White robed gang lashes man in Birmingham
Billy Guyton Stovall a 31 year old navy veteran described being dragged from his home by six to eight robed men and whipped 20 times with a belt on a Birmingham area road. He said the attack followed other robed gang incidents as a cross burning occurred and a woman was assaulted. authorities pledge action.
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Birmingham
Ala
Billy Guyton Stovall
Stovall
Jimmy
Elaine
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
James E. Folson
Montgomery
National Guard
Delay Sought On Lobby Bill in Wisconsin Senate
The Wisconsin senate judiciary committee urged indefinite postponement of a bill to amend the lobby law, saying parts are unconstitutional. Introduced for Gov. Rennebohm, it would hold employers liable for lobbyists’ misdeeds and add filing, suspensions, and penalties. Senator Buchen argued the measure serves no purpose and is unconstitutional. The Dane County district attorney has begun civil actions to revoke licenses of three lobbyists.
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Madison
Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rennebohm
Buchen
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
United States
Dane County
Senate
Local Weather for La Crosse Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions persist for La Crosse tonight and Friday. The low tonight is 62 degrees, with continued warm weather Friday reaching a high of 85 degrees.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Passes Incentive School Aids Measure
The Wisconsin Assembly approved an incentive school aids bill authorizing 40 million dollars bi annually, 24 million above current budget, to reward districts with greater effectiveness. It creates three district classes basic integrated and class A and backs related transportation aid increase.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Education Commission
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Engebretson
R-Beloit
Tremain
R-Hustler
Amended Wisconsin library plan advances in assembly
An amended library demonstration bill moves to the state senate after passing the assembly. The measure funds a single demonstration unit with a $50 000 annual appropriation for three years to serve rural residents and guide a survey to select a site, with 56 of Wisconsin 71 counties lacking free library service.
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State Assembly
State Senate
Wisconsin
Assembly
GI's Peg Rocks Rout Japanese Mermaids at Yokohama Fair
American GIs at Yokohama trade fair mocked a display by throwing rocks into an oversize fishbowl where Japanese girl swimmers cavorted. The bowl shattered and spectators near the front were drenched by water flooding from the tank.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tomah to Host Wisconsin Gold Star Mothers Meetings
The Wisconsin Gold Star Mothers, Inc. reaffirmed Clara Flanagan as president and chose Tomah as the site for next year’s meetings. Resolutions urged letters to congressmen supporting a veterans bonus and allowed qualified foster and stepmothers as members. Other officers include Marie Taylor Antigo senior VP Kesther Collison Eau Claire junior VP Julia Swicky Oshkosh secretary Mabel Smith Oshkosh treasurer Anna Choate Green Bay organizer.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Clara Flanagan
Appleton
Tomah
Marie Taylor
Antigo
Kesther Collison
Eau Claire
Julia Swicky
Mabel Smith
Anna Choate
Green Bay
Lila Cox
Beloit
Geraldine Barnes
Watertown
Margery Strope
Stevens Point
Safety Advice Warns Against Un guarded Swim Areas
Public advisory urges avoiding piers docks and river banks with no guard. Warns of submerged hazards such as logs and underwater protections and urges swimmers to choose protected areas and seek quick aid if trouble arises.
Wadleigh Admits Handing U S Papers To Communists
Henry J Wadleigh former state department official testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial that he collaborated with the Communists and turned over government documents to a person identified as David Carpenter He said he began taking documents in March 1936 and denied Communist party membership The testimony ties Wadleigh to Whittaker Chambers claims of forwarding material to a prewar Soviet spy ring and follows forensic notes on the Hiss papers by FBI agents
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New York
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Alger Hiss
David Carpenter
Wadleigh
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Murphy
Communist Party
Rain Good But Drought Stays Thorny in Wisconsin
Associated Press survey shows rain revived crops in southern Wisconsin while central and northern areas benefited less. Farmers urge more moisture as yanında soils absorb showers, with towns like Kenosha Fond du Lac and Eau Claire reporting varying totals and ongoing drought relief needs.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Norbert Lichter
Sommers
Matt Stahl
Ernst Laren
Paris Township
Wisconsin Rapids
Irwin J. Carey
Wood County
R. F. Binzel
Marshfield Canning Co
Fond du Lac
George Massey
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Carl Johnson
Harry Vruwink
Barron County
Hans Horne
Chippewa County
Superior
Stevens Point
Portage County
M. D. Pinkerton
Sweden's King Gustaf V Reaches 91 in Quiet Birthday
Stockholm reports King Gustaf V marking his 91st birthday at Tullgarn palace with no public ceremonies. The monarch, staying private at his summer residence, remains as active as doctors permit amid a winter illness.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf V
Tullgarn
Heat Causes 30 Deaths In Parched East
The Associated Press notes 30 New Englanders died from heat and humidity as five days of drought tightens. New Hampshire reports 15 small fires. Maine bans woodlands smoke and fire. No rain expected as a high pressure system lingers off the coast.
