Moose Elect Peak President at Wisconsin Moose Convention
At the 30th annual Wisconsin Moose convention in Eau Claire Floyd Peak was elected state president, succeeding H J Woods. Eau Claire was chosen as the 1947 convention city. Other officers include John Manson trustee, Ralph Hough secretary, and seven district vice presidents. An international program was outlined with Gen Omar Bradley to speak at Soldiers Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Moose
State Moose Association
Floyd Peak
Eau Claire
H. J. Woods
Kenosha
Dr. Woods
John Manson
Ralph Hough
Wausau
Charles Osborn
Beloit
Gilbert Henneman
Cudahy Lodge
Milwaukee
Bay View
Racine
Racine Lodge
Wisconsin
Mooseheart
Ill
Malcolm Giles
Aurora, al
Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Giles
Moose
City County Escape Mishaps In Big Traffic
City and county police reported a very quiet Fourth of July weekend with only four minor city collisions and three county mishaps, all without injuries. Notable incidents include a Sheridan road rear fender clash and a late night dooring at Sixth avenue, while traffic volumes near resorts surged but remained orderly.
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Sheriff's Department
Kenosha
Mike Montemurro
Twenty-second Avenue
Sheridan Road
William Chandonis
Reynold Houte
Fifty-sixth Street
Wayne Woodbury
Sixty-second Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Peter J. Krisor
Seventh Avenue
Krisor
Woodbury
Sixth Avenue
Joseph Blahuta
Forty-fifth Street
Blahuta
Donald Murphy
Thirtieth Avenue
Walter Davis
Zion
Davis
Roundup of 64000 Non-Austrians Began in Russian Zone
In Vienna the occupation authorities announced a Soviet order expelling about 64 000 foreigners, mostly Volksdeutsche. The move, due to take effect by 6 a m, found Vienna stations nearly empty as officials warned many may have fled or gone into hiding.
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Vienna
U.P
Austria
Volksdeutsche
Cuba Leader Federico Laredo Yaru Dies at 71
Havana reports the death of Federico Laredo Yaru aged 71 a former Cuban president from 1936 to 1940 and later minister of justice in Batista’s cabinet. His death occurred Sunday in Havana marking the end of a long political career in Cuba.
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Havana
Federico Laredo Yaru
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
New Phrase Book Aids Allied Troops In Japan
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied headquarters distributing a Japanese phrase book to occupation troops. It contains phrases used in casual encounters such as Youre very pretty How about a date Where will I meet you and fourteen ways to say goodbye.
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Tokyo
U.P
Truman Urges House to Pass British Loan
President Truman urged the House to approve the 3.75 billion dollar British loan, warning that without it the United Nations program and international economic cooperation could falter. Byrnes stressed the loan as essential to peace and global welfare while debates and key Minnesota primary politics loomed.
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Truman
House
Britain
Washington
Turman
United Nations
Great Britain
United States
Byrnes
Paris
Foreign Ministers Conference
Sheriff on Warpath to Aid Abandoned Papoose
Sheriff Lyman Clark of Outagamie county searches for the parents of a two year old Indian girl found abandoned in a ramshackle Oneida house. Indians discovered her crying, she was hungry and exposed but not in serious condition, and the child was in county jail matron care.
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Appleton
Wis
U.P
Lyman Clark
Outagamie County
Oneida
Here
Clark
Hughes in critical condition after XF-11 crash in Beverly Hills
Howard Hughes, 41, suffered multiple injuries including fractures to the collar bone and seven ribs after his XF-11 crashed into three houses and a garage in Beverly Hills. He remained conscious briefly, then stabilized in hospital. investigators described the test flight as having engine trouble before the emergency landing.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Beverly Hills
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hughes
Werckage
Good Samaritian
Burbank
Glen Odekirk
Howard Hughes Corp
Los Angeles Country Club
Bugs Moran Held in Jail in Kentucky
George J. C. Moran known as Bugs Moran and Virgil Summers, both Chicago men, are jailed in Davies County, Kentucky on 25000 bond each for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. FBI says they were arrested in Henderson, Kentucky for the June 28 Dayton tavern owner robbery. Moran’s St Valentine’s Day massacre ties noted. Summers, a former Mount Vernon Illinois resident, had recently lived in Henderson.
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Owensboro
George JC
Bugs” Moran
Virgil ‘Summers
Chicago
Davies County
F.B.I
Henderson
Dayton
Ohio
U. S
J. E. Walters
Moran
F.bi
J. Edgar Hoover
Summers
Hoover
Mount Vernon
Illinois State Reformatory
F.b.i.head
Barkley Appeals to Senate For Quick Revival of OPA
Paris dispatch reports the Big Four foreign ministers failing to break Molotov’s one man filibuster over inviting the 21 nation peace conference. Byrnes Bevin and Bidault pressed to issue invitations immediately for a July 29 conference while Molotov blocked action. Ministers planned further talks to seek a path forward.
