New Lead in Red Spy Investigation Emerges
Congressional spy investigators pursue a new lead linking Whittaker Chambers underground activity and wartime Soviet rings in Washington. Rep. Nixon says a man with Chambers superior’s name has a long Communist record and worked in government under Nathan Silvermaster, potentially tying the Bentley spy ring to Chambers.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congressional
Rep. Nixon
R-Calif
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Nixon
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Bentley
Time Magazine
Reds
Middles
George Silverman
Irving Kaplan
Kaplancer
House
American Activities Committee
Form Clubs For Immell and Rennebohm in Wisconsin Politics
A tenth district People's Committee formed for Rennebohm praises his governance and northern conservation actions at Ashland. Madison sees Wisconsin Farmers for Immell backing the Republican candidate Ralph M. Immell with a farm radio program and a personal campaign team appointment. Democratic Carl W. Thompson urges midwestern states to defend education funding, while Henry Berquist invites Immell to a public debate in Madison.
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Rennebohm
Ashland
Rennem
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Olafene
George Sundquist
Superior
Julius Sherfinski
Harry Simon
R. Gan
Frederick
Thomas cCall
Park Falls
Ohn Moreland
Hayward
Chester G. Roberts
Madison
Wisconsin Farmers For Immell Committee
Ralph M. Immel
Repub
Immell
P. F. Quinn
Racine County Voluntary Republican Committee
Chicago
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Midwest
Midlands
Republican Congress
Thompson
Henry J. Berquist
Rinelander
People’s Progressive Party
Ralph M. Immell
Berquist
Bee Politics
Open Bids On Power Project In Flambeau River Area
The bid process for a hydro electric plant and dam on the Flambeau River in Rusk County proceeds with John Jr. as general manager. The Al Johnson Construction Co of Minneapolis submitted the low bid at 5 199 097 covering all stripping. A second bid at 5 595 611 noted no contract yet signed. The board of directors will review the bids with engineer comparisons showing higher local bids.
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Flambeau
Rusk County
John Jr
al Johnson Construction Co
Minneapolis
United States
Wonet Ethyl McNeil Face Custody Hearing Over Fires
In Macomb Illinois a 13 year old girl who confessed to setting nearly 200 fires may be placed in the custody of her maternal grandmother Daisy Johnson of Marseilles. Attorney Keith Scott asked Judge Wallace A Walker to order temporary custody based on how well the girl adapts to grandmothers care. The state attorney noted the father has no suitable residence since the fires and the mother lives in a trailer with her second husband. A psychiatric exam at Illinois Research hospital found Wonet normal despite being a victim of a family tragedy and the hearing was set to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenet
Chicago
No New Polio Cases Reported In City
City Health Officer Dr. J Burris Perrin says no new polio cases in the city since yesterday. A Bangor boy aged four years, Paul Johnson, was admitted to St. Camillus isolation hospital. Pettibone island and Black River beaches and a pool at the fairgrounds were closed.
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J. Burris Perrin
Bangor
Paul Johnson
St. Camillus Isolation Hospital
Dr. Perrin
Pettibone Island
Black River
Fairgrounds
Moscow Mourns Death Of Top Soviet Leader Zhdanov
Moscow flags hung at half mast for Andrei Zhdanov 52 a Politburo member and Cominform ally near Stalin. He led Leningrad defense during the siege and served as secretary of the USSR Communist Party and Cominform driving force.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Cominform
Mikhail I. Kalinin
Zhdanov
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Molotov
L. P. Beria
Communist International Information Bureau
Nnne
Poland
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Politburo
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Council of the Union
Leningrad
City Engineer surveys city parking lots and costs
City Engineer John Barth surveyed available parking lots and estimated costs for grading leveling cindering and improvements. The Masonic temple lot could be shaped for 600 dollars or 1300 dollars to pave with an oil patch. The Mount Vernon Street lot would cost 300 dollars and Spence Park about 400 dollars with repairs to Front Street to railway for better access.
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John Barth
Barth
Masonic Temple
Mount Vernon Street
Spence Park
Front Street
Arrest of Mitchum In Dope Raid Shocks Hollywood
Hollywood reports that film star Robert Mitchum and three others were arrested in a narcotics raid at a Hollywood home. Mitchum, Robin Ford, Lila Leeds, and Dorothy Evans faced charges related to marijuana use and possession with bail set at 5000 each. Det. Sgts Barr and McKinnon led the six month investigation assisted by federal narcotics agents.
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Robert Mitchum
Hollywood
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Cancer Viene Evans
Ford
A. M. Barr
J. B. McKinnon
Los Angeles
Miss Leeds
Sgt. Barr
Barr
William Cra Ees
Dorothy
Miss Evans
Tm i
New York Liberal Party Weighs Endorsement for Truman-Barkley Ticket
The New York Liberal party expected to endorse Truman-Barkley with CIO support adding to Roosevelt era backing. Berle Jr heads the committee as Lecoy of Labor Maurice Te-n Republicans campaign. Warren's California to 12-state swing and Dewey plans loom against tight Southern senate contests and Wallace setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Liberal Party
Roosevelt
Truman-Barkley
CIO
Administration
Liberal
Liberal Party Committee
New Dealer
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Lecoy
Maurice J
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Evansville
Ind
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
South
Progressive Party
Illinois
Springfield
North Carolina
Asheville
Alabama
Birmingham
AFL
Truman
Council grants power to speed football facility work
The common council moved to let the board of education award contracts without council approval to speed up football facility projects. An ordinance will give authority to oversee work. A $2,182 appropriation funds dirt removal at the south end of the fair grounds field. Mathy Construction will handle the stockpile removal. The board may award a contract to Peter Nelson and Son to remodel the municipal swimming pool bath house for visiting teams, with a low bid of $2,257. An additional $4,367 appropriation enables wiring work by Clark-Bracken Inc. at Logan Swanson field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Board of Education
Fairgrounds
Mathy Construction Company
Council
Engineering Department
Peter Nelson and Son
Nelson
Clark-Bracken, Inc
Logan
Swanson Fie
Harper Resigns From Planning Board
Resignation from the planning board was accepted by the governor. The brief notice notes the action occurred on the day of the governor's decision.
