Profits On Gain For Most Firms
New York reports that four of five corporations show higher profits after taxes in the first half of the year. The 574 firms total $4.41 billion in net income, up 4.7 percent from 1954, with strong gains in textiles railroads iron and steel autos and several other industries while rail equipment drops 11 percent. Federal corporate income tax receipts are expected to rise about 4.0 billion dollars for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Iron and Steel Companies
Appearance on TV Show Leads FBI To Man Sought For Theft
James Marshall Showers, 27, arrested for auto theft after viewers across New York and Michigan spotted him on CBS What's My Line? posing as a promoter for the Jones Beach Arabian Nights show. He had come from Detroit to handle elephants and used the name Jimmy Mitchell.
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New York
Royal Oak
Mich
FBI
Detroit
James J. Kelly
James Marshall Showers
Jones Beach State Park
Long Island
Showers
Jimmy Mitchell
Woman On Trial For Butcher Knife Killing
Mrs Geral dine Terry 23 faces trial in Tulsa for the butcher knife slaying of her husband Bill Lee Terry after a domestic disagreement. She pleaded innocent and posted a $10 000 bond secured by 200 shares of U S Steel stock pledged by her foster father Gleaver Mc Connell former Tulsa city water commissioner. Trial set for Aug 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla.p
Geraldine Terry
Bill Lee Terry
Gleaver McConnell
Tulsa City Water
U.S. Steel Corp
Lewis C. Johnson
Terry
Hartman Abbott Dancer Grace Hartman Abbott Dies at 48
Grace Hartman Abbott, former member of the Hartmans dance team, dies of cancer in Los Angeles at age 48. She and husband Norm Abbott appeared on Broadway and in clubs across the United States and Europe. they divorced, and she married Abbott four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Grace Hartman Abbott
Hartmans
United States
Europe
Norman Abbott
City Council debates parking, noise limits and depot plans
Monday committee reports push for one hour parking on West Avenue and Jackson Street and two hour parking on Fast Avenue. Actions include permitting Eagles basement extension, studying exhaust noise controls, evaluating a city shooting range issue, and exploring Domini-can Convent site as a playground. Other items cover budget needs, street light standards, and purchase plans for voting machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schleiter
West Avenue
Jackson Street
Fast Avenue
Weston
Barlow Streets
Order of Eagles
5Th Avenue
King Street
Iity
Monegan
Roper
Parking Utility Board
Northland Greyhound Bus Lines
Market Square
Superior
Diocese of
St. Andrew
Hagar, George and
Kane
South Side
William C. Brown
L. K. Gjerde
Gjerde
Flood Propels Homeless Amid Rising Waters in Dacca
Dacca East Pakistan saw about 2,200 people left homeless as floodwaters continued to rise, swallowing low-lying areas and forcing evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacca
East Pakistan
Winona Livestock Buying Hours And Market Update
The article lists buying hours from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 12 noon Saturday with cattle hog and calf price ranges and market conditions. It covers hogs steady price, fat discounts, and weight bands. plus cattle, lambs and regional quotes from South St. Paul and Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
U.S
Ousted Housing Adviser to Contest Action
Dr. Frank Horne, a 19 year veteran adviser on minority problems, says he will contest his ouster from the Housing and Home Finance Agency. He claims the firing is due to budgetary action, not policy differences, and has filed an appeal citing civil service status and veteran preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Horne
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Horne
Albert M. Cole
City Council Subtexts Open Session on Land Sale
Mayor Knutson criticized secretive council practices as the body debated whether to sell Losey Boulevard School land to the Catholic Cemetery Assn of La Crosse. Aldermen considered appraisal price and a 30 day delay for investigation before final action at City Hall.
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Knutson
Edward Hilbert
Engineering Department
City Hall
Losey Boulevard
Price
Catholic Cemetery Assn
la Crosse
Edward J. Hilbert
Donald R. Terpstra
H. Nerby
Terpstra
Nerby
Miss Universe Actress Debuts in Benny Goodman Film
Sweden's Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe, begins film career with a six word line in The Benny Goodman Story playing an autograph seeking American bobby soxer. She delivers the line Just one more please Mr Goodman after a brief rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Sweden
Hillevi Rombin
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Universal-International
Bobby-Soxer
Bavaria to Buy Atomic Pile from U S
Bavaria will purchase a small atomic pile from the United States for 360000 dollars. Cultural Minister August Rucker announced the uranium burner will be installed at Munich's nuclear physics institute to advance research not for commercial energy production.
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Munich
Germany
United States
August Rucker
Nuclear Physics Institute
Rocker
Charles H. Dietz Dies at 85 In Monroe
Charles H. Dietz 85 of Monroe longtime educational leader in Green County died today at St. Agnes Hospital. A founder and for 24 years a principal of the Green County Normal School, he was visiting friends there when he became ill.
