Elliott Roosevelt and Hughes plane chosen for wartime reconnaissance
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols testified that Elliott Roosevelt selected Howard Hughes' aircraft for wartime photo reconnaissance after the Air Force declined it in 1943. The testimony was before the Senate war investigating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Hughes
Air Force
Washington
Oliver P. Echols
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Hich
Echols
Air Corps Material Command
Senate
Roosevelt Says He Will Speak Before Senate War Contracts Panel
Elliott Roosevelt told reporters in Boston that next Monday he will testify before Senator Owen Brewster's Senate committee examining war contracts. He said he was not subpoenaed but was asked to appear to offer his version regarding planemaker Howard Hughes and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bost
Elliott Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
Boston
Owen Brewster
Maine
Roosevelt
Hughes Plane Debates Tie Roosevelt Son to Air Corps Record
Senate investigators clash over wartime aircraft data as they press for Hughes related costs. Chairman Ferguson notes missing air corps records from 1942 to 1943 while Hughes involved in production talks with General Arnold. Meyer appears sleep-deprived after Paris trip as witnesses await testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Ferguson
R-Mich
Assure Increased Teacher Pensions
Acting Gov Rennebohm signed a bill granting higher pensions for Wisconsin teachers in lower wage brackets. The law raises retirement contributions from 5 to 6 percent and lowers the retirement age from 65 to 60 for those with 30 years of service, including 20 in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Teachers Institute to Feature Education Trends Aug. 20
Miss Ida Coley state supervising teacher will discuss modern trends in education at the annual teachers institute to be held Wednesday Aug. 20 in the circuit court room announced by Miss Florence Wartenweiler county superintendent. Miss Blanche Losinski and Mr Horeb will report on Wisconsin Education Association efforts with county staff. Ruth Chase and Mrs Herman D Legler will speak briefly on health and Junior Red Cross work. Margaret Baker will present ideas for beautifying the room followed by a noon recess and book representatives. Otto Ritzenthaler will discuss arithmetic and E M Reed will lead a discussion. Eckel will speak on resurfacing black boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Coley
Madison
Circuit Court Room
Florence Wartenweiler
Wisconsin Education Association
Blanche Losinski
Horeb
West Dane County
Ruth Chase
Herman D. Legler
Green County
Red Cross
Margaret Baker
Otto Ritzenthaler
Evanston
Wisconsin
Text Books
E. M. Reed
Stevens Point
Eckel
Savanna
Ill
Dutch Claim Added Gains in Indonesia
Batavia reports Dutch forces sweeping gains in central Java while both sides promise scattered Republican counterattacks. The colonial capital awaits word on potential United Nations intervention as the 12 day old East Indian war continues and residents listen for UN Security Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Lutheran Educator Bernard Meyer Dies in Merrill
Bernard C. Meyer 62 longtime principal of St. John’s parochial school Merrill Wisconsin died today. He served twenty years as principal and led the northern Wisconsin district of the Lutheran teachers conference as a president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eptcator
Merrill
Wis
Bernard C. Meyer
St. John’s
Wisconsin
Lutheran Teachers Conference
Swiss Volksfest Set for New Glarus on Aug 1
The 14th annual Swiss Volksfest will be held Sunday at the old shooting park north edge of New Glarus to observe Swiss Independence Day. The Maennerchor, with officers including Ernest Thierstein and August Fiez, organizes a day of singing, Swiss music, yodeling, and accordion performances by local and visiting groups. If rain delays, the event moves to the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus Maennerchor
New Glarus
Maennerchor
Ernest Thierstein
August Fiez
Herman Mat
Glarus
Doris Stuessy
Rodney Wittner
Lila Mae Schneider
Roy Neuenschwander
Ernest Held
Fritz Hofer
Ernest Lufi
Herman Matzinger
Karl Mueller
Ernest Oberist
Gilbert Ott
Walter Luethi
John Schneider
Oswald Schneider
Melchior Schiesser
Ernest Stauffer
Casper Thorn
Jacob Wenger
Ernest Wieland
Casper Yaun
John Zurkirchen
Nic Zentner
Long Flight Ends For B-29 Fleet Over Washington
Seven B 29s with 160 aboard completed a 7000 mile Tokyo to Washington one stop flight. The aircraft spent 31 hours 24 minutes in the air before reaching Andrews field for a finish at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrews Field
Tokyo
S. E. Bowen Attends His 74th Green County Fair
S. E. Bowen of Monroe attends his 74th consecutive Green County Fair recalling changes since his first fair. He recalls a nonmechanical merry go round earned by children, limited early events, mid September dates, enlargement of the grounds, and absence of Holstein cattle and Sunday shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Bowen
Monroe
Bowen
Russia Charges U.S. With Try To By-Pass U.N.
