Band To Play In Riverside Park Night Concert
The La Crosse Concert Band returns to Riverside Park Wednesday at 8 p m for its fifth summer concert. Dawn Vaughn soprano soloist will perform Victor Herbert numbers in a medley. Program includes marches overtures and novelties with Vaughn singing solos and a descriptive piece Harlequin Night. Zanzibar imposes whisky import duty at 10.40 per imperial gallon.
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Riverside Park
Dawn Vaughn
Victor Herbert
Miss Vaughn
Central High School
Ringling Brothers
Sweet
Horlick
McBride
Hull
Lake Dawn Vaughn
Jewell
Jealousy
Gade
Lady River
Blue Skies
Golden State Band— Post
Hitchhiker Questioned In Girl's Death
Prestonburg Kentucky state police questioned Richard Funk an 18 year old hitchhiker of Carrollton Michigan in the slaying of Muriel Balbridge a popular high school junior found dead on the Big Sandy river bank near her home. Coroner Brady Shepherd called it a fiendish crime but said she had not been raped. Funk was held on a vagrancy charge in Floyd County jail and denied knowledge of the crime.
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Prestonburg
Michigan
S. E. Craft
Richard Funk
Carrollton
Mich
Floyd County
Craft
Funk
Muriel Balbridge
Big Sandy
Senator Wagner's Rise From Immigrant to Lawmaker and Judge
The article traces Walker Wagner’s path from arriving in the United States at age eight to earning a law degree. It notes his political ascent from New York state assembly member in 1905 to state senator, then state supreme court justice, and highlights his sponsorship of social and economic measures including the social security act NRA and WPA PWA railroa d retirement act.
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Organized Labor
Coplon defense cites frame up as judge questions intent
Miss Coplon faces counts for stealing and concealing secret files with possible penalties of up to 13 years and $12,000 in fines. The case involves espionage charges tied to Russia and United Nations aide Valentine Gubitchev. Judge Reeves emphasizes that intent is key and jurors must decide if papers in her purse were meant for Russia.
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Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Russia
United States
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Reeves
Gubitchev
Scholar Has Little To Say Upon Arrival
Dr Albert Schweitzer 74 world famed scholar who renounced civilization 36 years ago to run a hospital in French equatorial Africa arrived in New York. He is to speak at the Goethe bicentennial convocation in Aspen Colorado. He offered only one remark noting that those who emerge from solitude cannot give a message to the world.
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New York
Albert Scweitzer
French Equatorial Africa
Aspen
Colo
Wisconsin Assemblywoman Criticizes Welfare Policy
Madison legislator Sylvia Raihle charges that politics overrode policy in a welfare department probe. She calls conditions deplorable, urges personnel checks, increased staff, and training amid calls for a full public inquiry and possible special session.
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Madison
Wis
Sylvia Raihle
Chippewa Falls
Department of Public Welfare
Raihle
Rennebohm
Sweden’s Territorial Size Reported at 173,347 Square Miles
The record notes Sweden covers 173,347 square miles as a geographical measure. It presents the figure as a defined national statistic without additional context or comparison.
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Sweden
Mystery case ends with 17 year old girl dead in car
In Riverdale Illinois a 17 year old girl Miss Joan Coward died in a car under unexplained circumstances. Her escort Arthur Marino 27 a Blue Island salesman sought medical help after being rendered speechless by a poison he says was forced on them by two men. Marino drove to the Riverdale police station at 5 45 am pointing to the rear seat where the body lay partially unclothed.
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Chicago
Riverdale
Joan Coward
Worth
Arthur Marino
Blue Island
Ill
William Nottorf
Marino
Plan to Publish Wedemeyer Report on China
Secretary Acheson announced the State Department will release a long secret Wedemeyer report on American relations with China as part of a forthcoming white paper on dealings with the Nationalist government. He left the publication date undecided. Wedemeyer prepared the report for General George C. Marshall after a special China survey trip.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Wedemeyer
George C. Marshall
Marion Man Awarded Medal For Rescue
Michael Selinski of Marion Wisconsin received the President's Medal of the National Safety Council for saving Arthur Raffin of Clintonville after Raffin was knocked unconscious by an electric shock on a pub rooftop in Waupaca County. Selinski revived him and helped him to the ground. Voyta Wrabetz presented the award on behalf of the state industrial council.
