Witnesses Turn Spotlight on Perjury Case at White House
Federal grand jury calls Charles Ingersoll and others as it weighs whether John Maragon lied to senators about payments from government deals. Gilbert Halasz first to testify. Polland and Ross linked to Allied Molasses case involving a $1000 payment in 1946. Bay Security Bonds
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
John Aragon
Bootblack
White House
Charles Ingersoll
Maragon
Ingersoll
Senate
Grand Jury
Gilbert Halasz
Harold Ross
Allied Molasses Company, Inc
Perth Amboy
N. J
Milton Polland
Milwaukee Life Insurance
Drew Pearson
William P. Rogers
Carmine S. Bellino
Polland
Allied Molasses Company
Allied
Ross
Kuwait Sheik Plans $1,280,000 Cairo Palace
Arab news agency reports the oil sheik of Kuwait plans a grand Cairo palace costing 1.28 million dollars. Plans include 30 guest suites two elevators a movie theater an audience hall and a mosque. The note also mentions a tiny stream Alpheus Creek near Twin Falls Idaho.
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Cairo
Kuweit
South Arabia
Hancock Dies at 86 in Chatfield Minn
C E Hancock of Orion township dies at home after long illness. Funeral services set for December 21 at 2 p m from Boetzer Funeral home Chatfield with Dr D L Harbour officiating. Burial in Orion Center cemetery. Born January 16 1863 in Orion, he married Cora Best December 12 1885. They observed their 64th anniversary last week. Survived by son Paul Pine Island Minn and daughter Mrs John Hanson Orion township seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Chatfield
Minn
Es Edward Hancock
Boetzer
D. L. Harbour
Orion Center
Hancock
Orion Township
Torrey Hancock
Longfellow
Cora Best
Paul
Pine Island
John Hanson
Deaths in Tri-State Area Mrs Carolan of Bluffton Dies
Mrs. Philip J. Carolan, 69, of Bluffton and Ridgeway, died December 16 in a Decorah hospital. Born Elizabeth Ann Walen on June 4, 1880, she married Philip J. Carolan in 1904 and lived on a Bluffton farm before retirement. Survived by her husband, six sons Leonard Decorah Thomas Weshingae John Philip Frederick Ridgeway, a sister Rose Tobin and sixteen grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Blufton Catholic church with burial adjoining.
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Phillip Carolan
Decorah
Ira
Philip J. Carolan
George Mahoney
Blufton Catholic Church
Elizabeth Ann Whalen
Thomas Walen
Plymouth Rock
Bluffton
Ridgeway
Leonard
Thomas
Weshingae
John
Philip
Frederick
Cresco
Rose Tobin
Funeral services for Mrs. Serine Hovden in Decorah
Mrs Serine Hovden 86 died Friday in Decorah Iowa Funeral services set for Tuesday December 20 at 1 30 p m from Winneshiek cooperative Burial association and Madison Lutheran church with Rev M B Quill officiating She will be buried in the Ades cemetery She born March 25 1863 in Madison township married John K Hovden in 1883 He died 1948 Survived by two daughters five sons 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren with several in Decorah Ridgeway and nearby towns
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Decorah
Serine Hovden
Winneshiek Cooperative Burial Association
Madison Lutheran Church
M. B. Quill
Ades
Hovden
Serine Haga
Ole Haga
Madison Township
John K. Hovden
Clara Hovden
Olvin
Carl Hovden
A. M. Holstad
Helmer
Edwin
Clarence Hovden Ridgeway
Theodore Ruetten 87 Dies in Sparta Wisconsin
Theodore Ruetten died early Tuesday in a Sparta hospital. Born in Germany he would have turned 87 on January 18. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's Catholic church with Rev. L. B. Keegan officiating. A rosary was scheduled and Plummer's Funeral Home arranged services.
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Sparta
Wis
Theodore Ruetten
Ruetten
Germany
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
L. B. Keegan
Plummer
William C Zumach Dies In La Crescent Garage
William C Zumach 45 was found dead in his La Crescent garage Monday around 10 p m from a heart attack. His daughter Mrs Charles Ambuehl found the body and La Crosse firemen attempted resuscitation before a physician declared him dead. He worked for Electric Auto-Lite Co La Crosse and is survived by his wife two sons Milo Wendell and two daughters Marion Hopkins and Loren Ambuehl plus one grandchild. Services set for Thursday at 2 00 pm from the home and 2 30 pm from the Lutheran church in La Crescent with Rev Paul Metzger officiating burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday after 4 00 pm at the home.
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LA Crescent
Minn
William C. Zumach
Zumach
Charles
Wilma) Ambuehl
la Crosse
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Milo
Wendell
Jerold
Marion) Hopkins
Loren Ambuehl
Lutheran Church
Paul Metzger
Prospect Hill
Hiss Denies Saw Chambers After 1936
Alger Hiss testified at his second perjury trial denying he met or met Chambers after 1936. He rejected claims he handed secret State Department papers to Chambers to pass to a prewar Soviet spy ring. He defended his prior denials to a federal grand jury charging two perjury counts.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Chambers
State Department
Hiss
Smile When You Say That News Item
Oshkosh police officer Elmer D. MacDonald received a $1 Christmas cheer after a double parked car incident. He rode his three wheeled motorcycle through downtown Saturday night. The driver sent the dollar with a note praising the officer and his pleasant smile.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Elmer D. Mac Donald
Mac Donald
MacDonald
Fleet-Footed Heifers Sell After Wild Chase In England
Oldland, England. Charles Cryer sells two racing heifers Rosie and Daisy as is and where is after failed capture attempts. The three year old shorthorn sisters evaded 15 men and four dogs in a 25 acre field, prompting a 5 pound reward before Cryer sold them for 30 pounds to dealer Albert Lovell who plans a future attempt at gentler handling.
