VA Regional Director Attacks Magazine Article At Seminar
Milwaukee VA regional manager John P. Cullen denounced a widely read magazine piece as scurrilous and misleading, noting a VA information service breakdown of the article. The session emphasized public relations, humane treatment, clear street signs, and veteran rehabilitation with industry input and state officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Uns
John P. Cullen
Milwaukee
Veterans Affairs
Cullen
VA Information Service
Guy Ss.illiams
Milwaukee VA
Williaens
Harry F. Stoddard
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Young Girl Named In Assault On Mother
A 14 year old girl was named in an assault warrant after her mother Mrs. Viola Wirth was found badly beaten about the head with a hammer and carpenter’s plane during an argument with the girl and her 16 year old boyfriend. The girl is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and is held at the detention home for juvenile court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Viola Wirth
Whitefish Bay
Harry D. Wirth
Jewelry Thefts Hit Janesville Jewelry salesman loses four thousand in loot
Edward Goldner a Chicago jewelry salesman told police the trunk of his car was pried open in Janesville Wisconsin and about four thousand dollars in earrings necklaces pins came up missing. The items included cameo brooches religious articles and other valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Edward Goldner
Chicago
Goldner
New York
Providence
Beloit
Israel and Lebanon sign armistice at Naqara
Leaders from Israel and Lebanon signed an armistice agreement at the Naqara customs house on Wednesday morning ending hostilities. The accord was witnessed by regional observers and aims to stabilize border conduct and slow fighting along dispute zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Lebanon
Naqara
Wisconsin Legislature Advances Funds for School Construction
The Wisconsin Assembly pushed a bill to appropriate 5 million dollars from the general fund in 1949 and 1950 for school construction with state approval. Debates highlighted intra party feuds over lobbyist disclosure and public works planning while a rent control extension measure faced a hearing next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repu
Doyle
Lucey
Bubolz
Doyle and Lacey
Rennebohm
State Department
State Planning Board
Kendzierski
Milwaukee
Molinaro
Kenosha
Joint Judiciary Committee
Assembly
The
Conservation Commission
Conservation Committee
Assembly Finance Committee
Endurance Fliers Carry On Flight
Two California endurance fliers circling the Miami area refueled and restocked after a week aloft in a small plane. They departed Fullerton, California, and had logged 179 hours by 1 am Wednesday EST as they aim to beat the 1939 endurance record of 726 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
California
Miami Area
Dick Riedel
Ssonville Ao
Fullerton
Calif
Get SAL results for relief from itching
Advertising tone promotes a nostrum labeled SAL claiming dramatic eczema relief and improved skin appearance. It suggests sufferers have tried various remedies with little success and promises wonderful results.
Dvorak Re-elected Leader Of La Crosse Polio Chapter
Dvorak was re elected chairman of the La Crosse county National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at the annual meeting held at the post office Tuesday evening. Other officers and medical advisory board members were re elected. Miss Helen Hanson joined the executive committee to replace the deceased C B Varco. The 1949 financial report showed a county fund balance of 12289.26 with 1372 unpaid bills and details on 1948 disbursements including hospital and braces costs. Palmer Daugs urged arranging Madison expertise to inspect iron lungs at St Francis hospital and polio treatment films were shown by military recruiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenzel M. Dvorak
la Crosse County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
F. H. Griffin
R. E. Nietsch
R. V. Ahlstrom
C. A. Beranek
Carl Noelke
Arthur Hebbard
William Freise
Harry Greene
Helen Hanson
C. B. Varco
Nietsch
Mabel A. Young
Miss Young
Dvorak
National Foundation
National
Medical Advenny Board
James C
W. J. Jones
Thorolf E. Gundersen
N. P. Anderson
F. H. Wolf
R. H. Goedecke
Garland Weidner
Dorothy Anderson
Daugs
Palmer Daugs
Lake Mills
la Crosse
Madison
St. Francis Hospital
Army and
Air Force
Argue Machinery To Be Used In New Rent Control Bill
The Senate debated a new rent control bill and clashed over eviction machinery. The administration proposed certificates of eviction from local housing authorities, shifting power from local courts. A 45 to 33 vote allowed cities to repeal rent controls, extending the measure to 12 to 15 months and permitting up to 10 percent rent increases. Residential hotel rescission was limited to New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Chicago
Wisconsin Senate action and proposed bills on oil grants and courts
The Senate confirmed Rennebohm appointments to the state crime board and named Hansen and Polcyn to succeed themselves with terms ending March 1953. Buchen proposed a $50 000 award for the first Wisconsin oil or natural gas discovery and certification by the state geologist and public service commission. A non partisan judicial commission would supply five names to the governor for court appointments. Panzer urged delaying controversial school consolidations until legislative action on pending bills. Buy Savings Bonds.
