Rote Appeals to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Bruce Blum, attorney for the Rote firm, filed notice of appeal from Judge Darling's May 22 judgment in the Alvin F. Rote case involving Jessie Holcomb and city officials in Everet Keel's taxpayer suit. The appeal seeks review of the whole judgment reversing Judge Lamboley's prior order. Costs assigned to the Rote firm.
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Wisconsin State Supreme Court
L. L. Darling
Alvin F. Rote
Jessie L. Holcomb
Bruce Blum
Blum and Blum
Rote
Robert L. Rote
Madison
Wilkie, Toebaas
Blum
Fitzgibbons and Elmer
Everett Keel
Darling
Arthur C. Benkett
Harold J. Lamboley
Keel
Board of Review
Supreme Court
Board Resumes Tax Review Monday After Recess
The city board of review plans to continue hearings on the 1948 assessment rolls Monday after recessing for clarification of about 20 cases. Six major cheese firms protested personal property assessments on cheese stored in their cellars, which they claim they still own, and sworn statements will be required for pending adjustments.
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City Board of Review
Truman Plans Talks With Democrats Ahead of Campaign
President Truman said he will discuss plans with democratic leaders of all opinions before the presidential campaign. He will meet groups brought to the White House by Senator J. Howard McGrath, the Democratic national chairman. Truman declined to comment on the contents of his special message to Congress next Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
White House
McGrath
Congress
Pink Communist Backers Stir Wallace Convention
Idaho Senator Glen Taylor running mate on the Wallace ticket says pink communists may back the new party and he won’t renounce their support. ADA charges communists guide policy as Wallace campaigns battle indictments in New York.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Americans For Democratic Action
Taylor
Wallace
New York
ADA
James Loeb Jr
James Loeb Jr., Its Executive Secretary, That: “Mr. Wallace
Loeb
Price
Leon Henderson
Platform Committee
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Communist Party
Progressive
Peoples
Thomas E. Dewey
Berlin
Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Dewey
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Atlanta
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Coroner's Jury Holds Driver Negligence in Fatal Three-Car Crash
A six man coroner's jury found that Rudolph Kaderly died in a July 10 three car collision on highway 1181 between Monroe and Juda. The verdict cited Shirl Hilliard's intoxicated condition as negligence and could not determine the exact cause of death. Blood tests showed 1.63 alcohol per cubic centimeter.
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Rudolph Kaderly
Juda Farm
Shirl Hilliard
Route 2
Ralph H. Kundert
Paul J. Lochner
Harold T. Snyder
Robert Kramer
Earl R. Johnson
Paul Neubauer
Herman Stuessy
Monroe
Juta
Wendell Matzke
Rudolph P. Reger
Hilliard
Juda
Rock County
Matzke
Kaderly
Ford Grants Union 13 Cent Wage Boost
Ford and the CIO UAW reached a 13 cent an hour wage increase for 116000 production workers ending a national strike threat. The contract includes fringe benefits valued at 3 to 4 cents per hour and raises in premium pay vacation improvements and a revised group insurance plan. Ford faces an estimated 32 million dollar annual cost. The boost raises average hourly wages at Ford to 1.65 to 1.66 dollars per hour, versus GM and Chrysler levels cited.
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Detroit
CIO
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Mexico Slashes Peso Value At IMF Guided Move
Mexico City announced a peso devaluation after a long fight to maintain the 4.85 per dollar peg since 1940. The new rate will be set following talks with the International Monetary Fund. Secretary of the Treasury Ramon Beteta called the move drastic, prompted by the world economic crisis.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U. S
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
Ramon Beteta
U S Maritime Commission May Fund Ocean Liner Plan
The maritime commission may contribute up to 25 million dollars toward a new U S ocean liner. The ship would be half the size of Britain's Queen Elizabeth yet as fast and nearly as many passengers. United States Lines requested the commission cover part of the 65 million dollar construction cost.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
U. S
Britain
United States Lines
Commission
Cutler Named to Wisconsin Athletic Board
Joseph Cutler of Johnson Service Co. Milwaukee appointed as member of University of Wisconsin athletic board as announced by the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
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Cutler
Madison
Joseph Cutler
Johnson Service Co
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Athletic Board
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Negotiations Resume Between Kaukauna Plant Officials and Striking Foundry Workers
Officials of Kaukauna Machine Co and representatives of the plant's 120 striking foundry workers agreed to meet tonight to resume negotiations.
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Kaukauna
Kaukauna Machine Co
Congress Eyes Teenagers Complaints On Volunteer Service
Washington reports that 18 year olds protest being edged out of volunteer military service as Congress and the Selective Service System prepare a registration window for men aged 19 to 25. Maj. Gen. Hershey cautions timing on inductions and possible lottery use.
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Washington
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Army
Hershey
Lewis Defends Actions in Court Over Union Shop Clause
John L. Lewis defense argues that if the new soft coal agreement violates the Taft Hartley act coal companies agreeing to it are jointly liable. Welly Hopkins for the UMW cites the charges at a National Labor Relations Board hearing. NLRB will respond. Lewis calls the government charge trivial and without merit. Ruling on a motion to dismiss reserved.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Welly Hopkins
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
UMW
NLRB
Hopkins
William Ringer
Ninth of Communist Leaders Surrender
The ninth man of a 12 member national board of the Communist party surrendered to federal authorities in New York. Irving Potash, manager of the CIO farmers joint council, is among those charged with advocating overthrow by violence. Bail for each of the eight high ranking officials was set at $5,000 by the Civil Rights Congress.
