Barkley Hints At Romance At Culpeper Bi Centennial
Vice President Alben W. Barkley teased a possible remarriage while joking about crowning a queen for Culpeper's celebration. The 71 year old widower dodged questions in Chicago and was linked to a luncheon with Mrs. Carleton Hadley in St Louis, calling it a swell time.
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Culpeper
Alben W. Barkley
V. P
Chicago
Jewelers
St. Louis
Barkley
Carleton £. Hadley
Driver Freed On $500 Bond In Traffic Death
Elkhorn Wisconsin notes Rich ard Kerr aged 25 of Milwaukee was released on a 500 dollar bond pending a preliminary hearing on a negligent homicide warrant related to a July 17 traffic crash. Chicago resident Clarence Rose died from injuries suffered in the collision.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Richard Kerr
Milwaukee
George Belton
Clarence Rose
Chicago
Lamp Post Fatality in Berlin Night
A 74-year-old Berlin man was fatally injured after colliding with a lamp post on a dark night. Police report the incident as a fatal pedestrian accident with the deceased identified by local authorities.
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Berlin
Blandy Urges More Arms and War Planning
Admiral Blandy, head of the Atlantic fleet, urged increasing arms and war planning to deter a possible Communist enemy. He warned that while a breathing spell exists, an enemy may acquire atomic bombs and long range delivery planes, and emphasized unity and international cooperation amid growing Cold War tensions.
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Salem
Ill
W. H. P. Blandy
Y. Blandy
Blandy
Negro Attorney Seeks University of Maryland Admissions
Donald Murray, the first Black graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, sues on behalf of four Black students barred from the university due to race. They seek admission to pharmacy, dentistry, and nursing programs. University president Byrd says papers are not filed in three cases and action depends on regents meeting. India vows prison offense for food control violations.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland
Donald Murray
Murray
Pharmacy
Dentistry
H. C. Byrd
Board of Regents
Mixed profits across industries boost 1949 outlook
The Business Mirror reports many large firms show higher first-half earnings than 1948, led by steel and auto sectors. Rail and some oil stocks lag, while utilities mostly rise. Airlines post profits against prior deficits. overall year profits likely remain strong despite late-year risks.
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U. S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Inland
National
Republic
Wheeling
Portsmouth
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube
General Motors
Vatican sees Polish Catholics as next Communist target
A Vatican informant said Cominform recently decided the Polish Roman Catholic Church would be the next main target of Communist attacks. The informant claimed the decision was made about six weeks ago at a meeting in Silesia.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Cominform
Poland
Communist International Information Bureau
Silesia
State Man's Body Found In Big Muddy
The body of Clarence H. Laper was pulled from the Missouri River at Nebraska City and is being returned to Markesan Wisconsin for burial. Det Lieut L A Anderson said a deputy sheriff reported personal papers bearing Laper's name were found on the decomposed body.
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Omaha
Clarence H. Laper
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Neb
Markeson
Wis
L. A. Anderson
Laper
Miami TV course offered to students downtown studio
The University of Miami now offers a television course. Classes are in the downtown studio of the local station with lectures by the staff. Students earn three credits for 15 hours of classwork.
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Miami, Fla
University of Miami
Stuck Chute Spills 75 Tons Of Coal
Wallace Koehn of Fond du Lac pulled a coal chute lever on a Chicago North Western passenger train hoping to fill the tender but a stuck gate dumped 75 tons of coal. The locomotive was buried but Koehn escaped injury as three trains were delayed for hours while the track was cleared.
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West Bend
Wis
Chicago North Western
Wallace Koehn
Fond du Lac
Koehn
Stolen Safe Recovered In Wisconsin Hayfield Find
In Lake Geneva Wisconsin a safe stolen from Taggart Lumber Co on July 19 was recovered. A mower collision uncovered the battered safe four miles north of town. Its cash was missing along with most contents but legal documents remained. Nearby an envelope held non negotiable bonds valued at 2 000 dollars.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Taggart Lumber Co
Glen Carwell
Here
State Receives Mental Health Grant Package Totals Nearly 3 Million
The National Institute of Mental Health announced 489,584 for 35 research projects on mental and nervous disorders and 2,554,556 for training personnel in psychiatry neurology clinical psychology psychiatric nursing and social work. Training centers expand faculty and facilities with stipends for 456 graduate students.
