Bonds Recovered From Whitehall Implement Burglary
Whitehall officials report bonds stolen from Peterson Implement were recovered. A twice endorsed check and other stolen items were found in an Elkhorn service station car, later linked to the Whitehall firm. A blue Ford and mutilated papers prompted ongoing searches as law enforcement pursue the burglar, described as a young man.
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Whitehall
Wis
Peterson Implement Company
Uae
Elkhorn
Charles N. Keil- Eyvind Peterson
Keilholtz
Tomah
Birthday Party Must For Cadott Woman at 102
Nellie Sherman of Cadott Wisconsin aged 102 enjoys a birthday celebration on a Tuesday. She moved to Cadott 77 years ago from Fort Branch Indiana and still can bend to touch the floor with her palms. Aunt Nellie says she feels as well as at age 100 and remains active among friends and neighbors.
Sam You Should Be Ashamed Over Long Pants
Milwaukee tale reports James Moroney, 22, rented a suit for his wedding but trousers were too long. He rushed to the church as his car circled while awaiting the groom. Judge John S. Barry suspended the sentence, praising the episode’s happy ending.
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Milwaukee
Sam
James Moroney
St Moroney
Moroney
John S. Barry
Safer American industry in 1948 study finds lower accident rates
Chicago special report notes 1948 shows record low disabling injuries per 1,000,000 man hours at 11.49 down 8 percent from 1947. Average 1.12 days lost per 1,000,000 man hours. lumbering highest frequency, coal mining highest severity, communications safest among reporting industries.
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Chicago
Ers Safety Council
Council
Zook
Brown County Airport Dedicated To Airman
Brown county's $1,500,000 Austin Straubel airport was dedicated Sunday at ceremonies attended by 2000 persons. Straubel, an air force lieutenant colonel, died in February, 1942. Java natives tried vainly to save his life by rushing him to a Surabaya hospital after he landed his bomber in flames following an air fight with the Japs.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
Austin Straubel
Straubel
Air Force
Java
Surabaya
Egyptian Fails Swim Across English Channel
Egyptian army warrant officer Marie Hassan Hamad, 30, attempted to swim the English Channel from Cap Gris Nez to Folkestone. After 14 hours in squally seas a tug and the boat Britannia retrieved him near Folkestone as weather winds and tides thwarted the crossing.
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Folkestone
Eng
Marie Hassan Hamad
English Channel
Channel
Cap Gris Nez
France
Accomas
Britannia
Vaughan Defends Gifts and Influence in White House Probe
In ongoing hearings, Vaughan asserts freezers given to Mrs. Truman were gifts from old friends with no link to favors. He admits aiding Maragon at times, disputes the extent of influence, and says Verley Perfume Co. financed the freezers while he helped postwar European business moves as official policy. He also says his ties to Hunt are cordial and non-coercive.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Will
Maragon
Vaughan
Pentagon
Albert J. Verley Perfume Co
Chicago
Europe
Aughan
Herbert C. Hathorn
New Jersey
Agriculture Department
Hathorn
Tanforan
California
Tighe Woods
Woods
Verley Company
State Department
Congress
James V. Hunt
Sen Lucas pushes for action on new minimum wage law
In Washington Democratic Leader Lucas Illinois urged the Senate to pass a bill raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour by Wednesday night. GOP leaders Taft and Wherry signaled they would back a case approach with night sessions and a Labor Day through next Tuesday recess. Pepper, floor manager, said major controversial items were removed to speed passage this session.
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Washington
Lucas
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Alee
Pepper
D-Fla
Obituary: Mrs Laura Mickelson 84 in West Salem
Mrs Laura Mickelson age 84 of West Salem died Sunday evening in a local hospital. Survived by sons Melvin of Onalaska and Lloyd E. of La Crosse, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services Friday at 1 30 from Jostad Funeral Home and 2 p m at Sacred Savior’s Lutheran Church. Burial in Hamilton Cemetery. Friends may call at Jostad Funeral Home Thursday evening.
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Laura Mickelson
West Salem
Melvin
Onalaska
Lloyd E
la Crosse
Jostad Funeral Home
Qur Savior’s Lutheran Church
Rev. M. Hendrickson
Hamilton Cemetery
Jostad
Funeral services for Rosina Josephine Neu
Rosina Josephine Neu of 1237 South 20th Street died suddenly on Sunday. Funeral services are set for 2 p m at Hope Methodist Church with Reverend Woodman officiating. Burial will follow at Mt Hope Cemetery Hokah. Friends may call Sletten McKee Co south side chapel Tuesday 7 to 9 p m and at the Hokah church Wednesday from noon until services.
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Rosina Josephine Neu
South 20Th Street
Hope Methodist Church
Woodman
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Hokah
Sletten-McKee Co
Death notices for C Namonr Mahr in Wisconsin
Funeral services for C Namonr Mahr 69 were held at Hart Funeral home in Hillsboro. Rev. Raymond of Tripville Wesleyan Methodist church officiated. Burial followed at Mount Vernon cemetery Hillsboro. Mahr born Greenwood township May 20 1880 lived in Greenwood Hillsboro then Reedsburg where he died of a heart attack. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Annie Eweing Hillsboro and Mrs Sophie Moehns Elroy.
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Hillsboro
Wis
C. Namonr Mahr
Hart Funeral
Raymond
Tripville
Reedsburg
Annie Eweing
Sophie Moehns
Elroy
Genoa man Elmer Clements dies in sleep at 62
Elmer Clements 62 a well known fishing float operator of Genoa died Wednesday night in his sleep. He is survived by his wife one son Byron three brothers Hershel Otto and G M Clements. Funeral services were held Sunday Aug 28.
