Lawmakers Cite British Delays in Fuchs Case
Hoover told senators that British legal procedures delay access to possible confessions in the Klaus Fuchs case. The FBI fears suspects may flee the United States while awaiting British records. Bricker urged public release of the 1943 Quebec agreement, seen as affecting foreign scientists and U. S. security checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
J. Edgar Hoover
Fuchs
Justice Department
Scotland Yard
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Senate
Appropriations
Bricker
Ohio
Congressional Atomic Committee
Quebec
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Canada
United States
U. S
Grid Player Wins New Trial in Suit
Wisconsin Supreme Court grants new trials for Charles Tollefson, former Green Bay Packer guard, seeking 2700 dollars for 1947 salary balance after waivers and discharge. Also grants new trial to Arnold Gullicksen of Superior, sentenced 1 to 18 years for raping an 88 year old woman, citing improper jury instructions.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Charles Tollefson
Green Bay Packer
E. M. DuQuaine
Green Bay
Tollefson
Packers
High Court
Arnold Gullicksen
Supreme Court
Grain List Yields After Brisk Climb
Chicago grain prices trimmed gains at today’s board of trade after yesterday’s sharp rise. Wheat failed to hold advances as export interest cooled, corn moved lower, and oats led with modest strength on reports the army sought about 800000 bushels of feed grain.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
County Board Sidelights on Mamie Tillema and 4-H leaders
County Board lauded Mamie Tillema for a salary increase last fall and noted her as state president of home agents. Lester Van Loon made his first appearance as assistant county agent, with the extension office since last March. The board praised 133 4-H leaders for years of service, and addressed township reports, surplus in Spring Grove highway funds, and a bridge project. Brooklyn reps Yarwood and Ellis attended roll call.
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Mamie Tillema
Loveland
Green County
Miss Tillema
Home Agents
Lester van Loon
van Loon
Brooklyn
Sheldon Yarwood
H. J. Ellis
Gunmen Rob Baltimore College For 16000 In Cash
Bandits entered Morgan State College library with pistols and held 16 people at bay to seize the day’s receipts. The robbers, described as young Negroes, fled with about 16000 dollars in cash registrations and fees.
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Waymere Our Pour
Morgan State College
Widder Named Milk Sanitarian at Madison
Clarence C. Widder a 39 year old Sheboygan dairy inspector with the public health department since 1941 was appointed milk sanitarian by the state board of health in Madison today.
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Widder
Madison
Clarence C. Widder
Sheboygan
State Board of Health
Department of Public Health
Supervisors Hear Yearly Reports As Session Opens
Green county board of supervisors began the February term with reports from county officers. Treasurer Emanuel G. Stauffacher outlined 1949 receipts and disbursements totaling $1,036,837, with $291,000 in U S certificates and $468,518.23 total assets. The board will inspect the normal school and hear insurance agents regarding state insurance purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
County Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court
J. J. Gruenewald Jr
Juda
Jefferson Township
A. S. Keen
Green County Service
Theodore J. Burgy
Clarence W. Loveland
Burgy
Emanuel G. Stauffacher
U. S
Wilma Lengacher
Chicago Milk Price Upped for January
Federal milk market administrator announced January deliveries in the Chicago area with prices: class I 3.798 per hundredweight, class II 3.498, and classes III IV 3.063. Class I II are six cents higher than December 1949, while II IV are 3.5 cents below December. February prices for class I and II were 3.763 and 8.463 respectively.
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Chicago
Deer Yard Tours To Begin In Wisconsin Counties
The first of three deer yard tours will begin Saturday covering central Wisconsin counties. A second tour starts March 4 in northeastern counties. On March 17 committee members will visit the Flagg yard and Orchard county in Bayfield county. Tours are independent of conservation department technical studies.
