Commission Will Not Select Head For Conservation Service
Madison reports the state conservation commission will defer naming a new director after J Vanderwall resigned as head of the forest protection service. Ernest F Swift is the only formal applicant. The panel plans a child committee to interview prospects, with several months expected before a successor is chosen.
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Fred Snyder Madison
State Conservation Commission
Hay- NeeeeSee
J. Vanderwall
E Vanderwall
Department
Forest Protection Service
Nam
Aberg
Weusoll
Smith
Vanderwall
Ernest F. Swift
British Start to Assign Job Seekers to Key Industries
The British government using new economic emergency powers launched a program to direct job seekers into essential industries. Beginning Oct 1, men ages 18 to 50 will be processed by agencies linked to labor and industry to channel workers into priority sectors.
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London—i
Reg
Mrs Merrill Fractures Leg After Kitchen Fall
Mrs Mery Merrill aged 82 fell in her Brodhead kitchen and sustained an upper left leg fracture. Attending physician reports she is doing satisfactorily as a patient at St Clare hospital.
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Brodhead
Mery Merrill
Still Seek Jap Peace Still Seek Jap Peace
Two years after Japan's surrender, General MacArthur urges occupation forces to finish the peace, stressing a united effort of military and civilian personnel. Japan's Tetsu Katayama calls for science, labor, and internationalism for a peaceful future. Philippine President Roxas urges a prompt peace as Asia seeks rapid treaty closure.
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Associated Press
Japan
Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Tetsu Katayama
Manuel A. Roxas
Phillippine Republic
Asia
Monroe Public Schools Fill 1947-48 Teaching Vacancies
Three new teachers are hired to fill remaining vacancies in the Monroe public school system for the 1947-48 term. E. O. Evans announces Grace Anderson of Madison will replace Loraine Schumacher as girls' PE instructor and supervise recreation. Adeen Johnson of Detroit becomes kindergarten instructor for Lincoln and South schools. Mrs Theodore A Hartman of Monroe signs as part time art instructor for fourth to sixth grades and junior and senior high schools.
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Monroe
E. O. Evans
Grace Anderson
Madison
Loraine C. Schumacher
Anderson
LaCrosse State Teachers College
Somerset
Wis
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Adeen Johnson
Detroit
Lincoln
South Schools
Miss Johnson
Duluth
War Court Hangs 22 Germans for Atrocities
An American war crimes court in Dachau sentenced 22 Buchenwald camp attendants to hang for crimes against inmates. Five others received life terms, including Frau Use Koch widow of the former Buchenwald commander. Other sentences ranged from 10 to 20 years for remaining defendants after a four month trial.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Frau Use Koch
Buchenwald
Auto Production Below Normal as Walkouts Continue in Auto Industry
Detroit reports auto production remains below normal amid Taft Hartley disputes and heat driven walkouts. About 7,000 CIO workers at Murray and 10,000 Studebaker idle over parts shortages while Ford quells Murray supply gaps. A three man federal panel met to settle the strike amid new wage and union discipline demands. At Gemmer Manufacturing 1,200 UAW CIO workers walked out over contract talks. Heat suppressed output causes 12,000 Chrysler, 8,000 Hudson, and 600 Ford workers idle.
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Detroit
CIO
Murray Corp. of America
Studebaker Corp
Ford Motor Co
Murray
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Emil Mazzey
Gemmer Manufacturing Co
Chrysler
Hudson
Ford
Congressman Davis Praises U S System at Anniversary Event
Rep. Glenn R. Davis of Wisconsin extolled the United States as a living monument to individual initiative. He warned against “too much government” and said only a system allowing private incentive can match production records.
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United States
Glenn R. Davis
R-Wis
Davis
Rockford Superintendent Accepts St Paul Position
Rockford schools superintendent Selmer H Berg announced last night he will take a similar post in St Paul after ten years leading Rockford schools and previously heading the Stoughton system.
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ST. Paul Rockford
Selmer H. Berg
Rockford
Stoughton System
St. Paul
Birth of Pakistan ends British rule in Indian empire
Mountbatten transfers power to Pakistan as Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab. Jinnah named governor general. Lahore suffers heavy casualties with hundreds killed and shops looted amid rioting as two-nation India rises from imperial rule.
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Karachi
Lord Mountbatten
Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Punjab
Lahore
Amritsar
Government House
Constituent Assembly Hall
Mountbatten
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Moslem League
Constituent Assembly
Subcontinent
Himalayas
Calcutta
Mayo Hospital
Anarkali Bazaar
No Developments in Schaar Investigation
No new developments were uncovered by Sheriff Chambers in his investigation of Robert J. Schaar Monticello as a possible suspect in the disappearance of 8 year old Georgia Jean Weckler Ft Atkinson girl on May 1. Garrity questioned Schaar Tuesday morning at the Green county jail. Schaar is held under $2 000 bonds on a morals charge.
