McCarthy Wins Committee OK to Question Witnesses
Washington report notes Sen. McCarthy will face open public hearings starting Aug. 30 conducted by a six member Senate committee led by Sen. Watkins. McCarthy may cross examine witnesses, but rules remain unsettled and it is unclear who will present witnesses or handle counsel duties.
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James Marlow
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
Sen
Watkins
Utah
McCarthy Army
McCarthy
McCarty
Executive Department
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Ray Jenkins
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Flanders
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Ind-ore
State Fair Park Displays Refrigerated Cheese Display
Green County's refrigerated cheese display, shown to many residents at the Centennial Green County Fair which ended Sunday, was shipped to Milwaukee for erection there. It will be in the county booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. Kubly Transfer hauled the display with Myron E. Jeglum county agent J. B. Scherer agriculture committee chair Leslie F. Huber county club agent and Joseph Riedweg county weed commissioner accompanying. Building was approved at the April County Board session and the agriculture committee will hold responsibility. It is requested for several daily events after the state fair.
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Green County
Milwaukee
Kubly
Myron E. Jeglum
J. B. Scherer
County Board
Leslie F. Huber
Joseph Riedweg
Agriculture Committee
Cheese Demand Fair Madison Wisconsin Market Today
Wisconsin cheese market shows steady to firm demand with fair to good interest. Selling prices by assembly points include cheddars and moisture basis 32 to 54 percent with longhorns at 35 to 36 and midgets at 36 to 38 per hundredweight.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Auto Union Calls New Pay Cut Vote
In South Bend Indiana the CIO United Auto Workers local holds a further membership meeting to vote on a proposed twenty percent pay cut after petitions from members, following a rejected plan last week. Local president Louis J Horvath cites a mandate while ex president William L Ogden criticizes bargaining. The plant faces wage and working agreement termination in 60 days as Studebaker reports an eight point nine million dollar six month loss despite a ten million dollar tax credit and cites a high pay scale compared to Ford GM and Chrysler.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
CIO
United Auto Workers
Louis J. Horvath
William L. Ogden
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Larkin Knowles To Visit Monroe On Campaign Swing
Miss Joyce Larkin and Warren Knowles, Republican ticket candidates for secretary of state and governor, will visit Monroe Thursday at 10 30 a m at the Courthouse east entrance. The caravan starts in New Glarus at 8 45 a m then Monticello at 7 45 p m 19 45 likely misread. travel to South Wayne for a 2 p m meeting. State Treasurer Warren Smith and wife attend luncheon with Republican leaders at the Swiss Wheel at noon.
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Joyce Larkin
Warren Knowles
Monroe
New Glarus
Monticello
South Wayne
Miss Larkin
Knowles
Warren Smith
Youth admits slaying at least ten in Mexico City
A 19 year old, Jose Lazaro Gonzales, is in custody after admitting to killing at least ten men in Mexico City. Police say he was part of a band of professional killers and robbery was his motive. He recalls a haul as high as 32 pesos and as low as one peso. Mexico has no death penalty. potential sentence could be a stretch on the Penas Marias islands.
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Mexico City
Jose Lazaro Gonzales
Gonzales
Mexico
Penas Marias Islands
Pacific
Gamma Globulin Task Continues With 239 Shots Given
The St Clare hospital polio clinic administered gamma globulin injections to 239 people in the second group as five physicians conducted the session. The day’s attendees had last names C through E, following yesterday’s A and B group. The county schedule continues with future groups and daily reporting at noon. Doctors Stovall, Olson, Miller, and Nathan E. Bear were among physicians administering.
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St Clare Hospital Polio Clinic
W. D. Stovall
Brodhead
Melvin Olson
Monroe
Charles Miller
Monticello
Nathan E
W. G. Bear
Warmer Weather Sought for Corn in Wisconsin Crop Outlook
Wisconsin reports from the U S Weather Bureau show corn needs higher temperatures while overall crops are helped by recent rain. Some southeast harvesting occurred and pastures benefited from rain. Second cut of alfalfa underway in southern counties and threshing kept farmers busy in central areas.
Blasts Launch Power Project In Massena Ceremony
In Massena New York a dynamite blast marked the start of a 600 million dollar St. Lawrence River hydroelectric project. President Eisenhower sent a congratulatory telegram as Governor Dewey and Prime Minister Frost broke ground for a development expected to produce 12.6 billion kilowatts annually by 1958 for nine U S states and Canada.
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Massena
St. Lawrence River
Eisenhower
Canada
United States
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Leslie H. Frost
Ontario
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hungary Accepts Dutch Flood Aid Offer
Budapest announced Netherlands Minister F. W. Craandyk confirmed a gift of 50,000 guilders about 15000 dollars in flood relief to Hungary. The aid aims to support victims of recent floods and was officially accepted today.
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Budapest
Hungary
Netherlands
F. W. Craandyk
Oil Lease Fraud Indictment Leads to Warrants Issued
Milwaukee federal officials report a grand jury indicted two Illinois oil stock promoters in a two million dollar oil lease fraud case. Warrants were sent to the U S marshal in Chicago for service, with arrests and arraignments expected before a federal court commissioner. The scheme allegedly defrauded investors nationwide, including about 200 000 from Wisconsin. Witnesses from Milwaukee and Wisconsin testified to the grand jury last Thursday and Friday.
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Milwaukee
U. S
Chicago
U. S. Attorney's Office
Robert Tehan
Timothy T. Cronin
United States
Wisconsin
Illinois
Milwaukee Jane Wisconsin
Jenner Accuser Fired From Film Publicity Job
P Gandall a publicity man who accused Sen Jenner of getting tight as hell at a WWII base in England says he was fired. He came to promote a movie and was told by telephone that a telegram had arrived, ending his Universal Pictures publicity work. He served as an Air Force sergeant in information and education at Marbury Hall while Jenner was adjutant there.
