Record Level Output Of Goods And Services In Second Quarter
Washington report from Charles Mholony notes the Commerce Department puts total output of goods and services at 248 billion dollars in the second quarter, a level that matches or exceeds yearly totals due to inflation. The rise reflects higher prices and wages, with offset by some gains in services such as medical and auto repair. Government spending, private investment, and consumer purchases also influenced the quarter, while tax cuts boosted disposable income.
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Charles Mholony Washington
Commerce Department
Toduy
Cole, Vile
Die Department Inc
Eludeel
Privire
Geituce
Protest over Stern Gang kidnapping of American consular staff
The US consul general protested Jerusalem authorities after an American consulate employee was kidnapped and mistreated by Stern Gang members. The group allegedly abducted the employee, blindfolded and slapped her, then held him for hours before release. Authorities promise an investigation and apologies.
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Ty Carter L. Davidson Mehrusalem
Jeranlem
Steen King
Soln J. MacDonald
Tara
Totellems
Para
Br Uddin Beiah
Israel
McDerald
Hind
Bernard Joseph
State of Israel
Report 26 New Cases Of Polio In State
Wisconsin reports twenty six new polio cases raising the year total. Milwaukee county adds three cases, Fond du Lac two, Langlade Rock and St. Croix counties one each, with fourty four cases at this time last year and two hundred thirty six in 1946.
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Wis
Alwaukee
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Milwaukee County
Fond du Lac
Langlade
Rock and St. Croix
Local Weather For La Crosge And Vicinity
Fair and continued hot tonight and Wednesday with a low of 76 tonight and a high of 98 on Wednesday. Water temperature at the municipal swimming pool Tuesday was 2 degrees.
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la Crosge
Committee Hears Budenz On Red Spying
Washington sources report the House Un-American Activities Committee plans to hear Budenz on Red spying as it edges toward a potential open session confrontation between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. Nixon hinted more witnesses may appear, shaping who else testifies tomorrow.
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Committee
Budenz
Red
Washington
Louis Houten
Toomer Bormanne
House
Une Ameen Activities Committee
Relati
Whittaker Chambers
Nrmerly
Bally Worker
Chambers
Hiss
Marke
Feudone
Nixon
Rcaliq
Thas
God Chambers
Callidg
Rick
Senate
Fire equipment tests under national board supervision in Philadelphia
Fire engine 22 halted at the Delaware river waterfront as hosemen drew river water with the pump. The motor failed and the pump could not operate, triggering a six week series of tests of Philadelphia firefighting equipment under the supervision of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Philadelpha
National Board of the Underwriters
Border States Tumult Shape Key 1948 Campaign
The fight centers on seven border states Missouri Kentucky Maryland New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee and West Virginia with 58 electoral votes at stake. Republicans push intense campaigns in Tennessee and West Virginia while aiming to sway Missouri and Kentucky to deny Democrats control of the Senate. A billion-dollar advertising push targets small-town papers in 34 states to raise voter interest and turnout ahead of the election.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Kentucky
Alben Barkely
Republican High Command
Kentuck
Maryland
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennesee
West Virginia
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Alregedy
Tennessee
Carroll Reece
Dewey
Warren
Henry Ad
Kilgore
D-Wva
Reublican
Revercomb
Republcans
West Virginna
Republican National Chmptien
Russell Lockwood
Lockwood- Shackelford
Miners Escape Mine Cave-In Using Safety Exits
Twenty miners at Rainbow Mining Company’s Drum lummoon gold mine escaped injury after a cave in. The day shift used newly completed safety exits to reach ladders or were pulled up by emergency ropes from the main shaft as the shaft collapsed.
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Maysville
Mont
Drumlummoon
Rainbow Mining Company
General agreement reported between Stalin and western diplomats
A Moscow source says Stalin and western diplomats near a broad accord in the Kremlin on Berlin and Germany with more talks planned. Britain and France echo cautious optimism as technicalities loom, while Berlin border incidents and Russian zone political moves suggest brewing tensions ahead of possible settlements.
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Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
Berlin
Germany
S&s
Russia
Britain
France
Lavien
London
Walter Bedell Smith
Wassily Sokolovsky
Socialist Unity Party
Ruhr
Cut Down Use Of Water Plea From City Officers
Heavy use of water to beat the heat strains the city supply and the main reservoir could be exhausted by 3 p.m. Today Mayor C. A. Beranek and Fire Chief George C. Hanson urge residents to turn off sprinklers and reduce usage to meet the emergency and lower fire hazard.
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C. A. Beranek
George C. Hanson
Postpone Interview of Mrs. Kasenkina
New York report states a proposed press interview with Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina was postponed because a police officer said she was too tired to be interviewed. Dominick A. Pappa, assigned outside her Roosevelt hospital room, noted she had exhausted herself preparing for newsreel and television coverage after leaping from the Russian consulate window. Kasenkina, 28, is recovering from injuries suffered in the August 12 leap.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Dominick A. Pappa
Roosevelt Hospital
Kasenkina
Hubbard consecrated bishop in Bar Harbor ceremony
The Rev. Russell S. Hubbard was consecrated today as suffragan bishop of Michigan in a centuries-old Episcopal ceremony held in Bar Harbor Maine.
