Dewey to Address Farm Vote Appeal Across Nation
Governor Dewey is expected to outline a cross country program on farm price supports, loan floors, and parity in a bid to win farmer votes. Senator Barkley and Governor Warren join Democratic and Republican farm belt tactics as Dewey seeks labor and rural backing while Thorny labor cost issues are noted.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Springfield, Sr
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Congress
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon
Interior Department of Western Resources
Barkley
Truman
Jerusalem Situation Getting Out of Hand
Count Folke Bernadotte informed the United Nations that the Jerusalem fight between Jews and Arabs is spiraling. He urged prompt action to prevent a general resumption of hostilities in Palestine and said both sides have ignored UN authority. He warned demilitarization of Jerusalem may be unlikely soon.
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Associated Press
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Jerusalem
Palestine
Bernadotte
New All Time High Price Set for Hogs at Union Stockyards
Chicago buyers pushed live hog prices to a new record of 31.75 dollars per hundredweight at the Union Stockyards today. The previous high of 31.50 dollars stood for 15 days as hog prices surged on strong feed and demand.
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Chicago
Union
Aug. 26 designated county Monroe Day at Wisconsin exposition
Aug. 26 is set as Green County and Monroe Day at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. An official reception will greet arriving representatives, with county plans not yet finalized. city delegation details are pending.
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Green County
Monroe
Berlin mob stones Soviet police near American British sectors
A large German crowd inside the Russian sector of Berlin pelted two Soviet police cars pursuing black marketeers. One person reportedly killed, another wounded. British and American patrols and police attempted to break up the demonstration as Russians retaliated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lownik Appeals Right Of Candidate To Run
Richland Center Wisconsin District Attorney Leo Lownik says he prepared an appeal to the state supreme court over a ruling allowing Jay Moon to remain a candidate for the Republican primary. Moon reentered the race after initially withdrawing and then returning through a mandamus action in Richland County Court against incumbent Vernon Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Leo Lownik
State Supreme Court
Jay Moon
Moon
Vernon Thomson
Richland County
Allies in Conference in Moscow on German crisis
Western power diplomats met at the American embassy in Moscow to discuss the German crisis. Attendees included U S Ambassador Walter B. Smith French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau and British representative Frank Roberts.
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Moscow
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
$13 000 Farm Doubled In Value In Eight Hour Exhibition
In Jefferson Maryland yesterday morning Mrs Nelly Thrasher’s 175 acre hillside was valued at about 13 000 dollars. Eight hours later after 500 Frederick county neighbors used half a million dollars in equipment to facelift it, the farm was worth about 26 000 dollars. Diversion ditches terraces and a modern barn replaced gullies and topsoil loss showcasing soil conservation methods. The contour farm embodied five years of work in eight hours and drew about 25 000 observers.
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Jefferson, Md
Nelly Thrasher
Frederick County
Three Former New Dealers Called Up By House Group
The House Un American Activities Committee ordered three former New Deal lawyers to appear for questioning. Nathan Witt Lee Pressman and John Abt are named. Alger Hiss refused a lie detector test and heads the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. President Truman criticized the inquiry as infringing on the bill of rights and directed departments to withhold confidential employee files. The committee continues its spy investigation lining up new witnesses for secret testimony ahead of public hearings next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
New Deal
Nathan Witt
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Truman
Congressional
Rep. Nixon
Rcalif
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
New York
Nixon
Chamrs
Rennebohm Issues Draft Proclamation in Wisconsin
Governor Rennebohm issued a proclamation creating local selective service boards in Wisconsin and urging employers to grant time off for draft registration under the new law. The notice calls eligible youths to report for registration before local boards by the August 30 kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Truman
State Selective Service
Bentley Courtney
Millionth Person At Centennial Feted
Milwaukee Celebrate centennial milestones as attendance surpassed one million at the Wisconsin ex position. Diane Raf instein of Milwaukee became the millionth guest, honored by a tour led by Margaret Jean McGuire. Governors officials and state figures accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Diane Rafinstein
Margaret Jean McGuire
Wisconsin
Alice
Dairyland
Conservation
Fond du Lac
Neenah-Menasha
Rennebohm
Supreme Court
Marvin Rosenberry
Madison
Danes County
Stoughton
Baraboo
Portage
Italy's Colony Problem Up To Big Four Powers
President Truman said at a news conference that the disposition of Italy's former African colonies cannot be handled politically in the United States. He spoke in reply to Gov. Dewey's call for an opportunity for Italy to develop those colonies under a United Nations trusteeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Italy
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
United Nations
New York
Marshall
Funeral for Babe Ruth Draws Nation to St Patrick’s Cathedral
Thousands filled St Patrick’s Cathedral and overflowed to Fifth Avenue for Babe Ruth’s requiem high mass led by Francis Cardinal Spellman. Ruth died of cancer at age 53. his widow Mrs Claire Ruth and relatives attended as his body lay in state at Yankee Stadium after a public tribute of more than 100000 mourners.
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New York
Babe Ruth
St. Patrick’s
Fifth Avenue
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Requim
Baltimore
Joseph F. Flannelly
Claire Ruth
Dorothy Sullivan
Richard Flanders
Wilbur Moberly
Midtown Manhattan
Lexington Avenue
Yankee Stadium
Ruth
Warren Urges End to U S Disunity at GOP Rally
California Governor Earl Warren GOP vice presidential nominee urged Illinois Republicans to end disunity and unite under a political philosophy of faith and freedom. He spoke at a Republican Day rally before thousands at the fairgrounds grandstand, aiming for a GOP victory in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Earl Warren
California
GOP
Illinois
America
Warren
Fairgrounds
Albany Frolic Queen Crowned in Firemen event
Miss Margaret Oberholzer won the queens contest by a 5000 vote majority to reign as Firemen's Frolic queen Saturday. Runners up were Joan Jacobson and Phyllis Kauk in the queen's court of honor. Oberholzer, daughter of Gottlieb and (illegible) Oberholzer, is a Maple Leaf cheese factory employee near Albany and will begin nurses training in Madison next month.
