Albany Frolic Parade Draws Big Crowd in Green County
Hundreds line Albany streets for the Firemen’s Frolic parade led by Miss Shirley Conway. Winners include Hein and Francis in multiple classes, with floats from Legion Auxiliary 4-H and local businesses. Afternoon events feature ball game, acrobatics, aerial water fight, and a prime dance with Tony Salerno’s orchestra crowning Miss Margaret Oberholzer queen.
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Albany
Shirley Conway
American Legion
Co. K
National Guard Unit
Monroe
Hein
Christopher and Son
Artistic
Beauty Mart
Village Hardware
Educational
Albany Oil Co
Albany 4-H Club
Whitcomb Electric
Sugar Bowl
Doyon and Rayne
American Legion Auxiliary
Albany Herald
Madison
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Attica
Tony Salerno
Margaret Oberholzer
Gottlie
Willard Schuetze
Schmidt
Boots and
Brooklyn 1S
Monticello
New Glarus
Brodhead
Sam Keener wears gaudy uniform to awe European police
U.S. Steelman Sam Keener of Salem Ohio tours Europe in a gold braid uniform and many medals. He says the outfit serves practical use by clearing crowds and helping in security checks at airports while he scours European steel mills in his DC-3. He jokes he is just a steel man and cowboy, not a corporal.
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London
Samuel F. Keener
Salem, O., Engineering Co
Keener
Sam Keener
Atlantic
Europe
Airlines
Sam
Dewey Secures Pledges From Key Lawmakers
Gov Thomas E. Dewey received get-out-and-work pledges from prominent lawmakers during conferences in Albany and New York. Pledges came from House Speaker Joseph W. Martin and Senators Knowland Lodge Bridges Vandenberg Taft plus Rep Dirksen Halleck among others, signaling broad GOP backing as the campaign ramps up.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Albany
New York
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
California
Earl Warren
Dewey
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
President Truman
Injunction Barred East Coast Dock Strike
The federal government obtained a temporary injunction to bar a strike of 45,000 east coast dock workers set for midnight. Judge Harold R. Medina issued the order against the AFL International Longshoremen's Association, effective until Aug. 31, following a Justice Department request on President Truman's directive to protect national health and safety.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Justice Department
Truman
Imperial
Israel's UN bid rejected by Britain on present basis
A British UN spokesman said London cannot approve Israel's admission under current conditions. Israeli delegate Aubrey S. Eban said a formal membership request will be filed soon. The United States plans to vote for Israel. Russia and Ukraine expected to support. Syria is set to vote no and several others are doubtful. Meanwhile Arab and Jewish negotiators in Jerusalem discussed boundaries under Red Cross and UN supervision on the hill near the road to the hill of evil.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Israel
Security Council
Council
Aubrey S. Eban
General Assembly
Paris
Palestine
London
U. N
Britain
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Syria
France
Canada
China
Colombia
Belgium
Argentina
Eban
Middle East
U. S
Jerusalem
Red Cross
Belgrade
Danube
Europe
Brothers Face Fraud Charge at Centennial Exposition
Milwaukee man William Skeff and his brother Lou Skeff of Sheboygan were charged with gross fraud for selling employee passes at the Wisconsin centennial exposition. They were to appear in district court to answer the state's charges. Chief C A Elifiitz identified both men, noting William was a ticket taker at the park and that he is a former Sheboygan resident.
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Milwaukee
C. A. Elifiitz
State Fair Park
William Skeff
Louis
Sheboygan
William
Mrs Holsinger Fractures Ankle Stepping From Ladder
Mrs Charles Holsinger aged 62 at 1805 8th street fractured her ankle yesterday stepping backward off a ladder in her home. She received treatment at a local physician's office and the ankle was placed in a cast. She is resting at home.
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Charles Holsinger
8Th Street
Iraq asks Britain to urge Arab legion officers to resign
El Misri reports Iraq has requested Britain advise British officers with Trans-Jordan's Arab Legion to resign or take extended leaves, fueling tensions amid regional instability.
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Cairo
el Misri
Iraq
Britain
Arab Legion
Committees Discuss Bond Plans For City Projects
The mayor's advisory panel and city council finance committee talked over a $250000 general obligation bond for a sewage disposal plant and a 20 year repayment plan of 12500 annually. They may seek sale this fall or next spring after consulting Chapman and Cutler. A $225000 water department bond was also discussed with revenue bond support but no decision reached. Attending: Becker Burmeister Bender Norton Schindler Tschudy Benkert Gorder.
