Witness Admits He Photographed Chambers Papers
Felix A Inslerman testified before Sen McCarthy that he photographed State Department documents for the Whitaker Chambers spy ring. He said the work began in late 1937, involved a contact known as Bob later identified as Chambers, and continued until 1938. He described training in Moscow and a later break with the Soviet apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Felix A Inslerman
Sen
McCarthy
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Inslerman
Senate
Baltimore
Bob
Chambers
Moscow
General Electric
Sidney Friedlander
United Electrical Workers
Ind
Schenectady
Gordon Belgrave
General Electric Co
Insterman
Washington
Jake
New York City
Red Apparatus
Rindless Swiss Case Entries To Be Asked
WAUSAU Wisconsin Kraft Foods Co sued over rindless Swiss cheese patent. Judge Patrick T. Stone ruled for Kraft on Feb 1. On Feb 26 motions for judgments will be heard. Walther Dairy seeks amended findings. Other defendants include Borden Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association Wisconsin Cheese Producers Marketing Association Wild Cooperative Cheese Co and the State of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Kraft Foods Co
Kraft
Patrick T. Stone
Walther Dairy Products Co
Borden Co
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Wisconsin Cheese Producers Marketing Association
Wild Cooperative Cheese Co
State of Wisconsin
Blanchardville Robbery Nets $381 In Three Breakins
Lafayette County officials commended Blanchardville residents for full cooperation as three local firms were robbed after 2 am. Robbers took 381.45 dollars from the safe at the Blanchardville Motor Co and cash from the Co op Oil Co. Detectives, Allen Wilimousky and Walter Hogas, photographed and checked prints while a mobile crime unit searched the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Wilimousky
Walter Hogas
Madison State Crime Laboratory
Blanchardville
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department
Times
Charles Wilson
Madison
State Crime Laboratory
Lafayette County
Lawrence James
Wilson
James
Lafayette
Green
Harold Saether
Blanchardville Co-op Oil Co
Frank Hall
Hall
Blanchardville Motor Co
Fred Stoller
Blanchardville Co-Operative Feed Co
Motor Company
Overlook
Co-op Oil Co
Reuther Shooting Warrants Narrowed Amid Witness Flight
Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien said three of five warrants in the 1948 Walter Reuther shotgun attack would be dismissed. Santo Perrone Carl Renda and Peter Lombardo would be freed while Donald Ritchie and Clarence Jacobs remain under warrants. Canadian releases undermined the case but warrants against the two Canadians stay to beat the April 20 statute limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reuther
Gerald K. O’brien
Santo Sam Perrone
Carl Renda
Peter Lombardo
O’brien
Donald Ritchie
Clarence Jacobs
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Windsor
Ont
Ritchie
Jacobs
O'Brien
Oaktron Starts Worker Training at Monroe Plant
Oaktron Industries begins training new workers at its Monroe plant in the Pleasure Bend building. President William L. Rollins says trainees are learning coil windings for hearing aid transformers as more equipment is installed for upcoming radio loudspeaker production. Virgil Wilkins assists as production manager. additional workers are due to start early in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaktron Industries, Inc
Monroe
Pleasure Bend
William L. Rollins
Dundee
Rollins
Virgil Wilkins
Advisory Committee Meeting Postponed
An advisory committee of Green County teachers scheduled to meet with Irene C Powers and Paul F Gleiter was postponed due to heating plant trouble in the courthouse. The group will be notified soon about a regular meeting later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Irene C. Powers
Paul F. Gleiter
Voigt Named Acting Director of Wisconsin Conservation Dept
Lester Preston Voigt, 39, a state service veteran, was named acting director of the Wisconsin Conservation Department to replace Ernest W. Swift who resigned to become assistant chief of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. The commission endorsed the trout management plan with a proviso to follow last year's allocation pattern this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Lester Preston Voigt
State Service
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Ernest W. Swift
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Voigt
Swift
University of Wisconsin
Melvin Olson
South Wayne
Southwest
Edward Schneberger
Fish Division
Cuba Kidnaping Victim Rescued as Chauffeur Slain
Facundo Bacardi the eight year old heir to a rum fortune was rescued after a night of walking and hunger. The kidnapers sought a $50 000 peso ransom. The chauffeur Guillermo Rodriguez 23 a discharged navy veteran was shot to death during an attempted escape. An unemployed youth was jailed as a suspect and faces trial. Army Lt. Luis Gamboa led the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
Bacardi
Guillermo Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Facundo
Army
Navy
Manuel Echevarria
Daniel Bacardi
Harvey
Luis Gamboa
Restice
Melgarejo
Gamboa
Light Rain Yields to Colder Winds in Monroe
