Probers Seek Word From Former Aide in Bilbo Case
Washington search continues for details of a 525000 campaign contribution linked to a war contractor. Edward Terry, Bilbo aide and former Bilbo secretary, reappears in Quitman hospital, claiming he faced death threats to testify. The 1942 Mississippi Senate race figures, James Eastland, Leland Dexey, and others are cited in related testimony.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
T J
Quitman
Miss
Edward Terry
Ross Colina
Leland Wall
Senate
James O. Eastland
Wall Dexey
Collins
Wall
Doxey
The
Cecil Travis
Lara Harrison
Harrison
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mead
D- WY
Mississippi
94 Year Old Recluse Leaves $50,000 To Abandoned Son
Buffalo public administrator Samuel Sapowich said 94 year old Alexander Talfourd left more than 50 000 to his son Donald whom he abandoned 30 years ago. Talfourd lived in a small room cooking on a hot plate and died broken hearted after seeking forgiveness.
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Buffalo
Samuel Sapowich
Sapowich
Alexander Talfourd
New York City
Talfourd
Donald
Fei
Two Seriously Hurt In Durand Accident
Two men were injured in a car crash on Highway 85 east of Durand. Driver James Delong, 24, of Eau Galle, had head and chest injuries and was unconscious eight hours after the crash. Passenger Willis Xeteali, 27, of Durand, suffered a broken jaw and other head injuries. Both were taken to Sacred Heart hospital in Eau Claire where they work for National Pressure Cooker company.
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Eau Claire
National Pressure Cooker Company
Obituary: Gunnay Schoenek of Junction City dies in Minnesota
Gunnay Schoenek, 60, of Junction City Wisconsin, died in Owatonna Minnesota after being struck by an automobile while walking Thursday. The death occurred Saturday and authorities said the incident involved a pedestrian collision near the roadside.
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Owatonna
Minn
Gunnay Schoenek
Junction City
Wis
Sunday Weather Brings Cloudy skies and cold snap
Sunday forecast calls for cloudy conditions and a cold day with light snow possible. Temperatures peak near 45 degrees, dropping to about 28 in the afternoon.
Daggers for Presents Heavily Guarded Korea Tour
The diary of Edwin W. Pauley, U.S. Reparations Commissioner, recounts a six day inspection in the northern Soviet zone of Korea. An armed Russian escort sought to limit American contact with locals while Pauley and General I. M. Chistiakov traded ceremonial daggers and attended a vodka dinner.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Korea
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Truman
Russia
White House
Secret Service
I. M. Chistiakov
U. S
Chistiakov
Donnelly Criticizes Schwellenbach Over Missouri Unpaid Workers
Governor Phil Donnelly accuses Secretary Schwellenbach of bureaucratic overreach after he refused a $227 500 federal allotment for Missouri state employment services leaving about 700 workers unpaid since November 15. Schwellenbach said reclassified federal employees under state control meet merit rules and politics plays no role.
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Jefferson City
Phil M. Donnelly
Trustan
Schwellenbach
Washington
Missouri State Employment Service
Missouri
Congress
Labor Department
Lonnelly
Schhwellenbach
Veteran Saves Boy From Ice During Wisconsin Drowning Incident
In Ripon Wisconsin Lester Hirscher a Navy veteran saved the 13 year old son of his wartime buddy by swimming through icy mill pond waters after the boy broke through the ice. Hirscher and Russell Crook used a rope to reach the boy as the ice cracked. Hirscher swam 15 feet to pull Stanley Kwiatkoske from danger and both men recall their shared boot camp days.
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Ripon
Wis
City Mill Pond
Lester Hirscher
Stanley Kwiatkoske
Russell Crook
Hilscher
Stanley
Lester
Navy
Travelers Stock Up On Rope After Winecoff Fire
Hotel residents and travelers buy long ropes for fire safety after the Winecoff hotel blaze. Buyers carry ropes up to 250 feet, with one man planning a special suitcase for his rope. A dealer noted a shipper would carry rope wherever he spends the night, and stores near the Winecoff report cutting about 1000 feet daily as demand surges following the disaster that left 321 dead.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Winecoff
Detroit Union Officials Indicted in Extortion Probe
Five AFL officers and agents face charges of conspiring to extort 250000 in tribute by demanding work permits for wartime labor. Seven other union officials named as co conspirators but not defendants. warrants set for preliminary hearing. Meanwhile flood displaces 1600 in the White River valley near Seattle with nearly 1 million in damage anticipated.
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Detroit
AFL
Toral
Paul C. Allen
Pontiac
Mich
Richard Morrison
Frank White
Angelo Glammaria
Columbus
Jack A. Valentine
Lansing
Liberty on Wheels exhibition to tour the United States
Attorney General Clark announced a priceless collection of American historical documents will travel the nation on a fireproof train to counter alien ideologies. The exhibit includes the Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Jefferson notes, Madison debates, and a year long tour of major and smaller cities across 48 states.
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Washington
Clark
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Manhattan Chosen as Permanent UN Home in 46 to 7 Vote
The United Nations general assembly selected Manhattan on the east side as its permanent capital in a 46 to 7 vote with Haiti absent. John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded land for the site with 8.5 million dollars, defeating San Francisco and Philadelphia as finalists.
