Underground Red Spy Network Allegations Shaped Hearings
Former Communist Whitaker Chambers testified before the House committee that the underground network in Washington had no Hiss or Witt at its core, naming Nathan Witt and John Abt as early leaders. He tied Alger Hiss to state department roles and Dumbarton Oaks, amid Senate inquiries into alleged Soviet spying.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Red “Underground
Hiss
State Department
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
Chambers
House
American Activities Committee
Capitol
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Commerce
William Wington
John Abt
Lee Pressman
Alger Hiss
Dumbarton Oakes, Saw
U. S
Yalta
New York
FBI
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Beach Haven
N. J
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth T. Bentley
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Legion Tones Down Its Resolution On Housing
The Wisconsin American Legion convention tempered a housing resolution that had attacked Gov Rennebohm and the legislature. A younger commander, John F. O Melia, led a shift to avoid political finger pointing and kept focus on veterans housing and the Taft Ebender Wagner bill. The adopted measure endorsed the federal housing bill and urged Wisconsin lawmakers to seek an early vote while urging withholding federal funds for roads and airports.
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Rennebohm
Robert Grace
Milwaukee
Housing Committee
Arthur L. Marcus
Greendale
Legion
Herman C. Runge
Sheborgan
Everett LaFond
Two Rivers
Marcus
LaFond
Wisconsin
Wisconsin reaches 94 percent hybrid corn adoption
Wisconsin farmers, pioneers in hybrid seed corn, report 94 percent of state corn planted as hybrid. The article notes rapid adoption and the impact on yield and farming practices in Madison and surrounding areas.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Weather report for La Crosse area tonight through Wednesday
Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with occasional local showers. Temperatures range to a high near 68 degrees.
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la Crosse
Madison Council Deeds Truax Field to National Guard
Madison city council voted to deed 10 acres of Truax Field to establish the 176th fighter unit of the Air National Guard. Adjutant General Mullen said the squadron will include 27 planes and 450 men with federal funding planned for a hangar warehouse and an administration building in 1949 1950 subject to Civil Aeronautics Administration approval.
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Madison
Wis
Truax Field
National Guard
John F. Mullen
Mullen
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Michigan Labor Act Ruled Unconstitutional
Detroit judge Theodore J. Richter ruled Michigan's Bo nine Tripp Act unconstitutional in a decision shaping state labor policy. The ruling declares the controversial law invalid and sets a legal challenge for future labor relations.
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Michigan
Detroit
Theodore J. Richter
Excess Profits Tax Proposed by President Truman
President Truman urged Congress to pass a $4.3 billion excess profits tax aimed at peacetime profiteers. Representative Dingell plans to introduce the bill and said exemptions favor smaller firms, with the tax targeting fewer than 25,000 of over 360,000 corporations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Dingell
Dmich
Treasury
Indict Ohio Killer On 3 Murder Counts
Mansfield Ohio reports Robert M. Daniels indicted on three counts of first degree murder for slaying Mansfield reform school superintendent John E. Niebel his wife Nolanda and their 21 year old daughter Phyllis arraignment set for Wednesday Daniels survivor of a two man reign of terror in which six were slain remains in custody a Van Wert court grants Mansfield priority for Niebel killings.
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Mansfield
Robert M. Daniels
Mansfield Reformatory
John E. Niebel
Nolanda
Phyllis
Daniels
van Wert
Niebel
Prof Kivlin Set to Speak at City-County Picnic
Walter Ahlstrom announced the annual city picnic on August 11 will feature Professor W. E. Kivlin, associate dean of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture, as the keynote speaker.
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Kivlin
Walter A. Ahlstrom
W. E. Kivlin
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Inter-State Fair Exhibitors Move In At La Crosse Grounds
La Crosse's Inter-State Fair opens soon as livestock exhibitors and 4 H projects, grandma to Mrs Jones, move into barns and displays. Judging to follow Thursday and Friday. rides set up as Wonder Bros circus arrives amid cool, cloudy forecast.
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la Crosse
Peenanene
Grandma
Mrs. Jones
Petumas
Gem City
Wonder Bros. Circus
Spy Probe Shift Eases Pressure on Special Session
Washington sources say the spy probe against Communist influence in government jobs dampens heat on Congress and shifts focus from Truman's cost of living push. Republicans tout it as a tool to pressure civil rights talk. Democrats view it as unlikely to dent Truman’s standing as talks on inflation continue. Senator Vandenberg blocked a debate-curbing motion as the session stalled.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Moscow
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Mr. Truman
Vatican City
St. Peter’s Square
Hunga
Arpad Szakasits Asi Dent
Zoltan Tildy
Russia
Wallace
White House
U. S
Gen. MacArthur
Stalin
Race riot erupts in Liverpool south end
A race riot flared from dusk last night until 3 a m today in Liverpool. Many whites and Negroes were hurt as tensions between racial groups rose over weeks though the cause remains obscure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Szakasits Elected Hungary President
Arpad Szakasits, a former stone journalist, was elected president of Hungary today. The parliamentary vote was unanimous in Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Arpad Szakasits
Psychiatrist Examines Man Questioned In McLoone Slaying
A man who had been held for questioning in the eight month old slaying of Dr. James E. McLoone was to be examined by a psychiatrist Tuesday afternoon. Police officials said the surrendering man has cooperated at every turn and largely answered with no comment after hours of questioning.
