Senate Groups Pass Foreign Aid Measure
The Senate foreign relations and armed services committees approved a 1.2225 billion foreign arms program for non Communist nations. They limit Truman’s arms aid to Western Europe and rejected diverting 100 million from European recovery funds. Connally aims for a Senate vote next Thursday if possible.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Connally
D-Tex
Fore Relations
Truman
Europe
Lodge
R-Mass
Shrines Parade Through Los Angeles in 76th Imperial Session
About 125000 Shriners swarmed Los Angeles for the 76th annual imperial council session. Some 13000 delegates from 67 temples marched in parades with 280 horsemen and strange conveyances including a 1901 automobile and a cable streetcar. The conclave opened Sunday and runs through Thursday amid a local streetcar strike.
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Los Angeles
Mecca
Imperial Council
Madison
Wis
Louisville
San Francisco
Bakers
Rail Officials Hurt In Picket Clash At Capitol Steel
Four union workers are charged with assault and battery and malicious destruction of property after a riot by about 75 pickets at Capitol Steel and Iron. Santa Fe official W. J. Peterson suffered a possible brain concussion as the incident followed a locomotive crossing a picket line. John A. Knupple, hired to photograph the strike, was attacked. The riot prompted state and county action to quell two outbreaks in a week.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Justice Court
John A. Knupple
W. J. Peterson
Capitol Steel and Iron Company
Death notices from Wisconsin towns show multiple obituaries
Obituaries report Casper Heilman 78 of Norwalk died June 15 with June 20 funeral at St. Augustine church and burial in the church cemetery. Surviving include wife six sons daughter and many relatives. Also Mrs. Oscar Dahlberg 59 of Soldiers Grove died in Prairie du Chien hospital. funeral Wednesday at North Kickapoo Lutheran church with burial. Additional notices cover Ahart A. Craig 75 of Sparta and other survivors with service details and burial plans.
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Norwalk
Wis
Casper Heilman
St. Augustine’s Church
Heilman
Summit
Marrie Sophia Mickels
Holy Name Society
Catholic Order of Foresters
Lawrence
Harold
Bernard
William
Wilton
Adolph
Sparta
Fanston
Oregon City
Ore
John
Clara) Ziegler
Fred
Sparta Frank
la Crosse
Tomah
Posey, 90, Dies at Daughter's Home in Soldiers Grove
Greg Posey aged 90 died early Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Clif ford Purringtons home in Soldiers Grove Wisconsin. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Greg Posey
Clifford Purrington
Mrs Ben Eggen Dies At 76 In Decorah
Decorah Iowa June 17 Special Mrs Ben Eggen 76 widow of Ben Eggen died at her home near Decorah Born Ingre Evenson October 2 1875 in Winneshiek county she married Ben Eggen December 21 1904 Surviving are her husband two sons Selvin and Arnold a daughter Mrs Myron Henningsgaard a brother Otto and a sister Mrs Casper Guttormson Funeral services were held Tuesday at 130 pm from Steine Funeral Home and at 2 pm at First Lutheran Church Rev R A Ofstedal officiating Burial was in Lutheran Cemetery
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Decorah
Ben Eggen
Ingre Evenson
Winneshiek County
Ole Evenson
Selvin E
Arnold
Myron Henningsgaard
Infant Mary Lynn Grinna Funeral in Decorah
Funeral services for Mary Lynn Grinna infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Grinna were held at Glenwood Lutheran Church with Rev N O Dversdal officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Born June 17 at Decorah hospital the infant lived four hours.
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Mary Grinna
Decorah
Mary Lynn Grinna
Jjden Grinna
Glenwood Lutheran Church
N. O. Dversdal
Decorah Hospital
Funeral services for Frank Thompson in Lansing
Funeral services for Frank Thompson aged 64 will be held Wednesday at the Federated church at 2 p m with Reverend D H Les officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Thompson died June 15 in a Seattle hospital after surgery and was born October 6 1885 in Lansing to the late Mr and Mrs Richard Thompson. He moved to Churches Ferry North Dakota at age 21 after rural schooling.
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Frank Thompson
Lansing
Federated Church
D. H. Les
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thompson
Seattle
Richard Thompson
Churches Ferry
N. D
Military funeral for Arcadia veteran Ray Larson
Ray Larson 51 Arcadia dies Monday at Whitehall hospital. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Independence Lutheran church Whitehall officiating. World War I veteran born November 25 1888 in Arcadia son of Edward and Belle Larson. He married Hattie Senty about 14 years ago. Survived by wife one daughter Lucille sister Mrs Alfred Olson Whitehall brother Lewis Whitehall. Burial Bethel Cemetery Independence.
