Wife fears Reds tortured captain in North Korea broadcast
Mrs. Ambrose H. Nugent of Nashville asserts her husband, Capt. Nugent, was tortured to speak on a Korean radio broadcast. The communists claimed Nugent identified himself and denounced U S intervention while his wife, Bavarian born, pleads he acted under pressure. Nugent, a 52nd artillery battalion captain with 24th U S Army, has a long World War II record and three children from a prior marriage.
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Nashville
Ambrose H. Nugent
North Kore
North Korea
Seoul Radio
Ambrose HB. Nugent
52Nd Artillery Battalion
U. S. Army
U_ S
Korea
Itarg
Nugent
Australia
New Guinea
Pacific
MacArthur
England
Patton
Merrill, Wis
Southern Illinois
Mrs Wendlandt and Sister Leave for East
Mrs Bessie Wendlandt and her sister Mrs Josie Stocker departed Tuesday for the East to spend two weeks with nieces nephews and their brother in law A J Riese former Brodhead resident.
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East
Brodhead
Bessie Wendlandt
Josie Stocker
Nices
A. J. Riese
Texan Urges Call of Paid Reserves for Immediate Duty
Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas urged activating all national guard units and paid reserves to ready status. He estimated 832,028 more troops would be available for the army navy air corps and marines in a Senate speech.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Johnson
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
United States
Soviet Russia
Truman
Capitol
House
Rep
Bentsen
WIN AWARDS AGAIN FOR ETHICAL UNDERWRITERS
James J. Quinn and Arthur S. Peterson were named winners of a life insurance award for adhering to high ethical standards and ongoing professional study. The National Association of Life Underwriters and the Life Insurance Management Association announced the honor in New York.
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James J. Quinn
18Th Street
Arthur S. Peterson
16Th Street
New York
National Association of Life Underwriters
The
Life Insurance Management Association
Wisconsin Seen As Fairly Clean In Crime War Says Expert
Virgil W. Peterson former Chicago crime commission head and ex FBI agent described Wisconsin as a pretty clean state in a senate crime investigating committee hearing. He cited Capone gang links near Eagle River and urged Milwaukee style police standards to curb organized crime spreading from Chicago and New York. Senator Wiley focused on Chicago operatives affecting Wisconsin and the Midwest.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Virgil W. Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
FBI
Senate
Peterson
Chicago
York
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Ilinois
Capone
Eagle River
al Capone
Milwaukee
Milwake
Joseph Kluchesky
Kluchesky
Wiley
Midwest
Dr. Ellison F. White Appointed Medical Director
Dr. Ellison F. White of Hawthorne was named medical director of the Wisconsin state sanatorium at Wales. He will begin duties September 1, succeeding Dr. Richard H. Schmidt who resigned.
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Madison
Ellison F. White
Hawthorne
Wisconsin State Sanatorium
Wales
Richard H. Schmidt
UN Secretary General Urges Koreas to Avoid Atrocities
Trygve Lie cites reports of prisoner shootings and non humanitarian acts in the Korean war and pleads both North and South Korea to refrain from atrocities.
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Mercy Lake
U.N
Trygve Lie
North
South Korea
Runway Greeting Saves Phoenix Airport Paint Costs
A mural greeting Miss America Jacque Mercer was painted on Phoenix airport runways using inexpensive water mixed casein base paint. The sign remained for weeks guiding arrivals before being obscured, but officials learned it could serve as runway markers and save about 2500 dollars annually on paint costs.
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Phoenix
Jacque Mercer
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Atlantic City
Jacque
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Walter Fulkerson
Saf flower seed commercial production under way
National Geographic Society reports commercial production of saf flower seed has begun in Nebraska Colorado Montana and North Dakota as part of ongoing agricultural development.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
National Geographic Society
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J. W. Robilette
Miller's South Side Square
Monroe
Wis
By Richard P. Powers
NORGE
Rollator
Coldmaker
Tiltabin
U. S
Saas A Eti
America
Jacquard
Penney
Browntown Busy Beavers
4-H Club
Mamie Tillema
Raymond Montgomery
B. J. Rugh
Clrederé
Swift
Penney’s
Penney Price
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