Russians Ease Berlin Blockade Amid Negotiations
The Soviet Union relaxed its Berlin money blockade for the moment after talks in Moscow with Prime Minister Stalin. Berliners and western sector firms received sufficient funds to cover weekend payments, while Russians opened new roadblocks near Lueneberg and warned trains bound for the Leipzig fair may not run unless the blockade ends. Three Americans held in the Soviet zone were released after three days. a fourth remains in custody. Airlift records rose as U.S., British, and French envoys met in Moscow to map next steps with Stalin and Molotov.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Stalin
Charles Giffard
Giffard
Lueneberg
Hamburg
Germany
USS
U. S
United States
Britain
U.S. Airforce
RAF
Moscow
Russia
Frank Roberts
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Smith
Foy Kohler
V. M. Molotov
Glasgow
U.S. Army
Barney Kirschbaum
Navy
Sicily
Furstenfeldbruck
Munich
Panama Canal Zone
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Milk price hits 22 cents per quart in Monroe
Retail milk prices reach a record 22 cents a quart as pastures burn out from drought and farmers feed hay and grain to sustain milk flow. Rising feed costs and low production drive the price surge in Monroe.
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Monroe
Madison Women Run Telephone Campaign Against Meat Prices
A Madison campaign targets high meat prices with a buyers strike. Mrs. Josephine Cordis leads 600 federation of labor auxiliaries inviting five women each to call five more. The chain aims to spark cross city action against prices above 60 cents per pound. Kenosha housewives recently started a similar effort.
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Madison
Josephine Cordis
Council of Women’s Clubs
Federation of Labor Auxiliaries
Kenosha
Mrs. Ella Mahley Dies at 91 in Monroe Home
Mrs. Ella Mahley 91, longtime Monroe resident, died at 8 15 this morning at her daughter’s home after six years of invalidism. Born March 3 1857 in Richland County she married Gottlieb Mahley in 1877 and lived in Monroe Township before moving to Monroe. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Pickett two sons William and Harry Mahley a half sister Emma Utger and half brother Jesse Kennison five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday Shriner Neushwander with Rev. Newell Mendenhall officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Ella Mahley
Monroe
Elizabeth Pickett
23Rd Street
Mahley
Richland County
Andrew Jackson
Mary Ellis Smith
Green County
Smiths
Jordan Center
Smith
Grace
Grace Lutheran Church
Shriner - Neushwander Funeral Home
Newell Mendenhall
Greenwood Cemetery
Dairy animals from Green county head to Wisconsin junior state fair
Thirty five dairy animals from Green county 4-H and FFA depart Monroe by two semi trailers for the Wisconsin junior state fair in West Allis the week of August 7. They include 28 Holsteins and seven Brown Swiss and feature prizewinning Brown Swiss from Paul Marsh and Howard Voegels.
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Green County
4-H Club
Farmers of America
Monroe
Wisconsin
West Allis
Fairgrounds
Waelti’s
Juda
Herbert Scherer
Paul Marsh
Spring Grove Club
Howard Voegels
North Washington
Mary Timm
Route 5
Frances Mae Rufi
Route 2
Betty Timm
Clarno
Monroe Agricultural Club
Gary Malkow
Decatur
Donald Timm
Monroe Ffa
Donald Albright
Juda Jolly
Charles Dickson
Browntown
Browntown 4-H Club; Glenn Frautschy, Clarno Club; Andrew Hartwig
Clarno Club
James McGuire
Joseph McGuire
Sam Nafzger
Dolores
Harley Roth
Decatur Club
Leo Stauffacher
Monroe Agricultural
Arthur Swain
Oakley Club
McDowell Reveals Uranium Shipments to Russia
Rep. McDowell told Congress that during World War II atomic uranium materials were shipped to the Soviet Union after pressure from Russian agents. He cited two shipments totaling 1,300 pounds from a small airfield and said the inquiry extends into multiple government departments.
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Washington
Russia
Rep. McDowell
R-Pa
White House
Capitol Hill
Truman
Congressional
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
House
American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Wallace
Mundt
ASC
McDowell
State Department
Treasury Department
War Production Board
Office of Strategic Services
United States Army
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Rote Case Ruling Appealed by Keel
Wisconsin Supreme Court review sought of Alvin F. Rote Co. 1947 personal property assessment ruling. Keel filed motion to reinstate original $182,750 assessment and overturn the board of review’s $65,000 adjusted figure. attorneys for the city and Rote firm serve notice of appeal from Judge Darling’s nonjurisdictional ruling and seek reinstatement of reassessment.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court
Alvin F. Rote Co
Everett Keel
Board of Review
J. M. Fitzbibbons
Randal J. Elmer
Bruce Blum
Supreme Court
Darling
Keel
Harold J. Lamboley
Blum and Blum
Rote Company
Arthur C. Benkett
Monroe
City Not Represented At Commission Hearing
Monroe lacked representation at the state Public Service Commission hearing in Madison on Wisconsin Power and Light Co. rate revision. The proposed change would uniform rates for all Wisconsin municipalities, with Monroe expected to gain a small saving on street lighting and water pumping under the new schedule.
