Courts rule surplus property may be given to educational institutions
The Justice Department today approved gifts of surplus property from the War Assets Administration to non profit educational institutions. The ruling clarifies eligibility for new non profits and notes no position on specific transactions. A freeze blocked transfers and leases until congressional review resumes mid September.
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Washington
Juste Department
War Assets Administration
J. HoweGrath
Robert M. Littlejohn
War Asects
McGrath
Department of Justice
WAA
Littlejohn
Justice Department
New Heirens Test Begun Chicago Study Begun
A new study at Chicago focuses on the famous Heirens case with two women from the city assisting. Dr. Mary Hoffman and William Harness lead the effort at the defense request as the youth's next court appearance is planned for next week.
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Chicago
Hoffman
William Harness
Ed Gy Coe
Nedy
Hewrens Indicted in Triple Murders. Sept arraignment planned
Hewrens has been indicted for the murders of Suzanne Degnan a six year old girl Mrs Frances Brown aged 33 and Mr Josephine Ross aged 43. He is expected to enter a plea at the September 4 arraignment. Ward received Monday that Nick Ray Kienzle son of Mrs R N Kienzle 216 West avenue north had completed two commitments with RKO and was leaving for New York to direct Duke Ellington in The Beggar's Opera.
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Hewrens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Ward
Nick Ray Kienzle
R. N. Kienzle
West Avenue North
RKO
New York
Duke Elington
Cattle Prices Collapse at Chicago Union Stockyards Record Receipts
Cattle flooded the Union stockyards in the largest regular receipts since 1924 with about 39,000 cattle on sale and 1,000 on direct consignment. Prices fell across the board with bids as much as four dollars per hundred pounds below last season, and hogs about five dollars lower than the prior regular session. A prime weighty steer bid of thirty dollars failed to sell, tying a new record set the prior Saturday.
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Chicago
Union
Department of Agriculture
Western Plains
Nomination Of Talmadge Upheld By Court In Georgia
A three judge federal court upheld Georgia's unit vote system for Democratic primaries and refused to void Eugene Talmadge's nomination for a fourth term. The suit, filed by Emory professor Cullen Gosnell and Atlanta civic leader Mrs. Robert Lee Turman, claimed the system violated the 14th amendment and valued small counties disproportionately. The court rejected the equal rights challenge and noted unit votes also figure in the Electoral College.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Emory University
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Cullen B. Gosnell
Emory
Robert Lee Turman
Th Atlanta League of Women Voters
Fulton
United States
Beach Project Before Council
The common council will consider enlarging the north side bathing beach to meet the original plan specifications by excavating 150000 cubic yards. The committee will also review dropping the city county police radio merger and the widening of Fourth Street between Pine and Badger. The Ways and Means Committee meets at 7 pm on the north side beach resolution.
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Bathing Beach
Common Council
Mogaabedasinine
Fourth Street
Pine and
Badger
Ways and Means
McReynolds, Justice, Dies after long New Deal dissent
Washington veteran James Clark McReynolds, 84, retired associate justice, died at Walter Reed Army Hospital after a year of illness. He left the court on February 1, 1941, after 26 years, known for fiery opposition to major New Deal legislation. He will be buried in Elkton, Kentucky, with funeral Thursday. His death leaves two old men on the bench, Hughes and Roberts, as the Roosevelt era court era continues.
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James C. McReynolds
U.S. Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Justice McReynolds
Washington
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Elkton
McReynolds
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
High Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Owen J. Roberts
Robert P. McReynolds
Los Angeles
Justice
Chicago
Australia Urges Russia to Justify Reparations Demands at Peace Talks
At the Paris peace conference an Australian delegate urged the economic commission for the Balkans to demand that Russia justify its reparations claims and called for an on the spot inquiry into payment ability of former European enemies. Molotov defended Russia saying its fields and cities were not devastated and noted Russia extended payment time from six to eight years. The draft treaties show the United States Britain and France not naming a reparations figure.
