Terror at Detroit Emergence of Terror in Auto Workers Union
A Detroit union war era story recounts two assassination attempts on Walter and Victor Reuther and a deadly dynamite bomb found at the union headquarters on the eve of Christmas. Police have not identified the bomber. tips triggered the search leading to the explosive. The piece condemns terrorism as un-American and harmful to labor unity.
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Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Walter
Victor Reuther
Union
Vacancy in Wisconsin agriculture dept follows Button resignation
Milton H Button resigns as director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture ending a wartime era of leadership. The state board seeks a capable administrator with broad experience to guide agriculture and farm product marketing, earning farmers’ trust and aligning programs with times ahead. The board will select the best executive to sustain agriculture and its rewards.
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Milton H. Button
State Department of Agriculture
Button
State Board
Wisconsin
Mechanized Christmas Scene Open At Weathersby Farm
Mr and Mrs William Weathersby invite the public to view their electrically operated Christmas tableau near Fish's Corner on Luther Valley road. The moving scene runs until January 7 except Tuesdays and Thursdays with 24 minute operations representing 24 hours.
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Brodhead
William Weathersby
Fish 'S Corner
Luther Valy Church
Young Actress Dates Ralph Kiner Amid Links to Liz Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor’s latest date is baseball star Ralph Kiner. The premiere event paired Kiner with the actress as she moves among big names. Earlier engagements and rumored romances include Glenn Davis Montgomery Clift and Vic Damone. Meanwhile in Wyanet Illinois Lee Ward Doty, 15, died after a collision near Lake Geneva. Roy C. Henley, driver of the truck involved, faces reckless driving charges.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Handsome Kiner
Liz
Glenn Davis
Army
All America
Montgomery Clift
Vic Damone
Santa and The Magician CHAPTER XVI Wiggle Waggles Trap Santa
Zezop and the Wiggle Waggles overpower Santa as gum drops spill from pockets and a magical wand is nearly within reach. Mr Dilly disguises as Santa while Henry, in the bicycle shop, plots to save Christmas and halt the Wiggle Waggles at Santa’s cottage.
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Zezop
Santa
Humphrey
Santa Land
Zerop
Senta
Mr. Dilly
Henry
Tweedleknees
Sai
Wiggle Waggles and a Feathered Christmas Echo
Henry wakes in a bicycle shop to find Mr Dilly missing and suspects the Wiggle Waggles. He cuts open a lute box and finds a tiny gold feather with silver writing bearing a Merry Christmas message. The moment fills him with joy as he reads the note.
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Zezop
Little Henry
Dilly
Patrick Tweedleknees
Nativity Scene in New Glarus Park by Lions Club
A lifesize Nativity display, funded by Lions Club circus proceeds, rises in New Glarus village park. The Holy scene sits beside a small lit church, with shepherds and lit arches of Christmas lights over main intersections.
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Lions Club
Official Yule Gift Dismissal in Car Unauthorized Charge
A charge of taking a car without the owner's consent against Thomas W. McDonald, 25, Lake Geneva, was dismissed Wednesday as Christmas nears. Mrs. Janet F. Thompson of Rhinelander, owner, told Judge H. F. Steele she wished the charge dropped.
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Rhinelander
Thomas W. McDonald
Lake Geneva
Janet F. Thompson
H. F. Steele
Brannan Stirs Farmer Problem in Washington Debate
The farm sector faces a bitter clash between Secretary of Agriculture Brannan and major farm groups led by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange. Key issue is the Brannan plan. It aims to raise farm prices via government payments while keeping consumer prices low. The dispute centers on who should speak for farmers and could affect future congressional farm legislation.
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Ovid A. Mesum
Washington
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Farm Bureau
Brannan backs farmer committeemen as rival farm group
The agriculture department aims to establish the farmer committeemen as a competing organization to private farm groups. Brannan and earlier leaders urged the committeemen to relay farmers ideas and desires directly to the department.
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Agriculture Department
Brannan
Goetzel Tour Leader Meets Wisconsin Visitors
Chester J. Goetz en route to Miami meets Joseph Mercedes at the Wisconsin Tourist Bureau in Nashville. Mercedes talks of visits to governors in several states and distributes Swiss cheese from Monroe with invites to Cheese Day on Sept 9 and Gov Rennebohm’s vacation invitation. They visit Dr L E Creasy in St Petersburg and meet Jacob Hoffmann in Miami, who bought the Eugene hotel. Leon Goetz, Chester’s brother, is in the Keys adding to a drugstore purchased recently.
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War Ana Mus
Chester J. Goetz
Miami
Joseph Mercedes
Wisconsin Tourist Bureau
Nashville
Mercedes
Monroe
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
St. Petersburg
L E. Creasy
Maimi
Jacob Hoffmann
South Bend
Eugene
Hoffmann
Goetz
Leon Goetz
Chester
Keys
Wallace couple graduates from mortuary school in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wallace have completed studies at the Chicago Worsham Training school of mortuary science. Mrs Wallace, formerly Gerude Burington, earned the Feinburg Pathology Key for outstanding work. The couple plans to reside in Orangeville.
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Wallaces
Orangeville
Kenneth Wallace
Chicago Worsham Training School of Mortuary Science
Wallace
Gerrude Burington
Feinburg Pathology
Shullsburg Couple Injured in Head-On Crash
James W. Alderson 69 and his wife Margaret 72 were thrown from their car in a head-on collision three miles west of Freeport on state route 20. Mrs Alderson suffered deep forehead and left hand lacerations while her husband had minor injuries to his left arm. The Aldersons were westbound when their car drifted onto the soft shoulder and struck John Holkstra 33 of Chicago, who sustained bruises to the knee and forehead.
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Sumsoury
James W. Alderson
Margaret
Freeport
Courthouse Decoration Work Begins Under Ruch Contract
Courthouse hall washing and painting started under a summer contract awarded to Charles F. Ruch with assistance from William J. Timmons. The halls will be painted light green like the circuit courtroom. Jail paint work has been completed. The long delayed spy conspiracy trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev was postponed again. trial was set for December 27.
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Ruch
Court House
Charles F. Ruch
Wiliam J. Timmons
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soils Unit Truck in Sealed Bid Lot
A 1940 half ton truck used by the soils conservation department is among 38 items offered for sale by sealed bid. Bids due by 2:30 PM Tuesday at a Milwaukee address. A list of items is posted at the post office and courthouse. Green County Conservation has a new truck.
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Soils Conservation Department
Nic Calabresa
Soils Conservation Head
Milwaukee
Green County Conservation Up
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Alfred Harvey
Amos Hamman
P. A. Schuh
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Marshal Blunt
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Joseph Fritz
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South Dearborn St
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C.J. Goetzel
Harvey S. Stauffacher
White Block
Bruni-Miller Company
12Th Street
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Rayon Damask
Madeira
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