Truman Uncertain On Maurice Tobin Nomination
President Truman surprised the Senate by naming former Massachusetts Governor Maurice J. Tobin as secretary of labor, but Tobin has not committed to accept. Senate leaders urged quick confirmation while Taft argued no action before committee review. Other nominees include Austin Dulles Roosevelt Jessup Hershey and more. recess appointments possible.
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Mr. Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Tobin
Congress
Senate
Lewis Schwellenbach
Barkley
Truman
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Warren R. Austin
John Foster Dulles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Philip C. Jessup
U. N. General Assembly
Paris
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Ferguson
R-Mich
Michigan
House Committee
Koral
Temperate Weather Continues in Wisconsin Area
A slow stretch of warm weather persisted after Monroe received .35 inches of rain early Sunday. Temperatures reached the high 70s and neared 80 at noon. Forecast calls for cloudy skies and scattered showers or thunder showers tonight and tomorrow with a slight uptick in warmth.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
New Glarus Men Fall at Farm Silo
Two New Glarus men fell 20 feet from a silo at the Adolph Zimmerman farm five miles west of Albany yesterday morning. They were hospitalized at St. Clare. Joseph Thoma suffered a fractured collar bone and internal injuries while Joseph F. Gmar had a broken heel. Both are reported not seriously hurt.
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Glarus
Adolph Zimmerman
Albany
St. Clare
Joseph Thoma
Joseph F. Gmar
Monroe Dollar Day Sales Highlighted by Local Merchants
The Evening Times spotlights Monroe merchants with special ads for the annual Dollar Day shopping event on Wednesday. Bargains and offerings from area merchants mark this traditional summer sale in the Monroe trading area.
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Evening Times
Monroe
Credit Controls May Hand Little Fellow Rude Awakening
The piece discusses potential return to wartime credit controls on installment buying, risking a 10 percent drop in sales of home appliances furniture and related goods. Retailers fear tighter terms will hit the small buyer, while auto dealers expect overall demand to hold due to long car wait lists. Departments foresee mixed effects across store floors.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Allied diplomats meet Molotov in three hour Kremlin session
United States Britain and France diplomats conferred with Foreign Minister Molotov in the Kremlin for over three hours in a third weekly meeting likely focused on the Berlin blockade. Reports from Berlin noted intensified border activity and German workers aiding construction along the Soviet zone frontier. The article also cites new bomber movements as U S officials monitor the Berlin supply line and preparation for further action.
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United States
Britain
France
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Molotov
Berlin
Telegraf
Germany
Four Die in Wisconsin Weekend Disasters
The Associated Press reports four deaths across Wisconsin over the weekend. Bud Cole, 31, and his uncle Roy Gage, 58, died when a rented airplane piloted by Cole crashed near La Crosse after a wing tip tore loose. Donald Hansen, 10, Appleton, drowned at Schiller lake north of Merrill while swimming alone. Maynard Vesperman, 14, of Boscobel, died after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 61.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Merrill
Bud Cole
West la Crosse
Roy E. Gage
Cole
Maynard Vesperman
Boscobel
Highway 61
Truman Tells Girls They’ll Have a Chance
At the White House President Truman told a group of girls from The Girls Nation that there is not only a possibility but a great probability of a woman becoming president someday. He recalled his own lack of early political thought and urged the girls to prepare, as lightning may strike them. The gathering ended with the group singing For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.
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Truman
United States
White House
Arias
San Jose
Jose Daniel Crespo
Liberal Party
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Panama
Canal Zone
Unity protest as youths open six day conference
About 12 people carried a U S flag among 1 000 demonstrators from 50 nations in Warsaw. The march accompanied the communist backed International Conference of Working Youth which opened a six day session yesterday with chants against the Marshall Plan and American imperialism.
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U. S
United States
International Conference of Working Youth
Monroe Tops Nation In Buying Power Superior Market
A Sales Management magazine survey shows Monroe residents have an average spendable income of 4168 dollars, with 2100 families contributing to 8764 thousand dollars net income after taxes. The city accounts for 11 percent of national retail business in 1947 and ranks 40 percent above average in buying potential, with much power untapped in savings and investments.
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Monroe
Sales Management Magazine
Fedori
Wisconsin
Evening Times
New York
Local Worker May Lose Partial Sight
Edgar Wilkinson, a Platteville man employed by Ginner Roofing Co, was hospitalized after a whiskey bottle was swung at him during a tavern dispute in Monroe. Doctors say he risks losing sight in one eye. Police questioned Wilkinson’s companion but filed no charges yet.
