Johnston Plans to Urge Congress to Quit on Convenes
Senator Johnston of South Carolina said he will seek to have Congress quit as soon as it convenes July 26 in response to President Truman. He leads southern Democrats in opposition to Truman civil rights programs and anti-lynching, anti-poll tax, and desegregation laws. A GOP-led recall of the 80th Congress drew criticism as potential election fodder.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Congress
Truman
Johnston
Mr. Truman
Carolina
House
Senate
House Republican Steering Committee
Negroes Win Point Charleston Reach Federal Ruling
Federal Judge J Waites Waring issued an injunction compelling the South Carolina Democratic Party to enroll Negroes and grant them full participation in party affairs in Charleston.
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Charleston
D. C
J. Waites Waring
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Truman calls special session to push Democratic program
President Truman urged Congress to convene a special session to act on nine major issues inflation housing education health civil rights minimum wage social security public power and displaced persons. He targeted Republican lawmakers and aimed to rally Democratic votes in Missouri while opponents debated strategy in Philadelphia Birmingham and Washington.
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Truman
Congress
Dairy Here To Boost Milk Price One Cent
Retail milk price increases were reported in several cities and now Sunny Croft dairy in Monroe announced a one cent rise effective Sunday. Quart prices go to 22 cents for Guernsey pasteurized, 21 cents for homogenized, 20 cents for pasteurized. Half pints of coffee cream rise to 26 cents. Brown Swiss dairy earlier raised prices by a cent three weeks ago.
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Monroe
Sunny Croft
Guernsey
Brown Swiss Dairy
Southern Democrats Buck for 1948 Ticket in Political Clash
Angry southern Democrats press ahead with plans for a separate 1948 ticket in opposition to Truman. They count on 127 electoral votes behind a Dixie candidate, while others warn no chance of winning. Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright calls the effort the start of saving the south, as conference leaders press for party control against Truman and Dewey.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dixie
Truman-Barkley
Mississippi
Fielding Wright
South
Truman
W. W. Wright
White House
Wright
Philadelphia
Big City
Jackson, Miss
States’ Rights Committee
Ben Laney
Arkansas
States’ Rights Movement
House of Representatives
Thomas E. Dewey
Union To Set Date For Walkout On Ford
The CIO United Auto Workers union plans to set a date for a nationwide strike against Ford Motor Co after rejecting Ford's final wage offer. The Ford national council, representing 116000 workers across 46 plants, backed the rejection and authorized a strike.
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Detroit
Cio-United Auto Workers
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford National Council
City Water Board to Meet Engineer on Improvements
City water board members will meet tonight with consulting engineer C. N. Ward of Madison in city hall to discuss water department improvements planned for the near future. The board may also discuss bond types to finance the necessary work, with an estimated cost of about $225000.
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City Water Board
C. N. Ward
Madison
City Hall
Advisers Predict Meat Supplies Tighten as Hogs Hit Record
Farm advisers warn the beef and pork gravy boat may dry up as livestock prices rise to new highs. Hogs reached 30.50 per hundred pounds while beef steers hit 40.50 and heifers 39.25, with cows and bulls also near record levels. Southwest grass cattle feed into terminal markets, signaling a broader supply squeeze in about 30 days.
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Chicago
Fourteen Entries Start 4-H Competition
Fourteen entrants began the county junior demonstration contests at Green County Normal school this morning. The dress revue starts at 3 this afternoon. Home economics shows include six senior individuals, five junior individuals, and one pair in each junior and senior teams. Agricultural and other demonstrations list three senior individuals, three junior individuals, two health entries, and three safety entries. Winners are to be announced tomorrow.
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Green County Normal School
Chicago Blended Milk Price Set for June
Chicago dairy producers under the Chicago federal milk marketing order will receive a uniform blended price of 4.51 dollars per hundred pounds for June deliveries. Milk of 3.5 percent test in the 70 mile shipping zone f o b is included. The June price is 8 cents higher than May and 1.17 dollars above June 1947. Grade A averaged 4.596 and grade B 4.45.
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Chicago
A. W. Colebank
Russians Warn Pilots Will Train In Air Corridors
The Russians warned that Soviet fighters will train in air corridors used by Western supply flights to Berlin. They will operate from Koethen Dalgow and Bradenburg airfields west and southwest of Berlin from seven in the morning to seven in the evening. American and British officers called the move apparent harassment but said it will not disrupt the airlift.
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Berlin
Koethen
Dalgow
Bradenburg
U. S
AMG
Adolf Hitler
Tle
Allied Control Council
Soviet Union
Japan
Panama Canal
Germany
18 Year Olds May Volunteer for Armed Forces Next Week
Secretary of Defense Forrestal announced the draft law rules for 18 to 25 year olds. Volunteering begins July 21 to avoid future drafting with enlistment caps: Army 110000, Navy 36000, Marines 6000, Air Force 15000. First four weeks post July 21 allow 10000 Army, 3000 Navy/Marines, 1300 Air Force.
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Washington
Defense Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Navy Marines
State Agents Raid Eagle River Resort
State Treasur er John Sonderegger said today he and beverage tax agents raided the Jack O'Lantern resort near Eagle River last night and confiscated gambling equipment. Charles Taylor was arrested as operator and will be arraigned in Vilas county court. Agents seized a roulette wheel 2000 chips dice and blackjack tables after evidence gathered Wednesday.
