Witness Links Hunt to Influence in Government Deals
Washington reports quote Paul Grindle of Framingham claiming James V. Hunt said he sold influence and could enter the White House at will. Grindle testified as the senate five percenter inquiry examined alleged influence in awarding contracts. Hunt denies selling influence and says he knows no government figures who could be influenced. Secretary of Defense Johnson vows to root out unscrupulous men and curb five percenters as procurement volumes rise.
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Washington
Paul Grindle
James V. Hunt
Senate
Grindle
Framingham, Mass
Hunt
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
White House
New York
Serven m Army
WAA
Quartermaster Corps
War Assets Administration
Army
Defense
Johnson
Mrs. Paul Gerber Succumbs to Stroke
Mrs. Paul E. Gerber 55 of 2214 13th Street died at 6 a.m. in St. Clare hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born May 19 1894 in Monroe as Martha Steinman she married Paul Gerber May 16 1912. Survived by husband 10 children mother and siblings. Service Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Stuessy funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Paul E. Gerber
13Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Gerber
Chicago
Aurora
Monroe
Jacob and
Marie Schneider Steinman
Martha Steinman
Paul Gerber
Peck
Dakota
Ill
Paul
Marie Steinman
Arthur Grob
Edward Zaugg
Albert Vickers
Clara Elliott
St. Nazianz
Wis
Marie Gerber
Herman Gerber
Lee Cleveland
Tacoma
Wash
Robert
Rosemary
Floyd Ostrander
Otto J. Steinman
Fred Blumer
John Sommer
Twin Falls
Ida
Arden Schwartz
Milwaukee
Mountain Flames Continue to Rage on Willow Peak
About 400 men labored overnight to build fire lines around a massive mountain blaze threatening Willow Peak. Winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour pushed flames toward the east slope as crews brace for stronger gusts later. The fire has scorched 5,000 to 6,000 acres and a 21 mile perimeter, with volunteers called and fresh crews deployed after the Man Gulch tragedy that killed 12 smokejumpers and a prevention guard.
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Aseyry
Forest Service
Willow Peak
Weather Bureau
Morever
Willow Mountain
Man Gulch
Canyon Ferry
Ringling Heir Stricken at Chicago Hospital
Robert Ringling III, 51, of the famous circus family, is seriously ill at St. Luke's hospital in Chicago. An official of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey confirms the circus party collapsed recently after a motor trip from Florida, near Sarasota.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Sarasota
Fla
Florida
Augustine Johnson Dies in St. Clare Hospital At 11
Augustine Johnson of the Woodford area died today at 1 05 p m in St Clare hospital where he had been a patient since July 30 He was 11 and a native of the Wiota Woodford vicinity He farmed with his brother Henry near Wiota until Illness The body was taken to the Hanson funeral home at South Wayne
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Augustine Johnson
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Johnson
Wiota
Woodford
Henry
Hanson Funeral Home
South Wayne
Albany Assessment Tops One Million For First Time
Albany village assessment rose 10 percent to a total of 1 047 640, up from 953 515 in 1948. It marks the first time the assessments exceed a million dollars.
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Albany
Pacific pact urged by Chiang Kai-shek and Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek and Syngman Rhee called for an Asian powers conference to draft a Pacific alliance to counter communism. They asked Philippine President Quirino to summon nations at Baguio, signaling shifts after Quirino’s new stance and Washington’s cautious line on a Pacific counterpart to the Atlantic alliance.
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Korea
China
Korean
Chiang Kai-shek
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Quirino
San Francisco
Truman
Chiang
Baguio
United States
Philipe
Rhee
Pacific
Asia
Formosa
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
Acheson
Manila
Washington
Jean Babler Wins UW Music Award for Monroe Senior
Monroe High School senior Jean Babler, bassoonist in the school orchestra and band, won one of two University of Wisconsin four year music scholarships for her musicianship. The award covers tuition during college with the condition she joins a UW music group. Babler plans to enroll this fall. previous Monroe winners were Ada Dobbs and Virginia Krauss.
