Mundt Seeks Vaughan's Status in White House Inquiry
Senator Mundt vows to grill Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan over authority at the White House while noting Truman may not know all details of Vaughan’s activities. Vaughan is set to testify tomorrow amid a probe into influence and a 1945 military plane trip for John Maragon.
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Washington
Mundt
RSD
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Truman
Vaughan
Army
Chicago
Mr. Truman
Europe
John Maragon
Maragon
Senate
Albert Verley Co
Rioting Halts Paul Robeson Concert Near Peekskill
Robeson supporters plan to ask Gov. Dewey for a probe into the riot that canceled a Saturday night concert near Peekskill New York. They allege police protection failures and accuse officials of aiding an anti communist rally preceding the three hour disturbance. About 5000 in a darkened woodland grove heard the events during a Civil Rights Congress sponsored event.
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New York
Wackers
Paul Robeson
Thomas E. Dewey
Robeson
Westchester
Beson
Dewey
Nathaniel Goldstein
Peekskill
N. Y
Civil Rights Congress
Justice Department
Saturday Shower Brings Area Hail and Power Outage
A Saturday storm produced scattered thundershowers across eastern parts of the county with brief hail and heavy winds at Juda. No serious damage was reported. A Wisconsin Power and Light outage affected the 132,000 volt system, causing a countywide blackout around 10:30 p.m. as crews stabilized the grid. Temperatures dipped to 54 overnight and rose to 78 by noon.
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Monroe
Juda
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
W. S. MacDonald
Snowden Tot Hurt When Hit by Auto
Marianne Snowden twenty two month old daughter of Dr and Mrs Paul W Snowden of 2516 6th street was struck by a car in front of her home Saturday at 717 pm. She suffered bruises and bumps with no fractures reported by her father. The car was driven by John M Wood of Albany with Victor Zentner of Albany as a passenger. Police cited poor visibility as darkness approached and noted uncertainty how the child entered the street. The infant had been with her father moments earlier and was treated at home. Green County highway police investigated two additional weekend accidents involving several cars and a horse drawn wagon with no injuries.
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Paul W. Snowden
6Th Street
John M. Wood
Albany
Victor Zentner
Dr. Snowden
Marianne
Green County Highway Police
August Meier
Scofield
Madison
Elver Wild
Monticello
Washington Township
Meier
Marion Morse
Bradshead
Smith Halstead
Pecatonica
Rock-Green County Line
Oscar Johnson
Route 3
Brodhead
Halstead
Mr. Halstead
Clara Hassel
Makes Forced Landing at Youngstown In Drizzling Dark
A Northwest Airlines flight with 46 passengers and three crew members landed safely in Youngstown in drizzling darkness. Two passengers sustained minor injuries. In York Maine Justice Wiley B Rutledge, 55, is hospitalized at the York Village hospital after a medical stay.
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Youngstown
Northwest Airlines
Justice Rutledge
York, Me
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
York’ Village Hospital
Hurricane's Fury Diminishes as Storm Trips North
The hurricane weakened as it moved northeast through North Carolina and southern Virginia after devastating Florida. It lashed the Carolinas with 50 to 80 mph winds, caused injuries and power outages, and redirected toward the Atlantic while Florida faced peak damage. Estimates ranged from 40 to 50 million dollars, with citrus crop losses feared up to 20 percent.
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N. C
North Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Gold Coast
Carolina
Piedmont
Maryland
Carolinas
Georgia
Roanoke
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
Fort Lauderdale
Atlantic
Lake Okeechobee
Suwannee
Grady Norton
Warren O’johnson
Lakeland Weather Bureau
Mrs Roosevelt Says Youth Congress Followed Communist Line
Mrs. Roosevelt stated she knew for a long time that the American Youth Congress aligned with the communist line yet cooperated with it. She added the experience proved invaluable in understanding tactics faced in the United Nations.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Youth Congress
United Nations
Belgrade dismisses Balkan war rumors as Yugoslavia stays calm
Yugoslavia publicly shrugs off rumors of Soviet backed clashes with its Balkan neighbors. Government spokesmen deny troop moves and Sabotage charges, insisting rumors are unfounded while Tito remains on Brioni and continues official duties.
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Yugoslavia
Balkan
Belgrade
Balkans
Russia
Marshal Tito
Istrian
Danube River
Rus
Lights on Square To Glow Saturday Lights on Square to Glow Saturday
The ornamental lights on court house square will be burning Saturday night if the contractors have good luck. Madison based O T Havey Electric Co. started hauling old posts back, hoping to finish setup and rewiring before Saturday. City crews and Vinton Construction Co. workers cleaned debris, filled meter bases, and completed the new curb as the square nears final concrete work and gravel fill.