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Washington
National Institute of Mental Health
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Minnesota
C. Anderson Aldrich
Rochester Child Health Institute
Rochester
University of Minnesota
Amos H. Wilder
Rich Woolworth heiress wins bid to keep son in Europe
Barbara Hut ton Troubetzkei, a Woolworth heiress, won a probate court appeal allowing her 13 year old son Lance to remain with her in Europe through September 7. The agreement follows affidavits stating Babs is critically ill and in very low morale.
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Dedham
Mass
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkei
Arthur W. Davis
Lance
Babs
Haugwitz Reventlow
Europe
Deaths of notable figures from around the world
The Associated Press lists several notable deaths: Charles Frederick Ratcliffe Brotherton 67 philanthropist and late chairman of Brotherton and Company in Malton England. Dr Antonio Sagarna 75 former chief justice of Argentina’s supreme court in Buenos Aires. Alfred Pach 65 founder of Pach Brothers in New York City known for official presidential photos. Florence M Crane 79 Chicago philanthropist widow of Richard T Crane. Hiram Osborn 71 artist and designer at Bedford Village New York. Byron Lewellyn Wade 47 head of Illinois University horticulture department and former director of the Charleston vegetable breeding lab. a Silica sand discovery in Sind Pakistan.
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Buenos Aires
Antonio Sagarna
Supreme Court
Champaign, Ill
Byron Lewellyn Wade
University of Ilinois
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Charleston, S. C
Maidsville
W. Va
La Crosse Native Joseph Losey Directs Boy With Green Hair
Joseph Losey formerly of La Crosse rises to Hollywood prominence directing The Boy with Green Hair. The film opens at Rivoli in La Crosse featuring Losey’s acclaimed Technicolor drama about war’s impact on children, with多 national praise and a White House invitation linked to earlier work.
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Joseph Losey
la Crosse
Hollywood
le Crosse
United States
England
Rivoli
Dare Schary
Losey
la Crosse Central High School
Joe
Russ Huber
WKBH
Central High
Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Harvard
Radio City Music Hall
Burgess Meredith
Sinclair
Lloyd Lewis
NBC
Peter Lorre
Paul Henreid
Raymond Massey
Monte Wooleley
Edmund Gwenn
Ina Losey
el Paso
Tex
Margaret Easton
Main Street
George Bunn
State Street
Allis-Chalmers Reports Higher Second Quarter Earnings
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. posted net earnings of 4,999,445 for Q2 1949, or 1.87 a share after preferred dividends, up from 4,877,983 in Q1 equal to 1.82 a share. Six-month billings reached 190,272,742 with bookings of 165,745,671. unfilled orders stood at 123,751,394.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Workers Balk At Plan To Make Inscription
In Dortmund Germany anti communist construction workers were asked to carve a Greek inscription on a new building but refused after mistaking the Greek letters for Russian.
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Dortmund
Germany
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Jack Reichart
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By Sam Dawson
New York
Detroit
National Biscuit
Dow Chemical
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Colgate - Palmolive Peet
Westinghouse
Corn Products Refining
Foster Wheeler
Minnealis-Honeywell
New Haven
Bangor
Aroostook
Barnsdall Oil Co
Babs Hutton
The
Associated Press
Malton
Charles Frederick Ratcliffe Brotherton
Brotherton and Company, Ltd
Alfred Pach
Pach Brothers
New York City
Photograpers
U. S
Ulysses S. Grant
Ipswich
Florence M. Crane
Richard T. Crane
Harlow Niles
Bedford Village
N. Y
Hiram Osborn
Cameron, Mo
Pakistan
Sind
Parker House
Mein
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Players
Big
White House
Beefore Pres
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A-C
Wiener
Erickson
Erickson’s Bakery
Kool-Aaid
COEY
Anderson Bros. Proprietors
Pearl ST
California
Elberta
Ted
New
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