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Paris
Russia
E. Ronald Walker
Economic Commission For
Balkans
V. M. Molotov
Australia
Romania
Molotov
Finland
Hungary
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Foreign Secretaries
Netherlands
Germany
Yugoslavia
Japan
Polio Epidemic Seen in State Despite Limited Spread
The state health board reported 92 new polio cases over the weekend and today, bringing the total to 392 since Aug 1. Officials said outbreaks were most severe in Kenosha and Milwaukee counties and in the state's southwest, though no communities were in epidemic stage.
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State Board of Health
Kenosha
Milwaukee
H. M. Guilford
State Board
Marine union vows renewed drive as Great Lakes strike endures
The national maritime union reports no lessening of its Great Lakes strike though car ferries resume operations and talks with three tanker firms begin. Two violence incidents surface in Cleveland and Detroit as NMU leaders push for a 48 hour work week at sea and 44 hours in port with 30 day bargaining deadlines. Over 1,000 workers on 20 ferries return to work on Lake Michigan and the Detroit River as back to work votes proceed.
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Detroit
National Maritime Union Today
Great Lakes
NMU
Cleveland
Charles Smith
NMU Legal Aid Bureau
Simon J. Murphy
International Salt Works
Ford Rouge
William McCarthy
Lake Michigan
Detroit River
National Railway Labor Act
Pere Marquette
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Ann Arbor
Two La Farge Children Die En Route To Doctor Office
Edwin Lisney Jr. age three died en route to a La Farge physician while Edna Mae Lisney age five died at La Crosse isolation hospital. M. N. Daffinrud reports an investigation into possible food poisoning as autopsies are awaited and Gaylord, seven, improves in isolation hospital.
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LA Farge
Wis
Edwin Lisney, Jr
Edna Mae Lisney
la Crosse
Gaylord
M. N. Daffinrud
Vernon County
Selmer Silbaugh
Plum Run
Edwin Lisney
la Crosse Hospital
Edna Mae
Anthony M. Murphy
Daffinrud
State Toxic
Madison
Russia accuses Netherlands of blocking repatriation
Pravda accuses the Netherlands of hostile propaganda against the Soviet Union and of blocking Soviet citizen repatriation with a secret policy. Yacob Viktorov writes that decisive means are needed. he notes thousands of Soviets were in the Netherlands after the war but exact figures are unavailable.
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Moscow
Pravda
Netherlands
Soviet Union
Yacob Viktorov
Communist Party
Conflict Over Free Trieste Port Administration
At the Paris peace conference a dispute emerged between Russia and other powers over how to govern the port within the proposed Trieste free territory. A subcommittee report shows Russia dissented with 20 of 31 articles, while France backed 28 British American proposals and the US Britain opposed exclusive national zones and favored rapid, tariff free goods movement.
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Paris
Russia
Trieste
United States
Britain
France
Vehicle Collisions Reported on French Island and Highway 33
At p m a two car crash on the Ferris store intersection on French Island involved George Kastner and Marvin Burns, damaging left sides and fenders. Earlier on Highway 33 Walter M. Vian lost a rear wheel, struck a parked truck owned by August Hundt, causing extensive truck damage while Vian’s car slid 330 feet into a ditch.
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George Kastner
Caledonian Street
Marvin Burns
South Sixth Street
Ferris Store
French Island
Burns
Walter M. Vian
R. 4
Sparta
August Hundt
Rockland
Vian
Parts Shortage Closes Chrysler Plants Nationwide
A parts shortage Monday halted assembly lines at Chrysler Corp affecting Plymouth Dodge De Soto and the Dodge truck plant. Most of its 80 000 employees were expected to be affected though only essential inventory and parts staff would work this week. Car and truck production could drop about 20 000 units this week.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
de Soto
Fatal Car Crash in Marinette Claims Crivitz Man
Matthew Brink 25 of Crivitz died after his car left Highway 141 near Marinette and overturned yesterday.
Weather outlook for La Crosse region
In La Crosse and vicinity, tonight will be generally fair with little wind and a low around 60. Tuesday brings mostly cloudy skies with occasional light rain, cooler conditions, and a high near 75.
