Stassen Fires First Salvo At Democrats In Michigan
In a Detroit speech Stassen assailed President Truman as a failure at home and abroad and criticized his labor policy and inflation. He accused Truman of demagoguery and urged tougher stance against labor, while Dewey praised the remarks in a call to Stassen as 3,000 supporters listened.
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Detroit
Michigan
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Dewey
Albany
Minnesota
Ohio
Labor
City Beach Project Bids Sought and School Contract Changes
The common council tentatively approves advertising for bids on a 21000 dredging project at the north side beach after a study found a hard bottom beneath mud. The board of education may sign contracts on budgeted items without council approval, with major building projects still needing council consent. A $384.25 personal injury award to Gordon Peterson stems from a scooter crash with a city truck.
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Common Council
North Side
Board of Education
Franklin Pamperin
Gordon Peterson
Liberty Street
Peterson
T. H. Skemp
West Avenue
Cass Street
John Papenfuss
Losey Boulevard
Madison
Cass Streets
Council Groups Approve Parking Lot Upgrades
City groups approve parking lot improvements for three off street lots. Total cost about 2000 dollars with 1300 for the Masonic temple lot including oiling, grading and improvements. Mount Vernon Street lot 300 dollars Spence park lot 400 dollars Vine Street repairs included. Paid from the city's parking meter fund.
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Common Council
Board of Public Works
John Barth
Barth
Mount Vernon Street
Spence Park
Vine Street
Front Stree
Georgia Voters Face Choice of Talmadge Gov. Thompson
Georgia Democrats voted in a heated primary pitting Herman Talmadge backed by the Ku Klux Klan against Gov. M. E. Thompson amid a white supremacy campaign. Thompson claimed the post as lieutenant governor had earned him the governorship after the 1947 political crisis. The race follows a legal battle over succession and the death of Eugene Talmadge. Richard Russell faced renomination in the Senate. Nearby states Utah Arizona and Nevada held primaries with multiple contenders for governor and Congress.
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Georgia
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Eugene Talmadge
Hermann
Thompson
Young Talmadge
State Supreme Court
Talmadge
Ku Klux Klan
Richard Russell
Senate
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Herbert B. Maw
John S. Boyden
Maw
J. Bracken Lee
Rendell H. Mabey
Walter K. Granger
William A. Dawson
Dan E. Garvey
Richard F. Harless
Bruce Brockett
William Bourdon
Harold Patten
John R. Murdock
John Udall
A. R. Buehman
Charles Russell
Temperature Drops Across Wisconsin Early This Week
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial of the La Crosse weather bureau notes readings fell below historical averages. La Crosse reported a low of 60 and 56 at the airport with a high of 77 yesterday. tonight’s low may be 52 and tomorrow’s high 72. Federal weatherman Howard J. Thompson says temperatures will fall tonight and stay low for two to three days with highs tomorrow of 45 to 66 in the north.
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Acto
Mysterious Ailment Affects Children in Wisconsin
Health authorities investigate a mysterious illness affecting children in Mosinee Wisconsin with officials seeking possible causes and monitoring cases for patterns and risk factors.
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Mosinee, Wis
German War Crimes Trial Witness Ends Testimony
Col Werner von Geldern Crisendorf, liaison officer, testified in the ministries war crimes trial. The exchange with U S Prosecutor Robert Kempner touched on his self description as an author after being a prisoner.
Senate Probes Export Permits Amid Fraud Allegations
Senate investigators questioned export license handling and possible fraud in shipments to Europe. Witnesses from the commerce department and small business committee faced questions about open deals and licensing procedures as fraud claims were raised but later said to have improved.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
William P. Rogers
Francis McIntyre
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade
Rogers
Wherry
R-Neb
Ferguson
Rmich
William W. Remington
Russia
FBI
Rough Labor Day for Buford Sennett
Buford Sennett a convicted kidnapper rapist and murderer had a rough holiday at the state prison. He received treatment at the prison hospital for a broken nose and other injuries inflicted during the holiday period.
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Waupun
Wis
Buford Sennett
Sennett
Nationwide strikes push idle workers past one hundred thousand
The United States sees more than 100000 workers idle in oil trucking and shipping stoppages with 170 plant guards and 25000 telephone workers planned to strike on September 17. CIO unions press wage demands while talks continue.