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Wisconsin
State Conservation Congress
Deer Committee
Flagg Yard
Bayfield County
Conservation Department
Liberty Slogan Adopted for GOP Attack on Socialism
Republicans in 1950 issued a platform call presenting liberty as the key issue, attacking an all powerful federal government and a planned economy. They urged a balanced budget, spending cuts, repeal of wartime taxes, Taft Hartley changes, farm price supports, and expanded Social Security while warning against Communist influence in government. They pledged cooperative foreign policy with advance consultation and criticized the Truman administration’s fair deal and Brannan plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Alger Hiss
Klaus Fuchs
Senate
House
Party
National Committee
Triman
Europe
Brannan
Strauss Quits AEC Post As Truman Accepts Resignation
Lewis Strauss resigns today from the Atomic Energy Commission. President Truman accepts the withdrawal effective April 15. In a public letter Strauss says he seeks return to private affairs from which he has been separated for long.
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Washington
Lewis v. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
White House
Strauss
Phone Union Postpones Strike Call until Feb 24
A presidential fact finding board under Taft Hartley moves to end the coal strike ahead of a fuel shortage. The three members, headed by David L. Cole, will hear Lewis and operators and report by Monday. A stop strike order could be sought for 80 days. Coal reserves and rail shipments show urgent crisis as miners threaten possible slowdowns.
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Washington
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ieens Oe
Truman
John T. Dunlop
Harvard University
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Association of American Railroads
New York Central
Trumah
Streiff Family Chosen Green County Farm Family
The Walter F Streiff family of New Glarus was selected as Green County s representative farm family for their unity leadership in 4-H and community life. The 284 acre operation milks about 50 cows from a herd of 80 with poultry and hog shows. Dean will pass presidency of the New Glarus 4-H club to Ruth as the family readies for a Madison honor on February 25.
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Walter F. Streiff
New Glarus
Green County
Streiffs
Court House
Streiff
Dean
Ruth
Madison
Baltz Hoesly
and County Breeders Association
New Glarus Club
Miners Defy Truman As Nationwide Coal Walkout Grows
Nearly 375 000 striking miners in 14 states disrupt output amid Taft Hartley law clash. Union leaders vow to ignore injunctions while steel mills and railroads trim operations. In Pennsylvania and West Virginia miners resist orders, insisting on a new contract and a five day week.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United ‘Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
Lewis
West Virginia
Uniontown
Uncle Sam
Truman
Small Show Wins $1,295,878 Award
Milwaukee Towne Corp., operator of the Towne theater, won damages of 1.205 million against eight film distributors including Loew's, Columbia, RKO, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers in a federal anti trust case. Judge John P. Barnes ruled the distributors conspired to deny first run films and fixed admission prices through a uniform Milwaukee clearance schedule.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
John P. Barnes
Milwaukee Towne Corp
Towne Theater
North Third Street
Wisconsin Avenue
Anay Distributing
Barnes
Loew's, Inc
Columbia Pictures Corp
RKO Pictures, Inc
Paramount Pictures, Inc
20Th Century Fox Films Corp
Warner Brothers Pictures Distributing Corp
Warner Brothers Circuit Maagement Corp
Warner Brothers Theaters, Inc
Milwaukee Burglars Fire Shot at Worker at Auto Garage
John E. Raudner, 38, parked at an auto service firm in Milwaukee Monday night when two burglars entered the garage after he opened the door. One fired a shot at him as he was told to lie down. The men fled the scene a moment later.
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Milwaukee
John E. Raudner
Williams Signs Record $125 000 Red Sox Contract
Ted Williams of Boston signed his 1950 contract for a reported 125000 dollars the highest salary ever paid a baseball player for a single season Neither Williams nor GM Joe Cronin would name the exact amount though it was estimated at about 90000 plus bonuses based on attendance in 1949
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Ted Williams
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Williams
Joe Cronin
New Aircraft Rocket Packs Mighty Punch For Combat in Skies
The Defense Department announced a hard-hitting new air-to-air rocket named Mighty Mouse, successfully test fired over the California desert. Navy officers call it the first U S air-to-air rocket with greater speed than World War I era rockets. Small enough for mass carriage by its carrier aircraft, it promises to destroy any known plane with a direct hit. Built for modern high speed planes engaging other aircraft.
