Wallace Targeted by Egg and Tomato Barrages in South
Henry Wallace faced egg and tomato throwing as he spoke to about 2,500 people at the Mecklenburg courthouse in Charlotte. Police warned of arrests for disruptions as Wallace pressed on with his southern tour amid boos and debris. He earlier endured similar incidents in Burlington and Greensboro, expressing anger at the mistreatment.
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Charlotte
N. C
Henry Wallace
Mecklenburg
Wallace
Progressive Party
Asheville
Frank N. Littlejohn
Iowa
Burlington
Truman slams egg throwing at Wallace as un American
President Truman described the egg throwing incident at Henry A. Wallace in North Carolina as a highly un American business. Press Secretary Ross quoted the president urging fair play and noting Wallace is entitled to speak his piece like any other American.
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Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Charles G. Ross
Wallace faces opposition at Winston-Salem rally
Wallace endures egg yolk stained clothes and rain as crowds of about 2,500, mostly Black, chant We Want Wallace and Down With Wallace. He attacks the Marshall Plan while police and officials denounce violence and segregation barriers loom in southern states as Wallace plans non segregated venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Winston-Salem
Russia
Peel Poe
Mary Price
Gregg Cherry
Durham
Virginia
Eugene (Bull) Conner
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
City Seeks Bids For Proposed Water Well
The city plans to bid its proposed new water department well this week with bids due by 4 p m Friday September 24. Bids may not be withdrawn for 90 days, and the city may reject all bids. The process supports a potential bond issue for water department improvements and expansion.
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City Water Department
Zenno A. Gorder
Water Department
Gorder
State Public Service Commission
State Board of Health
Joseph Steinter
20Th Avenue
E. B. Rosa
Highway 69
Herbert Mulvihill Dies at Brodhead
Herbert Graham Mulvihill 44 a World War II veteran died suddenly at his home in Brodhead from a heart attack. Born August 18 1904 he was discharged in July 1945 after nearly three years service. Surviving are his father John C Mulvihill a sister Mrs Paul Ten Eyck Evansville and four nieces. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Newcomer Funeral Home Rev J C Robertson officiating with burial in Greenwood Cemetery and military rites by the American Legion post.
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Brodhead
Herbert Graham Mulvihill
John
Ida Graham Mulvihill
John C
Paul Ten Eyck
Evansville
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
American Legion Post
Cassell Pleads Guilty and Receives Prison Term
Berlyn Cassell a 30 year old city employee pleaded guilty to statutory rape and was sentenced by Judge Harold J Lambolev to not less than 12 nor more than 18 months in state prison at Waupun. He will be transported tomorrow by Sheriff Evan Chambers. accompanying are Emil Baumgartner Joseph Riedweg of Monroe and C H Ferguson of Albany. The arrest followed a complaint by a Monroe girl aged 14 made to District Attorney Rudolph Reger.
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Berlyn Cassell
Waupun
Harold J. Lambolev
Cassell
Evan Chambers
Chambers
Emil Baumgartner
Joseph Riedweg
Monroe
C. H. Ferguson
Albany
Rudolph Reger
Chicago Woman Near Death to Take U S Citizenship Oath
Mrs Antoinette Blatnick a 66 year old widow dying of cancer will receive the oath to become a U S citizen. Federal Judge Walter J LaBay will visit her home to administer the oath though she is bedridden and unable to appear in court. Blatnick born in Yugoslavia arrived in 1903 and filed her citizenship papers last January through attorney Henry J Brandt. The physicians say she cannot recover.
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Chicago
Antoinette Blatnick
Walter J. LaBay
Henry J. Brandt
LaBay
Mrs Paul Tripke Footville Dies at 76
Mrs. Paul Tripke of Footville, aged 76, died at home after a week of illness. Born Lena Augusta Koepfer in Hamburg in 1872, she married Paul Tripke in 1892. Survived by husband, five daughters, three sons, 25 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. burial at Grove cemetery Footville after services at Church of Christ Footville with Rev. Barney Stevens.