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Rennebohm
State Crime Board
Wilbur R. Hansen
Racine
Robert J. Matheson
John W. Polcyn
Milwaukee
Buchen
R-Sheboygan
Wisconsin
State Geologist and Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Panzer
R-Oakfield
Ship and Sub Collide At Sea Near San Diego
The USS Perch a troop carrying submarine and the destroyer Orlock collided five miles southwest of San Diego during maneuvers Tuesday night. The navy reported no casualties. The destroyer apparently ran over or scraped the submerged Perch which then dove to clear and surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Perch
Orlock
Navy
Dr Rutledge Surrenders in Iowa Murder Case
Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr of St Louis gave himself up in Linn County after a three month fight for custody and extradition. He faces first degree murder charges in the December hotel room killing of Byron Hartman, a 29 year old aircraft engineer. Hartman was found dead with a six inch heart stab wound and bloodied walls following a struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rute, Jr
St. Louis
Linn County
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Ex-Red Budenz Testifies in Communist Leaders Trial
Louis F. Budenz former Communist and Fordham economics lecturer testified as the government’s first witness in a conspiracy trial of 11 U S Communist leaders. He described his break with the party and return to Catholicism as defense lawyers argued the defendants were good Americans working for the working class and not plotting violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis F. Budenz
Fordham University
U. S
Budenz
Daily Worker
Catholic Church
Fordham
Rty
Tass Decries Dennis Trial Speech Ban
Tass reports Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Communist party in the United States, barred at his New York trial from discussing alleged plans of American businessmen and fascists to provoke war. Dennis is among 11 Communists on trial for conspiracy against the U.S. government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
United States
New York
Dennis
U. S
Birthday Deluge for 14 Year Old Carl Blake Jr
PAW PAW Mich. Gifts flooded the post office for Carl Harvey Blake Jr on his 14th birthday. The boy his wife Winifred aged 16 and their three week old child received up to 300 packages from grateful neighbors. Postmaster Murray Swindell was astonished and Carl said the windfall helps his family as he works at a dairy farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paw Paw
Mich
Carl Harvey Blake, Jr
Mister Blake
Carl
Winifred
Murray Swindell
Serre
Protestants Move Toward Unity at World Council Meeting
In Evanston Illinois delegates from American Protestant churches open the first meeting of the World Council of Churches American section. Bishop Oxnam said the move aims to greater unity both organically and doctrinally. Four program parts were adopted to address the communism versus capitalism debate and promote a “responsible society.”
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Evanston, Lll
G. Bromby
New York
World Council of Churches
Oxnam
World Council
Discharge of Wisconsin Ag Worker Over Irregular Health Chart
Harold F. Crawford of Stoughton, 44, was fired by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture after an irregular act in submitting a cattle health chart for 60 head sold to buyers in Puerto Rico. Milton Button, the department director, said the cattle did not come from accredited herds and the investigation continues. He noted no infections were found to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Department of Agriculture
Milton S. Button
Department
Harold F. Crawford
Stoughton
Wisconsin
Puerto Rico
Button
Burgermeister Ex-Wisconsin Figure Noted for Local Ties
The article notes Burgermeister’s ongoing investigation leading to possible inquest and his past role predicting spring training outcomes for La Crosse Tribune. It mentions his observer status of Wisconsin clubs in California, his father’s local contracting work, his long retirement, and that funeral arrangements are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Attorney's
Burgermeister
la Crosse Tribune
California
Wisconsin
Badger
Ninth and State Streets
Bishop’s Wife Dies at 69 in Milwaukee
Mrs. Sarah Seeber Ivins, 69, wife of Rt. Rev. Benjamin F. P. Ivins bishop of the Milwaukee Episcopal diocese, died Tuesday after a long illness in Milwaukee. Born in Waterloo Wisconsin she was a Grafton Hall Fond du Lac and University of Wisconsin alumna and Phi Beta Kappa member. Surviving are her husband and one son Frederick. Funeral services will be Thursday morning at All Saints Cathedral with burial in Nashotah House Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Sarah Seeber Ivins
Benjamin F. P. Ivins
Milwauke Episcoe
Ivins
Waterloo
Wis
Grafton Hall
Fond du Lac
University of Wisconsin
Phi Beta Kappa
Woman's Club of Wisconsin
Frederick
All Saints Cathedral
Nashota House
Corporal Gamboa Seeks MacArthur Help To Reach Australia
Corporal Lorenzo Gamboa, an Asiatic American veteran, asks General MacArthur to intercede with Australia to allow him entry to see his wife Joyce and their child Julie. MacArthur agrees to try, but Australian policy blocks entry for Asiatic-born individuals, despite citizenship status. Gamboa, who served in Bataan and evacuated to Australia, hopes the general’s influence will override immigration rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. White
Tokyo
Cpl
Lorenzo Gamboa
Gamboa
General MacArthur
Australia
Joyce
MacArthur
Japan
Ramund
Melbourne
Australian Government Railways
United States
San Francisco
Sureme
Lady Lawmaker 67 Charged With Being Marriage Wrecker
A suit filed in Washington claims Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts damaged a marriage. Naval Capt. Harold Latta-Lawrence, 47, allegedly maintained close ties with Rogers for 20 years. The filing seeks separate maintenance and property accounting with possible alimony if divorce occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Lawmaker
Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Eilene Diana Latta-Lawrence
Harold Alexander Latta-Lawrence
Congress
Rogers
Roosevelt
White House
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Stoddard
State Department of Veterans Affairs and Welfare
West Allis
Birnbaum
William K. Birnbaum
Leslie V. Dix
Elizabeth Olson
St. Red Cross
Gordon A. Huseby
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Pearl Street
Zemo
Fashion
the LA Crosse Ae
Samuel S. McClure
McClure’s
Ee Eee
State
Cleaners and Dyers Board
Ee Ee Ee Eee
General Fund
Department of Pub Instruction
Polio Organization
Dr. Rutledge
Iowa
Red Budenz
Young Pop
Discharge Department of Agriculture Worker For
Carload
Washer Sale
Gen. MacArthur
Eneral
Mae
Joere
Savguenes
Julie
U. S. Army
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Bill Engel
Goose Neck
Emer Arene
Main Street
Tillman’s
Ose
Illman Home Furnishings
Main and
Pearl
FOX Deluxe Brewing CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
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