Standard Oil Found Guilty Of Violating Anti Trust Laws
The Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Company of California violated federal anti trust laws by contracting with independent gasoline dealers to buy all their fuel from Standard. The majority held the contracts lessened competition in interstate and intrastate commerce. Justice Douglas dissented, warning of a move toward service station empires by Standard and others.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
California
Standard
Standard Oil
Frank
Jackson
Vinon
Burton
Douglas
Flag Day Parade to Assemble at Court House Square
Flag Day observance includes a parade with units such as Police motorcycle patrol, massed color guards, National Guard, Navy Reserve, Logan band, Knights of Columbus, Boy Scout drum corps, Girl Scouts, Central High School band, AFL, American Legion groups, VFW and Amvets. Scholarships go to Mary Craig, Robert Mcillip and Thomas Krueger of Aquinas High School for high scores in the U S constitution competition sponsored by the lodge.
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Batho
Boy Scouts
Mary Craig
Robert Mcillip
Thomas Krueger
Aquinas High School
Lodge
Court House Square
Police
National Guard
Navy Reserve
Logan Band
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps
Knights of Columbus
Boy Scout
Girl Scouts
Central High School
AFL
American Legion
VFW
Amvets
Erickson's
Catholic War Veterans
Aquinas Band
Elks
Wisconsin Drowning Toll Reported Across Counties
A series of near identical drownings and fatal accidents are recorded across Wisconsin. Coral Barrett 23 Oshkosh drowned in Miller’s Bay after falling from a rowboat. George Schoenauer 56 Green Bay drowned in Duck Creek. Kathy Ellen Calendine 18 months Winnebago sunk after toppling from a breakwater. Andrew Timmers 36 Keenan killed in a head on motorcycle crash near Catawba. Multiple other deaths include farm tank drowning and vehicle crashes across Oshkosh Sturgeon Bay Fond du Lac and Beloit areas.
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Coral Barrett
Oshkosh
Miller's Bay
Barret
George Schoenauer
Duck Creek
Green Bay
Harry Hendrickson
Marshall O. Tanvig
Madison
Edgerton
Wilbord Willems
Stiles
Wis
Sturgeon Bay
Beatrice H. Pink
Milwaukee
John P. Pink
Milwaukee-Waukesha County
Charles Linderman
Fond du Lac
Linderman
Richard McIntosh
Beloit
Amedeo Pierangeli
Kenosha
Andrew Timmers
Keenan
Catawba
SALLING MOON
The moon’s circular orbit results from its own movement toward Earth under gravity. It describes how gravitational pull shapes lunar motion and balance in space.
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Salling
Earth
County Court Daily Records Summary of Pleas and Fines
The South County Court reports multiple pleas and fines. Defendants include Howard Ann Onalaska for two motor vehicle charges with fines and possible jail time. Gerald Bemel for driving without due caution. Lyle Slabeck for arterial violation. Richard Coughlin and Ivan Wright with amended reckless driving and suspensions. Roy Lumie and Arnold Blaske for speeding and improper driving. Additional entries cover drunken driving, unlawful parking, failure to appear, and minor in tavern offenses with fines, jail terms, or probation. Context notes include liquor ban imposed by Judge Ahistrom and several cash bonds forfeited for speeding and failure to appear.
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Gerald Bemel
South 22Nd Street
Lyle C. Slabeck
Kane Street
Richard Coughlin
George Street
Ivan Wright
Coughlin
Roy V. Ahistrom
William Kenyon
Prospect Street
Roy W. Lumiey
Avon Street
Arnold Blaske
Viroqua
B. F. Cassels
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Thistle Wolf
Winnebago Street
Gene Rhodes
West Salem
Maynard E. Oslie
North Bend
Wis
Peter Selz
Chicago
James Osgaard
Putnam Street
Arnold Krause
South 19Th Street
Aaron Sanford
Ahistrom
Norton Foss
South Pettibone Island
James Petry
Market Street
Burma Dent
West Avenue North
Jane Matson
Grand Hotel
Doris Schultz
Rustic Inn
Main Street
La Crosse Police Court Drunken Driving Fines
Donald M. Johnson of 813 Rubiee street fined 75 dollars and had license revoked for one year for drunken driving. Robert E. Puent of Camp Douglas fined 5 dollars for interfering with a police officer. Theodore Sebranek of Green Island forfeited 12.50 bond for drunken and disorderly conduct.
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la Crosse
Donald M. Johnson
Rubiee Street
Robert E. Puent
Camp Douglas
Wis
Theodore Sebranek
Green Island
Local Couples Planned for La Crosse Area Weddings
Marriage licenses list several couples to wed in La Crosse and area towns. Robert J. Cibulka and Golda Worthington plan a June 18 ceremony in La Crosse. Darrell Robinson and Arlene Hutzenbacheler also expect June 18. Richard D. Lee and Marilyn Schreiber schedule June 25, while William Richard Case and Joyce Carol Holt, both of La Crosse, are set for June 18. Archie Schomberg of West Salem and Herriet May Schwartz of Bloomer are listed for a June 25 La Crosse wedding.
