Collapse of Hughes Hearings Sparks Democratic Gibe
Senator OMahoney predicts new lobbying laws after the Hughes wartime plane contracts probe ends. Debate grows as Murray calls for a Senate investigations inquiry while Brewster defends the committee’s tactics. Hughes departs for California with a promise to return if hearings resume in November.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Hughes O'Mahoney
Brewster
Howard Hughes
Maine
Senate War Investigating Committee
Robertson
D-Va
Murray
Montana
Senate
Hughes
Coast
California
Truman
Ferguson
Rmich
John W. Meyer
Meyer
Alr
Michigan
Subcommittee
Incinerator Construction Set to Start Soon in City
F A Wagner Monroe contractor awarded a 16585 contract by the city council last Tuesday night says construction will begin in a few days with site prep already underway south of the water works. He cautions the start date and completion remain indefinite though target is January 1, 1948.
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F. A. Wagner
Monroe
The
Times
Wagner
Water safety lessons begin at Times series
The Times starts a 10 lesson water safety series with cartoons sponsored by the YMCA national council. Recreation park pool manager Fred R. Simpson endorses the program which aims to reduce water accident toll.
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Fred R. Simpson
Recreation Park
the Times Today
National Council of the Y. M. C. A
Court Finds 31 Germans Are Guilty
In the Buchenwald trial at Dachau a U.S. military court convicted all 31 defendants including Isse Koch, widow of the camp commander. Sentences to be announced Thursday. Koch, 45, pregnant, denied lampshade charges and showed tepid emotion.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald
U. S
Isse Koch
Vandenberg May Be Drafted for GOP Nomination
A Detroit committee of Republicans plans to approach Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg about a possible draft for the GOP presidential nomination. They expect favorable polls if he affirms eligibility and intend to mount a full campaign if he responds positively. Vandenberg has repeatedly said he will not seek the nomination.
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Detroit
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Archie Leadbetter
Wayne County
Sen. Vandenberg
Grand Rapids
Shareholders Vote to Dissolve Monroe Building and Loan
Shareholders will consider a resolution to liquidate and dissolve the Monroe Building and Loan association at tonight’s meeting in the association office. President Paul A. Ruf cited lower rates and new competition in small loans as factors reducing mortgage volumes, noting the group has existed since 1904.
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Monroe Building and Loan Association
Association
Paul A. Ruf
U S Weighs Action if United Nations Fails in Balkans
The United States warned in the U N Security Council that it is prepared to join with allies to protect Greece within the charter if the council cannot resolve the Balkan crisis. Herschel V. Johnson charged Soviet backed groups may seek a totalitarian Greece with aid from Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
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United Nations Security Council
United States
Greece
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Russia
Council
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
United Nations
Soviet Union
Security Council
Johnson
Balkans
Joza Vilfan
Australia
Balkan
Oshkosh man arraigned on first degree manslaughter charge
Robert D. Riley, 38, was arraigned in municipal court on a first degree manslaughter charge for an alleged assault on his wife that killed her unborn child. Judge S J Luch set a preliminary hearing for Thursday with bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Oshkosh
Robert D. Riley
S. J. Luchsinger
Swiss of Years Ago Better Than Cheese Today
Fred Marty a retired cheesemaker and state cheese grader argues Swiss cheese from 40 years ago was superior to today. He cites butterfat levels above 50 percent in earlier cheese versus a 43 percent standard now, and notes salt enhances flavor. Marty sees more natural aging and room for improvement despite current defects linked to processing.
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Marty
Fred Marty
22Nd Avenue
Green County
Army Plans Operation Snowdrop Maneuvers in New York
Gen Jacob L Devers announces Operation Snowdrop large scale drills for air and ground units at Camp Pine New York beginning November 1. About 2800 soldiers will learn snowhouse building foxhole digging and cold weather combat techniques using equipment tested in Alaska by task forces Frigid and Williwaw.
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Washington
War Department
Jacob L. Devers
Camp Pine
Upstate
New York
Alaska
Steelworkers Launch National Drive for Pro Labour Congress
The CIO united steelworkers mobilized a national drive to elect a pro labor congress to repeal Taft Hartley. Philip Murray announced plans to recruit one million members and raise voluntary contributions while keeping funds separate from union money. A court test on labor group political activity may occur.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Labor Board
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Murray
Truman To Take Family to Rio de Janeiro
The White House announced President Truman will be joined by Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret on a three day flight to Rio de Janeiro. The trip, aimed at the closing days of the inter American defense conference, is planned for late August or early September with departure time to be decided.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Brazil
Margaret
Charles G. Ross
Rio de Janeiro
South Wayne Man Hurt By Radiator Explosion
Gerald Peterson twenty one of South Wayne suffered extensive facial and body burns when a radiator exploded at a filling station in South Wayne yesterday. He is hospitalized at St. Clare hospital.
