Farben Plant Blast Devastates Ludwigshafen Area
German investigators assess the Farben chemical plant disaster in Ludwigshafen as the largest postwar European blast. Reports cite 84 dead, about 250 missing, and 6,200 injured with 22 000 workers affected. fires and explosions continue as American and German rescuers search amid evacuations and field hospitals.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farben
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Berlin
I. G. Farbenindustrie Trust
Walter F. Parton
Nashville, Tenn
Howard McKee
Murphreesboro
Tenn
McKee
Increase of Five In School Census
The Monroe annual census shows 1 354 school age children in Union district No 1, 4 to 19, up five from 1 349 last year. Females 704 and males 650. Census tracks names and addresses of parents and birth details.
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Monroe
Evelyn Hartwig
Union School District No. 1
Lake Geneva Resident Dies at St. Clare Hospital
Mrs. William Stanton, 66, Lake Geneva, died at St. Clare hospital at 6 15 this morning after being admitted Sunday as a medical patient. Funeral arrangements are handled by Habecker and Derrick funeral home, Lake Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stanton
Lake Geneva
St. Clare Hospital
Stanton
Habecker and Derrick Funeral Home
County Fair Sidelights and Show Highlights
Political sound cars drew attention at the fairgrounds. The Cecil Jones post VFW runs a lunch stand near the stock pavilion entrance now in its first year, while ESA operates the third year dairy bar. Notable features include Hawaii visitors Jeanne Kawamura and Jean Miyashiro, the lettered administration building, a crocheted state bedspread by Emma Heitz, and grandstand racing with a starting gate for the largest field yet. The program includes judging and a Summer Follies show featuring Rosalind Hoppy’s troupe, Maschino, Chico, Elizabeth’s canines, the Thornton Kids, Trudy Randall, and Paul Stadelman, plus free dancing from 9 to 12 and numerous acts tomorrow. Ralph Davis of Crandon is noted.
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Green County
Rep
Rosalind Hoppy
Sweden
Chico
Diablo
Elizabeth
Margie Calvin
Thornton Kids
Trudy Randall
Paul Stadelman
Clear Skies Promise for Wisconsin Fair Opener
The 94th annual Green County fair opened for a four day run amid forecasts of rain then clearing skies tomorrow. A large pre fair crowd toured midway and exhibits while judging for 20 divisions began early. The fair board waived admission last night due to a contract provision, and the carnival firm noted admission would only apply for four days and nights.
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Green County Fair
Wisconsin
Fair Board
Carnival Company
Fair Program Tonight at Summer Follies 1948 Stages Rosalind Hupp
Rosalind Hupp and specialty acts headline the fair program in the amphitheater tonight. Free dancing at the dance pavilion plus harness races at 1 30 and 2 30 dress revue at the junior fair tent. An eight thirty Four H night is set in the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Hupp
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Dance Pavilion
Times Newsprint Price Increase to 101 a Ton
The Times reports a mill announcement of a newsprint price rise of four dollars per ton, effective August 1, bringing the price to 101 dollars per ton. Similar hikes are noted across the print paper industry. The 1941 price was 50 dollars per ton.
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Times
the Times
Porter Seeks Price Controls as Southern Senators Filibuster
President Truman asked Congress to grant power to cut prices on living costs with a base at November 1947 levels yet allow ceilings to reflect postwar cost rises. Porter, ex-OPA head, presents a bill to the House Banking Committee outlining temporary controls through June 30 1950 including rationing, wage limits, credit regulation, rent ceilings, and stockpiling, while a separate tax plan on excess profits is to follow. The GOP balks, calling it a police state, and says such controls face opposition.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Paul Porter
OPA
House Banking Committee
Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Kas
Jacksonville
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
House
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Wherry
Dirksen
R-Ill
Stassen Named New President of University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen, 41, of Minnesota, named by the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees to become president. The selection follows a unanimous executive board recommendation and will be voted at a September meeting. Stassen will start duties after fulfilling speaking engagements for Governor Dewey if needed.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Robert T. McCracken
Penn Board of Trustees
America
Wisconsin Cheese Market Remains Weak at Madison Prices
Wisconsin American cheese prices show a weak market with trading at a standstill. Selling prices listed include small blocks 35 to 55 cents, single daisies 52 to 53 cents, and longhorns and square prints 52 to 53 cents per pound.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
U S Advances in Weather as Military Tool
Washington experts discuss possible use of meteorological warfare with weather control to disrupt enemy nations. A London paper notes that the United States has progressed in bacteriological and meteorological research, potentially enabling droughts or floods to target food supplies and factories on a strategic scale.