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P. Gandall
Sen. Jenner
R-Ind
England
Gandall
New York
Universal Pictures Corp
Senate Backing Farm Proposals Shapes Final Price Supports
The Senate backed flexible price supports for major crops and dairy while defeating mandatory supports for feed grains and soybeans. Votes favored reducing dairy supports to 75 percent and limiting rigid 90 percent parity on basic crops, leaving Benson’s authority intact amid heated debate and partisan clashes.
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Washington
Senate
Sens
Young
Humphrey
Dminn
Aiken
R-Vi
Anderson
Eisenhower
Benson
Sen
McCarthy
Wiley
Wisconsin
Halleck to Receive Green County Cheese
Franz W. Brand district attorney and his brother Nathan F. Brand left Madison for Washington. Nathan will compete in the national teenage road race sponsored by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce. Franz Brand will present two packages of Green County Swiss cheese to Charles Halleck and to a US Junior Chamber official. They flew from Madison this morning and plan to return Saturday.
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Halleck
Green County
Franz W. Brand
Nathan F. Brand
Washington, D. C
Nathan Brand
U. S
Charles Halleck
Indiana
US Junior Chamber of Commerce
Madison
Hoover returns home for 80th birthday in West Branch
Herbert Hoover, born in West Branch Iowa, arrived in Cedar Rapids then traveled by car to his hometown for an 80th birthday event. He visited his parents graves at Hillside cemetery before returning to the two room cottage, with crowds, Boy Scouts, and a Memorial grounds setup for a homey Iowa meal of fried chicken potato salad pie and coffee.
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West Branch
Iowa
United States
Herbert Clark Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
Hoover Memorial Grounds
Boy Scouts
Mendes France Wins New Special Powers for Economic Plan
In Paris the National Assembly granted Premier Pierre Mendes France broad special powers until March 31, 1955, by a 362 to 90 vote as part of his economic and financial recovery program. The plan aims to boost competition, reconvert costly industries, expand production, and spur housing construction while cautioning that U.S. aid cannot be relied on long term.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
France
Indochina
Mendes- France
Brussels
Assembly
United States
Mendes -France
Europe
Eagle Firm Buys Shullsburg Mine
Calument and Hecla Inc sells the Shullsburg lead and zinc mine to Eagle-Picher Co effective August 15. The purchase price is undisclosed. The mine opened in 1949 with a two million dollar investment and employs 104 workers. Claude Dale of Galena named new manager. Eagle-Picher, based in Miami Oklahoma, also operates mines at Hazel Green Wisconsin and Galena Michigan.
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Shullsburl
Shullsburg
Calument and Hecla, Inc
Eagle-Picher Co
Eagle-Picher
Miami
Okla
Hazel Green
Wis
Galena
Claude Dale
John Lasio
Actor Adair Dies in London at 54
Stage and film actor Robert Adair, aged 54, died in London today from leukemia. He spent 17 years in Hollywood before World War II, and his career included both stage and screen work.
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Adair
London
Robert Adair
Hollywood
Crews To Replace 12th Street Tracks For Diesel Travel
C F Henning, agent at the Illinois Central depot, announced track replacement on 12th street will finish in two weeks. Heavy track replaces light, to shield new diesels. an extra gang from Chicago performs the work, with six more men arriving. Double rails brace inter sections as blacktop work follows laid sections. traffic on 12th street between 14th and 13th avenues halted.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
12Th Street
Times
C.F. Henning
Illinois Central
Henning
14Th
13Th Avenues
Reds May Hide Source of Food
Berlin reports say East German Communists will conceal the origin of American food shipments promised to flood Soviet Zone regions. Neue Zeitung says aid will be labeled international relief with Soviet Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia shipments. Propaganda letters urge suppressing rumors of shortages and claim aid is compensation for flood damage from an American H-bomb blast. The regime hopes to leverage the food deal for U S recognition of the East German government.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S. High Commission
Neue Zeitung
Soviet Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Wausau Girl Perishes in Cottage Fire
A three year old girl Linda Meyers died of suffocation when a one story cottage burned Monday night near an electric refrigerator. Five of her eight siblings escaped as flames swept the home. Eileen Meyers, 13, alerted the others. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers worked nights. he a bartender and she a nurses aide at St Marys hospital.
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Wausau
Linda
Vernon , Meyers
Berlin Shots Heard at Sector Borders
American officials report heavy rifle fire at the Berlin border points between the American French sectors and the Soviet zone with separate bursts observed today.
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Berlin
U S Eyes Broader Talks On Peace Atom Plan
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States, pursuing Eisenhower’s peace atom idea, asked Russia if its rejection is final and is considering early talks with other nations to join the project. He noted private talks with Molotov show fundamental U.S.-Soviet differences and declined to disclose details.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Molotov
U.S
United Nations
Colombo
Ceylon
India
Burma
Indonesia
Pakistan
Viet Nam
Japan
Plant Operators Set District Meeting Here
Monroe has been selected for a district meeting of sewage plant operators from southwestern Wisconsin Monday, Oct. 4. Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie said the meeting, arranged by Harold L. Lautz, Madison district sanitary engineer, will acquaint operators with developments and aid in solving local problems. Between 30 and 40 operators are expected.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Harold L. Lautz
Madison
Peru Revolt Fails as Artillery Group Defeated at Dawn
A communique from the Director general of information reports a failed coup in Lima by an army artillery unit. Brig. Gen. Ernesto Rae is said to have been placed under arrest as dawn events unfolded.
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Peru
Lima
Director General of Information
Ernesto Rae
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