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South Wayne
Gerald Peterson
St. Clare Hospital
Clark Orders U.S. Price Investigation
Attorney General Clark directed the justice department anti-trust division to probe suspected price conspiracies in food clothing and housing. The case seeks jail terms for individuals and maximum fines for corporations with prosecutions to prevent price manipulation and collusion.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Courts of Pleas of
Parliament passes crisis bill to mobilize UK resources
The Labour government wins both Houses approval for a wartime style bill granting broad powers over industry and labor to manage Britain's economic crisis. Churchill accuses the measure of imposing dictatorial powers while the bill races to evacuation before a summer recess.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Sugvestion Churchill
Churchill
Jefferson County DA declines comment after conference
Jefferson County District Attorney Francis V. Garrity declined to comment after questioning 34 year old Monticello farmhand Robert J. Schaar as a possible suspect in the disappearance of 8 year old Georgia Jean Weckler of Ft. Atkinson. The DA noted the investigation by Sheriff Evan Chambers and Highway Officer George Armstrong will determine future action while reminding that Schaar is one of about a hundred suspects. The case marks a second Green County focus after a 1934 Ford linked by some details to the May 1 disappearance.
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Robert J. Schaar
Monticello
Georgia Jean Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Georgia
Jean
Francis V. Garrity
Jefferson
Schaar
Evan Chambers
George Armstrong
Weckler
Garrity
Weckler Farm
Chambers
Green County
Brodhead
St. Cloud
Minn
Hirshberg Convicted in Navy Court Martial
Harold F. Hirshberg a 29 year old chief signal man was found guilty by a navy court martial on two of nine specifications accusing him of mistreating fellow prisoners in a Japanese camp in the Philippines. The maximum penalties are six months on each charge and a dishonorable discharge with review pending by Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly.
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New York
Harold F. Hirshberg
Navy
Philipnines
Monroe Kelly
Third Naval District
Rockford Mother Sought in Child Abandonment Case
Police in Rockford and Monroe joined a search for Ruth Cravens Johnson after she allegedly left her 8 year old daughter Ruth Cravens in Rockford yesterday afternoon. Assistant State's Attorney John Sype said a warrant was issued for contributing to the dependency of a minor.
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Rockford
Monroe
Illinois
John Sype
J. H. Schwaiger
Ruth Cravens Johnson
Michael Melvin
Sype
Ruth Cravens
Quiet Reigns Over Strike Bound Plant
Clinton Michigan reports uneasy quiet at the Clinton Machine Co plant after state police Captain Caesar J Scavarda intervened to prevent a confrontation between 125 workers led by president Donald Thomas and CIO United Auto Workers pickets. Five injured slightly in skirmishes as back to work resumes and wage demands for 15 cents an hour persist.
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Donald Thomas
White Hat
Clinton Machine Co
Clinton, Mich
Thomas
Caesar J. Scavarda
CIO
United Auto Workers
CIO Demands Return Of Price Controls
The CIO full employment committee urged a special congressional session to restore price controls and warned of another wage push if living costs keep rising. Emil Rieve, committee head, called for prices to roll back toward pre OPA levels and noted wage hikes trigger higher prices.
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John F. Sonnet
Clark
CIO Full Employment Committee
Congress
CIO
Truman
Washington
Full Employment Committee
Emil Rieve
Rieve
County Immunization Plan For Green County
The Green County Health Committee approved a county wide plan for diphtheria and tetanus vaccination starting the week of September 22 with centers in Brooklyn Albany Brodhead Monroe Browntown Monticello New Glarus and Juba for the first inoculation. In October a second shot will be given and smallpox vaccination offered. Nurse Irene Kimmel urged boosting practical nursing training with two schools in Milwaukee and Kenosha. Pamphlets on infantile paralysis will be distributed to Green county teachers at the institute for redistribution to parents.
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Green County Health Committee
Brooklyn
Albany
Brodhead
Monroe
Browntown
Monticello
New Glarus
Juba
Irene Kimmel
Madison
Ruth Chase
Kimmell
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Green County
Teachers’ Institute
Boy Suffers Skull Fracture After Hay Stack Fall
Gerald Rolli eight from Gratiot sustained a skull fracture after falling from a hay stack at his home yesterday afternoon. He was unconscious for about thirty minutes and is confined to St. Clare hospital.
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Gerald Rolli
Gratiot
St. Clare Hospital
Merchants Ready for Big Dollar Day in Monroe
Monroe merchants completed preparations to handle a large Dollar Day shopping crowd tomorrow. The event aims to boost local sales as shoppers seek deals and discounts.
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Monroe
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