Wallace Will Not Repudiate Support At Wallace Conference
Wallace says he will not repudiate or repudiate third party support based on one run and will not denounce communists if they back him. He arrives in Philadelphia for a Wallace Taylor convention launching a bid to cross party lines with an expected up to 9 million votes. The convention chair says labor groups from all states back Wallace and Taylor amid political infighting over the Truman doctrine and civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Glen Taylor
Idaho
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Robert M. LaFollette Jr
Burton K. Wheeler
Wallace and Taylor
Greece
Turkey
Confederate Flag Boom Weathers Birmingham Boom
The sale of confederate flags has sky rocketed in Birmingham Alabama. The Birmingham chamber of commerce credits a recent meeting of rebellious southern democrats for the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Swimming Pool Closed For Cleaning Tonight
The swimming pool at Recreation Park is drained and cleaned this evening. No swimming after 6 p.m. today. Swimming resumes tomorrow from 1 30 to 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Park
Russians Hand Grenades Reported in Korean Ambush
The U S army said North Koreans used Russian hand grenades in an ambush near the occupation boundary. Pvt Charles LaBita was killed by Japanese rifle bullets. Pvt Jack Jones was wounded. Five soldiers including Frank C Maggio Edward J Tohig and Robert L Boci were taken by surprise and overwhelmed. A grenade failed to explode and a jeep was hit during the attack near the U S Russian line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
U. S
Brooklyn
Charles LaBita
Jack Jones
Los Angeles
Frank C. Maggio
Edward J. Twohig
Queens Village
N. Y
Robert L. Boci
Racine
LaBita
Congress Will Do Nothing GOP Says
A GOP leader predicts a swift three week special session with little passage. He cites a don't-excited strategy and says housing anti inflation and most major bills likely won’t be debated. Edication aid and civil rights proposals may pass, but substantive action remains doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
GOP
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Abitibi Increases Newsprint Price By Four Dollars
Abitibi Power and Paper Co raises standard newsprint contract price by $4 a ton effective August 1. Current prices run at $96 a ton in the United States and $92 in Canada, mirroring Crown Zellerbach’s earlier move to $100 a ton in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Abitibi Power and Paper Co
United States
Canada
Crown Zellerbach
David Wark Griffith Dies at 73 Pioneer of Film
Hollywood obituary notes David Wark Griffith a 73 year old movie pioneer and star maker who discovered Mary Pickford and helped popularize The Birth of a Nation. He had been inactive in pictures for many years but left a lasting mark on early cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
David Wark Griffith
Mary Pickford
Griffith
Elmer Hawthorne Dies at 50 in Monroe From Cerebral Hemorrhage
Elmer Hawthorne age 50 of 1 23rd Avenue died suddenly at 2 30 this morning after a cerebral hemorrhage following a day of generally good health. He had been admitted to St Clare hospital after falling ill at home and earlier suffered strokes and surgery in 1946 and 194? He is survived by his widow Theo Dittmar Hawthorne a daughter Donna Lou Digman his twin brother Earl and another brother Joseph all of Monroe a sister Verna Kubly Monroe and a granddaughter Donna Lou Digman. Funeral services will be held at the Stuessy Funeral Home Monday at 1 30 p m and at 2 p m in the Methodist Church with Rev Ralph Kofoed officiating. Interment Bethel Cemetery four miles southwest of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hawthorne
123Rd Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Hawthorne
Stnessy Ambulance
A. L. van Matre
Hawthorne
Clarno Township
Willian
Jennie Shank Hawthorne
Saunders
Cadiz
Monroe
Earl
Joseph
Verna Kubly
Donna Lou Digman
Methodist Church
Stuessy Funeral
Ralph K. Kofoed
Bethel Cemetery
Hawthorne Cemetery
No Change in Cheddar in Sales at Plymouth
Fourteen cars of Wisconsin state brand cheddars were sold on the cheese exchange today with values generally unchanged. Bids unfilled include five cars white cheddars 47 and two cars junior grade cheddars 46. Offers uncovered list five cars white cheddars 4744 and two cars 30 day white cheddars 4714 with Minnesota U S No 1 white cheddars 4714 also noted. trading tone barely steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Cheese Exchange
Two Wind Storms Strike Waukesha
Two wind storms hit Waukesha with unofficial estimates around 70 mph. They unroofed dwellings and disrupted transportation and communications. The sheriff reported no injuries. Winds came with rain and hail, sheets of precipitation. The second storm arrived about an hour after the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
British Jets Here to Fly Atlantic in Training
Six Royal Air Force Vampire jet fighters, first to cross the Atlantic, will join Ninth Air Force training exercises next week at Greenville, South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Royal Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Greenville
S. C
Berlin Crisis Holds American Resolve to Stay
Gen Lucius D Clay told House and Senate groups Americans will remain in Berlin and not seek war. He announced plans to double air deliveries with more C 54 transports and said Russians do not seek a military showdown though tensions remain high. The Russians freed two American MPs as the crisis persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Clay
Berlin
Associated Press
Lucius D. Clay