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Court House Square
O. T. Havey Electrical Contracting Co
Madison
Vinton Construction C
Vinton
Court House
Six GAR Veterans Consider Last Encampment Proposals
Six Grand Army of the Republic veterans, all 102 and older, gather in Rochester for the last encampment discussions. Notables include Charles L. Chappel of Long Beach and Albert Woolson of Duluth, with plans for a memorial stamp sale and a packed convention that draws national guards and police for crowd control.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Charles L. Chappel
Long Beach Calif
Chappel
Robert Barrett
Princeton
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Jame A. Hard
Rochester N.Y
Gannett
Claypool
Joseph Clovese
Pontiac
Mich
Congress
Barrett
Robert E. Fellers
Four Generations Of Mayers Patients At St. Clare Hospital
Four generations of the Mayers family are at St. Clare hospital with the great grandmother Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer age 89, the grandfather Frank C. DeVoe, the mother Mrs. Herbert C. Soddy, and the newborn Soddy daughter born Thursday. The baby's grandmother Mrs. DeVoe entered Saturday for a day procedure after a fracture of her left forearm suffered while caring for the children. Great grandmother Mayer has been a patient since May 7 after hip fracture complications. Grandfather DeVoe has been bed ridden since a haying accident on June 15.
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Tne
Sunviny
Down Town
St. Clare Hospital
Ferdinand Mayer
Frank C. DeVoe
Herbert C. Soddy
Soddy
DeVoe
Mayer
St. Clare
Infant polio diagnosed in Lafayette County case
Three month old Anna Marie Dower of Lafayette County is diagnosed with poliomyelitis. Taken by ambulance to St. Francis hospital Freeport after a spinal test confirmed the Monroe doctor’s verdict. The infant shows paralysis of all extremities neck stiffness and hand muscle spasms with no respiratory trouble yet. Treatment focuses on nursing care limb motion and hot packs.
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Lafayete County
Anna Marie Dower
Robert F. Dower
Gratiot
South Wayne
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Madison
Monroe
Death mixup causes AP report on Jensen and Jensen
A misidentified obituary circulated by the Associated Press due to similar names. Jens Jensen, 89, an urban landscape figure, supposedly died at Sturgeon Bay hospital, but the deceased was John Jensen, 65, of West Sturgeon Bay, who had been ill with an internal disorder. Martha Fulkerson confirmed Jens Jensen is alive and in improving health.
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Jens Jensen
Ellison B
Associated Press
World’s Landscape Architects
Sturgeon Bay Hospital
John Jensen
West Sturgeon Bay
Martha Fulkerson
Officials deny Schaar grilling in Weckler kidnap case
Wisconsin and Illinois officials denied reports of progress in the 1947 Georgia Jean Weckler kidnap investigation. District Attorney Rodney O. Kittelsen said Schaar was not given a lie detector test and there were no new developments linking him to the case. He planned to discuss mental evaluation with Schaar’s lawyer, awaiting Judge Lamboley’s vacation return.
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Wisconsin
Ilinois
Green County
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Matt Sollivan
Charles Wilson
State Crime Laboratory
Robert J. Schaar
Schaar
Freeport
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Stephenson County
Rockford
Beloit
Weckler
Kittelsen
Normal School Sets Enrollment At Twenty For Fall
Green County Normal school plans enrollment of twenty with classes to begin tomorrow. Otto W. Lund principal said enrollment likely includes twelve juniors and eight seniors.
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Normal School
Green County Normal School
Otto W. Lund
Truman vows aid as Europe faces economic tensions
President Truman pledged full American cooperation to crisis-ridden Britain and urged mutual concession among free nations to restore global prosperity and peace. He warned the world trade balance is out of kilter, linked Britain’s crisis to postwar recovery, and stressed that enduring peace requires a healthy international economy.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Britain
Russia
Washington
American Legion
Sharlpy
United States
Soviet Union
Rural schools reopen as new term starts in Green county
Today marks the first day of school for most of Green county's eight one room schools. A few began last week and remaining buildings will open with village and city schools next week. County superintendent Miss Florence Wartenweiler and supervising teacher Miss Ruth Schlicher begin visits midweek with health checks to follow by county nurse Miss Ruth Chase.
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Green County
Florence Wartenweiler
Ruth Schlicher
Ruth Chase
Truman moves to bridge farm policy rift in White House talks
Washington reports Senator Elmer Thomas disclosed a direct move by President Truman to settle differences among his democratic advisers on farm programs at a meeting Wednesday. In Kenosha a six year old boy F Timothy Law died of polio at a local hospital, the citys second polio fatality of the year.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Truman
Kenosha
F. Timothy Law
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