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Albany
Margaret Oberholzer
Joan Jacobson
Phyllis Kauk
Queen’s Court of Honor
Miss Oberholzer
Gottlieb Oberholzer
Maple Leaf
Highway 59
Alex Etters
16Th Avenue
Monroe
Oberholzer
Albany High School
Madison
Miss Jacobson
Harry Jacobson Jr
Miss Kauk
Phillip Kauk
Route 1
Senator Wiley's Wife Dies During Auto Trip
Mrs May Jenkins Wiley 65 wife of United States Senator Alexander M Wiley of Wisconsin died of a coronary occlusion after illness started near Wooster Ohio. The Wileys were en route to Chippewa Falls from a special congressional session. She is survived by a son three daughters and six grandchildren. The body will be taken to Chippewa Falls for funeral services and burial.
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Valparaiso
Ind
May Jenkins Wiley
U. S
Alexander M. Wiley
Wisconsin
Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Oil firms test offshore wells by man made quakes
In Santa Barbara California three oil companies Shell Union and Continental push a high risk offshore project using EP-126 to create shocks 15000 feet deep to locate petroleum The venture costs 2500 dollars daily with 13 firms pooling resources from Oct 1 for a survey along the coast from Point Conception to Point Estero If oil is found extraction challenges remain and experts estimate billions of barrels could lie beneath California’s offshore waters
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Santa Barbara
Calif
America
Shell, Union and
Continental Oil
Point Conception
Pont Estero
Pacific
Tre California
Hollandale Farm Hand Killed by Bull
Orton Kellesvig forty two son of Mr and Mrs Carl Kellesvig died last evening in a Dodgeville hospital from injuries after being attacked by a bull Saturday while leading the animal by a rope near Hollandale He was pinned against a rock well by the bull and later trampled He leaves parents one sister five brothers and other relatives Funeral arrangements are with Snether funeral home Blanchardville Rev I A Lavik will officiate
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Blanchardville
Orton Kellesvig
Carl Kellesvig
Dodgeville
Howard Disrud
Hollandale
Kellesvig
Leora
Mr. Horeb
Raymond
Leland
Madison
Vernon
Theron
Lawrence
A W Knipschild 54 Dies After Three Year Illness
Arthur W Knipschild 54 Monroe resident died 5 30 last evening at St Clare hospital after an eight day admission. He was born Oct 3 1893 in Monroe and served in World War I Meuse Argonne Fronts. He married Elizabeth Hartwig in 1922 and worked at Knipschild Brothers wagon shop then Blumer Brewing Co. Surviving wife sister Grace and brother John. Funeral 2 PM Friday Shriner Neushwander with military rites at Greenwood Cemetery. He was an active Monroe fireman for 32 years.
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Arthur W. Knipschild
15Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
John W
Katherine Schindler Knipschild
Monroe High School
Meuse
Argonne
Europe
Elizabeth Hartwig
P. A. Schuh
St. John’s Church
Knipschild
Knipschild Brothers
Chalet Theater
Blumer Brewing Co
Greenwood Cemetery
Chinese government adopts new currency the gold yuan
The Chinese government announces a new currency the gold yuan pegged to the dollar and backed by full reserves to curb inflation. Government spokesman Tong says exchange will be four gold yuan per dollar and 3,000,000 old yuan per gold yuan with banks closed for two days for orderly conversion and a remaining exchange deadline of November 20.
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Nanking
U. S
Hollington Tong
Local Market to Open Across Three Wisconsin Yards
One of three cooperative livestock markets opens August 28 near Milwaukee road tracks off 7th avenue with ceremonies. Dodgeville and Lancaster yards follow September 7 and later dates. Equity Co-operative Livestock Association runs all three. Monroe site costs 50 to 60 thousand dollars, covers four acres with rail siding, pens, docks and scales for efficient bidding by packing companies.
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7Th Avenue
Milwaukee Road Tracks
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Livestock Department
James Motl
Madison
Dodgeville
Lancaster
Motl
Wisconsin
Equity Co-operative Livestock Association
Monroe
Green County Livestock Marketing Cooperative
Green County Farm Bureau
Judge May Find Red Consul General Lomakin In Contempt
New York State Judge Samuel Dickstein seeks a ruling on whether Consul General Yacob Lomakin should be held in contempt for not producing Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina a refugee Russian teacher who leaped from the Soviet consulate and is hospitalized. The State Department advised the decision hinges on its stance in the habeas corpus case and related notes from officials including Secretary Marshall's adviser Ernest Gross.
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Marshall
State Department
United States
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Kosenkina
Mikhail Lamarine
Russia
Moscow
Washington
New York State
Y. Lomakin
John M. Hightower
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Ernest A. Gross
Samuel Dickstein
New York State Supreme Court
New York
Dickstein
Gross
Yacob M. Lomakin
Lomakin
Mrs. Kosenkina
Michael McDermott
Department
Condition Improves for Russian Teacher After Consulate Jump
A Russian schoolteacher who leaped from the third floor of the Soviet consulate a week ago showed improved condition today. She had been reported sinking at Roosevelt Hospital, which said the patient was not informed that the Soviet consul general was invited to send a surgeon for consultation. The invitation was issued yesterday by the hospital.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
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House An American Activities Committee
Time Magazine
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U.S
An American Activities Committee
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Alexander Wiley
A. W. Knipschild
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