Congress
Evernor
Germany
House
Senate
Truman
White House
Clay
Foreign Affairs Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
United States
Committee
Eaton
Dewey and Eisenhower Hold Surprise Pawling Conference
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Pawling New York to discuss the European situation and military establishment. Eisenhower, Columbia University president, arrived at Dewey's request ahead of a planned talk with Senator Arthur Vandenberg and John Foster Dulles on foreign policy and the Berlin crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Dewey
Europe
Gov
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
White House
Truman
Army
Kenneth Royall
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
William H. Draper Jr
Clay
Ohio gunmen end two-week rampage with police roadblock
Two youthful ex convicts ending a 14 day seven murder spree in Ohio were halted after a gun battle at a roadblock. One killer John C West 24 died shot between the eyes while his partner Robert M Daniels 22 surrendered. Police and FBI had set up roadblocks across northern Ohio after a string of killings including Earl Ambrose and Frank Kerech. Officers Sgt L D Conn and Frank Friemoth were killed during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
John C. West
Mansfield Reformatory
Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert M. Daniels
Columbus
Daniels
Midwest
West
Highway Patrol
FBI
Here
Sgt. L. D. Conn
Frank A. Friemoth
James Smith
Tiffin
Glenn Beard Gschwind
Fremont
Earl Ambrose
Gschwind
Ambrose
Frank Kerech
Flat Rock
Mich
Five Die in Walworth County Auto Crashes
Five persons died and ten were injured in two separate highway crashes in Walworth County yesterday. Victims include Robert E. McCullough and his wife Julia McCullough of Madison and their son Walter, plus Charles Wincapaw of Sharon and Mrs. Edith Sonderegger of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Walworth County
Robert E. McCullough
Madison
Julia McCullough
Walter McCullough
Charles Wincapaw
Sharon
Wis
Edith Sonderegger
Chicago
McCulloughs
Wincapaw
McCullough
Darien
Death verdict in Edwin Stettler bridge crash
A coroner's jury rules Edwin F. Stettler 21 of McConnell Illinois died in a bridge collision on the McConnell road northwest of Freeport. Deputy said sleep may have caused the crash as the 1948 car plowed through a guard rail into a bridge abutment. The son of Ferdinand and Clara Stettler was cremated in Goose Bay service pending at Shriner-Neushwander with religious rites at St John’s church and burial in Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Stettler
McConnell
Ill
Monroe
McConnell Road
Freeport
Stettler
Harold Stamm
Alan Schultz
Herbert Humphrey
Stephenson County
Ferdinand
Clara Studer Stettler
Barron High
Barron
Army Air Corps
Goose Bay
Newfoundland
Mingon
Canada
Roy
Ruth
Eugene Williams
German Valley
Evangelical and Reformed
Rice Lake
Shriner-Neushwander
Cost of Living Index Reaches New Peak
The cost of living index climbed to 171.7 percent of 1935-39, the highest on record. Retail food prices rose 1.5 percent between May 15 and June 15, with overall consumer prices up 0.7 percent in the same period. President Truman moves to seek anti inflation measures and names Paul A. Porter to coordinate information for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truman
Congress
White House
Paul A. Porter
Porter
Office of Price Administration
Gasoline Truck Crashes Through Span Near Orangeville
A truck with 8,000 gallons of gasoline shattered the 75 foot bridge span at the west edge of Orangeville at 6:15 AM. Both drivers, R. A. Canfield and Lyle Rinehart, escaped unharmed. Trailers fell into Richland Creek. crews pumped fuel into other trucks while fire precautions were set. The crash blocked the road serving rural areas west of Orangeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Richland Creek
R. A. Canfield
Sprout and Davis
Rochelle
Ill
Lyle Rinehart
Rain and Wind Storm Hit Monroe Area and Rockford Drench
Strong winds and heavy rains battered the region yesterday. In Monroe the high reached 89 before dropping to 57, with 0.08 inch of rain. Rockford reported unroofed buildings, a hangar collapse at Pecatonica, and injuries from a man blown from a roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Albany
Rockford
Pecatonica
Lowes Park
Belvidere
Last Day For Tax Payments Warned By County Treasurer
Saturday is the final day for partial payments of 1947 real estate taxes without penalty. Emanuel G. Stauffacher, county treasurer, warned that the first payment was made in January, covering one half of real estate tax plus personal property tax. After the deadline this week, interest at 0.8 percent per month will be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel G. Stauffacher
Police surround home during fugitive search. body found in park
Officers halted a search for two fugitives after a call for help. A park search soon uncovered a body tentatively identified as Gschwind, shot twice, once in the back of the head and once in the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gschwind
Consumer Price Index Reaches All Time High
The national Conference Board index rose to 164.1 percent of January 1939 in mid June. Milwaukee led monthly gains rising 2.7 percent, with 62 cities surveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Milwaukee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sea OF Water
Cottonwood
Neosho
Emporia
Eas
U. S. Post
Abitibi
Roy Shaffer
Conn
Reformatory
John Niebel
Nolanda
Phyllis
Niebel
Smith
Betty Retz
Stuart Flynn
Collison
Charles Douglas
River Forest
Alice Douglas
Peter Sonderegger
Ann
Edwin Stettler
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!