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Irwellington
Navy
Department of Defense
California
U. S
Department
Veterans To Get Second Dividend
The Veterans Administration plans a second dividend for World War II veterans life insurance in 1951. The payment will be smaller than the $2.8 billion current disbursement, with about 65 percent in the first six months and the rest by year’s end. After that, annual dividends will occur only when a surplus is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans | Administration
Congress
H. W. Breining
National Service Life Insurance Program
Tax Leak Plugs to Include Unions in Tax Reforms
The Washington treasury department urged Congress to require labor unions to pay regular corporate tax on for profit business activities, alongside charitable and educational groups. The Ways and Means Committee weighs loophole closures with Treasury estimating about half a billion dollars extra yearly. President Truman referenced exemptions for education and charitable groups in a prior fax, but did not mention unions.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Truman
Dilweg to run for U.S. senator on Democratic ticket
Gerald Clifford, attorney, announced that LaVern R. Dilweg will definitely be a Democratic candidate for U.S. senator. Dilweg, a former partner of Clifford, represented Wisconsin’s eighth district from 1942 to 1944, and was a Marquette football star in the 1920s who played for the Green Bay Packers.
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Greenway
Gerald Clifford
LaVern R. Dilweg
U. S
Dilweg
Clifford
Wisconsin
Marquette
Green Bay Packers
Yields to Ching Appeal for Delay For Further Talks
Washington CIO communications workers postponed the nationwide telephone strike to February 24 at 6 a.m. Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching sought more time for conciliators to settle the dispute. Union President Joseph A. Beirne said the nine man executive board voted to delay the strike in hopes of a settlement. Beirne noted a postponement order was sent to the unions.
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Washington
CIO
Cyrus S. Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
Ching
Beirne
State Denied Writ in Wisconsin Telephone Strike Case
Circuit Judge Roland J. Steinle denied the state's petition for an injunction to halt picketing of telephone exchanges in Wisconsin. With the strike threat removed, the judge ruled there is nothing here that requires action by this court.
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Alwaukee
ULP
Roland J. Steinle
Wisconsin
Steinle
Bell Telephone workers prepare first wave of 100000 strike
The first wave of a nationwide Bell system walkout draws 100000 workers with a deadline of 6 a m Friday Feb 24. CWA CIO actions hinge on wage dispute terms and public interest with talks aiming at a peaceful settlement. Additional potential strikes could involve 200000 more after March 1.
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Bell Telephone
Ching
Beirne
Wre
Western Electric
Pacific
Southwestern
Mountain States
New Jersey
GOP Candidate Wins in Thomas Seat Race
William B Widnall, 43 year old Republican assemblyman, won a special election in New Jersey's 7th district for the late J Parnell Thomas seat. The victory, the year's first nationwide vote, boosted GOP strength in the House to 170 to 261 for Democrats. Widnall defeated Democrat George T English by more than a two to one margin in the traditionally Republican district.
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Haenensaen
William B. Widnall
New Jersey
J. Parnell Thomas
House of Representatives
Widnall
George T. English
Company K Stands Inspection Tonight at Armory
Company K will undergo federal inspections at the armory tonight with Col. Alexander Adair of the 5th Army as inspecting officer. Regimental officers from Monroe include Col. C. A. Moldenhauer Maj. Robert Schiller Lt. How ard' Counselman and CWO Hugo Voelkli. The annual property inventory was conducted by Capt. Edwin Fenske and Capt. H. A. Moore at Camp Douglas.
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V. Nou Imantry
Alexander Adair
5Th Army
C. A. Moldenhauer
Robert Schiller
Howard’ Counselman
CWO
Hugo Voelkli
Monroe
Edwin Fenske J
H. A. Moore
Camp Douglas
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Evert Green
Spring Grove Township
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Rome
Pier_Luigi Guidotti
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Dr. Guidotti
David L. Cole
Paterson, N. J
Lewis Strauss
AEC
Brown
Maxwell
Unionto Pa
Milwaukee Theater Sued Movie Films
GOP
Thomas
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