Senate probes Army sugar buys at excess prices
Washington report says the Senate expenditures committee voted to investigate a report that the Army purchased over 1 billion dollars worth of sugar at prices above the prevailing rate just before price controls expired. Chairman Aiken announced the inquiry. Senator McCarthy had raised the complaint, with McCarthy also pressing the Appropriations Committee to examine the deal.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Rearmed
McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy Elso
Senate — Priations
Wise
Australia’s Britain Campaign Ships Food Parcels
Australia’s Britain Campaign sent parcels of food to Britain this fall as part of wartime relief and morale efforts. The drive mobilized volunteers and donations to aid civilians and possibly service personnel overseas.
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Australia
Britain
Henry Wallace Dollar Debates Dewey Over China Policy
Henry A. Wallace charged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey with outdoing Truman by favoring aid to China and universal military training. He opposed U S support for Chiang Kai-shek and warned such training sharpens military power at home. Wallace said he would back Sen. Robert A. Taft for president to keep foreign policy decisive and related to peace. He argued Taft opposes universal training and would restrain foreign aid. Wallace warned current policy could lead to war with Russia.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wallace
Upstate
New York
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Republican Party
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
President Truman
Russia
Hougen Wheeler Earn Honors in Central Junior Ex Event
Central high juniors competed for honors in the Junior Ex assembly. Winners Glonnie Hougen and Tom Wheeler spoke on Sister Kenny and Leonardo da Vinci respectively. Judges included Miss Hazel Stillman and others. topics covered Sister Kenny, Leonardo da Vinci, Pere Marquette, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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Hougen
Wheeler
Central High School
Glonnie Hougen
Tom Wheeler
Hazel Stillman
George M. Hetherington
Walter Butterwick
Ole Oines
Emmet Smith
Adele Wallin
Central
Anna Mashek
Elizabeth Wiley
Olga Thiel
Catherine Brody
Evangeline Malchow
Elizabeth Brady
Miss Barclay
Anne Marie Bach
Clara Siepert
C. C. Thomas
Rosemary Selma
Jeanine Struxness
Jackie Kling
Glornne Hougen
Clarence Schlicht
Roger Bey
John Beekman
Joyce Ringquist
Ramona Cram
Sister Kenny
Sister Kenney
Australia
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Rhodes Scholars Candidates Named
Wisconsin candidates announced for Rhodes scholarships at Oxford. Walter S. Bradshaw of Milwaukee Donald B. Easum and Francis J. Bloodgood Jr. of Madison were selected to compete in Indianapolis with peers from Illinois Michigan Ohio Kentucky and Indiana. Six of eighteen finalists will win scholarships. Bradshaw attends West Point Easum teaches at John Burroughs School Bloodgood is a UW senior.
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Madison
Wis
Walter S. Bradshaw
Milwaukee
Donald B. Easum
Francis J. Bloodgood
Wisconsin
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Indianapolis
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Bradshaw
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Easum
John Burroughs School
St. Louis
Bloodgood
University of Wisconsin
Midwest Democrats Ready to Attend 1948 Convention as Unit
James C. Quigley of Valentine Neb led the Midwest Democratic conference meeting that re elected him chairman. The group stated they would go to the 1948 national convention as a unit with about 220 electoral votes, a fifth of the convention strength.
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Omaha
James C. Quigley
Valentine, Neb
Army Reserve Corps Applications Deadline Extended Indefinitely
Captain William T. Whittington, head of the army reserve unit in La Crosse, says the December 31 deadline for submitting applications to join the army officers reserve corps has been extended indefinitely.
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Army Officers Reserve Corps
William T. Whittington
Army
la Crosse
Milwaukee bartender guilty of first degree murder
Joseph Picciurro, 35, was found guilty of first degree murder for the July 3 fatal shooting of 22 year old waitress Carol Burns at Club 3 in Milwaukee. He received life imprisonment in the state prison at Waupun after a 51 minute jury deliberation on the first ballot. His attorney said a new trial would be sought.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Picciurro
Herbert J. Steffes
Picciurro
Waupun
Carol Burns
Third Street
Charles Swidler
World fleet tops twelve thousand ships in 1946
An estimate for 1946 places about 12 435 commercial ships afloat worldwide. The figure reflects postwar renewal and increased global seaborne trade as nations rebuilt tonnage and capacity after wartime losses.
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Yen Seow
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Leslie Turner
Wash
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TeXa Clays
Reestar Fm
Orme
Henry Wallace
Truman
Henry
Buffalo, N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
Rogers Bros
Vous Saker
Ralph H. Young Jeweler
American Gem Society
Bucct
Bendix
Skyways Home Appliances
Main Street
Caledonia Street
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci
Marc Mitscher
Roger Bay
Hillsboro
Hamlin Garland
Clarence Schlich
Garland
Marquette
Pere Jacques Marquette
Earry
Edgar Allan Poe
Orson Welles
Rosemary Selmo
Midwest
Flo
Kow
TONI
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Tillman’s
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