House Defeats Brannan Farm Subsidy Plan In Vote
In a 239 to 170 roll call the House killed Secretary Brannan's proposed trial run of the farm subsidy plan covering eggs potatoes and wool. The vote sent the administration scrambling to salvage legislation as the Senate indicated possible action with Senator Emer Thomas planning a committee meeting to explore options.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Rayburn
Texas
Emer Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Wisconsin Delegation Splits On Gore Farm Program Vote
Only two of Wisconsin's House members opposed the Gore substitute farm program which passed 239 to 2. Reps Biemiller and Zablocki voted against, while Smith Davis Withrow Keefe Murray Byrnes Hull and O Ken ski voted for. Senate foes and Brannan plan supporters weighed political fallout and price supports versus farm subsidies and market prices.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House
Treasury
Illinois Polio Cases Reach 171 With 14 New Attacks
Illinois reports 171 poliomyelitis cases this year with 14 new infections on Thursday. Three of the new cases date from 1949. Over two thirds of the year’s cases occurred in the first 20 days of July, with Marion County listing 23 cases and 15 in Centralia. Since July 1, 121 new attacks have been reported.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Health Department
Marion County
Centralia
La Crosse Area Weather Outlook
Fair and cooler tonight with a low around 57 degrees. Expect fair and pleasant conditions tomorrow with a mild high temperature. Local forecast notes light winds and no precipitation in the near term.
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la Crosse
Polio Cases Rise in La Crosse Area as Health Officials Act
Reported Friday brings La Crosse area polio victims to 33, with victims including 15 and 16 year old city boys and children from Melrose and Viola. Health officer Dr. Garland Weidner urges avoiding swimming in the Mississippi and Black Rivers, notes higher river spread, and allows pool swimming with caution. The tri county region and surrounding areas remain hardest hit in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Melrose
Viola Ild
Lansing
Garland Weidner
Mississippi
Pettibone Park
Mississippi River
Black River
Weidner
Clark
Marathon
Wood Counties
Milwaukee
County Seeks Building Bids for La Crosse County Shop Site
The delinquent tax committee announces sale of the 19th and Jackson street property once used as county shops. Bids must include removal or wrecking within six months of possession. The site, with 50 by 143 foot land parcel, was deeded to the county in 1919 and has served county purposes for 30 years. A highway land takeover widens and straightens the nearby road curve deemed a traffic hazard.
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la Crosse County
Minnesota Threshing Machine Co
Rodemyer and Lyden
Demurrer Filed in Madison Lobbying Case
A demurrer seeking to dismiss a lobbying case against Madison lobbyist Harold M. Wilkie was filed in circuit court Friday. The motion contends the civil complaint lacks a signer name and that no cause of action exists. Prosecutor Robert Arthur said no hearing will be requested until Judge Herman Sachien rules on related cases.
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Wis
Circuit
Harold M. Wilkie
Dist. Atty
Robert Arthur
Arthur
Wilkie
Herman Sachtien
Chinese Reds Spill Into Hunan Province
Red troops moved into south central Hunan as Nationalists braced for a major confrontation. Trains to Changsha reportedly continued despite Reds near the city outskirts. Nationalists claimed successes in Fukien including retaking Shuikou on the Min river and advancing on Communist Kutien, 80 miles northwest of Foochow.
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Hunan
China
Changsha
Seaboard
Fukien
Shuikou
Min
Kutien
Foochow
Turkish Army Grants Ark Search Permit Near Ararat
Moscow reports a Tass dispatch from Ankara stating the Turkish army general staff has authorized an American group to explore Mount Ararat for Noah's Ark remains. The Pravda article dubbed the expedition an intelligence operation under the guise of a ark search. Ararat lies near the Soviet Turkish frontier.
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Tass
Ankara
Turkey
Mount Ararat
Communist Party
Pravda
Two Men Fined For Gambling in County Court
State investigators found state-league baseball tickets in the city as two local men faced gambling charges. Frank Billock of S and H cigar shop and Frank J. Pretasky Jr of the same shop pleaded guilty to possession and betting for gain. Billock was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Pretasky faced a 150 dollar fine. Robert Stephan of Maple Grove Tavern admitted keeping a licensed liquor sale open late and was ordered to pay 150 dollars plus costs.
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Maple Grove Tavern
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Senate committee approves $275 million war stockpile cutback
The senate appropriations committee voted a $275,000,000 reduction in funds for stockpiling metals rubber and other war useful materials. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma noted the cutback comes from $835,000,000 previously authorized this year by both houses, with all funds in authority to make contracts.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Nator Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate
House
Swift Union Considers Wage Increase With Concessions
The Swift Co and United Automobile Workers Local 175 discussed a three cent an hour raise plus concessions in four hours of talks led by C. J. Murphy. The offer includes six paid holidays, double pay after seven days, and Sunday work rotation. A membership vote is planned Friday.
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Swift Co
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
C. J. Murphy
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Donald Yolton
UAW International
Lawmakers Face Heavy Schedule In Legislature
Madison Wis The 1949 Wisconsin legislature reconvenes Sept 12 to face numerous gubernatorial vetoes by Gov Oscar Rennebohm on major bills The governor seeks more tenant friendly rent decontrol and a more elastic veterans housing subsidy while observing fiscal limits Vetoes may extend the session as lawmakers debate over ride or sustain positions with observers noting Rennebohms restrained tone contrasts Goodland style and a clash with the Wisconsin Automotive Trades association over a failed compulsory vehicle inspection bill.
