Farm Price Ceilings Shift With New OPA Controls
OPA and the Agriculture Department prepare to lift price ceilings on farm and food products tonight as the shift from free prices to new ceilings takes effect at midnight. The beef hog pork ceilings rise notably with new slaughter quotas and non federally inspected plants moving under OPA control.
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Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Porter
Chicago
Riots in Rio de Janeiro Leave One Dead and Dozens Injured
Rioting in downtown Rio de Janeiro caused widespread damage as mobs protested high living costs. One person was killed and nearly a hundred injured as plate glass shattered shopfronts, funeral parlors, and theaters. Police used tear gas and volleys. troops briefly occupied key points before retreating. The national student union announced a planned famine parade for September 10, to be conducted orderly.
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Rio DE Janeiro
National Student Union
Lamp Resigns as Undersheriff. Henninger Named Acting
Sheriff Stanley E. Olson announced Lamp resigns effective September 1 to take a vacation and handle personal matters. Robert Henninger, a returned veteran residing at 828 Market Street, will serve as undersheriff for the remainder of Lamp’s term.
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Olsen
Robert Henninger
Market Street
Lamp
Olson
John Steuart Curry Rites Held for Wisconsin Artist
Madison memorial service for John Steuart Curry 48 university artist in residence followed by plans to ship remains to Kansas with funeral rites in Winchester and burial in the family cemetery. Curry associates announced a Curry Memorial scholarship to promote rural painting in Wisconsin.
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Madison
John Steuart Curry
University of Wisconsin
Grace Episcopal Church
Kansas
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Church
Curry
Wisconsin
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair and warmer tonight with a low around 58. Sunday looks generally fair with scattered local showers late afternoon or at night and a high near 78.
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la Crosse
Victory halts nine foot channel drawdown on upper Mississippi
Wisconsin Minnesota sportsmen celebrate after U S Army engineers abandon drawdown plans for nine foot pools on the upper Mississippi above Rock Island for winter 1946 1947 Col Clark Kittrell announces no pool drawdown following a June 28 1946 meeting in Dubuque with state governors and river councils read in St Louis and Dubuque noting a campaign for federal conservation legislation remains in force for the valley leaders of La Crosse and neighboring counties
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Upper
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
U. S. Army Engineers
Badger State Sportsmen's Club, Inc
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Col
Clark Kittress
Upper Mississippi Valley Division
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Dubuque
Upper Mississippi Valley Water Use Council
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Col. Kittrell
Communist Files For Governor Race In Wisconsin Primary
Sigmund Eisenscher of Milwaukee filed as an independent candidate for governor with the secretary of state. Eugene Prinston of St Croix Falls ran for congress in the 10th district as a Progressive Republican, and Thomas Joyce of Mercer sought assembly in Vilas and Iron counties.
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Madison
Sigmund Eisenscher
Milwaukee
Eugene Princeton
St. Croix Falls
Congress
Thomas Joyce
Mercer
Assem
Lion
Vilas
Body found under truck blanket identified in Plymouth
Plymouth Police Chief Lester Manual said he found the nude emaciated body of a man under a blanket in the rear of a truck. The body was identified by a sister as Lester Plumer, 59, of South Bend.
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Plymouth
Ind
Lester Manual
Lester Plumer
South Bend
No Rent Increase Or Ceiling Removal Prophecy
Washington reports Paul Porter pledges no rent increases or removal of price ceilings. OPA chief says landlords are better off now and vacancies are down as wartime repairs and redecorating lag, with research supporting stability for renters.
