Blandy reports task force surveys Bikini lagoon damage
Blandy said his forces surveyed Bikini lagoon after a cursory inspection. Many ships burned and the total damage may rise. One pilotless drone plummeted into the sea and no one was killed or injured in the stem bomb test. The cloud heart turned pink then gold, while the mushrooming shape formed as layers were pierced.
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Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Lagoon
Admiral Blandy
Pennsylvania
Pune
Thorvald
Monroe
Eeee Senne
Howard Blakeslee
June Marriages Surge as Wartime Slump Ends
Green County records show 28 marriage licenses issued in June 1946, a sharp rise from wartime lows. Through the first six months, 1946 saw 41 divorces, with April 25 a peak day for decrees, while grounds remained largely cruel and inhuman treatment, plus two cases of adultery and one desertion.
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Green County
Clarence Wannacher
Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Niagara Falls
Orn Teas
Browntown Girl, 8, Injured In Auto Overturn Near Town
Mary Wahler eight year old Browntown resident suffered cuts and bruises above eye and chin when the automobile she rode in skidded on wet pavement and overturned one mile south of Browntown. She had no internal injuries and was to be dismissed soon. Passenger Marjorie Wahler Evelyn Quittschriber Warren TJ and Charles Miller also injured Miller received an 11 stitch gash on his right arm. Dorothy Whaler had facial cuts.
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Mary Wahler
Palmer Wahler
Browntown
Marjoriety Wahler
Evelyn Quittschriber
Warren
Mary
Charles Miller
Miller
Dorothy Whaler
E. M. Greinke Named V F W Commander Wisconsin
E M Greinke 49 of Milwaukee a World War I fighter pilot was elected commander of the Wisconsin department Veterans of Foreign Wars at its three day encampment ending Saturday Clyde Thom of Superior was the previous commander Other officers include Caleb Johnson Racine senior vice commander Thomas Anderson Madison junior vice president Dr Frank Dean Madison surgeon Edward Schmidt Manitowoc quartermaster adjutant Herman Jongebloed Milwaukee judge advocate and Rev Ralph Monahan Milwaukee chaplain Mrs Myrtle Christensen Racine elected president of the state auxiliary
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Madison
E. M
Dick) Greinke
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greinke
Clyde Thomas
Caleb Johnson
Racine
Thomas Anderson
Frank Dean
Edward Schmidt
Manitowoc
Herman Jongebloed
Ralph Monahan
Johnson
Schmidt
Anderson
Dean
Monahan
Jongebloed
Myrtle Christensen
Leaders draft bill to reenact OPA rent controls
Washington Republicans draft a resolution to reenact OPA rent controls to block rent hikes from landlords orders. Trieste troops with rifles and carbines dispersed a mob attacking the communist party head quarters as rioting continued in the Adriatic port city for a second straight day.
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Washington
House
Trieste
Communist Party
Adriatic
Two Auto Crashes Leave Two Injured In Monroe County
Weekend accidents in Green County and Monroe left Mrs. Fred Daubert Juda and La Verne Beeck Monroe hospitalized with head injuries and cuts. Fred Day drove the first car. Daubert and others were not among the injured in a separate collision near the Stauffacher farm. A third collision on county trunks three miles east of Monticello caused minor damage to two vehicles with no injuries.
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Green County Highway Police
Monroe
Fred Daubert
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
la Verne Beeck
Fred Day
Stauffacher Farm
Jacob Schultz
Monticello
Ronald R. Pagel
Pagel
Sam Swanson
17Th Avenue
U S Dictation Bill Probed by London Pravda Protest
Pravda objects to the freedom amendment in the bill funding UNRRA calling it an infringement of sovereign rights and an attempt to impose US will on other nations. This reaction follows U S dictation concerns raised in London today.