The Soviet Union accuses the United States of offering to mediate the Indonesia war as a way to bypass the United Nations and urges the Security Council to issue a binding decision. The Netherlands accepts mediation in principle and will consult with U.S. officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
U.S
U.N
Max Harrelson
United States
Indonesia
United Nations
Security Council
Netherlands
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U. N
Eeleo van Kleffens
the Hague
U. S
van Kleffens
Herschel V. Johnson
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Balkan
Fair Week Brings Quiet to Court House Square
The court house square grows deserted in the afternoon during fair week, a quiet contrast to the crowded scene seen after the January and February snowstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Square
Women of Farm Bureau offer meals and dairy bar at fair
The Associated Women of the Farm Bureau operate meals in the building northwest of floral hall and Alpha Zeta sorority runs a dairy bar on the midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Women of the
Farm Bureau
Floral Hall
Alpha Zeta Sorority
Public Health Office Opens at WCTU Building
Miss Ruth Chase county nurse runs a public health office and first aid station at the WCTU building. The newcomer weighs children and distributes health literature as she gets acquainted with local residents yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chase
WCTU
Midway Fair Aromas Named as Classic Summer Chefs
The familiar scents return to the midway each year with cotton candy hamburgers with onions and cream candy. Fresh popped corn and caramel corn add to the festival air marking the traditional fair experience.
Exhibits of Hybrid Seed Corn Near Stock Pavilion
Several exhibits of various hybrid seed corn are displayed adjacent to the stock pavilion, offering farmers a look at newer varieties and potential yields.
Wisconsin Couple Return Home As Grandparents Expect
One of the bigger educational exhibits features a wildlife tent with foxes porcupine ground hog monkeys guinea pigs and squirrels. A woman attendant says they are kept closely and become attached to them. Monkeys were fed watermelon for afternoon snacks reflecting a citrus free diet. The couple plans to stay in the southwest this year while they wait to be grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Company K Guards At Fair Grounds Display
Monroe national guard unit maintains 24 hour duty at the fair grounds. Five men spent the night on site and assist in parking and policing during the day. A display of armed force shoulder patches draws attention at the tent, once housed in the Louis Pfund tavern. The 32nd division plaque given when Company K was first formed is also shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Bricker Receives Two New Threats Ahead of Rally
Senator John W. Bricker received two threatening phone calls yesterday prompting heightened security at a Republican rally in Columbus. Police noted one call to his Arlington home warned of harm and another was to his law office, with both deemed likely from "cranks."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John W. Bricker
h-Onio
Bricker
Upper Arlington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Maud A. Day
Senator Bricker
Washington
Capitol
One of Largest First Days in History at Green County Fair
Opening day drew over 4,000 admissions with fair officials predicting record crowds for the remaining days. Highlights include 4-H judging, the Fraunfelder Swiss show Stars Under the Skies, a mile-long livestock parade, harness races, and a five-race program for Sunday with a $500 free-for-all pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis R. Wolleson
William A. Brown
Brown
Fraunfelder
Little Jester
Beaver Hale
White Patch
Hanover
Carol Jean
Hal- A-Lula
Halliwin
Reina’s Boy
Tecumseh
Ford Offers Dicker On Threat of Strike
Ford Motor Co faced a looming strike by 107,000 CIO workers and offered to waive Taft-Hartley court protections as a condition of good faith talks. Henry Ford I delivered the proposal to CIO chief Philip Murray in New York after a surprise meeting. The UAW CIO executive board meets to consider Ford department resolutions amid broader auto industry strikes and layoffs affecting about 40,000 Michigan workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
Ford
Henry Ford I
Philip Murray
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio International