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New
Adirondacks
Hudson Valley
New Jersey
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
U. S. Weather Bureau
Aberdeen
S. C
Canadian
North Dakota
Mercury
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
County Board Confronts Highway Committee Bid Authority
At the June meeting supervisors debated a resolution to require county board approval for bids over 200 dollars. Highway committee members threatened to resign over perceived misuses of purchasing power. Chairman Terpstra noted state practice grants highway committees similar authority across 71 counties.
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Highway Committee
Highway
Terpstra
Standard Oil Co
Otto Briggs
10Th Ward
Joseph Riese
County Board
Dutch City Council Bans 12 Paintings
ROTTERDAM Netherlands The city council banned 12 paintings from an exhibition after a council member saw an erotic glint in spectators eyes. The works by Dutch born Kess van Dongen from Paris included several nudes and pieces titled The Bed Adam Eve and Adam And.
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Rotterdam
The
Netherlands
Kess van Dongen
Paris
Eau Claire Electricians Win 25 Cent Wage Boost
Electrical construction workers on strike since May 14 win a 25 cent per hour increase. Journeymen will earn 2.25 dollars and foremen 2.50, with paid vacations of a half day off for every 173 hours worked. Work to resume soon after signing.
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EAU Claire
Wis
Eau Claire Contractors Group
AFL Electrical Workers
Non-Partisan Conference Plans Talks On Campaign Funds
Local representatives of the Non-Partisan Conference for Political Action will meet with Congressman Gardner Withrow in the third district over the July 4 weekend to discuss possible irregularities in endorsing checks drawn on fund sources for Withrow’s last fall campaign. George W. Hall of the Trades and Labor Council said they seek an explanation for a potential error in endorsing three checks from a $1,500 fund, noting no public statements have been made and no publicity authorized.
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Conference For Political Action
Gardner Withrow
Third District
Withrow
George W. Hall
Trades and Labor Council
Capital Times
Madison
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Hall
Truman calls spy uproar postwar hysteria that will fade
President Truman dismissed the spy furor as a postwar hysteria that will die out after wars. He backed Hoover’s record, refused to discuss a proposed FBI commission, and said Hoover has not resigned. He also endorsed Brannan farm plan and denied an economic crisis.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Atty
Tom Clark
Mr. Truman
Congress
Democratic Farm
Des Moines
CIO
Walter Reuther
Cominform Bulletin Signals Shift in Communist Strategy
Washington officials interpreted a Bucharest bulletin from the Cominform as signaling a defensive turn in Soviet led Communist strategy. The bulletin calls for blocking Americanism, with Western success cited as pressuring Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia as the testing ground for future moves.
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United States
Comin
Germany
Europe
Yugoslavia
Britain
President Given Broad Reorganization Power
Congress approved a compromise bill granting President Truman wide powers to streamline the executive branch. The Senate passed it by voice vote with no opposition after late Wednesday House approval, sending the measure to the White House for signature amid months of wrangling. President Truman had pledged to proceed with the plan once enacted.
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Assembly
Senate
Washington
Congress
President Truman
Senate House Committee
House
White House
Truman
Sales Representative Dies After Wisconsin Crash
Oliver Millrad a 49 year old Milwaukee sales representative died in a hospital Thursday from injuries suffered when his car left the highway struck a tree and overturned on Tuesday in Burlington Wisconsin
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Burlington, Wis
Oliver Millrad
Milwaukee
Vacation Tips and Classified Loan Ads Promote Easy Finances
A Tribune Classified feature urges readers to avoid a dull summer by securing a loan from trustworthy Money To Loan firms listed in the Classified section. It promises ethical lenders with reasonable interest and a chance to enjoy a happy vacation now and repay later.
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The
Tribune
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