Fair Limelight On Oldsters
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin state fair honoring veteran employés and pioneers as 56 000 visitors attend a revival of horse pulling contests harness racing and livestock judging. Pioneer Fair Goers Club reelects Frank E Bell as president and officials award certificates to longtime staff. Top cattle honors go to out of state entrants Hi Point Farms and Dutch Bend Farms. Governor Rennebohm visits and plans to address the grandstand crowd.
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Milwaukee
State Fair Park
Frank E. Bell
Columbus
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Donald M. McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Ed Heagle
Appleton
Claude Armitage
Seymour
Hi-Point Farms
Romeo
Mich
J. C. Robinson and Son
Evansville
Dutch Bend Farms
Birmingham
Ala
Charles Laity
Shullsburg
M. Barlass
Janesville
Rennebohm
VA Keeps Beds Open For Korean Casualties Policy
Washington reports that veterans will not be sent to most continental US military hospitals except in emergencies. Army facilities are affected immediately with Navy hospitals to follow as VA and defense department shift space to treat Korean casualties and rising medical transfers to the Far East.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
Veterans Administration
Army
Navy
West Allis Couple Found Dead In Home
Milwaukee officials say Clyde Erickson a stationary engineer at Deaconess hospital and his wife Marie were found in their West Allis basement after a detective investigated a week long absence. Gas from a heater caused their deaths when water entered tubing through holes.
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Milwaukee
West Allis
Clyde Erickson
Marie
Erickson
Deaconess Hospital
New Flats Named After Noted Ex Convict in Sydney
A block of flats in Sydney named to honor an ex convict who achieved prominence, marking a notable social rehabilitation story. The municipal decision reflects a community recognition of the individual’s later contributions and public image.
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Sydney
Australia
City Soldier Graduates From Army Finance School
Pfc. Joseph Michalke son of Mrs. Elsie Michalke 1008 South 13th street graduated August 18 from the army finance school Brig. Gen. Emmett J. Bean announced The class included 33 enlisted men and 7 Wacs and ten weeks long The course qualifies graduates for finance clerk and is offered when demand exists at army installations worldwide The finance school trains personnel to staff the disbursing network ensuring pay is issued on time under federal law
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Joseph Michalke
Elsie Michalke
South 13Th Street
Army Finance School
Emmett J. Bean
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
Missouri
Michalke
Finance
Finance Department
Uncle Sam
Atlantic Hurricane Exhausts Itself
The second hurricane of the season weakened to a squall area in the eastern Caribbean after striking Antigua with 120 mph winds. Gusts of 30 to 35 mph lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with heavy rain but no full hurricane.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Antigua Island
St. Croix
Virgin Island
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Antigua
Rice Donations to UN Children's Emergency Fund
A report notes contributions of rice quantities intended for the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund. The piece highlights aid efforts and the role of donors in supporting relief for vulnerable populations.
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UN Childdren
Navy Seeks Funds for Great Lakes Gyroscope Plant and Forest Park Air Conditioning
The navy requests 777 400 to upgrade Great Lakes naval training center and Forest Park ordnance plant as part of a 10 486 billion request. Plans include 650 000 for a fourth boiler at Great Lakes and 90 000 to replace a sewer line at Camp Dewey. At Forest Park 37 400 would air condition gyro section Building 10 to reduce humidity related torpedo production losses.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval Ordnance Plant
Forest Park
Ill
Armed Services
Congress
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Camp Dewely
Rep. Taber
R-Ny
J. F. Jelley
Jelley
Macon Orders Reds to Leave City in 48 Hours
Macon Georgia officials approved a rapid anti Red ordinance forcing card carrying Communists to leave town within 48 hours. The measure, passed unanimously by the city council, carries up to six months in jail and a $100 fine and mirrors Birmingham Alabama’s enforcement.
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Macon
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
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Oldsters
Pioneer
H. W. Goldstein
Opt. D. Optometrist
Dial
Eves
Teachers College
16Th and
Vine
Tribune
WMC Construction Co
Dorothy Gray
Fifth Avenue
Main
Siam
By Joe Hall
Bay Security Bonds
Alf Modahl
Oliver Office Supply
Sletten- McKeept
South Side
North Side
Caledonia
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