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Oldland
England
Charles Cryer
Rosie
Daisy
Cryer
Albert Lovell
Stolen Stamps Worth 196 Dollars In Car Break-In
In Green Bay Wisconsin burglars took 196 dollars in stamps from Robert Maske's car. The crime was discovered after a Christmas mail haul appeared missing with a sizeable stamp stash.
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Green Bay
Wis
Robert Maske
Romulo Proposes Atomic Truce at UN Meet
In Lake Success Philippine diplomat and UN assembly president Carlos P. Romulo urged a temporary armistice between the United States and the Soviet Union to allow time for a permanent global atomic control plan. He suggested four paths including a short term armistice with inspections and an interim weapons ban.
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United States
Russia
Britain
France
China
Romulo
Romula
Holidays After UMW Work Week Schedule
District presidents of the United Mine Workers said 480,000 coal miners were ordered to work two days per week for the next two weeks. Miners will work Tuesdays and Wednesdays due to Christmas and New Year holidays, after previously working three days weekly under UMW President John L. Lewis.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John Busarello
UMW
James Mark
District Two
John L. Lewis
Weather cautions as cold front nears Wisconsin
A cold mass from northwestern Canada moves toward Wisconsin bringing a change from rain to snow on Wednesday. Tuesday's precipitation mixed with freezing mist and fog has left icy highways near Rhinelander and similar slick conditions north of Eau Claire. Drivers were advised to proceed cautiously as roads in Green Bay remained wet but under control.
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Thompson
Canada
Wisconsin
Rhinelander
State Highway Department
Eau Claire
Green Bay
New York City Plans to Tap Hudson River
New York City officials moved to tap the Hudson River for 100 million gallons daily to alleviate a four year water shortage. The plan would route water into the Delaware Aqueduct at Chelsea, purify at source, and store in reservoirs to meet part of the city’s demand.
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New York City
Hudson River
New York
Hudson
Chelsea
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Madison worker, 23, sentenced for slugging and robbery
Victor Brantmeyer, 23, Madison construction worker, was sentenced to one to three years in state prison after pleading guilty to slugging Rodney Burns, 46, of Chicago, and robbing him of $102.95 on September 15 near Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Victor Brantmeyer
Rodney Burns
Chicago
Brantmeyer
Burns
Wild mink versus musk rat described as rival predators
In wild state mink is presented as the musk rat’s chief foe. The report highlights the predation relationship and notes mink aggressiveness and hunting behavior toward musk rats.
Mrs Lillian Gardner Grandell Rites Held In St Paul
Mrs Lillian Gardner Grandell 45 of St Paul died last Thursday formerly of La Crosse. Survived by husband Emil daughter Shirley and parents Mr and Mrs J A Gardner of Sturgeon Lake Minn plus two brothers Ralph C and George Gardner of St Paul. Funeral services were held in St Paul Saturday with burial in Calvary cemetery. Attending from La Crosse area were A J Grabhorn Leslie Grabhorn Mrs Dwight Horton and Misses Maxine and Shirley Grabhorn of Stoddard and Alvina Soukop and Gus Bock families of La Crosse.
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Lillian Grandell
St. Paul
la Crosse
Emil
Shirley
J. A. Gardner
Sturgeon Lake
Minn
Ralph C
George Gardner
Calvary Cemetery
A. J. Grab
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Angell Held at Dahl Funeral Home
Funeral services for 80 year old Mrs Myrtle Angell who died Monday in a local hospital will be held Wednesday at 10 a m at the Dahl funeral home with the Rev Mark L Andrews officiating. The body will be taken to Sunset Memorial Park Minneapolis Minnesota for cremation. She was born in Austin Minnesota on July 12 1869 and was the widow of George W Angell. Friends may call Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
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Myrtle Angell
Dahl
Mark L. Andrews
Sunset Memorial Park
Minneapolis
Minn
Austin
George W. Angell
Tavern Keeper Fined For Bribing Policeman
Milwaukee tavern keeper Ralph Barsanian was charged with offering a bribe to Det. Kenneth Shaffer of the morals squad in a Tuesday warrant issued by Dist. Atty. William J. McCauley. He also faced a separate charge of selling more than one bottle of liquor at a time after Shaffer arrested him for test purchases.
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Milwaukee
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Ralph Barsanian
Kenneth Shaffer
Barsanian
Shaffer
Overall Clad Santas Stop To See Girls
Five Santa Clauses in overalls will ride by rail to visit the Miller sisters near Dongola Illinois Three girls ages 12 11 and 4 will be greeted by 26 railroad workers who have prepared gifts including 26 dollars and batteries The stop on No 81 was approved by the railroad as a gratitude gesture for the girls six year friendship and cheer
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Dongola
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Southern Illinois
Miller Sisters
Vivian
Glora
Lorraine Miller
Robert J. Brennan
East St. Louis
Farm electrification rises as farms adopt power
About 74 percent of 5,750,000 U S farms now use electricity, reflecting a 25 percent increase over the past three years. The figures highlight nationwide progress in rural electrification and utility expansion.
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United States
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