War Minister Strachey Faces Red Tie Denial Probe
London reports accuse War Minister John Strachey of being an avowed Communist. Beaverbrook papers press for dates of prior disavowals while Attlee’s office defends him, citing 1940 statements and 1943 Labour membership amid Cold War scrutiny.
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London
John Strachey
Lord Beaverbrook
Strachey
Clement Attlee
Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Commons
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Attlee
The
Morning Express
United States
Britain
No. 10 Downing Street
Communist Party
Labor Party
Seldon Conk Files to Run for 13th Ward Alderman Seat
Seldon W. Conk of 1135 Doppst is circulating nomination papers for the 13th ward alderman post. He is a machinist at Hein Werner and has lived in Waukesha for 14 years, six in the ward, married with two children. Ald. Edward Meier has not yet filed but is expected to soon.
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Seldon Conk
Seldon W. Conk
Doppst
Conk
Hein-Werner
Ald
Edward Meier
Waukesha
Meier
Weather forecast for Wisconsin partly cloudy and warmer
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Low tonight near 18 to 28 south, 7 to 11 north. High 26 to 38 north, around 7 south. Temperatures through the night and early morning show a small range with a high near 11 and a low near 7. Sunrise 6 25 am, sunset 4 45 pm. Moonrise at 6 00 pm, Last Quarter March 10. Prominent stars and visible planets noted with Saturn, Mars, Spica, Venus, Jupiter and Moon positions.
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Wibconsin
Seahave
Denehoa
Morth
Spies
Saturn
Mars
Dupiter
Divorce Decree Follows Fur Coat Obsession and Cruel Treatment
In circuit court Judge Milton Meister granted Louis Wink and Ethel Wink a divorce after he testified he mortgaged $3,000 to furnish luxuries including a fur coat. Ethel allegedly opposed him publicly and urged divorce. The 38 year marriage of Honore and Franklin Howard ended under cruel and inhuman treatment with excess drinking and insults. Ruth Swearingen was granted a divorce from Kenneth Swearingen on grounds of desertion after he left on Mother's Day in 1945.
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Milton Meister
Louis Wink
Wink
Ethel
Meister
Beard
Honore Howard
Collins St
Franklin
Howards
Howard
Ruth Swearingen
Milwaukee
Kenneth
Salt additive to prevent car corrosion announced
Mayor Honeyager announced a new chemical called Banox will be mixed with street salt to prevent corrosion on autos. It won’t be available until next fall, but is praised as a modern advance and will cost about 340 dollars for the season.
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Edwin Honeyager
Honeyager
Krause Subpenaed in Tax Inquiry After Resignation
Albert J. Krause former city alderman resigned Jan 15 and was subpenaed by the state income tax department for questioning of income in recent years. Krause and his wife were to appear before Income Assessor Merrill W. Sawyer. The probe, requested by Herbert Mount, ties to a grand jury investigation of local government misconduct.
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Krause
Milwaur2e
Albert J. Krause
State Income Tax Department
Merrill W. Sawyer
Herbert Mount
Grand Jury
Wisconsin Warm Up Breaks Cold Spell Clouds Lift
Wisconsin towns thaw as winds ease and temperatures rise from seven below. Howard Thompson notes ongoing warming with nights 5 to 20 degrees above and daytime highs up to 32. Snow occurred in portions with a trace at Madison and other locales. Record lows from Lands’ Lakes show -25 and other cold spots across the state.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Mercury
Lone Rock
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Madison
Lands’ Lakes
Park Falls
Wausau
Green Bay
Beloit
Crosby to undergo appendectomy next week
Bing Crosby will enter St. John's hospital in Santa Monica Tuesday for an appendectomy, announced by his brother Larry Crosby. The operation follows recurring appendix trouble noted by the family.
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Crosby
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Bing
Larry Crosby
Wisconsin Warns Schools to Close If Coal Runs Short
Wisconsin officials warned that schools and nonessential industries must shut immediately if coal on hand is insufficient. The Wisconsin Coal Advisory Committee stressed conserving supplies to avoid future damage from freezing and cited ongoing exchanges with Michigan and Minnesota to release frozen stocks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Coal Advisory Committee
Donald McDowell
Michigan
Mc Dowell
Minnesota
Wolverine
MecDowell
Escanaba
Menomineé
Mich
Green Bay
Superior
Mennen Williams
Wisconsin Coal Advisory Committee
Agriculture Department
Lol
John Eblert
Milwaukee
Army
Camp McCoy
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Medical Probe of U W Called
The State Medical Society plans to investigate the University of Wisconsin medical school enrollment policies sparked by claims of unrealistic limits. Dr. R G Arveson of Frederic chairs the society council and urges a thorough study before the October annual meeting.
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Madison-Ii
State Medical Society
University of Wisconsin Medical School
R. G. Arveson
Frederic
Society Council
Cancer Frightened Wife Returns to Family in New York
Mrs. Helen B. Overlander 30-year-old runaway mother came home to her husband and three children after leaving last Friday saying she feared she had cancer and did not want to be a burden. She said she visited a brother in Stillwater Oklahoma and traveled home by train after newspapers reported police search.
