Wisconsin Labor Delegates Oust Public Ownership Planks
At the 57th Wisconsin State Federation of Labor convention delegates voted 253 to 202 to drop the long standing planks favoring public ownership of utilities and nationalization of monopolies. The debate featured charges of appeasement and concerns over negotiating with public entities. Eleven executive board seats to be filled after today’s balloting.
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Green Bay—i
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
WSFL
Federation
John Cudahy
Milwaukee
EC. Debrice
Wisconsin Federation of Teachers
Wisconsin
Ace
Rex Fransway
Wisconsin Conference of Electrical Workers
REA
Convention Committee On Laws
George A. Haberman
Cool Air Halted at Canadian U S Border
A heat wave across the Midwest persists with at least 28 deaths. Chicago reports 24 heat deaths since Monday, with Indiana and Minnesota each two more. A Canadian cold air mass stalls at the border, blocking relief as heat is forecast to push into Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and nearby states with highs around 100 to 105 degrees.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Indiana
Minnesota
U. S
Appalachians
Rockies
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mercury
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Lie Detector Tests Under Way in Weckler Case
District Attorney Garrity directs lie detector tests for about 10 volunteers tied to the disappearance of 8 year old Georgia Jean Weckler reported four months after her May 1 vanishing. Included is Robert Schaar, 34, jailed on an indecent liberties charge involving a 13 year old. Tests delayed yesterday when the machine broke.
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Jefferson
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Francis Garrity
Robert Schaar
Green County
Walworth
Elkhorn
Garrity
Storms Leave Heavy Damage in Wisconsin Wake
Thunderstorms deluged southern Wisconsin causing structural damage and fires after power outages hit Janesville. At least one death is reported as cities contend with relief from heat but recover from destruction.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Janesville
98 Degrees Hits Monroe After First Rain Since August
The Times records a season high of 98 degrees this afternoon following a shower yesterday afternoon. The rain, the first since August 2, measured .08 of an inch.
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Times
Monroe
Lightning strikes cause Janesville power outage and flooding
A major lightning event cuts power to Janesville from Monroe to Lake Geneva, destroying the Wisconsin Power and Light substation and halting Parker Pen Fischer Body and Chevrolet plants. Flooding drenches streets up to eight inches as the city’s Gazette reduces its edition and Beloit presses print a smaller run.
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Lee Faulkner
Mukwonago
Janesville
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
L. E. Hayes
Parker Pen
Fischer
Chevrolet
Senator Bilbo Dies in New Orleans
Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi, a veteran filibuster and outspoken white supremacist, died in New Orleans today and never occupied his contested Senate seat in the 80th Congress.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Britain’s Loan Balance Shrinks as Talks Hinge on Plans
Washington and London reported progress in Anglo American financial talks aimed at stabilizing Britain’s economy. A plan to ration dollars was advanced, with Britain set to withdraw about 400 million dollars by August 29 from the original 3.75 billion loan, while imports may be cut further amid food and essential- goods shortages.
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Washington
Great Britain
U. S. Treasury
Britain
London
U. S
United States
Hugh Dalton
Treasury
Snyder
Wilfrid Eady
Eady
Dalton
President Truman Plane Returns for Final Checkup
The four engine DC-6 flying white house named the Independence returns to Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica for final checks before a Rio conference trip. Pilot Lt. Col. Henry T. Myers says the plane “ticked like a well oiled watch” after 100 flight hours, 32,000 miles and 28 countries. Truman has not yet flown in the aircraft.
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Santa Monica
Calif
White House
Douglas Aircraft Co
Truman Budget Review Spurs Talk of Tax Cut
President Truman’s forecast of a near 5 billion dollar treasury surplus next June renewes Republican calls for a 1948 income tax cut. Senate figures cite receipts at 41.667 billion with a surplus to debt retirement and a stand by fund amid debate over fiscal policy and foreign aid costs.
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Francis M. LeMay
Washington
Truman
Treasury
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Fall River
Mass
Uncle Sam
GOP
Young
R-Nd
Marshall
Europe
Death by Own Action Under Oregon Two Death Rule
Dane county authorities reported Arthur Sholts and his mother Alma Sholts died in a dynamite blast at their farm near Oregon Wisconsin. A note in Sholts handwriting said I feel I must go with mother confirming no third party involvement. Mrs Sholts body was too burned to determine cause. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. at Oregon Methodist church.
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Madison
Arthur Sholts
Alma A. Sholts
Oregon
Dane County
Sholts
David Atwood
Oregon Methodist Church
T. Parry Jones
Sheboygan
Wisconsin Signs School Aid Bill and Related Measures
Acting Governor Rennebohm signed the school aids bill adding 6.5 million dollars annually from the general fund to elementary and high schools. The act creates county consolidation committees to study small uneconomical schools and funds University of Wisconsin salary increases, law clerks for the Supreme Court, and liquor license revocation oversight. It also directs timber sale proceeds to county forest areas.
