Democratic state convention gathers in Eau Claire
Special Wisconsin Democrats plan a three day state convention June 16 18 at the American Legion Memorial Auditorium Eau Claire Delegates from all 10 districts are expected with a record crowd anticipated The program includes a Roosevelt Story keynote by gubernatorial candidate Carl Thompson and addresses by U S Senator Hubert Humphrey four U S Senate candidates and other workshops and rallies featuring notable party leaders and officials.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Norman Kleist
American Legion Memorial Auditorium
Kleist
Roosevelt
General Assembly
Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Ernor
United States Senate
Thomas Fairchild
William Sanderson
Black River Falls
LaVerne Disney
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Daniel Hoan
Orville Freeman
Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Minnesota
United States
Hubert Humphrey
Carl Kopplin
Louis Mato
Jack Kelly
Robert Anderson
Dorothy Lokken
James S. Voll
Rufus Wilz
Rice Lake
Barron County
Chippewa
Peter Seidl
Staley
Clark
Robert E. Elkins
Thorp
Dunn
Walter A. Tetzloff
Menemonie
Frank Lassek
Trial Postponed For Eight Lumberyard Picket Nine
Eight lumberyard workers from Co. V. Branham in Eagle River Wisconsin faced unlawful assembly charges. County Judge Frank W. Carter postponed their trial from May 10 to the following Monday after they were arrested April 27 on a picket line. Local 1215 officials said the picket line was withdrawn and demanded reinstatement for all employees. the company did not respond.
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Eagle River
Wis
Frank W. Carter
Co. V. Branham Lumberyard
Nitro glycerin found in cottonseed meal weighs heavy risk
Report notes 14 pounds of nitro glycerin present in one ton of cottonseed meal raising safety concerns.
Truman’s Circle of Influence Shaping Truman Administration
The piece profiles key figures around Truman including Rayburn Vinson Barkley Lucas and Knutson detailing their roles and tactics. It notes Rayburn’s long tenure in Northern Texas and Vinson’s versatile service from economic stabilization to chief justice in 1946.
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Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Boston
Truman
Fred Moore Vinson
Vinson
Roosevelt
Biffle
Joe Stalin
Court
Congress
Government pauses mass rental staff firings amid funding crisis
Washington reports Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods cancelled payroll related dismissals for about 2700 workers slated to end May 30. Employees will take voluntary payless leaves through June 30 to keep payrolls on the books while the agency awaits Congress to extend rent controls. A note on the seal of the United States mentions Benjamin Franklin’s proposed turkey replacement.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Accept Camp Registrations for Local Girl Scouts Camp
Registrations for the Girl Scout established camp are being accepted at the Linker building office per Mrs. William Baker, camp committee chairwoman. Gertrude Anderson returns as executive. Vera Scofield is business manager. Mrs. Arthur Rogge is camp nurse, with a staff including Clara Gibson, Gretchen Engelhard, Sylvia Woodhouse, Mary Grams, Carrie Hackbarth, Marian Newbury, Miriam MacLachlan, Ann Erickson, Sally Frey, Marcia Spiegel, Kay Henning, Beth Evenson, George Colwell, and others assisting.
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Linker
William Baker
Gertrude Anderson
Vera Scofield
Arthur Rogge
Clara Gibson
Galesville
Gretchen Engelhard
Western Union Aids In Bookmaking Charged
A Cumberland county grand jury indicted Western Union Telegraph Co. for aiding bookmaking with messages used to relay bets. State Deputy Attorney General Nelson Stamler cited about $300,000 yearly in local bets and $26,000 yearly in message charges. The charges cover Feb 1 to unknown end date.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Cumberland County
Western Union Telegraph Co
Nelson F. Stamler
Western Union
Four La Crosse Cadets Earn Army ROTC Academic Insignia
Four La Crosse students are among the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets at the University of Wisconsin awarded the Army distinctive insignia for academic achievement in ROTC for the 1949 50 school year. The honorees, in the top ten percent of their ROTC classes, may wear the insignia on the lower right sleeve. They are William G. Cichowski 215 North 22nd street Robert C Wartinbee 1444 Wood street Allen R Champlin 1642 Loomis street and Jack P Waide lich R 2 La Crosse.
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Madison
Wis
la Crosse
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of
William G. Cichowski
North 22Nd Street
Robert C. Wartinbee
Wood Street
Allen R. Champlin
Loomis Street
Jack P. Waidelich
Ring Lost 80 Years Ago Found in Garden Tub
In Abingdon Virginia Mrs. Benjamin Morrison’s wedding ring lost in wash water 80 years ago has been recovered by her 85 year old daughter Mary Balance. The ring was found while she pulled a weed in the garden where the wash water had been dumped.
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Abingdon
Benjamin Morrison
Mary Balance
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