Vaughan Explains Deep Freeze Gifts to Washington Notables
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan said deep freeze units sent to him and others were courtesy gifts from two longtime friends and not improper. He noted deliveries to Mrs. Truman, Chief Justice Vinson, and others, while Senate investigators scrutinize five percenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Harry S. Truman
Vinson
Senate
Harry Hoffman
David Bennett
Truman
Hoffman
Milwaukee
Police Hunt Rabbi In Swindle Based on Israel Aid Scheme
Police hunt Soloman Eichenstein a Manhattan rabbi and his wife after alleged swindles totaling up to 300000 dollars. The rabbi allegedly told congregants money would aid Israel by buying business materials from new state residents and arranging transactions. He reportedly handled about 500000 worth of goods with 15 percent over market price while a diamond merchant supplied 58133.95 for jewels from Israeli merchants before the pair vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sew Rum
Israel
Solomon Eichenstein
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Sidney Benack
Browntown Polio Case Discovered
A Browntown resident, Mrs. Krebs, living on a farm two miles south of Browntown, was diagnosed with polio early this morning. She has been ill since Wednesday and was hospitalized with a respirator on standby. Her two young daughters, aged three and two, are being cared for by neighbor Mrs. Martin Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Krebs
Browntown
Martin Dixon
LaCrosse Approves Portable Chlorinator For Water System
LaCrosse common council adopted a resolution to buy a portable chlorinator to purify water in new mains added to the municipal pumping system. The move follows one of seven Public Health Service recommendations issued last month after LaCrosse water was banned from interstate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse
Pheasants Stocked In Green County for 21st Anniversary
Green County sportsmen celebrate 21 years of pheasant propagation by releasing about 1,200 eleven week old birds tomorrow morning. President Myron S. Stair of Green County Rod and Gun Club invites the public to watch at the county pens near the radio tower north of Monroe. The release, led by club reps and aided by Norman Hicks and Clarence R. Benkett, will begin at 6 am with birds crated and released along streams. The program, run with the state conservation department, marks a long county effort dating back to 1929 with consolidation in Monroe in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Myron S. Stair
Green County Red and Gun Club
Monroe
Stair
Norman Hicks
Clarence R. Benkett
Rod and Gun Club
Isaac Walton
Green County Rod and Gun Club
New Glarus
Brodhead
Robert Bartig
State Conservation Department
Court Orders Burial Debt Payment in Milwaukee Case
Walter Schmidt of 1612 W State St Milwaukee was ordered to pay 15 dollars monthly for 31 months for burial costs. County Judge Harold J Lampoley heard the case on the complaint of Emma Schmidt Pfeil of Chicago, who divorced Schmidt in 1937, with prior orders for 470 dollars representing half the burial costs of their daughter, 16, who died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asen
Walter Schmidt
State Street
Milwaukee
Schmidt
Harold J. Lamboley
Emma Schmidt Pfeil
Chicago
Louisa Leiser
10Th Street
Air Chief Defends Defense Demand For Superior Weapons
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg told Wisconsin American Legion delegates that U S military security cannot be bought as a luxury and urged focus on advanced weapons and training. He warned past failures to exploit tech superiority cost lives and stressed building the most capable gear to deter economic and political defeat. He noted delays in jet propulsion and reliance on allies in past wars underscore need for rapid development and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Vandenberg
United States
City Eyes 116 Center Square Parking Meters
A Madison firm offers 116 two hour meters for center lane of court house square with total cost 7505.20 to 7911.20 depending on coin register, plus 1297 installation by Monroe Ready Mix. Ward and Strand weigh steel posts, ordinance already authorizes installation, no action taken yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Square
H. J. Morse
Madison
Magee Park-O-Meter Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
Monroe Ready| Mix and Material Co
Morse
Ward and
Strand
City Board of Public Works
Police and Safety Committee of Council