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Fond DU Lac
Charles H. Dietz
Monroe
Green County
St. Agnes Hospital
Dietz
Green County Normal School
Nation remembers victims ten years after atomic bombing
In Nagasaki Japan crowds of about three hundred thousand gathered with bells tolling and incense to honor the 70 000 people who died in the world s second atomic bombing ten years ago today
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Nagasaki
Japan
Madge Elliott Actress dies in Lenox Hill hospital
New York actress Madge Elliott aged 59 who co starred with her husband Cyril Ritchard in numerous stage productions died Monday in Lenox Hill hospital.
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New York
Madge Elliott
Cyril Ritchard
Lenox Hill Hospital
Consider Seeking Changes In Charter Of U N
A Senate subcommittee urged President Eisenhower to seek revisions to the United Nations charter despite Soviet opposition. The panel led by George as chairman favored creating more effective peace mechanisms to counter nuclear threats and enable a stronger world response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
United Nations
Russia
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
Bartender Can Add Water To Liquor Ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals rules a bartender may add water to whisky but cannot increase the whisky amount in a partly filled bottle. The 2-1 decision cites federal law forbidding adding any substance to liquor for which a tax is due. water carries no tax. The ruling stems from the government's appeal of eight St. Paul cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.S. Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Minn
Commie Interrogator Lee Chang Kwang Sentenced to Death
A South Korean army court martial condemned to death Lee Chang Kwang one of the first Communists who interrogated Maj. Gen. William F. Dean after Dean was captured early in the Korean War. Lee was found guilty of aiding the enemy by passing information from Dean to the Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Lee Chang Kwang
William F. Dean
Lee
Dean
Honor Wrabetz Receives Testimonial Dinner in Madison
About 350 government labor and industrial leaders attended a Madison testimonial dinner for Voytan Wrabetz who retired July 1 as chairman of the State Industrial Commission. Wrabetz, 75, spent 37 years in state service, including 20 as commission chairman, and was noted for advancing industrial safety and work in employment compensation and fair labor practices. Commission employees presented him a television set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Voytan Wrabetz
State Industrial Commission
Wrabetz
Commission
Worry and Ulcers Question How to Heal Ulcers
If worry causes stomach ulcers, how can a worrier ever get well while ulcer worries persist. The line questions the paradox of anxiety and healing and invites practical steps or medical guidance to break the cycle.
Harriman Interest in 1956 Nomination Biased by Stevenson
Gov Meyner says Harriman is interested in running for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. Harriman plans a private discussion with Stevenson at his Libertyville Illinois home and may face questions about Stevenson’s plans. Meyner cites Stevenson as the leading Dem choice in New Jersey while Eisenhower would beat any Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Averell Harriman
New York
Meyner
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Harriman
Libertyville, Ill
Agence
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Eisenhower
John F. Simms
New Mexico
D-Tenn
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Wiggert Bros. Wins Ad Award Overlooked in Error
The La Crosse Tribune reports a press release omission that omitted Wiggert Bros from the list of advertisers receiving a Certificate of Award for Outstanding Newspaper Advertising. The January Edgewater Beach Hotel exhibit honored 12 firms including Wigegert Bros for a full page color ad on television sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Wiggert Bros
Polio Victim Sues Husband Over Cruelty in Alimony Fight
Ann V. Adams of Jacksonville Florida files suit in Greensboro North Carolina seeking seventy dollars weekly alimony and custody of their minor child without divorce. She alleges cruelty including improper hoist operation that nearly toppled her into an iron lung, intoxicated assistance, a brain concussion, and the burning of religious books she studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Ann V. Adams
Jacksonville
Fla
Kenneth V. Adams
Adams
American and Five Chinese Sail 6000 Miles to San Francisco
A 78-foot junk with five Chinese and an American diplomat arrived in San Francisco Bay after a 53 day voyage covering 6000 miles from Formosa. The American, Calvin E. Mehlert of Fresno, Calif, concludes the trip to resume duties as U S vice consul at Taipei. The Chinese vessel owners plan to continue.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Formosa
Calvin E. Mehlert
Fresno
Calif
U.S
Taipei
Hoover to Dedicate Boyhood Home as Shrine in Oregon
Former President Herbert Hoover will observe his 81st birthday by dedicating his boyhood home as a national shrine. He will speak at the home of his late uncle Dr Henry J Minthorn in Newberg, Oregon, 25 miles southwest of Portland, and the house has been restored to its 1884 condition.
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Newberg
Ore
Herbert Hoover
Henry J. Minthorn
Portland
Hoover
Weather Outlook States Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather record from the Weather Bureau shows Wisconsin with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers in the north and central areas with warmer southeast and cooler northwest conditions. Minnesota forecasts partly cloudy to tonight with a few showers in the northeast and east central, cooler in the northwest and extreme west, then mostly fair Wednesday. Iowa expects considerable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunderstorms in the northwest and most areas tonight, followed by clearing and cooler conditions Wednesday.