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Bar Harbor
Russell 'S. Hubbard
Michigan
Episcopal Church
Unlucky Andersons in Des Moines area deaths and injuries
In Des Moines a series of unrelated tragedies strikes the Anderson family cluster. Mrs. Harold N. Anderson, 49, dies from a fall injuries. Robert Anderson, 16, drowns in a municipal pool. Mrs. Blanche Anderson, 34, wounded by a bullet and hospitalized. G. D. Anderson, Boone, engineers the freight involved in a fatal car train collision near Cedar Rapids, where Mahlon Baldwin, 24, is killed. The Andersons are not related.
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Andersons
Des Moines
Anderson
Harold N. Anderson
Robert Anderson
G. D. Anderson
Boone
Mahlon Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Blanche Anderson
Sonderegger Named Acting Insurance Commissioner in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis Gov Rennebohm names State Treasurer John Sonderegger to replace the late Marvin B Duel as state insurance commissioner Sonderegger to assume duties after treasury audit Clyde Johnson named treasurer to serve until fall general election Sonderegger 33 former comptroller and secretary of the Rennebohm drug business in Madison was named acting treasurer by the governor after John Smiths death
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
John Sonderegger
Marvin B. Duel
Clyde Johnson
Treasury Department
Sonderegger
Treasury
Second Major Heat Wave Grips Wisconsin Statewide
A second major heat wave blankets the region with highs near 107 at Mather and 102 elsewhere, breaking state records and sending residents to cooler spots and all night crowds at pools and parks. Weatherman forecast shows no relief through Thursday, with highs around 98 Wednesday and continuing heat into the week.
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A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Seconce
Mercury
Wisconsin
Mather
Jongau Eceony
Danbury
H. J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Rapids
Prairie du Chien
Hillsboro
Menomonie
Berlin air run collision claims four more lives
Two American C47 aircraft collided near Rheinsberg, killing four U.S. fliers during a Berlin supply run. The death toll from related accidents on the run rises to nine as crews work amid debris and rain to recover bodies. Names withheld until survivors are notified. Rescuers report witnesses and wreckage seen in a corn field near the village 14 miles northeast of Frankfurt. The crash occurred at an altitude between 1,200 and 3,500 feet over Wiesbaden. Funeral services held for Mrs. John A Strathearn, former Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs president, at her Manitowoc home.
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Air Force
Wiesbaden
Manitowoc
Wis
John A. Strathearn
Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs
John
Janet
NSA congress opens with stinging attack on conventions
At the NSA congress in Madison 700 delegates hear William Welsh of Berea Kentucky slam political conventions as rotten while outlining next year's projects. He urges focus on real national and regional work via workshops before the full NSA meeting. University leaders welcome delegates as students pass out leaflets supporting Henry Wallace and urging NSA ties with the International Union of Students.
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Madison
Wis
United States National Student Association Congress
William Welsh
Berea
United States
Lems
Congress
NSA
University of Wisconsin
E. B. Fred
Thomas Engelhardt
Wauwatoss
Henry Wallace
International Union of Students
Massive Jackson County forest fires threaten Lakelands and Bear Bluff
In Wisconsin 2000 acre Mather blaze rages. 500 state and volunteer crews battle three Jackson county fires including Bear Bluff near Marker. Wind 20 to 25 mph drives flames. deer grazing lands burned though deer losses minimal. Additional fires at Jahnke cranberry marsh between Shamrod and Nilston and near Fray. Extra railroad crews fight the Pray fire west of Green Bay.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson Canny
Bear Bluff
Necedal National Wildlife Refuge
Marker
Jackson County
Juneau Coum
Wse
Juneau County
Necedah Federal Refuge
Falls Forest
Serve i
Wisconsin
Norway
Feters
Millstan
Robbinson Creek
Shamrod
Nillston
Manchester
Fray
North
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Clerk's Office Open Tonight To Sign Voters
City clerk extends hours to 8 p.m. to help residents register or report address changes. Voters must be registered to participate in the September primary. Urges all citizens to take advantage of extended office hours tonight.
Army Transport C47 Crashes Near Newton in New Jersey
Newton New Jersey reports an army C47 transport crashed five miles north of Newton between Branchville and Newton. Troopers say an undetermined number of fatalities with at least seven killed confirmed by Army base at Middletown, Pa. Emergency squads and troopers investigate the scene.
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Newton
N. J
New Jersey
Siste
G. R. Dut
Branchville
Army Air Base
Middletwn
Army
arm @y
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Reece
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Jacob M. Lomakin
State Department
Long Island
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Sweden
Stockholm
Coulee
Reedsburg
Lone Rock
Wausau
Thompson
Millston
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