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Madison
Rennebohm
University of Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Board of Normal School
Senate
McCarthy Attacks Last Congress Over Veterans
Senator Joe McCarthy told the Disabled American Veterans convention in Las Vegas that the last congress acted "foully" toward disabled veterans and widows. He echoed Commander Lloyd Oleson of Ventura California calling the prior congress "a do nothing congress" for veterans.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joe McCarthy
R-Wis
Lloyd Oleson
Ventura
Calif
Sen
McCarthy
Brewster Rules Out Extending War Probe Panel
Fall River Massachusetts Senator Brewster announced Republicans will not seek to extend the Senate war investigating committee beyond January 31. He said the panel will resume Hughes contract hearings on November 17 and that standing committees should assume inquiries in the new session.
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Jack Bell
Fall River
Mass
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Maine
Joe Martin
Truman
Congress
Senate
Special Committee
Martin
Hughes
Ferguson
R-Mich
Johnny Meyer
State Department Objects to Red Use of Port of Darien
The State Department disclosed that Russia protested an American British French conference on increasing German industrial activity but the talks will proceed. It also protested the Soviet occupation of Darien port and noted Moscow banned foreign shipping while U S naval vessels were blocked. The report covers Korea Austria talks and a Library of Congress analysis blaming Soviet aims on world domination.
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State Department
Russia
Lincoln White
Soviet Union
United States
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Darien
China
U. S
Korea
Austria
Library of Congress
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Marshall
Joint Commission
Seoul
Four Power Treaty Commission
Vienna
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Joseph M. Dodge
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Legislative Reference Service
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Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kremlin
Lenin
Two Cheesemakers to Get Governor's Sweepstakes Awards
Two Green county cheese makers will receive the governor's sweepstakes awards in the dairy department at the state fair in West Allis tomorrow. Presentation will be before the grand stand. Gottlieb Oberholzer of Maple Leaf near Albany won the sweepstakes with a 97.50 scoring drum Swiss display. Walter Minnig of Monticello took top honors in limburger with a 96 score.
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West Allis
Gottlieb Oberholzer
Maple Leaf
Albany
Walter Minnig
Monticello
Limburger
Navy Pilot Sets 640 MPH Jet Flight Speed Record
Navy pilot Commander Foster Caldwell Jr. flies the Douglas Skystreak D-558 over a 3 km course at 640.7 mph to establish a new international speed record. He surpasses Col. Albert Boyd whose 623.8 mph P-80 flight last June broke the previous British mark of 616 mph. Caldwell is from Arlington Virginia and a former Pacific combat aviator.
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Muroc
Calif
Cffee
Foster Caldwell Jr
Arlington
Army
Albert Boyd
Boyd
Hearing on Oil Allocation Squeezing Midwestern Dealers
A three member Senate committee in Chicago began hearings on complaints from independent gasoline dealers small refiners and distributors in 12 Midwestern states that supply allocations are hurting their businesses. Eleven witnesses including officials from major companies and trade associations testified before Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry who chairs the committee.
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Chicago
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
U S to Insist on UN Greek Watch
The United States planned to press the UN to maintain a watch over Greece's northern borders until the Balkan crisis reaches the 55 nation assembly next month. This comes after Russia vetoed American backed peace efforts in the region.
Soviet vetoes block Italy Austria UN bids
Russia used its veto twice in one day to thwart Italy and Austria bids for United Nations membership. The decisions marked the sixth and seventh Soviet vetoes this week, bringing the total to 18 against majority Security Council actions. Austria voted 8 to 1 with France and Poland abstaining. Italy 9 to 1 with Poland abstaining. Hungary’s bid had earlier been rejected 1 to 1 with nine abstentions.
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U. N
United States Seeks Balkan Dispute Action at U.N.
The United States moved to place the Balkan dispute on the United Nations General Assembly agenda after the Security Council admitted inability to resolve it. The Assembly in New York will convene September 16, while the council’s investigation commission remains active in Greece despite setbacks and a Russian veto.
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United States
Assembly
Security Council
L-Nation
New York
Dutch threaten war over Indonesia as council weighs ceasefire
A high source said the Netherlands would resume large scale action in Indonesia if the Security Council does not order the ceasefire that halts Indonesian hostilities, a move seen as violating the council's ceasefire order.
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Hague
Indonesia
Security Council
Council
Frigidaire Announces Moderate Price Increases Across Appliances
Frigidaire division of General Motors announces higher retail prices for several appliances. Refrigerators and ranges rise by 5 to 15 dollars, new home laundry up 15 dollars, and some commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units average a 2.33 percent increase.
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New York
Frigidaire
General Motors Corp
Reuther Calls for Steel Shortage Investigation
Walter Reuther, head of CIO and UAW, urged a government probe into a reported steel shortage. He released a letter to President Truman requesting an inquiry into what he described as the steel industry's restriction of production and production capacity affecting General Motors.
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General Motors Corporation
Walter Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Reuther
Truman
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