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la Crosse
Robert John Cibulka
Adams Street
Golda Worthington
South Fourth Street
Darrell Robinson
North Street
Arlene Hutzenbacheler
Market Street
William Richard Case
Main Street
Onalaska
Joyce Carol Holt
East Avenue South
Richard D. Lee
South 13Th Street
Marilyn Schreiber
Redfield Street
Archie Schomberg
West Salem
Herriet May Schwartz
Bloomer
Wis
Fire at 1903 Hyde Avenue Damages Refrigerator Motor
On June 11 at 2 45 p m No 5 engine rushed to 1903 Hyde Avenue where a refrigerator motor was burning Clayton Burkhart reported the incident The report notes an architectural arch and side pressure reference but details remain unclear
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la Crosse
Hyde Avenue
Clayton Burkhart
La Crosse Proclaims 1949 Flag Week observance
The mayor designates June 8 to June 15 1949 as the 10th annual Flag week observance. Citizens are urged to commemorate the 171st anniversary of the flag and rededicate to the nation’s ideals of equality opportunity and freedom. Signed Henry Ahrens Mayor of La Crosse.
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Continental Congress
la Crosse
United States of America
Henry Ahrens
Rennebohm Housing Bill Approved by Amvet
The Am vets state executive committee voiced support that Governor Rennebohm's housing bill nearly meets veteran mandates while condemning the legislature for using housing politically. They praised the assembly for blocking the Laird-Lenroot bill and urged Congress to reject VA propaganda funding while reforming VA administration for lasting economies.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Amvets
Rennebohm
John J. Millane
Milwaukee
Amvet
Assembly
Congress
Veterans Administration
Senators clash as witnesses refuse to discuss Communist ties
The judiciary subcommittee holds stormy sessions with witnesses like C. B. Baldwin and Lomanitz invoking constitutional rights to avoid answering about Communist affiliations. Chairman McCarren calls contempt actions a waste of time while Eastland scathingly labels Baldwin a G O S O B as he testifies for the Progressive party.
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Communist Party
Lomanitz
Fisk Univerity
Nashville
Tenn
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Eastland
D-Miss
C. B
Beanie
Baldwin
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Acheson challenges Vishinsky in Berlin peace talk clash
At the council of foreign ministers meeting in Berlin, Secretary Acheson attacked Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky calling his peace treaty plan propaganda. Bevin warned Britain will not abandon Germany until it is assured it will not spark another war.
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Berlin
Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Moscow
London
Vishne
Vishins
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Reich
Plan Clinic Opens Immunization Drive For Diphtheria
The first of three monthly diphtheria and whooping cough immunization clinics for the northern city area will run 9 to 11 a m Tuesday at the Knights of Pythias hall Clinton and Avon streets. The service is free for families unable to pay. Children ages six months to six years may attend, with emphasis on vaccinating those under one year.
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Knights of Pythias
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported on County Highway
Police records show two weekend crashes on county highway 33 near Cashton and Portland. Raymond Erickson and his 11 year old son Robert were thrown from a car after leaving the road following a collision with a speeding vehicle. Erickson suffered head cuts and bruises, while his son escaped injuries. In a separate incident, Lloyd Granum struck a car driven by Winfred Steel during a heavy rainstorm causing minor damage. passengers Agnes Steel Tomah and Minnie Steel Tomah were noted.
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Raymond Erickson
Bangor
Cashton
Portland
Erickson
Robert
Nathan Hill
Lloyd Granum
Charles Street
la Crosse
Wintred S. Steel
Beloit
Granum
Steel
Agnes Steel
Tomah
Minnie Steel
Denazification Court Nullifies Schacht Term
A Stuttgart denazification court on Monday voided an eight year labor camp sentence for Dr Hjalmar Schacht former Reichsbank president and economics minister. The ruling ends two years of trials retrials and appeals. Schacht who lives at Bleckede near Lueneburg is writing memoirs. He was freed by the Nuremberg IMT on Oct 1 1946.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichbank
Schacht
Hitler
Reichsbank
Bleckede
Lueneburg
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Beer sales in ball parks ruled legal for minors in parks
Madison Wis Atty Gen Fairchild said a new law to keep minors from beer sales does not apply to athletic parks stadiums or sport centers. District Attorney William Mc Cauley of Milwaukee requested the ruling and the decision allows beer to be sold at ball parks while youths may still be present.
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Madison
Wis
Atty
Fairchild
William McCauley
Milwaukee
Mrs. Chambers Testifies About Earlier Deception
In New York Mrs. Chambers admits she once lied to obtain a kindergarten scholarship for her daughter Ellen. The admission came during the perjury trial of Alger Hiss as defense counsel questioned her credibility after she resumed testimony supporting her husband, the government’s key witness.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Park School
Baltimore
Ellen
FBI Agent Testifies Amtorg Operatives As Espionage Agents
FBI witness Robert J. Lamphere testified in Judith Coplon's espionage trial that Amtorg employees acted as espionage agents. He recalled 1945 46 investigations covering internal security and Amtorg's foreign agent registration. The Decoy papers Lamphere drafted were meant to prompt Coplon's attention.
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Washington
FBI
Judith Coplon
Amtorg
Robert J. Lamphere
Lamphere
Miss Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Justice Department
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Coplon
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Sun-secke
Sunback and
Bolero
Milwaukee River
Milwaukee Park
Gattreys
Sting
Madagascar
Erovedy
Timren
Denazification Board
Ball Park
Karl R. Bauman
Cuba
America
Minshall
ESTEY
Flanner
North Broadway
Daly
City
Tribune Advertising
the Tribune
Mart Lindgren
Flor-Mart
Bill Burgess
Hinkley Jenks
Paul Plapp
John Boldt
Coulee
Mr. Lindgren
Weston Street
Mlle
Walter T. Roth
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