Speculators list includes senator ambassador and budget aide
A 1946 government speculators list by the agriculture department names Senator Elmer Thomas and Ambassador James Bruce among 738 traders linked to federal employment. Frank Pace Jr and others asserted market activity with minimal insider detail. officials note suspensions of three USDA workers and a broader probe into about 20 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Frank Pace, Jr
James Bruce
Argentina
Elmer Thomas
State Department
Josephine S. Salant
New York
Winthrop G. Brown
Jesse B. Gilmer
Production and Marketing Administration
Gilmer
Court Receipts Up for Quarter 1947 Totals
Fines, fees and forfeitures in the municipal court for the fourth quarter of 1947 totaled 8273 dollars, up 1743 from 1946. Ger ald M. Siebert, court clerk, reported. County and state levies were 8355 dollars compared with 2883 in 1946, and city revenues were 4918 dollars versus 2647. Parking meter fines of 1 dollar each boosted city totals. Heaviest city levies were 90 dollars for gambling violations, 106.60 for drunken driving, 81.50 for the same, 41.60 for reckless driving, and 39.50 for a similar charge. Largest Wisconsin stat ute levies included 41.60 for leaving the scene, 6730 for hunting violations, 112.40 and 107.80 for drunken driving, 54.50 for driving without a license, 5660 for petty larceny and 30 for plates. County and state justice criminal fines totaled 1428 dollars. other county and state branches posted 8866 justice civil, 632 circuit civil, 522 county ordinances, 634 circuit criminal and 49 miscellaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald M. Siebert
Wisconsin
Justice Criminal
Riots in Baghdad Kill Dozens as Premier Holds Line
In Baghdad civilians clashed with police after Premier Baleh Jabr vowed to stay in office and enforce a recently negotiated British-Iraq treaty in London. Hospitals report over 70 dead in the last 24 hours of fighting.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Baleh Jabr
London
Sub Zero Cold Lingers With Warmer Tomorrow Forecast
Wisconsin endures another sub zero night as the state braces for a warmth break tomorrow with 30 above forecasts in the north and south regions. Park Falls posted 24 below, while readings across Milwaukee Chicago Green Bay and Madison ranged from 10 below to 8 above.
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Land O’lakes
Park Falls
Federal Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Superior
LaCrosse
Green Bay
Lone Rock
Madison
Beloit
Kenosha
Coast Guard
News
U. S
Midwest
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Central States
Rocky Mountain
Chicago
Florida
Trade developers urge Kenosha merchants to expand markets
Courtland Conlee of the Milwaukee Journal urges local retailers to grow trade areas and adopt a five point program for expanding promotion and publicity. Dr. W. D. Knight and Victor Joerndt back trade surveys and customer research as keys to a broader market and lasting growth for four to five years.
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Courtland Conlee
Milwaukee Journal
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Conlee
Chamber of Commerce Retail Council
W. D. Knight
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Chicago
Racine
Waukegan
Burlington
Dr. Knight
Victor Joerndt
University of Wisconsin
Sam Block
Retail Council
Wisconsin Denies Merger Talk as Nash Packard Sets Factor
Gov Rennebohm asked Illinois to waive truck weight limits to speed fuel oil into Wisconsin during shortages. Officials say full loads reduce road danger. oil coordinators urge suspending non essential road work. A pipeline project to Madison and Milwaukee is planned by Wood River Oil and Refining Co. with rights of way sought across Illinois farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Green
Illinois
Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Department
Anthony E. Madler
Madler
Cochrane
Buffalo County
Fountain City Boat Co
Mahler
Ashland
Homer Bell
State Motor Vehicle Department
Bell
Chippewa
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Wood River Oil and Refining Co. Inc
Rockford
Texas
Oklahoma
Peru
Ill
Biochemist Dr. Fred C. Koch Dies at 71
Biochemist Dr. Fred Conrad Koch of Chicago who led the University of Chicago biochemistry department and later directed biochemical research at Armour and Company died Monday. He was 71 and born in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred Conrad Koch
University of Chicago
Department of Biochemistry
Armour & Company
Pup Sets Up Housekeeping in Middle of Airport
A reddish pup likely part cocker nicknamed Propwash has dwelt for three weeks in a drainage ditch at the San Diego municipal airport. Attempts by city pound attendants to catch him failed as the dog avoids capture and scampers toward the main runway when approached.
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Pup
San Diego
Calif
Propwash
Truman Acts To Head Off Railroad Strike
President Truman created an emergency board to study a dispute between class one carriers and three unions the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Switchmen's Union. The board will report within 30 days delaying any walkout and allowing hearings before a possible strike.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union
Transplanting teeth hailed as dental breakthrough
Dr Harland Apfel of San Pedro California disclosed at UC dental alumni meeting that he has transplanted tooth buds into youths aged 12 to 19, with six patients each showing a solid new tooth for over a year and twenty five additional buds in growth. Two failures reported.
