Lobbyists spend over five million in recent congress session
Senate war committee revealed that 47 registered lobbyists and groups spent an estimated five million dollars during the last session. Only 132 have filed reports showing two point seven million in expenditures led by the American Federation of Labor at eight hundred twenty thousand. Rent control and housing push drew about two hundred thousand as lobbyists aimed to revise rules. Many others operate without official registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Senate
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Association of Rent State
Skeechaensens Sosamuasiens Okie
Cardinals defeat Haas Tavern team in minor league tourney
In a minor league tournament, the Cardinals defeated Haas Tavern 16 to 2. The item notes an international incident in Orient involving a British envoy and the wounding of a diplomat, with subsequent confusion and a stumble.
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Cardinals
Haas’ Tavern
Orient
Walter A. Hausknecht
Red Cross
John H. Figi
Dennis Bapst
Fred Strahm
York
Argyle Man Critically Injured in Car Crash
John Flanagan 71 of Argyle was critically injured as a passenger when his car collided with another on Highway 78 near Mt. Horeb. He suffered a skull fracture and broken leg and was taken to Mt. Horeb hospital.
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John Flanagan
Route 1
Argyle
Mt. Horeb
Flanagan
Dane County
Malcolm Muenich
22Nd Avenue
Monroe
Muenich
Don C Wright Resigns to Take Over Missouri Papers
Don C Wright, editor of the Daily Record in Roswell New Mexico, resigns effective September 1 to move to Crane Missouri and supervise ownership and operation of three weekly papers in his home county. The family will relocate to Crane while daughters Jean and Jo stay in New Mexico for now. Wright has deep experience in newspaper work from the mechanical side and aims to realize a long standing ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Wright
Daily Record
Roswell
N. M
The
Times
Crane
Missouri
Jean
New Mexico
Wright
Milwaukee Union Barbers Raise Haircut Price to One Dollar
The AFL barbers' union voted to extend the $1 haircut price from downtown shops to all union barber shops in Milwaukee, making a citywide price increase effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
AFL Barbers’ Union
Abby and Barry Meet Abby's Father in Tense Lunch Scene
Abby and Barry confront Mrs Gambel's exit and lay plans as Abby's father Norman Wallace arrives. He questions the marriage's haste and asserts Abby's freedom while promising to send announcements. Barry deflects with humor and resolve. The scene ends with Wallace leaving and Abby rushing to the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Barry
Craig
Morton
Gambel
Barry Lambert
New York
Vermont
Norman Wallace
Duncan House
Madge
Duncan
Emerson
Pesa
Wallace
William Fryer Dies After Illness in Orangeville Home
William Fryer, born in Germany September 18, 1867, died yesterday at his Orangeville home after a long illness. He was nearly 80, formerly ran a creamery and farmed in Oneco township. Surviving are his widow Julia, two sons Clinton B. of Orangeville and Harry C. of Freeport, one grandchild and four great grandchildren, a brother Frank of Buena Vista, and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Times Special
William Fryer
Germany
Fryer
Oneco Township
August
Hannah Starr Fryer
Stephenson County
Obituary Notices for Bertha Resh and Allies
Bertha Resh and Mrs Millie Pash of Freeport along with Mrs Emma Kraus of Grand Rapids and Mrs Elizabeth Bennethen of Hollywood California are named in a family notice. The deceased was survived by parents and two sisters and services are at Burlington Funeral Home at 2 PM Thursday with Rev Christen Peifer of Lena officiating. Burial in Mt Pleasant cemetery five miles west of Orangeville.
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Bertha Resh
Millie Pash
Freeport
Emma Kraus
Grand Rapids
Mich
Elizabeth Bennethen
Hollywood
Calif
Burington Funeral Home
Christen Peifer
Lena
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Orangeville
Canada Wheat Crop Plunges to 340 Million Bushels
Canada reports 1947 wheat yield estimated between 340 000 000 and 360 000 000 bushels. The Winnipeg dispatch notes the drop from earlier projections and places the figure within this range as final tallies near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Winnipeg
Harvest Forecast Dampened by Weather and Pests
Agricultural officials acknowledge uncertainty in yield as harvest begins in many areas. They concede no crop can reach last year's about 418 million bushels due to late spring hail insects drought and excessive rain in some regions and disease.
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe Daily Journey
Monrroe Evening Times CO
Emery A. Odell
Monroe, Wis
Associated Press
Aseociated Presse
Board OF Directors
Editorial
Evening Times
Green County
Legion
Beloit
William Moore
Reac
T. B. Test
Janesville
J. B. Humphrey
Edwin Wolf
Cadiz
Baldwin
Mr. Wallace
Robert Duncan
Michelangelo
Adam
Pinehurst
ROTE
Green County Normal School
Wisconsin
Otto W. Lund
Prin
Enna Jerrick
Wally
Kundert Shoe Shop
Pat
Ce Thorp Finance Corp
Harvey S. Stauffacher Chiropractor
White Block
Mautz
Eubly Paint
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Woody Herman
Peggy Lee
Dave Barbour
WBBM
WISN
WTAQ
J. E. Lovell
Monroe, Wisco
Treasury
War Or Navy Departments
Veterans Administration
the Commercial & Savings Bank Ser
F.d.1.c
Thor
Phillip
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