Church Priest Nabbed In Raid In Rockford
Police raided a church bingo game at a Rockford church basement arresting Father Gordon and two others on charges of operating a gambling establishment. Andrew Pozzi and two unidentified men were released on $120 recognizance after appearances. about 50 players were present but not detained. Frank Larson warned of the planned raid prior to execution.
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Rockford
Ill
York of Love’s Park
Io Church
Andrew Pozzi
York
Frank Larson
Father Gordon
GOP Pair Accuses Brannan of Corn Fix
Two Republican senators, Wherry Nebraska and Agee Michigan, accuse Secretary Brannan of manipulating corn prices before the election by not buying corn for six weeks. Brannan denies deliberate action, stating the department acted only when requested. He testified on foreign aid before the Senate Appropriations Committee as debate focuses on corn purchases and grain storage bin sales.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Wherry
Nebraska
Agee
Michigan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Boy 12 Plays Sherlock Holmes in chase
In Green Bay Wisconsin Wesley Cros a 12 year old resident of St Josephs orphanage tailed a food thief through alleys and streets to the west end before calling for police. Officers detained the man on a vagrancy charge. The item notes an unrelated statistic that about 11 million Americans are 65 or older.
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Green Bay
Wis
Sherlock Holmes
Wesley Cros
St. Joseph's Holic Orphanage
Lit
Pol Yome
Wesley
West End
Frank Merriwell and Yale Class of 1924 Life Now
HAL BOYLE surveys Yale class of 1924 on wealth, careers, family and politics. It shows high incomes, large life insurance, many bankers and lawyers, substantial business ownership, and varied hobbies. The piece ends with a curious note asking what Frank Merriwell is doing.
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New York
Acme
Merriwell
Eli
Yale University
Calvin Coolidge
Yale
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Wallace
Norman Thomas
Frank Merriwell
Public Library Summer Reading Picks Highlight Authors
Notes from the Public Library review summer reading lists featuring Lewis Gannett, William Beebe, Pearl Buck, Harriette Arnow, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, and Thomas Merton. Biographies on Billie Burke and Nathaniel Hawthorne appear, along with Hoover commission government documents. Golf guides by Sarazen, Snead, and Revolta are noted, plus horse racing titles and a Martha Foley Abraham Rothberg short story collection U S Stories.
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Odica
New York
Healdh Tribune Weekly
Arly
Lewis Gannett
Pearl Buck
Billie Burke
Floeld
Cameron Shipp
Hollywood Reporter
Mark van Doren
Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Men of Letters
Hoover Commission
Golf
Fepterslipe
Sapacine
Gene Sarazen
Sam Snead
Lloyd Mangrum
Ellsworth
Thomas Merton
America
Herbert Procknow
Martha Foley
Abraham Rothberg
U. S
Isconsin
Zona Gele
Meride le Sueur
Susan Glaspell
Minnesota
Iowa
Trenton Six Win New Trial After Supreme Court Ruling
The Trenton six, six Black men sentenced to die for the 1948 bludgeoning of 72 year old William Horner in a second hand shop, win a retrial as New Jersey Supreme Court halts a mass execution plan. The court finds error in the jury verdict and orders new proceedings. Civil rights groups led the appeal amid protests.
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Trenton
N. J
State Supreme Court
Civil Rights Congress
William Horner
Charles P. Hutchinson
Assembly Approves Districting Plan and UW Branches
Madison Wisconsin the assembly passes a districting plan by 55 to 31 vote authorizing a five member commission to handle redistricting if the legislature fails to act after each census. The body also advances a measure to make Superior and Milwaukee State Teachers colleges branches of the University of Wisconsin but faces financing questions and opposition over the coordination plant.
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Madison
Wis
Assembem
Burmaster
Lucey
Ferryville
Assembly
Conservat Commission
County Conservation Congress
Superior
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
House
Slight Drop In Cost Of New Homes In Wisconsin
Milwaukee reports a small decrease in new home costs across most Wisconsin cities as construction quality improves over last year. John Seramur notes 48 savin and loan executives report lower construction prices, with 50 of 1 to 10 percent declines and a few higher. Dividends totaling 3.5 million will be paid to 153 associations, reflecting rising assets.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Savings and Loan League
John Seramur
Savin and Loan
Savings and Loans
Fifty One
Seramur
Savings and Loan Associations
Yes Seramur
State Savings and Loan Association Department
Madison
La Crosse Girl Elected State Senator at Girls State
Genelda Hetherington of La Crosse was named state senator in the sixth annual Badger Girls State on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus. The event, sponsored by the Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary and the university extension division, ran June 21 with a three day campaign and simulated elections for city, county, and district offices.
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Madison
Wis
Genelda Hetherington
North 22Nd Street
la Crosse
Badger Girls State
University of
Soltar
T Baloo
State Senate
Oeeeey Sears Sebohm
Guide for Draftees Veterans By Major Thomas M. Nial
A wartime veterans advice column answers questions on VA disability compensation pension dental care and reinstatement of NSLI insurance and GI bill eligibility. It explains service connection thresholds for compensation bank income limits for pensions how annulments affect widow's pensions and that GI bill eligibility remains intact after partial schooling with one year already used.
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Oakland
Calif
Board of Veterans Appeals
Ofce
Johnstown
D. R W
New York
Portland
Ore
California
Newport News
Navy
La Crosse Night at The New Oaks July 12 promises big fun
The New Oaks invites Rochester and La Crosse crowds for a July 12 La Crosse Night with a master of ceremonies, free appetizers, an enhanced program, and Jules Herman and his orchestra. Elks from Rochester attended, presenting Aquatennial Queen Jacqueline Gjerdingen and alternate Mary Kay Simon, with flowers from Mayor Smith of Winona.
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la Crosse
New Oaks
Wisconsin
Rochester
Jules Herman
Rochester Elks No. 1091
Elks
Jacqueline Gjerdingen
Mary Kay Simon
Smith
Winona
Rochester Elks
Earl C. Wolf
Wolf
Mount Horeb Girl Is Named New Alice In Dairyland
La Vonne Hermann, 20, a Mount Horeb soprano and X-ray technician, was chosen as the 1949 Alice in Dairyland at Wisconsin state fair park from 16 finalists. Barbara Lou Brunswick of Delavan was runner-up, with a $100 prize. Hermann previously earned top honors in 1947 at the state music festival and will model for the central plaster statue at the Aug 20 38 fair.
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Milwaukee
la Vonne Hermann
Mount Horeb
Alice
Dairyland
State Fair Park
Barbara Lou Brunswick
Delavan
Miss Hermann
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
la Venne
Margaret McGuire
Highand
Close Government Pool Closes After Race Clash
Washington report says the Anacostia pool in southeast closed after a second day of mixed swimming sparked a pool side melee. Krug of the interior department ordered closure until further notice as hundreds clashed, injuring at least four youths and leading to five arrests.
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Joan Sextor
Anacostia Park
Washington, D. C
Washington
Krug
Interior Department
Park
Anacostalia
Hollywood Theater hosts children for film showing
Guests of St Michael's parish and La Crosse Children’s Home attended the Hollywood theater showing of the picture Sand on Thursday. Optimist club members provided transportation to the event.
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Children of
St. Michael's Orhanage
The
la Crosse
Hollywood Theater
Optimist Club
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