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Monroe
State Public Service Commission
Madison
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Swim Pool to Close Friday Night for Cleaning
Recreation park pool will be closed at 5 30 Friday for draining and cleaning. Lawrence L. Kitchen city recreation director reported today. It will reopen at 1 30 Saturday afternoon.
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Recreation Park
Lawrence L. Kitchen
Fugitive Warrant Served on Hallberg
Carl Hallberg of Brodhead faced a county court appearance when a fugitive warrant was served and an order for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed on motion by his attorney Marshall Peterson. He remains jailed in Green County awaiting extradition to Illinois for a Chicago con game charge after recent release on worthless checks.
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Carl Hallberg
Brodhead
Green County
Illinois
Chicago
Marshall Peterson
Hallberg
Evan Chambers
Two Escape Jail From Wisconsin Forest County Jail
Two men escaped from Forest County jail in Crandon Wisconsin early yesterday by sawing a bar from an upstairs window. Sheriff Iner Osgood reported the breakout and ongoing search by deputies.
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Crandon
Wis
Forest County
Iner Osgood
Wisconsin American cheese market remains weak
The federal state market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese offerings heavy with lack of buying interest. Nominal selling prices are unchanged, noting assembly points and varied categories such as midgets daisies long horns and square prints with prices around 50 to 54 cents.
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Madison
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Two Months Milk Prices Listed for Chicago Area
The federal milk market administration released July and August class prices for Chicago area milk. July class one price is 4.863 per hundredweight with additional premiums. August class one price rises to 5.261. Grade A and B breakdowns show class four prices at 3.023 to 4.023 depending on grade and class.
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Chicago
Federal Milk Market Administration
Polio Epidemic Spreads Across States Amid Record Cases
Public health officials report polio reaching epidemic levels in North Carolina Texas and California as Wisconsin braces for a near 1946 record with 1 215 new cases in the week ending July 31 and a July total of 3 425. Dr. Arthur Zintek cites county by county tallies led by Milwaukee and Waukesha.
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Washington
North Carolina
Texas
California
Public Health Service
Arthur Zintek
Wisconsin Board of Health
Madison
Guard lifts ceiling on enlistment for officers and veterans
Washington The national guard eased entry limits by removing officer quota penalties and allowing more qualified men to enlist. Maj. Gen. Cramer announced expanded officer strength for state units and new eligibility for veterans with 90 days to under a year of service between 1940 and 1948. Wisconsin quotas updated to 5,845 army and 811 air enlistees.
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Washington
National Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
Guard Bureau
Guard
Congress
Cramer
Public
National Guard Bureau
Wisconsin
Dyer Sentenced for Car Sale and Forged Check
Madison. Clayton Dyer, 22, of Dodgeville, was sentenced by Superior Judge Roy Proctor to one to three years in state prison. Dyer pleaded guilty to selling a rented car in West Allis and forging a $75 check.
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Madison
Clayton Dyer
Dodgeville
Roy Proctor
Dyer
West Allis
Modified Housing Bill Approved by Senate Banking Panel
The Senate Banking Committee passed a revised Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill aimed at public housing and slum clearance. It substitutes the modified T E W measure for McCarthy’s bill, with McCarthy vowing a floor fight to reinstate his plan.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Tobey
Flanders
R-Vi
House
Israel Seeks Arab Peace Talks via Bernadotte Mediator
Israel asked United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte to convey its invitation to Arab nations for peace talks marking the new state's first move toward a treaty. It also accused Britain of holding 11,000 Jews on Cyprus and urged quick aid for 300,000 Arab refugees.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Arab Nations
Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Cyprus
Count Bernadotte
Jaffa
Haifa
Nusrara
Jerusalem
Mt. Zion
Ramat
Milwaukee man ordered to pay funeral and medical expenses
Judge Harold J. Lamboley ordered Walter Schmidt of Milwaukee to pay $922 for the last illness and funeral costs of his daughter. The sum is due with half within a year and a determination on final payment later. Action was brought by Mrs. Henry J. Pfeil of Chicago, the child’s mother, who died March 4. Schmidt and Pfeil were divorced in Green County on May 27, 1937. Schmidt had been paying $10 monthly.
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Harold J. Lamboley
Walter Schmidt
Milwaukee
Henry J. Pfeil
Chicago
Truman Blasts Congress Over Feeble Anti-Inflation Plan
President Truman accuses the 80th Congress of feeble compromises on anti inflation measures and urges Republican leaders to reconsider plans to quit early. He cites blocked price and wage controls and previews a GOP program including limited controls, housing aid, and a UN loan.
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Truman
80Th Congress
Congress
Wolcott
Rep
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
United Nations
New York City
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William W. Remington
Remington
un-American Activities Committee
Clarence Brown
John W. Gwynne
Iowa
Earl Michener
Mich
Charles B. Hoeven
Fred Othman
Wallace Chadwick
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