Evidence of Shell Flaws in War Profits Probe
Washington report on defects in mortar shells used by American troops during WWII links shell flaws to profits of munitions makers. Maj. Gen. Alden N. Waitt testified the War Department cannot determine death toll from defective shells, estimating at least 10 or 12. The inquiry also notes contracts for lumber and a high officer wedding party funded by government expenses as part of the committee’s broader scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War
Committe
Alden N. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Waitt
War Department
Bers
Senate
Sileeengee Ae
May
Garssons
Srery Riggleepee
Gersson
Cumberland Lumber Co
Prestonsburg
Mead
D-Ny
Wall
New York
Murray Garsson
Hotel Pierre
Brodhead Community Notes Include Reunions and Visits
Local items report Suzanne Mooney visiting Paris with the Martins and a Decatur school reunion planned at the grounds. Attendance at church and club events is noted along with several trips by area residents to Milwaukee Rockford and Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Mooney
Paris
Roger Marty
Decatur School
Fred Michaelis
Grace Reasa
Lydia Kramer
Decatur Stone School
Stone
Clarence
Olius Cottage
Decatur Parks
L. O. Bernstein
D. L. Pierce
Jack
Patty Pierce
Bear Lake
Marilla Eldred
Wauwatosa
Grace McNair
John Zuercher
Milwaukee
Charles Zuercher
Park Ridge
Lydia
Green County Fair
Willard Buchholtz
Harold Rine
Darlington
Congregational Church
Eli Habeger
Hollis
Florence Darby
Methodist Church
Charles Montefelt
D. L. Newcomer
Daniel Laurie
Laura
Picnic Coin Shower At Vilas Park Madison
Mrs. W. F. McGuigan hosts a coin shower at a Vilas Park picnic in Madison on Sunday. Relatives and friends attend including Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hagar Green Lake and many area families and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Hagar
Green Lake
Vilas Park
Madison
F. C. Spellman Sr
Francis Spellman Jr
Belleville
B. J. Garfoot
Colleen
Waupun
James Burns
Shullsburg
T. J. O'Neill
Ridgeway
Leo Collins
Laverne Thompson
Barneveld
Earl Granville
Dodgeville
T. F. Burns
Hollandale
Harold Murphy
Mineral Point
William O'neill
Clarence Topp
Joe Washnock
Thomas Burns
W. F. McGui
Discharged GIs Return Home Amid Local Visits
Pfc Orville Anderson, wounded in France in 1944, was honorably discharged June 15 at Ft Custer Michigan after 3 years 9 months service. He and his wife live with his parents as relatives visit Madison area. extended travels and reunions involve Meade family in Vilas Park and numerous Milwaukee Beloit Janesville Chicago attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Steiner
Clinton
A. C
Steiner
Maurice A. Hen
Vilas Park
Madison
Frank Mead
Rex Saether
Donald Reger
Milwaukee
Beloit
Richland Center
Chicago
Janesville
R. E. Parth
William Buckingham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brodhead
Donald L. Collins
Mollie Wohlwend
San Pedro
Calif
Bennie Cleveland
Albany
Ira Johnson
Juda
Fred Bumpke
Loudon Blackbourne
Fred Blackbourne
Shulisburg
Frank Parker
Wiscon
Anna Hemme
Fred Richards
Manhattan
Kil
Norman A. Frank
Joe Frank
Pvt. Frank
Central High School
Frank
Royal Blue
Roy Anderson
St. Louis
Belle Benjamin
Flora School
Durand
Anderson
Nature
Doan
Leeds
Pharmacy
Monroe
Walgreen Agency Drug Store
Ee Cult
Via
Olafsen
Vtolmplex
Walgreen
Magnesia
Krems Hair Tonic
Packer
Craton
DuPont
Blanchardville
W. F. McGuigan
Drickson
Wayne
Teddy Thompson
Joyce
Amos Jackson
Arena
Adolph Lien
Arlene
Stoughton
Leonard Swiggum
Wisconsin Rapids
Mary Million
Carlton
R. Tellefson
Susan
Edgerton
Carlton Chandler
Parth
Thomas Curran
H. T. Saether
Carl Chandler
H. D. Thomas
Oconomowoc
Byron J. Olson
Washington, D. C
R. Olson
California
H. J. Erickson
Arnold Jurgens
Sun Prairie
Ella
David
Bozeman
Mont
Earl
Milo Severson
Blanche Johnson
Colo— Springs
Colo
J. A. Johnson
Ulyssus
Amana
Freezer
Richardson Electric Co
Oposite
Nash Sales Company
24Th Ave
Georgia
Elberta
Donald Duck
van Camp
Clapp'’s
Str Baby Foods
Jefferson
Haddock
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