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Brodhead
Paul Tripke
Footville
Verne Wells
William Reigle
Lena Augusta Koepfer
Hamburg
Germany
Charles
Sophie Koepker
Pearl McCoy
Evansville
Francis O’grady
Janesville
Harold Rhinehart
Rockford
Howard Tripke
Salem
Ark
Vernon
Beloit
Melvin
Tripke
Church of Christ At
King’s Daughter Society
Church of Christ
Barney Stevens
Grove
Newcomer Funeral Home
Ralph Immell Lands State Labor Record
Ralph Immell Madison candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination praised Wisconsin workmen's compensation and unemployment compensation programs in a home city speech. Gov Rennebohm replied with a sharp letter declining a debate on labor legislation, accusing Immell of repeatedly irresponsible statements as to facts.
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Associated Press
Ralph Immell
Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Immell
Harper Resigns From State Planning Board
Assemblyman Hugh A. Harper of Lancaster resigns from the state planning board. Gov Rennebohm accepts the resignation with regret. Harper has served on the board since June 26, 1937.
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Harper
Planning Board
Madison
Hugh A. Harper
Lancaster
State Planning Board
Rennebohm
Assemblyman
Highway Accident Victim Loses Arm
Five people were injured in a two car crash near Browntown on a town road at 7:10 p m. Henry Van Meter 31 of Browntown lost his left arm in the collision and was taken to St Clare hospital. Elman Blum was cut on his left arm and several Blum family members sustained minor injuries. The Blum car left the road, struck a bank and overturned.
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Henry van Meter
Browntown
St. Clare Hospital
Spece
van Meter
Elman Blum
Blum
Thomas Blum
Harold
Richard Blum
Frederick Blum
Elma Blum
van Meier
Stuessy
Ben Bauman
Madison Man Killed By Own Automobile
Edward Ryan aged 72 was fatally crushed when his running car rolled forward in front of a rear garage at his Madison home. He had stopped the vehicle to open the doors and stepped out as it moved, coroner Dr. David Atwood said there would be no inquest.
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Madison
Edward Ryan
David Atwood
Dane County
Ryan
Atwood
Democrats Urge Continuation of European Recovery Plan
Democratic candidates for senator from Illinois Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Michigan urged continuation of the European recovery program and settlement of United States Russian disputes without appeasement at a Midlands conference.
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Chicago
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Michigan
19 Green County Youths Register Under Draft Law
Seventy nine Green county youths registered yesterday the first day for the new draft law. Registrations continue through Sept 18 at the armory with two days for each age group. Robert John Hartwig born July 18 1923 was the first in his age group to sign up. Mrs Clara Ritter appeals for volunteer registrars as teachers aid in the mass effort.
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Green County
Clara Ritter
Selective Service Board
Armory
Robert John Hartwig
Ralph Leopold
17Th Street
Harold Thurston
Harold Zander
Route 5
Leopold
Zander
Schmitz
Peacetime draft begins as 25 year olds register
The 1923 class joins the peacetime draft process after registering today. Officials expect most 22 and 23 year olds to enter the next draft wave, with the Army planning 10 900 more inductees in December and about 30 000 monthly thereafter. Navy and Air Force rely on volunteers through June. A small protest by about a dozen youths occurred in Columbus.
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Associated Press
Selective Service
Army
Hughes Funeral Services Held Today at Riverside Church
Charles Evans Hughes, former chief justice and New York governor, died Friday night in Massachusetts. Funeral services were conducted at Riverside Church by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick. The casket was to be moved at noon into the church after resting in the nave.
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Riverside Church
United States
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hughes
New York State
U S Destruction Alleged by Peters Witness Claims
Whittaker Chambers identified J Peters as the top underground leader who urged destroying the United States at a House subcommittee spy hearing in New York. Peters refused to answer questions about communist affiliations, facing potential contempt charges as deportation proceedings proceed.
