Thirteen Farben Directors Sentenced for War Crimes
Thirteen Farben directors were convicted by an American tribunal in Nuernberg and sentenced to 18 months to eight years for misusing slave labor and related war crimes. Carl Krauch received six years. Fritz Ter Meer eight years. others got two to eight years with time served, some to go free immediately. The court criticised the directors for turning a blind eye to forced labor at Auschwitz and for Farben’s use of its products in Nazi crimes.
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Nuernberg
Germany
G. Farben Chemical Trust
Paul M. Hebert
Baton Rouge
Farben
Hebert
Curtis G. Shake
Vincennes
Ind
James Morris
Bismarck
N. D
Clarence F. Merrell
Indianapolis
Carl Krauch
Fritz Ter Meer
Otto Ambros
Heinrich Buetefisch
Walter Duerrfeld
George von Schnitzler
Ernest Buergin
Paul Haefliger
Max Ilgner
Heinrich Oster
Freidrich Jaehne
Hans Kugler
Ter Meer
Ilgner
Jaehne
Oster
Buergin
Kugler
Ambros
Buetefisch
Duerrfeld
Auschwitz
Oswiecim
S.S
Dayton Violence Flares At Univis Lens Plant
Massed pickets confront police and non-strikers at the Univis Lens Co plant in Dayton for a fourth day of clashes. Tear gas bombs were deployed as 4 000 to 7 000 protesters pressed through CIO workers. Police report Sgt Croft roughed up. Mayor Lohrey appeals to the governor for National Guard but the request is declined.
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Dayton, O
Univis Lens Co
L. W. Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
Columbus
National Guard
Rudolph Wrustner
Dayton
United Electrical Workers
Milwaukee Tire Explosion Claims Life of Walter Wagner
Milwaukee resident Walter Wagner, 51, died at county emergency hospital after a tire exploded while he was inflating it. Wagner suffered a skull fracture when the tire rim struck him.
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Milwaukee
Walter Wagner
Wagner
Tornado Hits Madison Area Farm Killing Girl Injury Plague
A Madison area tornado wrecked the Frank Ballwegg farm home injuring ten children and parents. Lucille Ballwegg died from skull injuries as rescuers rushed the family to Madison Hospital. The storm, described as a tornado, brought .67 inch rainfall and hit about 17 miles northwest of Madison. The three oldest boys were outside and unharmed.
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Madison
Wis
Frank Ballwegg
Here
Ballweggs
Ballwegg
Centennial Regatta Draws 70 Boats To Kenosha Harbor
The Kenosha Yacht club hosts a two day regatta as part of Wisconsin Centennial events. Up to 70 craft from Milwaukee Racine Waukegan Chicago sail a 12 mile course for larger boats and a 6 mile course for smaller craft. A parade along Kenosha park shores Saturday night leads to dancing at the club house and morning races Sunday with skippers meeting at 8. Commodore Lloyd Barth leads a large organizing effort with Joe Werner and Brad Auten among key committee chairs.
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Kenosha Yacht Club
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Waukegan
Chicago
Lloyd Barth
Lake Michigan Yacht Association
Power Yacht Squadron
Park Shores
Kenosha Harbor
U. S
National
Thistle
Arrow
Lightning
Star
Communist party leader Gilbert Green surrenders to U S Marshal
Chicago district chairman Gilbert Green turned himself in to a U S Marshal. He is among 12 Communist party leaders indicted July 20 on charges of advocating overthrow of the United States government.
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Chicago
Gilbert Green
Communist Party
U. S
United States
Barn Collapse Kills One and Injures Another in Lancaster
A barn collapse during a heavy wind storm in the Lancaster area left one man dead and another injured. Alfred Croft, 69, died in a Lancaster hospital shortly before noon, after being hurt in the incident while working on Irwin Eggers farm. Eggers was hospitalized in Platteville.
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Lancaster
Alfred Croft
Croft
Irwin Eggers
Eggers
Platteville
Black twister rips through farms as LaCrosse area hit
Reports describe a powerful tornado moving west along the Mississippi valley near LaCrosse, causing barn and shed damage in Linden Iowa County and near Neenah. The Maple Grove night club saw little damage, power and telephone service disrupted, and a lightning strike destroyed a barn. At LaCrosse, meteorologists note the city’s valley location reduced ground impact.