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Monroe School
University of Wisconsin
Jean Babler
Lee C. Babler
18Th Street
Babler
School of Music
Monroe
Ada Dobbs
W. L. Dobbs
17Th Street
Virginia Krauss
Gottflob Krauss
15Th Avenue
Mishap Brings Arrest In Albany Area
Cars driven by Alfred Branchi of Albany and James Bernard Lee of 913 14th Avenue were in a collision at 11 20 p m on 1913 8th street. Minor damage occurred. Lee was arrested for parking on the left side of the street and will appear before Justice of the Peace L A Koenig August 11.
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Alfred Branchi
Albany
James Bernard Lee
14Th Avenue
8Th Street
Lee
Justice of the Peace L. A. Koenig
Retired Builder Fred C. Robinson Dies in Seventh Floor Fall
Manitowoc obituary notes 82 year old Fred C. Robinson a retired contractor and former waterworks superintendent died after a fall from his seventh floor apartment. Police report no immediate suspicions and no other injuries were reported.
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Manitowoc
Fred C. Robinson
Aftershock Stricken Ecuador Faces Death Toll Over Four Thousand
The unofficial death toll in Ecuador rose above 4,600 as 29 towns assessed damages at about 20 million dollars. Emergency measures were approved in Quito while airlifted medical aid arrived from U S planes.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Air Force
U. S. Caribbean Air Command
Balboa
Guano
Patatex
Pelileo
Pillaro
Ambato
Tungarahua Volcano
Illness hits 14 after Jordan township picnic dinner
A picnic at William Figs farm in Jordan township sickened 14 people two hours after eating. Three were hospitalized including Mrs. Leonard Figs who called a Monroe physician. George A. Figi and Franklin Koch were treated and later released. The cause remains unknown.
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William Figs
Jordan Township
Leonard Figs
13Th Avenue
Monroe
Opening dates for Kroger and Woolworth unclear
The slow work of finishing delays occupancy dates for Kroger and Woolworth stores, with painting, floor tile, oil heating, and sidewalk work still to start. Kroger is nearer completion but no opening by September 1 is certain. Woolworth's window trim was torn out for spec compliance.
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Kroger
Woolworth
M. K. Johnson
Monroe Dollar Day Offers Record Savings This Wednesday
The Evening Times notes Monroe Wisconsin merchants prepare Dollar Day sales for Wednesday with escalating popularity and better shopping opportunities than last year. Local merchants present a dividend to shoppers in Monroe, the southwest Wisconsin trading center.
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Evening Times
Monroe
The
Times
Wisconsin
City Mobilization Refueling Plan For National Guard Units
Monroe prepares to refuel Illinois National Guard units en route to Camp McCoy for summer training. A 20-vehicle squad arrives Wednesday at 5 45 a.m. to be serviced across from the post office. Later, 155 vehicles in four groups assemble Friday near old Argyle road with escorts, traveling via Highway 69 from Freeport and Highway 81 from Beloit.
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Monroe
Illinois National Guard
Camp McCoy
Argyle Road
Freeport
Beloit
Howard P. Olsen
Cranall Oil Co
Flier Killed as Plane Collides Over Milwaukee
A DC-3 airliner carrying 23 aboard landed safely after its right wingtip was ripped in a collision with a Cessna 140 over Maitland field Milwaukee. The light-plane pilot, Arthur Rapps, 33, of Milwaukee, was killed. Captain Jack Bolick steered the damaged airliner to Billy Mitchell field six miles south.
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Milwaukee
Capital Airlines
Arthur Rapps
Maitland Field
Lake Front
Jack Bolick
Detroit
Eries
Billy Mitchell Field
Rutledge Given 10-Year Sentence
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. of St. Louis was sentenced to 70 years for the Hartman killing in Cedar Rapids. Judge Eiserman ordered hard labor at Fort Madison with good behavior credits yielding about 30 years. The defense had argued Hartman pursued Rutledge’s wife.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
J. E. Eiserman
Fort
Madison State Penitentiary
Hattman
Hartman
Sydney
Rutledge
Robert C. Rutledge Sr
Houston
Tex
Howard Goodrich
Hannibal
Eiserman
Iowa Supreme Court
Klan Leader Bans Mask Wearing After Georgia Clash
Imperial Wizard Dr. Samuel Green bans mask wear by Klansmen after Iron City Georgia shooting incident. One armed Iron City mayor pursued a klan caravan into Alabama at high speed. Green calls edict necessary to avoid unjust criticism and says the group is listed as subversive by the DOJ.
