Britain approves Crisis Powers Bill faced with fierce Churchill clash
In a divided Commons the socialist government won a second reading of the crisis powers bill amid a heated exchange with Winston Churchill who called the measure a blank check for totalitarian rule and warned it would erode British freedom. The government aims to push toward passage before adjournment.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churgahill
House
Commons
Churchill
Attlee
VA Seeks Return of Overpaid Benefits
The Veterans Administration reports overpayments across benefits totaling 42.5 million dollars for 440,234 veterans in subsistence allowances and 1.64 million for 15,569 veterans in pensions and disability compensation. June repayments approached 7 million dollars.
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Vet
Rtem
Federal Spending To Go as High as Truman Predicted
President Truman ordered a detailed study of federal outlays as of this fiscal year. Administration officials estimate spending will approach the original $37.5 billion forecast, though savings from congressional cuts may be offset by unforeseen costs. The review aims to produce a comprehensive analysis of all factors affecting the year’s actual expenditures.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
White House
Republican Congress
Administration
Congress
Post Office Department
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Sailors Threaten Strike After Sept 30
Washington reports Cyrus S. Ching will set up a new federal mediation service in two weeks. Harry Lundeberg, AFL sailors leader, warned in California that sailors will refuse to work after September 30 without a closed shop agreement, despite Taft Hartley. The act bans new closed shop agreements after August 22.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Harry Lundeberg
AFL
California
State Imposes Fire Regulations Across All Counties
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission issued emergency orders prohibiting campfires outside approved grounds and permits, smoking or burning materials, and burning rubbish in forest and marsh areas. The rules cover 71 counties and remain in effect until rescinded, due to dry forests and low creeks causing heightened fire risk.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Conservation Commission
E. J. Vanderwall
Conservation Department
Commission
Prosecutor Says His Wife Killed His Father
Hot Springs Arkansas prosecutors say Sidney S McMath states his 26 year old wife killed his 56 year old father Hal P McMath at their upscale home last night. He seeks a special grand jury meeting and a special prosecutor to present the case. McMath is a Navy Cross recipient and law partner of Judge Clyde E Brown.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Sidney S. McMath
Hal P. McMath
Pacific
Governor grants conditional pardons to two inmates
Madison Wisconsin Acting Gov Rennebohm grants conditional pardons to Herbert Cooper Milwaukee and Hillman Roe Madison both previously sentenced for armed assault and robbery and sodomy respectively. Cooper was sentenced Jan. 15 1926 to 3 to 25 years Roe was sentenced Jan. 15 1947 to 1 to 2 years in state prison.
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Madison
Herbert Cooper
Milwaukee
Rennebohm
Hillman Roe
Mass Detasseling Drive Mobilizes Green County Youth
Scores of Green county youngsters join detasseling seed corn amid record heat. Volunteers from Albany, Brodhead and Monroe aid DeKalb and Pride seed firms. Detasseling targets designated female rows to prevent self pollination, with male rows providing pollen for seed corn production.
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Green County
Albany
Brodhead
Monroe
DeKalb and
Pride Commercial Seed Companies
Butter Price Jumps 5 Cents
Wholesale butter price rose five cents a pound in Monroe last week and the rise is being passed to consumers. A one and a half cent increase was noted yesterday following day by day gains of one cent at local dairies and creameries. A manufacturer cites milk supply tightness and diversion of cream to other uses as reasons. He adds there is no surplus cream and expects a winter shortage as little butter is stored.
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Churchill
Attee
Monroe
Ships Sub-Standard Butter to Monroe
Two dairy firms faced federal charges for shipping butter below the 80 percent fat content. National Cheese Company of Chicago and president Louis Sokolsky allegedly sent substandard product to Detroit firms between November 1946 and January 1947. Lanark Creamery of Lanark Illinois and head Peter Sorensen were charged for February and March shipments to a Monroe Wisconsin company.
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Chicago
Detroit
National Cheese Company
Louis Sokolsky
Lanark Creamery
Lanark
Ill
Peter Sorensen
Monroe, Wis
Personal Injury Suit Filed in County Court
Mrs. Petra Johnson of Argyle filed a personal injury suit in Green county court against the F W Woolworth company seeking 6000 dollars. Attorney L A Koenig represents the plaintiff, who alleges she fell on a side stairway at the local store about two years ago causing a broken right arm and shoulder with permanent injury.
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Petra Johnson
Argyle
Green County
F. W. Woolworth Company
L. A. Koenig
Pilot Odom Leaves Cairo On World Flight Record Run
Pilot William P. Odom began the Cairo leg in his bid to beat Wiley Post’s 1933 solo round the world record. He flew 6,500 miles of the planned 19,600 mile route, refueled briefly in Cairo and planned toward Karachi aided by tailwinds.
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Cairo
William P. Odom
Karachi
India
British Ferry Command
Roslyn
N. Y
Chicago
Wiley Post
Odom
Paris
France
Gander
Nld
Farouk Field
Judge weighs dismissal of KC voter fraud indictments
Federal Judge Albert A. Ridge took under advisement a motion to dismiss grand jury indictments against five individuals charged with voter fraud in the 1946 Kansas City primary. He said he would rule on Monday.