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South Atlantic Coast
Central Plains
Rockies
Mississippi River and Black River forecast update
The Mississippi from Hastings to Guttenberg remains steady with continued tailwater rises from Dresbach to Dam 10. Lynxville sees the largest rise, about a foot. the Lower Black and lower St Croix rise toward crest conditions as river activity continues.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Dresbach
Lynxville
St. Croix
Will Gino Prato Seek 64 000 Prize Tonight on TV
New York opera expert Gino Prato weighs whether to attempt the $64,000 question on CBS The $64,000 Question after winning $32,700. He plans to pray at St Patrick's Cathedral and may go solo into the soundproof booth with a tax bite and two dependents shaping his choice. If he fails he nets $1,000 auto. if he wins, taxes reduce the prize.
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New York
Opera
Gino Prato
Brown
Prato
St.Patrick’s Cathedral
Lopera
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Office
Connie Rips Atlantic Coast With Record Hurricane Winds
The storm Connie sent gale and hurricane force winds outward hundreds of miles from its center. Forecaster Gordon Dunn warned a front trough could push it toward land, while Navy pilots described the eye as about 38 miles across and the system as the largest seen.
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Gates
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Connie
The
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Block Island
R.I
Carolina Coast
Daytona Beach
Fla
Navy
R. T. Pittman
Covington
Iga
Adlai Stevenson to Keynote Wisconsin Democratic Convention
Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 presidential candidate, will deliver the keynote at the opening session of the 1955 Wisconsin Democratic convention in Green Bay on October 7. State Democratic Chairman Elliott Walstead announced Stevenson’s acceptance and said Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan was invited to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Adlai Stevenson
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Elliott N. Walstead
Milwaukee
Stevenson
Missouri Girl Missing After Night On Mt Evans
More than 50 men searched Mt Evans searching for Colleen Patton an 11 year old Missouri girl lost on the mountain. Posses scoured the darkness with no sighting reported early today as crews continued the recovery effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Colo
Mt. Evans
Missouri
Colleen Patton
Joe Patton
Clifton Hills
Etna Eruption Diminishes After July Lava Burst
Mount Etna in Sicily, Europe's tallest volcano, has eased to near dormancy after an eruption that began July 1. Lava activity halted well above nearby villages during its brief display of lava and flame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Soviet and American advances in boiling water reactor power
Soviet and American researchers report on new boiling water reactor concepts aimed at economical nuclear power. Argonne scientists describe in reactor internal steam generation to drive turbines, with a 5 000 kilowatt plant planned by late 1956. Russian scientists outline plans for a 100 000 kilowatt plant using twin reactors and varied stations, noting higher costs than large coal plants but similar costs to small thermal plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Murphy
American Water Works Assn
Milwaukee
Mary E. Sawyer
John D. Stears
Robert Amunson
9Th
Main
King Streets
St. Cloud
Harvey Streets
Northern States Power Co
Black River
Clinton Street
Russia
U.S
Argonne Laboratories
Lemont, Ill
Blokhinstev
Nikolayyev
Ksoviet
U.S.S.R
Ministry of Electric Power Stations
United States
Soviet Union
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Eow
L. A. Wagner
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Huron
Kansas City
Knoxville
Memphis
Miami Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Unifax
United Press
Tke
Automatic Voting Machine Corp
Int
Kennecott
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Ae Am. Tel
Nat. Biscott
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Am. Tobacco
N.Y. Central Anaconda
Northern Pacific
Chicago M. P
Nekoosa
Chrysler
Ind
Cornwith
Edison
Crane
Steward-Warner
Koehring Co
Curtiss-Wright
Stude.Packard
Ray-O-Vac
Douglas Aire
Swift
Safway Steel
General Electric
20Th Cent
Fox
General Foods
Union Carbide
Wis
General Motors
United Airlines
Royal Dutch
Goodrich
United Aire
Heilemann
Rubber Ao
Mass
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Goodyear
Stee
North, Ban
North. Ry
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Trane Co
Greyhound Woolworth
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St. Paw
Illinois Central
Allis-Chalmers
Harvester
TRS
Winona Livestock
California
Idaho
Oregon
Nebraska
Chicago Livestock
B. Stock
Jers
Council
Radio Land
Goodman Film
Bavaria
C.H. Dietz
Commie
Honor Wrabetz
By Jack Bell
George Backer
Winona
C.P
Dakota
T.W
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Dodge
Neillsville
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Hokah
Gino
Manhattan
American Hiltrite Rubber Co
Chelsea
Italy
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