President Truman seeks expanded forces to meet Korea clash
President Truman asked Congress to authorize full military buildup including lifting force limits and directing mobilization to fight communist aggression in Korea and elsewhere. He proposed a $10 billion initial cost with tax increases and controls to curb inflation while directing resources to defense. He urged United Nations unity and warned Moscow against further aggression.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
United States
Free World
Mr. Truman
United Nations
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Flooded Streams Rise Again After New Heavy Downpours
Heavy rain across southwestern Wisconsin raises flood fears in Lafayette, Green, and nearby counties. Pecatonica river floods Winslow, Darlington reports full river and saturated soil. Bridges washed out, roads closed, and salvage efforts underway as Red Cross sets up relief and officials seek aid.
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Wisconsin
Winslow
Pecatonica
Orville Galloway Tavern
Tull Variety Store
Darlington
Argyle
Lafayette
Co. Trunk O
Mineral Point
Calamine
Rock Bridge
Browntown
Skinner Creek
South Wayne
Gratiot
Wiota
Green
Lafayette County
Brodhead
Bover
Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island
H. J. Beardsley
R. C. Franz
Joseph Ryan
W. H. McWilliams
Eileen Curtin
St. Louis Red Cross
Court House
State Highway Department
Grant
Iowa County
Backlog on national guard and reserves totals 2.5 million
Washington reports the national guard and armed services reserves include about 2.5 million men subject to call. Only a small part are fully trained or organized. Guard strength about 328,000 with 27 divisions, many under strength. Army reserves around 600,000 with 185,000 in regular training. Air Force reserves and air national guard add about tens of thousands.
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Washington
National Guard
Armed Services
Defense Johnson
Truman
Army
Air Force
Air National Guard
Sewage Plan OK'd for County by City Officials
City officials presented a county sewage plan allowing the teen county home and hospital to be served by the city system. Calculations cite 275 residents, 6500 city users, and a 95.94 to 4.06 percent cost split with a total county cost around 2087 dollars plus a 25 percent service charge.
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Warden W. Francis
State Public Service Commission
Teacher and Lawyer Appointed to City Park Board
Mrs Nell Cunningham and Rudolph P Reger were appointed to the city park board by Mayor Frank A Buehler and approved by council. Cunningham fills the unexpired term of ill replace Henry Kundert who resigned. Fred Galli was not approved as city milk inspector by council on health board recommendation. an inspector is authorized under city ordinances.
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Nell Cunningham
11Th Street
North School
Rudolph P. Reger
City Park Board
Frank A. Buehler
OY Council
Cunningham
Henry Kundert
Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Board of Health
Stimson Breaks Hip in Hospital Admission
84 year old former secretary of war Henry Stimson is hospitalized at Doctors Hospital with a broken hip after an accident.
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Stimson
New York
Henry Stimson
Doctors Hospital
Green County Fair Opens With Full Preparations
Preparations continue for the 96th annual Green County Fair as July 26 opening nears. Workers fix leaks paint speed barns and set up tents while horses trainers jog the track and entries arrive for the eight annual horse show and 2,500 dollars in trophies and prizes.
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Louis R. Wolleson
James Bray
Leo Lewis
Henry Hefty
Wallace Bros. Carnival
Beloit
Jimmie Lynch
Boyle Woolfolk
Rosalind Hupp
America
Ronan
Green County
Roscoe E. Smith
T.A. Hoesly
Dane County
Stoughton
Monroe
Portage and
Slinger
Death of U S Judge Elwyn R Shaw at Cedarville
Federal judge Elwyn Riley Shaw 61 of Freeport died suddenly at his Cedarville home as he prepared to travel to Chicago for a criminal appeal. He had heart illness for four years and had taken two leaves from the bench. Funeral at Freeport First Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Survived by wife Mildred, daughters Mary Margaret and Mrs Wayne Dirksen, and a widow plus other relatives.
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Elwyn Riley Shaw
Freeport
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Shaw
Joseph Yarber
First Presbyterian Church
George F. Shepherd
Oakland Cemetery
Judge Shaw
Whiteside County
Sterling High School
University of Michigan
Oscar E. Heard
William H. Fulton
Sycamore
Illinois
U. S. Supreme Court
W. N. Conkrute
Supreme Court
Mary Margaret
Wayne Dirksen
Washington
Mildred Voigt
Edith Griffin
Robert Shaw
Unlighted Boxcars Provoked Wisconsin Power Protest
Wisconsin Power and Light Co filed a formal protest with the city council over unlighted railroad cars left in the Illinois Central center spur in the 1400 and 1500 blocks of 12th Street. The cars pose a traffic hazard and the matter was referred to the police and safety committee for study. The committee also presented a first reading ordinance limiting parking on Chandler and North side city lots to 24 hours and restricting trucks to 20 feet or under 10 000 pounds.
