Final League of Nations Meeting Opens Under Hambro Tribute
Genera i president Carl J. Hambro of Norway opened the 21st and final League of Nations assembly with a eulogy to Churchill Roosevelt Stalin Chiang Kai-shek and de Gaulle. He said the session honors the wall of security built by Allied leaders and looks to the United Nations as the successor, with Iran and Bulgaria among those not answering the invitation.
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Genera—i
Carl J. B Hambro
Norway
League of Nations Assembly
Hambro
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
de Gaulle
United Nations
League
Adrian J. Pelt
Netherlands
Probe Report on Corn Processors Paying Crib Rent Premium
OPA administrator E Walters said his office is investigating reports that corn processors paid crib rent and care charges to farmers. The scheme allegedly added 8 or 9 cents a bushel over permissible prices by storing corn in farmers cribs and diverting it from normal channels.
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E. Walters
OPA
Walters
Milk subsidy payments scheduled April To May
The AAA announced subsidy payments for January February and March will be issued between April 22 and May 31. Farmers will receive 17 cents per pound for butterfat and 60 cents per hundredweight of milk.
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AAA
Smelt Run Off Green Bay Like Old Times
Dyckesville on Green Bay east shore reports a two ton smelt run over two nights. Frank Desorell and two companions harvested 1,900 pounds and other fishermen above a ton as the silver fish reappear after prior large runs, measuring 12 to 14 inches.
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Green Bay
Dyckesville
Frank Desorell
Here
Desorell
MacArthur name write ins spoil Japanese ballots in vote
AP reports that General MacArthur and other Allied names on Japanese ballots are likely to spoil many ballots Wednesday. Under Japanese law a ballot is spoiled if a voter writes a name not on the official candidate list. Voters receive blank ballots and must write in their choice, a difficult task for the less educated given long names with many brush strokes.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Livestock and Poultry Feed Costs Surge Since 1939
Wisconsin farmers spent 3 to 6 times more for livestock and poultry feed in 1944 than in 1939. Warren Clark cites Waushara County examples as heavier feeding and larger herds drive the rise while prices stay at ceilings. He notes potential relief from early pastures and good 1945 oat stocks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren Clark
Associated
Clark
Waushara County
Burgy Resumes State Patrol Duties in Wisconsin
Nathan F. Burgy resumes his old state police role in Wisconsin. After traffic school in Madison he takes charge of statewide traffic duties with Monroe as headquarters and Green and Lafayette counties as his district. Burgy earlier served in the southwest Pacific and was discharged from the navy in October following a 1929 Monroe High School graduation.
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Nathan F. Burgy
Madison
Wisconsin
Monroe
Green
Lafayette
Southwest Pacific
Officer Burgy
Navy
Monroe High
Three men held in Marshfield doctor beating case
Sheriff Henry J. Becker said three men are jailed in Wood county Wisconsin Rapids in connection with the beating and near drowning of Dr. G L McCormick of Marshfield. McCormick reported being pulled into a car, driven to Pittsville, beaten, partially drowned, placed in a trunk, and later freed. The men claimed they found the doctor by the road and did not know him.
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Marshfield
Henry J. Becker
Wood County
Wisconsin Rapids
Becker
G. L. McCormick
Pittsville
Dr. McCormick
McCormick
Yellow River
Milwaukee Safety Awards Honor Milwaukees Division
Officers and employees of the Milwaukee road Milwaukee division will be honored at a safety award luncheon here for having the best employee safety record last year in competition with the road's 11,000 mile system across 18 divisions.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Government Pressure Mounts Over Mine Pay Dispute
Government shows impatience as soft coal operators urged to settle strikes. A top labor official warned steel mills will feel the 400000 bituminous miners strike impact soon. New shipyard strike threats emerged with 72000 CIO ship workers filing 30 day notices over an 18 cent wage recommendation. Yale Towne Philadelphia machinists ratified a 12 percent raise ending a long run walkout.