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Kansas City
Albert A. Ridge
Ridge
Trial Set for Sept 22 in Pfeifer Embezzlement Case
Trial of Russell G. Pfeifer 43 Corona California former cashier of Wisconsin motor vehicle department is scheduled for Sept 22 in front of Circuit Judge Alvin C Reis. Pfeifer faces charges of embezzlement totaling 11306.65 dollars and malfeasance in office.
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Madison
Russell G. Pfeifer
Corona
Calif
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Alvin C. Reis
Pfeifer
Broadcasters Warn FM Push Hindered by Musicians' Fees
Los Angeles officials told a congressional subcommittee that frequency modulation broadcasting cannot advance due to high prohibitive costs set by the AFL American Federation of Musicians for music on FM programs.
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Los Angeles
A_ broadcasting company
Congressional
AFL American Federation of Musicians
McCarthy to Speak at Wisconsin Marine Corps League Convention
U S Senator Joseph R McCarthy will address the Marine Corps League of Wisconsin convention on Saturday August 16. The event opens August 15 with keynote by Joseph H Brewer Port Washington state commandant.
Ban on U S film shipments to Britain announced by PMA
Eric Johnstone of the Motion Picture Association of America said the Motion Picture Export Association directors voted to discontinue immediately all shipments of American feature films and short subjects to England. The ban will continue indefinitely after Britain imposed an import tax estimated to absorb 75 percent of a film's earnings in Great Britain.
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New York
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Export Association
England
Johnson
Great Britain
Truman Signs Bill Killing Installment Buying Controls
President Truman today signed legislation ending all controls on installment buying effective Nov. 1 1947. He urged Congress to provide peacetime authority to regulate consumer credit while noting inflationary risks. the act allows future restoration of controls if a new national emergency or war occurs.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Council of Economic Advisers
Plane Builder to Make Available His Private Records in Afternoon Session
Howard Hughes agreed to make his private papers available to the senate war investigating committee after a luncheon recess. The hearing focused on Hughes warplane contracts worth about 40 million dollars and a subpoena was issued for papers and for his aide Johnny Meyer who did not appear.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
Hughes
Johnny Meyer
Meyer
Brewster
R-Me
Harriet Applewick
TWA
Army
Jones
Senate
Jesse Jones
Dietrich
Russell Birdwell
Hollywood
Reconstruction Finance Company
Birdwell
White House
Stephen Early
Early
Missing Navy PBY Over Alaska Peninsula Search
Wind whipped waters along the Alaska peninsula and adjacent Aleutians as a second day search for a missing navy PBY with 20 men aboard. Seventeenth Naval District HQ in Kodiak said the plane last reported at 10 45 a m Wednesday and was 150 miles from Dutch Harbor with fuel for six hours.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutians
Seventeenth Naval District
Dutch Harbor
Plymouth Exchange Wisconsin cheese sales report
Plymouth exchange outputs today show 10 cars of cheddar at 34 cents, 5 cars bid unfilled at 34, 14 cars at 34, and 2 cars single daisies at 37 cents.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Peter J. Klassy of New Glarus Dies at 45
Peter J. Klassy of New Glarus died at 11 15 AM in St. Clare hospital after surgery. Born March 5 1902 in York township he was the son of Peter H and Barbara Hoesly Klassy. He married Rose A Baertschi on Feb 23 1928 in Monroe. Survived by widow two children Rosemary Barbara and Junior Jack at home two sisters Mrs Wilbert Stauffer and Mrs Christ Mueller of New Glarus and a brother Andrew of Monroe. Funeral plans not announced.
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New Glarus
Peter J. Klassy
St. Clare Hospital
New
Albany Man Escapes Injury in Collision
Wayne Nipple aged 21 of Albany survived a 6 pm intersection crash with a gravel truck driven by Donald E Courtier of Stoughton at the George Peckham corner near the Catholic church. Nipple was thrown from his car and suffered minor injuries while Courtier escaped unhurt. Vision at the corner was impaired by brush and trees along the embankment.
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Wayne Nipple
Albany
George Peckham
Nipple
Donald E. Courtier
Stoughton
Recreation pool to close for cleaning this weekend
Recreation park swimming pool will close Saturday and be drained after closing tonight for cleaning and refilling. It will reopen at 1 30 p m Sunday with access restored.
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Recreation Park
Sweltering Weather Tests City Water Output
City water demands rise during the July heat wave with daily pumping around 1.3 million gallons. Superintendent George Schneider notes consumption mostly stays above that level, except on Green County fair Sunday. Monroe’s four wells could supply 3.44 million gallons daily, with current operation at three wells by day and one overnight.
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City Water Department
Monroe
George Schneider
Water Department
Schneider
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Thomas Slack
Owen Brewster
Pan American
Subcommittee
Turp
Plymouth Exchange
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