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Platteville
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Edgar Wilkinson
Ginner Roofing Co
Wilkinson
Robert Kummer Struck By Propeller Blade Near Juda
Robert Kummer a cheese maker's helper at Union Hill six miles southeast of Juda was injured yesterday afternoon when a wire entangled in a plane propeller. He was removing the wire when struck, suffering a broken left shoulder and facial gash. he was taken to St. Clare hospital for surgery.
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Robert Kummer
Union Hill
Juda
Clifford Ostrander
Ostrander
Kummer
St. Clare Hospital
Stuessy
Monroe
Ernest Lehr
Personal Income Reaches New June Peak in 1947
The commerce department reports Americans' annualized personal income rose to 211.9 billion in June, led by factory wages from third round wage boosts in major durable goods sectors. Higher livestock prices and fewer labor disputes also boosted totals versus May's 207.2 billion and January's 209.4 billion, with 1947 income at 195.2 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Chapman Beats Qui Cooper in Primaries
Virgil Chapman leads the Democratic senatorial nomination in Kentucky with a strong edge over Silas A. Sullivan. Republican Sen. John Sherman Cooper holds renomination with a sizable margin. Incumbents in the House see seven of nine seek re election, with five Democrats and two Republicans running again in the fall.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United States
Virgil Chapman
Paris
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Cooper
Senate
Silas A. Sullivan
Jamestown
U. S
Plant Reopens After Three Month Strike in Green Bay
Green Bay Drop Forge plant reopened with 270 production workers returning to work after a three month strike. Union members of the United Farm Equipment Workers CIO voted Saturday afternoon to accept a company offer of a 10 to 20 cent wage increase.
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Green Bay
United Farm Equipment Workers
CIO
President Silent Over His Strategy For Attack on GOP
The White House offered no clear statement on President Truman's plan for confronting the 80th Congress. While aides expect him to sign housing and anti inflation bills, he may yet criticize them as inadequate, with supporters urging signings and critics predicting a tougher line.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Hatch
New Mexico
Democratic Campaign Speakers Committee
Lucas
Family Escapes Exploding Car Near Freeport
The William S Bouray family of Davis escaped injury when fire broke out in the rear seat of their car during a weekend trip to Freeport Illinois. The gas tank exploded destroying the auto. Police say the cause of the fire is undetermined.
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Freeport
Ill
William S. Bouray
Davis
Bourays
Tokyo Planes to Berlin
An undisclosed number of C-54 transport planes departed from Haneda airport bound for Germany in a recent operation.
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Lakenheath
Britain
Royal Air Force
London
Germany
Berlin
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Tokyo
Haneda Airfield
Taft says Truman has needed powers to curb inflation
Senator Taft Republican chairman said Congress granted President Truman enough authority to manage a situation unlikely to trigger extreme inflation or a deep deflation. He outlined plans for next year including housing bill revival and Senate rule changes to curb filibusters.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Senate
GOP
Taft-Ellender- Wagner
House
Road Block Fails To Produce Results
Forest county sheriff Einer Osgood said a two hour road block at the junction of highways 45 and 8 near Monico failed to stop two jail escapees from Forest county. The fugitives Joe Bailey 39 Crandon held on statutory rape charges and Earl Beady 19 Stambaugh Mich serving a 90 day sentence for assault with intent to rape were believed to try boarding a northbound North Western train.
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Crandon
Einer Osgood
Forest County
Oneida
Monico
North Western
Joe Bailey
U N Observers Wounded Near Balkans Border
U N observers were hit by guerrilla mortar fire near the Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Greece border junction. The wounded are U S Lt Col Richard Darnell and British Maj A W Fielding.
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U. S
Athens
United Nations
U.N. Special Committee On
Balkans
Richard Darnell
A. W. Fielding
Perlo Denies Violating Laws in Spy Case at HUAC Hearing
Witness Victor Perlo rejected charges as inventions of sensationalists. Elizabeth Bentley testified Perlo led a group passing secrets to the Reds, and Mundt announced subpoenas for Russian teachers Michael Samarin and Klaudia Samarina in New York and New Jersey. FBI confirmed Samarin sought interview. committee weighs next steps.
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Cornell
Washington
Victor Perlo
Reds
Perlo
Miss Bentley
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
New York
United Nations
Kosenkina
Ussr
Mundt
Soviet Union
FBI
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
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Qui Cooper
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