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Washington
United States
Armed Forces and
National Defense Organization
London
International Committee For Study of
United
Germany
Butter Prices Not Out of Line Says Button in Chicago
Wisconsin agriculture director Mil ton H Button told a Chicago luncheon butter prices are reasonable given higher milk production costs. He warned price cuts without cutting costs could dislocate the economy and called butter the scapegoat for broad price complaints.
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Button
Chicago
Milton H. Button
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Madison
Margaret McGuire
Highland
Wis
Alice
Obituary of Mrs. Edmon McGuire of Browntown
Mrs. Edmon McGuire 81 of Browntown dies after a yearlong illness at St. Clare hospital. She was born Emma Idelia Long November 25 1866 in Cadiz township and taught in Cadiz before marrying Edmon McGuire February 9 1892 at Monroe. Survived by five children and nine grandchildren, funeral set at Stuessy funeral home with services at St Victor’s Church Calvary cemetery burial.
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Edmon McGuire
Browntown
St. Clare Hospital
Sinessy Ambulance
McGuire
Emma
Idelia Long
Cadiz Township
Franklin
Julia Craig Long
Cadiz
Michael
Kas
Vinton
Evansville
Fannie Drake
Corona
S. D
John Parsons
Martintown
Myrtle Potter
Monmouth
St. Victors Church
Monroe
Rosary
Stuessy Funeral Home
Funeral Home
St. Victor’s Church
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
Confessed Slayer Turned Over To Mansfield
Van Wert Ohio six killings case moved to Mansfield on triple murder charge. Judge Eugene McNeill ordered Robert Murl Daniels 24 handed to Richland county authorities. Daniels to be confined at Mansfield State Reformatory pending trial after Celina custody transfer.
British May Halt Its Demobilization
The British government weighs stopping demobilization due to war threats with Russia. Foreign Secretary Bevin spoke in parliament as U S and British diplomats move toward talks with Molotov in Moscow and possibly a Paris meeting around the UN assembly start. Berlin police scenes and competing commands amid postwar confusion are noted.
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Associated Press
Russia
West
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
U.S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Britain
U. S
France
Molotov
Europe
Bevin
Smith
Frank Roberts
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Berlin
Germany
Roberts
Paul Markgraf
Johannes Stumm
Stennis Opens With Two Hour Talk in Senate Filibuster Clash
Senator Stennis led a two hour floor talk challenging the constitutionality of the anti poll tax bill as southerners push to block civil rights legislation. Russell voiced efforts to warn the country while Republicans and the administration eyed political gain.
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Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Senator Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Wherry
Stennis
Congress
Mississippi
Truman
Russell
GOP
French Woman Sues Gould for 400000 in Federal Suit
Mme Anne Wilbert De Sairigne, a French aristocrat who aided the underground, filed in federal court alleging Frank Jay Gould stopped payment on a 400000 check given for sheltering him from Nazis. She says Gould stayed about eight months at her villa in Juan-Les-Pins on the Riviera to avoid arrest or deportation.
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New York
Frank Jay Gould
Mme
Anne Wilbert de Sairigne
Mme. de Sairigne
Gould
Juan-Les-Pins
French Riviera
Custer Veteran Edwin Hoyt Dies at 98
Edwin Hoyt, 98, a Civil War era veteran who served under Gen. George Custer and attended the Promontory Utah golden spike ceremony, died yesterday at the Army McCornack General Hospital in Pasadena.
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Custer
Pasadena
Edwin Hoyt
George Custer
Promontory
Utah
McCornack
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Switzerland
Fairgrounds
Cecil Jones Post Vfw
Stock Pavilion
ESA Sorority
Wanda Myers
Floyd
Florence
Krause
Albany
Nellie Weibel
J. S. Niffenegger
14Th Street
Emma Heitz
Route 3
Brodhead
Mamie Tillema
Jeanne Kawamura
Jean Miyashiro
Fred Probst
Ray Dve
Henry Reblv Jr
Jordan
Marvin Stabler
Herman
McCabe
James Gould
Leslie Dutka
Penn University
Mrs. McGuire
Mansfield
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