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Diuanta
Klux Klan
South Georgia
Samuel Green
Iron City
Alabama
Dnt
Green
Mercury Above Ninety Returns as Rain Falters
The Wisconsin heat wave persists with temperatures hitting 91 at 12:30 and a forecast of no rain. Dry conditions continue statewide with only northern sections possibly seeing brief thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon or evening.
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Wisconsin
Nouthern Wisconsin
Nutting Dies After Collapse On Washington Street
Dr. Perley Nutting, 76, an optical physicist and Randolph, Wisconsin native, collapsed and died on a downtown Washington street, with officials treating the death as a likely heart attack.
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Nutting
Washington
Perley
Randolph
Wis
Secretary Rejects Any Step To Delay Outlay for Europe
Secretary of State Acheson rejected a senator’s call for stop-gap arms aid to western Europe until next year. He urged immediate action on military aid while plans under the treaty are drawn, warning the allies are too weak to hold the line. Opposition questions the $1.45 billion figure and seeks safeguards on scope and China’s role.
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Washington
Acheson
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Europe
Michigan
Senate
United States
Aia
China
State Department
Elderly Brodhead Resident Henry Eldred Dies
Henry Eldred 92 of Brodhead died Sunday at Green County Hospital after a long illness. Born August 19 1856 in Green County he lived most of his life there with brief years in North Dakota. Survived by one son Fleek of Beloit he was predeceased by son Joscoe four brothers and three sisters. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Newcomer funeral home with Rev Robert Sachtsen officiating burial in Moore Cemetery Decatur Township. Friends may call tonight.
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Brodhead
Henry E. Eldred
Green County Hospital
Mr. Eldred
Green County
North Dakota
Leonard
Roxanna Broughton
Eldred
Florence Fleek
Fleek
Albany Township
Joscoe
Newcomer Funeral Home
Robert Sachtsen
Methodist Church
Moore Cemetery
Decatur Township
Fire Levels Buildings on Leon Bramble Farm
A Saturday evening blaze on Leon Bramble’s farm off highway 81 destroyed a small barn tobacco shed granary and chicken house with all machinery except a tractor and 100 bales of hay. No livestock died and the house survived. The Brodhead volunteer fire department arrived after 10 p.m. but could not halt the fast spreading flames in the dry frame structures. The Anthony Wagner family occupied the tenanted farm and no loss estimate was made as Bramble was away.
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Broaneau
Leon Bramble
Anthony Wagner
Bramble
Brodhead Volunteer Fire Department
West Side Pouring Nears Completion
The sixth concrete slab was poured on the west side of court house square this morning. Harry Wendorf of Vin ton Construction Co said he would start the seventh this afternoon. Four of the remaining five slabs will be poured on the north side this week. The last west side form should wait until next week. Interior panels and curb work are planned to finish.
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Court House Square
Harry Wendorf
The
Vinton Construction Co
Wendorf
Plane Crash In Wenger Field In Monroe Area
Floyd Coplien, a Monroe trucker, piloted an Aeronoca Champion plane that crashed into a fence on the Robert Wenger farm six miles north of Monroe during a landing at 6:30 Saturday evening. The damaged craft was moved today to Badger Flying Service field west of Monroe. Coplien was uninjured.
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Monroe
Floyd Coplien
Monroe Trucker
Robert Wenger
Badger Flying Service
Coplien
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New Guinea
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St. John’s Church
Stuessy Funeral Home
Paul C. Kehle
Green‘wood Cemetery
Jan Cwiklinski
Gerhart Eisler
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Montana
Robert Ringling III
Chicago Hospital
Pacific Pact
UW Music Award
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Riobamba
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Panama
Antilles
Colombia
Pacific Ocean
Balt Caene
Peru
Andes
Dollar Day Edition
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Shirley Davidson
Coldwater
Mich
East
Muskegon
Norfolk
Lake Michigan
Mitchell Field
Georgia Town
Mercury
U. S
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Henry Eldred
West Side
Wenger Field
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