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Harland Apfel
San Pedro
Cal
University of California Dental
Apfel
Iloilo Shaken by New Earthquakes
Manila reports three distinct earthquakes rocking Iloilo, bringing tremors to 53 since Sundays first temblor. Each about 15 seconds, medium intensity, triggering panics as residents flee. Death toll remains 27 after three days of quakes despite aftershock label.
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Manila
Iloilo
Weather Bureau
France Panels Gold Trade Bill Rejected in Assembly
The French National Assembly finance commission rejected Premier Robert Schuman’s gold trade bill 17 to 15 with five abstentions. Only Schuman’s MR P and radical Socialists supported it, while Socialists and Communists opposed. The bill sought free gold trade within France and tied to franc devaluation. Britain pledged to defend the pound, easing global markets tensions after France’s devaluation took effect yesterday.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Finance Commission
Robert Schuman
Commission
France
Schuman
National Assembly
Britain
London
Retired Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. dies at 75
Baltimore obituary reports the death of Yates Stirling Jr a retired rear admiral once nicknamed the stormy petrel after a three month heart illness. He would have turned 76 on April 30.
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Baltimore
Yates Stirling, Jr
Slippery Ice Snags Three of Same Family
Mrs Polly Knott a farm wife near Stamps Ark sprained her ankle after a fall on ice. Her sister Mrs Mattie LeMay fell and fractured her wrist while helping. Game Warden Clint LeMay, assisting, slipped and broke his leg.
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Stamps, Ark
Polly Knott
Mattie LeMay
Kenosha Advances Housing Plan with 345 Tax Deed Lots
County records show 345 tax deed parcels transferred to Kenosha for FHA financed homes. Deeds delivered by County Clerk Niederprim to City Clerk Herrmann as city county notes cover half the price and a ten year balance, with the city assuming unpaid assessments and upkeep.
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Kenosha Housing Authority
Kenosha County Board of Supervisors
John C. Niederprim
B. H. Herrmann
Niederprim
Harold P. Rasmussen
Police Report Six Accidents In City Traffic
Police report six city traffic accidents Monday with property damage to ten cars. Eight year old Ray Himberg was taken to Kenosha hospital after a collision with Edward Rugg on Sixty third street near the Himberg home. he appeared uninjured. Other crashes involved Mrs Gerald Phalen, Richard Hughes, George Cox, R F Schindler, and Charles Labanowski, with damages listed and one car skidding after a train stop.
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Ray Himberg
Sule J. Himberg
Sixty-third Street
Kenosha Hospital
Edward Rugg
Seventh Avenue
Rugg
Joseph Miller
Lawrence Reidenbach
Himberg
Gerald Phalen
Richard Hughes
Fifteenth Avenue
Albert Molinaro
Donald Murphy
Hughes
George W. Cox
Thirty-third Avenue
R. F. Schindler
Thirtieth Avenue
Louis Blood
Frank Metalski
Fifty-second Street
North Shore Tracks
Schindler
Churchill Advocates Big Three Meeting After Russia Talk
A close associate says Churchill in parliament last week urged a settlement with Russia and effectively called for a Big Three meeting to forge a realistic east west agreement.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Commons
Russia
Hunt Tokyo Bandit Who Poisoned Bank Workers
A wide search pursues a smooth speaking Japanese man who poisoned 16 bank workers with two bottles of medicine posing as anti-dysentery drugs. Six men and four women died instantly. survivors were hospitalized as authorities pursued the sole suspect, who claimed ties to Toshima Ward Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Toshima Ward
Merger rumors swirl as Nash Packard talk of cooperation grows
A Nash spokesman denied a Nash Packard merger while acknowledging exchanges on special units that could benefit both firms. Karl Greiner of Packard said engineers from Nash and Packard are collaborating on manufacturing ideas including automatic clutches, with output projected to rise 50 to 100 percent in 1948 but showroom availability not soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash-Packard
Nash
Detroit
Packard
Chicago
Karl M. Greiner
Nash Company
Greiner
National Automobile Dealers Association
Tax Cutting Bill Advances From Committee To House
The Ways and Means committee voted 15 to 9 for the Republican 6.3 billion tax cut measure sending it to the House where a vote is expected next Monday. President Truman’s counter plan was defeated 19 to 9 with several Democrats opposing it.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Senate
Knutson
R.-Minn
New Leader for Federal Reserve
President Truman designated a new leader for the Federal Reserve Board as Thomas Bayard McCabe was appointed to the board. Eccles will remain on the board as vice chairman, with no confirmation of reports that McCabe will replace him as chairman.
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Washington —i
Truman
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
White House
Eccles
Thomas Bayard McCabe
Philadelphia
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Pace
Robert E. Hannegan
Budget Bureau
Bruce
Walter S. Salant
Illinois River
Ottawa
U. S. Army
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
Mayersville
Miss
California
Pacific
Aleutians
Miami
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Eau Claire
Warren Wolff
Glenview
Willow Grove Navy Airport
Paoli
William Kinsley
Margaret Gaynor
Warren
U. S. Navy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railroad Conductors
Kenoshan
Dr. Apfel
Edwin R. Moore
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Yates Stirling
Charles Labanowski
Fifty Seventh Street
Churchill
Federal Reserve
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