Lackland Scramble Spurs Senators Probe of Air Force Greed
Washington notes a Senate inquiry into air force training centers after Lackland base overcrowding and a push to recruit volunteers. Senators Johnson and colleagues allege deliberate hoarding of manpower to favored services, amid recall suspensions and ongoing investigations across Army Navy and Marine centers. The report cites Lackland’s overstaffing, housing and clothing issues, but finds no pneumonia rumors substantiated.
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Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Air Force
Lyndon Johnson
Johnes
Senate Preparedness
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Lackland
Johnson
Janary
Senate Committee
Cressing
Lackland Base
Johnson- Pro
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Training Station
San Diego Naval Station
Calif
Sarmpson Air Force Base
N.Y
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Senate
Kenneth McNaughton
Clarence D. Wheeler
Walter Oke 98 dies in Orangeville
Walter Oke 98 of Orangeville died Saturday at his daughter's home. Born about 1852 in Devon England he worked as a blacksmith in Mineral Point before retiring. Survived by a son Colin of Mineral Point and a daughter Mrs. His wife Minnie Harris died in 1931. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Free Week funeral home Mineral Point. Rev Earl Ramaley in charge. Burial Graceland Cemetery Mineral Point. Friends may call at Burlington funeral home until 9 30 tonight.
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Walter "Oke
Mr. Oke
Devon
England
Mineral Point
Minnie Harris
Oke
Colin
Earl Ramaley
Graceland Cemetery
Burington Funeral
Green County inductees leave for March draft
Officers of the Green County Armed Forces Service committee spoke at the armory to a 21 man group. Induction quota for March is 18. they depart March 7 at 2 p.m. from the armory. Pre induction physical quota is 37. departure March 22 at 6 30 a.m. A list of inductees and a cigarette sendoff were noted, with plans for a larger program next month.
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Green County Armed Forces Service Committee
Fed
Joseph D. Viney
Frank W. Heinzelman
Theodore J. Burgy Jr
John J. Burkhard
Charles A. Booth
James A. Share
8Th Street
Rovers
G. Ditshoppie
Robert A. Beinem
21St Avenue
Albertson
Ville
Donald S. Keen
Jurdel F. Grenzow
Juda Herbert Baumgartner
14Th Street
Duane L. “Ellingson
Browntown
Emil R. Rufener
Bth
John W. Faherty
24Th Street
James J. Tearman
Brodhead
Virgil H. Hitchcock
Brooklyn
James R. Orton
Juda
Oscar J. Wamstad Jr
Blanchardville
Requeartte Hohns
Lester Spangler
Box Brodhead
Howard O. Schiller
12Th Street
Richard N. Butts
South Gate
Calif
John D. Schully
Route 3
Grant W. Gilbertson
Darlington
Burkhard
President Truman proposes single boss for RFC reform
President Truman bowed to congressional criticism of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and asked Congress to replace the five member RFC board with a single top administrator. The plan keeps the agency as a separate entity in the executive branch and adds a new loan policy board and board of review for certain duties.
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Washington
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
White House
Woudd
Perry Dies. Former Algoma Mayor and Senator
Delray Beach Florida reports the death of M W Perry 87 a nationally known manufacturer who died last night funeral services planned Saturday at Algoma Wisconsin Perry served as mayor of Algoma and as a Wisconsin state senator.