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la Crosse
Draft Greeting Notes Reopen as Draft Steps Back to Full Pace
Washington dispatch reports selective service restoring draft operations after a two month pause. By September it aims to reach a 25 000 man quota for the 1929 age group with 18 year olds registering but not yet drafted until 19. Officials foresee heavy reliance on volunteers and add new deferment categories for teachers and essential workers while predicting uncertain future call volumes.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Congress
Hershey
War Department
National Housing Administration
Navy probes accidental bombing of yacht on Lake Erie
A full investigation was ordered after three navy planes from Grosse Ile mistakenly dive bombed the private yacht Alba Trom on Lake Erie. The 38 foot cruiser caught fire, seven fishermen aboard escaped injury, and owner Burned Albert Reisig of Toledo suffered minor burns.
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Detroit
Navy
Lake Erie
Grosse Ie Naval Air Station
Albert Reisig
Toledo
Charlies Desmond
Ottawa River Yacht Club
Six Arrested in Black Market Auto Ring Raid
Leesville South Carolina special agent of the OPA arrested six men in a raid described as the first step to crack a $75,000,000 traffic in automobiles at above ceiling prices reaching into 14 states.
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Leesville
S. C
OPA
18 Men Move Ailing 721-Lb Fat Man To Hospital
John Porter of Dauphin Pennsylvania, 54, weighed 721 pounds and was moved by 18 men after a heart attack aboard a train. Nine men carried him from train to ambulance at Union Station and nine more moved him to a hospital bed by elevator. The fat man, who had been touring with Hennies Bros Circus, was reported resting comfortably.
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Fat Man
Pittsburgh
John Porter
Dauphin
Allegheny General Hospital
Porter
Midwest
Hennies Bros
Union Station
Airline pilots die in Mississippi crash near Holly Springs
Memphis based American Airlines reports two captains W. C. Stehle and McLemore Elder were killed when a stripped-down Douglas transport training plane crashed near Holly Springs Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Holly Sprigs
Miss
W. C. Stehle
McLemore Elder
Milwaukee Man, 59, Dies After Fall Injuries
Andrew Peterson died at county emergency hospital after sustaining injuries in a fall a few hours earlier. The incident occurred in Milwaukee and prompted an emergency response.
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Milwaukee
Andrew Peterson
Jenny Lind Music Hall Becomes Giant Cigar Humidor
Philadelphia news reports the 122 year old Music Fund hall, once home to Jenny Lind, was bought by Yahn and Mc Donnell Co. for 2.5 million dollars. The plan converts the auditorium into a humidor with the rest used as a warehouse. The 1824 building is described as the first concert hall in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Music Fund Hall
Jenny Lind
Yahn and McDonnell Co
Four U S Flyers Returned From Yugoslavia Honors
The bodies of four American airmen killed Aug 19 when a U S transport was shot down were moved from Koprimnik to Ljubljana under a Yugoslav Fourth Army honor guard. US grave registration and Yugoslav doctors confirmed the remains, with possible interment in Belgrade or the United States. A private plane will airlift them to Belgrade with Yugoslav escort.
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Belgrade
United States
Julian Alps
Ljubljana
Fourth Army
Koprimnik
Holy Cross Church
Chester M. Stratton
U. S
Guard of Honor
Richard C. Patterson
Paris
James F. Byrnes
Marshal Tito
U. S. Department
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Theft Of $220 From Farm House Reported
Burglary of $220 from a wallet in Herbert Helke's farm home was reported to Sheriff Stan ley Olson Saturday morning. A man about 35, 150 pounds, six feet tall with dark hair and complexion, graying temples, wearing tan clothes and bareheaded, carrying a small brown canvas bag, is suspected after asking for work from family in the field.
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Herbert Helke
Stanley E. Olson
Trucker Dies After Tractor Accident At Paper Mill
Green Bay Wisconsin reports a fatal tractor accident when 35 year old Les Lie Lamere was thrown and run over during an engineering project at a paper mill. The death spoiled a birthday celebration planned for Lamere’s father and son whose birthdays coincide.
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Green Bay
Wis
Leslie Lamere
Lamere
Appleton youth dies from crash injuries
George J. Meyers Jr., 19, died Sunday at a Appleton hospital from injuries suffered when the car he rode in left the road and overturned after striking a tree last Wednesday.
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Appleton, Wis
George J. Meyers, Jr
Appleton Hospital
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Frank Seczeiski, Jr
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