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James E. McLoone
Herman F. Rick
Speed Alma REA Project Accelerates to March Completion
In Alma Wisconsin the Dairyland Cooperative plans to complete the third 18 000 volt unit of its electric generating plant by next March after unexpected bottleneck removal. The turbine delivery had been forecast at three years, prompting postponement of the addition until next year. Builders rush to have the building ready and local residents prepare for incoming workers and technicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Wis
Dairyland Cooperative Electric Generating Plant
Rolfe Named To District Kiwanis Post
Dr John N Nickell of Oconomowoc elected governor of the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan district Kiwanis International to take office Jan 1 1949 succeeding H Karrmann of Wausau. Frank Horak of Oconto elected treasurer for the 10th year with a slate of lieutenant governors named across multiple cities.
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Wausau
Wis
John N. Nickell
Oconomowoc
Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan
Kiwanis International
Nickell
H Karrmann
Frank Horak
Oconto
W. Bruce Power
Kenosha
Harry W. Adams
Beloit
A. W. Winter
Prairie du Chien
Kenneth C. Boarse
North Milwaukee
Ray Fargo
Watertown
Walter Knapp
Port Washington
Arthur Moriarity
Appleton
Clausen F Stekl
Baraboo
Jean F. Rolfe
la Crosse
Peter M. Chiuminatto
Green Bay
Orvis Dodsworth
Medford
Gustave C Schiefelbein
Durand
K. F Harrington
Escanaba
Barney Barstow
Superior
R. M. Post
Barron
Madison
Youngdad
Minnesota
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Greco Heads Fire Fighter Association
Madison Wisconsin reports Greco named to head the Wisconsin Paid Deesenents association with Mrs. John Kaiser as president of the auxiliary. Fred Johnson Sr vice president Carl Pish West Allis on executive board John Kromer Kenosha secretary treasurer. Auxiliary list includes Mrs Behrend Knope Habish. The group backs a work week replacing a four hour existing setup.
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Madison
Wis
Racine
Wisconsin Paid Deesenents Association
William Greco
John Kaiser
Fred Johnson
Carl Pish- West Allis
John Kromer
Kenosha
Philip Behrend
Edward Knope
Mabel Habish
U S Reds Hold Convention in Madison Square Garden
New York report says American Communists crowded Madison Square Garden for their first convention since 1945. The gathering condemned both major parties while praising Russia and Henry A. Wallace. Keynoter William Z. Foster led the address amid federal indictments against party leaders for advocating violent overthrow.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
William Z. Foster
National Guard Guards Univis Plant Opening
National Guard troops defended the Univis Lens plant as 1,400 guardsmen blocked roads and kept a crowd of about 300 strike sympathizers at bay. Pickets battled police and nonstrikers last week while 1000s entered the gates amid a 91 day CIO strike for recognition as bargaining agent.
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Dayton
Univis Lens Company
National Guard
Toe Poe
CIO United
Univis
Young Lawyer O Melia Wins Wisconsin Legion Commander
Atty John F O Melia of Rhinelander 32 wins Wisconsin Legion commander over 52 year old George F Kiewert of Milwaukee by 701 to 200 votes. He comes from a family with long public service including his father Albert J O Melisa former Wisconsin State Bar president and his brother Donald Clark O Melia district attorney of Onedin county. O Melia a Mars University Law School graduate served in I before joining the army as a private in 1942 rising to captain in military government. He now campaigns in Manitowoc and Winter See eeart. Louise Onsgard of De forest named president of the Legion auxiliary with officers including Marjorie Martin Bay View Bess Wiemer Independence Mildred Schimmel Milwaukee Nel Shellman Oconto Falls and Vida Berry Green Bay.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
American Legion
John F. O' Melia
Rhinelander
George F. Kiewert
O’melia
Albert J. O'Melisa
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Donald Clark O’melia
Onedin County
Mars University
Nef
Army Ponge
Brandt
Manitowoc
Joseph Laska
Winter See Eeart
Louise Onsgard
Forest
Legion Auxiliary
Marjorie Martin Bay View
Bess “Wiemer
Independence
Mildred Schimmel
Nel Shellman
Oconto Falls
Vida Berry
Green Bay
Diplomats Meet Stalin in Long Berlin Crisis Talk
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France met with Joseph Stalin in Moscow for over two hours to press a settlement of the Berlin crisis. Afterward they worked late at the American embassy to prepare their reports for Washington Paris and London amid high spirits and cautious secrecy.
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Moscow
Washington
London
Paris
Stalin
United States
Britain
Berlin
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
France
Russia
Germany
Austria
China
Japan
Korea
Trieste
Marshall
Smith
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Labor
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Remington
International Trade
Secretary of Commerce
John F. O'Melia
Legion Convention
Ser Legion
Madison City Council
Air National Guard
Ohio
Grandpa
Little Johnny
Spy Probe
Hunt
By Jack Bell
Szakasits
McLoone
Speed Alma Rea
Rolfe
Kiwanis Post
Greco
Fire Fighter Association
By John Wallace
By Dwight Pitkin
Urees
Wall Street
Progressive Party
Foster
Glen H. Taylor
Mans
Deweys
Dulles
Hoovers
Marshalls
Vandenbergs
John F. O’melia
Wisconsin Legion
John F. Omelia
U.S
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