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Arcadia
Wis
Ray Larson
Whitehall Hospital
Independence Lutheran Church
O. G. Birkeland
Whitehall
Larson
Edward
Belle Larson
Hattie Senty
Lucille
Alfred Olson
Lewis
Bethel Cemetery
Independence
Deaths in Wisconsin mark birthdays and anniversaries
Arthur Cripps of Burnside near Independence dies at 62 on his birthday and fifth wedding anniversary. Survived by wife Josie Haberd and one sister. funeral set for Thursday at Independence Methodist Church. Levi Warren Huntington, 69, dies near Hamburg church in Chaseburg. cremation at Romanced church cemetery. Gerald Glen Adams, infant of Trempealeau, dies suddenly. burial at Evergreen cemetery Centerville. Survivors include parents, a sister Diane, and brother Earl.
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Arthur Cripps
Independence
Wis
Burnside
Frederick
Lillian Cripps
Wisconsin Business University
la Crosse
Josie Haberd
Stonington
Paul van Horn
Whitehall
Independence Methodist Church
John Wilcox
Greenwood Cemetery
Levi W. Huntington
Coon Valley
Levi Warren Huntington
Hamburg Church
Chaseburg
Romance Church
Church
Gilbertson Funeral
John
Ferryville
Charles
Genoa
Phoebe Hopp
Los Angeles
Calif
Effie Williams
Huntington
Adams
Girl, 6, Completes 1800 Mile Trip Alone
Six year old Carol Berg traveled alone by bus from Las Vegas, Nevada to Chicago, reaching her Wisconsin family after a time mixup kept her parents from meeting her. She hugged her doll while awaiting arrival of her parents from Watertown.
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Chicago
Carol Berg
Wisconsin
Watertown
Wis
Las Vegas
Nev
Gorilla Bushman Returns to Normal Diet at Lincoln Park
Bushman the ailing Lincoln Park gorilla is back on a 22 pound daily menu of vegetables milk and fruit keeper Aer Robinson said his legs still bother him and he rests much of the time. A large Saturday crowd gathered near his cage as vets suspect a heart attack heat prostration or indigestion. The 22 year old giant ape is about 70 in human terms.
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Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park
Aer Robinson
Winona County Works On Trunk Highway 74 Project
Minnesota highway commission bids due June 19 on about 127 miles of state trunk routes in 12 counties. The program includes 15 construction projects with grading base surfacing and one bridge. In Winona county the project covers 4.6 miles of trunk highway 74 from south of Saratoga to St. Charles with crushed rock surface and four concrete box culverts.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
M. J. Hoffman
Winona County
Saratoga
St. Charles
Two Cars In Crash Break Light Pole In Holmen
At 8 45 p m Monday two De Soto teens Garian Cox 17 Fantas Cox 20 were in a collision in Holmen Garian attempting to pass Fantus as Fantus turned left Arleigh Cox 15 suffered a cut to his right eye Total damage included a broken light pole and damaged rear fender and wheel Garian s car shoved into the pole leaving southern Holmen lights out
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Holmen
Garian Cox
Fantas Cox
de Soto
Garian
Fantus
Arleigh
Four Bodies Found In Plane Wreckage
Four people die in a small single engine plane crash seven miles south of Lebanon Indiana. The victims are Robert A. Lahr a 30 year old LaFayette flying instructor Clinton Edward Ferguson a 41 year old Battle Ground student pilot his wife Marcia Ferguson and her son Ronald Partridge. The crash site shows the nose buried two feet in the ground after an apparently quiet impact that did not wake a nearby farmer. Lahr had been giving Ferguson flying lessons at Halsmer airport LaFayette.
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Lebanon
Ind
Here
Robert A. Lahr
LaFayette
Clinton Edward Ferguson
Battle Ground
Marcia Ferguson
Ronald Partridge
Lahr
Halsmer
Ferguson
Tinder Dry Forests Pose Fire Danger Across Rocky Mountains
The Associated Press reports Colorado and Wyoming forests face extreme dryness with no meaningful rain since early June. A veteran forest ranger and W S Slim Davis of the U S Forest Service warn of high to critical fire danger across several national forests. Weather bureau spokesmen in Chicago note a continual critical situation due to ongoing drought.