Ford Department
Murray
New York City
UAW
Michigan
Murray Corp. of America
Murray Corp
Uaw-Cio
Indicted Murder Charge Sought Against Confessed Slayer
Chicago State's Attorney William Tuohy said he would seek a murder indictment from the grand jury against Joseph Bortnyak, a 27 year old twice convicted sex offender who admitted abducting and strangling 3% year old Charles Bradley whose body was found under a southwest porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Tuohy
Tuohy
Charles Bradley
Southwest Side
Frank Gill
Joseph Bortnyak
Gill
Bortnyak
Britain to cut meat rations as crisis plan outlined
London cabinet ministers study drastic cuts in Britain's meat and food rations amid an economic crisis. A government source says Prime Minister Attlee will unveil the crisis program in the House of Commons next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Plymouth Exchange Cheese Bid Status Report
Plymouth exchange today shows 7 cars of cheddar bid at 34 42. Two cars of singles with daisies at 37 receive no offers. Five cars of cheddar at 3442 remain uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
14-Year-Old Saves Father From Bull Attack
Jacob Kradolfer, 14, son of Carl Kradolfer, 44, of route 1 Monticello, saved his father yesterday afternoon when the bull being led charged. He struck the animal on the head with a shovel, injuring himself with several broken ribs and was taken to St. Clare hospital.
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Jacob Kradolfer
Carl Kradolfer
Route 1
Monticello
Kradolfer
St. Clare Hospital
Taft Suggests Aid Be on Goods Basis
Senator Taft proposes tying future European aid to goods and equipment rather than cash. He frames loans as self help to restore productive capacity, signaling cautious support for a goods based Marshall plan without overburdening U.S. taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Jack Bell
Washington
Ohio
Europe
Congress
Columbus
Senate
GOP
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reapportionment Plans For Green County Schools
Green county will reapportion closed school districts to neighboring districts this fall as the educational committee of the county board of supervisors meets with boards from closed areas. Thirty districts are affected including Jug Prairie reopening and Pengra closing this year. Florence Wartenweiler and the state department of education will participate. she will attend the national county superintendents convention in Indianapolis September 22 to 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Educational Committee
County Board of Supervisors
Florence Wartenweiler
State Department of Education
Jug Prairie
Brooklyn
Pengra
Sylvester
Lincoln Papers Show Influence of Editors
Washington reports that Abraham Lincoln era white house papers reveal editors and newspapers shaped his political career. The Robert Todd Lincoln collection includes over 200 letters from prominent editors and publishers, with figures such as Horace Greeley and Henry J. Raymond among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Library of Congress
Horace Greeley
Joseph Medill
William Cullen Bryant
Henry J. Raymond
Alexander K. McClure
John Locke Scripps
Wisconsin Futurity Draws 50 Entries Midwest Show
The Wisconsin Shetland Pony futurity, judged by James Gilchrist, will be held Saturday morning with over 50 entries from Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The event, part of the fifth annual horse show, features new acts and national press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Waterloo
Green County
Midwest
Wisconsin Pleasure Horse Association
James Gilchrist
Evanston
Wayne Munn
Janesville
Harry Kilkelly
Cuba City
William Simpson
Hackney and Pony
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Michail S. Vavilov
Don Lohbeck
Christian Youth of America
Bulletin
Feverson
Mich
Los Angeles
Howerd Hughes
War Investigating Committee
H. H. Arnold
Air Forces
Witnness
John W. Meyer
California
Meyer
Paris
Ture
Jes
Sen. Bricker
Henry Buschen
Benson, IL
Betty Johnson
Robert
AP Wirpehoto
Howard Voegels
Route
Frances Rufi
Gary Malkow
Brodhead
Voege
Kenneth D. Slocum
O. G. Kimball
America
Mildred Ann Cotherman
Washington Juniors
Ruth Discher
Clarno
Andrew Hartwig
Evelyn Hartwig
Dicker
Plymouth Exchange
Lincoln
Shetland
Futurity
Jack Stofer
Reedsburg
Horse World
National Horseman
Howard Jones
Elgin
Ronald Retz
Schuetze
Stauffer
Russell van Matre
Mineral Point
Alva Downs
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