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OPA
Washington
Paul Porter
Mantz Wins Bendix Race
Paul Mantz from Burbank California set a record speed of 435.6 mph in the Bendix cross country race from Van Nuys to Cleveland. He won the prize in four hours 42 minutes 10 seconds flying a North American P 51 Mustang with stunt flying helping avoid trouble. The speed beat the 1939 record by Frank Fuller and trailed only a jet propelled plane by 33 minutes. Jacqueline Cochran noted as the only woman to win the Bendix, earlier in 1938.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Burbank
Calif
van Nuys
Frank Fuller
Jimmy Doolittle
Mantz
Doolittle
Jacqueline Cochran
Wasp
Bendix
Kilian Charges Ex-Prosecutor in Lichfield Cruelty Case
Col James O Kilian signs court martial charges against Capt Earl J Carroll former assistant prosecutor in the Lichfield England cruelty case Carroll is accused of maliciously pursuing Kilian’s prosecution at the trial Kilian was convicted for permitting cruelty to American soldiers at the Lichfield guardhouse Kilian’s verdict carries a $500 fine and a reprimand Carroll plans to seek trial in the United States and denies wrongdoing Kilian’s attorney says a brief will challenge the legality of the verdict and its scope The case awaits military review
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James O. Kilian
Earl J. Carroll
Lichfield
Kilian
England
Carroll
U. S. Army Continental Base
San Bruno
Calif
Sgt
Judson Smith
Smith
Board of Inquiry
United States
Maj
Leland Smith
Col. Kilian
Mercury Found in James H. Ragen Body Opens Chicago Case
Coroner A L Brodie said traces of mercury were found in the tissues of James H. Ragen 66 head of a national racing news service shot by unknown gangsters last June 24. An Aug 14 death was attributed to heart disease worsened by gunshot wounds. Ragen had kidney complications and had emergency surgery before his death.
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A. L. Brodie
James H. Ragen
Ragen
Emergency landings of army planes over Wisconsin field
Two army planes diverted from Montana to New Jersey made emergency landings Thursday night at the Glen Wallace farm near De Soto Wisconsin. Pilots who missed La Crosse airport flew back Friday. The hillside field was so small they stripped the planes for takeoff. Two pilots returned to La Crosse by cab. No one was hurt.
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Montana
New Jersey
Glen Wallace
de Soto
Wis
la Crosse
Rushford M ayor T E Kjos Dies After Ill Health
Rushford Minnesota Mayor T E Kjos aged 52 died Friday at 2 p m in a Rochester hospital after several years of ill health He had served as mayor 1940 43 1945 and was re elected in 1947 He was involved with Lions Tri County Safety Council flood control and veterans services He is survived by his wife two daughters and one son Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Rushford Lutheran church.
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Rushford
Minn
T. E. Kjos
Rochester
Kjos
Minnesota
Canada
Duluth
Andrew Kjos
Agricultural
The
Lions
Tri-County Safety Council
Rushford Lutheran Church
Lutheran Men's Club
Rollingstone Insurance Company
Isabel
Norman
Edna) Holman
Lanesboro
Lee
N. L. Otterstad
Rushford Cemetery
Milwaukee A C Union Heads Arrested In Scuffle
Three Allis-Chalmers union members were detained after a scuffling incident at the West Allis plant Friday. They were released with orders to report to the police station the next day. no charges were filed. Local 248, UAW-CIO, has been on strike since April.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Paul Hayner
Gptain Hayner
Uaw-Cio
Two Youths Injured Chasing Bar Robber
Superior Wisconsin police report two youths injured when their car overturned while pursuing a masked armed robber on Highway 105. Elmer Anderson, 20, fractured back potential. Donald A Hill, 22, cuts and bruises. Robber, armed with a double barreled shotgun, stole about $900 from tavern patrons and damaged a telephone, plus about $300 from another tavern nearby.
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Superior
Wis
Highway 105
Elmer Anderson
Donald A. Hill
Yank Jet Plane Hits 608 Miles Per Hour
An unofficial speed mark of 608 mph was set by an Army P-84 Thunderjet at Muroc Army Air Field but not recognized as it did not exceed Britain's 606 mph record by more than five mph. The pilot’s name was not released.
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Maroc
Calif
Muroc Army Air Field
Republic
Great Britain
Army
Army Frees 14 Russian Spy Suspects
In Frankfurt Germany Col C F Fritsche, deputy US Army intelligence chief in Europe, said all but one of 15 Germans arrested on suspected Soviet espionage in the American zone have been released. The remaining man Walter Kazmarek, alleged leader of Free Germany, was still in custody. The 14 freed suspects were said to have provided information on American troop movements in the Stuttgart area. The operation began five months ago and may have ended earlier. legality of charges against the suspects remains undecided.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Col
C. F. Fritsche
U. S. Army
Europe
Fritsche
Walter Kazmarek
Free Germany
Kazmarek
Stuttgart
Russia
Girl Dies from Galesville Accident at Madison Hospital
Six year old Dorothy Marie Benrud of Galesville died en route to Madison after a Thursday crash with a truck in Holmen. Funeral services set for Monday at the Presbyterian church in Galesville with burial in Pine Cliff. She was born February 5, 1940 and would have started first grade next week. survived by parents Ronald and a grandmother.