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Genoa
Wis
Elmer Clements
Byron
Herschel
Otto
la Crosse
G. M. Clements
Detroit
Mich
Czech-Continued: Prague coup plotters condemned after trial
The Prague state court handed down sentences including death for Josef Charvat and others linked to a failed putsch. Key accused included Dr Jaroslav Borovec and security officials. Authorities said many pleaded guilty and a large conspirator group was involved. The date of the abortive coup was not disclosed.
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Josef Charvat
Jaroslav Borovec
Prague Police
Prague
Rooster Attack Causes Woman's Death in Frisco
In Ellwood City hospital Mrs. Ella Francis, 69, of Frisco, died after a rooster peck infected her leg. The injury occurred about ten days earlier and infections from the wound were cited as the cause of death.
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Ellwood City
Ella Francis
Frisco
Ellwood City Hospital
Parolee Returns To Jail In Minnesota Chapel Speech
Charles Conley, 63, former inmate of Minnesota state prison, surrendered to sheriff in Libby Montana after a theft. He had served 33 years of a life term for a Minneapolis murder and told authorities it is tough on the outside. Conley was returned to Stillwater that night.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota
Charles Conley
Minneapolis
Libby
Mont
Conley
Montana
Wisconsin Ranks Eighth In Pig Production
Wisconsin farms produce about three and a half percent of the nation’s pigs, with Grant, Dane, and LaFayette counties accounting for roughly 30 percent of market hogs. The Chester White is the leading breed, and hogs now contribute about 13 percent of the state's cash income. The average annual crop sees around three million hogs, finishing 225 pound market animals in seven months.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
O. E. Krause
C. D. Caparoon
State Federal Crop Reporting Service
Grant
Dane
LaFayette
Senate Defeats Major Appropriation in Key Vote
The senate rejected a appropriation bill totaling about 45 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1. Democratic Leader Lucas scores a win ahead of re election while southern Democrats McClellan and Byrd and Republican leaders Wherry and Taft face setbacks. The body also slashed 800 million from air force funding and ordered 434 million cut from army navy and air force totals, plus 275 million for stockpiling strategic materials.
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Congress
Lucas
Illinois
McClelan
Arkansas
Byrd
Virginia
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Douglas
D-Ill
House
Defense
Johnson
Internal company campaigns stretch across firms
The internal campaigns will cover company pieces and executives pledges, with each firm employing at least five people. The effort includes card solicitation of every employee as part of a continued effort to pave a complete miniature campaign within each office.
Tractor on Stilts Aids Spraying Tall Corn
QUEENSTOWN Md University of Maryland entomology researchers George S Lankford and George Burkhardt built a stilted four and one half foot high tractor with a chain drive to spray tall corn without harming tassels. Demonstrated before about 50 farmers and canning company reps the setup allows the undercarriage to be removed for operation in wide fields. The university will demonstrate to interested farmers or canners how to build their own.
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Queenstown
University University of Maryland
George S. Lankford
George Burkhardt
University
Entomology Department
Canning Company
Gen Lucius D. Clay Urges U S Lead in Fight Against Aggressor
Retired General Lucius D. Clay, former U S commander in Germany, spoke to 700 at a Legion banquet for Perry Brown of Beaumont Texas. He urged the United States to lead efforts to reduce trade barriers and deter aggressors, who he did not name, arguing they threaten world stability when they cross borders.
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Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Clay
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Legion
Northwestern and Steel Plan Report If Mediation Fails
Steel headed by Prof Carroll Daugherty of Northwestern University will proceed with their report submission to the White House if mediation is rejected. A new deadline for submission is Sept 10, leaving three days for bargaining before the Sept 14 strike deadline unless an extension is granted.
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Carroll
Daugherty
Northwestern University
White House
Plunging Neckline Collection Draws Attention in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills designer Merideth Peterson debuts a fall and winter line featuring convertible plunging necklines. She insists the low cuts appeal to women who can wear them while offering options to cover up when desired. Peterson shows the collection daily at the House of Merideth, including a dress named "button button" that can be buttoned or left open.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Merideth
Injunction Withdrawn in South Bend Drive-In Case
A South Bend Indiana drive-in theater withdrew its request for a federal injunction to halt Balaban and Katz from noting license numbers of patrons. Lawyer Seymour Simon said the license letters had stopped operating. The suit, filed in district court, claims Balaban and Katz discriminated by withholding films four weeks after other South Bend theaters. Trial is set for September 12.
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Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Stork Delivers Pagni Triplets on August 29
Springfield Tenn. reports a trio of Pagni babies born on Aug. 29 at Robertson County Hospital. Thomas Pagni III joins siblings Marie Diane, age 2, and Kathleen Ann, age 1. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pagni, laborat ory technician husband and wife, praised the timing as a family pattern.
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Springfield
Tenn
Thomas Pagni
Stork
Youths Ordered to Weed Watermelon Losses
Six Onalaska youths ages eight to twelve faced Justice Charles Roddle for foraging watermelons. They must pay $10 damages and work five hours at 30 cents an hour weed pulling supervised by a police officer. The case framed the act as theft and aimed to discipline the young offenders.
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Onalaska
Charles Roddle
Justice Roddle
Roddle
Gunmen Raid Court Vault In City Hall
Two gunmen entered the eighth floor city hall office of the municipal court clerk in Chicago and spent over three hours breaking into a vault. They tied two watchmen, damaged the vault, and escaped with less than $300 in cash and court records. Police noted they did not target four other safes nearby.
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Chicago
Black-Square
City-County
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