Public Square
G. S. Soseman
Opera
Frank A. Buehler
Board of Public Works
Police and Safety Committee
William F. Beckman
Vinton Construction Co
Waupun
Weather Mix Delays Warm Spell Across Monroe Area
Sun and clouds drift over Monroe as forecasts call for mostly fair weather through Sunday. Cool air kept temperatures under 70 until 9 a.m., with readings rising to 82 by noon and hitting the 90s in the central eastern states. A cloud burst storm in western Massachusetts forced evacuations in Chicopee and rain eased forest fire danger. In Idaho, heavy rain aided firefighters on a timber blaze in the Salmon River Payette National Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aname Ciouas
Monroe
Plains
Massachusetts
Chicopee
Idaho
Salmon River
Payette National Forest
MacArthur Holds Tokyo Conference With Chiang Adviser
Gen Douglas MacArthur met in Tokyo with Wu Teb-chen, a close adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, for a two hour discussion the topics kept secret. In Washington, Senate committees voted 13 to 12 to summon MacArthur to discuss far eastern policy, though he said he does not think he should leave his post now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Chiang
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
Wu Teb-chen
Formosa Island
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Washington
Cedarville Completes Centennial Pageant and Civic Day
Cedarville marks 100 years with a three-scene pageant detailing Pottawatomie and Winnebago history, a 1899 business and residential scene, and a Gay Nineties revue. Events include a noon luncheon, band concert, stage entertainment, baseball, a Burt speech, officer election, farm machinery and relic exhibits, 4H displays, carnival rides, and a bonfire with new fire equipment demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville
Kaiser's Grove
the Grove
Marvin F. Burt
Freeport
New Price Setup Would Help Milk Washington Senate Compromise Farm Bill
Washington Senators today discussed a compromise farm bill that would lower government supports for wheat corn cotton peanuts and most grains but raise price floors for beet hog lamb milk butterfat wool and other commodities under a new parity formula. Anderson's plan approved by a seven member subcommittee moves to the full farm legislative group next week with department experts showing lowers for most staples and gains for dairy and meat products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
Senate
W A Strong Buys Into Beloit Daily News
Walter A Strong, heir to a famed newspaper family, buys one third of the Beloit Daily News and will join its management. He previously worked at Beloit for six years, left in 1942 for war work, then served as Midwest service executive for Opinion Research Corp. Mason H Dobson sells his editor stake and plans retirement, with his family moving to Beloit from Winnetka around September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Strong
Strong
Beloit Daily News
Walter Strong
Chicago Daily News
Beloit
Beloit College
Fansteel Metallurgical Corp
North Chicago
Midwest Service
Opinion Research Corp
Mason H. Dobson
Dobson
The
Daily News
Winnetka
Author Margaret Mitchell Improves After Auto Injury
Atlanta report says shy author of Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell was semi conscious in hospital but showing signs of recovery from injuries after a speeding car strike. Her husband John R. Marsh said last night she is definitely better and gaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Trash Can Painters Save Jet Bomber Post During Kansas Storm
Three Tinker air force base airmen stayed after hours to paint a battered trash can and saved a four jet B-45 bomber and its crew. Pvt. Bill M. Arnold T/Sgt. Gerald Peltier and Pfc. Vito Spinelli heard a distressed pilot at 29 000 feet over central Kansas seeking landing directions. They guided the B 45 to a safe landing at Tinker Air Force Base during a violent thunderstorm, after keeping the radio on. Capt. Hubert Hartley confirmed the rescue and credited the improvised help with saving the aircraft and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arinema
Tinker Air Force Base
Bill M. Arnold
Gerald Peltier
Vito Spinelli
Hubert Hartley
Kansas
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Tinker
Arnold
Senate Steps Up Economy Studies on Reorganization Plans