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Wis
Oscar Rennebohm
Capitol
Walter S. Goodland
Rennebohm
Goodland
Executive Office
Senate
Assembly
Wisconsin Automotive Trades Association
WATA
Louis Milan
Moves To Head Off Ford Strike In Michigan
The CIO United Auto Workers push to pull 75,000 Ford workers into a strike nears. A secret mediation poll may precede walkout rights, as a 106,000 employee vote backed wage demands including $100 monthly pensions. A union fund buildup aims for a $10 million strike reserve while Ford's expired contract remains in day to day status.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Labor Mediation Board
Ford
UAW
Mediation Board
Noel P. Fox
Milwaukee
Auto Workers International Convention
Ing
State Labor Board
Short Outfoxes Fox but Finds Self Short in Macomb
Macomb Illinois reports auto dealer Fred Short spotted a fox on a highway. He tried to run it down and struck the animal on the second attempt but hit a culvert, damaging a wheel. He received a $1.50 county bounty for the fox, though tow and repair costs left Short short.
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Macomb, Ill
Fred Short
Short
Mayflower Blimp Makes La Crosse Stop On Pilot Tour
The Goodyear blimp Mayflower with Chief Pilot Jack A. Boettner landed at La Crosse airport en route to Minneapolis from Madison. Weighing 150 feet long and 41 feet in diameter, it uses helium, two 145 hp motors, and has a cruising 45 mph. Boettner and W. L. Smith are naval veterans. the blimp will depart Saturday.
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Goodyear
Jack A. Boettner
Minneapolis
Madison
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Naval Reserve
Boettner
W. L. Smith
Russel Crosier
Alliance Strength Compared to Soviet Bloc in 1950s
An unofficial survey shows the Atlantic pact nations holding a military manpower edge of about 5,171,000 troops plus stronger naval and air power. It notes higher industrial output with steel, pig iron, and coal leads and a West oil lead from 1946, all based on official and best-guess estimates.
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Washington
Russia
Minnesota Officials Probing Secret Bond Purchase
Governor Youngdahl demands removal of Charles Foster, secretary of the Investment Board, after alleging tampered records and a secret multi million Arkansas highway bond deal. The executive council plans Friday talks on possible actions regarding Foster and the boards involved. The purchase of 5 208 million in Arkansas highway bonds was approved June 8 in advance of sale from Charles Fuller Investment Co.
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Minn
Minnesota State Executive Council
Luther W. Youngdahl
State Investment Board
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Charles Foster
Investiment Board
Executive Council
Pardon Board
Youngdahl
Investment Board
Charles Fuller Investment Co
Minneapolis
Reactionaries Seen Behind Pope Decree
Moscow radio blasted the July 13 excommunication of Communists as a Vatican move to fuel the cold war. Commentator Boris Isa kov said the Catholic church would serve Anglo American reactionaries and split the peace front, marking the first public Russian reaction to the decree.
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Moscow Radio
Vatican
United Front
Boris Isakov
Isakov
Suit Filed For 15 Million In Dairy Price Fixing
Dean Milk company sues seven dairies and a chain store in Chicago seeking triple damages over alleged price fixing and secret rebates. The federal suit, filed Thursday, claims a 5 year loss and seeks 15 million plus threefold damages totaling 45 million. Defendants include National Tea, Borden, Bowman Dairy and others. spokesmen offered varying responses.
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Chicago
Dean Milk Company
Dean
National Tea Company
John F. Cuneo
National’s
Borden Company
Bowman Dairy Company
Western United Day
Capital Dairy
Handing Dairy
Meadowmoor Dairy
American Processing and Sales Company
Hawthorn-Mellody Farms Dairy, Inc
Historic Pact Expands West Security Aid Plan
After broad senate backing, President Truman will ask Congress on Monday to authorize over a billion dollars in arms for European allies for the coming year. The plan aims to supply military equipment while excluding atom bombs.
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West
Washington
Senate
Truman
America
Congress
McCarthy Votes for North Atlantic Pact After Hospital Stay
Senator Joe McCarthy returned from Bethesda naval hospital and voted for the North Atlantic pact which the Senate ratified on Thursday. Senator Alexander Wiley also supported the pact. McCarthy was treated for a cold and sinus condition at the Maryland hospital, his secretary said.
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Tribune Washington Bureau
Washington
Joe McCarthy
R-Wis
Bethseda Naval Hospital
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
McCarthy
Maryland
Ratification of Western defense pact clears Senate
The 82 to 13 vote ratifies a 20 year treaty joining the United States with Western European nations to deter Russian aggression. The pact creates a mutual defense framework with 12 signers pledging if one is attacked all are menacingly allied. Reservations by Taft Wherry and Watkins failed as Connally and Vandenberg drove the plan through.
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United States
West
Taftle Ohio
Wherry
R-Neb
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Mich
Edwin C. Johnson
Cole
Taylor
Idaho
Illinois Truckers Pledge Cooperation On Overloads
Gov Adlai Stevenson wins pledges from major Illinois trucking firms to keep overloaded trucks off state highways. Chester G Moore of the Central Motor Freight Association says some trucks have caused highway damage and a plan to hire an engineer to test foam versus air is planned.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Chester G. Moore
Central Motor Freight Association
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