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Ralph Buck
Milwaukee
Mississippi Valley
LaCrosse
Federal
A. D. Sanial
Maple Grove
Linden
Iowa
Fred Caygill
Charles Jones
Green County
Monroe
Arthur Larsen
Neenah
Ashley Faces Round Two After Tight 18-Hole Half
In Sheboygan the state amateur golf tourney semi finals saw Richard Ashley of Kenosha and Bob Albertus of Milwaukee Ozaukee tied at 38 for the opening nine and 76 total as Albertus edged to a five over par 76 while Ashley posted 40 and 38 for 78. Bowden Davis led Bob Wellman five holes after 18.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Richard Ashley
Kenosha
Bob Albertus
Milwaukee Ozaukee
Albertus
Ashley
Bowden Davis
Milwaukee Tripoli
Bob Wellman
Madison
Aged Woman Killed in Fall Creek Collision
Mrs. Carl H. Anderson a 73 year old resident of Elgin Illinois died at Sacred Heart hospital from injuries after a car collision on Highway 12 near Fall Creek The other driver was Rex Nielson of Milwaukee and the accident was reported by County Traffic Officer James Golden.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Carl H. Anderson
Elgin
Sacred Heart Hospital
Rex Nielson
Milwaukee
James Golden
Highway 12
Fall Creek
Four H Girls Screen Tests in Hollywood for The Green Promise
Four 4H girls selected from 10 000 take screen tests in Hollywood excited by meeting stars Shirley Temple and Dorothy Lamour. They hope one will win a starring role in Glenn McCarthy's The Green Promise while cherishing 4 H club memories and rural life.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Republicans plan cloture bid as Dixie filibuster stalls anti-poll tax
Washington reports Republicans view a filibuster by Dixie Democrats on the anti-poll tax bill as blocking a vote. Senate leaders debate cloture to limit debate, with Vandenberg likely to rule against it. GOP aims to push three Dewey endorsed measures, including displaced European resettlement, a UN HQ loan, and veterans housing cost adjustments.
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Washington
Dixie Democrats
Congress
Truman
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Chamber
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Germany
Austria
House
United Nations
New York
President Zoltan Tildy Resigns Hungary’s Presidency
In Budapest Zoltan Tildy abdicated under Communist pressure after his son in law Victor Csornosky was accused of espionage. Csornosky has resigned as minister to Egypt and was arrested. Parliament speaker will announce the resignation tonight and Arpad Szakasits, head of the unified Labor party, is expected to succeed him.
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Budapest
Hungary
Zoltan Tildy
Egypt
Victor Csornosky
Tildy
Csornosky
Cairo
Council of Ministers
Arpad Szakasiis
Unified Labor Party
Marshfield Resident Killed by Train at Crossing
Marshfield Wisconsin John Madler 71 was killed instantly last night when struck by a North Western freight train at a city crossing.
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Marshfield
Wis
John Madler
North Western
First Atom Power Plant Being Built
The Brookhaven National Laboratory pile, designed by Dr. Lyle Borst, aims for about 2500 kilowatts of electric power. The cube-shaped reactor, surrounded by a sand ridge and a large stack, will emit short lived radioactivity, with safety measures including a 300-foot weather tower and strict fencing.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
Lyle Borst
Long Island
Brookhaven Laboratory
Chicago Man Dies in Wisconsin Auto Crash
Alfred C. Christopherson of Chicago was killed instantly when his car skidded on wet pavement near New Lisbon, overturned, and both he and passenger Gordon Bergstrom of St. Paul were thrown from the vehicle. Bergstrom suffered only minor cuts and bruises and refused hospitalization.
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New Lisbon
Wis
Alfred C. Christopherson
Chicago
Gordon Bergstrom
St. Paul
Christopherson
Bergstrom
No Joy in Waynesburg It Didn’t Rain Yesterday
Waynesburg, Pa. recorded a rainless July 29 for 1948, breaking a 71 year streak of rain on that date except 1880 1930 1937 and 1946. Bets collapsed as official rainmaker John Daily admitted no measurable precipitation within town limits despite nearby showers.
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Waynesburg
John Daily
Charlie
Blacksville Road
Wayn
Anso
Charlie McCarthy
Truman presses broad inflation curbs on Congress
President Truman charges the Republican Congress with blind disregard as he calls anew for sweeping inflation controls. He unveils a midyear economic report and a 4 percent price rollback plan aimed at stabilizing living costs, with OPA reforms and possible bank credit limits outlined by Paul Porter.
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Washington
Truman
Republican Congress
GOP
Congress
Federal Reserve
Senate probes espionage case in government hiring
Senate investigators called Acting Secretary Thomas C. Blaisdell Jr to testify about an espionage tied hiring in a government post requiring secrecy. Elizabeth Bentley, alleged former Communist agent who defected in 1945, prepared to testify as part of the probe into export policy relations with Russia and allies.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Ferguson
New York
Blaisdell
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
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Farben Board of Directors
Davia-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Twister
Regatta
United Press
Chamber of Commerce
Marian Freed
Stevens Point
Dorothy Lamour
Jeanne la Duke
Mt. Vernon
Jeanne
Judy Stewart
Mukwanago
Miss Lamour
Patsy Ann Meyer
Canton
Okla
Patey
Robert Paige
Paige
Marian
4H Club
Qroy
I. G. Farben Chemical
Ludwigshafen
NEA Radio-Teleroto
First Atom
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press Science
Upton
N. Y
Denver
OPA
Paul Porter
White House
Porter
Mr. Truman
Marriner S. Eccles
Senate Banking Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
B. McCabe
Miss Bentley
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