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Galesville
Wis
Dorothy Marie Benrud
Rudolph Benrud
Holmen
Orton Gabriel
Strum
Madison
Tomah
Presbyterian
Lutheran Church
S E. Verang
Benrud
Pine Cliff
Dorothy
Farmers Take Cattle Home From Yards
About 2000 head of cattle delivered to the livestock market were sent back to the farms of origin. Officials attributed the move to farmers dissatisfaction with falling prices and a decision not to sell at present.
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Chicago
Agriculture Department
Tech Department
State to hold civil service exams for assistant attorney general
The state bureau of personnel announced it would hold civil service examinations for the position of assistant attorney general in the near future. The job pays from $343 to $426 a month.
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Madison
State Bureau of Personnel
Storandt Files to Run as Independent in Wisconsin Assembly Race
Ernest F Storandt of West Salem in La Crosse county filed nomination papers to run on the Independent ticket against the Republican nominee Harry Schilling in the second assembly district. The La Crosse county Republican voluntary committee endorsed Storandt after debate over the open primary law and party responsibility for office holders.
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Ernest F. Storandt
West Salem
la Crosse County
Harry Schilling
Republican Voluntary Committee
Storandt
Eugene A. Toepel
Wisconsin
GOP
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Ernest F Storandt
King George Confident of Greek Victory
King George II, in exile, expressed confidence he would win a two to one plebiscite in Greece upon his return. Associates said he would spend a quiet weekend in the countryside and make no statement for several days after fleeing Greece in 1941 during the German invasion.
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London
George II
George
Greece
Tragic Farm Accident Claims One Year Old in Burlington
Jerome Weis the one year old son of Mr and Mrs Francis Weis of Burlington Burlington County died at Burlington Memorial Hospital from injuries after a truck ran over him on the parents farm earlier in the day Authorities reported the accident occurred on the family property as the child was near farm machinery and the child was pronounced dead shortly after admission to the hospital.
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Burlington, Wis
Jerome Weis
Francis Weis
R. J
Burlington
Burlington Memorial Hospital
Trouble At Manila: President Orders Disarming Of Huks
Manila reports President Manuel Roxas ordering disarming of Hukbalahap guerrillas starting tomorrow after a six week truce ended. Military police and peace guards will shoot arms possessors as authorities pledge to quell lawlessness with planes tanks and cannons. Huk leader Luis Taruc vows continued resistance as peasants demand agrarian reform.
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Manila
Luzon
Manuel Roxas
Mili
Gabriel Belmonte
Nueva Ecija
Huks
Huk
Luis Taruc
Roxas
Reparations and Frontiers Shaped at Paris Peace Talks
Four power commissions set Romania to pay 300 million dollars in reparations to Soviet Russia and approved Italy’s frontier shift toward France on the Mont Cenis plateau. France gains the Gran Scala hydroelectric plant and supplies Italy with needed electricity. Greece seeks 6.12 billion and Yugoslavia 1.3 billion from Italy. a broad subcommittee reviews war damage claims.
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Paris
Romania
Russia
France
Mont Cenis
Tince
Versubie
Roya
Italy
Vesubie
Tenda
Briga
Alps
Britain
United States
Italian Economic Commission
Gran Scala
Greece
Yugoslavia
Ethiopia
Czechoslovakia
Canada
GI's Leg Cut Off By Train Near Black River Falls
GI Joseph D. Jennings of Des Moines Iowa lost his right leg in a train accident near Merrillan Wisconsin while a troop train with returning overseas veterans stopped. He was treated at Camp McCoy hospital after fellow GIs applied a tourniquet and Col Segal performed the knee amputation. Jennings served 16 months and was in Korea with the 404th ordnance.
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Merrillan
Wis
Joseph D. Jennings
Des Moines
Black River Falls
Jennings
Camp McCoy
Jack Segal
South Pacific
West Coast
Fort Sheridan
Col. Segal
Marvin P. Cuthbert
McCoy
Segal
Korea
404Th Ordnance
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Stanley E. Olson
John Curry
St. Louis Engineers’ Office
By James J. Strebig
Associated Press Aviation Reporter
Paul F. Goodwin
Boston
Mass
Milton
Goodwin
U. S
Mercury
A-C
Yank
Philippine
John Grover
Economic Commission For
Balkans
Finland
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