Senate leaders pressed ahead with two government reorganization proposals after President Truman urged approval as a sign of good faith. Truman in a letter to Vice President Barkley said action would prove whether current efficiency pledges are sincere or political rhetoric. The plans, a cabinet-level welfare department and moving two employment agencies to labor, had previously failed to win approval from the Senate Expenditures Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Barkley
Department of Welfare
Federal Security Agency
Labor Department
Senate Expenditures Committee
Hoover Taken Ill During Rail Trip Continues Journey
Former President Herbert Hoover, 75, was stricken by a gall bladder ailment on an eastbound train near Ogden Utah. After emergency treatment by Dr Keith Stratford he said Hoover felt better and would continue to New York without hospitalization. The train halted 30 minutes at Elko Nevada for exam. Hoover had celebrated his birthday in Palo Alto with a large turnout and told the crowd he feared government spending and taxes threaten collectivism. He spent the weekend in Utah visiting mining properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
Keith Stratford
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
City of San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
California
Elko
Nev
Dale Hadfield
Hadfield
Palo Alto
Calif
Illinois Guard Convoy Fuels Through Town in Record Time
Nearly 160 Illinois guardsmen units rumbled through town last night on a devious route to Camp McCoy. Crandall Oil Co filled three trucks with about 6,500 gallons of gasoline while more than 3,000 gallons were pumped into tanks in under two hours. The convoy, led by Major D. L. Fane and escorted by local police and 129th Infantry guardsmen, refueled starting at 12 30 and completed by 1 50 with plans to return August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McCoy
14Th Avenue
Highway 69
Round Grove School
Crandall Oil Co
Eil
Dwight A. Crandall
129Th Infantry Regiment
44Th Division
Illinois National Guard
D. L. Fane
Crandall
Howard P. Olsen
Leo C. Kohl
Harold R. Davidson
Victor Lochner
Harry A. Wilde
Adolph A. Ambrose
Roycie H. Foulker
Glenn L. Kubly
Francis Menehan
Lee Skattum
Foster Broge
Leonard Hill
Robert E. Schwartz
J. C. Underwood
Curbing and grade matching planned as square work nears finish
C M Ward of Ward and Strand consulting engineers met city officials to finalize curb work and grade matching for the court house square repaving. The board approved a grade change on 17th Avenue and a concrete approach to align old and new levels, with curb and gutter installation and sidewalk repairs under review. Contractors shift concrete pours as base placement progresses, while a $1,600 fundraising drive funds the Sept 10 square reopening celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Ward
Ward and Strand
Madison
Court House Square
Ward
George Glass
Board of Public Works
Frank A. Buehler
17Th Avenue
L1th Street
Rufi Cattle Sweep Darlington Open Class Honors
Rufi cattle from Green county assisted by W G Timms swept top honors at the Lafayette county open class cattle judging. Holsteins won all breed grand championships for male and female. Meier Brown Swiss won champion male and female. Rufi took 10 firsts, Meier eight, Timms Holsteins two. show plans include state fair entries and 4 H division participation. Herds return tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darungton
John W. Rufi
Alfred Meier
Green County
W. G. Timms
Lafayette County
Meiers
Timm
Bessie Ollie Hoesly
Shre
Frank Chip Delight
Darlington
Tito plot foiled in Yugoslavia bomb assassination attempt
Astra, the Italian news agency, reports that Yugoslav police last month thwarted a plot by pro Cominform communists to assassinate Premier Marshal Tito with a bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Trieste
Astra
Marshal Tito
Mother Dies Overseas Near Darlington Special
Louis Stucki of Darlington learns of his mother Mrs. Caroline Stucki’s death abroad in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Louis Stucki
Caroline Stucki
Switzerland
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Omar N. Bradley
Army
Gordon Gray
Joseph Lawton Collins
Pentagon
Collins
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Deep Freeze
Raughan
White House
Fred Vinson
John Snyder
James K. ‘Vardaman
Matthew J. Connelly
Snyder
Treasury
Vardaman
Federal Reserve
Connelly
U. S
Bennett
Albert Verley Co
Gen
McCarthy
R-Wis
George Allen
Allen
Reconstruction Finance Corp
State Legion
Air Chief
Herbert Clark Hoover
W. A. Strong
Beloit Paper
Illinois Guard
Robert J. Tracy
Tracy
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