Reich Belief in Final Victory Reported by German Official
Madison Wis Special Dr Sidephons Richter says Germans believed in victory until the last minute in interviews for Social Forces Becker cites nine traits of regimented officials including unquestioning nationalism and fear of responsibility A Berlin Reich press secretary veteran of OSS notes how camps were viewed as educational centers and predicts postwar chaos and unemployment in Germany
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Madison
Wis
Sidephons Richter
Howard Becker
University of Wisconsin
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Social Forces
Becker
Germany
Richter
Berlin
Goebbel
Fuehrer
Austria
Reich
Cremer Elected to GIA Board of Governors
Glynn Cremer a certified gemologist at 409 Main Street was elected to the Gemological Institute of America board of governors after the annual GIA meeting in Montreal. The institute founded in 1931 by Robert M. Shipley educates about gemstones and related materials with about 2300 students enrolled worldwide. Cremer is an early graduate and his son Glynn Jr. is also studying with the institute.
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Glynn Cremer
Main Street
Gemological Institute of America
GIA
Montreal
Institute
Robert M. Shipley
Los Angeles
Cremer
Glynn, Jr
Amos and Andy Sued Over Commission Dispute
Los Angeles based William Morris agency sues Amos and Andy claiming it lost weekly commissions totaling 11 000 dollars after negotiating a Lever Brothers contract. The suit alleges the duo sold their program to CBS for 2 000 000 last summer and tried to end agency commissions while Lever Bros. remained as sponsors.
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Los Angeles
Amos ‘N’ Andy
William Morris Talent Agency
Lever Bros. Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lever Bros
Outdoors In Wisconsin notes and events for sport fans
A Wisconsin outdoors column covers fishing seasons opening with trout focus and gear tips, local hunt and bird dog scenes, a German shorthaired pointer field trial winner Tillie von Klar sicht, the 50th anniversary of the Mellen Rod and Gun Club led by Gov. Rennebohm, and conservation efforts including pheasant projects in Trempealeau County.
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Rennebohm
Peter Jelich
Sportsmen’s League
S. D. Hodson
Diego Rivera’s murals stir outrage at Mexico City hotel
Diego Rivera’s wall paintings at the new del Prado Hotel provoke protests as the archbishop refuses blessing over a dios no existe sign. Catholic and labor groups threaten a boycott unless the mural is altered, though owners’ high price for the works may block changes.
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Diego Rivera
New del Prado
Mexico City
Mexico
Add Them Up Man Arrested 68 Times
PORTAGE Wisconsin Lawrence Laughnan a 43 year old Madison man was serving a 30 day sentence for petty larceny in an attempt to steal a railroad workers jacket. Police say his record shows 51 arrests by Madison police before February 1947 17 petty crime arrests since then and a one year Waupun prison term for vagrancy. They also indicate welfare authorities seek him for parole violation.
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Portage
Wis
Lawrence Laughnan
Madison
Laughnan
Waupun
Vacation Bible Institute Set In City Church
La Crosse area federation of churches will hold a vacation church school institute at First Congregational church from 9 30 a m to 3 p m on Saturday. Miss Fern Scribner leads the morning session with a book exhibit and registration, worship, a skit, and a question period. Afternoon clinic for beginners and workers, with workshops on handcrafts at 2 30 p m. Open to all interested in vacation school methods.
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la Crosse Area
Earl Kolcinski
Arthur Teachout
Russell Aldrich
George Bell
Miss Scribner
Deaths of Neysa McMein and Sir John Hammerton
Two notable obituaries reported: Neysa McMein, born in Quincy Illinois, artist and writer, used her maiden name. Sir John Hammerton, 78, English author journalist and editor of multiple encyclopedias.
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New York
John Baragwanath
Neysa McMein
Quincy
London
Sir John Hammerton
Unclaimed Coins Salvaged From Bombed Bermondsey Homes
More than 5000 pounds in unclaimed coins and banknotes were recovered from bombed Bermondsey houses and will be used to reduce the tax rate. The report notes that over half of Switzerland’s annual dollar value of exports to America is currently mounted by the watch industry.
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Bermondsey
London
Switzerland
America
One Night Stands Across the Nation Gotham Stop
Czech soprano Jarmila Novotna tours with Sigmund Romberg's orchestra noting frequent one night stands. She recalls Paducah and New York as stops and plans to concentrate on Met opera with occasional concert ventures. Novotna has acted on Broadway and in The Search film, and travels with Baron George Daubek to Prague in June.
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New York
United States
New York City
Jarmila Novotna
Sigmund Romberg
Mme. Ovotna
Paducah
Mme. Novotna
Romberg
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Toscanini
Metropolitan Opera
Broadway
Hollywood
Europe
Novotna
George Daubek
International Business Machines
Prague
George
Jarmila
Met
PSC Receives Bus Transfer Request From Stoddard Firm
The Public Service Commission proposes assignment of common motor carrier authority to Marion A. Turner of La Crosse to transport passengers from Bernard Erickson of Stoddard Vernon County and Blackhawk Bus Lines. A public hearing is set in La Crosse on June 14.
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Madison
Wis
Common Motor Carrier Authority
Marion A. Turner
la Crosse
Bernard Erickson
Stoddard
Vernon County
Blackhawk Bus Lines
Public Service Commission
the la Crosse
British Tourism Board predicts 560000 visitors this year
Sir Alexander Maxwell, chairman of the British Tourist Holidays Board, forecasts 560000 tourists in Britain this year with about 130000 from America and a total intake of 200 million dollars.
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Alexander Maxwell
British Tourist Holidays Board
Britain
America
Wisconsin Bike Safety Rules After 12 Fatalities
The state safety division urges cyclists to follow 12 rules including obeying traffic signals riding straight keeping lights and reflectors proper signaling pedestrian right of way and avoiding passengers or hitching rides to reduce further deaths in traffic incidents.
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Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Gun running charged in Portuguese East Africa border region
European residents in Lourenco Marques protest gun running across the Mozambique Tongoland frontier. They allege firearms and ammunition are sold to natives for hunting, risking rare species like the Livingstone antelope. A separate note mentions a two ton Roman sarcophagus found off Tarragona, Spain.
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Tarragona
Spain
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