work.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Tinonea
aAtomic
Carroll L. Wilson
Veterans Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Office of Defense Transportation and
War Assets Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Severjon
Truman
Maritime Commission
Way Assets Administration
Atom
Lilichtaal
Air Force
Navy
Eniwetok
Congress
Wilson
U. S
Mrs Town Seeks Wisconsin GOP National Committeewoman Post
Mrs. G G Town of Waukesha enters the race for national Republican committeewoman from Wisconsin, contingent on Mrs. Estelle Morrison’s decision to retire. Morrison, serving since prior to Albany, Ore., illness of her husband, may hold the post. Milwaukee figures G W Knack and Helen Ehy also considered candidates with Milwaukee set for the state convention June 12 and 43 to decide.
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G. G. Town
Waukesha
National Republican
Town
Morrison
Republican
Jennie Thomas
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
G. W. Knack
Helen Ehy
Madison
Federal Bank Examiner Turns Bank Robber
A federal bank examiner, Rudolph B. DePackh, pleaded guilty to a bank robbery in Pocatello Idaho. He admitted holding up the First National Bank of Graae, taking 8360, after visiting the bank multiple times in the past 18 months in his official role. Alvin Whitehead, cashier, and others investigated, recognizing DePackh by his lisp despite disguise.
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Pocatello
Ida
Rudolph B. DePackh
First National Bank
Graae
Alvin Whitehead
DePackh
Thiel Dies Here Owner of Early Waukesha Stables
Herman K Thiel 65 died at home 1001 Greenfield Ave He had worked 20 years for Badger Auto Service in Milwaukee Born in Germany March 13 1833 he and parents settled in Well Kesha County After 1905 he ran two livery stables in Waukesha One location stood where the Gas and Electric Co now sits Other at the foot of Madison Street He later ran a taxi business before joining Badger Auto Service Survived by wife five daughters and two sons Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm from Randle funeral home with Rev Dwight Portman officiating Burial in Prairie Home cemetery.
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Waukesha
Herman K. Thiel
Greenfield Ave
Badger Auto Service Co
Milwaukee
Germany
Well- Kesha County
Gas and Electric Co
Madicon Street
Whiet
Badger Auto Fxm
Taliana
Eleanor Bardeen
Mary Walski
Chicago
Elizabeth Wittner
Madison
Gretchen Voigt
Karl
Wauke
Vanport
Columbia River
FP. H. Foote
Oregon National Guard
Housewives in Britain Buy Beaver Meat for Food
London dispatch notes housewives buying beaver meat imported from Denmark at a dollar per pound. It is not rationed and described as dark colored like whale meat, though no one has yet eaten any, with reactions awaited. In another item, Dr. C G Swain, president of Minot State Teachers College, is elected head of the Evangelical Lutheran Brotherhood.
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Britain
London
U.P
Denmark
Minneapolis
C. G. Swain
Minot
N. D
State Teachers’ College
Evangeliscal Lutheran Brotherhood
William Kenny Wins Top JCC Award in Waukesha
William F Kenney was named the Nedderson Aplin outstanding member of the Waukesha Junior Chamber of Commerce. Otto Bradshaw John Dierbeck and Robert Barber selected as three key men. Kenny becomes the third recipient after Willard Allen and Charles Schick Jr. Officers for the coming year were installed. Kenny also served as treasurer and led the state cheese promotion and Soap Box Derby concessions. He is 28, works at J Randle Furniture, and lives with his wife at 720 N Hastave. The Nedderson Aplin award honors Lt. Nedderson and Sgt. Bob Aptin who died in World War II.
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Waukesha Junior Chamber of Commerce
William F. Kenny
Nedderson-Aplin
Otto Bradshaw
John J. Dierbeck
Robert Barber
Kenny
Willard
Allen
Charles 3B. Schick, Jr
Robert T. Bagby
George Salter
Wilson Lyons
Mig Figi
John, Zass
Warren Cahill
Don Marks
Fritz Haynes
Wayne Wille
Kenney
The
Jaycees
Sy Merlin Birk
J. Randle Furniture Co
Jaycettes
N. Hastave
O'Bie O’brien
John ‘Weber III
Nedderson
Bob Aptin
Escaped inmates flee Wisconsin boys Scout trip
Wisconsin School for Boys authorities issued alerts across Wisconsin and Illinois for two escaped inmates who were part of a Lake Geneva Scout camp group. The boys disappeared after 11 p m Saturday and Sunday afternoon while in the care of Elmer Chickering. An official investigation is under way with questioning of all trip participants.
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Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
S. W. Gagnon
Paul D. Yount
Gagnon
Chickering
House Group Trims Veterans Budget
Washington based report notes the House appropriations committees cut 354.6 million from the Veterans Administration budget while pledging no cut to services or benefits. They also order elimination of leisure time training courses for veterans amid complaints of dancing flying and bartending lessons funded by the government. The panel recommends 57.125 billion for the agency for the year starting July 1, versus President Truman's request of 5.48 billion.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committees
Veterans Administration
Truman
Inauguration Plans Set by Congress for Next President
Congress began planning for the next president's inauguration on January 20. The joint inaug committee elected Sen. C Wayland Brooks as chairman and approved preliminary plans from architect David Lynn and Senate sergeant at arms Edwards F McGinnis. Brooks said about 15 000 people will be accommodated at the ceremony.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Joint
Congressional
Sen
C. Wayland Brooks
David Lynn
Capitol
Edwards F. McGinnis
Senate
Brooks
Egyptian air raid strikes Tel Aviv in major attack
Egyptian planes bombed Tel Aviv yesterday in a series of raids that killed or wounded at least a score of people. The assault ended a long lull since the start of full scale hostilities. Bombs fell across the city as defenders were caught by surprise and dispatches reported the attack late.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
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U.S. Mint
Seth
Howard Myquist
Hales Ave
B. J. Kreider
Electric Company
Lilienthal
Federal Bank Examiner
H. K. Thiel
William Kenny
JCC
Veterans
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