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U. S
Communist Party
America
New York
William Z. Foster
Jacob Stachel
Henry Winston
Benjamin Davis
New York City
Eugene Dennis
John B. Williamson
National Board
Irving Potash
CIO Furmers Joint Council
Potash
Civil Rights Congress
Wisconsin Cheese Market Edges Lower Amid Quiet Demand
Federal market news reports Wisconsin cheese trading dull with light demand. Selling prices show 52 to 55 percent for varieties like daisies, long horns, and square prints, with limited activity across the board.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
Wisconsin
Level of Food Prices May Receive Attention In President's Message
The article notes food prices near record highs and President Truman planning an administration bill for rising living costs to be sent to Congress when it convenes. Consumers face high meat prices with housewives limiting purchases. farm leader James G. Patton urges price controls on meats and basics in the message.
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Associated Press
Truman
Congress
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Bloodstained Car Clue in Slayings
In Lisbon Ohio a bloodstained 1939 Pontiac convertible abandoned with a marked road map inside spurs a probe into the slayings of Mansfield reformatory executive John Niebel 50 his wife 52 and their 21-year-old daughter who were beaten and shot and left nude in a cornfield. Police search autopsy and fingerprint evidence for clues as investigators consider suspects.
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Lisbon
State Highway Patrol
Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield
John E. Niebel
Dalton E. Pike
Richland County
Theodore Lutz
NLRB Chief Resigns In Protest to Law
Milwaukee NLRB head M. Michael Essin age 45 resigns claiming the Taft Hartley act destroys labor rights. He offers services to the Wallace party to repeal the law, having led the Milwaukee office since 1946 after a career as a senior field examiner in Philadelphia.
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Milwaukee
M. Michael Essin
National Labor Relations Board
Essin
NLRB
Philadelphia
Biggest plane to fly Burbank this weekend showpiece
The world’s largest passenger aircraft, the navy’s Lockheed Constitution, will make its first transcontinental flight Sunday. The 180 passenger, 92 ton sky giant departs Saturday for Moffett Field near San Francisco for inspection by 12th Naval District officers.
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Burbank
Navy
Lockheed Constitution
Moffett Field Naval Air Station
San Francisco
12Th Naval District
Kunde Opposes Keefe In Sixth District Race
Democrats of the sixth district endorsed Kenneth Kunde of Oshkosh for Congress to challenge incumbent Frank Keefe of Oshkosh, voting at Fond du Lac.
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Kunde
Keefe
Fond du Lac
Kenneth Kunde
Oshkosh
Congress
Frank Keefe
Leon Blum Mentioned as Possible Foreign Minister
The article notes Leon Blum as a possible foreign minister successor to Georges Bidault amid Paris unrest over disputes with western allies on western Germany. It also covers Tito’s eight hour speech accusing cominform plots and Syria’s response to hostilities in Palestine.
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Associated Press
Andre Marie
Paris
Leon Blum
Georges Bidault
Germany
Socialist Party
Italy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Russia
Cairo
Syria
Palestine
United Nations
Hoffman Sees 1952 End for Relief Program
Paris reports Paul G. Hoffman, European recovery program administrator, stating the United States aims to complete the relief plan by 1952. He notes $6 billion will be spent this year, and urges a four year effort with self help among 16 participant countries becoming reality. Hoffman arrived by plane.
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Paris
Paul G. Hoffman
United States
U. S. Treasury
Hoffman
U. S
Europe
Averell Harriman
Aged Cheese Bought For State Exposition
The state department of agriculture purchases 85,000 pounds of Wisconsin aged cheese for visitors at the state centennial exposition August 7 to 29. Emil A. Zorn of Madison oversees the buy, which includes 40,000 pounds cheddar 40,000 pounds Swiss and 5,000 pounds brick. A further 5,000 pounds of 93 score Wisconsin butter is bought for cooking on the exposition grounds.
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State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Green County
Emil A. Zorn
Madison
Cool weekend forecast from federal weather man Milwaukee
The Associated Press reports a cool and pleasant weekend with clear skies across most of the state. Temperatures are forecast in the 70s and 80s, while Milwaukee saw a high of 89 today up to 1 pm and 91 yesterday at 3 pm.
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Milwaukee
Associated Press
Mercury
Britain pushes for wider talks on Berlin blockade crisis
Truman expressed optimism for world peace as Britain and the United States consider widening Germany discussions. Bevin insisted on lifting the blockade before four power talks. Western powers eyed a broader note to Moscow and a possible four power meeting as food airlift continues for German civilians in the Soviet zone.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Truman
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Germany
U. S
France
Kremlin
Russia
Americans Arrested in Berlin by Russians After Mistake
Two American military policemen Pvt Elwood F E Dwinnel Mabton Washington and Pvt George G Hunt Camp Ohio were held by Soviet authorities after briefly entering the Soviet zone in Berlin during a routine patrol. They accidentally left the American sector via a side road and reentered by a main street, where a Russian patrol detained them.
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Berlin
Pvts
Elwood FE. Dwinnel
Mabton
Wash
George G. Hunt
Camp
Ohio
Berlin Crisis Prompted Clay Return to Washington
Gen Lucius D Clay arrived from Germany to brief U S leaders on the Berlin crisis as Washington signals diplomatic resolve. President Truman endorsed Secretary of State Marshall s stance to exhaust diplomacy and resist coercion while a 12 plane B 29 squadron conducted bombing training near Helgoland.
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Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Berlin
United States
Bevin
Clay
Russia
Defense Forrestal
Robert Murphy
J. F. MacBlain
Air Force
Army
Royall
Omar Bradley
Department of the Army
Helgoland
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Marshall Peterson
Leonard Monroe
Cardinal
Union
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Robert G. Thompson
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Gus Hall
Cleveland
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