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Harper
Planning Board
Gov
Snapshot Contest To Close Thursday
Entries received by noon Thursday qualify for the final week of the second annual amateur snapshot contest sponsored by The La Crosse Tribune. Winners will be announced Saturday with local grand prizes of 310,000.
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la Crosse Tribune
ERP Support Urged Despite Likely First Year Drawbacks
M Szymczak of Washington urged continued backing for the European recovery plan before the University of Wisconsin teaching group. He warned first year results may disappoint but urged not to abandon the effort, saying recovery requires tolerance for a slow start and higher imports to help Europe pay for needed goods.
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Madison
Wis
Federal Reserve
Evetam Tadaw
M. S. Szymczak
Washington
University of Wisconsin
School of Banking
Szymczak
Europe
German Appeals Court Frees Hjalmar Schacht
A German appeals court acquitted Hjalmar Schacht of major Nazi offender charges and ordered his release. He had been serving a one year term after conviction by a Stuttgart denazification court last year. The court found his later opposition activity outweighed earlier support for Hitler.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Boy
Schacht
Hermann Joachim von Ribben- Adolf
Hitler
CIO backs Truman unanimously say CIO group backs president
CIO President Philip Murray announced that the CIO political action committee has unanimously decided to support President Harry S Truman in the upcoming election. The statement marks a unified labor backing for the incumbent leader.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
CIO Political Action Committee
Truman
Rain Forecast Sweeps Wisconsin as Dry August Lingers
Federal weatherman predicts scattered showers across Wisconsin today with clearing skies tonight. La Crosse reported .02 inches and the airport .01 inches, with cooler tonight and a high about 85 expected Thursday, following a dry August. The mean temperature Tuesday rose five degrees above normal.
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Wisconsin
H. J Thompson
Milwaukee
Associated Press
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Thompson
Investigators Gather At Fountain City Plane Crash Site
Topflight investigators and officials from federal bureaus aircraft makers and Northwest Airlines converge on Fountain City Wisconsin to probe the Stratoliner crash that claimed 37 lives. W K Andrews CAB air safety director arrives to preside over hearings while D R Shoults of Martin Aircraft heads engineering teams. 30 to 35 investigators work the scene examining rivets bolts and all details. Identification of victims is complete with K Jindrick among the 37 confirmed dead. An express package aboard the craft is missing as mail sacks are recovered.
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Northwest Airlines
Fountain City
Wis
W. K. Andrews
Bureau of Air Safety
CAB
Andrews
H. V. Shebat
Chicago
Washington
CAA
Martin § Aircraft Company
D. R. Shoults
Pratt- Whitney Corporation
K. Jindrick
Berwyn, III
Winona
Issi Express Company Ofii
Charles Beard Noted Historian Dies at 73
Charles A. Beard, prominent historian and author of about 30 works, died at Grace New Haven Community Hospital at age 73 after several weeks of illness. Physicians cited aplastic anemia as the cause.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
Roosevelt
United States
Grace-New Haven
Federal Reserve Finds Women Better Credit Risk
The Federal Reserve Board reports women are better credit risks than men with 34 cents in losses per $100 for women’s apparel versus 56 cents for men’s clothing stores. The board notes factors such as dual accountability in married households and cash preference by some husbands.
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Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Measures To Head Off Tieup Of Cars
Washington reports railroads prepare an embargo on most freight from west coast ports if a maritime work stoppage occurs tomorrow. Exemptions include grain beans flax seed malt and rice with permits, petroleum loads, military shipments, and space-available freight with permits. San Francisco seeks an eleventh hour settlement as employers and five unions clash. New York sees a truck stoppage halting general cargo with 9400 Teamsters Local 807 members idle and mediators launching talks to end the strike.
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Vassily Sokolovsky
Germany
Allied Control Authority
Berlin
Washington
West Coast
Arthur H. Gass
Car Service Division
The
Association of American Railroads
Gass
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine
Coast Guard
San Francisco
New York
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Division of Labor Relation
Peacetime draft registration expands in Wisconsin area
In La Crosse county men born in 1924 prepare to register, while 1923 group completes Wednesday. Milwaukee mobilizes city facilities to handle lines as Col. Courtenay urges use of plants and volunteers. Allis-Chalmers begins registering workers amid long wait times and vacation conflicts.
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la Crosse County
Carters
Milwaukee
Court House
Bentley Courtenay
Selective Service
Col. Courtenay
Madison
Frank Zeidler
Sharp
County Cross
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Waneata
Wilson May
Wisconsin
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Ray Breitweiser
Fort Atkinson
Republican Voluntary Committee
Marinette
Breitweiser
Wonet
Joseph
Russia
New York Liberal Party
By Jack Bell
Senate
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Stevenson
Louisiana
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Non
John H. Overton
Kennon
Baton Rouge
Charles Beard
Charlies A. Beard
Mary Beard
N. Y
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