Gay Inspects Camp McCoy In Last Duty Visit
Lt. Gen. Hobart Gay, retiring Fifth Army commander, inspected Camp McCoy on Tuesday in his final acts before leaving command on August 20. He toured the post honor guard and band and visited reserve units the 102nd from St. Louis and the 103rd from Des Moines. Major Gen. P. D. Ginder escorted him. Hugh Milton and family were also due for a two day visit.
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Hobart Gay
U.S. Fifth Army
Gay
102Nd Reserve Infantry Division
St. Louis
103Rd Reserve Infantry
Des Moines
Iowa
P. D. Ginder
Fifth Army Command
Hugh Milton
Milton
Joseph Pratt
Committee Finds Cheese Deals Illegal and Improper
Comptroller General Joseph Campbell says the government paid two million dollars in a cheese deal that lacked bonafide purchase terms. Representative Fountain notes the need for immediate recovery, but cautions against accusing department officials of malice.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Fountain
Benson
Joseph Campbell
Campbell
Wilson & Co to halt stockyard slaughter at Chicago
Wilson & Co a major meat packer will stop all slaughtering operations at the Chicago Stockyards and move its offices to downtown Chicago. President James D. Cooney cites a substantial modernization expansion in Cedar Rapids Iowa Albert Lea Minnesota and Omaha with no withdrawal date given. The move does not affect other plants in Los Angeles Denver Memphis Oklahoma City and Kansas City.
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Wilson & Co
Chicago Stockyards
James D. Cooney
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Albert Lea
Minn
Omaha
New Bartenders Vanish After Six Hours At Cheektowaga Tavern
In sub urban Cheektowaga a tavern owned by A. Singer opened yesterday with two cheerful young men as bartenders. The pair served customers for nearly six hours before forcing open the front door and fleeing with about $105 in cash and over the bar receipts. The owners reported the incident to the police.
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Buffalo
Fmil A. Singer's
Cheektowaga
Singer
Milwaukee Officer Suspended Over Off-Duty Campaign Allegations
Milwaukee police officer aged 29, married, suspended for conduct unbecoming after a 20 year old youth complained a man posing as a cop befriended his girlfriend. Inspector Hubert Dax said deputies found the officer parked with a 14 year old girl near her home, asking inappropriate questions during the encounter.
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Milwaukee
Hubert Dax
Citizens plan debated by aldermen on ward boundaries
Council members and citizens debated redrawing ward lines led by a citizens committee. Statements voiced support and opposition from Edwin Markle Harold Hilbert C H Bloedorn Otis Lingenfelter and others as ward populations were revised.
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Harold Hilbert
William C. Brown
William C.gorder
Alf Hansen
Otis R. Lingenfelter
Levi W. Swett
Lynden K. Gjerde
Cc. J. Lang
H. J. Schleiter
S. H. Nerby
Edward J. Hilbert
James Meckillip
Robert E. Joanis
Arnold B. Medberg
Robert B. Hackner
Franklin J. Pamperin
Carl H. Mattthusen
Joanis
Citizens’ Committee
Haberman Unopposed For AFL Presidency
George Haberman of Milwaukee, longtime president of the Wisconsin Federation of Labor since 1943, was renominated without opposition as term elections were planned. Emmett Terry of Green Bay challenged incumbent Elmer Schoen for the vice presidency. Four Milwaukeeans were elected officers of the Wisconsin branch of the AFL Operating Engineers Union during the AFL convention.
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George Haberman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
The
American Federation of Labor
Emmett Terry
Green Bay
Elmer Schoen
AFL Operating Engineers Union
AFL
Warren Schaefer
Thomas Stryder
Wallace Bruss
Milton McDonald
Wisconsin University Building Funds Tabled By Commission
The State Building Commission on Tuesday night tabled two UW requests for extra money. The biology building shortfall of about 1,895,000 and the genetics research building replacement need 80,000 to 90,000 with 25,000 insurance. The Legislature resumes Oct 3.
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State Building Commission
State School For
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University
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Paul Rogan
Ladysmith
Coast Guard Delays Commission For Gaston Amid Subversive Links
Coast Guard withholds the reserve commission of N Pierre Gaston a 23 year old Coast Guard Officer Training School graduate pending a security review. His mother Jane Griser of San Francisco faced questions about ties to groups cited as subversive. Gaston ranked eighth in his class and serves as an apprentice seaman while the case proceeds.