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Colorado
Wyoming
U. S. Weather Bureau
W.S
Slim) Davis
U. S. Forest Service
Denver
Colorado National
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Florida California governors clash over climate in cordial exchange
FLORIDA Governor Warren outlined water conservation and flood avoidance during a governors conference session. California Governor Warren replied puzzled by floods and droughts and questioned whether the climate is to blame. The Florida official stood on constitutional rights and did not answer.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Florida
Lustron Faces New Probe in federal inquiry
The Lustron Corp, known for prefabricated houses, faces another federal probe by the Department of Justice into the Columbus plant. A five hour meeting with U S district Judge Mell G Underwood preceded the decision to investigate further over its finances and RFC loan history.
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Columbus
Lustron
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Justice Department
Mother and paralyzed daughter die in Milwaukee garage
In suburban West Allis a 18 year old girl found her mother and her paralyzed 21 year old daughter dead in a garage. The car ignition was on and doors sealed. A note on the kitchen table read there is no future for Patsy and without her there is none for me.
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Milwaukee
West Alis
Dorothy McGinn
Patricia
Charlotte
Patsy
Harold Phelan
Phelan
Minister Named Leader Of Wisconsin Synod Scout Stand
The Rev. Walter Strohschein of Princeton Wisconsin was elected president of the northern district of the Wisconsin Lutheran synod at its 17th biennial conference in Appleton. Conference attendees totaled 206 pastors teachers and lay delegates. Strohschein had announced in May that communion and confirmation would be refused to Scout members citing a conflict between Scout oath reverence and church doctrine.
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Appleton
Wis
Princeton
Wisconsin Lutheran Synod
Walter Strohschein
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Strohschein
Lutheran Laymen Re-Elect President In Milwaukee
The Lutheran Laymen's league re-elected Emil C. Jacobs of Cleveland as president. Elected with him were Oscar T. Doerr of Omaha recording secretary, Oscar P. Brauer of St. Louis treasurer, and Erwin E. Wesche of St. Louis financial secretary. Regional reps named were William F. Fenske Detroit eastern Fred Fiechtner Fargo northern Lieut Col L W Meinzen Oakland western and Henry Beam Hickory southern. All officers and reps were re-elected except Wesche and Fiechtner.
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Milwaukee
Lutheran Laymen’s League
Emil C. Jacobs
Cleveland
Oscar T. Doerr
Omaha
Oscar P. Brauer
St. Louis
Erwin E. Wesche
William F. Fenske
Detroit
Eastern
Fred Fiechtner
Fargo
N. C
Northern
L. W. Meinzen
Oakland
Calif
Western
Henry Beam
Hickory
Southern
Wesche Fiechtner
Animal Kingdom Helps Shriners In Los Angeles
Los Angeles hosts the Shrine convention with about 243 horses stabled at a downtown tent city. A dogsled from Anchorage and six camels from Madison, Wisconsin arrive to spotlight Shrine activities as Bellamy Seals supervises the beasts amid constant peering and care.
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Animal Kingdon
Shriners
Los Angeles
Anchorage
Alaska
Shrine
Zor Temple
Madison
Wis
Cyclists Fail To Get Plates Before Deadline
Police Chief George Long reports only about 2,000 of roughly 7,000 city bicycle owners have obtained new licenses as plates become required. Bicycles must display plates by July 1 or face tickets and bicycle court. Authorities urge early applications to avoid last minute rush during Traffic Department hours 8:30 to noon and 1 to 4:30.
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George Long
Long
Camping Education Institute Highlights Outdoor Learning
Julian W. Smith argues camping should be a required part of the public school curriculum. The session at La State Teachers College featured a panel on camping types, leadership, safety, and conservation with demonstrations in water safety and outdoor skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sayers
Julian W. Smith
Lansing
Mich
Camping Education Institute
la State Teachers College
Smith
Michigan Department of Public Instruction
Ernoon
Walter Wittich
Orlo Miller
Wisconsin Department of Instruction
Williamaker
la Crosse
Arthur Jorgenson
State Department of Conservation
Leoner
T. H. Griffin
Teachers College
Hans’ Reuter
Emma Wilder
Ann Thomas
Leon Miller
Wittich
Rexford S. Mitchell
Soldier Held Here After AWOL Arraignment
Hold Soldier Here Albert Deason 24 year old air force private arrested Monday afternoon police said AWOL from Sheppard air force base Texas and are handing him to military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Deason
Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Aresas
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