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W. Perry
Delray Beach
Fla
M. W. Perry
Algom
Wis
Perry
Algoma
Wisconsin
Americans Push Into Red Strongholds in Korea Fronts
Allied forces surged four miles into a Korean red stronghold in east central Korea with hundreds of Communist deaths reported. Along the western and central fronts Chinese forces withdrew after heavy losses. U N troops secured a small Han River bridgehead near Seoul but faced mortar fire as they pressed advances toward Chechon and Chuchon with task forces and heavy artillery driving enemy fatalities.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.N
Han River
Seoul
Chechon
Wonju
Tom Stone
Chuchon
Stone
Charles W. Fleek Dies in Brodhead
Charles W. Fleek 80, a Decatur township native and Brodhead businessman, died at home after 12 years of ill health. He helped start a lumber business with C. J. Coldren in 1916 and served as Farmers Mutual Insurance Co treasurer. Survivors include his wife Nellie Bush Fleek, a brother Percy, and a nephew Stanley Fleek. Funeral Tuesday at Everson funeral home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Brodhead
Charles W. Fleek
Busiessman
Mr. Fleek
Decatur Township
John J. E. Fleek
Manda Erickson
Fleek
Nellie Bush
Fleeks
C. J. Coldren
Farmers M Tual Insurance Co
Percy
Monroe
Stanley W. Fleek
Milwaukee
Archie
Congregational Church
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Knights of Pythias
Everson Funeral
Rev. J. Robertson
Greenwood Cemetery
Rain and Fog Hit Area Over Weekend
The region saw fog and rain over the weekend with more rain forecast for tomorrow. Temperatures stayed mild enough to prevent icy highways though streets became lakes of water and slush. A high of 43 degrees was recorded at 1 p.m. yesterday and rainfall reached half an inch.
Committee to Elect Beneunts Gohan Announces Local Race
A committee to elect Beneunts Gohan announces an upcoming local race with plans to elect a chairman and a vice chairman. The county organizational meeting sets the stage for candidate slate and leadership structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beneunts Gohan
Truman Studies Wage Plan Split On Wage Ceilings Dispute
President Truman conferred with congressional leaders on the wage stabilization crisis sparked by a 10 percent pay raise formula. House Speaker Rayburn said the talks were general, amid resignations from three labor board members and plans for a White House meeting with labor chiefs as unions threaten to abandon the administration program and risk defense production.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
Dtex
White House
Charles E. Wilson
Raburn
Wage Stabilization Board
ULPC
John L. Lewis
Defense
Second Costly Fire In Denver Area Clubs Makes Death Toll Six
Two million dollar fires swept through two Denver area clubs, the Walhurst Saddle Club and the Denver Athletic Club, killing six people and injuring twenty others. The Walhurst blaze, started by a defective oil burner, razed the clubhouse and claimed two lives, including Bob Snell, 37, a cook, and Tamie Kaku, 64, a dishwasher. The Denver Athletic Club fire began with a short circuit in the gymnasium during a dance and spread through part of the six story building, with eight minutes elapsing before firefighters could fully control it. Eleven of fifteen hospitalized were released by yesterday.
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Denver
Athletic Club
Monticello Store Damaged by Fire
A fire at 11 40 a m severely damaged stock at the Rich shoe store in the Loveland building Monticello owned by Vernon Gupta The Loveland law office and Boone s sporting goods store nearby were not seriously affected Fire department volunteers brought the blaze under control. no loss estimate was immediately available
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Vernon Guptal
Loveland
Loveland Law Office
Boone’s Sporting Goods
McCarthy Reveals Global Checkup Network Ties
Senator McCarthy describes a world spanning inquiry system for communist infiltration. He cites an investigator in Paris and a full time U S probe unit led by Senator McCarran, noting abroad work alongside domestic efforts that yielded thousands of Institute of Pacific Relations documents. The effort is funded by friends as he says it is “breaking me.”
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Washington
McCarthy
Netherlands
Switzerland
Paris
Shanghai
Wisconsin
State Department
McCar
Senator McCarran
D-Nev
Institute of Pacific Relations
Surprise Move By Brotherhood Halts U.S. Trial
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pleaded guilty to contempt of court in the recent sick strikes at railyards and was fined 75,000 dollars by Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm. The judge imposed 50,000 dollars for criminal contempt and 25,000 for civil contempt to offset government legal costs, noting the damages to the public would require years to assess. The case mirrors a prior Chicago ruling, while related actions loom in Cleveland.