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Madison
Wis
Michael Selinski
Marion
National Safety Council
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Selinski
Arthur Raffin
Clintonville
Raffin
Waupaca County
Voyta Wrabetz
State Industrial Council
Constitutional standard for impeachment of U.S. officials
The constitution allows impeachment of the president, vice president, and civil officers for treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The clause defines grounds for removal from office and accountability for abuses of power.
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The
United States
Senate Approves Long Range Building Fund Plan
The Wisconsin Senate approved a long range building program with a depreciation fund by a 29 to 2 vote. The plan creates a state building commission, funds at about 3.6 million annually, and enables public building corporations funded by the annuity and investment board. It also authorizes tax and budget adjustments affecting welfare, education, and library funding while trimming the governor's building program and school aid.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Legislative Council
Senate
State
Conservation Department
GOP
University
Department of Public Instruction
Board of Health
Stout Institute
Public Welfare Department
Labor Rift Over Taft Hartley Plan Faces Senate Setback
Senate debate over the Taft plan to delay strikes and seize plants reveals a split view. Senators Lucas and Douglas warn anti-labor forces may prevail, while Morse calls the bill unworkable. The Taft substitute keeps some Taft Hartley provisions but drops others, reshaping the labor bill.
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Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Douglas
D-Ill
Morse
R-Ore
Taft
Taft-Hartley
Federa Mediation Service
National Labor Relations Board
City study panel recommends parking survey by Associated Consultants
A city traffic committee has urged hiring Associated Consultants of Evanston to conduct a full parking and traffic survey at 4600 dollars. The plan ties to the street program completion and faces a council hearing Tuesday evening with many officials and residents asked to attend. The group notes a 20 percent rise in motor traffic expected in five years.
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Associated Consultants
Evanston
Cribben
Robert Schilling
James Dockendorf
Henry Wright
Robert Brownlee
Carl Yunkherr
William King
B. B. Speer
Edgar Kroner
Dwight Kennedy
Carl Schubert
Lyle Gilbert
John Coleman
James McCord
Elmer Hougen
Otto H. Sill
Lowell Johnson
Henry J. Ahrens
Vatican Diplomatic Car Entry Sparks Czech Slovak Protest
A Vatican diplomatic official's car was allegedly forcibly entered by Czech Slovak police in Kosice Slovakia on Tuesday night. The incident prompted a protest to the foreign ministry as Vatican officials warn of possible severing of ties with Prague.
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Prague
Vatican
Kosice
Slovakia
Foreign Ministry
Vatican City
Amputation Boat Violated California Safety Code
In Placerville California the speedboat that cut off 13 year old Imogene Wittsche of Roseville's legs at Lake Tahoe violated safety code as District Attorney Henry Lyon outlined. Phil Davis of Oakland, named as the boat pilot, faced possible charges for operating carelessly near swimmers. Davis expressed shock at the accident and claimed the boat passed the girl at a wide margin.
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Placerville
Calif
Lake Tahoe
California
Henry Lyon
Imogene Wittsche
Roseville
Reno
Phil Davis
Oakland
Davis
Hoover Warns Against Joint Chiefs Chairman Plan
Former president Herbert Hoover called the push for a single chairman of the joint chiefs of staff dangerous to the country. He testified before the House Armed Services Committee on proposed amendments to the 1947 unification law aimed at strengthening the secretary of defense and correcting issues, while backers argue cost savings. The Senate had approved the measure on May 26.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Services
Truman
Hoover
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Senate
Largest consignment of mail lands at Cobh Ireland
The largest consignment of mail ever landed at Cobh Ireland recently arrived when 3 860 sacks from the United States were unloaded from a liner.
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Cobh
Ireland
United States
La Crescent unit approves new grade school plan
La Crescent district members gathered for the annual meeting to discuss the planned four classroom grade school with a 60 by 32 foot auditorium, costing about 150000 dollars. Henry Abner Jr was named treasurer for a three year term. A tax rate to raise 11000 dollars was set, down from 13000, due to anticipated lower enrollment from a Catholic school opening. The budget rose from 25728 to 28938 dollars to cover expected high school enrollment increase and possible tuition hike.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Henry Abner, Jr
Wilbert Vollenweider
Marriages and Divorces Reported in 1946 United States
In 1946 the United States recorded about 2.3 million marriages and 622 thousand divorces indicating a postwar shift in family trends. The figures reflect nationwide statistics from the era and show significant social change after World War II.
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United States
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