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City Council
City Hall
Monroe
Arthur C. Benkett
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Benkett
Chapman
Cutler
Water Department
John Becker
Roy F. Burmeister
W. C. Bender
Emmett J. Norton
Herman L. Schindler
Henry Tschudy
Benkert
Zenno A. Gorder
Funeral for Mrs Wiley Held Tomorrow in Chippewa Falls
Funeral services for Mrs May Jenkins Wiley wife of U S Senator Alexander Wiley will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev Gomar Finch officiating burial follows at Forest Hill cemetery Mrs Wiley died of a heart attack early Thursday in Valparaiso Indiana while returning from Washington
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Chippewa Falls
May Jenkins Wiley
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Methodist Church
Gomar Finch
Forest Hill Cemetery
Swiss Cheese Industry Board Revived by Local Dealers
Dealers in this area informal revival of a Swiss cheese industry trading board mirrors Plymouth’s American cheese board. June price moves show state grade up two cents from May 55 cents. B and C grades up one cent and mixed increases total 57 for state, 51 for B, 47 for C. Grinders unchanged at 44 cents. Prices uncertain until next week. Limburger holds. consumer resistance remains in the East. Plymouth cheddar sales at auction declined up to four cents with bids and offers detailed for multiple lots and grades. Indiana Condensed Milk Co. reports August milk at 4.40 for 3.5 test, production down 15 percent from last year.
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Plymouth
U. S
C. H. Ferguson
Mrs. I. N. Black of Oregon Dies After Illness
Monroe friends report the death of Mrs. I. N. Black, Oregon, after a two week hospital stay in Madison. Funeral will be Monday at 3 p.m. at the Oregon Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Black is survived by daughter Margaret Bellows, two grandchildren, and one great grandchild. her husband died Aug. 7, 1941, while planning their golden anniversary.
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Monroe
I. N. Black
Oregon
Madison
Oregon Presbyterian Church
Black
L. L Tussler
Tussler
Charles Piper Madison Hotel Owner Dies at 80
Charles E. Piper, an 80 year old member of a pioneer Madison family and longtime figure in local business, died last night. He was the eldest of four brothers who owned the Belmont hotel in Madison.
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Madison
Charles E. Piper
Belmont Hotel
House Group Draws Up Subpoena for Leader of Reds
The House un American Activities Committee drafted a subpoena for J Peters described as a former head of the communist underground. Peters faces deportation proceedings and immunity talks with immigration officials complicate possible testimony. Rep Nixon said Miller will notify the committee of an early deportation hearing time and place.
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Reds
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
J. Peters
Peters
Watson Miller
Commissioner of Immigration
Miller
Rep
Nixon
Calif
Berlin police raids widen as Russian troops seize nine officers
Western and British American sector police report nine German officers kidnapped by Soviet troops near the sector border. Two escaped, four more seized in violence, heightening tension as talks with Moscow on a truce proceed. Soldiers patrol the line while curious residents cluster nearby.
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Berlin
Republicans to Spend Over One Million on Ads nationwide
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Republicans will spend more than 1 million dollars on newspaper advertising during the November 2 general election. A letter from Lockwood Shackelford of Los Angeles, GOP ad agent, says 38 states will host three half page ads in 7000 papers. Local sponsors can customize ads with community names.
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Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lockwood Shackelford
Los Angeles
Republican National Committee
Washington
Foulker 35 Dies at Union Grove School
Arthur Herbert Foulker 35 of Browntown died at 6 55 PM last night at the Southern Wisconsin Colony and Training School Union Grove Wis after a long illness He had been bedridden two years and lived with his parents on a Cadiz township farm He was born December 20 1912 in Cadiz township Survivors include his father four brothers Elmer Ernest Chester and Willis and one sister Mrs Russell Cline Funeral services are 2 PM Monday at Stuessy funeral home Monroe with Rev J L Haack officiating and burial in Cadiz cemetery
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Arthur H. Foulker
Browntown
Wisconsin
Union Grove
Wis
Mr. Foulker
Arthur Herbert Foulker
Cadiz Township
William
Martha Stubbe Foulker
Elmer
Ernest
Chester
Willis
Russell Cline
Frank
Alice
Foulker
Monroe
J. L. Haack
Browntown Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cadiz Cemetery
French British Discuss Moscow Negotiations With Reds
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin met with French Ambassador Rene Massigli to discuss Moscow talks between Russia and the western powers. The Foreign Office offered no details. Speculation arises over possible view differences among France Britain and the United States. U S Ambassador Lewis W Douglas did not attend.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Rene Massigli
Moscow
Russia
Foreign Office
France
Britain
United States
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
Lomakin Set for Return to Russia Saturday
The United States awaited Russian officials to take custody of outgoing tickets for Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin. He sails with his wife and two children aboard the Stockholm to Gothenburg next Saturday amid U S charges he abused his post over the Kasenkina affair.
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United States
Russia
Jacob I. Lomakin
New York
Washington
State Department
Jacob Lomakin
Stockholm
U. S
Lamakin
Kasenkina
Soviet Union
Oksana S. Kasenkina
Lomakin
Truman
Gothenburg
Sweden
Greek Army Seals Pinchers on Rebels in Grammos Sector
Unconfirmed reports say Greek forces closed two arms in Grammos mountain area splitting communist units. The general staff cautioned no confirmation but noted a possible junction of two Greek armies in the region.
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Athens
Grammos
Russians Demand U.S. Police Stay in Berlin Standoff
Russian officers told American officials in a ten minute street conference that armed Soviet troops would remain concentrated in central Berlin as long as U S military police stayed. The clash centered on Berlin’s rival police forces during the civil war.
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Berlin
United States
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