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Ashington
Brotherhood of Railroad
Edward A. Tamm
U. S
Civil Co
Tamm
Korea
Igoe
Chicago
Cleveland Union
Lester Forcade Buys Gamble Store Building
Lester Forcade alderman buys the Gamble store building on the square's south side. The building, previously Citizens Bank space, later housed Dr. S R Moyer, then his daughter Mrs Julia Moyer Klovstad, from whom Forcade bought it. The Klovstads moved to Madison where Oscar Klovstad has since died.
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Lester Forcade
Gamble
Forcade
Citizens Bank
S. R. Moyer
Julia Moyer Klovstad
Klovstads
Madison
Oscar
Beloit Police Chief Blumer Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Chief Robert Blumer Wi, a Beloit native and Monroe resident, is in Beloit Hospital for treatment after a heart attack suffered a week ago. His condition is improved but he may be out of service long enough for Capt. George Griffin to serve as acting police chief. Blumer has led Beloit police since November 15, 1936, after four years as Green County sheriff.
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Ee A & Police
Beloit
Monroe
George Griffin
Blumer
Green County
Convict Worms Way To Freedom Through Tunnel Escape
Joseph Holmes dubbed the time burglar of the 1930s escaped from a state penitentiary by a self dug tunnel under his bunk. He chipped cement, flushed debris, and emerged near the fence, slipping away as guards discovered the empty bunk and blanket. He remains at large.
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State Penitenti
Joseph Holmes
Edwin T. Swenson
Holmes
George P. Gearheart
Gearheart
J Herman Elmer of New Glarus Dies at 72
J Herman Elmer a 72 year old retired farmer from New Glarus died at 8 30 am yesterday at his home Born on December 17 1874 he was the son of Werner and Barbara Duerst Elmer He married Emma Aebly February 25 1902 and lived on the same farm until 1926 when they built a home in New Glarus The farm is now operated by a son Willie He leaves wife two daughters Mrs Wendell Day Muscatine Ia and Mrs Kenneth Babcock Superior two brothers Werner and Nick Belleville a sister Mrs Fred J Legler New Glarus and four grandchildren He was preceded in death by a grandson and two sisters Mrs B A Kundert and Mrs Dietrich Stauffacher Services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at the Swiss Evangelical Reformed church Rev J Stuckey to officiate Burial in the church cemetery Friends may call Zentner funeral home. NONE HURT IN MISHAP Cars driven by Ole J Strand Hollandale and Clark L Wilox Elkhorn were involved in a sideswipe collision at the intersection of county trunks C and D four miles northeast of Monticello at 11 50 am yesterday No one was injured.
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New Glarus
Herman Elmer
Werner
Barbara Duerst Elmer
Emma Aebly
Willie
Elmer
Wendell Day
Muscatine
Kenneth Babcock
Superior
Nick
Belleville
Fred J. Legler
B. A. Kundert
Deitrich Stauffacher
Swiss Evanical Reformed Church
J. Stuckey
Zentner Funeral Home
Ole J. Strand Hollandale
Clark L. Wilox
Elkhorn
Monticello
New Basketball Bribes Jolt East Coast College Team Scandal
A nationwide basketball betting scandal unfolds as CCNY stars Ed Roman Ed Warner and Al Roth admit taking up to 1500 per game to fix three Garden games against Missouri Arizona and Boston College. Also named are Harvey Schaff Edward Gard and Salvatore Sollazzo. District Attorney Hogan calls the case a grave concern.
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Magn
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ned_ Irish
Madison Square Garden
CCNY
Ed Roman
Ed Warner
al Roth
Frank Hogan
Missouri
Arizona
Boston College
Harvey
Connie) Schaff
New York University
Edward Gard
Long Island University
Salvator Tarto Sollazzo
Sollazzo
Gard
CCWY
Schaff
James Brasco
Aipa Brasco
Stock Prices Drift In Quiet Trading Session
Stock prices drifted in a quiet market with the overall decline easing. The drop to around two dollars a share was limited as most issues held losses under one dollar led by New York Central Texas Company and Johns Manville.
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Roe
New York Central
Texas Co
Johns-Manville
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