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Chambers
Peters
J. Peters
Whittaker Chambers
Robert Stripling
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Beginen
John McDowell
R-Pa
Subcommittee
AP Wireoto
New York
America
United States
American Activities Subcommittee
Communist Party
Immigration and Naturalization Service
George Hewitt
Communist Party National Committee
House Committee
Cit
Washington
Time Magazine
Czechoslovakia
Fire Marshal to Probe Fitzgibbons Building Blaze
Fire Chief H L Sickinger requested a state investigation into the Fitzgibbons building fire that destroyed the structure with losses over 100000. State Fire Marshal J A Krug and aide Harry Katz arrived to interview witnesses and determine origin after reports of two suspicious men near the scene. The third floor storage area was the start point, and a separate Thursday blaze caused 2000 in damage at Swiss Colony property.
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H. L. Sickinger
Fitzgibbons
Sickinger
J. A. Krug
Monroe
Harry Katz
State Fire Marshal’s Office
State Insurance Department
Ex-GIs Auctioned by Pay Gripe in Axis Sally Case
A group of former GIs told Rep. Andrews they are worse off after leaving German captivity than as witnesses in the Axis Sally treason case. They say the justice department $5 per day for food and board is insufficient in Washington. Three of them spoke for about 20 former war prisoners subpoenaed as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Hit
Justice Department For Food and Board
Rep. Andrews
D-Ala
Gratiot Man Charged With Liquor Procuring
Thurl Carpenter a 24 year old Gratiot man was bound over to county court after pleading guilty to procuring liquor for minors. Monroe police arrested him last Friday night for obtaining liquor from a Monroe tavern for two Darlington boys who were released as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurl Carpenter
Justice of the Peace
L. A. Koenig
Carpenter
Monroe
Darlington
1947 Taxes Averaged 344.46 Per Person Nationwide
Census Bureau reports total tax collections for the year ended June 30 1947 at 49.603 billion with per person average of 344.46. Federal share stood at 257.36 while states and localities collected 46.84 and 40.26 respectively. Government totals reflect federal dominance in overall taxation.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Investigators Probe Lightning Link To Northwest Flight Crash
Investigators sought to determine if lightning caused the Northwest Airlines crash that killed 37 people near Fountain City Wisconsin and Alma Minnesota. Witnesses described lightning strikes and falling debris as NWA ordered inspections of its fleet while Civil Aeronautics Board examined wreckage.
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Winona
Minn
Aiirlines
Fountain City
Wis
Howard Rackow
Henry F. Stohr
Alma
Government weighs exporting hard lumber restrictions
The commerce department said it is considering freeing some lumber products from export controls including oak lumber and all hardwood flooring except oak. The request came from a committee of lumber exporters advising the Office of International Trade which administers the controls. The committee urged that foreign nations be informed that the domestic lumber shortage is over and that many varieties are available for export.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Office of International Trade
OIT
Tito promotes friends in Yugoslavia leadership shakeup
Premier Marshal Tito elevated Eduard Kardelj and Alexander Rankovic to greater power in a cabinet and party restructuring. The move strengthens trusted lieutenants within the government and party apparatus in Belgrade.
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Tito
London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Eduard Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Berlin talks between Russian and western military governors end after an hour
In Berlin the Russian and western military governors adjourned a first meeting in five months after about an hour with no statement on the blockade or currency issues. A continuation was planned for tomorrow as talks resume between Moscow and the western Allies over Berlin’s future and the currency dispute.
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Associated Press
Germany
Berlin
Kremlin
Eee Molotov
Stalin
U. S
Britain
France
State Department
Washington
Michael McDermott
Molotov
Russia
Moscow
Allied Control Council
Francois Seydoux
Pierre Koenig
Ruhr
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Miss
Fielding L. Wright
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Herbert Mulvihill
U.S
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Gratiot
Europe
Bonn
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
Robert Schuman
Andre Marie
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