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New York
United Nations General Assembly
Manhattan
Haiti
New World Peace Agency
San Francisco
Philadelphia
John D. Rockefeller
East Side
Australia
Egypt
el Salvador
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
New York City
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Izvestia
United Nations and Foreign Ministers Council
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Bevin
37th Body Taken From N Y Tenement
Rescue workers cleared 37 bodies from a Manhattan six story tenement after a fire at an adjacent ice plant caused a wall collapse. Six bodies had been identified by Saturday and no other occupants were listed as missing. More than 30 people were injured in the disaster.
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New York
Manhattan
W. T. Whelan
Christmas In The Air Carolers Begin Evening Song Programs
La Crosse plans 14 choirs for a week of caroling starting Tuesday at 7 30 p m with a loudspeaker broadcast from the Linker hotel by the La Crosse Teachers College glee club and St Pauls Lutheran. Groups will visit homes of the sick and aged, with carolers meeting nightly at 7 30 p m December 17 23 and touring by bus.
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la Crosse
Linker Hotel
Teachers College Glee Club
Ee 5 Voices
St.Paul’s Lutheran Church
George Halverson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Trinity Lutheran Church
Aquinas High School
M. Agnés Clare
Congregational Church
Harold Youngberg
Lincoln Junior High
W. P. Stephens
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Harmer Root
Logan High School
C. I. Anderson
Viterbo College
M. Francesca
Junior Chamber of Icommerce
Our Savior's Lutheran
Alvin Mikelson
Orville Mickelberg
Trinity Lutheran Church Choir
Elvin Saterback
Central High School
Michelson
English Lutheran Church
H. N. Stoffel
St. Paul
Marjorie Smith
State Teachers College Glee Club
Thomas Annett
la Crosse Tribune
Mikelson
J&c
Aroling Project
Echh Petish
Linker
JCC
Kenneth Wooden
John A. Eide
Gerald Cobleigh
Tor Rehan
Kenneth Gjerde
Henry Rebhan
la Crosse County
St. Joseph's
Congregational Choir
Nocturna Club
Our Saviors
English Lutheran Church Treble
University of Wisconsin to buy rare Thordarson library
The Wisconsin regents voted to purchase the Chester Thordarson library for 300000 dollars, a 11000 volume collection valued by collectors at over a million if sold separately. Regents approved funding from trust funds and noted one dissent. The action accompanies other budget items and staff moves.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Chester Thordarson
Thordarson
Wisconsin
Iceland
Chicago
Dan Grady
Portage
Alexander von Schelling
Switzerland
von Schelting
Germany
Engineering
Civil Service
Wisconsin Research Foundation
Grady
Henry L. Smith
Laurence 2
Badger Village
Baraboo
Congress of Guam Backs Territory Status and Citizenship
The Guam congress on Saturday proposed to the next U S congress that Guam become organized as a territory and that all Guamanians receive United States citizenship.
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Guam
Congress of Guam
U. S
United States
Five Hurt As Plane Crashes In New Hampshire
A charter Dartmouth Airways flight from New York City to Lebanon New Hampshire crashed into Twistback Hill near Claremont, injuring four passengers and the pilot. Injured include Clara Livingston James town New York internal skull and facial injuries Margaret McLaughlin Bridgeport Connecticut internal injuries James Kitchel St Johnsbury Vermont facial injuries possible fractures Douglas Kitchel St Johnsbury Vermont internal injuries and lacerations Joseph Shields Hanover New Hampshire pilot fractured face head injuries and multiple lacerations
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Claremont
N. H
Dartmouth Airways
New York City
Lebanon
Clara Livingston
Jamestown
Margaret McLaughlin
Bridgeport
Douglas Kitchel
St. Johnsbury
Joseph F. Shields
Hanover
Leopard mauls boy at New York Central Park Zoo
A leopard at the Central Park zoo reached through bars and struck three year old John Stearns as he crawled over a guard rail. The child suffered facial cuts and was reported bleeding as police responded to the incident.
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New York
Sir David
Central Park Zoo
John Stearns
Train crash injures Farm Bureau delegates in Utah
A Western Pacific passenger train collided head on with a freight train eight miles west of Salt Lake City injuring at least 42 people including three with serious injuries. Texas farm bureau director Robert A. Fuchs was trapped for 40 minutes with a leg fracture. The crash involved 201 delegates returning from San Francisco. Another Western Pacific derailment near Oroville, California caused minor injuries to several passengers.
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Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
Here
Robert A. Fuchs
Hrentham
Tex
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Clarence Simpson
Coleman
W. A. Martin
Louisiana
American Farm Bureau Convention
San Francisco
Oroville
Calif
Big Dealer to Retire From Federal Forest Service After 47 Years
Leon F. Kneipp, key figure in the federal forest service real estate program, will retire Dec. 31 after 47 years. He started as a Prescott ranger in 1900 and led land acquisition and planning for 25 years. Howard Hopkins will succeed him as Kneipp shifts to a kibitzer role with the Cosmos Club in Washington.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Leon F. Kneipp
Alaska Purchase
Federal Forest Service
Kneipp
Prescott Forest Reserve
Arizona
Forest Service
Howard Hopkins
Private Forestry
Agriculture Department
Cosmos Club
The
Ing
Kneipy
Chicago
Prescott
Aviz
Truman Reverses Wyatt Housing Controls In 1947 Push
President Truman dropped major controls from the Wyatt housing program and ordered new steps to aid rental construction. He ended the $10,000 sales price ceiling on new homes and the $80 monthly rent cap, while scrapping the building material priority system to spur postwar construction.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Louisville
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
REC
National Housing Agency
Frank W. Cortright
National Association of Home Builders
NHA
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