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Coast Guard
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Coast Guard Officer Training School
Eugene Landy
Navy Reserve
Merchant Marine Academy
Gaston
Murdaugh Madden
Coast Guard Reserve
Attorney General
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San Francisco
Madden
Jeighth
New London
Conn
Landy
Kings Point
N. Y
Navy
Thomas
University of California
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Mrs Ida Weber Dies at 84 in Hokah and Richland Center
Mrs Ida Wittenberg Weber 84 longtime Hokah and Richland Center resident died Tuesday at her daughter’s home after a lingering illness. Born January 21 1871 she married Christian William Weber in 1890 and raised four children. Burial planned in Mount Hope Cemetery with services at Pratt Memorial Chapel and Hokah Evangelical church.
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Ida Wittenberg Weber
Richland Center
Wis
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Tony Pokorney
Ida Wittenberg
Carl and
Tina Wittenberg
Mound Prairie
Minn
Christian William Weber
John
Meta) Lampert
Albert
Jessie) Solberg
Tony R
Margaret) Pokorney
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Hoka
Marilyn Deidrich
Belle Fourche
S.D
Meta Becker
Spirit Lake
Iowa
William Evans
Minneapolis
Frank Wittenberg
Seattle
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Herman
Julius
Louis
la Crosse
Paul
Minnesota City
Pratt Memorial Chapel
Evangelical
Green County Polio Death Adds To Seasonal Toll
A 59-year-old Green County woman Marjorie Johnston of Monroe died of bulbar polio shortly after diagnosis at St. Clare Hospital. Her death marks the county's second polio case this year, while Outagamie County reports two new mild cases in Appleton women in their twenties, bringing the season total to 175 with 44 in Appleton.
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Green County
Marjorie Johnston
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Outagamie County
Appleton
GOP Eyes Minnesota Miracle II for Eisenhower Bid
The Minnesota GOP vows to mimic the 1952 Minnesota write in surge aiming for 108,000 petition names to push Eisenhower to run and appear on the state primary ballot. P Kenneth Peterson notes the goal mirrors the 108,000 Eisenhower write ins from 1952 as Eisenhower in Paris confirms plans to seek the Republican nomination.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Republican Executive Committee
Minnesota
Eisenhower
P. Kenneth Peterson
GOP
Paris
Eskimo Carver’s Work On Display At Exhibition
Eskimo carver Issa from Port Harrison northern Quebec has works in the National Museum of Canada collection. Sixty pieces join sixty from the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in the Northern Affairs Department’s Meet the North display at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Art spans soapstone granite bone and ivory with the hunt as the dominant motif.
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Issa
Smiter
Port Harrison
Quebec
National Museum of Canada
Toronto
Northern Affairs Department
National Museum
Canadian Handicrafts Guild
New Artificial Arm For U Band Leader
Music professor Ray Dvorak of the University of Wisconsin will receive a new artificial arm on Wednesday to direct the Badger Big Ten band. Dvorak, 55, lost his right arm above the elbow in a Kremlin Oklahoma train crash and has used an artificial arm to keep time for five years.
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Calif
Ray Dvorak
University of Wisconsin
Badger
Oak Knoll Navy Hospital
Dvorak
Kremlin
Okla
Weather forecast outlines scattered coastal thundershowers
A Weather Bureau forecast indicates cool air from the northwest will bring thundershowers to the northern plains and Utah. The Texas coast may see a few widely scattered thundershowers while the rest of the nation remains mostly fair or partly cloudy.
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Plains States
Utah
Texas
Unifax
Mount Sterling Man Wins Cheesemaking Award Again
Ronald Johnson of Mount Sterling repeats as governor's sweepstakes winner for American cheesemaking at the Wisconsin State Fair. Dominic Frigo of Florence wins blue gorgonzola and Italian types. Joseph Frigo of Lena wins soft Italian. Lawrence Blakeborough of Barron takes highest scoring batter at 98.50 for sweet cream. Walter Schild of Juda wins Swiss cheese sweepstakes. Butter and cheese samples will be displayed at the fair opening Saturday.
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Ronald Johnson
Mount Sterling
Dominic Frigo
Florence
Joseph Frigo
Lena
Lawrence Blakeborough
Barron
Walter Schild
Juda
Carolinas Brace for Diane After Connie and Connie
As Diane neared, North and South Carolina evacuated beaches and refugees filled centers. Earlier storms Connie and Hazel left tracks inland. governors ordered National Guard patrols while military assets prepared, with hundreds of ships and planes moved to safer anchors and bases.