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Paul W. Fuller
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Man
Bowles
CIO
John Green
CIO & Shipbuilding Workers Press
Labor Department
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co
Philadelphia
AFL Machinists
War Gas and Fire Storms Highlight Army Science Drive
Secretary Patterson announced a developed war gas and noted incendiary fire storms that crippled 66 Japanese cities with over 20 million people impacted. Maj. Gen. Waitt warned of future chemical weapon power as the Army plans a long term science education program and incentives for civilian scientists. Colonel Brad Dewey criticized some scientists over atomic energy politics.
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Atlantic City
Patterson
United States
Waitt
Warmerica
War Department
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Truman May Veto Parity Rider on Pay Bill
A high official says President Truman would veto price control extension legislation lacking the farm parity amendment. The remark follows talk of renewing OPA by May 15 amid proposed crippling amendments. Five agency directors warn continued emergency powers through June 1947 could avert inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Pres ‘ Economic High Command Ca
OPA
Hartford Mayor Is Re-elected After Full Recount
Hartford mayor Adam Polts was declared reelected after a recount on Saturday. The recount board rejected 96 ballots with Osborne names pasted over Polts’s opponent’s, keeping Osborne at 691, Polts at 680, and Lamb at 87 from Tuesday’s tally. Charles Lamb abstained from the recount and may appeal to circuit court.
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Hartford
Adam Polts
van W. Osborne
Poltl
Osborne
Charles Lamb
Circuit Court
Fight on Building Fund Faces Senate Rethink
Washington report notes a debate over a 600 million dollar building material subsidies fund. The Senate shifted focus to the emergency housing measure as lawmakers weigh trimming or reallocating funds amid fiscal concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Settlement Near in International Harvester Strike
Washington says conciliators expect a full settlement of the 78 day strike at International Harvester Co with one issue left on pieceworker allowance rules tentatively solved. The development follows tense negotiations and signals a likely end to a major labor dispute.
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Washington
International Harvester Co
Official canvass shows minor changes in Green County
The official canvass of Green County votes reveals little change from unofficial returns. Justice Fairchild received 992 to 998 while 1,093 opposed versus 1,097 earlier. Sheriff referendum favors the term of office with 804 ballots for and 1,304 against, compared with 900 and 1,301 previously.
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Green County
Justice of the Supreme Court
Fairchild
Brooder House Destroyed by Fire. Chicks Saved
A brooder house owned by Charlie Kundert on 27th Ave was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A general alarm sounded before 10 a.m. All baby chicks were carried to safety. Ray Beckman’s quick actions with extinguishers and foamites prevented the fire from spreading to a garage behind the City.
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Charlie Kundert
27Th Ave
Ray Beckman
Wisconsin National Guard Reactivation Delayed
The Wisconsin national guard remains deactivated from March and awaits federal action before reactivation. Acting adjutant general Alvin E. Kuechenmeister said state units are prepared and could resume operations quickly once federal approval is given.
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Madison
Wisconsin National Guard
Earl
Alvin E. Kuechenmeister
Gerald L. K. Smith jailed for contempt in Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith head of the America First party is sentenced by Municipal Judge John V. McCormick to 60 days in county jail on contempt of court charges in Chicago.
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G. L. K. Smith
Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
John V. McCormick
Russian Threat of Boycott over Iranian Problem
Moscow demanded the Iranian case be dropped from the United Nations Security Council agenda citing a bilateral Iran Soviet agreement. Soviet envoy Gromyko notified UN Secretary General Lie that no further discussion was needed. Iran’s Hussein Ali pressed the matter earlier and agreed to a May 6 postponement.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ahmed Qavam
Stalin
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
Trygve Lie
Red Army Ps
Lie
Gromyko
Council
United Nations
Security Council
Hussein Ala
London
Ecuador Appeals to U S to Withdraw Forces From Galapagos
A New York dispatch says Ecuador has appealed to the United States to withdraw its forces from the Galapagos islands in the Pacific. The State Department in Washington said Saturday it informed Ecuador of American bases on the Galapagos by July 1 and noted that Cuba wartime bases were to be turned over to Ecuador.