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U. S
London
Pravda
United States
Meat and milk prices in Monroe edge up after OPA death
As Monroe moves past the OPA, butchering resumes and meat should flood markets by next weekend with higher butchering output. Milk prices are expected to rise about a cent at stores while home delivery remains 14 to 15 cents. Residents express cautious relief that the end of OPA could curb black markets and allow normal trade, though broad action remains uncertain.
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Monroe
OPA
Times
Congress
Citizens Bank
Youth Council
Office of Price Administration
Wisconsin
New York Stock Exchange
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Minneapolis
Rayburn
Barkley
Senator McKellar
T-Tenn
Senate
House Democratic
McCormack
Mass
Truman
Capitol Hill
Crowded Union district school meeting set for budget and board
A large audience is expected tonight at 7 in the Union district No. 1 high school auditorium for the annual school meeting. The agenda includes the budget for next year and the election of a new president and three of seven board members. Incumbents likely to retain seats include Mrs. Peter Summon Mrs. George Mauerman and G E Zuercher.
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Union District No
Monroe
Educational System
Board of Education
Peter 5
George Mauerman
G. E. Zuercher
Robert E. Hardell
Herbert T. Johnson
Henry Burgy
C. J. Schwingel
Quotations reflect Monroeites on OPA return
Citizens express varied views on the Office of Price Administration after its return. Residents hope for adequate merchandise while noting price swings and potential buyer boycotts as the policy stabilizes the market.
Mrs. Conner Sentenced to Two Years for Manslaughter
Madison Mrs La Vera B Conner 47 was sentenced by Circuit Judge Herman Sacht to two years and one day in the state women s home Taycheedah for the Feb 23 killing of her husband Marlowe M 43 former theater manager A jury found her guilty of third degree manslaughter two weeks earlier Conner shot her spouse in the apartment of Mrs Marion E Aasen 32 Madison Mrs Aasen faces trial on a morals charge
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Madison
la Vera B. Conner
Herman Sacht
Taycheedah
Marlowe M
Conner
Marion E. Aasen
Aasen
Doubt OPA Revival Quickly in Congress in New Iberia
A 17 year old Black youth Willie Francis survived an attempted electric chair execution in Louisiana after a faulty chair. He described the moment in a jail cell interview and spoke about the shock, the bag over his head, and thoughts of dying as U.S. Supreme Court reviews his case.
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New Iberi
Will
Francis
St. Martinville
U. S. Supreme Court
Father Hannigan
Willie
New Orleans
June Ends With Cool Patch and OPA Fallout
June 1946 brought 5.22 inches of rain, cooler temps, and a late heat drop. Washington reports political clash after Truman vetoed OPA extension, with calls for renewed price and rent controls and a pending 20 day stopgap.
OPA Ghost Agency Still On Job As Price Control Fades
The Office of Price Administration remains a shadow of its former power during an interim with price and rent ceilings uncertain. Porter signals a possible buyers strike while Congress may restore controls. Agriculture Secretary Anderson ends slaughter controls, reducing OPA reach.
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OPA
Paul Porter
Congress
Taft
R-O
Truman
Ghost Agency of
Washington
Porter
Anderson
Contia- Anderson
Agriculture Department
McNarney Says U S Taxpayer Bears German Burden
General Joseph T. McNarney warned that the American taxpayer has been left holding the bag due to four power stalemate over Germany occupation policies. He urged erasing zonal boundaries to allow free trade and noted the German economy remains nearly stagnant with shortages in food and materials met by U S imports.
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Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Germany
McNarney
United States
Six Legionnaires to District Convention Stoughton
Six delegates from the Glenn Zilmer post attended the American Legion district conference in Stoughton. The program covered officer elections, a business session, a 150 person dinner, a parade, mass initiation and open house, with 35 initiates including one Madison girl.
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Glenn Zilmer
American Legion
Stoughton
Clifford H. Snively
William Tschanz
Bruce M. Blum
Sherman H. Dearth
Harold Pickett
Howard O. Schulz
Madison Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps
Madison 40 Et 8 Club
Stoughton High School Band
Madison
Monroe
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