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CIO
CIO Association of Communications
Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
New York City
New Jersey
AFL
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York
Dewey Opens Drive for Presidency with Iowa Speech
Gov Thomas E Dewey will launch his campaign for president with a Sept 20 address in Des Moines Iowa at Drake Stadium to be aired on CBS and Mutual networks. Campaign manager Herbert Brownell Jr said the early remarks will cover undisclosed topics as he plans a cross country swing.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert Brownell Jr
Drake Stadium
Dewey
New York
CBS
Mutual
Mr. Truman
Dexter
Ames C. Hagerty
Easy
GOP
Harold E
Jaycee Night Painting Campaign Targets Jaywalking in La Crosse
La Crosse Jaycees with Mayor Beranek and Scout groups launch a night time anti jaywalking drive in downtown La Crosse. Yellow safety paint marks corners and crossings while slogans are stenciled. Radio quiz sessions and patrols by Boy Scouts augment the effort, backed by the Industrial Safety council.
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Jaycees
C. A. Beranek
John Barth
Lyle Gilbert
Don Post
Bob Mehren
Pat Ingli
Gateway Area
Boy Scout
Leonard Bennett
la Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
B. W. Ingli
la Crosse
WLCX
Fourth
Main Streets
Fifth Avenue
Main
U. S
Beranek
U S Reopens Immigration To Germans
The United States plans to admit up to 205 000 displaced Germans over the next two years as Congress restores the prewar German quota and begins mass registration in the western occupation zones of Germany and Austria. Registration may start this month with consular readiness guiding dates.
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Washington
United States
Reich
Germany
Austria
State Department
Switzerland
Congress
Hitler
Voting Machines Demonstrations At City Fire Stations
Voters unsure of the new city voting machines can visit their nearest fire station for demonstrations. Firemen volunteer to show operation and guide voters through the process. The service runs now through Sunday to speed up election day voting.
United States Accepts Big Four Talks on Italian Colonies
The United States notified Russia it is willing to participate in a Big Four meeting about Italy's prewar colonies. In a note to Soviet Ambassador Alexander S. Panyushkin, the State Department urged Moscow to present new proposals to avoid wasting time in talks.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Italy
Alexander S. Panyushkin
State Department
Moscow
Evjue Trial Set for October 6 in Madison
William T. Evjue editor of the Madison Capitol Times faces a trial Oct. 6 before Superior Judge Roy Proctor with no jury. He is charged with publishing the identity of a woman who may have been raped, under a statute whose constitutionality was upheld by the state supreme court. Evjue waived preliminary hearing and trial by jury after pleading innocent and posting a $500 bond.
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Madison
Wis
William T. Evjue
Roy Proctor
Evjue
Madison Capitol Times
Supreme Court
W Wade Boardman
Evjne
Boardman
U. S
Grand Jury Indicts Mitchum and Three on Dope Charge
Los Angeles reports actor Robert Mitchum starlet Lila Leeds and two others indicted by a county grand jury on two counts marijuana and conspiring to possess the drug. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. arraignment scheduled for September 15.
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Grand Jury
Mitchum
Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Hollywood
Handsome
Maryr
Lynn White
Alvan Barr
Jay Allen
Thomas L. Ann
Barr
Allen
Jerry Giesler
Grant Cooper
Kidnapping of 19 Western police in Berlin stuns allies
In Berlin the Soviet commandant guaranteed safe passage for 19 western sector police and a German photographer but the convoy was seized near Lustgarten. French, American, British and other liaison officers witnessed the operation as the prisoners were hauled away to Soviet zone headquarters amid protests and shelling of the city hall.
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Berlin
Lustgarten
United States
Alexander Kotikov
Jean Ganeval
Kotikov
Rudolph Wagner
Paul Markgraf
Covene
Earthquake in Bay Area Likely From Far Off Quake
A seismograph at University of California Berkeley began recording at 8 21 02 a m. The quake described as considerable proportions was detected in the Bay Area and Berkeley scientists think the epicenter may be in Japan or Chile about 5200 miles away.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
University of California At Berkeley
Berkeley
Japan
Chile
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