Light rain continued in Monroe after .25 inch of precipitation. Forecast calls for snow in the north and colder air tomorrow with a low around 30 and high near 38. Fog this morning impaired driving as rain aided farms and forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Will Assist Farmers Fred Williams Hired For Soil Service
Fred Williams is hired by the Soil Conservation Service with ACP funds to survey farmers about planned cost sharing and designated practices, focusing on pasture renovation. He will report to the ASC county committee before final practice approvals, aiding accurate ACP allotment use and farmer certification. Williams is a former Monroe Township farmer and 1944 county sheriff candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Williams
Soil Conservation Service
ACP
Williams
SCS
ASC
Nic F. Calabresa
Soil Conservation
Prac
Calabresa
Monroe Township
Monroe
Pennsylvania
Schwable Case Trials Examine POW Confession
Witnesses recount Army Colonel Frank H Schwable defying his Red captors during 14 months as a Korean War prisoner He allegedly signed a false confession of germ warfare which was used for propaganda A four member Marine inquiry weighs whether he should face court martial in a drab Pentagon hill courtroom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Frank H. Schwable
Korea
Reds
Schwable
William N
Shockley
Denver
Pearson O. Porter
League City
Tex
Dust and blizzards sweep the Southwest region
Dust storms and heavy snow disrupted travel across the midwest and western Kansas on Friday night. Eight inches of snow hit Scott City while trains halted between Kinsley and Garden City. Two tornadoes in Arkansas and Texas injured five and damaged buildings as dust from a deep Oklahoma low pressure moved eastward.
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Kansas
Highway Patrol
Scott City
Kinsley
Garden City
Kas
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Pine Bluff
Ark
Conroe
Tex
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Underground Cave-ins Sink Canadian Factory
Windsor Ont reports new cracks around a 150 square yard area as sections of a large chemical plant built on marshland sank into the ground. Officials of Canadian Industries Ltd dispute a new collapse into a lake, noting no further settling and a six million dollar plant at risk after a 22 foot drop Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Detroitee
Canadian Industries Ltd
CIO
President Eisenhower Defends Warren as Public Servant
President Eisenhower at Smoke Tree Ranch defended Chief Justice Earl Warren against unevaluated charges. He said Warren is one of the finest public servants this country has produced and noted he nominated him to a top office. He declined further comment, citing his position and confidence in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren
Smoke Tree Ranch
Senate Judiciary
California
Gov. Warren
Washington
Seven Die As Fire Sweeps Michigan Nursing Home
A late night blaze at Shimer convalescent home in Hartford Michigan killed seven residents and left three rescued. Names include E Hart Hathcock 76 Fred Sayles 86 Lucy Sparling 91 Samuel Lutz 93 Adeline Blakeslee 79 Louise Bishop 82 and Mary Collins 66. Cris Binders efforts saved him and his 82 year old wife from likely death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Mich
Shimer
Michigan
E. Hart Hathcock
Watervliet
Fred Sayles
Glenn
Lucy Sparling
Coloma
Samuel Lutz
Covert
Adeline Blakeslee
Louise Bishop
Benton Harbor
Mary Collins
Watervliet Hospital
Cris Binder
Binder
Langer Presses Unchecked Warren Charges Before Senate Panel
A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted to report Earl Warren's nomination to be Chief Justice favorably, though not unanimously. Langer stated the full committee would review Warren, while Welker claimed unanimous support. The session aired unverified charges about Warren's past ties to a liquor lobbyist and Marxist associations, read from staff summaries and not checked for truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A_ Senate judiciary subcommittee
Earl Warren
The
United States
Langer
R-Nd
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Welker
Eisenhower
Senate
Subcommittee
Warren
Wayne Smithey
Smithey
Watkins
Knowland
California
Sen
Hennings
D-Mo
Roderick J. Wilson
Los Angeles
Burr McCloskey
Chicago
Art Samish
William P. Rogers
Justice
Justice Department
Monroe Teachers Finally Get Autos After Lift Fails
William Amstutz a Monroe high school teacher was first to retrieve his car from Manchester department store’s pigeon-hole parking after a hydraulic lift failed four hours earlier. Operator William Brodeaus, 29, was injured when the 40 foot drop occurred. About 150 cars stranded mostly belonging to teachers attending the Madison convention were retrieved as repair work continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Amstutz
13Th Street
Monroe High School
Madison
Manchester Department Store
William Brodeaus
Monroe
Allan F. Barnard
Robert Chinnock
J. C. Calder
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Ben
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Lewisburg
FORD
Oaktron
Lester P. Voigt
Okay Warren
Boy
Fred Williams
Soil Service
ED Creagh
Associated Press
Midwest
Sen. Langer
Judiciary Committee
Warrell
Sen. Eastland
Utah
Carlift
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