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New York
Ecuador
United States
Galapagos Islands
Pacific
State Department
Washington
Cuba
Iran Debates Security Council Issue Over Soviet Demands
Tehran officials clash over whether to withdraw Iran’s case from the United Nations Security Council. Premier Ahmed Qavam’s position remains unclear while Tehran radio says the case stays on the docket until May 6, the date Russia requests troop evacuation.
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Tran
Tehran
United Nations Security Council
Prince Firouz
Ahmed Qavam
Security Council
Qavam
Council
Vic Donahey Dies. Former Ohio Governor and Senator
Alvin Victor Vic Donahey 72 former Ohio governor and U S senator died at 1 10 p m today in Columbus Ohio.
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Vic” Donahey
Columbus
Alvin Victor
Vic) Donahey
Ohio
U. S
Lammers argues Nazi government legality at Nuremberg trial
Former German chancellery chief Dr. Hans Heinrich Lammers testifies that Hitler was the Reich government after 1936 and ministers knew little of plans. In Des Moines, a gunman named William C. Irwin kills his wife, mother, and two sons, wounding a neighbor. he surrenders after police shoot him.
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Hans Heinrich Lammers
International Military Tribunal
Fuehrer
Hitler
League of Nations
Lammers
Rhineland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel
Des Moines
William C. Irwin
Irwin
Edith Irwin
Mary Alice Irwin
John Irwin
Henry Irwin
William Jr
Paul Castelline
Geraldine Nelson
Crandall Wins A at State Forensics Tourney
Miss Maxine Crandall of Monroe High earned an A rating the top prize in the state forensics contest for her serious declamation Postscript to two. Carlton Ross of Brodhead also received an A for humorous declamation. Crandall was chosen by lot to present her ovation on WIBA in Madison, accompanied by English instructor R. W. Witt.
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Maxine Crandall
Monroe
Carlton Ross
Brodhead
Ross
Miss Crandall
Fort Atkinson
Loot Two Offices in Monticello But Total Hardly Worth Effort
Monticello burglars entered two offices early yesterday breaking windows and leaving drawers strewn with contents. At the Milwaukee road depot 40 cents in pennies was taken and at Karlen Steinmann Lumber Co. a few stamps and small change were taken. Village marshal Herman Wirth and Janesville detective R R Teubert estimate the break in occurred around 2 am and police are analyzing fingerprints.
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Monticello
Milwaukee Road
Karlen & Steinmann Lumber Co
Herman Wirth
R. R. Teubert
Janesville
Open Hearing Into Michigan Prison Warden Dismissal
Lansing officials told the civil service commission they would present a broad view of disorder and discord among southern Michigan prison officials as the open hearing began into former Warden Harry H. Jackson’s reinstatement bid. Jackson and five subordinates are linked to a jailbreak that allowed Joe Medley to escape, drawing renewed scrutiny to state prison management after Medley’s escape from a death house in Washington and a prior case involving Nancy Boyer.
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Lansing
Mich
John R. Dethmers
Civil Service Commission
State
Michigan
Harry H. Jackson
Jackson
Joe Medley
Medley
Washington
Hag
Nancy Boyer
Two Escape Injury As Car Overturns On Highway 11 81
Two Monroe area women escaped injury Sunday afternoon when their car overturned on Highway 11 81 about 1 1/2 miles east of Monroe. Driver Lorraine E Payer had a small scratch. passenger Darlene Pagel was unscathed. Worn tires and wet pavement caused the skid after cresting a hill, sending the car into a bank and tipping it over.
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Monroe
Lorraine E. Payer
Darlene Pagel
Snow Hits Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Snow fell across northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan with depths reaching 1 inch at Land O Lakes and 3 inches at Sault Ste. Marie as cold weather and moderate precipitation persisted throughout the region.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Land O'Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
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