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Connie
Hazel
Virginia
Diane
New York
South Carolina
Carolinas
Canada
Grand Strand
National Guard
George Bell
Timmerman Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Winona Livestock Buyers Market Prices Report
Prices for hogs cattle calves and sheep at Winona market with daily hours 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday and 8 am to 12 noon Saturday. The hog market shows steady to firm quotes across weight classes and fat types with specific price ranges and discounts. Cattle and calf markets listed by grade and weight, plus sheep and hog by the Midwest and Chicago markets.
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Fed Heifers
Chicago
USDA
U.S
Nsouth
St, Paul
ST. Paul, Minn
Gen Edson Buried In Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Marine Maj. Gen. Merritt A. Edson a Pacific War hero who died Sunday. The service at the chapel near Fort Meyer Virginia was followed by burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Edson won the Medal of Honor as leader of Edson's Raiders in the World War I Guadalcanal campaign and held other military honors.
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Washington
Merritt A. Edson
Ft. Meyer,Va
Arlington National Cemetery
Edson
Guadacanal
Teachers cite mediocrity in public schools in fort wayne
Edward Jewett of the AFL Amer ican Federation of Teachers told a Fort Wayne convention that public schools educate for mediocrity and neglect gifted students. He said teachers must teach to the median ability group.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
AFL American Federation of Teachers
Edward Jewett
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Witnesses tell of odd jobs and past singing group ties
He testified about surviving on odd jobs after leaving a laid‑off career while noting past bass duty with a defunct quartet The Weavers. When questioned about links to People’s Songs and People’s Artists the witness stopped answering as Committee Counsel pressed. Mrs d Usseau denied theater involvement and claimed she believed she had none.
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Weavers
Frank Tavenner
People’s Songs
People’s Artists
d'Usseau
Witnesses Defy Questions at Hearing as Baruch Praises Inquiry
Committee Chairman Francis E. Walter questions Mrs dUsseau about alleged attempts to enroll a Hollywood writer in the Communist party. Actor Elliott Sullivan declines to answer while not invoking the Fifth Amendment. Spectator Bernard Baruch commends the inquiry and says those with nothing to fear answer anything.
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Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Stanley Roberts
Communist Party
d'Usseau
Elliott Sullivan
Bernard Baruch
Walter
Baruch
McMillin Marries Mrs Proxmire in Blooming Grove
Editorial writer Miles J. McMillin aged 42 and Mrs Elshe Proxmire aged 31 were wed Tuesday at the bride’s home in Blooming Grove. County Judge George Kronke officiated. Attending were Miss Florence Sloan of Greenwich and State Sen. Gaylord Nelson.
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Miles J. McMillin
Capital Times
Elshe Proxmire
William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
George Kronke
McMillin
Florence Sloan
Greenwich
Conn
Gaylord Nelson
Madison Democrat
Proxmire
William A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Done
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Adm Burke Succeeds Carney As Navy Chief In Ceremonial Transfer
Admiral Arleigh Burke takes over as the new chief of naval operations at Annapolis in a landmark ceremony. The event included 17 gun salutes and a move indoors due to Hurricane Diane, honoring Carney's WWII service and Burke’s rapid rise from a WWII destroyer commander to one of the youngest CNOs.
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Navy
Robert B. Carney
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Mide
Carney
Burke
Washington
Cnos
South Pacific
Adm
William Halsey
Prison Uprising Sparks Fire in Lincoln Facility
After dinner about 200 prisoners refused to return to cells while 340 went peaceful. Those who resisted scattered into the shop building and started a fire in the furniture shop. State troopers and yard guards moved prisoners back as Lincoln firemen fought flames spreading through six shops.
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Eichberg
Lincoln
Khachaturian backs U S Russia musical exchange plan
Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian urged Moscow radio for a reciprocal cultural exchange with the United States. He praised Yee Kor Menuhin for a possible visit to Russia and suggested an American tour by David Oistrakh. He expressed interest in hearing an American symphony and Toscanini conducting the Symphony of the Air.
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Aram Khachaturian
United States
Russia
Moscow
Yee ‘Hudi Menuhin
David Oistrakh
Khachaturian
Toscanini
Symphony of the Air
Far East
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Report
Partly cloudy with local showers in Wisconsin tonight and Thursday. North area may see warmer Thursday. Minnesota forecasts partly cloudy weather tonight and Thursday with scattered thunderstorms in the north. Iowa expects fair and warm conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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