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Rensselaer, N.Y
Helen B. Overlander
Waukesha County Tribune Ends 17 Year Run
The Waukesha County Tribune and Pewaukeean weekly papers have been suspended after 17 years. Owner Earl J. Nelson says most equipment is being sold and revival is uncertain. The Tribune started in 1933 and the Freeman was the oldest weekly.
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Waukesha County
Tribune
Nelson
Pewaukeean
Leo J. Miller
Carl Riblet
Beacon
Statesaw
Marquette University
Pewaukee Lake
Freeman Printing Company
Waukesha
The
Freeman
Daily
Linotype
Dousman Printing Company
Pewaukee
City to run voluntary coal distribution plan in emergency
Mayor Edwin H. Honeyager announced a city led coal distribution plan to activate if shortages reach critical levels. The exchange would match demand with local firms, using dealer data and a written application system, and would not constitute rationing. Northwestern University also closes 14 campus buildings to meet a 25 percent power cut ordered by the Illinois commerce commission.
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Edwin H. Honeyager
Honeyager
Waukesha
Rennebohm
Donald McDowell
Evanston
N. -Fl
Northwestern University Today
Payson Wild, Jr
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Earling Negligent Homicide Motion Heard in Oconomowoc
Defense attorney Leon Brenner moved to dismiss the negligent homicide charge against George Peck Earling at a preliminary hearing in Oconomowoc. The case was continued to March 23 for oral briefs by Dist. Atty. Dancey and Brenner. Witnesses testified about who drove Earling’s car before the November 26 collision that killed Louis Krueger and others. Earling faces a $120,000 civil suit from Krueger’s heirs.
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Leon Brenner
George Peck Earling
Oconomowoc
Earling
Hartford
Franz
Brenner
Jurge
Alvin G. Brendemuehl
William Kennaugh
North S Lake
Krueger
Herbert Merz
Kennaugh
Louis Krueger
Oconomowoe
Dist
Atty
David ,Dancey
Ella
William
City bans heating or use of atomic bombs
Vaulcluse Fontaine council enacted a law prohibiting the heating or use of atomic or hydrogen bombs within the city limits. The measure targets any explosive devices and aims to prevent dangerous weapons activity locally.
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Vaucluse - Fontaine
France
Waukesha Motor Co Cuts to Three Day Week
J E DeLong president of Waukesha Motor Co says production workers will work 24 hours a week from March 7 due to a coal shortage. About 1 000 employees affected as coal supplies dwindle across industries. schedule covers Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays. Plant coal use also reduced with only a week's supply on hand.
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Waukesha Motor Co
J. E. DeLong
de Long
Waukesha Motor
Motor Company
Fire department responds to stoker fire call
A smoking stoker triggered a fire department run today. The call came from Robert Abel of 1559 White Rock Ave at 1 24 p.m.
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Robert Abel
White Rock Ave
Milwaukee youth cleared of driving charge but fined for disorderly conduct
Jerome Hauke 21 faced charges of driving without a license and disorderly conduct after a Sunday highway incident near North Prairie. Judge Beate Lowry ruled the state failed to prove driving without a license but found conduct disorderly, releasing him on first offense and fining on the second.
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Milwaukee
Beate Lowry
Lowry
Jerome Hauke
North Prairie
Ernest Evans
Evans
Hauke
Sheriff's Department
James Garity
Garity
Truman seeks power to seize coal mines in wage dispute
President Truman after a White House meeting plans to ask Congress for authority to seize and operate soft coal and bituminous mines on a temporary basis. He may use the power to pressure United Mine Workers and operators toward a settlement while awaiting a broader legal and legislative path to end the 20 day strike.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
John S. Lewis
White House
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.S. Treasury
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
UMW
David S. Cole
Coal Fact-Finding Board
Senate Labor Committee
Wayne L. Morse
Ore
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Morse
Communists seize rostrum in Paris National Assembly riot
In a stormy session in Paris, Communist deputies seized the rostrum and held it for hours despite orders to disperse. Dozens were injured as benches were smashed. one deputy was censured and expelled for a month, while Gerard Duprat briefly retained control with a Communist bodyguard surrounding the tribune.
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Paris
National Assembly
Gerard Duprat
Edouard Herriot
Assembly
Defense Presents Witnesses In Mercy Murder Trial
In Manchester, the defense called the first witnesses as it contends cancer patient Mrs. Abbie C. Boreto, 59, was dead when Dr. Hermann N. Sander injected air into her veins. A hospital supervisor testified she believed Boreto died earlier, and the case centers on whether the injection was a mercy murder.
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Manchester
N. H. Fn
Abbie C. Borreto
Hermann N. Sander
Cecilia Smith
Hillsborough County Hospital
Bore
Sander
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Gehl
Circuit Court
John T. Martin
Jto Aghch
Justice Martin
Sam Connell
Justice Gehl
Wilcox Studio
Waukesha County Tribune
Fat Motor Co
French Assembly
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