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Illinois Central Center
12Th Street
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Council
Police and Safety Committee
Chandler
North Side
Burglar Hunter Kills Priest in Chicago Passageway
Catholic priest Rev Kevin Conway aged 31 was shot and killed by homeowner Charles Kasper 30 in a Chicago passageway while escorting a woman home. Deputy Chief John T O Malley said Kasper grabbed a rifle after hearing noises and fired three shots with a woman screaming. Conway was visiting his mother on vacation.
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Chicago
Kevin Conway
Seven Holy Founders
Afton
Margaret Walsh
John T. O’malley
Charles Kasper
Kasper
Miss Walsh
Cheese Trade Fair at Madison Market Steady
Wisconsin American cheese market remains steady at the trade fair. Selling prices and assembly points listed include single daisies 3 34-34, longhorns 33 12-34, square prints 33 12-34 14, midgets 35-36 12.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State
L. Ec
Nehru Pushes China Seating in United Nations
Nehru renews his plea to seat communist China in the United Nations as a step toward resolving the Korean crisis. He argues admission would strengthen the UN against aggression, replying to Acheson after Russia urged inclusion. Stalin signaled willingness to negotiate if China is admitted to the Security Council.
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Washington
India
Nehru
China
United Nations
Acheson
Russia
U. S
Security Council
State Department
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Stalin
One Year Freeze Proposed for Servicemen in Congress
Rep Vinson introduces a bill to freeze all personnel currently in uniform for 12 months with hearings to begin Friday. Senate counterpart by Chairman Tydings backs the move. He also seeks extending draftees' service beyond 21 months and raises the draft age from 26, possibly to 35.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Defense Department
Senators Demand New Red Inquiry
Senators from the GOP press for a new independent commission to investigate alleged communists in government. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts says they will seek to send back to the Foreign Relations Committee a disputed Democrat report calling McCarthy's charges a fraud and a hoax.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
McCarthy
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Executive Department
House approves arms aid fund to fight communism abroad
Washington reports the House passed the arms aid bill by 361 to 1, authorizing 1.2225 billion dollars for military assistance to free nations. Rep. Marcantonio was the lone dissenter. The Senate had approved it and it goes to the White House for the president’s signature.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rep
Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Senate
White House
Fairchild To Speak At Court House On Senate Campaign
Thomas E. Fairchild state attorney general and Democratic hopeful for the U S Senate will address the county Democratic organizing session at 8 tonight in the circuit court room. The meeting, sponsored by the county DOC, will cover his campaign and other county election items as part of its first full slate for governor Carl W. Thompson, senator Fairchild, and 17th district state senate candidate Walter E. Gould.
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Thomas E. Fairchild
Court House Circuit Court
County
Democratic Organizing Committee
Fairchild
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Walter E. Gould
Blanchardville
Limited Recall Of Reserves Set
The Defense Department announced immediate recall of a limited number of reservists to active duty across the Army Air Force and Navy under President Truman authority for the Korean situation. Recalls will last at least one year. officers retain reserve grades. medical, engineer and infantry officers are in greatest need. A separate Justice Department plan tightens draft enforcement with FBI guidance, penalties up to five years and fines to $10,000.
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Air Force
Army
Navy
Truman
Senate
House
Korea
Armed Services
Congress
Washington
Defense Department
Department
National Guard
Justice Department
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Walters First Army Recruit of Emergency
Donald E. Walters 18, brother of Mrs. Dorothy Deal, is the first Green County man to enlist in the regular army since the emergency recruiting drive began. Sgt. Walter M. Helgesen, local recruiter, said Walters left for Milwaukee for examinations and then headed to Fort Riley Kansas for 13 weeks of basic training.
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Donald E. Walters
Dorothy Deal
Green County
Walter M. Helgesen
Army
Air Force
Walters
Milwaukee
Fort Riley
Kas
Rock River Reaches Flood Stage Near Rock Island
The Rock River rose to flood stage south of Rock Island and Moline around noon, with flood stage at 10 feet. A crest of twelve feet is expected. Local residents monitor levels as the crest approaches.
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Rock Island
Rock River
Fresh Divisions Landed To Boost Weary Defenders
Fresh American troops arrived in Korea, with the First Cavalry dismounted and the 25th Tropic Lightning, to relieve the 24th division on the central front. The First Cavalry landed at Pohang, the 25th’s location undisclosed, as North Korean attacks pressed Taejon and surrounding routes. Allied jets supported the landings while U S and South Korean forces held Taejon and probing patrols advanced.
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South Korea
Taejon
MacArthur
Chungju-Hamchang
Sangju
Yongju-Andong
Yechon
Andong
Hamchang
Pusan
Iri
Nonsan
U. S
25Th
Pohang
24Th
Korea
Kum River
Kum
Far East Air Forces
Dwyer’s Four Year Old Son Drowns in Longlake
Robert David Dwyer four year old son of Mr and Mrs Martin Dwyer of Chicago drowned in Longlake yesterday. Dwyer was president of the AFL elevator operators union.
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Dwyer
Phelps
Wis
Robert David Dwyer
Martin Dwyer
Chicago
Longlake
AFL Elevator Operators’ Union
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19Th Avenue
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16Th Avenue
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