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Barkley
Senate
Paris
U.P
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Bidault
France
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Questions on OPA Answers In Statement
The article notes ongoing OPA discussions as June 30 1946 end date looms with questions on post termination authority and operations. It covers how the agency will extend enforcement maintain local boards pending final congressional action and continue investigations and pending cases.
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OPA
Kenosha
U. S. Pair Held By Russians In Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports American Warrant Officer Samuel Harrison and his wife missing for eight days and held by the Russians along with Capt. Harold Corbin and Lieut. George Wyatt. Also missing are two German women. Harrison, Corbin, and Wyatt held in Soviet zone after crossing boundary while seeking a dog. Keating protested to Soviet authorities. McNarney advised.
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Berlin
U.P
Frank A. Keating
U. S
Keating
Oranienburg
Samuel L. Harrison
Harrah
Okla
Harold Corbin
George E. Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Harrison
Corbin
Military Government
Wyatt
252Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Alexander Kotikov
Joseph T. McNarney
Harrson
Harrisons
Negro Painter Horace Pippin Dies at 57 in West Chester
Horace Pippin, 57, a prominent self taught African American painter, died Saturday in West Chester Pennsylvania. He was born in Goshen New York and rose to recognition for his distinctive works.
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West Chester
Horace Pippin
Goshen
N. Y
Two Killed in St. Louis Five Alarm Factory Fire
A four alarm blaze on the fifth floor of the Sterling Feather Products Co in St Louis killed two women and possibly a third. At least six others were injured as firemen cleared the ruins after bringing the fire under control at 10 30 am and continued search for bodies.
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St. Louis
Sterling Feather Products Co
Wisconsin Leaders Back State Rent Control Plan
Madison leaders in the state legislature agreed to back legislation giving Gov. Goodland power to halt evictions if Congress does not restore rent controls. A special session could act on bills to stop evictions, regulate rents to June 30 levels, and aid temporary veteran housing, with a committee to study commercial rents appointed regardless of federal action.
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Madison, Wis
U.P
Walter S. Goodland
Congress
Goodland
Oscar Rennebohm
Madison
Conrad Shearer
Leaders push bill to revive price controls amid debate
Democratic Leader Barkley urged swift action to resume OPA price controls after inflation signals. He met with President Truman at the White House as Senate opened debate on compromise legislation. officials say Truman may back the measure if Congress passes it.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
White House
Truman
OPA
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
Banking Committee
DPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Taft
Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture
Wisconsin senator outlines plan to ease housing shortage
Appleton Republican State Sen. Gordon A. Bubolz sent a telegram to Gov. Goodland proposing a threefold program to ease the current housing shortage. He said the root of the desperate rent situation is the acute housing shortage and urged action in any consideration of a special measure.
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Giles
Moosehaven
Orange Park
Florida
Moose Order
America
Wisconsin Moose
Maxi
Appleton
Wis
Gor
Don A. Bubolz
Goodland
Bubolz
Spe
Two Jumps From Empire State Tower Shock City
Charles Vogel a 67 year old New York hotel elevator operator died after leaping from the Empire State Building observation tower. He spent his last pennies on a ticket to the 85th floor and climbed to the 34th street side, then vaulted into space and survived a one story fall before another plunge killed him on the 30th floor setback. His act followed a previous leave from the same tower.
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New York
U.P
Charles Vogel
Empire State Building
Vogel
34Th Street
Mead Attacks May Testimony On Illinois Munitions Link
Washington chairman Mead called May testimony to the Senate War Investigating committee on June 4 wholly inadequate regarding May's alleged relations with an Illinois munitions combine. Mead cited a transcript from a secret session and noted May did not testify under oath. The panel invited open session testimony, which May has not yet accepted.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Rep
May
D-Ky
Senate War Investigating Committee
Thomas O'Connell
Chicago
O'Connell
Joe L. Martinez
Mead Committee
O’connell
New Mexico
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Cudahy
Roger W. Dangerfield
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
O.P.A
C.I.O. Political Action Committee
Indianapolis
Ralph F. Gates
Japan
Spence
Rayburn
Texas
Minnesota
Shipstead
Edward J. Thye
Warpath
Papoose
Bugs Moran
Andrew J. May
Mitchell
House Military Committee
Madison Parley
Bill
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