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Madison
John Sonderegger
Eagle River
Charles Taylor
Sonderegger
Vilas
Pershing Military Procession Planned
General John J. Pershing will be honored with a vast funeral procession including infantry armored units navy personnel and air force crews. President Truman and the cabinet will attend the Arlington graveside ceremony with military leaders present. Pershing chose his Arlington plot near comrades who served with him in France and the body will be escorted from Walter Reed to the Capitol. He will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda before burial.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Air Force
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Force Base
Pershing
Charley Wrecoff
Arlington
France
Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
Scientists Give Up Atomic Control Hopes
London The council of the Atomic Scientists association announced tonight that it has given up hope of international control of the atom while the cold war continues between Russia and the west. The association, organized in early 1946, has Britain's top nuclear physicists, including Professor M. E. Oliphant, among its members.
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London
Council of the Atomic Scientists Association
Russia
West
Britain
M. E. Oliphant
Togliatti Condition Worse: Family at Leader's Bedside
Rome reports Palmiro Togliatti's condition worsening after bullet wounds with doctors noting broncho pneumonia congestion. The general strike called by the Confederation of Labor faltered amid clashes in parliament and rioting leaving 14 dead and over 100 injured as authorities restored trains and shops and riot police patrolled Milan and other cities.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Togliatti
Confederation of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
Chamber of Deputies
General Confederation of Labor
Milan
Montecatini Industrial Combine
Fair to warm weekend forecast across Wisconsin
The weather outlook promises mostly fair skies with scattered showers in the northeast. Temperatures will rise slightly into a muggy weekend, with Monroe recording .09 inches of rain and Wausau reporting .33 inches in the last 24 hours. Prairie du Chien topped the state at 81 degrees yesterday.
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Wisconsin
Federal Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Monroe
Wausau
Prairie du Chien
Former Dean Clara Flett Dies at 85 in Madison
Clara B. Flett 85 former associate dean of women at the University of Wisconsin died at a Madison hospital today. Memorial plans were not disclosed and the university expressed condolences.
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Madison
Clara B. Flett
University of Wisconsin
Only Armed Force or Retaliation Can End Blockade
Wes Gallagher argues Berlin faces a Soviet blockade and that only two options can end it. Western forces to crush the land blockade or retaliation elsewhere to raise costs for the USSR are the only hopeful courses. The piece weighs airlift limits and risks, and considers escalating measures including armored columns or broader political and trade squeezes.
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Berlin
Europe
Munich
Soviet Union
Youths Seized After Gasoline Theft Near Monroe
Three rapid police calls last evening ended with two youths in custody on Route 5 for stealing five gallons of gasoline and a container from the Valentine Zibung farm. A county court sentence followed for Lester Grinnell, Monroe, 90 days with 10 days served, others involved faced lesser actions.
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Monroe
Valentine Zibung
Route 5
Lester Grinnell
Melvin Schippy
Highway 69
Round Grove
Brooklyn
Nathan . Burgy
Argyle
Burgy
Palestine Armistice Plan Adopted by United Nations Council
The 11 nation council ordered an immediate cease fire in Palestine with Jerusalem demilitarized and three day pauses for Jews and Arabs to halt hostilities. The measure passed 7 to 1 with Syria opposing and Russia, Ukraine and Argentina abstaining. Count Bernadotte aims to deploy observers and press Arab Jew negotiations while debating international sanctions if noncompliance occurs.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Palestine
United Nations
Jerusalem
Holy
Syria
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
United States
Britain
France
Alexander Cadogan
Folke Bernadotte
Israel
Council
U. N
Bernadotte
Middle East
Rhodes
Big Five
Former Resident Dies In Akron Colorado Home
Henry Kundert, 70, a Monroe native, died at 11:35 yesterday morning at his Akron Colorado home after a year of ill health. He ran a large wheat ranch and is survived by his widow Bessie, five children, and a sister Mrs. Sylvia Behnkee of Madison. Another sister Mrs. Amanda Boeek of Monroe died July 18, 1942.
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Henry Kundert
Monroe
Akron
Colo
John Goodman
Abraham
Kathryn Kundert
Colorado
Bessie
Sylvia Behnkee
Madison
Amanda Boeek
Meat Cutters Back Price Controls If Enforceable
The AFL meat cutters union approved support for some form of meat price controls that are enforceable. Leaders Earl W. Jimerson and Patrick Gorman said the union will campaign nationwide for controls and want penalties on violators to prevent a black market.
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Chicago
AFL Meat Cutters Union
OPA
Earl W. Jimerson
Patrick Gorman
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of
North America
Jimerson
Bogan Commander Named Pacific First Task Fleet Chief
San Diego reports the appointment of Vice Admiral General F. Bogan of Mackinac Island Michigan as commander of the Pacific first task fleet. The announcement came from the Ninth Naval District headquarters.
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Bogan
San Diego
F. Bogan
Mackinac Island
Mich
Lth Naval District Headquarters
Philadelphia Phillies fire Ben Chapman and name acting manager
The Philadelphia Phillies dismissed manager Ben Chapman and named veteran coach Allen Dusty Cooke acting manager effective immediately. President R. R. M. Carpenter Jr and Babe Alexander delayed returning from St. Louis to attend the night game against the Cardinals.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phils
Ben Chapman
Allen
Dusty) Cooke
Phils
R. R. M. Carpenter Jr
Hathan
Babe) Alexander
St. Louis
Cardinals
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D-Ri
National Party
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Kentucky
Henry A. Wallace
New York
America
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John W. Anderson
The
Avery Brundage
Plan
Union
Eagle River Resort
U.N
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
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Ruhr
Antonio Pallante
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