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Evan Chambers
Robert J. Schaar
Monticello
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Chambers
Francis V. Garrity
Jefferson County
Green County
Garrity
Schaar
Helicopter Undergoes Preliminary Tests in Buffalo
The Army Air Forces announce a new five passenger helicopter that can ascend vertically at 450 feet per minute is undergoing early tests in Buffalo New York during a preliminary evaluation phase.
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Washington
Buffalo
N. Y
Army Air Forces
Prisoner Des Bouillons Recaptured After Madison Escape
Glenn Lester Des Bouillons 24, who escaped from the Juneau county courthouse at Mauston last night, forced a Wonewoc man to drive him to Madison. He fled in a car after a carjacking attempt, was pursued by police, and captured in Madison early today. Des Bouillons was serving 3 to 15 years for six counts of operating automobiles without the owner's consent and related larceny charges.
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Madison
Waupun
Juneau County
Mauston
Glenn Lester Des Bouillons
Delure
Roland J. Steinie
John Petraus
Nash
Des Bouillons
Sam Cuccia
Cuccia
U S Interfering In Greece-Russia Debate Escalates
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged that United States aid to Greece amounts to crude interference in Greece's internal affairs. He condemned Washington's role as Soviet veto battles continued in the UN Security Council ahead of a General Assembly vote expected on September 16.
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Greece
Gromyko
Council
General Assembly
Marshall Arrives in Brazil for Inter-American Conference
U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall landed today at Ponta do Galeao base in Rio de Janeiro for the conference opening. Delegates awaited his reaction to an Argentine proposal to include economic matters in the talks.
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Rio de Janeiro
U. S
George C. Marshall
Ponta Do Galeno
Hein-Werner offers settlement to striking workers
H R Duffy industrial relations manager said the company made offers of compromise to about 200 striking employees in Waukesha, but none were accepted.
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Waukesha
H. R. Duffy
Hein-Werner Corp
Miss Schumacher Named Full-Time Recreation Director
Miss Loraine C. Schumacher, long time girls' physical education instructor at Monroe High, was named the city’s first full time recreation director. She will serve under a 1 year contract, with a $3500 annual salary, as the board expands programs at the youth center and youth and adult activities within current budgets.
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Loraine C. Schumacher
Harold J. Lamboley
Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners
Miss Schumacher
Idaho
Lamboley
Henry Tschudy
Schumacher
Monroe
la Crosse State Teachers College
Monroe High School
Milwaukee
Red Cross
Allie Holtshopple Honored by Eagles
Allie Holtshopple was honored by Monroe Eagles for August civic service. The award recognizes outstanding community effort and was presented at the fairgrounds dance pavilion by Clark Kleckner. Over 200 attendees enjoyed refreshments at the social gathering.
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Allie Holtshopple
8Th Street
Monroe Aerie
Order of Eagles
Fairgrounds
Aerie
Monroe
Holtshopple
Clark Kleckner
The
Eagles
Wisconsin Selects Panel to Enforce Public Utility Labor Law
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Board appointed a panel of conciliators and arbitrators to administer the new labor law banning strikes in public utilities. Members from law, engineering, business, education and industry will work to conciliate disputes in the utility trades.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Employment Relations Board
Wisconsin
Frau Ilse Koch Sentenced to Life in Prison by War Crimes Tribunal
Hal Boyle reports Frau Ilse Koch, known as the Queen of Buchenwald, is to spend the rest of her life in prison after an American war crimes tribunal condemned her. He recalls her notoriety at the Nazi concentration camp and recounts reactions to the verdict and her husband’s fate.
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Frau Ilse Koch
Boyle
New York
Heaven
Germany
Buchenwald
Weimar
Ilse Koch
Buchen
Frau Koch
George Pat
No Action on Aid Funds This Year
President Truman said no special session is needed this year for new Europe aid funds. He declined to discuss Ruhr coal talks or the British crisis, and cautioned figures on Marshall plan costs depend on surveys and Paris conference results. He noted a Western Hemisphere plan exists via the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Ruhr
Marshall
Western Hemisphere
United States
Britain
Death of Dale Alme In Auto Truck Collision
Dale Alme an 18 died Tuesday night from crushing chest injuries after a milk truck carrying him collided with an automobile about five miles northeast of Durand. Gilman Rexroth 27 of Beloit was killed instantly. Henry Hunt 25 of Brooklyn driven truck and Winnebago sheriff cited poor visibility and high speed but no driver negligence was found.
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Dale Alme
E. A. Diestelmeier
Stephenson County
The
Times Today
Alme
Durand
Deaconness Hospital
Freeport
Gilman S. Rexroth
Beloit
Henry L. Hunt
Brooklyn
Winnebago County
Diestelmeier
Truman rejects new labor management conference
President Truman said he has no plans to call a labor management conference despite CIO proposals. He recalled the 1945 conference as unsuccessful and backed Attorney General Clark's price investigation to identify those keeping prices high. He noted a cabinet food committee is studying export limits amid a weak crop outlook.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Cabinet
Congress
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
House
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
O’mahoney
Europe
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Howard Hughes
Los Angeles
Brewster
Hughes Aircraft Co
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